The Business Podcast
1) Tim Blake Nelson on balancing acting, directing, writing, and his novel ‘Superhero’
Kim Masters talks with Tim Blake Nelson about his wide-ranging career in entertainment. Best known for his breakout role in O Brother, Where Art Thou?, Nelson is also a director, screenwriter, and pla...Show More
2) Hollywood in 2026: Disney’s next CEO, industry tariffs, and Netflix vs. YouTube
Kim Masters rings in the new year with Matt Belloni and Lucas Shaw to forecast what 2026 could hold for Hollywood. The trio debates Disney’s long-simmering succession question, the impact of Tru...Show More
3) Megabanter 2025: Hollywood’s unraveling year of crises, consolidation, and AI
This week, Kim Masters is joined by Matt Belloni and Lucas Shaw for a year-end Megabanter, looking back at a messy 2025. From the devastating Los Angeles fires to the shadow cast by the Trump administ...Show More
Megabanter 2025: Hollywood’s unraveling year of crises, consolidation, and AI
30:02 | Dec 26th, 2025
4) Vince Gilligan wants the audience to decide what ‘Pluribus’ is about
This week, Eric Deggans speaks with Vince Gilligan about his new series, Pluribus. The creator of Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul explains how he felt being at the center of his first-ever bidding w...Show More
5) Everything you need to know about the Warner Bros. sale (so far)
With Netflix’s bombshell move to acquire Warner Bros. still reverberating through the town, Paramount has gone fully hostile–bypassing Warner leadership and taking its case straight to sha...Show More
6) Celine Song on confronting the cost of love in ‘Materialists’
This week, Kim Masters sits down with writer-director Celine Song to talk about Materialists, her rom-com that became a surprise commercial hit worldwide. Song explains how a stint as a New York match...Show More
7) Digging into ‘Wake Up Dead Man’ with Rian Johnson and Ram Bergman
This week, Kim Masters talks to writer-director Rian Johnson and producer Ram Bergman about their latest Knives Out installment, Wake Up Dead Man. Johnson opens up about leaning on his producer when h...Show More
8) Shawn Levy talks ‘Stranger Things,’ ‘Star Wars,’ & studio shakeups
This week, Kim Masters talks to filmmaker Shawn Levy, who takes a short break from the London shoot of his Star Wars film to talk about the final season of Stranger Things, including Netflix's surpris...Show More
9) Judd Apatow’s memoir reflects a lifetime as a ‘Comedy Nerd’
This week, Kim Masters talks to Judd Apatow about his memoir, Comedy Nerd, a scrapbook that chronicles his journey from a stand-up-obsessed kid to one of Hollywood’s most influential comedy voic...Show More
10) ‘The Alabama Solution’ filmmakers on exposing America’s prison crisis
This week, Kim Masters talks with documentarians Andrew Jarecki and Charlotte Kaufman about their film The Alabama Solution. The filmmakers reveal how an invitation from an unwitting warden to film a ...Show More