HOW VERY TELLING

Now that the Paramount-Skydance merger is finalized and the new leadership is ready to make some noise, former head of Paramount Global Shari Redstone is chiming in. The erstwhile media mogul recently sat for a meaty (and juicy) interview with The New York Times. Puck News' Matt Belloni and Lucas Shaw, managing editor of media and entertainment at Bloomberg, slice into a few of the choicest cuts via this week's Banter segment for KCRW's The Business. Listen here. 

Shrinking co-creator & star Jason Segel: Live From KCRW HQ

In a freewheeling conversation recorded in front of a live audience at KCRW HQ, Hollywood renaissance man Jason Segel gets into it with host of KCRW's The Business Kim Masters. He reflects on lessons he learned from Judd Apatow during Freaks and Geeks, the infamous opening of Forgetting Sarah Marshall, and how he persuaded Disney to revive The Muppets. He also shares how Shrinking — now nominated for five Emmys — came together with Bill Lawrence and Brett Goldstein.

Does Pop Culture Get Friendship Right?

IRL besties and hosts of the podcast Text Me Back, Lindy West and Meagan Hatcher-Mays, have big thoughts on the question posed above. Dig in for some delightful takes including why Love Island should be rebranded as Friendship Island, why it's so fun when celebrities are mean, and why Lindy and Meagan spend so much time texting about former Real World-er (and current U.S. Secretary of Transportation) Sean Duffy. Plus, Lindy introduces us to the concept of "night friends." 

King of the Hill revival: What it says about American politics

A lot. King of the Hill, season 14 says a lot about the current state of American politics (not to mention the prescience of the previous 13 seasons). Tune into our conversation with Texas-based, New Yorker contributing writer Rachel Monroe for further insight.

[Pictured above: Mike Judge, series co-creator and voice of lead character Hank Hill.]

Weekend Film Reviews: Splitsville, Honey, Don't!, Lurker

Ready for an absurdist romp through the concept (and practice!) of non-monogamy? Splitsville — directed by Michael Angelo Covino, written by Covino and Kyle Marvin, and starring Covino and Marvin alongside Dakota Johnson and Adria Arjona — has you covered. Or what about an Ethan Coen-helmed, neo-noir-com starring Margaret Qualley as a Bakersfield private detective investigating a church-connected murder? That's Honey, Don't!, also opening this weekend. Film critics Alonso Duralde and Dave White are here with the rundown on those two, plus filmmaker Alex Russell's assured debut Lurker and Olivier Assayas' meditation on COVID lockdown, Suspended Time.