

The Treatment
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The Treatment is a compelling listen to the vital conversations about the catalysts of creative inspiration. Following some of the most interesting, influential, and crossover creators in the world of entertainment, fashion, sports, and the arts, we hear from tastemakers who are the very fabric that forms popular culture.
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Oct 18, 2006 • 30min
Amy Berg
A career as a producer for CBS News and CNN not only prepared
director Amy Berg for her film, Deliver Us from Evil, it sowed the seeds for
her documentary as well. It's the story
of the path of abuse left by Father Oliver O'Grady, who molested children in parishes throughout California for 22 year, and the awful authority of
power corrupted.

Oct 11, 2006 • 30min
Todd Field
Todd Field chose to complement his acting career,
which includes a no-doubt influential turn in Stanley Kubrick’s Eyes Wide Shut, with a career behind the camera. His directing
debut, In the Bedroom, won him a Best Picture nomination. His newest is an adaptation of Tom Perrotta’s
Little Children.

Oct 4, 2006 • 30min
Thom Browne
After being rejected as an actor, Thom Browne decided to
take control of his own fate. In just a
few years after starting his own line of elegant stark menswear, he's the hottest
thing going. He talks about turning the
spotlight back on himself.

Sep 27, 2006 • 30min
Ralph Gilles
Director David Cronenberg said that the Chrysler 300c had movie-star charisma. Snoop Dog said he liked it so much he cthe company to demand one for himself. For "Style Month," Ralph Gilles, the Chrysler designer for the car, cruises by to share what's under the hood.

Sep 20, 2006 • 30min
Timothy Greenfield-Sanders
Portraits, frame and sobriety with a hint of wit. That defines the work of portrait photographer Timothy Greenfield-Sanders, whose subjects range from authors to presidents to porn stars. Look, his newest book, adds models and designers.

Sep 13, 2006 • 30min
Scott Sternberg
Elvis Mitchell hosts former CAA agent Scott Sternberg, founder and designer for Los Angeles' Band of Outsiders clothing label.

Sep 6, 2006 • 30min
Ozwald Boateng
You've probably seen the fashions of Ozwald Boateng on Jamie Foxx in Miami Vice, as well as on Paul Bettany and Laurence Fishburne. He's also starring in the Sundance Channel documentary series, The House of Boateng, and brings us a little couture.

Aug 30, 2006 • 30min
Matt Dillon
The allure of street-poet Charles Bukowski is such that actors Ben Gazzara and Mickey Rourke, and directors such as Barbet Schroeder have taken their shot at him. Now, Matt Dillon (Rumble Fish, Drugstore Cowboy, There's Something about Mary, Crash) can be added to that mix. He stars in Factotum.

Aug 23, 2006 • 30min
Ryan Fleck and Anna Boden
It's often the dream of indie filmmakers to expand a short film into a feature and see it hold up under that growth. Director Ryan Fleck and his writing partner, Anna Boden, did just that with Half Nelson. We'll talk about that nurturing process.>

Aug 16, 2006 • 16min
Craig Ferguson
He's Mr. Wick from The Drew Carey Show. He's also host of the Late Late Show. And now, Craig Ferguson has written his first novel, Between the Bridge and the River. He talks about writing – and talking...


