The Business
Hosted by Kim Masters and Matt Belloni and Eric Deggans and Lucas Shaw · KCRW
4.5from 825 ratings
- 1,038
- Episodes
- 100
- Transcribed
- 825
- Ratings
- Daily
- Cadence
- 2006
- First episode
- 307M
- YouTube views
About The Business
Lively banter about entertainment industry news and in-depth interviews with directors, producers, writers and actors, hosted by award-winning journalist Kim Masters of The Hollywood Reporter.
- Publisher
- KCRW
- Category
- arts · news · tv & film
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 6 Aug 2006
- Latest episode
- 18 Sept 2026
Latest episodes
100 of 1,038 episodes have a transcript.
18 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
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Hollywood goes to Washington for a tax break
Published 18 Sept 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] That all lasts long after the production is gone. But unfortunately, we now have 65 countries, including Canada, the UK and Australia, that have built incentive programs to pull all of that economic engine away from the United States. And they have done that successfully. The United States has nothing to compete right now at a federal level. That's been a major mistake, and it's one that we have the opportunity to fix. And we know that it works because we know that productions have returned to states that offer their own tax credits. But we need this nationwide to be that multiplier because that's exactly what's being offered from these other nations. […]
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Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.
- Lance Oppenheim
- Lilly Wachowski
- Eric Goode
- Desi Lydic
- Hannah Einbinder
Reach and audience
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- YouTube views
- 306,965,971
- Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025
- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 4.5 / 5
- 666 ratings
- Spotify
- 4.6 / 5
- 159 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 87 / 100
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- Quality
- 96
- Social presence
- 0
- YouTube
- 93
- Engagement
- 99
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Who hosts The Business?
Kim Masters and Matt Belloni and Eric Deggans and Lucas Shaw host the show. Published by KCRW.
How often do new episodes come out?
The show publishes daily, based on its RSS feed.
Does The Business take guests?
Yes. Guests have been identified in episode analyses.
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