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This week on The Treatment, Elvis sits down for an extended conversation with Oscar-winner Sean Penn, whose latest directorial effort is the documentary Superpower about Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky. And on The Treat, The Afterparty star Zoë Chao talks about an inspirational artist who keeps it in the family.

This week on The Treatment, Elvis sits down with Universal Music Enterprises executive Harry Weinger to talk about the new deluxe edition of Marvin Gaye’s landmark 1973 album Let’s Get it On . Next, Pulitzer Prize-winning writer Mitchell S. Jackson talks about his new book Fly: The Big Book of Basketball Fashion . And on The Treat, John Wick: Chapter Four director Chad Stahelski talks about the influence of Sergio Leone’s 1966 epic spaghetti Western The Good, the Bad and the Ugly on the latest installment of the action franchise.

This week on The Treatment, Elvis sits down with journalist, CNN host, and author Jake Tapper to discuss his latest novel, the thriller All The Demons Are Here. Next, filmmaker Dorsay Alavi talks about her film Wayne Shorter: Zero Gravity, which chronicles the late jazz great. And for The Treat, Oppenheimer star Cillian Murphy talks about The Beatles’ “brilliant” song “A Day in the Life,” and why he believes it laid the groundwork for future musical innovation.

This week on The Treatment, Elvis sits down with Reggie Rock-Bythewood , creator and showrunner of the Apple TV+ series Swagger , to discuss the show’s innovative way of filming sports action. Next, Bottoms director Emma Seligman talks about executing the highly specific tone of her genre-mashing high school movie. And for The Treat , actor and director Emilio Estevez shares the meaning he finds in repeatedly traveling through America by car.

This week on The Treatment, Elvis sits down with Randall Park whose directorial debut is the adaptation of Adrian Tomine’s graphic novel Shortcomings . Next, Dr. Stacy L. Smith , founder of the USC Annenberg Inclusion Initiative , joins to discuss the state of diversity in Hollywood. And for The Treat, Justified: City Primeval star Timothy Olyphant talks about an artist whose work moved him.

This week on The Treatment, Elvis sits down with producer and writer Fenton Bailey to discuss his book ScreenAge: How TV Shaped our Reality, from Tammy Faye to RuPaul’s Drag Race. Then, writer Nick de Semlyen dives into the action hero era in his latest book The Last Action Heroes: The Triumphs, Flops, and Feuds of Hollywood’s Kings of Carnage. And for The Treat, Grammy-winning producer Cheryl Pawelski talks about a fateful night of music that propelled her career.