#665 Billions Co-Creator & Screenwriter Brian Koppelman, Opinions on The Coup & Amanda Shires

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Music, Society & Culture, Arts

4.3 • 2K Ratings

🗓️ 24 August 2018

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Brian Koppelman makes his living as the showrunner, co-creator and writer for the Showtime series Billions. Hosts Jim DeRogatis and Greg Kot talk with Koppelman about how he innovatively uses music in the critically acclaimed show. They also discuss his past career as an A&R executive, where he discovered artists like singer-songwriter Tracy Chapman. They'll also review the soundtrack to the critically acclaimed film Sorry to Bother You and the new release from country artist Amanda Shires.

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0:00.0	So now, ladies and gentlemen, it is star time. Are you ready for star time? From W.B.E.Z. Chicago and PRX this is sound opinions. I'm Jim De Regattis and I'm Greg
0:28.4	Cott. This week our guest is TV showrunner writer and former music talent scout Brian Koppelman.
0:35.0	From the beginning, Brian knew he could use his love for music to create unforgettable moments on his
0:39.5	Showtime series, Billions.
0:41.6	It's incredible, but it does feel like a lifetime's pursuit of
0:47.4	loving music so much. Plus we'll review new music from country artist Amanda Shires and the soundtrack to the film
0:56.0	Sorry to bother you.
0:57.7	That's all coming up on Sound Opinions.
1:01.4	You're listening to Sound Opinions and later we're going to talk with the showrunner of the Showtime series Billions, Brian Koppelman, about working in the music business and how he chooses the music for his TV shows and movies.
1:12.0	But first, some new music. There's a monster under my skin.
1:25.0	There's a street problem under my skin.
1:30.0	There's a street problem under my skin. That is a little bit of monsoon from the sorry to bother you soundtrack featuring a cameo
1:50.8	Greg by Killer Mike.
1:52.5	This might be confusing listeners, so pay attention.
1:55.5	Way back in 2012, the coup from Oakland, California
1:59.5	released an album called Sorry to Bother You. They have been going since the early 90s led by an
2:06.8	indefatigable multi-talented force named Boots Riley.
2:12.5	You know he's always had this political consciousness paying tribute to activists new and old.
2:19.1	One of their albums was Steele this album, nodding at Abby Hoffman.
2:23.0	And we didn't know this.
2:24.6	When he put out the Sorry to Bother You album in 2012,
2:28.3	he had a screenplay for a film.
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