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The Business

A demanding first week for Disney CEO Josh D’Amaro

The Business

KCRW

Tv & Film

4.5697 Ratings

🗓️ 27 March 2026

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

And just like that, Josh D'Amaro’s first week as CEO of The Walt Disney Company proved challenging, to say the least. From a brewing Bachelorette scandal to the abrupt cancellation of Sora by OpenAI, and fresh turmoil at Epic Games amid layoffs, Matt Belloni and Lucas Shaw unpack the challenges facing Disney’s new chief.


Plus, we revisit our conversation with Daryl Hannah, who joined Masters last year to discuss her Neil Young concert film Coastal, which had a limited theatrical run in 2025. Hannah reflects on her years of acting and activism, pursued alongside figures like Willie Nelson, Joan Baez, and… Robert F. Kennedy Jr. She also recounts a painful experience with Harvey Weinstein during the Kill Bill press tour, and reveals what prompted her to proclaim “Slava Ukraini” at last year’s Academy Awards.

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0:00.0

From KCRW, I'm Kim Masters, and this is The Business.

0:06.5

This week, we're revisiting our conversation with Daryl Hannah, who joined us last year

0:10.9

to talk about her Neil Young concert film, Coastal, which had a limited theatrical run in 2025.

0:17.2

Hannah, who followed her husband on his 2023 solo tour, says the biggest challenge was predicting where to place the cameras on stage

0:24.4

to capture his unpredictable performances.

0:27.5

He doesn't even know what he's going to play until he gets out on stage, you know.

0:31.1

So even when his guitar tech in the movie at one point asks him, you know, like,

0:34.8

should I tune O Black and G for this song? He goes,

0:38.5

it will reveal itself in the moment. You've got a 50-50 chance. He goes, perfect. That's what

0:43.9

we were anticipating. Daryl Hannah has been in the news lately, having written a New York Times

0:49.2

opinion piece denouncing her portrayal in Ryan Murphy's love story, which follows the relationship between

0:55.4

John Kennedy Jr. and Carolyn Bissette. Hannah, who had her own previous relationship with

1:00.8

JFK Jr., wrote that the series deliberately depicted her as irritating, self-absorbed, whiny, and

1:07.3

inappropriate. As you will hear, she was none of those things when we talked to her.

1:11.9

She discussed her years of acting and activism, which she pursued alongside people like

1:16.7

Willie Nelson, Joan Baez, and RFK Jr. She also recounted a painful experience with Harvey Weinstein

1:24.0

on the Kill Bill Press tour and revealed what prompted her to proclaim

1:27.8

Slava Ukraini at last year's Oscars. But first, two buddies banter while I'm away. Stick

1:33.6

around. It's the business from KCRW. I'm Matt Bellany, filling in for Kim Masters. And

1:40.6

joining me is Lucas Shaw from Bloomberg. Welcome, Lucas. Hey Matt, how's it going?

1:45.0

So Josh Tomorrow, the new CEO of Disney, has been on the job a little over a week,

1:50.0

and already he's been thrown three separate issues.

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