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The HBO series Succession was one of the big winners at Sunday's Emmy ceremony.

It came away with six major awards.

For Outstanding Drama Series, Lead Actor, Lead Actress, Supporting actor, writing, and directing.

We're going to feature our interviews with Kiran Kalkin, who won for lead actor,

and with Matthew McFatian, who won his second Emmy for supporting actor in the series.

But first we hear from Creator Jesse Armstrong who wrote a majority of the episodes including

the Emmy Award winning series finale.

Succession is about three siblings vying to succeed their elderly father

as powerful CEO of the Family Conclamorate.

He's a brilliant businessman who has created a media and

entertainment empire including a conservative cable news network. As a father, just about any expression of love towards his children has been transactional.

He's been emotionally abusive, made them dependent and weak, and condemns them for being

that way.

This interview will have spoilers, so if you're waiting to catch up on the series, I suggest

you listen later on our podcaster website.

Series creator and showrunner Jesse Armstrong previously worked on the

HBO satirical comedy series about politics, VEP. He also collaborated on British

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