On To the Point, we try to make sense of the policy debates and the political side shows on the campaign trail.

Ted Cruz wrapping the bacon around the semi-automatic weapon to cook it.

I understand that trade is not a sexy issue.

Nobody knows where the Republican Party is going to land.

I mean, it's kind of like a country road. No one knows where it will end.

In many ways, Marco Rubio is the Michael Jordan of American politics.

I'm Warren Alney.

To the Point has you covered for the 2016 campaign.

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From KCRW and KCRW.com, I'm Kim Masters, and this is the business.

We went with the two-actor approach and then pushed it even further by not having

Paul and John coordinate their performances. It was pushing the envelope, and it was risky,

but it would have paid off if it worked. Love and Mercy director Bill Pollard's plan to have Paul Dano and John Cusack both play the Beach Boys,

Brian Wilson at different times in his life, did work.

His uniquely structured biopic is one of the few summer releases now in the Oscar race.

Pollad has produced and helped finance a slate of award-winning films, including

Brokeback Mountain and 12 years a slave. He tells us how he decides which films to back and why

Love and Mercy was the movie that brought him back to directing after a 24-year-hietas.

But first on the news banter is ailing 92-year-old mogul Sumner Redstone, competent to run

CBS and Viacom? Stay tuned. It's the business from KCRW.

I'm joined by my partner in banter, Matt Bellany of the Hollywood Reporter.

Hello, Matt.

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