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

Sometimes our guests have so much good stuff to say that we can't fit it all into one episode.

So, this week, we're bringing you some delicious leftovers.

You know, in those first meetings, like if the person is cool or not.

But I wasn't learning any hip hop over the summer, trying to go back to school, and I'd be,

hey, do you guys know about Billy Idol?

They'd be like, shut the hell up.

He said you're making the biggest mistake of your life.

First, Gina Prince Bythwood, director of the Netflix film The Old Guard,

shares advice for women filmmakers who want to get into directing action movies. Then, Prentice

Penny, showrunner of HBO's Insecure, talks about how he thinks learning to code switch as a kid in Los Angeles,

shuttling between the black and white worlds, helped him build a career. Finally, we'll hear from

Peter Medak, who made the documentary The Ghost of Peter Sellers about his nightmare experience

working with the comedy icon. He tells us about a fateful decision in the early days of his career.

But first, while I'm on a break, Matt bantors with a guest banterer. Stick around. It's the

business from KCRW.

I'm Matt Bellany, in for Kim Masters this week,

and our guest banter is the Hollywood reporter's Tatiana Siegel.

Hello, Tatiana.

Hello, Nat.

So, Tatiana, you've been at the center of a story that broke this week that is pretty extraordinary, even for Hollywood.

It concerns Ron Meyer, who, for those who don't know, Ron Meyer is somewhat of an unofficial mayor of Hollywood.

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