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

Neither party's agenda really aligns with who its coalition is today.

It was the dumbest speech I have ever seen in my life of covering politics.

When people walk into a voting booth, at the end of the day, they do say,

I really should vote for someone smarter than me.

I'm Warren Alney. To the Point has you covered for the 2016 campaign. Find the To the Point

podcast on KCRW's iTunes page. From KCRW Santa Monica and KCRW.com, it's the treatment. It's The Treatment.

Welcome to The Treatment. I'm Elvis Mitchell.

It's been too long, way too long,

since our old friend and actor, movie star, star of stage, and of vicious, one of the best shows on television.

Oh.

Ian McKellon has been...

Well, you would say that being NPR, wouldn't.

Yes, I wouldn't.

It's our charge, our charter, Ian.

Ian McEllon sitting across me, it's been, gosh, like I said to you, you haven't been here since 2003?

Well, I think you've gone grey since I last saw you, but it suits you.

It's been too long.

I've gone gray worrying about you.

Where in God's name of you been?

Well, I've been working probably, haven't I?

Well, yes, and your most recent film, which re-teams you with Bill Condon, is Mr. Holmes. The first time you were here, in fact, was for Gods and Monsters.

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