Stephen Merchant pops by for a chat

The Treatment

KCRW

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4.6 • 639 Ratings

🗓️ 2 August 2025

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

This week on The Treatment, Elvis speaks with writer, actor, and comedian Stephen Merchant about his career in comedy and drama. Then, Matt Lambert—founder of Atlanta-based brand Factor’s—stops by to talk about balancing lasting craftsmanship with wearability in his designs. And on the Treat, cinematographer Rodrigo Prieto discusses a mentor who gave him the confidence to begin his career.

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0:00.0	From KCRW Santa Monica and KCRW.com, it's The Treatment.
0:14.0	It's The Treatment, which you can also get at KCRW.com slash the treatment.
0:17.7	The last time I saw our guest, multiple award winner, actor, director, comedian, writer.
0:26.0	I still think primarily as an actor, Stephen Merchant.
0:28.6	He was telling me the best thing he'd ever done was something I saw him do, which was the
0:32.7	library, the L.A. County Museum of Manhattan, which he plays the lead role.
0:37.3	First of all, it's a pleasure to finally get you here.
0:39.5	Stephen, thanks so much for doing you.
0:40.4	Thank you so much for having me.
0:41.4	It's a real honor to be here, but I still stand by that.
0:44.0	It was funny.
0:44.9	You were figuring out the character in real time.
0:47.6	Yes.
0:47.9	Which is, it's always fascinating to watch an actor do it.
0:50.0	The thing I thought made live reworks all well is not just doing classic scripts but for the LA audience
0:54.9	it's theater
0:56.0	and to see you play it
0:58.3	just sort of taking on the character
1:00.0	and actually be genuinely befuddled
1:02.2	by some of his choices
1:03.3	it was a great thing to watch
1:05.3	Well I as a lot of people of my age
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