meta_pixel
Tapesearch Logo
Log in
The Business

'Weiner' Filmmakers; Matt Walsh & Timothy Simons on 'Veep'

The Business

KCRW

Tv & Film

4.6676 Ratings

🗓️ 28 May 2016

⏱️ 29 minutes

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

Directors Josh Kriegman and Elyse Steinberg set out to make a documentary about what could have been Anthony Weiner's comeback campaign. When everything tanked, they kept their cameras rolling. And actors Timothy Simons and Matt Walsh tell us about working with a new showrunner in Season 5 of HBO's Veep.

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0

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

0:05.8

You have this kind of asymmetrical warfare coming from a guy who's graded at a soundbite, lousy at an answer.

0:11.4

Are you looking for your own billionaire?

0:13.2

Nope. No, I don't want my own billionaire. I'm going to raise the vast majority of the money.

0:17.0

Arace yourself America for what?

0:19.3

King Trump.

0:28.7

I'm Warren Alney. To the point Point has you covered for the 2016 campaign. Find the To-The Point podcast on KCRW's iTunes page.

0:40.1

From KCRW and KCRW.com, I'm Kim Masters, and this is the business. You know, I'm human, and I definitely felt for them in the intensity of that moment.

0:43.4

But at the same time, there's sort of a job to do as a documentary and keeping the camera rolling and a kind of emotional remove.

0:46.9

It's definitely a tricky balance to strike.

0:49.0

Before he was a filmmaker, Josh Kriegman worked as chief of staff for Anthony Weiner,

0:53.4

the congressman whose career was derailed by a sexting scandal. Years later, Kriegman worked as chief of staff for Anthony Weiner, the congressman whose career was

0:54.8

derailed by a sexting scandal. Years later, Creepman was filming a documentary about Weiner's

1:00.3

run for mayor of New York City when the disgraced politician and his wife were slammed by news

1:05.3

of still more scandal. With their documentary now in theaters, Creedman and co-director

1:09.9

Elise Steinberg talk about why Weiner allowed them to keep filming.

1:14.2

And Matt Walsh and Timothy Simons,

1:16.3

better known to beep fans as Mike McClintock and Jonah Ryan,

1:20.0

talk about having a new showrunner in the fifth season of the HBO comedy.

1:24.7

But first on the news banter,

1:26.4

The War for Viacom is finally underway and a shakeup at HBO.

1:31.0

Stick around. It's the business from KCRW.

...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from KCRW, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of KCRW and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.

Copyright © Tapesearch 2025.