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'You’ve Got to Make the Indian ‘House of Cards’'Listen now (38 min) | Applause Entertainment’s Sameer Nair on India as streaming's new frontier, and adapting international IP for the regional market

Oct 10, 2022

The Asian Market in 45 Minutes Listen now (48 min) | Vivek Couto on the overseas war being waged between Amazon, Netflix and Disney

Oct 6, 2022

'One Warner Bros. Discovery Mindset' Listen now (24 min) | WBD's Gerhard Zeiler on 'Black Adam', CNN's global future, Casey Bloys' big comment and '100% belief' in theatrical

Oct 3, 2022

How Formula 1 Caught Fire Listen now (44 min) | At the Singapore Grand Prix, Ian Holmes talks deals with China, Netflix, ESPN — and reveals that Apple's Brad Pitt F1 film isn't…

Sep 30, 2022

TIFF: 'Bros' Director Nick Stoller Listen now (31 min) | The filmmaker talks the state of comedy, his greenlight meeting and Judd Apatow's advice

Sep 11, 2022

Sunday Listen: Secrets of Victoria's Secret Listen now (53 min) | The creators of the hit Hulu docu-series on the peculiar union between its CEO and Jeffrey Epstein

Sep 4, 2022

Rick Caruso: 'This Town IS Hollywood'Listen now (34 min) | L.A.'s mayoral candidate on the homeless blight at Netflix HQ, his Democratic rebirth and Gavin Newsom's war with red states

Aug 10, 2022

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