Harry Weinger, Mitchell S. Jackson, and Chad Stahelski on the Treat

Hosted by Elvis Mitchell Sep. 16, 2023 Entertainment

Harry Weinger with Elvis Mitchell at KCRW HQ. Photo credit: KCRW

This week on The Treatment, Elvis sits down with Universal Music Enterprises executive Harry Weinger to talk about the new deluxe edition of Marvin Gaye’s landmark 1973 album Let’s Get it On. Next, Pulitzer Prize-winning writer Mitchell S. Jackson talks about his new book Fly: The Big Book of Basketball Fashion. And on The Treat, John Wick: Chapter Four director Chad Stahelski talks about the influence of Sergio Leone’s 1966 epic spaghetti Western The Good, the Bad and the Ugly on the latest installment of the action franchise.

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From this Episode:

Universal Music Executive Harry Weinger on Marvin Gaye’s “Let’s Get It On” at 50

Marvin Gaye’s iconic “Let’s Get It On” gets the 50th anniversary deluxe treatment from Universal Music’s Harry Weinger, who wants you to “see the sketches.”

29 min

Mitchell S. Jackson on the ‘Fly’ fashion of NBA stars, past and present

Mitchell S. Jackson’s “Fly: The Big Book of Basketball Fashion” documents the sartorial expressions of major players like Allen Iverson, Dennis Rodman, and more.

18 min

‘John Wick’ director Chad Stahelski on ‘The Good, the Bad and the Ugly’

Director Chad Stahelski used Sergio Leone’s 1966 epic Spaghetti Western “The Good, the Bad and the Ugly” to help him shape and create the hit “John Wick” franchise.

4 min