WNYC's The Takeaway

Kiefer Sutherland on Jack Bauer and William Friedkin, Jovan Adepo on “3 Body Problem,” NPR’s Scott Simon on The Treat.

“The People’s Joker” filmmaker Vera Drew turns queer superhero subtext into text, The Folio Society’s James Rose talks 85 years of Batman, Calmatic has The Treat.

Vince Staples gets absurd for Netflix, author Philip Gefter goes deep on “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?,” and Lulu Wang has our Treat.

Alan Poul talks “Tokyo Vice,” Stephen Ujlaki breaks down the rising calls for American Christian nationalism, and Taraji P. Henson has our Treat.

Paula Pell goes for heartfelt LOLs, Ed Zwick shares decades worth of Hollywood career lessons, and Grant Singer has The Treat.

Lorraine Nicholson talks playdates at Playboy Mansion, Oscar-nominee Ellen Mirojnick talks costuming “Oppenheimer,” and Sir Patrick Stewart has The Treat.

Chelsea Peretti takes the director’s chair, Billy Dee Williams drops the memoir, and Oscar nominated director Jonathan Glazer gives us a “searing” Treat.

Amy Schumer talks wearing all the hats for her Hulu comedy “Life & Beth,” author Sam Wasson takes us into Francis Ford Coppola’s life, and Colman Domingo has The Treat.