Historian and Producer, 'The Document'
Mike Schlitt is a producer for The Document. An amateur historian who is traveling around the country throughout the 2016 presidential election, collecting voices and trying to find out what it means to be an American citizen today, he is also a contributor to Press Play.
Return to Rockford A filmmaker steps out from behind the camera to interview his mom about his family’s excruciating past.
KCRW Selects: The Document KCRW’s Bob Carlson and Matt Holzman introduce you to the show Matt hosts and produces – The Document – which mines great stories from the raw footage of documentaries present, past and in-progress.
Cuba and the Cameraman...and his Daughter The perks and perils of growing up in the family business, traveling the world and making documentary films.
Music and Meaning A filmmaker and composer pull back the curtain on how they use music to shape the way we experience documentaries.
Committed Brian Watts went to prison when he was 18. When he got out on parole, he was 42, and on a mission to find love - for the very first time.
Love and Science The world's top student scientists converge at the Olympics of science fairs.
How 18th century Alien and Sedition Acts figure into today's politics The Alien and Sedition Acts were passed in the 18th century. One of them is still on the books and could be used to justify government discrimination against anyone it deems an “enemy.”
A Spark in His Eye Brimstone and Glory is a fiery trip into a Mexican city's glorious orgy of fireworks.
Accusations of lying fly between James Comey and White House During his testimony Thursday, former FBI Director James Comey accused President Trump and other White House officials of lying when they said the FBI was in disarray and its staff had lost confidence in him. President Trump’s lawyer said Comey was wrong -- that the president never asked for his loyalty, and never asked him to back off the investigation into former NSA director Michael Flynn.
Lucia Micarelli: An Evening with Lucia Micarelli Violinist and actress Lucia Micarelli visits The Treatment to discuss her emotive performances as she prepares for PBS' An Evening with Lucia Micarelli.
Farewell LA freeways, Peter Shire is back Angelenos don't want more freeways but we seem not to want mass transit either. Metro has killed the 710 freeway extension, and bus and train ridership is down across the region. What's the future of getting around in LA? And, Peter Shire is having a comeback. What attracts a new generation to his playful ceramics and furniture?
In 'Speechless,' Scott Silveri combines comedy, family & disability Scott Silveri has written and produced sitcoms for more than 20 years. In all that time, he never encountered a TV family that looked anything like the one he grew up in -- with a mom, a dad...and a brother with cerebral palsy. He changed that with his show Speechless on ABC. Silveri tells us about looking to his own past for stories, and why he was determined to make a family comedy and not just a "disability show."