On Set With

Step inside the magnificent world of The Gilded Age with the people who brought it to life: production designer Bob Shaw and set decorator Regina Graves. Join host SuChin Pak and learn about old-money grandeur versus new money ostentation, transforming modern locations into historic landmarks, and creating rooms opulent enough for the iconic Bertha Russell.   Watch On Set With on MAX, or at HGTV Home on YouTube. 

On Set With podcast explores the sets and world building of beloved films and TV shows produced by Warner Bros. Discovery through conversations with art directors and set designers. Each episode highlights a different iconic set from film or television. Through a constellation of voices (set decorators, production designers, directors, and showrunners) our audience gets a first-hand account of the creation of the environments that became a part of our collective, global iconography — and actionable tips to bring the power of scenic design into our listeners’ own spaces. 

Brad Ingelsby, showrunner and creator of HBO’s Mare of Easttown and Jen Statsky, co-showrunner and co-creator of HBO Max’s Hacks come together to chat about breaking into the entertainment industry and all the surprises that come with it. With warm laughter and deep empathy, they recount first jobs, their personal journeys as writers, the stories that compel them and the characters that stick with them. And there’s also some mutual gushing over the legend Jean Smart who starred in both of their shows, and the other talented actors that help them realize their artistic visions.

Actor Paapa Essiedu of HBO’s ‘I May Destroy You’ opens a conversation with actor Julianne Nicholson of HBO’s ‘Mare of Easttown’ about both their surprising and winding paths to acting, their love of good theatre, the changing landscape of stage and screen, and what self-care looks like to them.

Writer and producer Lauren Ashley Smith (HBO’s ‘A Black Lady Sketch Show’), and actor Carl Clemons-Hopkins (HBO Max’s ‘Hacks’) meet for an in-depth chat about growing up in the Black church, why they love Chicago, the art that affirmed their true selves, and the worlds they get to create through their different crafts.

Misha Green, creator and showrunner of HBO’s ‘Lovecraft Country,’ interviews Kamilah Forbes, the director and executive producer of HBO’s film adaption of Ta-Nehisi Coates’ ‘Between The World And Me.’ Misha and Kamilah dig into what it’s like to be both “a player and a coach” in Hollywood and finding home on set, in music, in Black institutions and beyond. They also take us inside the process of creating Lovecraft Country and Between the World and Me: from working with the actors to the ways that filming during a pandemic changed everything.