On Set With

On Set With

The HGTV and Max 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 and directors) 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. Also, go back and listen to the Trade Secrets episodes. It's a podcast that gives listeners a VIP pass into the rooms of the world’s best storytellers. You’ll hear from actors and directors as they conduct intimate interviews with each other about not only their craft but their crazy life adventures. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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November 5, 2024 37 mins

Immerse yourself in the elegant, luxurious and emotionally fraught world of The White Lotus with the design team that brought the second season to life: production designer Cristina Onori and set decorator Letizia Santucci. Join host SuChin Pak and learn about designing an authentic Sicilian experience, sneaking secret symbolism into the artwork for each character, and decorating palazzos exquisite enough for “high end gays”. ...

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Take a look inside the glamorous and brutal world of show business with the design team that brought Hacks to life: production designer Rob Tokarz and set decorator Jen Lukehart. Join host SuChin Pak and learn about decking the halls of a mansion with floor-to-ceiling Christmas decor, sourcing the perfect trash for a dumpster dive, and the psychology behind Deborah Vance’s signature style: tasteful with a hint of bedazzled.  &...

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mmerse yourself in the divinely extravagant and irreverent world of The Righteous Gemstones with the design team that brought it to life: production designer Richard Wright and set decorator Patrick Cassidy. Join host SuChin Pak and learn about designing at the scale of mega-mansions and mega-churches, the decor choice all “new money” folks seem to have in common, and building an opulent world out of an abandoned Sears in South Car...

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Step inside two different snapshots of young people in New York City with the production designer of Friends, John Shaffner, and the production designer of Girls, Judy Becker. Join host SuChin Pak and learn about the fantasy and reality of New York apartments, how each designer drew upon their own experience coming up in the city, and the real reason Monica’s apartment was so big, after all.   

 

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October 8, 2024 35 mins

Step inside the vibrant and relatable world of Insecure with the design team that brought it to life: production designer Kay Lee and set decorator Amber Haley. Join host SuChin Pak and learn about decorating Issa’s iconically realistic apartment, pulling off those giant community events, and authentically capturing the spirit of South L.A.   

 

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Step into the suburban depravity of The Sopranos with the design team who brought Tony’s world to life: production designer Dean Taucher and scenic charge artist Michael Zansky. Join host SuChin Pak and learn about using sets as psychological arenas, the secret religious symbolism in the Bada Bing, and the real meaning behind that painting in Tony and Carmela’s bedroom.  

 

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Immerse yourself in the gritty world of the first season of True Detective with the design team who brought it to life: production designer Alex DiGerlando and set decorator Cynthia Slagter. Join host SuChin Pak and learn about building a burnt out church from scratch, the subconscious storytelling of a hoarder house, and sourcing objects weathered by time and humidity from the real neighborhoods of Louisiana.  

 

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Step inside the epic world of Game of Thrones with the design team who brought it to life: production designer Gemma Jackson and costume designer Michele Clapton. Join host SuChin Pak and learn about the distinct visual story behind each of the kingdoms of Westeros, designing Daenerys’s costumes to come full circle, and what it takes to build a 700-foot wall of ice at the edge of the world.  

 

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Step inside the affluent, dysfunctional world of Succession with the people who brought it to life: production designer Stephen Carter and director of photography Patrick Capone. Join host SuChin Pak and learn about the psychology behind the Roys’ luxurious, impersonal apartments, how to create the perfect corporate environment for eavesdropping and sabotage, and what it takes to find the underbelly of the most picturesque places o...

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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.  

 

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August 27, 2024 1 min
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 ...

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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...

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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.

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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.

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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 Betwe...

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June 24, 2021 2 mins
HBO Max presents Trade Secrets, a podcast that gives listeners a VIP pass into the rooms of the world’s best storytellers. You’ll hear from actors and directors as they conduct intimate interviews with each other about not only their craft but their crazy life adventures. Episodes come out on a surprise schedule, but we’ll clue you in on the first one — it drops June 28th. You won’t want to miss a thing. Subscribe now.

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