Krista Smith sits down with a selection of Hollywood's next generation of talent: Jonathan Majors, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II and Taylour Paige.

A special roundtable moderated by BBC World News anchor and NYT bestseller, Katty Kay. Featuring Lee Weiner, one of the original Chicago 7 defendants, writer and director Aaron Sorkin of The Trial of the Chicago 7, actor Sacha Baron Cohen (Abbie Hoffman), Dolores Huerta (President of the Dolores Huerta Foundation), actress and activist Olivia Munn, comedian, writer and activist Baratunde Thurston, and Watergate prosecutor, and MSNBC commentator, Jill Wine-Banks. A compelling conversation about the film, activism, parallels between today and 1968, plus much more.

On this episode of More Like This, Colman Domingo joins as co-host and reveals both his vulnerable and professional life updates. He later details working on the multi-nominated film Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom as Cutler, his impassioned scene with the late Chadwick Boseman and more. Of course, our hero interview with the record-shattering Oscars nominee, Viola Davis, is nothing short of a necessity, delving into many topics from her difficult childhood to her research process for Ma Rainey, a historically undocumented legend. Shine your boots and press play!

On this episode of More Like This, Krista sits down with Fast Company’s EIC Stephanie Mehta and delves into the highlights of her podcast with the cast and crew of one of Netflix’s most watched films, "The White Tiger."

On this special episode of More Like This, two documentaries focused on marginalized communities approach activism through their own distinct ideals for justice. Beginning with "Crip Camp," filmmakers Jim Lebrecht and Nicole Newnham speak alongside fellow activist Judy Heumann about the ways in which disability rights, civil rights and a summer camp culminated in the film’s historical point. Next, Sophia Nahli Allison, director of "A Love Song for Latasha," details the ways she decolonized her process and combatted anti-Blackness to portray her subject’s full life prior to death in ways that history has not. Social justice begins with courage.

This Spotlight Episode of More Like This highlights two documentaries centering on grief and loss with a fictional twist: "Dick Johnson is Dead" and "What Would Sophia Loren Do?"

Episode 7 of More Like This features the (reportedly) fear-inducing actress Rosamund Pike as our special co-host and guest. But first, Krista chops it up with Gary Oldman, the legendary lead of this awards season contender, MANK. Directed by David Fincher, Oldman shares his experience working with the creative and breaks down his personal character development process from script to film. Similarly, Pike details her experience with Fincher in Gone Girl and takes us all on a phenomenal ride from rejection to triumph regarding her new audacious film, I Care A Lot, dropping February 19th. Tune in, if only for the gratifying accents.

More Like This gets the Mank treatment! In this very special episode, Krista takes us behind the scenes of David Fincher’s Mank, sharing interviews with key members of the creative team: composers Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross, set decorator Jan Pascale, cinematographer Erik Messerschmidt, and editor Kirk Baxter. Enjoy this deep dive into the process of making movie magic with film collaborators at the top of their game, and be sure to see their work in Mank, now streaming on Netflix.

Our co-host this week is veteran tech journalist and entrepreneur, Laurie Segall. Focusing on all the ways in which tech has sped up and slowed down our world, from television series to cellular phones, Lily Collins joins us to discuss her Instagram-influenced hit series, Emily in Paris and the award-contending film, MANK. Segall also speaks with leading Black ethics lawyer in tech, Rashida Richardson, who was featured in The Social Dilemma, about all the detrimental "-isms" plaguing the tech industry right now and where it may lead.

On this Spotlight Episode of More Like This, we're featuring the film, The Trial of the Chicago 7. Piecing together some of the most dynamic and insightful interviews from the Official Trial of the Chicago 7 Podcast, we take a deep dive into the creative process of the acclaimed film. Krista Smith speaks with director Aaron Sorkin in detail about his inception process, as well as Yahya Abdul Mateen II (Bobby Seale), Sacha Baron Cohen (Abbie Hoffman), Jeremy Strong (Jerry Rubin), Eddie Redmayne (Rom Hayden), Alan Baumgarten (film editor), Phedon Papamichael (director of photography), Shane Valentino (production designer), Susan Lyall (costume designer) and Lawrence O’Donnell (political commentator and author). You may now press play.