The Treat: Maria Bamford

0:00KCURW sponsors include Neon presenting The Christophers, the new film from Academy Award-winning director Steven Soderbergh and writer Ed Solomon, starring Ian McKellen and Michaela Cole. The Christophers opens April 10th at AMC Century City and AMC The Grove. Welcome to The Treat. I'm Elvis Mitchell. Comedian Maria Bamford has a unique take on the world and turns that into last with her equally distinctive perspective. is present in her act, as well as her memoir, Sure, I'll Join Your Cult, and her series, Lady Dynamite. Her treat comes from her pursuit of the new, landing her in a place where she found a book as different as her stand-up.

0:41This is Maury Bamford. I'm a comedian.

0:50my treat is the book called i survived capitalism and all i got was this lousy t-shirt by madeline pendleton who is founder and ceo of television a fashion company here in los angeles

1:07it was in a lovely used bookstore in monrovia and it's all how she built her business and grew it in a very ethical way alongside her fellow employees but also set up ways where everyone could buy a house everyone got retirement benefits and and it was well-paid fashion merchandising fashion construction work, which is not often a thing you can do in Los Angeles.

1:40I usually read the first couple of pages and the first couple of pages of the book are extremely heartbreaking. And it's all about living in Los Angeles and, you know, working and having a job and kind of, I've had so many friends have to leave the city because of, You know, it's just the rents are so high here. And especially once you get to my age, you can't do the gig jobs anymore. It's very difficult to do catering, waiter, waiter, all that sort of stuff. So, so many friends have had to leave town. So it's very interesting that part of what it's like to live in a giant city and still be extremely generous with your employees and learn.

2:21learn how to operate a fair and equitable business that has all boats rise, which I don't know if I've done, but that's my dream. That's my dream.

2:39So it's very funny and also very educational and inspired me a ton.

2:54Of course, the treat from comedian Maria Bamford, whose style has made her someone other comics seek out, is the 2024 book, I Survived Capitalism, and all I got is this lousy T-shirt, Everything I Wish I Never Had to Learn About Money, by author Madeline Pendleton. The Treat is produced by Rebecca Mooney and mixed by Katie Gilchrist. I'm surviving. It's The Treat. I'm Elvis Mitchell.

3:46KCW sponsors include Neon presenting The Christophers, The new film from Academy Award-winning director Stephen Soderbergh and writer Ed Solomon, starring Ian McKellen and Michaela Cole. The Christophers opens April 10th at AMC Century City and AMC The Grove.