BONUS EP: The Nithya Raman Interview: ‘Let’s Celebrate Making Things in L.A. Again’
About this episode
Nithya Raman discusses her plans to revitalize the Hollywood production industry amid significant job losses.
Los Angeles mayoral candidate and Los Angeles City Council member Nithya Raman is acutely aware of what’s at stake as local Hollywood production craters — 42,000 jobs lost over two years between 2022 and 2024, shoot days down 50 percent below the five-year average. Many of her constituents in District 4, which stretches from the San Fernando Valley to the Santa Monica Mountains, work in the industry — and her husband, Vali Chandrasekaran, is a longtime writer and producer, with credits on television comedies like Modern Family, 30 Rock and Netflix’s The Four Seasons. Last week, Raman came by the Ankler offices for a conversation with Richard Rushfield about her plan to save the industry, as well as her thoughts about how we got here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
People in this episode
Host: Richard Rushfield
Guest: Nithya Raman
Topics covered
- Los Angeles politics
- Hollywood production
- job loss
- Nithya Raman
- local industry
- city council
Keywords
- Nithya Raman
- Hollywood
- Los Angeles
- job loss
- city council
- production
- interview
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: TheAnkler.com
Books & works: Modern Family, 30 Rock, The Four Seasons
Places: Los Angeles, San Fernando Valley, Santa Monica Mountains
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