Wednesday, February 12, 2020Episode 803: 2020 Oscar-Nominated Documentary Shorts / For Sama
Well, the 2020 Academy Awards may have come and gone, but that?s no reason to stop watching the nominated films, even the ones that did not win. In t...
Wednesday, February 5, 2020Episode 802: The Edge of Democracy / Citizen K
Democracy is under worldwide threat, from dictators, would-be dictators and those followers who seek power at the expense of liberty. In this week?s e...
Wednesday, January 29, 2020Episode 801: Slamdance 2020
Welcome to Season 8! In this episode, we invite back our old friend and cohost Summre Garber to talk about the documentary slate at the 2020 Slamdance...
Tuesday, January 14, 2020Bonus Episode: Morgan Neville
In this bonus episode, cohosts Bart Weiss and Chris Reed talk with Oscar-winning documentarian?Morgan Neville (20 Feet from Stardom), discussing his c...
Monday, December 23, 2019Bonus Episode: Best Documentaries of 2019
In this bonus episode, cohosts Bart and Chris revisit their favorite documentaries of 2019, and then invite, each in turn, all the podcast?s Season 7 ...
Wednesday, October 30, 2019Episode 706: Mike Wallace Is Here / This Is Not a Movie
For our final episode of Season 7, we invite Patricia Aufderheide, of American University, back on the show (she was Bart?s interview subject, discuss...
Wednesday, October 23, 2019Episode 705: Always in Season / Flannery
As our seventh season enters its final third, Bart and Chris join guest host Sonali Gulati, a filmmaker and faculty member at Virginia Commonwealth Un...
Wednesday, October 16, 2019Episode 704: #FemalePleasure / Searching Eva
This week, we welcome guest host Jennifer Proctor, filmmaker and Associate Professor of Journalism and Screen Studies at University of Michigan-Dearbo...
Wednesday, October 9, 2019Episode 703: Memory: The Origins of Alien / Beyond the Bolex
Joining us this week is documentarian Anuradha Rana?? Associate Professor, School of Cinematic Arts, DePaul University ? as we discuss Alexandre O. P...
Wednesday, October 2, 2019Episode 702: Harlan County U.S.A. / American Factory
For this second episode of our current season we try something new with a look back at an important film from the past, Barbara Kopple?s 1976 Harlan C...
Wednesday, September 25, 2019Episode 701: Cold Case Hammarskj?ld / Crime + Punishment
We are back for a new season, and this time with a series of guest hosts ? a new one each episode ??to accompany Bart and Chris on their journey throu...
Wednesday, August 28, 2019Bonus Episode: Patricia Aufderheide and Fair Use
In this bonus episode, Bart interviews Patricia Aufderheide, of American University?s Center for Media & Social Impact, about how she first developed ...