This episode is all about The C Word, a 2015 documentary film about the effort to prevent cancer, particularly the research of Dr. David Servan-Schreiber, and addresses the failure of Western medicine's approach to cancer.Originally aired Dece

Talkumentaries S1E21 Not a Video Game

May 5th, 2021 53m

This week's episode focuses on Tower, a 2016 American animated documentary film about the 1966 shootings at the University of Texas at Austin directed and produced by Keith Maitland.Originally aired October 31, 2017.

Talkumentaries S1E20 Beachy

May 4th, 2021 51m

This episode is about Shadow of Truth, a true-crime Israeli documentary television series that was created by directors Yotam Guendelman and Ari Pines. The series follows the 2006 murder case of Tair Rada, a 13-year-old Israeli girl whose body

Talkumentaries S1E19 It Was a Bummer

May 3rd, 2021 50m

This week's episode is all about Pervert Park, a 2014 documentary film directed by Swedish-Danish filmmaking couple Frida and Lasse Barkfors. The film's focus is Palace Mobile Park in St. Petersburg, Florida, nicknamed "Pervert Park", which hou

Talkumentaries S1E18 Get Off My Lawn

May 2nd, 2021 1h

In this episode, we talk about If You're Not in the Obit, Eat Your Breakfast, the 2017 American documentary film directed by Danny Gold. In it, Carl Reiner poses the question, "What's the secret to living into your 90s – and loving every minute

Talkumentaries S1E17 Possession of His Own Foot

May 1st, 2021 1h

This week's episode focuses on Finders Keepers, a 2015 documentary film by Bryan Carberry and Clay Tweel. The story details John Wood's attempts to recover his mummified leg from Shannon Whisnant, after Whisnant found the leg in a grill purcha

Talkimentaries S1E16 Guns and Roses?

Apr 30th, 2021 58m

This episode is about Mommy Dead and Dearest, the 2017 HBO documentary film about Dee Dee and Gypsy Rose Blanchard.Originally aired July 8, 2017.

Talkumentaries S1E15 I Hate to See a Good Wine go to Waste

Apr 29th, 2021 50m

This week, we chat about we chat about we discuss the American crime documentary about wine fraudster Rudy Kurniawan - Sour Grapes.Originally aired June 24, 2017.

Talkumentaries S1E14 Some Tightrope Groupie

Apr 28th, 2021 45m

This week's discussion is about Man on Wire, a 2008 British-American biographical documentary film directed by James Marsh. The film chronicles Philippe Petit's 1974 high-wire walk between the Twin Towers of New York's World Trade Center.Origi

Talkumentaries S1E13 More Thank Your Average Mental Load

Apr 27th, 2021 50m

This week's episode features There's Something Wrong with Aunt Diane, a 2011 documentary television film directed by Liz Garbus about the 2009 Taconic State Parkway crash. Originally aired June 10, 2017.

Talkumentaries S1E12 People I'd Love to Punch

Apr 26th, 2021 1h 15m

This week's discussion is about The Keepers, a seven-episode American documentary web series that explores the unsolved murder of nun Catherine Cesnik in 1969.Originally aired June 3, 2017.

Talkumentaries S1E11 Parenthood is Just a Lot of Goodbyes

Apr 25th, 2021 54m 47s

In this week's episode, Della and Claire discuss the 2015 PBS Frontline episode Growing Up Trans. Originally aired May 27, 2017.

Talkumentaries S1E10 Wear Your Underwear Before You Wash It

Apr 24th, 2021 1h 10m

This week's episode focuses on the 2017 documentary film Casting JonBenet. In it, we talk about JonBenet, meditation, dogs, and so much more!Originally aired May 20, 2017.

Talkumentaries S1E9 A Big Pile of Puppies

Apr 23rd, 2021 37m 30s

This week, Della and Claire discuss the documentary film Looking for Ms. Locklear (2008) by Internet sensations Rhett and Link. Originally aired May 13, 2017.

Talkumentaries S1E8 A Great Shower Gift if you Know Any Pregnant Ladies

Apr 22nd, 2021 43m 28s

In this episode, we discuss Nina Simone, the High Priestess of Soul, and the documentary about her, What Happened, Miss Simone? Originally aired May 6, 2017.

Talkumentaries S1E7 Liberty and Justice for All

Apr 21st, 2021 1h 1m

This week's documentary is 13th, in which filmmaker Ava DuVernay explores the history of racial inequality in the United States, focusing on the fact that the nation's prisons are disproportionately filled with African-Americans. Originally

Talkumentaries S1E6 It Doesn't Stay in Vegas

Apr 20th, 2021 45m

This week's episode focuses on OJ: Made in America, the 2016 documentary series produced by Ezra Edelman for ESPN's 30 for 30 series. It explores race and celebrity through the life of O. J. Simpson. Originally aired April 1, 2017.

Talkumentaries S1E5 Fun Night Out for the Old Folks

Apr 19th, 2021 46m 27s

This week's episode is all about Audrie and Daisy, a 2016 documentary film about two cases of rape of teenage American girls. Originally aired March 25, 2017.

Talkumentaries S1E4 The Staten Island Fairy

Apr 18th, 2021 49m 20s

This week, Della and Claire discuss Cropsey, a 2009 documentary film written and directed by Joshua Zeman and Barbara Brancaccio. The film begins as an examination of "Cropsey", a boogeyman-like New York City urban legend. It then evolves into

Talkumentaries S1E3 Josh Dun You Are My Sunshine

Apr 17th, 2021 30m

This week, Della and Claire discuss The Killing Season, a documentary television series. In it, documentarians Joshua Zeman and Rachel Mills explore the case of the Long Island serial killer. Originally aired March 11, 2017.

Talkumentaries S1E2 The DocuRomCom

Apr 16th, 2021 33m 59s

This week we discuss the 2014 romantic comedy documentary film Meet the Patels. Originally aired March 5, 2017.

Talkumentaries S1E1 The Witness

Apr 15th, 2021 41m 2s

In this premiere episode, Della and Claire discuss The Witness, the 2017 documentary that explores the events surrounding the murder of Kitty Genovese in 1964. For over a half a century, the events originally reported in The New York Times - th

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