Shows
Keen On AmericaDocumenting America: How to See Beyond the Algorithm"It may not be Mister Right YouTube, but it is Mister Right Now." — Erika DildayOn Super Bowl Sunday — with America celebrating its 250th anniversary — Erika Dilday joins to discuss the power of documentary film to cut through algorithmic noise and show us who we really are. As executive producer of POV, the longest-running documentary program on American television (now entering its 39th season), Dilday has spent her career championing first-person storytelling that platforms won't surface. She's also co-directing an upcoming series with Ken Burns, Emancipation to Exodus, exploring the period from the Civil War to the Great...
2026-02-0833 min
OUTTAKE VOICES™ (Interviews)“Between Goodbyes” New PBS FilmFilmmaker Jota Mun talks about “Between Goodbyes” with Emmy Winner Charlotte Robinson host of OUTTAKE VOICES™ that POV will debut on PBS at 10P Monday December 8th. The film follows a Korean adoptee reconnecting with her original mother in Seoul as she unravels decades of silence, stigma, confronting long-held regrets while facing cultural misunderstandings with tenderness, humor and resilience. “Between Goodbyes” is an open love letter to all original mothers who have suffered from family separation providing a deeper understanding about how the adoption industry affects families globally. As a Korean adoptee Mun’s lived experience brings personal insight and uncommon...
2025-12-0806 min
SOUNDS OF FILM with Tom NeedhamJota Mun Talks BETWEEN GOODBYES, POV & Hamptons Doc Fest on SOUNDS OF FILMThe Sounds of Film welcomes director Jota Mun, whose feature documentary Between Goodbyes offers an intimate and emotionally layered view of international adoption and family reunion. The film follows Mieke Murkes, a queer Korean adoptee raised in the Netherlands, as she travels to Seoul to reconnect with her original mother, Okgyun Kang. Their time together reveals decades of unspoken regret, cultural distance, humor, and deep affection, creating a portrait of two women trying to understand one another after a lifetime apart. Drawing from years of observational footage and archival material, Mun brings the often-sidelined...
2025-12-0225 min
Viewers Like UsSeason 2, Episode 5: Feet to the Fire“Being able to give people things to discuss, to have an honest and intelligent discussion, is important. Dialogue leads to action, and we can't lose that.” - Erika Dilday
2025-10-0334 min
Viewers Like UsFeet to the Fire“Being able to give people things to discuss, to have an honest and intelligent discussion, is important. Dialogue leads to action, and we can't lose that.” - Erika DildayFollowing the passage of the Trump administration's rescission package to defund public media, including $1.1 billion for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB), Grace speaks with Erika Dilday in her capacity as executive director of American Documentary, Inc., and executive producer of its award-winning documentary series POV on PBS. Erika shares potential ways forward from her corner of the public broadcasting world; addresses the censorship claims related to Jane M. Wagn...
2025-10-0334 min
DOK Industry PodcastDOCTalk: BIPOC Representation – In Front of & Behind the Camera
In this two-part conversation, American Documentary Executive Director and Executive Producer of POV and America ReFramed, Erika Dilday, sits down with four storytellers to discuss the power of creating documentaries by and for BIPOC communities.
In our first conversation, Erika Dilday joins artist and filmmaker Chloe Abrahams to dive into the creation of her first feature documentary, The Taste of Mango. Together the two discuss Chloe’s deeply personal portrait of her own family and the Sri Lankan British community.
In the second conversation, Erika Dilday sits down with director Gabriel Francis Paz Goodenough, producer Da...
2024-09-3048 min
Talking TVDocumentary Advice From PBS’s ‘POV’TVNewsCheck’s Michael Depp talks with Erika Dilday, executive producer of PBS’s POV documentary series as the show enters its 35thseason, looking at what makes potent documentaries work and how local TV stations can make successful forays into the space by drawing on their strong community ties.
2022-07-0815 min
In The Thick Ad FreeJust Go to JailThis week’s sound-off is packed with all the madness going on in Washington. Futuro Media’s very own Erika Dilday guest co-hosts with Julio to breakdown the latest on: Alex Acosta’s resignation after facing backlash for Jeffrey Epstein’s secret plea deal, the administration’s insufficient reasoning behind the citizenship question on the Census, and the importance of Kamala Harris as a 2020 candidate. ITT Staff Picks:
Read The Miami Herald's investigation, Perversion of Justice, that reported on the Jeffrey Epstein case
Harris Gains Momentum With Democrats’ Most Important Voter Base, via Jemele Hill in The Atlantic ...
2019-07-1314 min
In The ThickJust Go to JailThis week’s sound-off is packed with all the madness going on in Washington. Futuro Media’s very own Erika Dilday guest co-hosts with Julio to breakdown the latest on: Alex Acosta’s resignation after facing backlash for Jeffrey Epstein’s secret plea deal, the administration’s insufficient reasoning behind the citizenship question on the Census, and the importance of Kamala Harris as a 2020 candidate. ITT Staff Picks:Read The Miami Herald's investigation, Perversion of Justice, that reported on the Jeffrey Epstein caseHarris Gains Momentum With Democrats’ Most Important Voter Base, via Jemele Hill in The Atlantic ...
2019-07-1314 min
In The Thick Ad FreeITT EXTRA: Cosby, An American BetrayalMaria and Julio are joined by Futuro Media's Executive Director, Erika Dilday, to process and discuss the Bill Cosby guilty verdict for sexual assault. They talk about Cosby's complicated (or... not so complicated) legacy and the role of race and the Me Too movement. Maria and Erika share their personal Me Too stories.
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2018-04-2814 min
In The ThickITT EXTRA: Cosby, An American BetrayalMaria and Julio are joined by Futuro Media's Executive Director, Erika Dilday, to process and discuss the Bill Cosby guilty verdict for sexual assault. They talk about Cosby's complicated (or... not so complicated) legacy and the role of race and the Me Too movement. Maria and Erika share their personal Me Too stories. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.Want to support our independent journalism? Join Futuro+ for exclusive episodes, sneak peaks and behind-the-scenes chisme on all our podcasts. https://bi...
2018-04-2814 min
In The Thick Ad FreeSaving Our SonsWith Maria away traveling, Julio sits down with Futuro Media’s Executive Director, Erika Dilday, for a special In The Thick conversation. As this Friday marks 19 years since the Columbine High School massacre and the second national student walkout for gun control following the Parkland shooting, Julio and Erika discuss the POC perspective of gun violence as a symptom of a larger issue in the country: systemic racism.
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2018-04-2113 min
In The ThickSaving Our SonsWith Maria away traveling, Julio sits down with Futuro Media’s Executive Director, Erika Dilday, for a special In The Thick conversation. As this Friday marks 19 years since the Columbine High School massacre and the second national student walkout for gun control following the Parkland shooting, Julio and Erika discuss the POC perspective of gun violence as a symptom of a larger issue in the country: systemic racism. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.Want to support our independent journalism? Join F...
2018-04-2113 min