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TalkumentariesTalkumentaries S1E22 Everyone Should Watch ThisThis 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 December 6, 2017.2021-05-0600 minTalkumentariesTalkumentaries S1E21 Not a Video GameThis 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, 2017.2021-05-0553 minTalkumentariesTalkumentaries S1E20 BeachyThis 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 was found in a school bathroom, and the subsequent arrest and trial of Roman Zadorov, a Ukrainian immigrant who had worked at the school.
Originally aired October 9, 2017.2021-05-0451 minTalkumentariesTalkumentaries S1E19 It Was a BummerThis 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 houses over 100 convicted sex offenders.
Originally aired August 20, 2017.2021-05-0350 minTalkumentariesTalkumentaries S1E18 Get Off My LawnIn 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 of it?"
Originally aired August 5, 2017.2021-05-0200 minTalkumentariesTalkumentaries S1E17 Possession of His Own FootThis 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 purchased at a storage unit auction.
Originally aired July 22, 2017.2021-05-0100 minTalkumentariesTalkimentaries S1E16 Guns and Roses?This episode is about Mommy Dead and Dearest, the 2017 HBO documentary film about Dee Dee and Gypsy Rose Blanchard.
Originally aired July 8, 2017.2021-04-3058 minTalkumentariesTalkumentaries S1E15 I Hate to See a Good Wine go to WasteThis week, we chat about we chat about we discuss the American crime documentary about wine fraudster Rudy Kurniawan - Sour Grapes.
Originally aired June 24, 2017.2021-04-2950 minTalkumentariesTalkumentaries S1E14 Some Tightrope GroupieThis 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.
Originally aired June 17, 2017. 2021-04-2845 minTalkumentariesTalkumentaries S1E13 More Thank Your Average Mental LoadThis 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, 2017.2021-04-2750 minTalkumentariesTalkumentaries S1E12 People I'd Love to PunchThis 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. 2021-04-261h 15TalkumentariesTalkumentaries S1E11 Parenthood is Just a Lot of GoodbyesIn this week's episode, Della and Claire discuss the 2015 PBS Frontline episode Growing Up Trans.
Originally aired May 27, 2017. 2021-04-2554 minTalkumentariesTalkumentaries S1E10 Wear Your Underwear Before You Wash ItThis 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. 2021-04-241h 10TalkumentariesTalkumentaries S1E9 A Big Pile of PuppiesThis week, Della and Claire discuss the documentary film Looking for Ms. Locklear (2008) by Internet sensations Rhett and Link.
Originally aired May 13, 2017. 2021-04-2337 minTalkumentariesTalkumentaries S1E8 A Great Shower Gift if you Know Any Pregnant LadiesIn 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. 2021-04-2243 minTalkumentariesTalkumentaries S1E7 Liberty and Justice for AllThis 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 aired April 29, 2017. 2021-04-211h 01TalkumentariesTalkumentaries S1E6 It Doesn't Stay in VegasThis 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, 2017.2021-04-2045 minTalkumentariesTalkumentaries S1E5 Fun Night Out for the Old FolksThis 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. 2021-04-1946 minTalkumentariesTalkumentaries S1E4 The Staten Island FairyThis 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 the story of Andre Rand, a convicted child kidnapper from Staten Island.
Originally aired March 19, 2017. 2021-04-1849 minTalkumentariesTalkumentaries S1E3 Josh Dun You Are My SunshineThis 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. 2021-04-1730 minTalkumentariesTalkumentaries S1E2 The DocuRomComThis week we discuss the 2014 romantic comedy documentary film Meet the Patels.
Originally aired March 5, 2017.2021-04-1633 min
TalkumentariesTalkumentaries S1E1 The WitnessIn 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 - that 38 witnesses watched her being murdered - went largely unchallenged. This film follows Kitty's brother, Bill, as he goes in search of the truth to find out what actually occurred that fateful night.
Originally aired February 28, 2017.2021-04-1541 min