Jump Off a Doc

This week, we talk about Tickled, a documentary about one man's tickling video empire, full of lots of sordid twists and turns.

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This week, we talk about I Am Greta, a documentary about the Swedish environmental wunderkind, Greta Thunberg. 

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Icarus is originally about doping in cycling, and then turns into a broader look at a state-sponsored Russian doping program. The star of the doc is the inimitable Grigory Rodchenkov.

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This week, Alex & D.J. talk about Edible Insects, a documentary about, well, edible insects, and how they are perceived and consumed in North America compared to the rest of the world.

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Some Kind of Heaven is about a few different groups of older people living in The Villages in Florida. It made Alex and D.J. think about getting older, which is probably the point of the movie, maybe.

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The Game Changers is a documentary that aims to convert you to a plant-based diet, with testimonials from elite athletes and slightly dubious scientific evidence to back their claims.

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This week, Alex and D.J. learn that there is a lot of plastic in the world, and it's not being recycled nearly as effectively as they thought.

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Collective is a documentary about a Romanian nightclub fire, government corruption, negligent healthcare, and many more bleak, terrible things. It hurt to watch.

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Last Breath is about a deep sea diver who becomes trapped at the bottom of the ocean floor. Does he live? Does he die? These questions, and not many more, are answered in the film. 

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Bibliography:

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.atlasobscura.com/articles/what-is-a-saturation-diver.amp

https://youtu.be/-jL2MLzMTyM

Class Action Park shines a light on Action Park, the mythical New Jersey theme park of the 1980's, famed for the ridiculous amount of danger it posed to all of its patrons.

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Bibliography: https://www.menshealth.com/entertainment/a33795371/class-action-park-rides/