Talkumentaries

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 December 6, 2017.

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.

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 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.

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 houses over 100 convicted sex offenders.

Originally aired August 20, 2017.

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 of it?"

Originally aired August 5, 2017.

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 purchased at a storage unit auction.

Originally aired July 22, 2017.

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.

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.

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.

Originally aired June 17, 2017. 

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.