The Documentary Show

John and Keith dive head first into the crazy tale of Robert Durst and the many murders he’s connected to. Did he do it? Did he do any of it? The answers are possibly in Andrew Jarecki’s The Jinx: The Life and Deaths of Robert Durst. Plus, they present a few theories of there own. They also compare this crime docu-series to Netflix’s Making A Murderer.

An extra-long episode brought to you by a new sponsor, Debating. Gore Vidal and William F. Buckley jump start modern political debate in 1968 thanks to Robert Gordon and Morgan Neville’s The Best of Enemies. Keith and John then spend a lot of time debating the impact of livestock on the environment thanks to Kip Anderson’s Cowspiracy: The Sustainability Secret.

John and Keith travel to 2003 Bogota, NJ for a mayoral election involving two blind guys, a guy that doesn’t really want to be there, and Jesse Ventura’s campaign manager in Kristian Fraga’s Anytown, USA. Then John watches and Keith mostly watches Albert Maysles’s Iris about the life of fashion icon Iris Apfel and how she likes to walk around looking at things.

We enter induct into The Documentary Show Hall of Fame a controversial documentary, Catfish. The film that made famous internet relationships gone wrong and spawned a TV show. Some people aren’t sure it’s real, but we have some thoughts on that.

Keith and John go along for the mystery-solving ride in John Foy’s Resurrect Dead: The Mystery of the Toynbee Tiles. But first they find out what a Toynbee Tile is. Then the take a look at Keith’s pick, Pete Schuermann’s The Creep Behind The Camera. It features the story of a terribly person that set out to make the best horror movie ever and failed miserably.

Keith and John do their own wine tasting and see how they would rank as Sommeliers. Meanwhile, they talk about Jason Wise’s Somm, which follows four candidates trying to become Master Sommeliers. Their second pick this week is Denny Tedesco’s The Wrecking Crew. It’s a chronicle of the most impressive session musicians you’ve heard all the time, but never heard of.

John and Keith change formats and focus on two documentaries. First up is a discussion of the history of Napster and digital music in Alex Winter’s Downloaded. Followed up by the discovery of an unknown but extremely talented photographer in John Maloof’s Finding Vivian Maier.

We revisit one of our favorite documentaries: Jesus Camp. A film about a children’s camp featuring lots of praying, preaching, crying and George W. Bush.

The inaugural episode with An Honest Liar, featuring the life story of The Amazing Randi. I Am Chris Farley covering the life of comedian and actor Chris Farley. Red Army about the world’s greatest hockey line and the fall of the Soviet Union. And Exporting Raymond following Everybody Loves Raymond producer as he tries to remake his show for Russian audiences.