236 Episodes

  1. 208: Johan Grimonprez on "Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat"

    Published: 21/11/2024
  2. 207: Frida, Celine and Daughters

    Published: 14/11/2024
  3. 206: Docs with Laughs

    Published: 8/11/2024
  4. 205: Live from Los Angeles

    Published: 31/10/2024
  5. 204: Shiori Ito on "Black Box Diaries"

    Published: 24/10/2024
  6. 203: Elevating documentary craft in "Nocturnes"

    Published: 17/10/2024
  7. 202: On filming "Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story"

    Published: 10/10/2024
  8. 201: Angela Patton & Natalie Rae Robison on "Daughters"

    Published: 3/10/2024
  9. 200: Beadie Finzi & Judy Kibinge on DISCO & the Independence Project

    Published: 26/09/2024
  10. 199: "No Other Land" directors Basel Adra and Yuval Abraham

    Published: 5/09/2024
  11. 198: Lucy Walker on "Mountain Queen”

    Published: 7/08/2024
  12. 197: Sonya Childress & Sahar Driver on Color Congress

    Published: 1/08/2024
  13. 196: Jeff Zimbalist on "Skywalkers: A Love Story"

    Published: 18/07/2024
  14. 195: Rethinking Louis C.K. in "Sorry / Not Sorry"

    Published: 11/07/2024
  15. 194: "Copa 71" Restores a Lost History

    Published: 20/06/2024
  16. 193: ESPN 30 for 30

    Published: 18/06/2024
  17. 192: Emmy Contenders, Part 2

    Published: 13/06/2024
  18. 191: Emmy Contenders, Part 1

    Published: 12/06/2024
  19. 190: Chris Wilcha — from "This American Life" to "Flipside"

    Published: 6/06/2024
  20. 189: India's Trail-Blazing Director Anand Patwardhan

    Published: 30/05/2024

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