Beste Documentary Film podcasts (2025)

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Saints and Warriors 10:34

4d ago10:34

10:34

Throughout the course of the Haida basketball season, leaders of iconic rez ball team the Skidegate Saints compete for two titles - defending their All Native Basketball Championship, while also battling for title to their land and waters with the government that stole it from them with the Indian Act. Patrick Shannon, director of the film Saints a…

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219: Frederick Wiseman at 95 38:57

12d ago38:57

38:57

Frederick Wiseman: An American Institution is the title of a career retrospective currently running at New York's Film at Lincoln Center through March 5. Pure Nonfiction host Thom Powers interviews Wiseman at age 95 about how he maintained his independence for over five decades. They discuss a range of topics including what's happening with his 200…

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Swamp Dogg Gets His Pool Painted 12:40

4d ago12:40

12:40

Hidden away in the suburbs of Los Angeles, legendary cult musician Swamp Dogg, along with housemates Moogstar and Guitar Shorty, have transformed their home into an artistic playground. Together, they navigate the tumultuous music industry, forging a unique and inspiring bond across time and space. In this episode, director Isaac Gale visits the Tr…

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Two Medicine 10:29

4d ago10:29

10:29

Chazz Racine, a determined rider for Carlson Relay, fiercely represents the Blackfeet Nation in Indian Relay. The film Two Medicine chronicles Chazz's desire to win and his personal battles off the track—his brother’s fight with cancer, his friend’s struggle with alcoholism, and his own past trauma. In this episode, director Taylor Hawkins chats wi…

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The Jungle 20:26

5d ago20:26

20:26

Unraveling centuries of greed and exploitation in America’s meat industry, THE JUNGLE is a modern-day take on Upton Sinclair’s 1906 novel that calls into question the profiteering of ecosystems and reveals how indigenous knowledge may hold the key to creating equitable food systems for both people and the planet. In this episode, director Matt Wesc…

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Appalheads 12:21

5d ago12:21

12:21

Decades after leaving Appalachia, a daughter returns to eastern Kentucky to excavate her father’s remarkable filmmaking legacy and reflects on the effect her home still has on her. In this episode, producer Anna White visits the 102.9 ESPN studios to discuss Appalheads' world premiere at the Big Sky Documentary Film Festival.…

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Coywolf 15:42

6d ago15:42

15:42

Lucy Adams' film Coywolf meditates on the urban landscape of New York City and the coyotes that inhabit it, blurring the lines between city and nature and exploring how we relate to wildlife in urban environments. In this episode, Adams chats with Mike Smith of the Trail 103.3 about her film, which made its world premiere at this year's Big Sky Doc…

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Tiwahe 15:41

6d ago15:41

15:41

TIWAHE is a vibrant, slice-of-life portrait spanning four generations of the Assiniboine and Gros Ventre tribes in Hays, Montana, on the Fort Belknap Reservation. In this episode, Colter Nuanez of 102.9 ESPN discusses the film with directors Josh Benson and James Suter.Door Big Sky Documentary Film Festival

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Fault Lines 16:16

7d ago16:16

16:16

In San Francisco, the decades-long battle for affordable housing is reaching a breaking point, with dire warnings for the rest of the country. Directors Nate Houghteling and Yoav Attias of the documentary Fault Lines discuss their film, its lessons and much more with Mike Smith of the Trail 103.3.Door Big Sky Documentary Film Festival

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The Birds 19:51

7d ago19:51

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The Birds is a moving portrait of one man’s desperation to decipher the relationship between mass flights of seabirds and a single super-speed predator. In this episode, co-director Martin Dohrn visits the Trail 103.3 studios to discuss the making of the film.Door Big Sky Documentary Film Festival

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UNEARTH 12:21

7d ago12:21

12:21

UNEARTH follows an inspiring set of Native Alaskan activists and commercial salmon fishermen as they navigate the treacherous waters of power players, politics, and tactics driving forward North America’s largest-ever proposed copper mine in their beloved homeland of Bristol Bay, Alaska, revealing the potentially unsustainable cost of our sustainab…

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Stolen Kingdom 11:29

8d ago11:29

11:29

STOLEN KINGDOM delves into the history of mischief, scandal, and theft at Walt Disney World, ultimately leading to the theft of an animatronic valued at nearly half a million dollars. Executive director Josh Koopman chats with Colter Nuanez of 102.9 ESPN about the process of documenting such a secretive and obsessive culture, as well as the big que…

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Helen and the Bear 14:20

8d ago14:20

14:20

Captured in intimate verite by director Alix Blair, HELEN AND THE BEAR is a lyrical portrait of the beautiful and complex relationship between free-spirited Helen and once-prominent politician Pete as they enter the final chapter of their marriage. As Pete’s health worsens and Helen anticipates life without “Bear,” she wrestles with what’s been los…

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Julia Sherman 10:45

8d ago10:45

10:45

Julia Sherman, executive director of the Big Sky Documentary Film Festival, sits down with Mike Smith of the Trail 103.3 to preview the 2025 festival and some of the highlights of this year's schedule.Door Big Sky Documentary Film Festival

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"Incident" with Bill Morrison & Jamie Kalven 27:26

10d ago27:26

27:26

Rounding out our coverage of the 2025 Academy Award nominees, we are joined by producers Bill Morrison (“Decasia”, “The Dockworker's Dream”, Dawson City: Frozen Time) and Jamie Kalven (of the Invisible Institute) to discuss their Oscar-nominated short, “Incident,” which depicts the police shooting of Harith “Snoop” Augustus and it’s immediate after…

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"Instruments of a Beating Heart" with Ema Ryan Yamazaki 23:00

13d ago23:00

23:00

Ema Ryan Yamazaki attended Japanese elementary school, then an international school before heading to New York for her college education. In “Instruments of a Beating Heart”, her Academy Award Nominated short, she reveals some of the differences she found between national pedagogies, and some of the key learnings which have made her who she is. Tol…

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"I Am Ready Warden" with Smriti Mundhra & Maya Gnyp 33:24

14d ago33:24

33:24

In Smriti Mundhra’s (“St. Louis Superman,” “Indian Matchmaking”) recently Oscar-nominated documentary short, “I Am Ready, Warden,” John Henry Ramirez speaks direct to camera and says, “If you all are seeing this, it means the state of Texas has murdered me…” For the audience, it’s a punch to the gut, a spoiler, and an announcement of what’s at stak…

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"Death by Numbers" with Kim A. Snyder and Sam Fuentes 31:49

14d ago31:49

31:49

When documentary filmmaker Kim A. Snyder began her directing career, she didn’t set out to make a string of films about school shootings and their aftermaths. But, from “Newtown” (2016) to “US Kids” (2020), and now with her Oscar-nominated short documentary “Death by Numbers,” Kim has brought critical attention to the issue and built deep relations…

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"2000 Meters to Andriivka" with Mstyslav Chernov 24:34

21d ago24:34

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One of the most haunting moments in director Mstyslav Chernov’s harrowing new documentary “2000 Meters to Andriivka” — a follow up to his Oscar-winning “20 Days in Mariupol” — is a rather prosaic conversation about handmade cigarettes between the filmmaker and a Ukrainian soldier as they huddle in a foxhole while artillery shells explode around the…

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"Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat" with Johan Grimonprez 43:44

2M ago43:44

43:44

The 15th UN General Assembly of September 1960 may not seem like the most avant-garde topic for a cinematically adventurous documentary, but don’t tell that to director Johan Grimonprez. His stunningly creative “Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat,” recently named to the Oscar Shortlist for Best Documentary Feature, is a cinematic high point of 2024 and al…

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218: Shortlisters, part 2 51:40

2M ago51:40

51:40

Four interviews about films on the Oscars Shortlist for Documentary Feature: consulting editor David Teague and animator Renata Galindo on FRIDA; co-director Angela Patton on DAUGHTERS; producer Rafael Marmor on WILL & HARPER; director Shiori Ito on BLACK BOX DIARIES. Recorded live in New York City on January 5, 2025 at Documentary Spotlight, co-pr…

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"The Bibi Files" with Alexis Bloom 26:32

2M ago26:32

26:32

Continuing our Academy Award coverage, today we speak with Alexis Bloom about her documentary, "The Bibi Files," which has been Oscar-shortlisted. "The Bibi Files" features never-before seen police interrogations of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin “Bibi” Netanyahu, his wife Sara, their son Yair and many of their friends, associates, and people who …

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217: Shortlisters, part 1 47:19

2M ago47:19

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Three interviews about films on the Oscars Shortlist for Documentary Feature: Stephen Maing and Brett Story on UNION; Laurie Anderson and Gary Hustwit on ENO; Slava Leontyev, Paula Dupre' Pesman, and Joe Berlinger on PORCELAIN WAR. Recorded live in New York City on January 5, 2025 at Documentary Spotlight, co-presented by Pure Nonfiction and The An…

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"Will & Harper" with Josh Greenbaum 45:24

2M ago45:24

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Road trips — and road trip movies — are as American as apple pie. And now, currently streaming on Netflix, we have director Josh Greenbaum’s poignant and very funny documentary “Will & Harper,” which tags along on a cross country road trip with close friends Will Ferrell and Harper Steele as the two navigate Harper’s recent transition as a woman. S…

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216: "Queendom" with Agniia Galdanova & Igor Myakotin 39:05

2M ago39:05

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"Queendom" profiles the non-binary Russian performance artist Jenna Marvin. We watch her challenge Russia's repressive laws against the LGBTQ+ community and protest the country's war on Ukraine, putting herself at great risk. Pure Nonfiction host Thom Powers interviews director Agniia Galdanova and producer Igor Myakotin about what motivated them o…

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"Makayla's Voice" with Julio Palacio 27:33

2M ago27:33

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Due to a rare form of autism, 14-year-old Makayla has grown up with plenty to say but lacking the ability to say it — until now. Thanks to a groundbreaking therapy, she has found her voice and is making up for lost time. In Julio Palacio’s deeply moving Oscar-shortlisted documentary short, “Makayla’s Voice: A Letter to the World,” Makayla uses a le…

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"The Only Girl in the Orchestra" with Molly O’Brien 26:57

2M ago26:57

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The first thing you should know about double bassist Orin O’Brien is that she doesn’t think she’s anything special. The second thing you should know — as director Molly O’Brien’s thoroughly endearing Oscar-shortlisted documentary short “The Only Girl in the Orchestra” makes perfectly clear — is that Orin O’Brien is very special, indeed. The first f…

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215: Ibrahim Nash'at on "Hollywoodgate" 31:33

2M ago31:33

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After Afghanistan experienced a change of power in 2021, Egyptian filmmaker Ibrahim Nash'at embedded himself in the country and documented how the Taliban took control of over $7 billion worth of U.S. military equipment. Pure Nonfiction host Thom Powers interviews Ibrahim about the making of "Hollywoodgate," how he coped with risk, the role of his …

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Sundance 2025 Preview with Basil Tsiokos 44:33

2M ago44:33

44:33

“Hello, 2025!” And as the doc calendar turns to a new year, we turn our attention to the 2025 Sundance Film Festival. The 41st edition runs from January 23 – February 2 in Park City and Salt Lake City, Utah (and online from Jan. 30 – Feb 2). To help get us fired up, we welcome back Basil Tsiokos, Sundance Senior Programmer, Nonfiction, for his four…

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214: Adam Kinzinger & Steve Pink on "The Last Republican" 31:02

2M ago31:02

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Adam Kinzinger was the first Republican Congressman to call for the impeachment of Donald Trump after the Jan 6 insurrection. That caught the attention of the Hollywood comedy writer and director Steve Pink ("Hot Tub Time Machine"). Although Pink is liberal and Kinzinger is conservative they shared a sense of humor and an opposition to Trump. "The …

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