Sup Doc: A Documentary Podcast
Sup Doc is the comedy podcast where docs get reviewed and recapped! Hosts Paco Romane and George Chen dive into docs with sharp takes, big laughs, and cool guests from the worlds of tv, movies and music.
No homework required—just show up and have fun.
“A fun way to pore over docs” – Vulture
“Enlightening” – The A.V. Club
- Update frequency
- every 12 days
- Average duration
- 57 minutes
- Episodes
- 234
- Years Active
- 2015 - 2025
33 - HOW TO DRAW A BUNNY w Jeff Zamaria
Paco and George dig into the enigmatic artist Ray Johnson's life and death with our guest, San Francisco comedy producer Jeff Zamaria. This 2002 documentary directed by John Walter and Andrew L. Moor…
00:56:00 |
Mon 27 Jun 2016
32 - DEEP WATER w Ned Raggett
Today's whale of a tale concerns the ill-fated voyage of Donald Crowhurst, as seen through the lens of Louise Osmond and Jerry Rothwell's 2006 documentary, Deep Water. Music journalist and nautical e…
00:52:59 |
Mon 13 Jun 2016
31 - One Year Anniversary Show
It's been a full year since we dropped the very first episodes of Sup Doc! We watched many classic and soon-to-be-classic documentaries, talked to new and old friends, and jumped feet first into podc…
01:00:14 |
Mon 30 May 2016
30 - DECLINE OF WESTERN CIVILIZATION w Peter Rojas
Tech writer/founder Peter Rojas discusses Los Angeles punk classic The Decline of Western Civilization.
01:09:05 |
Mon 16 May 2016
29 - THE CARTER / ROOM 237 w William Hutson (clipping.)
What do Lil Wayne and the Shining have in common? On Ep 29 Paco and George speak with musician William Hutson from the experimental hip-hop group clipping.
The Carter is a 2009 documentary film abo…
01:20:02 |
Mon 02 May 2016
28 - JIRO DREAMS OF SUSHI w Riley Silverman
On Ep 28 Paco and George sit down with comedian Riley Silverman to discuss the 2011 doc Jiro Dreams of Sushi the story of 85-year-old Jiro Ono, considered by many to be the world’s greatest sushi che…
00:57:30 |
Mon 18 Apr 2016
27 - BROKEN DREAMS w Veronica Belmont
George and Paco welcome the talented Veronica Belmont to the Sup Doc Podcast. On EP27 they talk about the doc Broken Dreams - The Boeing 787. The 2014 Al Jazeera doc goes behind the scene to investig…
00:43:54 |
Mon 04 Apr 2016
26 - RELIGULOUS w Todd Glass
On Episode 26 of Sup Doc Paco sits down with the hilarious comedian and podcast host (The Todd Glass Show) Todd Glass. They have a candid and funny talk about the 2008 Bill Maher documentary Religulo…
01:01:32 |
Mon 21 Mar 2016
25 - THE PUNK SINGER w Hutch Harris (Thermals)
Paco and George meet up with Hutch Harris at Lost Weekend Video where we discuss the Kathleen Hanna biography, The Punk Singer (Sini Anderson, 2013).
Kathleen Hanna, lead singer of the punk band Bik…
00:46:53 |
Mon 07 Mar 2016
24 - THE CULT OF JT LEROY director Marjorie Sturm
Director Marjorie Sturm was sucked early on into the fraud/con perpetrated by the JT LeRoy association of Laura Albert and company, and she made a documentary about the phenomemom, The Cult of JT LeR…
00:57:04 |
Mon 22 Feb 2016
23 - MAKING A MURDERER w Red Scott (comedian/podcaster)
We break down the Netflix docu-series Making A Murderer with comedian Red Scott (Boars, Gore, and Swords).
01:05:29 |
Mon 08 Feb 2016
22 - LIVE: HEAVY METAL PARKING LOT w Emily Heller, David Gborie, Chris Thayer, and more
We watch the cult classic Heavy Metal Parking Lot live at Sketchfest with our comedian guests Chris Thayer, Emily Heller, David Gborie, Nick Stargu, and Mary Van Note.
00:50:03 |
Mon 25 Jan 2016
21 - MY DEPRESSION w Hana Michels
On Episode 21 of Sup Doc, George talks with comedian Hana Michels about My Depression: The Up And Down and Up Of It by Elizabeth Swados, Robert Marienetti, and David Wachtenheim (2014). Does an anima…
01:17:43 |
Mon 11 Jan 2016
20 - Hosts Review FINDERS KEEPERS, A POEM IS A NAKED PERSON, TERROR FROM WITHIN
On Episode 20 of Sup Doc hosts Paco Romane and George Chen team up with producer/engineer Will Scovill to review a few of their hand-picked documentaries. Paco reviews the bizarrely hilarious doc Fin…
00:36:27 |
Mon 28 Dec 2015
19 - SMASHING MACHINE w Stephen Lynch
Musical comedian Stephen Lynch talks to Paco about the MMA documentary Smashing Machine.
01:10:37 |
Mon 14 Dec 2015
18 - BONES BRIGADE w OJ Patterson
Comedy blogger OJ Patterson talks with us about 80's California skateboarding documentary Bones Brigade (2012)
01:00:23 |
Mon 30 Nov 2015
17 - SAMSARA w Sam McPheeters
Paco and George welcome the multi-talented Sam McPheeters. They discuss the 2011 documentary Samsara, a non-narrative film directed by Ron Fricke and produced by Mark Magidson, who also collaborated …
01:16:53 |
Mon 16 Nov 2015
16 - GOING CLEAR w Jamie DeWolf (great-grandson of L. Ron Hubbard)
We talked to Snap Judgment's Jamie DeWolf about his connection to Scientology (it's pretty direct) and the HBO documentary Going Clear.
00:56:53 |
Mon 02 Nov 2015
15 - LIVE: SAN FRANCISCO 2.0 w Amy Farah Weiss, Kaseem Bentley, and Adam Pfahler
Sup Doc Podcast presents its debut live show recorded at Lost Weekend Video. Bay Area comedians Paco Romane and George Chen invite a SF Mayoral candidate, a comedian and a Mission business owner/musi…
01:00:20 |
Mon 19 Oct 2015
14 - THE WOLFPACK w Dave Ross and Anna Seregina
Paco Romane and George Chen welcome comedians Anna Seregina and Dave Ross (Terrified podcast) to the Sup Doc living room. They discuss the much hyped documentary The Wolfpack (2015, Crystal Moselle).…
01:10:02 |
Sun 18 Oct 2015
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