The Documentary Show
The Documentary Show is a podcast hosted by Keith Bodayla and John Oldfield. They discuss their favorite documentaries they’ve been watching, old ones you might have missed, and the world of documentary filmmaking.
- Update frequency
- every 24 days
- Average duration
- 97 minutes
- Episodes
- 35
- Years Active
- 2015 - 2018
Episode 13: Restrepo and When Jews Were Funny
John and Keith could not have picked more different films if they had tried. First up, Sebastian Junger’s and Tim Hetherington’s Restrepo about a platoon of U.S. soldiers setting up an outpost in the…
01:28:41 |
Thu 04 Aug 2016
Episode 12: 30 for 30 Special: Broke, Jordan Rides The Bus, and You Don’t Know Bo
John and Keith dive into the wide world of sports with 3 of ESPN’s 30 for 30 documentaries. First they get financially responsible with the lessons of professional players in Billy Corben’s Broke. Th…
01:38:47 |
Sat 16 Jul 2016
Episode 11: Chuck Norris vs Communism and The Institute
Keith brings along the great, but sub-titled documentary, Ilinca Calugareanu’s story of how illegal American films helped spark freedom in the Ukraine. Then John brings a documentary that might be a …
01:18:18 |
Wed 08 Jun 2016
Episode 10: Brooklyn Castle and Deceptive Practices
John brings the story of the best chess club in the country in Katie Dellamaggiore’s Brooklyn Castle and how these hard working kids deal with victory, defeat, and budget cuts. Keith brings a little …
01:24:54 |
Wed 25 May 2016
Episode 9: Second Skin and Grey Gardens
John and Keith accidentally picked a pseudo-theme for this episode. First up, Juan Carlos Piñeiro Escoriaza’s Second Skin taking a look at MMORPG players, their lives, relationships, and gaming addic…
01:49:54 |
Sun 10 Apr 2016
Episode 8: I Know That Voice and Milius
John and Keith bow to the masters of voice acting with Lawrence Shapiro’s I Know That Voice. Their usual impressions and accents are lacking out of fear. In the intermission, they revive an old movie…
01:50:09 |
Sun 27 Mar 2016
Episode 7: The Jinx With a Hint of Making A Murderer
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: Th…
02:08:28 |
Wed 09 Mar 2016
Episode 6: Best of Enemies and Cowspiracy
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 …
02:45:19 |
Sun 14 Feb 2016
Episode 5: Anytown, USA and Iris
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,…
01:52:53 |
Wed 06 Jan 2016
Hall of Fame 2: Catfish
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…
00:25:22 |
Sun 27 Dec 2015
Episode 4: Resurrect Dead: Mystery of Toynbee Tiles and Creep Behind The Camera
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 pi…
01:22:22 |
Sun 13 Dec 2015
Episode 3: Somm, Wine Tasting, and The Wrecking Crew
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. The…
01:20:59 |
Wed 25 Nov 2015
Episode 2: Downloaded and Finding Vivian Maier
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 unkn…
01:46:39 |
Wed 11 Nov 2015
Hall of Fame 1: Jesus Camp
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.
00:11:03 |
Mon 02 Nov 2015
Episode 1: An Honest Liar, I Am Chris Farley, Red Army, Exporting Raymond
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 h…
01:31:41 |
Sun 01 Nov 2015
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