Best Allan Gill Podcasts (2024)

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The Upping Your Elvis Podcast. Episode Twenty Two – Improv with Neil Mullarkey 30:07

5M ago30:07

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Chris and Jim chat about our latest #ElvisEnergyExperiment, where we've been delving into the wonderful world of improvisation with one of the world’s most experienced and accomplished improv performers – Neil Mullarkey. You may recognise him from his performances in 'Whose Line Is It Anyway' and two 'Austin Powers' movies. He still performs most S…

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The Upping Your Elvis Podcast. Episode Twenty One – Laughter with Lotte Mikkelsen 28:16

5M ago28:16

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Chris, Jim and Neil chat to Laughter Ambassador and Laughter Yoga Master Trainer Lotte Mikkelsen about our latest #ElvisEnergyExperiment where we’ve been giving our energy a huge boost by delving deep into the healing power of laughter. Laughter Yoga is growing in popularity as a way to boost staff wellbeing. Not only does laughter release endorphi…

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The Upping Your Elvis Podcast. Episode Twenty - Nutrition with Harry Hewiston 42:46

10M ago42:46

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Good nutrition is the difference between surviving and thriving. Our bodies are beautifully complex and amazing organisms that need loads of different nutrients to thrive. We could survive for a while on coffee, processed food, and take-aways but sooner or later it’ll catch-up with us and our ‘engines’ will simply break down. This month Podcast is …

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The Upping Your Elvis Podcast. Episode Nineteen. Talk It Out, with Geoff McDonald 38:15

11M ago38:15

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Chris & Jim chat to Geoff McDonald about our latest #ElvisEnergyExperiment where we've been giving our energy a huge boost by using Talk It Out. They've been playing with the Talk It Out app and giving ‘The Friday Download’ a go. It’s a simple, fun challenge that’s proven to help free you from the baggage of your busy week so you can skip into the …

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The Upping Your Elvis Podcast. Episode Eighteen. Singing, with James Sills 40:54

1y ago40:54

40:54

Chris & Jim chat to James Sills about our latest #ElvisEnergyExperiment where we've been giving our energy a huge boost by singing. The benefits of singing for physical and mental health are widespread and well-documented. From boosting mood, reducing anxiety, improving posture, and lowering blood pressure. And here’s the great thing - none of thes…

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The Upping Your Elvis Podcast. Episode Seventeen. Experiencing Awe. 26:50

1y ago26:50

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Chris & Jim chat to Emily Graces from The Living Project about our latest #ElvisEnergyExperiment where we've been getting into the outdoors to experience awe to see how it impacts our energy. The Living project’s philosophy is that getting outside and spending time in nature is good for the soul. It inspires connection to self, others and the natur…

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The Upping Your Elvis Podcast. Episode Sixteen - Daily Energy Routine with Amanda Allan 22:04

1y ago22:04

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Chris & Jim chat to Amanda Allan about our latest #ElvisEnergyExperiment where we've been testing the Daily Energy Routine to see how it impacts our energy. The Daily Energy Routine was created by Donna Eden, one of the world’s foremost Energy Medicine practitioners and teachers. Deceptively simple, it is a short routine of exercises that balances …

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191 - MEET ME IN THE BATHROOM w Daniel Gill 1:03:15

1y ago1:03:15

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MEET ME IN THE BATHROOM is a 2022 doc based on the book of the same name by Lizzy Goodman. Directed by Will Lovelace and Dylan Southern, this look at '00s nostalgia focuses on a cluster of rock bands coming out of New York and Brooklyn at the beginning of the George W. Bush era. These bands that went on to define this scene were The Moldy Peaches, …

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190 - WATCH OR NOT 2022 Wrap Up 1:03:47

1+ y ago1:03:47

1:03:47

Paco and George catch up on LOW COUNTRY: THE MURDAUGH DYNASTY (HBO) MOONAGE DAYDREAM PELOSI IN THE HOUSE (HBO) SENIOR (Netflix) STUTZ (Netflix) LAST CHANCE U (Netflix) FIRE OF LOVE (Disney+) LIGHT AND MAGIC (Disney+) Follow Sup Doc on: Twitter: @supdocpodcast Instagram: @supdocpodcast Facebook: @supdocpodcast sign up for our mailing list See Privac…

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189 - IT CAME FROM AQUARIUS RECORDS w director Kenneth Thomas, Windy Chien, Andee Connors, Allan Horrocks 1:16:32

1+ y ago1:16:32

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IT CAME FROM AQUARIUS RECORDS is a feature-length documentary about the SF-based independent record store, Aquarius Records. Having closed in 2016 after 47 years, this small apartment-sized store championed local, underground, independent, and challenging music to the masses - most memorably with their infamous bi-weekly, college essay-length, new-…

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The Upping Your Elvis Podcast. Episode Fifteen - 4 Day Week with Joe Ryle 26:24

1+ y ago26:24

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Chris & Jim chat to Joe Ryle from 4dayweek.co.uk about our latest #ElvisEnergyExperiment where we've been testing how a 4 day week impacts on our energy and makes everything becomes easier, more fun, and more successful. A 4 day week is proven to be great for our wellbeing as we get the time and space to focus on our lives outside of work, but it’s…

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188 - LIKE A ROLLING STONE: THE LIFE AND TIMES OF BEN FONG TORRES w Daniel Gill 1:01:23

1+ y ago1:01:23

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We’re covering Like a Rolling Stone: the Life and Times of Ben Fong-Torres. Released in 2021, Suzanne Joe Kai’s debut feature doc is now available on Netflix. Fong-Torres was the editor at the beginning of Rolling Stone magazine when it was based in San Francisco, and he has a fascinating background at the forefront of ‘60s and ‘70s cultural upheav…

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187 - THE KIDS IN THE HALL: COMEDY PUNKS w Paul Myers, Reg Harkema, Nick McKinney 36:06

2y ago36:06

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George is joined by the director and producers behind the brand new career-spanning Kids in the Hall documentary airing on Amazon Prime on May 20th. Amazon Prime launched a brand new season of The Kids In The Hall sketch show. George is joined by the team behind the new Kids in the Hall documentary, director Reg Harkema and executive producers Nick…

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186 - WATCH OR NOT: Seven Year LuLaRich 1:02:50

2y ago1:02:50

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Paco is back for a watch-or-not doc recap/review. It also happens to be the Seventh Anniversary of this podcast! We discuss: Jimmy Saville: A British Horror Story The Curse of Von Dutch: A Brand to Die For Conversations with a Killer: The John Wayne Gacy Tapes The Tinder Swindler LuLaRich Jeen-Yuhs: A Kanye Trilogy stuff we're excited about but hav…

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185 - BAD VEGAN: FAME. FRAUD. FUGITIVES. w Laura Hooper Beck 1:22:54

2y ago1:22:54

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We cover the Netflix series Bad Vegan: Fame. Fraud. Fugitives. a tale of manipulation, Stockholm Syndrome, and only tangentially veganism. It’s a four part series directed by Chris Smith (American Movie). After marrying a mysterious man who claimed he could make her dog immortal, celebrated raw vegan restaurateur Sarma Melngailis finds her life vee…

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The Upping Your Elvis Podcast. Episode Fourteen - NAD+ with Iain De Havilland & Dr Philip Schoettle 29:44

2y ago29:44

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Chris & Jim chat to the amazing Iain De Havilland & Dr Philip Schoettle from the NAD Clinic Group about our latest #ElvisEnergyExperiment where we have been testing the impact NAD+ has on our energy, our focus, and even Jim's football team (spoiler alert - he got man of the match!). The NAD Clinic Group are research driven cellular innovators and N…

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184 - Biopsy: INVENTING ANNA w Luna Malbroux 53:42

2y ago53:42

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This is one of our BIOPSY episodes where instead of a documentary, we watch a ripped-from-the-headlines fictional account of a true story. Today we’re covering the Shonda Rhimes Netflix hit Inventing Anna. Anna Sorokin, who went by the made up persona of Anna Delvey, was convicted of larceny in 2019. Delvey rose through New York’s social strata and…

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183 - THE VELVET UNDERGROUND w Daniel Gill 1:25:48

2+ y ago1:25:48

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We deep dive into Todd Haynes’ Velvet Underground documentary (2021) on AppleTV. Haynes talks to the surviving members of the band and a lot of New York art world and the Warhol Factory scene about this legendary group that blended drone, multimedia, and doo-wop. The first-person accounts are great and you get steeped in the heady New York days of …

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The Upping Your Elvis Podcast. Episode Thirteen - Food Memories with Gill Meller 27:10

2+ y ago27:10

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Chris & Jim chat to the wonderfully talented, Chef, Author and Food Writer, Gill Meller about our latest #ElvisEnergyExperiment where we've been creating food memories with those we hold dear as an incredible way to give our mental, emotional, and spiritual energy a huge boost. Gill writes a monthly recipe column in Delicious Magazine, his 2017 boo…

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182 - FOR MADMEN ONLY director Heather Ross and James Urbaniak 1:12:12

2+ y ago1:12:12

1:12:12

Paco and George talk to the director of For Madmen Only: The Stories of Del Close Heather Ross, and actor James Urbaniak. This doc is currently streaming on Amazon, Google Play, AppleTV, and Hulu. For Madmen Only is an intimate look at the tremendously influential comedy and improv guru Del Close. This documentary is an eye-opener for anyone unfami…

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181 - FANTASTIC FUNGI w Jessica Sele 1:07:12

2+ y ago1:07:12

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We're discussing Fantastic Fungi (2019), directed by Louie Schwartzberg. We look at all the forms of fungi, the roles they play in recycling matter, communicating with the trees, and even their role in human evolution. You may never look at mold the same way again. Our guest for this episode is comedian Jessica Sele. Fantastic Fungi is a consciousn…

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180 - TOO SOON: COMEDY AFTER 9/11 director Julie Seabaugh 1:12:15

2+ y ago1:12:15

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We review the documentary Too Soon: Comedy After 9/11 which you can catch on Vice TV on Sept. 8th, just a few days before the 20th anniversary of the 2001 attacks. The documentary features interviews with comedians including David Cross, Gilbert Godfried, Janeane Garofolo, and Marc Maron about the struggle to re-establish humor’s place in the after…

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179 - WOODSTOCK 99: PEACE, LOVE, AND RAGE w Chaki and Adam Papagan 1:07:54

2+ y ago1:07:54

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We review the controversial Woodstock 99: Peace, Love, and Rage (directed by Garrett Price) out now on HBOMax. Boomer nostalgia meets nu metal in a fight where no one wins. The ceremonies took place in Rome, New York in 1999, three decades after the initial Woodstock festival. Seemingly small logistics issues roll into a massive (and literal) shits…

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The Upping Your Elvis Podcast. Episode Twelve - Spread Thanks with Elena Anguita 27:07

2+ y ago27:07

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Chris & Jim catch-up with the fantastic Elena Anguita, Founder of the Spread Thanks Movement about our latest #ElvisEnergyExperiment where we've been exploring the impact spreading thanks has on our emotional and spiritual energy and look at how a renewed focus on gratitude can give us all a massive energetic boost. Elena is a change agent, author,…

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178 - LOST SOUL: THE DOOMED JOURNEY OF RICHARD STANLEY'S ISLAND OF DR. MOREAU w Sam Mickens 57:53

2+ y ago57:53

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George talks to musician Sam Mickens about one of his favorite docs LOST SOUL: THE DOOMED JOURNEY OF RICHARD STANLEY'S ISLAND OF DR. MOREAU (2014, David Gregory) It's the mid-'90s. British/South African horror director Stanley pitches a version of the H.G. Wells novel The Island of Dr. Moreau and New Line Cinema picks it up. Some huge movie stars g…

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177 - WATCH OR NOT DOCS 1:04:00

3y ago1:04:00

1:04:00

Paco and George talk about some recent docs THE SPARKS BROTHERS - (Edgar Wright, 2021) In Theaters / Purchase THE DONUT KING (Alice Gu, 2020) Hulu SUMMER OF SOUL (Questlove, 2021) Hulu THE COCKETTES (Bill Weber & David Weissman, 2002) Documentary Plus Controversy around Summer of Soul footage We are also super excited about the upcoming Val Kilmer …

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The Upping Your Elvis Podcast. Episode Eleven - Primal Play with Darryl Edwards 33:31

3y ago33:31

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Chris & Jim chat to the brilliant Darryl Edwards from Primal Play about our latest #ElvisEnergyExperiment where we've been exploring the impact movement has on our energy, and looked at how moving our bodies brings an enormous energetic return! It’s fair to say that most of us don’t relate exercise to playtime, but Darryl Edwards, leading movement …

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176 - THIS IS POP: AUTO-TUNE w Eric Schwartz 58:59

3y ago58:59

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We are talking about This Is Pop, the music documentary series currently streaming on Netflix. This is Pop uncover’s the real stories behind your favorite pop songs and charts the impact of the festival scene, Auto-Tune, boy bands and more. Our guest is Eric Scwartz who is almost featured prominently — in Episode 2 — simply named Auto-Tune. In this…

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175 - A GLITCH IN THE MATRIX director Rodney Ascher 1:02:05

3y ago1:02:05

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George talks to the filmmaker Rodney Ascher, whose latest doc is A GLITCH IN THE MATRIX. We’ve had Ascher on the show before to discuss his inventive genre-bending docs Room 237 and The Nightmare. A Glitch in the Matrix is a look at the increasingly popular simulation theory using Ascher's hyper-referential editing style, CGI animated first-person …

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174 - ANIMAL PASSIONS w Butch Escobar 1:17:36

3y ago1:17:36

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We cover Animal Passions, a 2004 BBC Channel 4 documentary by Christopher Spencer about zoophiles, people who have sex with animals. Trigger warning! The conversation is longer than the doc itself, but we saved you from watching it yourself. Butch Escobar's furious rants have become his trademark at such clubs as the San Jose Improv, Cobb's and the…

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173 - Director Jordan Brady (I AM COMIC, I AM ROAD COMIC, I AM BATTLE COMIC) 1:16:27

3y ago1:16:27

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Paco and George meet up with Jordan Brady, who was a stand up comedian before turning into a feature/documentary/commercial director. His trilogy of "I Am Comic" comedian documentaries shows what it takes to perform and live as a comic. Jordan Brady was a stand-up comedian touring nightclubs across America. A self-taught filmmaker, he directed four…

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Lo Fidelity Music Trivia Gameshow 32:05

3y ago32:05

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Special bonus episode! Former guest Kevin Seal runs this weekly music trivia game show on facebook, Paco and George competed against each other for bragging rights, so we only thought it fitting to share the audio in our feed. You can watch the archived episode here: Follow Lo Fidelity here: buy the Body Double album here. See Privacy Policy at htt…

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172 - Q: INTO THE STORM 57:47

3y ago57:47

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Today we’re talking about Q: Into the Storm, the six-part HBO docuseries where filmmaker Cullen Hoback goes down several rabbit holes and follows red herrings to track down the roots of the Qanon movement. Is it a movement, is it a conspiracy theory? Hoback investigates this question, and the bizarre father-son duo at its center. We also celebrate …

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The Upping Your Elvis Podcast. Episode Ten - De-Cluttering with Katherine Blackler from SortMySpace.co.uk 29:57

3y ago29:57

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Chris & Jim chat to the fantastic Katherine Blackler from SortMySpace.co.uk about the #ElvisEnergyExperiment we ran with her recently and how de-cluttering is an amazingly powerful way to bring a new energy to our environment. In fact it's often said that our physical environment is a mirror image of what goes on in our head (and vice versa), so it…

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171 - WATCH OR NOT DOCS 45:14

3y ago45:14

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Paco and George look at the new Chris Farley doc, Last Chance U, the Billie Eilish doc The World's A Little Blurry, A Glitch In The Matrix, and more backstory about how they ended up here. Our old interview with Rodney Ascher. Follow us on: Twitter: @supdocpodcast Instagram: @supdocpodcast Facebook: @supdocpodcast sign up for our mailing list And y…

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170 - OPERATION VARSITY BLUES w Aviva Siegel 1:02:32

3y ago1:02:32

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George and Aviva dig into the infamous 2019 college admissions scandal, where over 50 people faced criminal charges for racketeering and conspiracy. Mastermind Rick Singer funneled money from wealthy families to bribe coaches and admissions officers at major universities throughout the US, including actors Felicity Huffman and Lori Loughlin. OPERAT…

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169 - HEAVEN'S GATE: THE CULT OF CULTS director Clay Tweel and producer Shannon Riggs 1:12:30

3y ago1:12:30

1:12:30

George and Paco talk to the filmmaking team behind the HBO docuseries - Heaven’s Gate: The Cult of Cults. Director and Producer Clay Tweel and Producer Shannon Riggs chronicled the three-decade long saga of Marshall Appelwhite and Bonnie Nettles (AKA “Do and Ti”) who recruited scores of people to their alien-worshipping religious cult starting in t…

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The Upping Your Elvis Podcast. Episode Nine - Napping with Cara & Sam from ProNappers 25:40

3y ago25:40

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Chris & Jim chat to the brilliant Cara & Sam from ProNappers about the #ElvisEnergyExperiment we ran with them recently and how napping is a superpower we all have at our finger tips, but yet we don't always use. Napping gets a bad press at times and can carry a stigma of being a bit lazy, but nothing could be further from the truth! ProNappers are…

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168 - GREY GARDENS w Amber Preston 1:08:12

3y ago1:08:12

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We finally tackle all-time classic Grey Gardens! Our guest is comedian Amber Preston. The Maysles Brothers were approached by Jackie Onassis to make a movie about the Bouvier family. During the filming, their camera gravitated to The crumbling Long island estate known as Grey Gardens occupied by eccentric relatives “big and little Edie”. It’s a hot…

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The Upping Your Elvis Podcast. Episode Eight - Creative Writing with Kat Lewis 23:57

3y ago23:57

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Chris & Jim chat to Kat lewis, founder of Creative Writing consultancy With The Undertow about how creative writing is not only an opportunity to express yourself creatively, but it can help us to process our emotions and even help us form stronger connection with those around us. Something happens when you set pen to paper and allow the words to f…

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167 - Watch Or Not Docs 48:15

3y ago48:15

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Paco and George crammed all the content so you don't have to! We rant. We review. We recommend. FRAMING BRITNEY SPEARS (2021) dir. Samantha Stark MY OCTOPUS TEACHER (2020) dir. Pippa Ehrlich, James Reed. CRIME SCENE: THE VANISHING AT THE CECIL HOTEL (2021) dir. Joe Berlinger CROCK OF GOLD: A FEW ROUNDS WITH SHANE MACGOWAN (2020) dir. Julien Temple …

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166 - FilmDrunk Frotcast Crossover special w Matt Lieb and Vince Mancini 1:39:52

3y ago1:39:52

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It’s a crossover episode with our friends from the FilmDrunk Frotcast. Vince Mancini is Senior Film and Culture writer for FilmDrunk and has been a guest on Sup Doc before (Episode 57). Matt Lieb is a comedian and writer for Newsbroke, and he was actually our very first guest on Sup Doc (Episode 1). This is a fun and loose conversation. We review a…

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165 - Hot Or Not Doc Reviews 51:03

3y ago51:03

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🔥or ⛔ Paco and George review new (and new-ish) documentaries in the streaming world. Night Stalker: The Hunt For A Serial Killer (Tiller Russell, James Carroll) 2021 on Netflix Tiger (Matthew Hamachek, Matthew Heineman) 2020 on HBO Operation Odessa (Tiller Russell) 2018 on Netflix Jasper Mall (Bradford Thomason and Brett Whitcomb) 2020 Amazon Prime…

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164 - IN THE REALMS OF THE UNREAL w Jared Logan 53:54

3+ y ago53:54

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Paco and George visit with comedian and game master Jared Logan to discuss the sad and surprising life of Henry Darger, the loner whose exhaustive creative work was discovered posthumously. The ultimate Outsider Artist, Darger created a memoir, a 15,000 page hand-written novel, and giant fifteen-foot paintings, none of which were intended for an au…

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163 - RODENTS OF UNUSUAL SIZE directors Chris Metzler, Jeff Springer, Quinn Costello 1:21:30

3+ y ago1:21:30

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George covers a lot of ground with Chris Metzler, Quinn Costello, and Jeff Springer; co-directors of Rodents of Unusual Size. Documentary about the nutria overtaking and destroying Louisiana's swamp land. I also ask Chris and Jeff about their earlier collaborations, Everyday Sunshine: The Story of Fishbone and Plagues & Pleasures On the Salton Sea,…

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162 - Director's Cut 1:02:19

3+ y ago1:02:19

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Paco and George have been interviewing documentary directors for over five years! We play some interesting clips from these super fun and interesting talks. Ep 137 -Arthur Jones and Giorgio Angelini director and producer of Feels Good Man Ep 4 - Jodi Wille director of The Source Family Ep 160 - Jeff Feuerzeig director of The Devil and Daniel Johnst…

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161 - ZAPPA w Kevin Seal 1:16:29

3+ y ago1:16:29

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George and Paco sit down with musician and journalist Kevin Seal to recap Alex Winter’s 2020 documentary Zappa. On this episode we have three different Frank Zappa fans ranging from George, who is new to Zappa’s music, to Kevin, who loves Zappa but occasionally needs a break to Paco, who has been a life long Zappa-head. We get into many topics incl…

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160 - Director Jeff Feuerzeig (DEVIL AND DANIEL JOHNSTON, AUTHOR:THE JT LEROY STORY, HALF JAPANESE) 1:20:59

3+ y ago1:20:59

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Very excited to have the director of some of our favorite docs, and a huge influence on the kinds of docs we love - Jeff Feuerzeig made HALF JAPANESE: THE BAND THAT WOULD BE KING (1994), THE DEVIL AND DANIEL JOHNSTON (2005), THE REAL ROCKY (2011), AUTHOR: THE JT LEROY STORY (2016), as well as writing and producing many others. He is at work on a do…

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159 - Upcoming Doc Reviews 42:25

3+ y ago42:25

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Paco and George talk upcoming documentaries, their upcoming interview with Jeff Feuerzeig, "Stickergate", Queen's Gambit, and whatever has been on our watchlists. Alex Winter's Frank Zappa doc is available Thanksgiving weekend HBO's The Mystery of D.B. Cooper releases Nov 25th The Lady and the Dale Judd Apatow's George Carlin doc The Perfect Weapon…

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158 - THE VOW finale w Johnny Pemberton 1:13:41

3+ y ago1:13:41

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Today we wrap up the docuseries THE VOW on HBO, the story of the whistleblowers who left the cult group NXIVM, started by “the smartest man in the world” Keith Raniere. We are again joined by the very funny comedian Johnny Pemberton, who loves cult-leader stories. Directed by Jehane Noujaim (Control Room, The Square) and Karim Amer (The Square, The…

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