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Ep 124 THE HISTORY OF STAND UP with comedian Wayne Federman

September 2, 2019
Tagged as: comedian, David Crosby, Gary Gulman, History Of Stand UP, interview, legendary, podcast, Podglomerate, Recap, talk, Tom Petty, USC, Wayne Federman

Sup Doc – By Doc Fans. For Doc Fans. Ep 124 THE HISTORY OF STANDUP with Wayne Federman George welcomes back three-time guest Wayne Federman (comedian, author, adjunct professor at USC, comedy writer, musician) to…

On Ep 121 George interviews director Dava Whisenant about her award winning film Bathtubs Over Broadway (streaming on Netflix). The film follows the arc of comedy writer Steve Young (Late Show with David Letterman) as he discovers the little-known world of industrial musical theater.

Director Ian McFarland explains his great love for his Godfathers Of Hardcore subjects, Agnostic Front.

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Ep 116 AMANDA KNOX with author Sarah Enni

May 20, 2019
Tagged as: Amanda Knox, Author, documentaries, documentary, funny, George Chen, interview, Los Angeles, mayhem, netflix, Paco Romane, Recap, Sarah Enni, true crime, writer

There are many reasons that this case entranced the world, but it may be what Knox says herself: “Either I’m a psychopath in sheep’s clothing or I am YOU.”

Ep 115 Mommy Dead and Dearest with comedian & actor Ally Johnson Sup Doc The Premier Podcast About Documentaries Every Monday in May: A New True Crime Documentary for MAYHEM MONTH! Just in time…

The first episode in our MAYHEM series were we cover True Crime documentaries every monday in May! First up, the documentary The Legend of Cocaine Island.

Starting May 6th and every Monday in May our amazing guests will be helping us recap murder, misdeeds and mayhem.

Hosts Paco Romane and George Chen recap the Alex Gibney’s HBO documentary The Inventor: Out For Blood In Silicon Valley with Bay Area comedian Sara DeForest. If you’re not familiar with this story it centers around the latest captivating fraud from the tales of Silicon Valley “geniuses”, and is worthy of discussion next to Hulu’s Fyre Festival documentary, “Fyre Fraud.

Sup Doc: The Premier Podcast About Documentaries NEXT WEEK 4/1: P IS FOR PARTY with Director Frankie Peterson EXCLUSIVE!! In a BIG moment for Sup Doc on Monday April 1st we drop our talk with…

On episode 110 we recap the HBO doc “Leaving Neverland” with comedian Chris Martin. This was a great interview and we get deep in the details. We lead with our hearts in this talk as this is a tough but important subject matter.

If truth is stranger than fiction it doesn’t get stranger than this hit true crime documentary Abducted In Plain Sight.

Our very first Sup Doc Documentary Quiz Show was amazing! Standing room only! Our esteemed guests and comedians Alex Falcone (Voted Portland’s Funniest Person), Kate Willett (Netflix, Jim Jefferies Show), Mike Drucker (The Tonight Show, Full Frontal with Samantha Bee), and Molly Sanchez ( Failure to Launch, Red All Over: A Handmaid’s Tale Recap) were hilarious, smart and ready for some documentary trivia!

Join us for our FREE Sup Doc Quiz Show on Saturday January 12th at PianoFight bar in SF!

We talk with director William Badgley about his documentaries about musicians The Slits, KARP, and Don Letts.

We had a great year! Hear about some of our favorite moments, shows, documentaries and guests from 2018!

Restrepo is a 2010 American documentary film about the Afghanistan war, directed by American journalist Sebastian Junger and British photojournalist Tim Hetherington.The film explores the year that Junger and Hetherington spent in Afghanistan on assignment for…

We talk with the legendary director Brett Morgen about filmmaking, being creative and great stories about Robert Evans, Mick Jagger, The Kid Stays in The Picture, Montage of Heck and Jane!

On episode 101 co-host Paco Romane recaps the documentary Finders Keepers with comedian Chris Storin. Chris is the host of News Dick and That’s That podcast. In this recap Paco and Chris also get into comedy, music and even uncover an unexpected surprise!

George spoke with Eric Steuer about one of his favorite docs, EXIT THROUGH THE GIFT SHOP (2010). The only film credited to Banksy, Exit Through The Gift Shop tells the story of Thierry Guetta, a self-taught street artist/documentarian who ends up becoming the subject of the film.

We are thrilled to have as our guest journalist, activist and comedian Francesca Fiorentini as we recap Michael Moore’s latest documentary Fahrenheit 11/9. Francesca is known famously for her work on AJ+ Newbroke. As with most Sup Doc episodes we have differences, lot of laughs, in-depth moments, no real conclusions and we get schooled in “postcolonial feminist theory”!