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Sup Doc: A Documentary Podcast
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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
Episodes
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195 - PAVEMENTS / KIM'S VIDEO with Arthur Jones
Doc director Arthur Jones (Feels Good Man, Antisocial Network) is a '90s indie rock guy, just like George, so they tackle these two parallel docs. Our first in-person episode in a few years (most recent was Rodney Ascher in 2021), Arthur and Giorgio Angelini were in-person in March 2020 to…
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194 - 20TH ANNIVERSARY DEVIL AND DANIEL JOHNSTON with director Jeff Feuerzeig
Hosts Paco and George sit down with director Jeff Feuerzeig to discuss the 20th anniversary of the ground-breaking documentary The Devil and Daniel Johnston. We hear incredible behind-the-scene stories about the making of DADJ, plus we chat about AI music, indie vs global streaming, punk rock...
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193 - PEE-WEE AS HIMSELF
Paco and George watched the 2025 Matt Wolf two-part Paul Ruebens doc on HBO. This is prime Gen X imprinting, Paul Reubens' real life definitively laid out for the picking. The impish Reubens created his signature Pee-Wee Herman stage show as a cult Hollywood underground theater piece in 1981, but...
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192 - OUR TEN YEAR ANNIVERSARY SHOW
We got tenure! Ten Years of podcasting that is! Paco and George reminisce over you and over docs like American Nightmare Secret Mall Apartment Will and Harper Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story Art For Everybody Sly Lives! aka the Burden of Black Genius XTC - This is Pop The Bee Gees: How...
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191 - MEET ME IN THE BATHROOM w Daniel Gill
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...
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190 - WATCH OR NOT 2022 Wrap Up
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:...
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189 - IT CAME FROM AQUARIUS RECORDS w director Kenneth Thomas, Windy Chien, Andee Connors, Allan Horrocks
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...
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188 - LIKE A ROLLING STONE: THE LIFE AND TIMES OF BEN FONG TORRES w Daniel Gill
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...
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187 - THE KIDS IN THE HALL: COMEDY PUNKS w Paul Myers, Reg Harkema, Nick McKinney
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...
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186 - WATCH OR NOT: Seven Year LuLaRich
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...
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185 - BAD VEGAN: FAME. FRAUD. FUGITIVES. w Laura Hooper Beck
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...
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184 - Biopsy: INVENTING ANNA w Luna Malbroux
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...
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183 - THE VELVET UNDERGROUND w Daniel Gill
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…
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182 - FOR MADMEN ONLY director Heather Ross and James Urbaniak
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…
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181 - FANTASTIC FUNGI w Jessica Sele
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...
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180 - TOO SOON: COMEDY AFTER 9/11 director Julie Seabaugh
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…
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179 - WOODSTOCK 99: PEACE, LOVE, AND RAGE w Chaki and Adam Papagan
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...
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178 - LOST SOUL: THE DOOMED JOURNEY OF RICHARD STANLEY'S ISLAND OF DR. MOREAU w Sam Mickens
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...
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177 - WATCH OR NOT DOCS
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...
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176 - THIS IS POP: AUTO-TUNE w Eric Schwartz
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...
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175 - A GLITCH IN THE MATRIX director Rodney Ascher
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...
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174 - ANIMAL PASSIONS w Butch Escobar
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...
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173 - Director Jordan Brady (I AM COMIC, I AM ROAD COMIC, I AM BATTLE COMIC)
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…
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Lo Fidelity Music Trivia Gameshow
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...
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172 - Q: INTO THE STORM
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...
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171 - WATCH OR NOT DOCS
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...
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170 - OPERATION VARSITY BLUES w Aviva Siegel
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,...
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169 - HEAVEN'S GATE: THE CULT OF CULTS director Clay Tweel and producer Shannon Riggs
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...
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168 - GREY GARDENS w Amber Preston
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...
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167 - Watch Or Not Docs
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...
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166 - FilmDrunk Frotcast Crossover special w Matt Lieb and Vince Mancini
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...
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165 - Hot Or Not Doc Reviews
🔥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...
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164 - IN THE REALMS OF THE UNREAL w Jared Logan
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...
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163 - RODENTS OF UNUSUAL SIZE directors Chris Metzler, Jeff Springer, Quinn Costello
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…
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162 - Director's Cut
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 -...
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161 - ZAPPA w Kevin Seal
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…
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160 - Director Jeff Feuerzeig (DEVIL AND DANIEL JOHNSTON, AUTHOR:THE JT LEROY STORY, HALF JAPANESE)
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...
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159 - Upcoming Doc Reviews
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…
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158 - THE VOW finale w Johnny Pemberton
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...
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157 - JACO w Chaki Sklar & Bret Berg
It's JAC-tober! On episode 157 we recap the 2014 documentary Jaco currently streaming on Hulu. Jaco, the doc, is about the brief, brilliant and brutal musical career of the legendary electric bass player Jaco Pastorius a self-taught musician who changed the course of modern music.…
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156 - THE VOW w Johnny Pemberton
Today we cover 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. After a decade as a leader in NXIVM, Sarah Edmondson finds herself blindfolded and branded as part of an inner ring of women…
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155 - CAPTURING THE FRIEDMANS w Curtis Cook
Today we recap an all-time classic, Capturing The Friedmans, and get into a lively debate about how this documentary stacks up in today’s world. Was director Andrew Jarecki irresponsible in how he handled the footage and information he had? Was there a bias towards helping Jesse? Will our guest...
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154 - ROBIN'S WISH director Tylor Norwood
Paco and George are pleased to have on today’s guest Tylor Norwood the director of Robin’s Wish. This documentary centers around the final years of Robin Williams and the confusion around why this comedy icon killed himself in 2014. After his death, the media narrative skewed the facts…
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153 - THE GO-GO'S w Dakin Hardwick
Today Paco and George are joined by Dakin Hardwick to recap the new Showtime documentary The Go Go’s. Notably the first all-femme band to write their own songs, play their own instruments, and snag a #1 US album. Directed by Allison Ellwood, this straightforward music documentary looks at the LA...
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152 - CIRCUS OF BOOKS director Rachel Mason
Paco and George are excited to have Rachel Mason, the director of Circus of Books, as their guest on the podcast. Rachel’s parents, Barry and Karen, ran a gay bookstore and porn distribution company out of Los Angeles for over three decades, all while maintaining their tight-knit family, battling...
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151 - A GENUINE FORGER w Scott Simpson
We look at the 2016 documentary A Genuine Forger (Un Vrai Faussaire) directed by Jean-Luc Leon. Available on Amazon Prime. Our guest is comedian and podcaster Scott Simpson. This doc profiles Guy Ribes, one of the world's most notorious art forgers. For over three decades Ribes scored major deals...
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150 - MARWENCOL
Episode 150! We’re commemorating by taking a look back at one of our favorite documentaries, the 2010 Jeff Malmstein documentary Marwencol. After recovering from a brutal attack that left him in a coma, Mark Hogancamp builds a miniature World War II-era town in his backyard and creates…
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149 - ANVIL! THE STORY OF ANVIL
Paco and George recap the 2008 documentary Anvil! The Story of Anvil directed by Sacha Gervasi, who was a teenage Anvil fan and roadie in the '80s. This doc is tragic brilliant and hilarious and is as close to the real life Spinal Tap as possible (and even involves a player named Robb Reiner)....
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148 - GRIZZLY MAN
Paco and George look back at one of our favorite docs, Werner Herzog's Grizzly Man (2005). Pieced together from Timothy Treadwell's own video footage, this is a remarkable examination of the calling that drove Treadwell to live among a pack of wild grizzly bears in Alaska. A devoted…
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147 - ROGER AND ME
Hosts Paco and George review the 1989 Michael Moore debut Roger & Me. Foundational to modern American documentary, this is a biting, vital, and angry film that is sadly still relevant today. Michael Moore demands answers when General Motors suddenly closes the doors of all its auto plants in the...
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
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
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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...
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