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Sup Doc Podcast
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Sup Doc is a biweekly podcast devoted to discussing documentaries. The show’s hosts, comedians Paco Romane and George Chen, deconstruct current and classic documentaries. The guests are as varied as the documentaries they cover: Jamie DeWolf, great grandson of L. Ron Hubbard, about Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief; William Hutson, co-composer of the soundtrack to Room 237; Maximum Fun/Bullseye’s Jesse Thorn about Errol Morris’ Fast Cheap and Out Of Control; and Brent Hodge the director of I Am Chris Farley. Paco Romane was twice voted Best Comedian in SF, and has appeared in numerous national commercials, films and plays. George Chen is a writer and comedian who has performed at SF Sketchfest, Put Your Hands Together, Huebel and Scheer’s Crash Test, The Porchlight Storytelling Series, and SFMoMA. Producer Will Scovill also engineers the podcasts Tales From The Swan Hotel and Give Me Fiction.
Episodes
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Ep 195 PAVEMENTS / KIM’S VIDEO with Arthur Jones
Ep 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...
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Ep 191 MEET ME IN THE BATHROOM w Daniel Gill
Ep 191 MEET ME IN THE BATHROOM 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,...
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Ep 190 Year End Review 2022
Paco and George catch up on docs they watched in 2022! Moonage Daydream, Stutz, Pelosi, Low Country and more!
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Ep 189 IT CAME FROM AQUARIUS RECORDS w Kenneth Thomas, Windy Chien, Andee Connors, Allan Horrocks
Filmmaker Kenneth Thomas had been chronicling the state of the San Francisco shop when it closed in 2016 and It Came From Aquarius Records pays tribute to the institution.
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Ep 188 LIKE A ROLLING STONE: THE LIFE & TIMES OF BEN FONG-TORRES w Daniel Gill
On this episode 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.
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Ep 187 THE KIDS IN THE HALL: COMEDY PUNKS w Reg Harkema, Nick McKinney, Paul Myers
George is joined by the team behind the new Kids in the Hall documentary, director Reg Harkema and executive producers Nick McKinney and Paul Myers. Comedy Punks premiered at SXSW 2022.
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Ep 186 Watch Or Not
Paco is back for a watch-or-not doc recap/review. It also happens to be the Seventh Anniversary of this podcast! We discuss many documentaries.
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Ep 185 BAD VEGAN: FAME. FRAUD. FUGITIVES. w Laura Hooper Beck
George and Laura Hooper Beck review the four-part Netflix series Bad Vegan about the toxic relationship between Sarma Melngailis and Anthony Strangis.
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Ep 184 Biopsy: INVENTING ANNA with comedian/musician Luna Malbroux
Today we’re covering the Shonda Rhimes Netflix hit Inventing Anna...
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Ep 183 THE VELVET UNDERGROUND w Daniel Gill
We deep dive into Todd Haynes’ Velvet Underground documentary...
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Ep 182 FOR MADMEN ONLY with director Heather Ross and James Urbaniak
We talk to the dir Heather Ross and actor James Urbankiak about For Madmen Only: The Stories of Del Close...
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Ep 180 TOO SOON: COMEDY AFTER 9/11 with director Julie Seabaugh
On Ep 180 of Sup Doc, we review the documentary Too Soon: Comedy After 9/11...
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Ep 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)...
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Ep 178 LOST SOUL: THE DOOMED JOURNEY OF RICHARD STANLEY’S ISLAND OF DR. MOREAU with Sam Mickens
We dive into David Gregory's disastrous attempt to remake The Island of Dr. Moreau...
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Ep 177 WATCH OR NOT DOCS
We review and recommend some recent documentaries...
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Ep 176 THIS IS POP with comedian Eric Schwartz
We talk about This Is Pop the music documentary series currently streaming on Netflix...
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Ep 175 A GLITCH IN THE MATRIX with director Rodney Ascher
George talks to the filmmaker Rodney Ascher, whose latest doc is A Glitch In The Matrix...
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Ep 174 ANIMAL PASSIONS with comedian Butch Escobar
Ep 174 ANIMAL PASSIONS with comedian Butch Escobar Today we’re covering Animal Passions, a 2004 BBC documentary by Christopher Spencer. It’s about Zoophiles, people who have sex with animals. Trigger warning! (Literally, the horse is...
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Ep 173 Director Jordan Brady (I AM COMIC, I AM ROAD COMIC, I AM BATTLE COMIC)
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...
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Ep 172 Q: INTO THE STORM
On today's episode we’re talking about Q: Into the Storm, the six-part HBO docuseries.
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
Sup Doc is a biweekly podcast devoted to discussing documentaries. The show’s hosts, comedians Paco Romane and George Chen, deconstruct current and classic documentaries. The guests are as varied as the documentaries they cover: Jamie DeWolf, great grandson of L. Ron Hubbard, about Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief; William Hutson, co-composer of the soundtrack to Room 237; Maximum Fun/Bullseye’s Jesse Thorn about Errol Morris’ Fast Cheap and Out Of Control; and Brent Hodge the director of I Am Chris Farley. Paco Romane was twice voted Best Comedian in SF, and has appeared in numerous national commercials, films and plays. George Chen is a writer and comedian who has performed at SF Sketchfest, Put Your Hands Together, Huebel and Scheer’s Crash Test, The Porchlight Storytelling Series, and SFMoMA. Producer Will Scovill also engineers the podcasts Tales From The Swan Hotel and Give Me Fiction.
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Sup Doc is a biweekly podcast devoted to discussing documentaries. The show’s hosts, comedians Paco Romane and George Chen, deconstruct current and classic documentaries. The guests are as varied as the documentaries they cover: Jamie DeWolf, great grandson of L. Ron Hubbard, about Going Clear:...
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