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The Document
by KCRW
The Document is KCRW's new kind of mashup of documentaries and radio - telling addictive, real life, right now stories.
Episodes
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“Circus of Books” - The Jewish Factor
Making a film with mom, dad, and LA’s most beloved gay porn store.
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Preschool Panic
Pulling back the dark veil of the Satanic Panic of the 1980s.
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Underground
Filmmaker Travis Wilkerson brings us the story of the made-in-secret documentary “Underground.” How did director Emile de Antonio manage to find - and film - the wanted fugitives of the leftist Weather Underground?
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A Hard Truth
The story of two films - a narrative and a documentary - made inside a fully functioning, maximum-security prison.
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Lamerica
An Italian filmmaker drives across the country looking for his vision of America.
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The Yellow Laugh
A notorious dictator demands a recut of the documentary about him – or else.
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Chef Flynn
What happens when a prodigy chef realizes his dream, at 19?
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Free Solo
Will the cameras kill Alex Honnold on his free solo climb of El Cap?
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Return to Rockford
A filmmaker steps out from behind the camera to interview his mom about his family’s excruciating past.
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Dark Money
The toxic pit that’s the country’s largest Superfund site is a painful reminder of the corruption of Montana’s Copper Kings...and a warning of what corporate spending can still do to democracy today.
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Love Means Zero
A Grand Slam of an interview with tennis coaching legend Nick Bollettieri. [Explicit Content]
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Cuba and the Cameraman...and his Daughter
The perks and perils of growing up in the family business, traveling the world and making documentary films.
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Music and Meaning
A filmmaker and composer pull back the curtain on how they use music to shape the way we experience documentaries.
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Bad is Good
A story about a Neil Simon play gone bad - and the documentary that was going to make everything better. [Explicit language]
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Committed
Brian Watts went to prison when he was 18. When he got out on parole, he was 42, and on a mission to find love - for the very first time.
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Love and Science
The world's top student scientists converge at the Olympics of science fairs.
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Ministry of Presence
How a minister who made the execution chamber his office changed his mind about the death penalty.
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A Spark in His Eye
Brimstone and Glory is a fiery trip into a Mexican city's glorious orgy of fireworks.
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The Hands of Persons Unknown
Looking at one of America's greatest shames. [EXPLICIT LANGUAGE]
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The Lost Tapes
What could documentaries about Princess Diana and the 1992 Los Angeles riots possibly have in common?
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Dominion
A deep dive into big game hunting -- a world most of us have very strong feelings about...but really know very little.
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Inside Voice
A young singer-songwriter's voice starts out sounding like a girl, ends up sounding like a man...and he finds his true voice along the way.[EXPLICIT LANGUAGE]
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Eating Diane
When exotic food writer Eddie Lin asked his pregnant wife if she'd consider letting him eat her placenta, she said, "no way". But she asked him when their second child came along...and Eddie had to figure out how to cook it.
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Psychedelic Misery
A cinematographer's bad trip coincides with the death of the '60s. [EXPLICIT LANGUAGE]
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Baby Steps
A documentary filmmaker's five-year trip down the rabbit hole of in vitro fertilization. [EXPLICIT LANGUAGE]
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The End of the Endless Summer
A look at back at The Endless Summer -- the most influential surf movie ever -- 50 years after it came out.
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Because It's There
A former mountaineer returns to the Himalayas for one last climb...to bury his long lost friend. [EXPLICIT LANGUAGE]
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The Blue Dress
At a time when many immigrants are living in fear of detention and deportation, a group of young undocumented activists in Florida have been actually trying to get themselves detained...and it's not as easy as you might think. (EXPLICIT LANGUAGE)
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Body Language
A veteran documentary cameraperson reflects on a moment she filmed years earlier...and only recently realized what a brave and monumental act she'd captured.[EXPLICIT LANGUAGE]
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'The Document' Sneak Peek
The Document is a new kind of mash-up between documentaries and radio. From creator Matt Holzman, it goes beyond clips and interviews, mining great stories from the raw footage of documentaries present, past and in-progress.
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Frequently Asked Questions
How many episodes does The Document have?
The Document currently has 30 episodes available on PodParley. New episodes are automatically indexed when they're published to the podcast feed.
What is The Document about?
The Document is KCRW's new kind of mashup of documentaries and radio - telling addictive, real life, right now stories.
How often does The Document release new episodes?
The Document has 30 episodes. Check the episode list to see recent publication dates and frequency.
Where can I listen to The Document?
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Who hosts The Document?
The Document is created and hosted by KCRW.
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