the weekend show ep 31 | We discuss the Hulu documentary 'Ask Dr. Ruth' about the sex coach and Holocaust survivor, Dr. Ruth Westheimer. This character profile is why we love documentaries. It is beautiful and nearly impossible to not fall in love with the main character.

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'Ask Dr. Ruth' - Reaction | Fall In Love Through Documentary

the weekend show ep 30 | We watch and discuss the documentary about the life of Supreme Court Justice and legal titan Ruth Bader Ginsburg.

'RBG' Documentary - Reaction | Legal Titan

the weekend show ep 29 | We watch and react to a documentary designed to show the other side of the story behind the Oscar winning documentary, "The Cove" about the annual Dolphin slaughter in Taiji, Japan. This perspective is called "A Whale of a Tale."

'A Whale of a Tale' - Reaction | The Other Side of 'The Cove'

the weekend show ep 28 | We discuss 'The Girl and The Picture' a documentary about the Nanjing Massacre in China in the late 1930s.

'The Girl and The Picture' Doc - Reaction | Nanjing Massacre History

the weekend show ep 27 | We discuss the Netflix documentary 'Mercury 13' about highly-qualified women who were went through tests and training to become astronauts, but were ultimately not selected to become a part of NASA's space program in the 1960s.

'Mercury 13' Documentary - Reaction | Underbelly of the Space Race

the weekend show ep 26 | We discuss the excellent, bizarre, tragic and fascinating "abduction" story that unfolds in the documentary 'Abducted in Plain Sight.'

'Abducted in Plain Sight' Doc - Reaction | A very different child "abduction" story...

the weekend show ep 25 | We watch the documentary "JANE" by National Geographic, which remasters in beautiful dreamlike quality footage from Jane Goodall's original expedition to Africa to study chimpanzees.

'JANE' Documentary - Reaction | The Beautiful Tragedy of Humanity

the weekend show ep 24 | We watch the documentary "Fraud" which depicts a fictional tale about a family on the run from the law, made from real online video footage found and strung together by a skillful editor.

Fraud Documentary - Reaction | Believable Nonsense

the weekend show ep 23 | We discuss our love for Robin Williams and the new things we learned about him through the HBO documentary 'Robin Williams: Come Inside My Mind'

HBO's Robin Williams Doc - Full Reaction | New Revelations

the weekend show ep 22 | We discuss the Netflix documentary series 'Our Planet' from the makers of Planet Earth and Blue Planet.

'Our Planet' - Reaction | Is Nature Too Political?

the weekend show ep 21 | We discuss the Netflix documentary short 'Zion' about a remarkable high school wrestler.

'Zion' Documentary - Reaction

the weekend show ep 20 | We discuss the HBO documentary 'What's My Name: Muhammed Ali' and why Muhammad Ali is such a funny and meaningful sports hero.

HBO's Muhammad Ali Doc - Reaction | The Greatest Meme Generator of the 20th Century

The weekend show ep 19 | We discuss the first episode of the new season of 'Black Mirror' on Netflix, about the interesting implications of inhabiting avatars of the opposite gender (or a different species) in Virtual Reality video games, especially as the experience becomes more and more realistic.

Will VR Destroy Gender? | 'Striking Vipers' - Reaction (Black Mirror, season 5, ep 1)

the weekend show ep 18 | We discuss the documentary 'Behind the Curve' about the growing Flat Earth movement and what can be learned from this deep dive into this interesting "new conspiracy theory."

Flat Earth is a Religion, Not a Conspiracy | 'Behind The Curve' - Reaction

the weekend show ep 17 | We discuss the premier episode of the New York Times' new show 'The Weekly' and how the story of T.M. Landry's viral college acceptance videos fits into our growing understanding of modern frauds.

Viral College Acceptance Videos Exposed in NYT's 'The Weekly' - Reaction

We watch docs, talk about them, record it as a podcast so it doesn't feel like a waste of time.

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