Hear the world’s top storytellers talk all things documentary film. Host Thom Powers is as well-connected as it gets in this world as a documentary curator for TIFF and other renowned festivals. He wrote the book “Mondo Documentary” that is “required reading for fans of nonfiction cinema,” says Judd Apatow. Our podcast guests range from documentary legends to emerging talent. Follow us on Instagram and Substack at @purenonfiction.
235: Oscar Shortlist Spotlight
👤 Episode 1
234: Ryan White & Megan Falley on "Come See Me in the Good Light"
👤 Episode 2
233: Alexandria Stapleton on "Sean Combs: The Reckoning"
👤 Episode 3
232: Apocalypse in the Tropics
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231: Docs from Five Countries
👤 Episode 5
230: Storks, Orphans, Rebels & Predators
👤 Episode 6
229: Poetry, Murder, Prison & UFOs
👤 Episode 7
228: Contessa Gayles on "Songs From the Hole"
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227: Heidi Ewing & Rachel Grady on "Folktales"
👤 Episode 9
226: Martha Stewart, Alice Waters, John Williams
👤 Episode 10
225: Will & Harper, Social Studies, Chimp Crazy
👤 Episode 11
224: Emmy contenders
👤 Episode 12
223: Questlove, Reginald Hudlin, David Tedeschi
👤 Episode 13
222: Sam Soko on telling African stories
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221: Sinead O'Shea on Edna O'Brien
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220: Jeremy Workman on “Secret Mall Apartment”
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219: Frederick Wiseman at 95
👤 Episode 17
218: Shortlisters, part 2
👤 Episode 18
217: Shortlisters, part 1
👤 Episode 19
216: "Queendom" with Agniia Galdanova & Igor Myakotin
👤 Episode 20
215: Ibrahim Nash'at on "Hollywoodgate"
👤 Episode 21
214: Adam Kinzinger & Steve Pink on "The Last Republican"
👤 Episode 22
213: Alex Gibney & Alexis Bloom on "The Bibi Files"
👤 Episode 23
212: William Kentridge on "Self-Portrait as a Coffee Pot"
👤 Episode 24
211: Live from London
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210: Brian Eno & Ibelin
👤 Episode 26
209: Raoul Peck on Ernest Cole, George Orwell & Haiti
👤 Episode 27
208: Johan Grimonprez on "Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat"
👤 Episode 28
207: Frida, Celine and Daughters
👤 Episode 29
206: Docs with Laughs
👤 Episode 30
205: Live from Los Angeles
👤 Episode 31
204: Shiori Ito on "Black Box Diaries"
👤 Episode 32
203: Elevating documentary craft in "Nocturnes"
👤 Episode 33
202: On filming "Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story"
👤 Episode 34
201: Angela Patton & Natalie Rae Robison on "Daughters"
👤 Episode 35
200: Beadie Finzi & Judy Kibinge on DISCO & the Independence Project
👤 Episode 36
199: "No Other Land" directors Basel Adra and Yuval Abraham
👤 Episode 37
198: Lucy Walker on "Mountain Queen"
👤 Episode 38
197: Sonya Childress & Sahar Driver on Color Congress
👤 Episode 39
196: Jeff Zimbalist on "Skywalkers: A Love Story"
👤 Episode 40
195: Rethinking Louis C.K. in "Sorry / Not Sorry"
👤 Episode 41
194: "Copa 71" Restores a Lost History
👤 Episode 42
193: ESPN 30 for 30
👤 Episode 43
192: Emmy contenders, part 2
👤 Episode 44
191: Emmy Contenders, Part 1
👤 Episode 45
190: Chris Wilcha — from "This American Life" to "Flipside"
👤 Episode 46
189: India's Trail-Blazing Director Anand Patwardhan
👤 Episode 47
188: Margreth Olin on "Songs of Earth"
👤 Episode 48
187: Rob Reiner on Albert Brooks and Spinal Tap
👤 Episode 49