You Should Watch This Documentary
You Should Watch This Documentary
Unpops Podcast Network
A podcast about documentaries you should watch, just as the title implies. Hosted by Adam Tod Brown, Monrok and Jess McDonald. Part of the Unpops Podcast Network. To hear all of our shows completely ad-free each week, subscribe on Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/unpops
Wild Wild Country
Adam, Monrok, and Jess discuss the Duplass Brothers documentary Wild Wild Country, which tells the story of an Oregon commune that either started as a murderous cult, or was forced into being that by unfriendly locals, depending on who you ask.
May 28, 2018
1 hr 15 min
Deprogrammed
Is kidnapping an acceptable remedy when someone's fallen into the hands of a cult? A lot of people seemed to think it was in the '70s and '80s, and they might have been right. That's the gist of Deprogrammed, the subject of this week's episode of You Should Watch This Documentary. Watch it!
Mar 30, 2018
42 min
The Push
Adam, Monrok and Jess discuss the wildly controversial Netflix documentary The Push, which takes everyday ordinary people and tries to coax them into committing murder. In like an hour. It's crazy. You should watch it!
Mar 13, 2018
41 min
AlphaGo
Adam, MONROK and Jess discuss the 2017 Netflix documentary AlphaGo, which covers humanity's struggle to create (and then defeat) an artificial intelligence program capable of playing the most complex board game in the world at the highest competitive level possible. It's basically Rocky IV but with robots instead of Russian doping programs. You should watch it!
Feb 10, 2018
34 min
Jim & Andy: The Great Beyond
Adam, Jess and MONROK discuss the Netflix documentary "Jim & Andy: The Great Beyond." It's about the making of the Andy Kaufman biopic Man On The Moon and how Jim Carrey made that production a living nightmare for everyone involved.
Jan 20, 2018
40 min
Welcome To Leith
What happens when a white nationalist attempts to take over a sleepy North Dakota town with a population in the low double digits? "Welcome To Leith" answers that exact question. And we're talking about it this week! Listen now!
Jan 5, 2018
41 min
Tokyo Idols
Are you paying your fair share to support your favorite idol? If not, you either don't live in Tokyo or you're a married man living in Tokyo. That probably sounds confusing, and yes, that's one word for it. On this episode, the team discusses the documentary "Tokyo Idol" which covers the strange Japanese trend where middle-aged men worship and financially support female pop singers known as "idols."
Nov 22, 2017
38 min
One Of Us
Adam, Monrok and Jess discuss the heartbreaking Netflix documentary "One Of Us" which profiles three people who attempt to escape the Hasidic Jewish communities that raised them. It gets dark. Watch it! Then listen to this episode!
Nov 8, 2017
46 min
The Confession Tapes (Pt. 2)
The conclusion of our two part series about the Netflix documentary "The Confession Tapes." Adam, Jess, and MonRok mostly agree on all the cases this time. Mostly. Give it a listen!
Oct 25, 2017
44 min
The Confession Tapes (Pt. 1)
What's your stance on the false confession phenomenon? Whatever it is, "The Confession Tapes" might alter it a bit. The first of a two part series!
Oct 5, 2017
42 min
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