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Ep 76 SEX AND BROADCASTING with director Tim K Smith

Tim K Smith Sup Doc Podcast

Ep 76 SEX AND BROADCASTING with director Tim K Smith Sup Doc A Documentary Podcast George spoke with the director of Sex and Broadcasting, Tim K Smith in Los Angeles. Sex and Broadcasting is a 2014 documentary about New Jersey’s longstanding freeform radio station WFMU, and its struggles to stay afloat. Along the way we encounter Tom Scharpling’s Best Show, …

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Ep 73 SOME KIND OF MONSTER with legendary comedian Dana Gould

Ep 73 Some Kind of Monster with comedian/writer Dana Gould Sup Doc Podcast: A Documentary Podcast with comedians Paco Romane and George Chen On Ep 73 rounding out our Rocktober music doc series, hosts Paco Romane and George Chen sat down with the brilliant writer and comedian Dana Gould. They talked about the 2004 Metallica doc Some Kind of Monster …

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Ep 70 STOP MAKING SENSE with actor/musician Tawny Newsome

Sup Doc A Documentary Film Podcast with comedians Paco Romane and George Chen ROCKTOBER all month long we cover music documentaries here at Sup Doc George and Paco visit with actress/improviser/musician Tawny Newsome to discuss her experience cosplaying STOP MAKING SENSE-era Talking Heads for Documentary Now and in a Talking Heads cover band. We talk about Second City, her projects …

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Ep 67 MY BEST FIEND with writer/comedian Bucky Sinister

Sup Doc A Documentary Film Podcast Ep 67 MY BEST FIEND with writer/comedian Bucky Sinister In celebration of Werner Herzog’s birthday Paco and George welcome (long time friend) the very talented writer/comedian Bucky Sinister to Sup Doc. Bucky was very excited to talk about one of his favorite docs My Best Fiend. My Best Fiend (German: Mein liebster Feind – Klaus Kinski, …

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Ep 66 FATHERLESS with comedian/actor Baron Vaughn

Sup Doc A Documentary Film Podcast with comedians Paco Romane and George Chen Ep 66 FATHERLESS with comedian/actor Baron Vaughn On Ep 66 Paco and George met up with the talented and hilarious  Baron Vaughn to discuss the very personal documentary Baron made called Fatherless. In America, one in four children grow-up in homes led by single mothers. This was the …

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Ep 65 BEST OF ENEMIES with comedian Allen Strickland Williams

Sup Doc A Documentary Film Podcast with comedians Paco Romane and George Chen Ep 65 BEST OF ENEMIES with comedian Allen Strickland Williams On episode 65  we sat down with comedian Allen Strickland Williams to discuss and dissect BEST OF ENEMIES and the relationship between two colossal minds and ideological opposites William F. Buckley Jr. and Gore Vida. Their series of riveting, nationally …

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Ep 59 D Tour with filmmaker Jim Granato

Sup Doc A Documentary Film Podcast Ep 59 D Tour with filmmaker Jim Granato *Pat and Jim will also be at a screening Monday June 5th (the same day part 2 of this interview drops) at the Alamo Drafthouse Mission Theater, followed by a Q&A and a live performance from Rogue Wave. Tickets in link.  In the first of this …

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Ep 58 TOWER with animation team Steph Swope and Craig Staggs

Sup Doc A Documentary Film Podcast Ep 58 TOWER with animation team Steph Swope and Craig Staggs On Ep 58 Paco, George and producer Will sit down with the Craig Staggs and Steph Swope (Minnow Mountain) the animation director and producer of the 2016 documentary Tower. Tower is a 2016 animated documentary film directed by Keith Maitland about the 1966 shootings at the …

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Ep 55 CRUMB with comedian Wayne Federman

Sup Doc: A Documentary Film Podcast Ep 55 CRUMB with comedian and actor Wayne Federman Paco and George were thrilled to have the comedy legend Wayne Federman over to talk about his favorite documentary CRUMB. Crumb is Terry Zwigoff’s (Ghost World) first film about his longtime friend and bandmate, godfather of underground comics Robert Crumb. This doc soon expands its …

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Ep 54 ACCIDENTAL COURTESY with director Matt Ornstein

Sup Doc: A Documentary Film Podcast EP 54 ACCIDENTAL COURTESY with director Matt Ornstein This episode of Sup Doc is sponsored by GUIDEDOC! George visits the home of the filmmaker Matt Ornstein in Silver Lake. Matt made one of 2016’s most fascinating, complex portraits, ACCIDENTAL COURTESY: Daryl Davis, Race and America. Daryl Davis is an African-American musician who ends up confronting …

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