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Magic, Meth, Mayhem. Welcome, Strangers. This week, The Crew takes the stage for a look into the life of a dying magician and his film crew... or crews... who filmed his documentary. We watched the 2019 film titled The Amazing Johnathan Documentary. Jeff is joined by Brice, King James, and Katy for this wild ride that begins very ordinary and quickly turns into a big mess of increasingly bizarre t...

What happens when warm, moist air near the earth's surface interacts with cooler, drier air aloft? A tornado happens... that's what. Welcome, Strangers. This week, The Crew braves the elements to get outside and test their fate by discussing a documentary from 2016 that chronicles six decades' worth of storm-chasing culture called The Storm Chasing Anthology... or Storm Chasing: The An...

Happy Hispanic Heritage Month! Bienvenidos, Extraños. This week, The Crew looks into a film that serves as a love letter from a granddaughter to her grandfather in a poignant and emotional documentary called What We Leave Behind. The story follows the story of a man named Julián, who begins building a house in rural Mexico for his family, after a lifetime of bus rides to the United States to visit...

Gripped by anxiety? Melancholia? The Vapours? Neurosis? The English Malady? There could be a cure - but it comes at a cost. Welcome, Strangers. This week, a team of anxious crew members explores a documentary about a medication that they know nothing about - and consider how it could have possibly been life-changing to them... one way or another. Join Jeff, Lady Katy, Good Golly Miss Molly, and Br...

Before I say anything else, I wanna say no matter what you've done, you deserve respect... and most of you don't deserve to be smash - smash - smashed with a hatchet. Welcome, Strangers. This week, The Crew delves into the wild story of Kai the hitchhiker as a seemingly heroic act skyrockets him into viral stardom, only to end in vicious murder and a whole lot of questions about this somew...

One of the greatest engineering feats in history, the modern U.S. nuclear aircraft carrier. Welcome, Strangers. This week, We are joined by two fellow veterans who served in the US Navy with Jeff. Join them as they barely talk about this documentary, and spend most of the episode telling sea stories and catching up. - Veteran in need of help or someone to talk to? Call the Veterans Crisis Help Lin...

CONTEST WINNER! Metal on metal. It's what I crave. The louder the better. I'll turn in my grave! Welcome, Strangers. This week, we introduce the world to our contest winner Abby Necker and her friend Mark Means with an episode on a heavy metal rockumentary called Anvil! The Story of Anvil. Join first-time host Brice, first-time guests Jeff, Abby, and Mark as they try to try to determine; I...

Are we living in a simulation? That's the "theory" this documentary presents. Welcome, Strangers. This week, The Crew is joined by the science mind of Beard Al Your Science Pal ( tiktok.com/@beard_al ) to not only argue the validity of simulation theory but also to discredit the entire documentary by pointing out that it's only a hypothesis - not a theory at all! If you've ev...

Prepare to have your physical and mental limitations tested this evening, as we all consent to The Blackout Experiments Welcome, Strangers. This week, The Crew knocks three times on the door of a 2016 documentary called The Blackout Experiments to discuss the dark and immersive horror thrill experience of the same name. This documentary dives into the haunted house-type event where participants wi...

Music and rhythm find their way into the secret places of your soul. Human beings are energy - energy is a wave - a wave is a pattern - a pattern is rhythm. Welcome, Strangers. This week, The Crew paradiddles their way through a bangin' documentary from 2021 titled Count Me In, which hears from some of rock music's most influential drummers, about the thing they all collectively love most...

Not even Captain Planet's glistening green mullet can handle the Great Pacific Garbage Patch... Welcome, Strangers. May we have your attention, please? We interrupt this broadcast to bring you a special news bulletin. The Great Pacific Garbage Patch is GROWING! Our source for this information is a 57 minute documentary called Plastic Paradise: The Great Pacific Garbage Patch. Our news correspo...

Happy National Tattoo Day! Come with us as we visit with a master of the oldest art in the world - Tattooing. Welcome, Strangers. This week, to celebrate National Tattoo Day, we are flipping through the flash pages of history to discuss a 29-minute documentary from 1981 that is a quick peek into the incredible legacy of Leonard "Stoney" St. Clair through a documentary titled Stoney Knows...

Life changes rapidly for all of us, but an unexpected diagnosis of ALS intensifies those changes and tests the strength, courage, tenacity, and willpower of our friends, family, and ourselves. Welcome, Strangers. This week, through the documentary titled Gleason, The Crew takes a look into the life of Steve Gleason, former NFL superstar who was diagnosed with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS), a...

Happy Independence Day! If you were born and raised in Appalachian America, would you be proud to be called a Hillbilly? Welcome, Strangers. This week, to celebrate our nation's independence and the truly diverse cultures our nation represents, The Crew descended from hills with their favorite distilled beverages to flap their jaws about an eye-opening documentary called Hillbilly. Hillbilly e...

What if poop mushrooms are the reason humans evolved from the apes? Welcome, Strangers. This week, The Crew straps on their funny brown hats and forages their way into the magical mycelium network of mushrooms in a breathtaking visual documentary from 2019 titled Fantastic Fungi. Combining time-lapse photography, interviews, and stunning CGI, this documentary tells the often misunderstood and unde...

Is that strong enough, visionary enough, or revolutionary enough...? Is That Black Enough for You?!? Welcome, Strangers. This week, The Crew celebrates Juneteenth by putting a little extra swagger in their walk and strolling into a documentary titled Is That Black Enough for You?!? This doc from 2022 follows the history of Black cinema, focusing mainly on the movies of the 1970s, with plenty of mo...

Skateboarding is a control thing. You have to control all these little minute details, and in a world where it feels like you don't have any control - that feels freeing... even if it hurts sometimes. Welcome, Strangers. This week, The Crew ollies the gap to the American Rust Belt to cover a documentary titled Minding The Gap. We drop into a decade's worth of footage of a group of friends...

Order in the court! We are here to discuss the false accusations of some innocent young men. This week, The Crew unpacks the documentary from 2012 that tells the story of the five black and Latino teenagers who were wrongly accused of the rape and attempted murder of a white woman in New York's Central Park in 1989. Jeff is joined by King James, Katy, and special guest Andy Hornacek (a former...

We're not going to be shady, just FIERCE! This week, to celebrate Pride Month, The Crew goes back to the '80s to take a look into the New York drag ball circuit in the LEGENDARY documentary from 1990 called Paris Is Burning. Your host, CoCo O'Hern (Jeff), and crew members Chloe Maple (Molly) and BooBoo Academy (Katy) are joined by VERY special guest and friend, Pudding P39 (Katie Dunn)...

What are the men who were responsible for the massacre of over a million Indonesians in 1965 doing now? The answer: Dancing, laughing, and making movies. Welcome, Strangers. The Crew takes a trip to Indonesia this week for a documentary titled The Act of Killing - which follows these killers as they tell the story of their own brutal acts, by making their own movies. Jeff is joined by King James a...

Hold your head up, and cry like a man. Welcome, Strangers. The Crew gets locked up inside New Folsom supermax prison - but not to serve hard time. This week, we get a peek into a powerful, heart-wrenching, and effective group therapy session led by inmates in a documentary titled The Work. Jeff is joined by the ladies of The Crew, Katy and Molly, to discuss the importance of real, unfiltered vulne...

It's a beautiful day in this neighborhood - a beautiful day to talk about a beautiful man with a beautiful story. Welcome, Strangers. This week, The Crew climbs aboard the trolley and makes their way into the documentary titled "Won't You Be My Neighbor?" to delve into the life and mission of one of Hollywood's truly iconic and upstanding gentlemen: Mr. Fred Rogers. Jeffrey S...

Sometimes the right thing to do isn't the popular thing to do. Welcome, Strangers. The Crew opens up this week to discuss the 2014 film titled The Overnighters. A documentary that follows the struggles of a North Dakota pastor as he attempts to create a safe space for newcomers in his community during an oil boom. Jeff is joined by King James, Matt, and Jess as they try to put themselves in ot...

"Do me a favor, will you, please? Will ya? Will you do me a kindness?" Welcome, Strangers. The Crew braves the heat, and the damn flies to discuss the journey of Jack Rebney in the documentary Winnebago Man. Jeff, Brice, Molly, and King James join us this week as we dive into the world of angry outbursts and great mustaches. Credits for Winnebago Man: CREDITS To support this podcast: Rat...

No one knows the consequences of provoking the paranormal... Welcome, Strangers. The Crew straps on their paranormal investigation gear and heads into the woods of Rhode Island with the documentary The Sleepless Unrest: The Real Conjuring Home. Jeff, Molly, Brice, and special guest Andrew join us this week as we dive into the world of ooky spooky spirits and questionable facial hair. - Credits for...