They Did What?! Breaking Down Wild Documentaries & Docuseries

In this episode, Kelsey and Gen, along with guest host, Guy, discuss Untold: The Girlfriend Who Didn’t Exist, released on Netflix in 2022 and directed by Ryan Duffy and Tony Vainuku, tells the story of Manti Te’o, a Notre Dame football star whose rise to national fame became tangled up in one of the most bizarre catfishing scandals in sports history.  In 2012, during his senior season, Manti lost...

In this episode, Kelsey and Gen dump on the fecal fueled fiasco highlighted in Netflix’s Trainwreck: Poop Cruise, a documentary about the Carnival Triumph cruise where an engine room fire stranded more than 4,0000 passengers and crew members in the Gulf of Mexico for days without power, working toilets, or proper food. It highlights the sanitary nightmare, passenger panic, and chaotic conditions....

In this episode, Kelsey and Gen discuss The Devil Is Busy, a documentary short directed by Geeta Gandbhir and Christalyn Hampton, released on HBO Max in 2025. Since its release it's been nominated for the Academy Award for Best Documentary Short Film. The film follows a single day inside an abortion clinic in Atlanta, Georgia, centering on Tracii, the clinic’s head of security, as she navigates te...

In this episode, Kelsey and Gen discuss the Netflix 2026 documentary Kidnapped: Elizabeth Smart that revisits the 2002 abduction of Elizabeth Smart from her home in Salt Lake City and the nine months she spent in captivity before being recovered alive. Drawing on Elizabeth’s accounts, new interviews, news coverage from the time, and law-enforcement records, the documentary examines how the case qu...

Kelsey and Gen have gone fully rogue — no documentary this week, just pure Olympic chaos. From a wolf dog crashing the cross-country course to record-breaking medal counts, overtime hockey heartbreak (and triumph), Michaela Shiffrin’s redemption arc, and Alysa Liu’s joyful return to the top of figure skating, this is our wrap-up of Milano-Cortina 2026. Records fell. Tears flowed. Espresso martinis...

This week, Qualified gives Kelsey and Gen the perfect excuse to talk Winter Olympics. The short doc follows eight women battling for four spots on the 2026 U.S. Olympic moguls team, offering a quick but compelling look at camaraderie, pressure, and what it takes to qualify for the biggest stage in winter sports. From there? All bets are off. They unpack Milano Cortina’s biggest moments so far: sur...

In this episode, Kelsey and Gen get dark and personal discussing Surviving Ohio State, the HBO Max documentary directed by Eva Orner, in conjunction with writer/producer Jon Wertheim, writer of the 2020 Sports Illustrated article that this documentary is based on. Surviving Ohio State looks at the decades-long abuse scandal surrounding Ohio State University and team doctor Richard Strauss, and the...

In this episode, Kelsey and Gen take on We Beat the Dream Team, highlighting a 1992 scrimmage where a group of “college players” beat the most famous basketball team ever assembled. These were the same players who would have gone to the Olympics if not for the rule change allowing NBA players to compete. Are there unexpected personal connections? Yes. Is there gratuitous side-eye? Also yes. Next u...

Kelsey and Gen discuss Predators, directed by David Osit, released December 8th 2025 on Paramount+, as a product of MTV Entertainment, and revisits the cultural phenomenon of To Catch a Predator, the early-2000s Dateline NBC series that set out to publicly expose men seeking sexual contact with minors online. Using archival footage, behind-the-scenes material, and interviews with people involved o...

Kelsey and Gen discuss Long Shot, released in 2017 and directed by Jacob LaMendola, tells the story of Juan Catalan, a Los Angeles man wrongfully accused of murder and facing a possible life sentence for a crime he did not commit. His salvation ultimately comes from a rather unexpected source: background footage captured during the filming of the HBO show Curb Your Enthusiasm. The documentary walk...

Kelsey and Gen take on HBO’s The Alabama Solution, a documentary that drags the Alabama prison system out of the shadows and into full, brutal light. Through hidden cell-phone footage, inmate testimonies, and interviews captured at enormous personal risk, the film exposes violence, corruption, and conditions that defy any notion of rehabilitation. They break down the men who spoke up, the failures...

In Netflix’s The Search for Instagram’s Worst Con Artist, two episodes trace the rise and fallout of an influencer whose life online was built on fiction. Kelsey and Gen break down the manipulation, the victims, and the filters and followers that helped make it possible. Next up: “The Alabama Solution”, on HBO Max/Max/HBO/whatever they’re calling it these days. Send us an email or a voice message...

Kelsey, Gen, and special guest Becky won't be sending housewarming gifts after watching Netflix's documentary The Perfect Neighbor. Through body-cam and police footage, director Geeta Gandbhir tells a real-life horror story spanning two years and ending in tragedy for a family, a neighborhood, and a Florida community caught in the crosshairs of Stand Your Ground. Next up: “The Search for Instagram...

Kelsey and Gen autopsy Netflix's Fyre: The Greatest Party That Never Happened, the luxury music festival whose officially listed cause of death is cheese sandwich. Grab a tent and join in to unpack the delusion, deceit, and why everyone bought what Billy McFarland was selling. Next up: “The Perfect Neighbor” on Netflix Send us an email or a voice message to ⁠theydidwhat@podcastica.com⁠,or look out...

Hosts Kelsey and Gen kick off They Did What?! with Netflix’s Unknown Number: A High School Catfish, a documentary about a small-town mystery that starts with a few strange texts and spirals into something much darker. Joined by guest host Jason, they dive into parenting in the digital age, the ethics of true-crime storytelling, and why we can’t look away from people who do the unthinkable. It’s pa...