Durk Island

the weekend show ep 31 | We discuss the Hulu documentary 'Ask Dr. Ruth' about the sex coach and Holocaust survivor, Dr. Ruth Westheimer. This character profile is why we love documentaries. It is beautiful and nearly impossible to not fall in love with the main character.

the weekend show ep 30 | We watch and discuss the documentary about the life of Supreme Court Justice and legal titan Ruth Bader Ginsburg.

the weekend show ep 29 | We watch and react to a documentary designed to show the other side of the story behind the Oscar winning documentary, "The Cove" about the annual Dolphin slaughter in Taiji, Japan. This perspective is called "A Whale of a Tale."

the weekend show ep 28 | We discuss 'The Girl and The Picture' a documentary about the Nanjing Massacre in China in the late 1930s.

the weekend show ep 27 | We discuss the Netflix documentary 'Mercury 13' about highly-qualified women who were went through tests and training to become astronauts, but were ultimately not selected to become a part of NASA's space program in the 1960s.

the weekend show ep 26 | We discuss the excellent, bizarre, tragic and fascinating "abduction" story that unfolds in the documentary 'Abducted in Plain Sight.'

the weekend show ep 25 | We watch the documentary "JANE" by National Geographic, which remasters in beautiful dreamlike quality footage from Jane Goodall's original expedition to Africa to study chimpanzees.

the weekend show ep 24 | We watch the documentary "Fraud" which depicts a fictional tale about a family on the run from the law, made from real online video footage found and strung together by a skillful editor.

the weekend show ep 23 | We discuss our love for Robin Williams and the new things we learned about him through the HBO documentary 'Robin Williams: Come Inside My Mind'

the weekend show ep 22 | We discuss the Netflix documentary series 'Our Planet' from the makers of Planet Earth and Blue Planet.

the weekend show ep 21 | We discuss the Netflix documentary short 'Zion' about a remarkable high school wrestler.

the weekend show ep 20 | We discuss the HBO documentary 'What's My Name: Muhammed Ali' and why Muhammad Ali is such a funny and meaningful sports hero.

The weekend show ep 19 | We discuss the first episode of the new season of 'Black Mirror' on Netflix, about the interesting implications of inhabiting avatars of the opposite gender (or a different species) in Virtual Reality video games, especially as the experience becomes more and more realistic.

the weekend show ep 18 | We discuss the documentary 'Behind the Curve' about the growing Flat Earth movement and what can be learned from this deep dive into this interesting "new conspiracy theory."

the weekend show ep 17 | We discuss the premier episode of the New York Times' new show 'The Weekly' and how the story of T.M. Landry's viral college acceptance videos fits into our growing understanding of modern frauds.

the weekend show ep 16 | We discuss a controversial new New York Times article about the Youtube algorithm and whether or not it is a rabbit hole to the alt-right. NYT Article Link: https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/06/08/technology/youtube-radical.html'Five Came Back' WWII Counter-propaganda documentary trailer link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5JuiCTz6Khw

the weekend show ep 15 | We discuss the WW1 documentary by Peter Jackson, containing incredibly remastered 100 year old footage and the lessons we can learn from WW1 -- a war that is often overshadowed in our historical memory by WWII.

the weekend show ep 14 | This week we deviate from our normal style of unscripted content (documentaries) to talk about one of our favorite ensemble reality shows: Vanderpump Rules on Bravo. We discuss our favorite characters and predictions for next season based the three part reunion.

the weekend show ep 13 | Everyone is pissed at the Game of Thrones writers because viewers did not expect Dany to go so evil ... at least so fast! But, she was always the secret villain of the show! We review the clues that were there all along, and how we were manipulated as viewers with red herrings (just like John, Tyrion, the Unsullied, and on and on).

the weekend show ep 12 | we discuss the shocking and inspiring political upset achieved by Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez after watching Netflix’s new documentary Knock Down The House. The doc gives us a behind-the-scenes look at at the congressional race in New York’s 14th district (along with 3 other lesser discussed races) that catapulted AOC into becoming one of the most powerful congresswomen in the country.

the weekend show ep 11 | We discuss the creepiest serial killer, Ted Bundy, after watching the 4-part Netflix documentary series, Conversations With A Killer: The Ted Bundy Tapes

the weekend show ep 10 | We discuss the infamous festival that needed two documentaries from both Netfilx and Hulu to unpack. Does this represent a colossal startup failure, or a massive fraud? Each documentary -- Netflix's FYRE: The Greatest Party That Never Happened and Hulu's FYRE FRAUD -- reveals fascinating details about the story, but from meaningfully different perspectives. Which one is more persuasive?

the weekend show ep 9 | We discuss the most controversial documentary of the year so far: Leaving Neverland.

the weekend show ep 8 | We watch the documentary "Three Identical Strangers" and question whether the debate over nature vs. nurture really matters...

the weekend show ep 7 | We talk about the documentary that launched the careers of the brothers behind "Wild Wild Country." The doc is called the "Battered Bastards of Baseball" and is the expertly told and funny story of a long lost Portland baseball team that was founded by Kurt Russell's dad (who is also the grandfather of the directors)!

the weekend show ep 6 | Why was Elizabeth Holmes able to convince so many old men that her blood testing company was worth $9 billion when it never had a fully working product? We discuss HBO’s new documentary on Theranos: The Inventor by Alex Gibney.

the weekend show ep 5 | We discuss the biggest meme of the 90's: the made-for-tabloids story of Lorena and John Bobbitt, the severed penis, and whether this story is the best proof we have seen that Karma is True! We react to the new documentary Lorena, executive produced by Jordan Peele.

the weekend show ep 4 | We talk about our hometown, Portland, Oregon, and all of the crazy things that a place like that can teach you about the world through the lens of a screwball BBC documentary about polyamory in Portland from Louis Theroux called Love Without Limits.

the weekend show ep 3 | Don't conform. Rebel! It's a wise instinct that is often tragically executed. We discuss perhaps our favorite documentary of the year, Minding the Gap.

the weekend show ep 1 | We discuss lying and cheating at the highest level after watching Icarus, the 2018 Oscar winner for Best Documentary.

the weekend show ep 2 | We discuss the dizzying prospect of climbing the world's largest rock face without rope, as Alex Honnold does in the 2019 Oscar winner for Best Documentary, Free Solo.