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The Document is KCRW's new kind of mashup of documentaries and radio - telling addictive, real life, right now stories.


    • Jul 15, 2019 LATEST EPISODE
    • infrequent NEW EPISODES
    • 22m AVG DURATION
    • 25 EPISODES


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    Latest episodes from The Document

    “Circus of Books” - The Jewish Factor

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 15, 2019 25:41


    Underground

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 27, 2019 33:36


    Filmmaker Travis Wilkerson brings us the story of the made-in-secret documentary “Underground.” How did director Emile de Antonio manage to find - and film - the wanted fugitives of the leftist Weather Underground?

    A Hard Truth

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 8, 2019 32:59


    The story of two films - a narrative and a documentary - made inside a fully functioning, maximum-security prison.

    The Yellow Laugh

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 12, 2018 20:28


    Chef Flynn

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 14, 2018 16:42


    Free Solo

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 3, 2018 21:01


    Will the cameras kill Alex Honnold on his free solo climb of El Cap?

    Return to Rockford

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 22, 2018 22:18


    A filmmaker steps out from behind the camera to interview his mom about his family's excruciating past.

    Dark Money

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 18, 2018 13:56


    The toxic pit that's the country's largest Superfund site is a painful reminder of the corruption of Montana's Copper Kings...and a warning of what corporate spending can still do to democracy today.

    Love Means Zero

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 20, 2018 20:30


    A Grand Slam of an interview with tennis coaching legend Nick Bollettieri. [Explicit Content]

    Cuba and the Cameraman...and his Daughter

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 21, 2018 20:41


    The perks and perils of growing up in the family business, traveling the world and making documentary films.

    Music and Meaning

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 7, 2018 18:49


    A filmmaker and composer pull back the curtain on how they use music to shape the way we experience documentaries.

    Bad is Good

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 21, 2018 30:46


    A story about a Neil Simon play gone bad - and the documentary that was going to make everything better. [Explicit language]

    Committed

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 7, 2018 28:39


    Brian Watts went to prison when he was 18. When he got out on parole, he was 42, and on a mission to find love - for the very first time.

    Love and Science

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 17, 2018 20:26


    The world's top student scientists converge at the Olympics of science fairs.

    Ministry of Presence

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 8, 2017 28:55


    How a minister who made the execution chamber his office changed his mind about the death penalty.

    A Spark in His Eye

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 25, 2017 17:23


    Brimstone and Glory is a fiery trip into a Mexican city's glorious orgy of fireworks.

    The Hands of Persons Unknown

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 11, 2017 16:20


    Looking at one of America's greatest shames. [EXPLICIT LANGUAGE]

    The Lost Tapes

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 13, 2017 18:54


    What could documentaries about Princess Diana and the 1992 Los Angeles riots possibly have in common?  

    Dominion

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 30, 2017 15:25


    A deep dive into big game hunting -- a world most of us have very strong feelings about...but really know very little.

    Inside Voice

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 16, 2017 18:00


    A young singer-songwriter's voice starts out sounding like a girl, ends up sounding like a man...and he finds his true voice along the way.[EXPLICIT LANGUAGE]

    Eating Diane

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 2, 2017 18:53


    When exotic food writer Eddie Lin asked his pregnant wife if she'd consider letting him eat her placenta, she said, "no way". But she asked him when their second child came along...and Eddie had to figure out how to cook it.

    Psychedelic Misery

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 19, 2017 25:55


    A cinematographer's bad trip coincides with the death of the '60s. [EXPLICIT LANGUAGE]

    Baby Steps

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 5, 2017 21:52


    A documentary filmmaker's five-year trip down the rabbit hole of in vitro fertilization. [EXPLICIT LANGUAGE]

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