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Factual America

Factual America

161 Episodes • By Soho Podcasts • www.factualamerica.com/
Factual America examines America through the lens of documentary filmmaking. Guests include Academy Award, Emmy and Grammy-winning documentary filmmakers and producers, their subjects, as well as experts on the American experience. Find out more about the current and upcoming documentaries on Netfli ...more
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Factual America
Factual America
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A Brief History of the Future: Making the World A Better Place
Climate change, terrorism, social inequality and pov... more
Apr 18 2024 49m
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Against All Enemies: US Veterans Fighting Their Own Country
Why would US military veterans take up arms against ... more
Apr 4 2024 49m
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God Save Texas: Life in the Land of Oil and Gas
God Save Texas is a three-part docu-series inspired ... more
Mar 27 2024 49m
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The NFL’s Greatest Dynasty: New England Patriots
Between 2001-19, head coach Bill Belichick created o... more
Mar 14 2024 58m
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Amityville: Origins of the Horror Story
On November 13th 1974, Ronald DeFeo shot his family ... more
Mar 5 2024 42m
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Investigating the Octopus Murders: An American Conspiracy
The 1980s were a time of allegation and scandal in A... more
Feb 28 2024 48m
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The Harder They Come, The Stronger They Rise: The Unbreakable Tatiana Suarez
Tatiana Suarez was born into poverty, endured a ‘tum... more
Feb 14 2024 41m
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Challenging Zuckerberg’s Metanarrative
Who is Mark Zuckerberg? That is the question at the ... more
Feb 1 2024 55m
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American Nightmare: Unravelling Crimes That Never Were
On the night of March 23rd 2015, Denise Huskins and ... more
Jan 18 2024 35m
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Inside Lady Bird Johnson’s White House: Recording a Public and Private Life
Lady Bird Johnson is best known today as the wife of... more
Dec 22 2023 32m
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Finding Hope amidst Hate in A Town Called Victoria
On 28th January 2017, a mosque in Victoria, Texas wa... more
Dec 13 2023 26m
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Stamping Out Racist Lies: America’s Truth
Racism is a blight upon the United States of America... more
Dec 6 2023 22m
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How the Cabbage Patch Kids Conquered America
In 1983, America was overwhelmed by a disaster, the ... more
Nov 30 2023 37m
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Wisdom in the Shadows of Dementia
In 1999, Rose Tajiri, a second-generation Japanese-A... more
Nov 22 2023 35m
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Discovering the Spirit of the Man: Carlos.
Carlos is a documentary that takes the viewer from l... more
Nov 15 2023 48m
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Sylvester Stallone: Portrait of a Son, Icon, and Man
To call Sylvester Stallone a film star is only the b... more
Nov 8 2023 29m
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Something Ghostly This Way Comes: The Enfield Poltergeist – Spirit or Hoax?
In The Enfield Poltergeist, Jerry Rothwell uses over... more
Oct 30 2023 26m
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Are We Alone? UFO Encounters from around the World
Welcome to the first episode of the fifth season of ... more
Oct 4 2023 32m
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Wayne Shorter: Visionary, Innovator, Icon and Human Being
Wayne Shorter has long been considered one of the gr... more
Aug 23 2023 28m
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From the Tennis Court to New York: Exploring John McEnroe’s Life
John McEnroe’s volcanic temper on the tennis court i... more
Aug 9 2023 37m
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Mining Appalachia: Preserving the Story of King Coal
For 200 years, the people of Central Appalachia in t... more
Aug 2 2023 18m
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How Humans shape the Earth: Human Footprint
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Jul 29 2023 45m
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Q – Inside a mysterious all-women Islamic organisation
What does it mean to belong to a cult-like religious... more
Jul 13 2023 33m
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Making a Difference: The Death and Life of Eli Timoner
Eli Timoner lived a life founded on love. As a resul... more
Jul 6 2023 1h 6m
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Masterclass: Discussing Maestra with Maggie Contreras
Once upon a time, to be the conductor of an orchestr... more
Jun 28 2023 52m
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