Marnell and Dianne discuss part 2 of the 2021 documentary Crime of the Century, HBO's searing look the opioid crisis. Just when you thought it couldn't get any worse than the Sackler Family, meet Fentanyl King John Kapoor. Learn more, subscribe

Crime of the Century Part 1

Jun 2nd, 2021 1h 53m

Marnell and Dianne discuss part 1 of the 2021 documentary Crime of the Century, HBO's searing look the opioid crisis. Purdue Pharma: Monsters or crooks or both? Learn more, subscribe, or contact us at www.southgatemediagroup.com. You can writ

RBG

May 6th, 2021 1h 31m

Marnell and Dianne discuss the 2018 documentary RBG, a CNN film now streaming on Hulu. In it, we learn about the legal and personal legacy of feminist icon Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Learn more, subscribe, or contact us at www.southgatemediagroup.com

Marnell & Dianne review the 2015 Academy Award winning film "Spotlight"

Apr 25th, 2021 1h 31m

Marnell and Dianne review the 2015 Academy Award winning film Spotlight, a fictionalized account of the Boston Globe's investigative reporting about the Catholic Church's child sexual abuse scandal. It has a star-studded cast and it's absolutel

Going Clear

Apr 15th, 2021 1h 49m

Marnell and Dianne review the 2015 documentary "Going Clear" about Scientology. It is based on the Lawrence Wright bestseller of the same name; it can be streamed on HBO. Join Marn and Di when we say, "Hail, Xenu!" Learn more, subscribe, or con

Only Fans: Selling Sexy

Apr 9th, 2021 1h 42m

Marnell and Dianne review the 2021 documentary "Only Fans: Selling Sexy," a film created by ABCNews and streaming on Hulu. It explores "the Instagram of Porn." Seriously, how do you think Dianne and Marnell pay for their podcasting equipment? L

Framing Britney Spears

Mar 26th, 2021 1h 56m

Marnell and Dianne review the 2021 documentary "Framing Britney Spears." The misogyny faced by Britney Spears is utterly horrifying--at the hands of the press, the music industry, and her family. Are you as mad as we are? Learn more, subscribe,

Paradise Lost

Mar 17th, 2021 2h 48m

Marnell and Dianne review the 1996 documentary "Paradise Lost" about the West Memphis Three. We are obsessed about this case--all of the documentaries and most of the books (ok, Di more than Marn with the book thing). It's still a heartbreaker

Murder to Mercy

Mar 10th, 2021 1h 52m

Marnell and Dianne review the 2020 Netflix documentary "Murder to Mercy." It is the story of Cyntoia Brown, a woman arrested at the age of 16 and later convicted of murdering a man who solicited sex from her. Murderer? Trafficking victim? Both?

Mr. Angel

Mar 4th, 2021 1h 37m

Marnell and Dianne review the 2013 documentary "Mr. Angel." It's the first half of the story of pioneering trans man and transgender activist, Buck Angel. Marn and Di both agree they want the rest of the story! PS--we say "vagina" a lot. Learn

A Promising Young Woman

Feb 25th, 2021 1h 50m

Marnell and Dianne review the 2020 feature film "A Promising Young Woman." It is both a terrible tragedy and the ultimate revenge fantasy, and it is totally worth the outrageous streaming fee on Amazon! Learn more, subscribe, or contact us at w

Amy (2015)

Feb 17th, 2021 1h 24m

Marnell and Dianne review the 2015 documentary film "Amy," about the late, great Amy Winehouse. This Academy and Grammy award winning film looks at her overnight celebrity and tragic downward spiral. Learn more, subscribe, or contact us at www

Assassination Nation

Feb 11th, 2021 1h 33m

Marnell and Dianne review the 2018 film "Assassination Nation" with Odessa Young (featured in the 2020 reboot of The Stand). Gripping and disturbing--you might be queasy by the end but you won't regret watching it. We've decided it's Heathers m

Derek Delgaudio's In and Of Itself

Feb 3rd, 2021 1h 39m

Marnell and Dianne review the 2020 Hulu film "Derek Delgaudio's In and Of Itself." Derek is a magician, illusionist, and mentalist who delivers a stunning stage show in which he explores the nature of human identity. 5/5 he had Di weeping by th

White Noise 2020

Jan 27th, 2021 2h 22m

Marnell and Dianne review the 2020 documentary White Noise, the first documentary ever produced by The Atlantic. It's a horrifying look at three prominent white supremacists. Can you say triggered? Have a drink or two before watching this one.

The Boys in the Band 2020 Netflix remake

Jan 19th, 2021 1h 21m

Marnell and Dianne review the 2020 Netflix remake of The Boys in the Band. It's based on a play written in 1968 and the original film was released in 1970. A group of gay men gather to celebrate a friend's birthday in pre-Stonewall New York--it

Three Identical Strangers

Jan 10th, 2021 1h 58m

Our episode about Edward Snowden may be our lost episode. Instead, this week we talk about Three Identical Strangers, a 2018 CNN documentary about triplets who are reunited by a strange coincidence only to find that they were subjects of an inc

The Boys

Dec 28th, 2020 1h 53m

Marnell introduced Dianne to this series by calling it "not the superheroes we WANT but the superheroes we DESERVE." In a lighter episode with a little political commentary, Dianne and Marnell are joined by Phil of the Capes and Lunatics podcas

Saving Capitalism

Dec 11th, 2020 1h 34m

Marnell and Dianne discuss Saving Capitalism, a 2017 documentary based on Robert Reich's book of the same name. Can capitalism be saved? Should it be saved? Spoiler alert: Marnell is much better with numbers than Dianne is.... Learn more, subsc

Harriet

Dec 4th, 2020 2h 4m

Marnell and Dianne discuss Harriet, the 2019 feature film about the life of Harriet Tubman. It's fair to say the Housewives didn't LOVE it, and Marnell was more generous than Dianne. We learned a LOT about Harriet Tubman in the process though!

Far From the Tree

Nov 24th, 2020 1h 36m

Marnell and Dianne discuss Far From the Tree, a 2018 documentary based on Andrew Solomon's 2012 book of the same name. It's about parents raising "different" children. Spoiler alert: the documentary was great but the book was better! Available

Code Black

Nov 18th, 2020 1h 36m

Marnell and Dianne discuss Code Black, a 2013 documentary about life in the ER at LA County Hospital. Marn chose another great documentary and Di comes off as a super-jaded healthcare worker. Join us as we lament our really broken healthcare sy

Idiocracy

Nov 12th, 2020 1h 26m

Marnell and Dianne discuss Idiocracy, the comedy cult classic from 2006 starring Luke Wilson and "that chick" Maya Rudolph. Is there any way to view this other than through a Liberal lens? And, yes, Dianne was REALLY uncomfortable with this maj

City of Joy

Nov 4th, 2020 1h 58m

Marnell and Dianne discuss City of Joy, a documentary that premiered at an NYC documentary film festival in 2016 and released on Netflix in 2018. It explores the work of Dr. Denis Mukegwe, Christine Deschuler Schryver, and Eve Ensler with survi

The Social Dilemma

Oct 28th, 2020 2h 8m

Marnell and Dianne discuss The Social Dilemma, a 2020 Netflix documentary highlighting the pitfalls of social media platforms such as Facebook and Twitter. As always, we review this through a Liberal lens. Learn more, subscribe, or contact us a