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Jeff Cerulli and Barry Rothbart are back and starting season four off with a bang. They get into a few new documentaries they are excited about like ‘You Can See Everything,’ ‘Naza’ and ‘Musk.’ Then they get into some recent internet documentaries they watched like ‘Dolphin Lover’ and ‘The Sick Mind of EDP 445.’ Get in Touch - [email protected]

Jeff Cerulli and Barry Rothbart are back with Val Parker the creator of the viral hit show "Ask A F*****y," which features guests sharing insane personal dating stories, while a panel of “f******s” weighs in. This show will be at the famed Gramercy Theater in NYC on halloween this year. Val is the perfect guest to have on to get all into Netflix’s new documentary “Toxic Love Story” which tells the story of a newly married U.S. Marshal, his wife, and his ex girlfriend. They get into this documentary and if this is breaking any new ground in the saturated true crime space. Val Parker - Insta - ⁠https://www.instagram.com/valparkercomedy/?hl=en⁠ Website - ⁠https://www.valparkercomedy.com⁠ Ask a F*****y - ⁠https://www.askafuckboy.com⁠ Watch Toxic Love Story - ⁠https://www.netflix.com/title/81923353⁠ Get in Touch - ⁠[email protected]⁠

Jeff Cerulli and Barry Rothbart are back and hit a variety of topics like Netflix dropping another documentary on the Idaho murders, the Hollywood Reporters top 25 documentaries of all time list and movies that everyone references but have not actually watched. Get in Touch - [email protected]

In this pod Barry flies solo and interviews legendary filmmaker Allison Elwood about her new doc on Boy George and Culture Club. They get into the tightrope walk of celebrity docs, the idea of nostalgia and why music docs are really docs about ourselves.   Watch 'Boy George & Culture Club' - https://tv.apple.com/us/movie/boy-george--culture-club/umc.cmc.6yjr3jg0b8rn3iia3f7jd4g7l Get in Touch - [email protected]

Jeff Cerulli and Barry Rothbart are back and getting into the new HBO doc series ‘The Man Will Burn’ which tells the story of the current state and history of Burning Man, an annual event in the Nevada desert where a temporary city of 80,000 is built centered around art and partying. The guest today is hilarious comedian Morgan Miller who is going to perform stand up comedy at Burning Man later this summer. They get into the premiere episode of this four part series and if there is enough intrigue to keep you watching more. Watch ‘The Man Will Burn’ - https://play.hbomax.com/show/6e69de11-44dc-472a-a7bb-1f0b4be7738b Follow Morgan Miller - https://www.instagram.com/morganmiller17/?hl=en Get in Touch - [email protected]

Jeff Cerulli and Barry Rothbart are back and getting into the fantastic new HBO documentary ‘Robin Byrd: Bang My Box.’ The film look back at the career of Robin Byrd, who hosted the long running NY public access show ‘The Robin Byrd Show.’ Robin Byrd was a trailblazer in the sex industry and way ahead of her time regarding LGBTQ rights and HIV awareness. The guest today is Joel Walkowksi who is the author of the upcoming book ’Honolulu Blues’ which is out next week on 7/14. We get into what we loved about this documentary, pitching it as a 6 part series, Joel’s new book, going to USC film school and his work producing documentaries. To watch ‘Robin Byrd: Bang My Box’ - https://www.hbomax.com/movies/bang-my-box-the-robin-byrd-story/b975068f-63d5-4d79-bac6-c01ed44b90d8 To Buy ‘Honolulu Blues’ - https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Honolulu-Blues/Joel-Walkowski/9781637749043 Get in Touch - [email protected]

Jeff Cerulli and Barry Rothbart are back and they can’t believe the Knicks actually did it! They talk about seeing the Knicks win the first championship in their lifetime and what it meant to them. Then after they welcome Tamra Davis to the show to get into her new documentary ‘The Best Summer’ which is a found footage style documentary from a concert tour in 1995 that featured amazing bands like The Beastie Boys, Beck and Foo Fighters. Tamra has an incredible resume that includes directing classic films such as ‘Half Baked,’ ‘Billy Madison,’ ‘CB4,’ along with some of the most iconic music videos from Sonic Youth, Tone Loc and Young MC. For more information on The Best Summer - https://thebestsummer1995.com Get in Touch - [email protected]

Jeff Cerulli and Barry Rothbart are back and are so excited about this incredible Knicks run where they find themselves only 2 wins away from a championship. Jeff and Barry are both New Yorkers who have been Knicks fans their entire life. This run has been so special that they had to talk about it up top. After they get into some of their favorite basketball documentaries of al time. Is Hoop Dreams mentioned? Listen to find out. Get in Touch - [email protected]

Jeff Cerulli and Barry Rothbart are back getting into the Knicks being in the NBA Finals (not doc related but the most important thing going on right now), going over a strange best documentaries all time list, the new Netflix documentary about Martin Short, ‘Marty: Life is Short’ and movie theaters being back! Get in Touch - [email protected]

True crime enthusiast Nikki Vargas (Call You When I Land) returns to the show to get all into the number one ranked film on Netflix ‘The Crash’ which tells the story of the horrfic crash that Mackenzie Shirilla caused by driving nearly 100mph into a wall and killing two people. They get into the doc within the context of the saturation of true crime media, what works here and what does not and if this film is worth your time? Watch ‘The Crash’ - https://www.netflix.com/title/81941710 Get in Touch - [email protected]

Brooks Wheelan returns to deep dive the incredible new HBO docu-series ‘The Dark Wizard which is about the life of base jumper and climber Dean Potter. They get into what they loved about this doc, how it compares to ‘Free Solo’ and how polarizing of a character Dean is. Then at the end Brooks talks about some other climbing documentaries he loves. Watch ‘The Dark Wizard’ - https://play.hbomax.com/show/76e78c26-21c9-45b4-b84b-4c3e1f8ff763 Get in Touch - [email protected]

Jeff Cerulli and Barry Rothbart welcome Andrea Werhun and Nicole Bazuin to the show  to get all into their new documentary, ‘Modern Whore’ which is out this week on Apple and Amazon. ‘Modern Whore’ tells the story of Andrea Werhun’s time as a sex worker in Canada. They get into the amazing way this documentary was shot with snazzy reenactments, what Andrea wanted people to take away from this film, how this concept started as a memoir and what the process was like turning it into a short and now a feature length documentary. Then at the end Andrea and Nicole name three of their favorite docs all time.  Watch ‘Modern Whore’ - ⁠https://tv.apple.com/us/movie/modern-whore/umc.cmc.7gu999shkoumfng27eawxujvw⁠ Get in Touch - ⁠[email protected]⁠

The AI era is coming, but are we ready for it? Of course we aren’t, so that is why Jeff and Barry are trying to prepare for it by watching ‘The AI Doc: Or How I Became An Apocaloptimist’ which is currently out on Apple & Amazon. This new documentary by Daniel Rohan and Charlie Tyrell tries to tackle this insanely complex subject by talking to the likes of Tristan Harris and even Sam Altman. They get into if they feel they know more about AI after watching this, if they are more doom or gloom regarding AI and if this doc actually has a real opinion on the subject. Watch ‘THE AI DOC: OR HOW I BECAME AN APOCALOPTIMIST’ - https://tv.apple.com/us/movie/the-ai-doc-or-how-i-became-an-apocaloptimist/umc.cmc.4a45bulcd7e4urydi90xmfu86 Get in Touch - [email protected]

Jeff Cerulli and Barry Rothbart are back and they dive deep into the Neflix documentary ‘Caterpillar’ which tells the story about a Miami man who travels across the world to India to get a risky eye-color changing surgery. They get into the interesting way this story was shot. What really shines here and what falls short. Then after they talk about some medical procedures they have had and the time Barry shot a short film at a nudist colony. Watch Caterpillar - https://www.netflix.com/title/82699252 Get in Touch - [email protected]

Jeff Cerulli and Barry Rothbart watched ‘Melania’ so you don't have to, but you should definitely listen to them take a dive deep into this 'film.' Melania is an extreme surface level look at the first lady told mainly through footage of her walking set to various needle drops like ‘Billie Jean.’ This documentary sums up the current state of affairs in the country that Amazon will not pay it’s workers a fair wage but yet financed this bribe film for around 75M. They get into what a total mess this is from a filmmaking standpoint, how it remains unpolitical and how this is the worst kind of celebrity access documentaries. Then at the end they turn ‘Melania’ into a six part series directed by a different disgraced filmmaker. Get in Touch - [email protected]