Latest Americanexperience Podcast Episodes
Becoming Cousteau: Legendary Explorer and Environmentalist
Factual America - November 23, 2021 08:27 - 30 minutesThe National Geographic documentary Becoming Cousteau explores the life of legendary ocean explorer Jacques Cousteau, a man well ahead of his time in bringing climate change and environmental devastation to the world’s attention. Mridu Chandra, award-winning filmmaker and one of the producers...
Curse of the Chippendales: a True Crime Story Stripped Bare
Factual America - November 16, 2021 12:13 - 46 minutesThe Discovery+ docuseries Curse of the Chippendales chronicles the dark side of the 1980s all-male striptease dance troupe. The muscular men of the Chippendales captured the hearts, minds, and dollars of the 1980s in their iconic cuffs and collars, but what started out as a first in women’s en...
Hawking: Can You Hear Me? The Remarkable Human Story of Stephen Hawking
Factual America - November 10, 2021 06:00 - 50 minutesHawking: Can You Hear Me? is a Sky Original documentary that explores the remarkable human story of Stephen Hawking, through candid interviews with his family, friends, and colleagues. The film brings to life the man behind the persona of legendary theoretical physicist and cosmologist Stephen...
The Rescue: A Story of Bravery, Cave Diving & Generosity
Factual America - November 02, 2021 12:02 - 24 minutesThe Rescue explores the story of the dramatic Tham Luang cave rescue in 2018, when twelve boys and their soccer coach were saved from deep inside a flooded cave in northern Thailand. But like all great documentaries, it is about so much more – bravery, cave diving, the human spirit and ultimatel...
Detainee 001: 'The American Taliban' John Walker Lindh
Factual America - October 26, 2021 07:18 - 53 minutesA young man from the San Francisco suburbs journeys to the Middle East and soon finds himself as the face of Islamist extremism in post-9/11 America. This is the story of John Walker Lindh, as explored in the recent Showtime hit documentary Detainee 001. Emmy-winning director Greg Barker joins...
The Space Station: The Wonderful Story of Human Co-Operation
Factual America - October 12, 2021 13:18 - 44 minutesInternational Space Station and international co-operation in space has outlived presidents, regimes, current events, 9/11, and it has been carrying on for several decades now. It is fascinating how many people it takes to get someone into space. This is what inspired director and producer Cla...
Factual America and The Lone Star Plate Season Highlights and Top Episodes
Factual America - August 09, 2021 19:46 - 1 hourFactual America meets The Lone Star Plate for the second time. We are wrapping up Season 2 of Factual America, and our sister podcast The Lone Star Plate, which features interviews with famous Texans and explores compelling Texas stories, has just closed Season 3. Two fellow Texans, hosts ...
The Lone Star Plate and Factual America Season Highlights and Top Episodes
Factual America - August 09, 2021 19:46 - 1 hourFactual America meets The Lone Star Plate for the second time. We are wrapping up Season 2 of Factual America, and our sister podcast The Lone Star Plate, which features interviews with famous Texans and explores compelling Texas stories, has just closed Season 3. Two fellow Texans, hosts ...
Under the Volcano: The Secret Birthplace of the 80s Greatest Hits
Factual America - August 04, 2021 07:51 - 46 minutesIn 1979 The Beatles producer Sir George Martin turned a Caribbean paradise into a 1980s hit making crucible for the likes of Paul McCartney, Elton John, and such acts as the Rolling Stones, The Police, and Dire Straits. His vision was to create a studio where artists could come and be free to ex...
Echoes of the Invisible: Pushing the Limits of Human Experience
Factual America - July 19, 2021 12:41 - 1 hourAward-winning documentary Echoes of the Invisible (2020) looks at timelessness, the origins of the universe, and what it means to be one of the almost 8 billion inhabitants of Planet Earth. The film follows the explorers who are pushing the human body and technology beyond known limits in the ...
The Phantom: The Case of Carlos DeLuna 40 Years Later
Factual America - July 15, 2021 08:06 - 1 hourAfter covering The State of Texas vs. Melissa (2021), once again we are talking on Factual America about the death penalty in the state of Texas. The recently released documentary The Phantom (2021) shines a light on a capital murder case, but probably in ways that most of us have never experi...
Fernando Sulichin: Producer of JFK Revisited and Flag Day
Factual America - July 06, 2021 07:00 - 56 minutesAcclaimed producer Fernando Sulichin has built his career by working with film giants such as Spike Lee, David Lynch, Sean Penn, and Oliver Stone. Now Fernando has two films debuting at the Cannes Film Festival. Flag Day is directed by and stars Sean Penn, while JFK Revisited: Through the Look...
The State of Texas vs. Melissa: The Death Penalty's Problems
Factual America - June 29, 2021 07:00 - 1 hourMelissa Lucio is the only Hispanic woman to ever be sentenced to death in the state of Texas. She is currently facing her last appeal, having spent 13 years on death row. Her case, as well as the problems with the American justice system and the death penalty, are captured in the documentary ...
Mary J Blige: The Unheard Story of the Album 'My Life' on Amazon Prime
Factual America - June 20, 2021 19:20 - 51 minutesMary J Blige is a multi-platinum R&B and Hip Hop recording artist, a 9-time Grammy award-winner, and celebrated actress. She is also the subject of a new Amazon Studios documentary that releases on June 25th, Mary J Blige’s My Life, that marked the 25th anniversary of the artist's acclaimed 19...
HBO's Revolution Rent: Broadway in Cuba
Factual America - June 15, 2021 14:44 - 42 minutesThe Tony and Pulitzer-Prize winning musical Rent celebrates the 25th anniversary of its Broadway premiere on June 15th. The musical's message still resonates today, as captured by the HBO documentary Revolution Rent about the first commercial American production staged in Havana, Cuba in over ...
Guy Clark: Texas Music Legend
Factual America - June 08, 2021 06:15 - 55 minutesFive years after the legendary Texas singer and songwriter Guy Clark passed away, his life and legacy is celebrated in a new documentary. Without Getting Killed or Caught brings Guy's colourful life and career to the big screen. The film is the brainchild of Grammy award-winning music produce...
Mike Tyson: The Truth Behind The Knockouts
Factual America - June 01, 2021 07:00 - 58 minutesMike Tyson, the former heavyweight champion, is considered one of the greatest boxers of all time. Unfortunately, he is just as famous for his exploits outside of the ring as he is for his many knockouts. The new docuseries Mike Tyson: The Knockout is currently streaming on ABC and Hulu. Senio...
Moby Doc: A Life in Reprise
Factual America - May 25, 2021 06:00 - 48 minutesRichard Melville Hall, better known to most of us as Moby, is an electronic music pioneer. In the 1990s he scored numerous top ten hits on the Billboard Dance Club chart and his album Play (1999) has sold over 12 million copies. Even with all that success, Moby still found himself hitting rock...
Some Kind of Heaven: Inside Disneyland for Retirees
Factual America - May 18, 2021 05:28 - 59 minutesThe Villages is a self-contained retirement community located in central Florida. Often referred to as a “Disneyland for Retirees,” it is home to over 130,000 seniors. The Villages offers residents a utopian version of a bygone America: wide, safe streets, perfectly manicured lawns, and countles...
The Crime of the Century: Pharma and the US Opioid Crisis
Factual America - May 12, 2021 07:30 - 43 minutesThe opioid crisis in the US has killed half a million people and created millions of addicts, all because the pharmaceutical companies pushed opioid medicines as not being prone to abuse or addictive. In his latest HBO doc-series The Crime of the Century (2021), Oscar- and Emmy-winning filmmak...
Apocalypse '45: The Harrowing Reality of The Pacific War
Factual America - May 04, 2021 07:00 - 53 minutesPremiering to coincide with the 75th anniversary of the Pacific War's end, the documentary Apocalypse '45 combines pristine raw, colour footage of the last months of World War II in the Asia-Pacific theatre with the voices of the two dozen men who lived through the nightmare. Critically ac...
Allen v. Farrow after the Media Storm
Factual America - April 27, 2021 08:18 - 1 hourHollywood icons Woody Allen and Mia Farrow had a 13-year relationship that ended in flames in 1992 in front of the nation's eyes. At the centre of the breakup were allegations that Woody Allen sexually abused Dylan Farrow, the daughter he had adopted with Mia Farrow. The case and the resulting...
The Notorious B.I.G. Has Got a Hip-Hop Story to Tell
Factual America - April 20, 2021 07:00 - 55 minutesToday, we’re talking about Christopher Wallace, aka Biggie Smalls or The Notorious B.I.G., the acclaimed rapper who was tragically murdered at the age of just 24 in a drive-by shooting. Talking to us about Biggie Smalls' life and his legacy on hip-hop is Grammy-award-winning director Emmett Ma...
White Boy Rick: A Call for a Better American Justice System
Factual America - April 13, 2021 06:00 - 1 hourRichard Wershe, Jr, aka White Boy Rick, is the subject of a true-crime documentary that recently landed on Netflix. Shawn Rech, the award-winning director and producer of White Boy (2017), joins us to talk about the tragic circumstances surrounding White Boy Rick's over-30-year incarceration for...
Murder Among the Mormons: The Mark Hoffman Story
Factual America - April 05, 2021 21:08 - 56 minutesMurder Among the Mormons (2021) is the new Netflix true-crime docuseries about Mark Hofmann, who is one of the most notable forgers in history. Hofmann created forgeries related to the Latter Day Saint movement, which led to fame and fortune. But the truth caught up with Hofmann one fateful day...
Moment of Truth: The Murder of Michael Jordan's Father
Factual America - March 30, 2021 07:00 - 59 minutesJames Jordan, the father of basketball legend Michael Jordan, was found tragically murdered in the middle of swamp just days after his 57th birthday in 1993. There were many mysterious circumstances surrounding his death, but the investigation and trial were deemed a success, resulting in the co...
Tina Turner: The Queen of Rock'n'Roll's Untold Story
Factual America - March 23, 2021 07:00 - 53 minutesOn paper, Tina Turner probably should never have become a rock-and-roll superstar. But there she is anyway, one of the greatest survivors in modern music, who has overcome extreme adversity to define her career, her identity and her legacy on her own terms. TINA (2021) offers a fresh perspect...
Underground Inc.: The Legacy of Alternative Rock
Factual America - March 18, 2021 07:34 - 48 minutesWhen we think of alternative music of the 1990s, bands like Nirvana, Smashing Pumpkins, Rage Against the Machine or Green Day immediately come to mind – bands who were supported by major labels and commercially viable. However, there was a whole sea of other underground bands, spanning a few ...
Martha Cooper: The Unlikely Hero of Street Art
Factual America - March 09, 2021 07:10 - 41 minutesMartha Cooper is an iconic American photojournalist and the unlikely hero of street artists across the globe. She documented New York's underground graffiti scene in the 1970s, at a time when street art was looked down upon as being immoral and lacking in artistic merit. But Martha instead f...
Tim O'Brien: The Final Book on the Vietnam War
Factual America - March 02, 2021 06:00 - 1 hourTim O'Brien is one of the most influential living American writers, a National Book Award winner and the author of the groundbreaking book The Things They Carried. Tim joins us along with award winning director and producer Aaron Matthews to discuss Aaron's film, The War and Peace of Tim O’Bri...
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