Factual America

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 Netflix, HBO, Hulu, Amazon Prime, Apple TV+, Sky Documentaries and other platforms directly from the creators. Whether we discuss true crime, music, burning social and political topics, history, or arts, Factual America is your #1 documentary film podcast. Factual America is produced by Alamo Pictures, a London- and Austin-based production company that makes documentaries about the US from a European perspective for international audiences.

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Eine durchschnittliche Folge dieses Podcasts dauert 49m. Bisher sind 159 Folge(n) erschienen. Dieser Podcast erscheint wöchentlich.

Gesamtlänge aller Episoden: 5 days 12 hours 34 minutes

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Elon Musk's Crash Course in Self-Driving Technology


Based on reporting by New York Times journalists Cade Metz and Neil Boudet, Elon Musk's Crash Course zeroes in on Elon Musk, the world's richest person and CEO of Tesla, and his claims about self-driving cars. The latest in a series of films from The...


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 June 9, 2022  43m
 
 

Trainwreck: Woodstock '99 - The Perfect Storm


Woodstock '99 was supposed to be a millennium defining celebration of peace, love and great music. Instead, the festival degenerated into an epic trainwreck of fires, riots and destruction. Utilizing rare insider footage, and eyewitness interviews...


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 July 28, 2022  48m
 
 

episode 73: The Space Station: The Wonderful Story of Human Co-Operation


International 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...


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 October 12, 2021  44m
 
 

episode 74: Detainee 001: 'The American Taliban' John Walker Lindh


A 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...


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 October 26, 2021  53m
 
 

episode 75: The Rescue: A Story of Bravery, Cave Diving & Generosity


The 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 –...


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 November 2, 2021  24m
 
 

episode 76: Hawking: Can You Hear Me? The Remarkable Human Story of Stephen Hawking


Hawking: 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...


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 November 10, 2021  50m
 
 

episode 77: Curse of the Chippendales: a True Crime Story Stripped Bare


The 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,...


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 November 16, 2021  46m
 
 

episode 78: Becoming Cousteau: Legendary Explorer and Environmentalist


The 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...


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 November 23, 2021  30m
 
 

episode 79: Mothers of the Revolution: The Women Who Ended the Cold War


On September 5th 1981 a group of women came together to change the world. These women marched from Wales to Berkshire to protest nuclear weapons being kept at RAF Greenham Common, a British airbase. Feature-length documentary Mothers of the Revolution...


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 December 1, 2021  50m
 
 

episode 80: Listening to Kenny G, All-Time Best-Selling Instrumentalist


Kenny G is the best-selling instrumentalist of all time, but why does he elicit such heartfelt, negative criticism from some listeners? Penny Lane’s new HBO documentary Listening to Kenny G shows the world-famous saxophonist speaking candidly about...


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 December 7, 2021  32m