You Can’t Make This Up Podcast - Netflix Tudum

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    You Can’t Make This Up

    New episodes every Wednesday

    By Podcast Staff
    Feb. 7, 2024

Hear the incredible real stories behind the making of the biggest documentary series & films on Netflix. Host Rebecca Lavoie leads in-depth interviews with creators and subjects, exploring how these stories are produced & their impact, while uncovering new information.

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The Netflix documentary series Amy Bradley is Missing explores what really happened to the cruise ship passenger three decades ago. Did she go over the rail into the ocean? Or did someone target her and spirit her away for their own purposes? The series looks at those aboard who could have targeted her, and presents the stories of those who’ve claimed to have encountered a sex trafficked woman they say is her. It seeks to answer the question, if she didn’t die at sea, where is Amy Bradley today?

In this episode of You Can't Make This Up, host Rebecca Lavoie interviews directors Phil Lott and Ari Mark.

SPOILER ALERT! If you haven't watched Amy Bradley is Missing yet, make sure to add it to your watch-list before listening on.

Dig deeper into all of your favorite Netflix documentaries and films at Tudum.com. Right now you can read even more about Amy Bradley and the ongoing search to find her.

The Netflix series Trainwreck looks at the scandals, disasters, and plain ol’ screw-ups that captivated the world. This season covers the rise and fall of a fashion empire in The Cult of American Apparel. And it explores the mistakes that led to a fatal concert performance in The Astroworld Tragedy. We hear from experts, journalists, and those who lived through it to explore not only what happened…but why.

In this episode of You Can't Make This Up, host Rebecca Lavoie interviews Georgia Jasper, Kari Lia, and Hannah Poulter.

SPOILER ALERT! If you haven't watched Trainwreck yet, make sure to add it to your watch-list before listening on.

Dig deeper into all of your favorite Netflix documentaries and films at Tudum.com. There you can read much more on each of the catastrophes covered in this season of Trainwreck.

Netflix’s Trainwreck takes viewers inside a series of calamities - some large, some small - and tries to bring reason to chaos. This season covers the scandal surrounding Toronto’s Rob Ford in Mayor of Mayhem, and embarks on the 2013 sewage-filled voyage in Poop Cruise. We hear from the people who lived through each fiasco where anything that could have gone wrong…did.

In this episode of You Can't Make This Up, host Rebecca Lavoie interviews Shianne Brown and James Ross.

SPOILER ALERT! If you haven't watched Trainwreck yet, make sure to add it to your watch-list before listening on.

Dig deeper into all of your favorite Netflix documentaries and films at Tudum.com. There you can read much more on each of the catastrophes covered in this season of Trainwreck.

The Netflix documentary film Titan: The OceanGate Submersible Disaster explores how the tragedy at sea was the foreseeable result of a driven CEO who for years ignored the warnings his experimental sub was slowly breaking apart. It takes us inside its many failed testings and Rush’s refusal to acknowledge Titan’s engineering defects which led to the death of its passengers - including his own.

In this episode of You Can't Make This Up, host Rebecca Lavoie interviews director Mark Monroe and producer Lily Garrison.

SPOILER ALERT! If you haven't watched Titan: The OceanGate Submersible Disaster yet, make sure to add it to your watch-list before listening on.

Dig deeper into all of your favorite Netflix documentaries and films at Tudum.com! Right now, you can read more about the Coast Guard’s ongoing investigation into the Titan disaster.

The Netflix documentary series Cold Case: The Tylenol Murders dives into the mystery behind the deadly 1982 cyanide tainting, one whose effects are seen on thousands of products today. It explores several theories about how and why the capsules were tampered with. And it features an interview with the man authorities say is their main suspect in the poisoning of seven people.

In this episode of You Can't Make This Up, host Rebecca Lavoie interviews executive producer Yotam Guendelman and director Ari Pines.

SPOILER ALERT! If you haven't watched Cold Case:The Tylenol Murders yet, make sure to add it to your watch-list before listening on.

Dig deeper into all of your favorite Netflix documentaries and films at Tudum.com. Right now you can read even more from the filmmakers about this famous cold case.

Part 3: Hope for the Future. Today, over 30 years after their crime, Lyle and Erik feel they have healed and evolved. Alejandro learns how they've spent decades in search of peace and fulfillment in their lives behind bars. The brothers speak on the renewed interest in their case spawned from social media sites like TikTok, and share their hopes for the future. As their hours of conversation come to an end, Alejandro reflects on how his journey with the Menendez Brothers has personally impacted him as a storyteller.

If you or someone you know has experienced sexual abuse, information and resources are available at www.wannatalkaboutit.com.

The Menendez Brothers is streaming now on Netflix.

Part 2: The Legends of the Father. Alejandro dives deeper into the legacy of what it means to be a Menendez, the legend that Lyle and Erik’s father, Josè, created around their bloodline, and what it would ultimately drive his sons to do. All the while, as he develops a closer relationship with them, Alejandro reckons with his understanding of the brothers and their crime.

If you or someone you know has experienced sexual abuse, information and resources are available at www.wannatalkaboutit.com.

The Menendez Brothers is streaming now on Netflix.

Part 1: The First Call. In the first of this three part mini-series, Alejandro Hartmann, the director of The Menendez Brothers documentary, takes us on his journey to reach Lyle and Erik Menendez and convince them to be interviewed for the documentary.

The Menendez brothers are serving life without parole for the 1989 murder of their parents inside the walls of the family’s Beverly Hills mansion. They haven't spoken together about their case since first being incarcerated. Through hours of candid conversation, documentarian Alejandro Hartmann embarks on a journey to uncover the raw, untold stories of the brothers’ lives before and after their crimes.

If you or someone you know has experienced sexual abuse, information and resources are available at www.wannatalkaboutit.com.

The Menendez Brothers is streaming now on Netflix.

 

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