You Can’t Make This Up

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 [http://tudum.com]. There you can read much more on each of the catastrophes [https://www.netflix.com/tudum/articles/trainwreck-this-blew-up-release-date-news] covered in this season of Trainwreck. Listen to more from Netflix Podcasts [https://www.netflix.com/tudum/podcasts].

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 [https://www.netflix.com/title/81763683], and embarks on the 2013 sewage-filled voyage in Poop Cruise [https://www.netflix.com/title/81763679]. 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 [http://tudum.com]. There you can read much more on each of the catastrophes [https://www.netflix.com/tudum/articles/trainwreck-this-blew-up-release-date-news] covered in this season of Trainwreck. Listen to more from Netflix Podcasts [https://www.netflix.com/tudum/podcasts].

The Netflix documentary film Titan: The OceanGate Submersible Disaster [https://www.netflix.com/title/81712178] 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 [https://www.netflix.com/tudum/articles/titan-the-oceangate-disaster-case-stockton-rush]. Listen to more from Netflix Podcasts [https://www.netflix.com/tudum/podcasts].

The Netflix documentary series Cold Case: The Tylenol Murders [https://www.netflix.com/watch/81957126?trackId=259776131&trkId=259776131&src=tudum] 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 [http://tudum.com]. Right now you can read even more from the filmmakers about this famous cold case [https://www.netflix.com/tudum/articles/cold-case-the-tylenol-murders-release-date-news]. Listen to more from Netflix Podcasts [https://www.netflix.com/tudum/podcasts].

UNTOLD: The Fall of Favre [https://www.netflix.com/title/81748451] looks at Brett Favre’s gridiron glories and the scandals that sullied his reputation. We hear from Jenn Sterger, the sideline reporter who tried to rebuff Favre’s explicit text messages. And we learn more about his involvement in a scheme to defraud the government for millions of dollars. It also asks what it takes to hold someone accountable when they’re a superstar. In this episode of You Can't Make This Up, host Rebecca Lavoie interviews Rebecca Gitlitz. SPOILER ALERT! If you haven't watched UNTOLD: The Fall of Favre 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 [http://tudum.com]. Right now, you can read more about the latest season of UNTOLD [https://www.netflix.com/tudum/articles/untold-the-fall-of-favre-release-date-trailer-news], including a look at the shocking 2009 gun incident in an NBA locker room in UNTOLD: Shooting Guards [https://www.netflix.com/title/81582390], and a profile of a controversial online fitness guru in UNTOLD: The Liver King [https://www.netflix.com/title/81725537]. Listen to more from Netflix Podcasts [https://www.netflix.com/tudum/podcasts].