You Can’t Make This Up

From Executive Producer Spike Lee, the Netflix series Katrina: Come Hell and High Water [https://www.netflix.com/title/81676595] tells the story of what happened, what’s changed, and what hasn’t. It recounts the harrowing experiences of those whose lives were forever changed by the storm. And it provides a report card 20 years later on the long term efforts to rebuild a community and its culture, and the effects of Katrina’s wounds that will not heal. In this episode of You Can't Make This Up, host Rebecca Lavoie interviews showrunner Alisa Payne and episode director Samantha Knowles. SPOILER ALERT! If you haven't watched Katrina: Come Hell and High Water 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 more about what happened to the people featured in the series [https://www.netflix.com/tudum/articles/katrina-documentary-release-date-news]. Check our true crime hub at tudum.com/truecrime [http://tudum.com/truecrime]. Listen to more from Netflix Podcasts [https://www.netflix.com/tudum/podcasts].

The Netflix documentary film aka Charlie Sheen [https://www.netflix.com/title/82024990] looks at the actor’s rise to movie and TV stardom, his personal demons, and his public implosion. With deeply candid insights from those he loved and those he fought, Sheen gives his own colorful takes on the heights of celebrity, the depths of addiction, the cycle of self-destruction, and the quest to be #winning at life. In this episode of You Can't Make This Up, host Rebecca Lavoie interviews director Andrew Renzi. SPOILER ALERT! If you haven't watched aka Charlie Sheen 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 Charlie Sheen’s incredible journey of self-discovery [https://www.netflix.com/tudum/articles/aka-charlie-sheen-release-date-trailer-news]. Check our true crime hub at tudum.com/truecrime [http://tudum.com/truecrime]. Listen to more from Netflix Podcasts [https://www.netflix.com/tudum/podcasts].

The Netflix documentary Unknown Number: The High School Catfish [https://www.netflix.com/title/81690512] brings us the teen victims, their families, and the investigators behind a disturbing case of digital harassment. We also hear from the catfish who attempts to explain their actions, as well as the people they hurt, about whether or not they can forgive the pain inflicted on them. In this episode of You Can't Make This Up, host Rebecca Lavoie interviews director Skye Borgman. SPOILER ALERT! If you haven't watched Unknown Number: The High School Catfish 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]. Read more about the case [https://www.netflix.com/tudum/articles/unknown-number-documentary-release-date-news] and what’s next for the Licari family [https://www.netflix.com/tudum/articles/unknown-number-the-high-school-catfish-where-are-lauryn-kendra-licari-now]. Check our true crime hub at tudum.com/truecrime [http://tudum.com/truecrime]. Listen to more from Netflix Podcasts [https://www.netflix.com/tudum/podcasts].

In the Netflix documentary The Truth About Jussie Smollett? [https://www.netflix.com/title/81758844] we hear directly from the actor about his claim he was beaten by racists that frigid night on a Chicago sidewalk. We also hear from police, journalists, and the two men who say Smollett paid them to fake the hate crime. The film also explores unexamined evidence which questions whether the assailants were actually the two Black men who took responsibility…or whether they were white men like the actor said they were. In this episode of You Can't Make This Up, host Rebecca Lavoie interviews Director Gagan Rehill. SPOILER ALERT! If you haven't watched The Truth About Jussie Smollett [https://www.netflix.com/title/81758844] 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 Jussie Smollett case [https://www.netflix.com/tudum/the-truth-about-jussie-smollett]. Check our true crime hub at tudum.com/truecrime [http://tudum.com/truecrime]. Listen to more from Netflix Podcasts [https://www.netflix.com/tudum/podcasts].

In the Netflix series Fit for TV: The Reality of The Biggest Loser [https://www.netflix.com/title/81670924], former contestants, producers, and stars of the show talk about what went into making the revolutionary weight-loss competition. It reveals the tensions between medical staff and show runners about the lengths players were pushed to. It explores The Biggest Loser’s legacy and the long-term effects on those who played the game. In this episode of You Can't Make This Up, host Rebecca Lavoie interviews Mike Gasparro and Skye Borgman. SPOILER ALERT! If you haven't watched Fit for TV 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 complicated history of The Biggest Loser [https://www.netflix.com/tudum/fit-for-tv]. Check our true crime hub at tudum.com/truecrime [http://tudum.com/truecrime]. Listen to more from Netflix Podcasts [https://www.netflix.com/tudum/podcasts].