Pure Nonfiction: Inside Documentary Film
Hosted by Thom Powers · Pure Nonfiction
4.4from 227 ratings
- 247
- Episodes
- 65
- Transcribed
- 227
- Ratings
- Bi-weekly
- Cadence
- 2016
- First episode
- 27K
- YouTube views
About Pure Nonfiction: Inside Documentary Film
Hear the world's top storytellers talk all things documentary film. Host Thom Powers is as well-connected as it gets in this world as a documentary curator for TIFF and other renowned festivals. He wrote the book "Mondo Documentary" that is “required reading for fans of nonfiction cinema,” says Judd Apatow. Our podcast guests range from documentary legends to emerging talent. Follow us on Instagram and Substack at @purenonfiction.
- Publisher
- Pure Nonfiction
- Category
- society & culture · tv & film
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 13 Apr 2016
- Latest episode
- 8 Oct 2026
Latest episodes
65 of 247 episodes have a transcript.
8 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
245: Alex Gibney on "Musk"
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244: Sinead O’Shea on "All About the Money"
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243: Sasha Waters on Mary Oliver
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245: Alex Gibney on "Musk"
Published 8 Oct 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] Initially, the film was very much focused on his businesses, particularly Tesla. and so I did focus on that and maybe the first big interview I landed was with a guy named Martin Eberhardt and Martin Eberhardt was the actual founder of Tesla the guy who invented the technology and the business plan but who became embroiled in a lawsuit with Elon Musk and the lawsuit was only settled when Martin agreed to say that Elon was what he was not which was the actual founder of Tesla. You'd previously made a film about Steve Jobs. It was after Steve Jobs had passed away, so that's one big difference. But it's a film that has some critical perspectives on Steve Jobs. […]
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- Alex Gibney
- Sinead O’Shea
- Sasha Waters
- Zayd Ayers Dohrn
- Alexandria Stapleton
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- YouTube views
- 27,423
- Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025
- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 4.4 / 5
- 214 ratings
- Spotify
- 5.0 / 5
- 13 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 83 / 100
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- 91
- Social presence
- 94
- YouTube
- 76
- Engagement
- 66
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