Ranked #1
Ep. 4 - Who let the dogs out - and who really owns a song?
Ep. 4 - Who let the dogs out - and who really owns a song?
Ben Sisto spent eight years in search of the original writer of the 1999 hit, "Who Let to the Dogs Out?" His quest is th... Read more
11 Jun 2019
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27mins
Ranked #2
Ep. 7 - Escaping war to land at summer camp
Ep. 7 - Escaping war to land at summer camp
On Docs host Colin Ellis speaks to Michael Sladden, owner and director of Camp Pathfinder, about he decided to invite wa... Read more
2 Jul 2019
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32mins
Ranked #3
Ep. 1 - Think you know what propaganda is? Think again
Ep. 1 - Think you know what propaganda is? Think again
Everyone thinks they can recognize propaganda - and that they're immune to its influence. Filmmaker Larry Weinstein's la... Read more
5 Nov 2019
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29mins
Ranked #4
Ep. 5 - Take Light
Ep. 5 - Take Light
What happens when a city can't keep the lights on? Filmmaker Shasha Nakhai tells Colin how the power grid affects life i... Read more
15 Nov 2018
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27mins
Ranked #5
Ep. 6 - Heartbound
Ep. 6 - Heartbound
Colin speaks to anthropologist Sine Plambech and filmmaker Janus Metz, who spent 10 years documenting migration marriage... Read more
22 Nov 2018
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26mins
Ranked #6
Ep. 7 - First Contact
Ep. 7 - First Contact
You probably know someone you would call racist, but have you ever called them out? What would happen if you did? Vaness... Read more
29 Nov 2018
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30mins
Ranked #7
Ep. 1 - Indigenous perspective on justice for Colten Boushie
Ep. 1 - Indigenous perspective on justice for Colten Boushie
Colten Boushie was a 22-year-old Cree man from Red Pheasant First Nation. Gerald Stanley is the white Saskatchewan farme... Read more
21 May 2019
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26mins
Ranked #8
Ep. 9 - The Invisible Heart
Ep. 9 - The Invisible Heart
Social-impact bonds - which see private investors fund government pilot programs - are a fast-growing trend internationa... Read more
13 Dec 2018
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30mins
Ranked #9
Ep. 8 - Min Sook Lee at The Reel Asian Film Festival
Ep. 8 - Min Sook Lee at The Reel Asian Film Festival
Colin joins acclaimed Canadian filmmaker Min Sook Lee for a special screening of her 2005 film, Hogtown: The Politics of... Read more
6 Dec 2018
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27mins
Ranked #10
Ep. 5 - If we knew then what we know now
Ep. 5 - If we knew then what we know now
Michael Jackson. Bill Clinton. Lorena Bobbitt. If you lived through the '90s, chances are you know these names and know ... Read more
18 Jun 2019
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38mins
Ranked #11
Ep. 2 - Ai Weiwei on why the refugee crisis is borderless
Ep. 2 - Ai Weiwei on why the refugee crisis is borderless
After releasing Human Flow, his 2017 documentary on the refugee crisis, artist and activist Ai Weiwei was left with 900 ... Read more
28 May 2019
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21mins
Ranked #12
Bonus Episode - And the Oscar for Best Documentary Goes To
Bonus Episode - And the Oscar for Best Documentary Goes To
Awards season is here! Colin and producers Matt and Chantal discuss the five films up for best documentary feature at th... Read more
14 Feb 2019
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27mins
Ranked #13
Ep. 10 - A Whale of a Tale: Life after The Cove
Ep. 10 - A Whale of a Tale: Life after The Cove
In 2009, a documentary pointed the globe's attention to Taiji, a tiny town in coastal Japan where dolphin and whale hunt... Read more
17 Jan 2019
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30mins
Ranked #14
Ep. 9 - Confronting the horrors of Iran's Evin Prison
Ep. 9 - Confronting the horrors of Iran's Evin Prison
In this bonus episode of On Docs, actor and filmmaker Maryam Zaree joins host Colin Ellis to discuss her documentary, Bo... Read more
6 Feb 2020
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26mins
Ranked #15
Ep. 7 - Who gets to profit from Indigenous art?
Ep. 7 - Who gets to profit from Indigenous art?
Host Colin Ellis speaks with Jamie Kastner, the director of There Are No Fakes, a TVO Original Documentary, about the le... Read more
17 Dec 2019
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37mins
Ranked #16
Ep. 6 - In a war on drugs, who really loses?
Ep. 6 - In a war on drugs, who really loses?
Host Colin Ellis speaks with Shawney Cohen and Rachel Browne about Rat Park, their new Vice Studios documentary about th... Read more
10 Dec 2019
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34mins
Ranked #17
Ep. 2 - In war reporting, Robert Fisk always chooses a side
Ep. 2 - In war reporting, Robert Fisk always chooses a side
Yung Chang's documentaries have looked at China's modernization, exotic fruit cultivators, and more. Now, in This Is Not... Read more
12 Nov 2019
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37mins