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On Docs

Join Colin Ellis and Nam Kiwanuka for this podcast on documentaries and the stories they tell. They'll introduce you to filmmakers who give us fascinating takes on people, perspectives and what it mea... Read more

Ranked #1

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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

27mins

Ranked #2

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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

32mins

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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

29mins

Ranked #4

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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

27mins

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Ranked #5

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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

26mins

Ranked #6

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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

30mins

Ranked #7

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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

26mins

Ranked #8

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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

30mins

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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

27mins

Ranked #10

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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

38mins

Ranked #11

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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

21mins

Ranked #12

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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

27mins

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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

30mins

Ranked #14

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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

26mins

Ranked #15

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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

37mins

Ranked #16

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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

34mins

Ranked #17

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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

37mins

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