Episode
EP043 - The Nonfiction Hotlist w/ Anna Rau
- Podcast
- Doc Walks
- Published
- Mar 5, 2026
- Duration seconds
- 3667
- Processing state
not_requested- Canonical source
- https://docwalkspod.com/ep043-the-nonfiction-hotlist-w-anna-rau
Actions
POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/doc-walks-7327673/episodes/ep043-the-nonfiction-hotlist-w-anna-rau/transcription-requests
Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode.GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/doc-walks-7327673/ep043-the-nonfiction-hotlist-w-anna-rau.md
Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource.
Summary
We're takin' it to the streets, sure—but this week we're also takin' it to the list: the Nonfiction Hotlist, with producer Anna Rau. Anna's got the scoop on this new endeavor to connect nonfic producers with money and distribution, and she's here to share just what the Nonfiction Hotlist is and where it's going. It started when former ESPN producer Adam Neuhaus made a viral LinkedIn post that inspired a community initiative championing unreleased nonfiction storytelling. And it's growing quickly. Anna explains their brand new Yahoo partnership that's creating a real home for short films that deserve more than a life relegated to the purgatory of the filmmaker's hard drive. Anna has a lot going on right now! She's been producing commercials and doc-series for years, with her husband Corbett and their company The Range, but she realized there was a language on the finance side of this industry that she still needed to learn. So she enrolled in an MBA program to decode the business, and to find some creative ways to grow… and that growth has yielded big ideas in the form of westward expansion. Anna reveals that she is turning a grad-school assignment into an active business plan by putting an offer in on the legendary Palace Theater in Marfa, TX—the single-screen showroom where GIANT premiered, in the town where Anna and Corbett got married, and where they've got big plans to build a cinema-slash-production-hub from the ground up. Producer, MBA grad, entrepreneur, and Media Mogul—now that's a hot list. Plus: a ufo-shaped gazebo on the shores of Lady Bird Lake; we eye a colorful ceramic cow; talk abundance over scarcity; and walk away feeling like the future of nonfiction is in very good hands. ***Also deadline for the Yahoo initiative is this Friday if folks want to get s…