{"podcast":{"title":"The Dangerous Art of the Documentary","slug":"the-dangerous-art-of-the-documentary-5662616","podcast_index_feed_id":5662616,"rss_url":"https://feeds.megaphone.fm/DEP4279522969","website_url":"https://the-dangerous-art-of-the-documentary.simplecast.com","image_url":"https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/f583c1bc-eb46-11ed-a0fd-9b7373469835/image/de-tillerrussell-option-1.jpg?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress","author":"Matthew Beaudoin","episode_count":95,"summary":"Filmmaker Tiller Russell (Waco: American Apocalypse, Night Stalker: The Hunt for a Serial Killer, Operation Odessa, The Last Narc, The Seven Five) exchanges the camera for a microphone, sitting down with other documentary filmmakers for riveting, in-depth conversations about their most successful, iconic or recent films.","last_synced_at":"2026-06-13T02:18:39.351678+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-dangerous-art-of-the-documentary-5662616"},"episode":{"title":"Errol Morris (Chaos: The Manson Murders | Netflix)","slug":"errol-morris-chaos-the-manson-murders-netflix","published_at":"2025-05-09T16:02:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-dangerous-art-of-the-documentary-5662616/errol-morris-chaos-the-manson-murders-netflix","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-dangerous-art-of-the-documentary-5662616","url":"https://traffic.megaphone.fm/DEP1795344178.mp3?updated=1746749145","audio_url":"https://traffic.megaphone.fm/DEP1795344178.mp3?updated=1746749145","summary":"Welcome to Season 4 of The Dangerous Art of the Documentary! Oscar-winning director Errol Morris seeks to understand why Charles Manson’s followers killed 7 people in 1969 through his latest work “Chaos: The Manson Murders”, a chilling exploration of a conspiracy of mind control, CIA experiments, and murder. Tiller starts the discussion by sharing how Errol inspired him to become a filmmaker (1:30) before Errol unpacks the difference between a conspiracy and a conspiracy theory (6:00), how he knows when to stop making a film (11:00), the meaning of his own term “Errol’s razor” (25:00), the stupidity of some of the murderous culprits (34:00), the similarities between “Chaos” and his 1988 masterpiece “The Thin Blue Line” (44:30), and what fascinates him most about true crime (50:00). Produced by: Jacob Miller Executive Producer: Tiller Russell Music by: James Carroll, Graham Tracey & Zydepunk Distributed by: Jake Brennan & Brady Sadler, Double Elvis Productions","meta_description":"Welcome to Season 4 of The Dangerous Art of the Documentary! Oscar-winning director Errol Morris seeks to understand why Charles Manson’s followers killed…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3158,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-dangerous-art-of-the-documentary-5662616/episodes/errol-morris-chaos-the-manson-murders-netflix/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-dangerous-art-of-the-documentary-5662616/errol-morris-chaos-the-manson-murders-netflix.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}