You Can’t Make This Up

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A Netflix companion podcast for our original documentary series and films.

  • 49 minutes 27 seconds
    Reality Check: Inside America's Next Top Model | Part 1

    The Netflix documentary series Reality Check: Inside America’s Next Top Model reexamines the TV show’s impact on a nation’s perception of beauty and the troubling situations it put contestants through in the name of entertainment. It offers behind the scenes stories from Tyra Banks, her co-stars, and her producers, and their thoughts today about the program’s most controversial moments. And it features emotional interviews with former contestants who ask, if the show was rooting for them, why were they treated the way they were?

    In this episode of You Can't Make This Up, former ANTM judges Jay Manuel and Nigel Barker reveal never-before details from behind the scenes of the show.

    SPOILER ALERT! If you haven't watched Reality Check: Inside America’s Next Top Model yet, make sure to add it to your watch-list before listening on. 

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    18 February 2026, 10:00 am
  • 40 minutes 15 seconds
    Kidnapped: Elizabeth Smart | part two

    Today we’re turning things over to our friends at Netflix’s Skip Intro and their conversation with Elizabeth Smart. She reflects on the harrowing experience of being abducted from her bedroom at just 14 years old. In this intimate conversation, Elizabeth opens up about why she wanted to retell her story in more explicit detail in the Netflix film Kidnapped: Elizabeth Smart, and help other survivors not feel alone.


    SPOILER ALERT! If you haven't watched Kidnapped: Elizabeth Smart yet, make sure to add it to your watch-list before listening on. 


    Dig deeper into all of your favorite Netflix documentaries and films at tudum.com! Read more about how Elizabeth Smart reclaimed a normal life and why she decided to share her story with filmmakers


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    4 February 2026, 10:00 am
  • 38 minutes 7 seconds
    Kidnapped: Elizabeth Smart | part one

    The Netflix documentary film Kidnapped: Elizabeth Smart goes deep inside the famous crime with the stories of those who were there - including Elizabeth herself. She talks in detail about her abduction, the abuse she suffered, and lengths she went to stay safe in captivity. We also hear from her family about how they kept the search going to have that reunion with their missing loved one.

    In this episode of You Can't Make This Up, host Rebecca Lavoie interviews Director Benedict Sanderson & Executive Producer Claire Goodlass.

    SPOILER ALERT! If you haven't watched Kidnapped: Elizabeth Smart yet, make sure to add it to your watch-list before listening on. 

    Dig deeper into all of your favorite Netflix documentaries and films at tudum.com! Read more about how Elizabeth Smart reclaimed a normal life and why she decided to share her story with filmmakers

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    28 January 2026, 10:00 am
  • 36 minutes 44 seconds
    Sean Combs: The Reckoning | part 3

    The Netflix series Sean Combs: The Reckoning uses powerful interviews and behind-the-scenes footage to tell Sean “Puffy” Combs’ story from restless kid to federal defendant.

    In this episode of You Can't Make This Up, host Rebecca Lavoie interviews former business partner Kirk Burrowes about what it was like to build a record label with Combs and his reaction to the hit documentary.

    SPOILER ALERT! If you haven't watched Sean Combs: The Reckoning yet, make sure to add it to your watch-list before listening on. 

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    14 January 2026, 10:00 am
  • 37 minutes 18 seconds
    Rewind: Amy Bradley is Missing

    We return to our discussion of the one true crime story you couldn’t get enough of in 2025: the Netflix documentary series Amy Bradley is Missing.

    Host Rebecca Lavoie revisits her conversation with directors Phil Lott and Ari Mark.

    SPOILER ALERT! If you haven't watched Amy Bradley is Missing yet, make sure to add it to your watch-list before listening on. 

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    31 December 2025, 10:00 am
  • 38 minutes 2 seconds
    Rewind: The Perfect Neighbor

    On this episode, we’re revisiting one of the most thought-provoking and conversation-starting films from the past year. We’ll return to our discussion of the Netflix documentary The Perfect Neighbor.

    Host Rebecca Lavoie interviews director Geeta Gandbhir and producer Nikon Kwantu.

    SPOILER ALERT! If you haven't watched The Perfect Neighbor yet, make sure to add it to your watch-list before listening on. 

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    24 December 2025, 10:00 am
  • 28 minutes 59 seconds
    Sean Combs: The Reckoning | part 2

    In our latest look at the Netflix documentary series Sean Combs: The Reckoning, we’ll hear from Combs’s former personal assistant, Capricorn Clark. She talks about her complex working relationship with Combs, the difficulties of coming forward with her story, what it was like to face him in federal court, and her reaction to the jurors who said in the series that she was not a convincing witness.

    SPOILER ALERT! If you haven't watched Sean Combs: The Reckoning yet, make sure to add it to your watch-list before listening on. 

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    18 December 2025, 10:00 am
  • 34 minutes 53 seconds
    The Stringer: The Man Who Took the Photo

    The Netflix documentary film The Stringer: The Man Who Took the Photo follows war correspondent Gary Knight as he attempts to learn who actually captured the famous “Napalm Girl” picture. The hunt for the unidentified photographer will take him across the globe and put him at odds with a journalistic community deeply protective of Pulitzer Prize-winning photojournalist Nick Út’s legacy. Knight enlists a visual forensics team to pinpoint which cameraman in Trảng Bàng was in position to snap the picture that altered the way many viewed the war in Vietnam. 

    In this episode of You Can't Make This Up, host Rebecca Lavoie interviews director Bao Nguyen.

    SPOILER ALERT! If you haven't watched The Stringer yet, make sure to add it to your watch-list before listening on. 


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    10 December 2025, 10:00 am
  • 37 minutes 45 seconds
    Sean Combs: The Reckoning | part 1

    The four-part Netflix series Sean Combs: The Reckoning is a staggering examination of the media mogul, music legend, and convicted offender. It features never before-seen-videos of Combs in the days before his arrest. It also offers exclusive interviews with those who allege he used violence to succeed in business and exploit women. 

    In this episode of You Can't Make This Up, host Rebecca Lavoie interviews executive producers Alexandria Stapleton and Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson.

    SPOILER ALERT! If you haven't watched Sean Combs: The Reckoning yet, make sure to add it to your watch-list before listening on. 

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    3 December 2025, 10:00 am
  • 37 minutes 25 seconds
    The Carman Family Deaths

    The Netflix documentary film The Carman Family Deaths looks into the strange events surrounding Nathan Carman and whether he murdered his mother and grandfather for a multimillion dollar inheritance. It explores whether police misinterpreted the typical behavior of an autistic person as incriminating, and whether the tragedy on the high seas was an accident or a crime.

    In this episode of You Can't Make This Up, host Rebecca Lavoie interviews executive producers Rachel Grady & Heidi Ewing.

    SPOILER ALERT! If you haven't watched The Carman Family Deaths  yet, make sure to add it to your watch-list before listening on. 

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    26 November 2025, 10:00 am
  • 35 minutes 14 seconds
    Being Eddie

    The Netflix documentary Being Eddie looks at Eddie Murphy’s remarkable life - from superstardom to career lows and back again. For the first time, he tells his own story about his varied artistic choices, avoiding celebrity pitfalls, and living as a dad and a homebody. It features interviews with legendary comedians who discuss Murphy’s legacy and ponder what it must be like being Eddie Murphy. 

    In this episode of You Can't Make This Up, host Rebecca Lavoie interviews director Angus Wall.

    SPOILER ALERT! If you haven't watched Being Eddie yet, make sure to add it to your watch-list before listening on. 

    Dig deeper into all of your favorite Netflix documentaries and films at tudum.com. Learn more about what’s next for Eddie Murphy - and what classic all-star film he wants to remake.


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    19 November 2025, 10:00 am
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