It’s the bleak midwinter, and the guys have an episode to match as they take on The Revenant, the Oscar front-runner starring Leonardo DiCaprio. But first they talk about the Netflix TV phenomenon Making a Murderer: what are its ambitions, and what is a true-crime documentary’s responsibilities to the truth?

Music interlude by Jae Jin, “When It Finds You,” from the album KAIROS, now free to CAPC members.

Theme music by Alexander Osborn and Lindsey Mysse. Used under Creative Commons license 3.0.


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  1. I was getting quite upset while watching Making a Murderer, then I started wondering how many cases would I NOT be upset about if I only saw half the story and a couple fumbled lines from the opposition?
    I don’t think MaM documents the case, but rather the Avery story.

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