Bonus Episode Two: Emmy Winners, Emmy Futures and that Elizabeth Holmes documentary
All These Wonderful ThingsShow Notes
Lisa and AJ look at this year's Emmy winners and discuss ATAS voters' love of the celebrity doc. They also talk about the differences between the nonfiction winners at the Primetime Emmys and those at the News and Documentary Emmys, which are put on by ATAS-rival NATAS. Now, with ATAS and NATAS talking a reunification, will Primetime Doc Emmys and News and Doc Emmys continue if they all are under the same umbrella? Plus, the biggest news in documentary - the new film from Nathan Fielder and Lance Oppenheim. Warning: speculation abounds in this episode!
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