S5 EP4: John Wilson on collaborating with Nathan Fielder, confronting a cult, and hating mockumentaries
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Louis speaks to John Wilson, fellow documentarian and creator of the cult-favourite series, How To...with John Wilson. The pair swap stories about their respective work, including discussing John’s collaborations with writer and producer Nathan Fielder, how joining an acapella group exposed him to the NXIVM sex-cult, and their shared disdain for mockumentaries. Plus, John turns the tables on Louis…  

*Warnings: Strong language and some adult themes. *

Links/Attachments: 

TV Show: ‘How To with John Wilson’ (2020-2023) - HBO 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episodes/p0cltlm3/how-to-with-john-wilson)  

 

TV Show: ‘Louis Theroux: Gambling in Las Vegas’ (2007) - BBC 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b007957z/louis-theroux-gambling-in-las-vegas) 

 

TV Show: ‘Louis Theroux’s LA Stories’ (2014) - BBC 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episodes/b03zjc67/louis-therouxs-la-stories)  

 

Pitch Perfect (2012)  

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2mbsapmW0bg) 

  

Song: ‘Roxanne’, The Police (1978) 

https://open.spotify.com/track/3EYOJ48Et32uATr9ZmLnAo)  

  

TV Show: ‘Seduced: Inside the NXIVM Cult’ (2020) - Starz 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ch_4jn_m6-g) 

 

TV Show: ‘The Vow’ (2020) - HBO 

https://www.hbo.com/the-vow-2020)  

 

TV Show: ‘Louis Theroux’s Weird Weekends’ (1998-2000) - BBC 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/p02q5prq/louis-therouxs-weird-weekends-series-1-1-christianity?seriesId=unsliced)  

 

*The Amazing Johnathan *(2019) 

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9358084/)  

 

TV Show: ‘When Louis Met...Jimmy Savile’ (2000) - BBC 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/p0g3zjn9/when-louis-met-series-1-jimmy-savile)  

 

TV Show: ‘Louis Theroux: America’s Most Dangerous Pets’ (2011) - BBC 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b016yklh/louis-theroux-americas-most-dangerous-pets)  

 

TV Show: ‘Nathan For You’ (2013-2017) - Comedy Central 

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2297757/)  

 

TV Show: ‘The Rehearsal’ (2022 – Present) - HBO 

https://www.hbo.com/the-rehearsal)  

 

Book: *The Journalist and the Murderer, *Janet Malcolm (1989) 

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Journalist-Murderer-Janet-Malcolm/dp/1847085342)  

 

Book: *The Silent Woman: Sylvia Plath and Ted Hughes, *Janet Malcolm (1994) 

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Silent-Woman-J-Malcolm/dp/0679751408) 

 

Book: *Psychoanalysis: The Impossible Profession, *Janet Malcolm (1977) 

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Psychoanalysis-Impossible-Profession-Janet-Malcolm/dp/0394710347) 

 

Credits: 

Producer: Millie Chu  

Assistant Producer: Emilia Gill

Production Manager: Francesca Bassett  

Music: Miguel D’Oliveira  

Audio Mixer: Tom Guest 

Video Mixer: Scott Edwards  

Shownotes compiled by Immie Webb 

Executive Producer: Arron Fellows  

   

A Mindhouse Production for Spotify  

www.mindhouse.co.uk)  

 

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