Alexei Navalny leads a political revolution while in exile from his homeland of Russia. After someone tried to poison him, he and his team gather evidence to link Russian president Vladimir Putin to the attack, and this documentary follows Navalny’s story as he attempts to return to Russia to possibly face prison time for the crime of criticizing Putin’s reign. Joe welcome Julio Olivera (The Contrarians Podcast) back to the show for their annual discussion of the Oscar nominated documentary films. This year, they only watched the ones that were available to stream, but at least they vaguely think one of the others is about an orphanage or something. Support the podcast with 5-star ratings and reviews on Apple Podcasts: tinyurl.com/y8t8k5ag If you want to support the show by sending us a few bucks, you can become a Patron, which also earns you access to exclusive content! www.patreon.com/wordsalad If you’re looking for other ways to support the show, recommend us to a friend! Any support is greatly appreciated. You guys keep us going! Email us at WordSaladProductions@gmail.com Check out the Word Salad Radioheads Facebook group: www.facebook.com/groups/WordSalad Follow Word Salad Radio on Twitter: www.twitter.com/WordSaladRadio Follow Joe on Letterboxd: www.letterboxd.com/j4sanders Follow Julio on Twitter: www.twitter.com/ovnio Intro composed by TeknoAXE https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCtgf00GvfFQVsYBA7V7RwUw Cover Art created by Joe Ketchum Episode edited by Joe Ketchum Other shows featured on Word Salad Radio: Dick Picks: Where host and guest choose terrible movies to subject the other to and try to defend them. Doc n Roll: An examination of documentary films. The Fami Commune: Co-hosts play random video games from a Chinese import Nintendo system and apply the lessons within to their everyday lives. Fic/off: Competitors are given 2 fictional characters to mashup into original short stories. Ghost of Oscar Past: An annual Oscar retrospective looking at winners/nominees from 20 years ago to see if they still hold up. High Five: Host and guest compile top five lists that are related but don’t overlap. Lightning Round: A movie trivia game show! The List of Shame: One person tries to guess what a classic film they’ve never seen is about and then tries to convince the other person they were right after watching it for the first time. The Mooby Awards: An annual show where co-hosts rip apart a movie they agree is overrated. Page Turners: A show all about the art of adaptation. Purgastory: A show speculating about all the movies that almost happened. Quote Unquote Guilty: All about guilty pleasure movies, tv shows, music, scientific principles, etc. Stranger Themes: Co-hosts force each other to make weird analyses of different movies and defend their argument with evidence from the text. Test Pilots: A show about failed TV pilots and where they might’ve gone from here. War Salad: Co-hosts debate a film one of them likes and the other does not. You-Turn: A podcast dedicated to Word Salad fans! Patrons of the show star in original fan fiction short stories. © 2016-2023 Joe Ketchum