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S5 EP4: John Wilson on collaborating with Nathan Fielder, confronting a cult, and hating mockumentaries

S5 EP4: John Wilson on collaborating with Nathan Fielder, confronting a cult, and hating mockumentaries

Update: 2025-05-265
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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  




'El Tango de Roxanne/Roxanne Medley' - Simply Human


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IAwbG5tq6yY


  


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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