Oscar-winning writer-director and co-host of Deadline’s Doc Talk podcast, John Ridley, returned to his hometown for the 18th annual Milwaukee Film Festival where he recorded interviews with the makers of two documentaries, All of the Above and Newport & The Great Folk Dream. The interviews were recorded at Nō Studios in Milwaukee, the site of Ridley's production company, which co-produces Doc Talk with Deadline. The pod is a production of Deadline and Ridley's Nø Studios, and can be heard on major podcast platforms including Spotify, iHeart and Apple.