This audio podcast is a four episode series focusing on current themes and debates in the documentary studies field— bringing together the voices of filmmakers and scholars to discuss recent international documentary filmmaking and new critical writing about that work. The title of our podcast: Animal, Vegetable, Mineral, refers to the game “20 questions” where players have 20 chances to guess a concept from the first question: “is it animal, vegetable or mineral?” alluding to the many different forms that documentary can take.