Slow Burn (2020)

Name: Slow Burn
Genre: Documentary
Rating: 8.3
Cast: Leon Neyfakh

Documentary

In this adaptation of the award-winning podcast, Slow Burn’s Leon Neyfakh excavates the strange subplots and forgotten characters of recent political history—and finds surprising parallels to the present.

IMDb rating: 8.3 (222 votes)
Episode average: 7.7 -0.6 vs IMDb
Seasons: 1
Language: EN
Type: TV series

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Ratings refreshed Oct 3, 2026 · 1 season indexed

Cast

Leon Neyfakh Self - Host

Seasons

Season 1 (2020)

7.70 avg 6 episodes 7.8 → 8.0 59 min avg

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Season 1 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Martha	7.8	24
2	Losing Ground	7.5	19
3	Suspicious Minds	7.2	18
4	The Hearings	7.6	15
5	Smoking Gun	8.1	8
6	Massacre	8.0	7