Reality TV, PhD

Jul 09 2024 44 ep. 74 mins 3

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Christina and Em dissect all your reality TV faves with a critical (and sometimes even academic) lens. But despite how long we spent in school, nothing–and we mean NOTHING–is too low brow for us. Join us for weekly episodes where we catch up on all the reality TV happenings that week, hear from guest lecturers, and hold back none of our hot takes! The views and opinions expressed in this podcast are those of the speakers and do not reflect the views or positions of their employers, any entities they may represent, or anyone else.

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On Alone Season 11, Ep. 1-3

Jul 09 2024 65 mins

Here it is. The episode you all have been waiting for… The episode where Christina and Em leave the comfort of their reality TV dating show coverage and embark into the unchartered territory that is SURVIVAL SHOWS aka ALONE SEASON 11. This episode of the pod features a competitive draft where Christina and Em both choose 4 of the remaining 8 players to be on their team for the re

On Love Island US, Eps. 1-10

Jun 24 2024 62 mins

Episode Description: SOMETHING IS IN THE WATER BECAUSE WHAT IS HAPPENING ACROSS THESE SHOWS? We need to talk about Harry. We need to talk about Rob. And guess what?????? WE DO. That’s honestly all we’re going to say. Tune in :) Episode Timestamps & Spoiler Warnings: 0:00-24:47 Home Room: Report Card, Pop Quiz, Show & Tell [spoilers: Race to Survive: New Zealand; Belo

On Perfect Match, Ep. 1-6

Jun 17 2024 71 mins

WARNING: Very long, meandering conversation at the top of this episode that has nothing to do with Reality TV. That’s just what we needed, OK?! Once we get that out of our system, we dive in. For this first time in history, Christina gives one of Em’s favorite shows an A, which is huge, IMO. Em gives details on a most recent challenge in The Challenge: All Stars, which involves

On Race to Survive New Zealand (Ep 1-3)

Jun 10 2024 66 mins

Seminar was Race to Survive NZ, but in reality this ep is a bunch of mini episodes. We talk F Girl Island—I mean Lovers and Liars—and how that (almost) ends. We talk Love Has Won, and we will never talk about it again. We talk Love Island UK, which should be at the top of your to-watch list. We close with Race to Survive, where we dissect all the pairs of racers, who the favori

We’re back! A recap of Spring 2024 reality TV

Jun 03 2024 67 mins

Welcome back to our (arbitrarily named) Season 4 of the pod! We missed you all! In this ep, we recap all the shows… no really, all of them: Deal or No Deal Island Season 1; The Circle Season 6; Lovers & Liars Season 1; Summer House Season 8; The Valley Season 1; Top Chef Season 21; The Bachelor Season 28; The Golden Bachelor Season 1; The Challenge All Stars Season 4; Farmer

School's out (til summer)

Don't worry -- we didn't leave you! We are just taking a very short pause. See you in June :)

On Love is Blind Season 6, Finale and Reunion

Mar 24 2024 80 mins

Yes, we are releasing this a week after we recorded it… but you know what? There actually wasn’t much to talk about in the reality TV space this past week, so we aren’t sorry. Also, we had to recover from our vulnerable stories we share at the end of this episode *shudders* before posting it. We hope you can relate!!! Anyway, tune in to hear our final thoughts on LIB Season 6

On Love is Blind Season 6, Episodes 7-11

Mar 04 2024 85 mins

Here we were, thinking we’d not have much more to say about LIB, and yet… how wrong we were! We unpack each couple and get into allllllll the drama. And also, Em asks Christina a vulnerable question regarding Sarah Ann’s decision to send JerAmey a DM. You won’t BELIEVE what Christina says! We also discuss Survivor Season 46 premiere, Couple to Throuple, and a whole lot more

On Love is Blind Season 6, Episodes 1-6 (ft. Ed)

Feb 19 2024 127 mins

The day hath arrived: A new season of love is blind, a new EXPERIMENT (barf) to discuss! We invite our fav Love is Blind guest, Ed, to unpack the first episode drop. We originally said we’d just cover the first 3 eps, because 6 is a doozy, but who were we kidding, we cover them all! Prepare yourself, because this is truly a meandering episode with many a tangent and many a hot ta

On The Traitors US, Season 2, Episodes 6-7

Feb 12 2024 67 mins

First things first: Em deeply apologizes for her audio failure. We fixed it after 20 minutes and we are MOVING ON. (Edit: Christina actually doesn't think it's too bad!) In seminar, we do our deepest dive on the Traitors yet—because, honestly, Sandra deserves it. But before that, we discuss a couple classics (Farmers Wants Wives, VPR, the Bachelor), and Em gives an extrem