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Ep. 194- Pop Culture Episode with Andy Dehnart

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Lauren and Michele are joined by one of the great minds of reality TV analysis, Andy Dehnart, whose website www.realityblurred.com has delivered 26 years of excellence in reality TV reporting, interviews, behind the scenes breakdowns, and recaps!

You can follow him on IG, Tiktok and Threads @andydehnart

Listen to his podcast, "Made for Humans: How Reality Becomes TV" wherever you get your podcasts, and subscribe to the weekly Reality Blurred newsletter for updates on everything you should know and be watching in the Reality TV-sphere!

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  • 0:01 — Intro
  • 0:27 — Andy introduced as Reality Blurred creator
  • 1:15 — Threads discussion and reality TV media literacy
  • 3:53 — Why Andy keeps writing about reality TV
  • 4:19 — “Reality TV is fake” is too reductive
  • 6:29 — Big Brother live feeds and production craft
  • 7:21 — Reality TV production as freelance labor
  • 8:29 — Reality TV labor, unions, and cast protections
  • 10:09 — Love Is Blind employment and treatment concerns
  • 12:19 — How edits can distort reality TV cast members
  • 13:37 — Social media’s impact on reality TV
  • 15:45 — Tyra Banks / America’s Next Top Model lawsuit discussion
  • 18:23 — Contract protections in documentary interviews
  • 21:33 — Leah McSweeney / Bravo lawsuit mention
  • 23:24 — Luke Parker and non-disparagement clauses
  • 25:24 — Bachelorette / Taylor Frankie Paul season discussion
  • 29:54 — Reality stars as talent and “star” development
  • 31:35 — NBC/Bravo casting talent pipeline
  • 37:53 — The Traitors civilian version discussion
  • 41:44 — Housewives on The Traitors debate
  • 45:40 — RuPaul’s Drag Race queens on other shows
  • 46:23 — Big Brother and homophobia discussion
  • 49:13 — Plane Jane / Project Runway criticism
  • 52:30 — Reality TV Mount Rushmore question
  • 54:02 — Andy’s picks: Lance Loud and Pedro Zamora
  • 58:13 — Where to find Andy online

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