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Reality TV. You already watch it. You already have opinions. It's Called Reality gives you somewhere to take them seriously. Hosts Willow and Briana have been texting each other about their reality TV obsessions for years. Now they're yapping about it on a podcast. Every episode covers a different franchise, going deeper than the drama to explore the beauty standards, the bias, the power dynamics, and what it all reveals about the world we actually live in, and about us. It's the discourse for people who give a shit.

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House of Stassi: Girlbosses, Gender Roles, And Going To Therapy

2026/10/02

Stassi Schroeder, star of Vanderpump Rules, is back on TV, and this time she's the one in charge. House of Stassi is a reality show about making a reality show, and we love the meta-ness of it all. We're digging into what happens when a woman who survi...

The State of Reality TV

2026/09/18

For our tenth episode, we're zooming out and reflecting on how making this show has changed how we watch reality TV, and then get into the current state of reality TV. There's a massive drop of shows coming out this fall, and we're doing everything we ...

America's Sweethearts: Cowboys, Cults, and Performing Femininity

2026/09/04

This week, we get into all three seasons of America's Sweethearts: Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders, from the audition process that breaks your heart, the five-year ceiling, the pay fight, and the slow transformation from Season 1 to Season 3 of women who w...

Love Island USA Season 8: The Good, The Bad, and The Lustful

2026/08/21

Love Island USA Season 8 ran for 32 episodes, set records on Peacock, and somehow still felt like something was missing. Will Willow feel this way about every new season because she just can't let go of Season 6? Perhaps. This week, we're breaking down...

The Real Housewives of Rhode Island: A History of Women’s Stories

2026/08/07

Rhode Island: it's the smallest state in the US, and it also just delivered one of the most compelling first seasons in Real Housewives history, and we are here for it!This week, we're breaking down the cast, the drama, the reunion, why showcasing stor...

Perspectives on Couples Therapy: What We're Really Fighting About

2026/07/24

This week, we're getting on the therapist's couch -- specifically, Dr. Orna's couch -- to dig into what Couples Therapy is really about.We're breaking down the three couples at the heart of Season 2 to look at anxious-avoidant spirals that are hard to ...

America’s Next Top Model: A History of Beauty Standards

2026/07/10

America's Next Top Model ran for 24 cycles, launching a generation of girls into a modelling fantasy world. This week, we're digging into what ANTM was really selling: the makeover myth, the beauty-is-pain narrative, the contradictions of a show that c...

Disinformation, Bias, and Who Controls the Story: A Traitors Masterclass

2026/06/26

This week, we're getting into the iconic hit reality franchise, The Traitors. We analyze the actual origins of the game (it started as a Soviet social psychology experiment, no joke), who's actually good at playing it and why, and the unhinged joy of w...

The Reality TV Industrial Complex: Mormon Wives, The Bachelorette, and What We Owe the Women We Watch

2026/06/19

This week, we get into the machine that made Taylor Frankie Paul, and what happened when it couldn't contain her anymore. From MomTok to The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives to The Bachelorette season that has yet to air, we break down her redemption arc, ...

Survivor 50: A Case Study in Narrative Control

2026/06/12

This episode contains Survivor 50 spoilers! You've been warned.This week, we dig into Season 50 of Survivor: the twists that overshadowed the players, the fan participation that wasn't, the gendered edit that disappeared some the season's top players, ...

Intro to Reality TV: It’s Not Just A Guilty Pleasure

2026/06/09

Welcome to It's Called Reality! In our inaugural episode, we get into our origin stories with reality TV, and the argument that's going to drive every episode of this show: reality TV isn't just a guilty pleasure, it's a kind of mirror. And if you look...

Introducing: It's Called Reality

2026/06/03

Reality TV. You already watch it. You already have opinions. It's Called Reality gives you somewhere to take them seriously. Hosts Willow Beck and Briana Brown have been texting each other about their reality TV obsessions for years. Now they're yappin...