America’s Next Top Model, Love Island Games, and Love Is Blind with Jolenta Greenberg

Reality TV has been slammed for decades as lower value than your serialized, prestige television. This week’s guest Jolenta Greenberg has a lot to say about that. In today’s episode, we break down how reality TV actually mimics the great traditions of storytelling, and relive some of our favorite moments from throughout reality TV history. Our guest is Jolenta Greenberg, host of the podcast Hot Mess-terpiece Theater. You can find her at @hotmessterpiecepod or @jolenta_g on IG. CHAPTERS: 00:00 Intro 01:02 Hot Messterpiece 02:09 Love Is Blind 07:30 Love Island Season 7 11:29 Real Housewives of Orange County 15:26 Jolenta’s Favorite Reality TV Moments 18:52 America’s Next Top Model 22:11 The Influencer Season of Survivor 25:09 The Reality Show Reality Shows 28:34 Special Forces 32:36 All Things 90 Day 41:00 Our Watchlists 44:29 Futurama 46:27 Love Island Games 52:50 Evil Lives Here 55:21 A Cult of Sin and Influence 57:46 Where to find Jolenta! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices