It’s Become a Whole Thing
A look at the best and worst moments of unscripted TV history, from cult documentaries to trashy early 2000s reality tv. High-brow analysis of the low-brow trash we love.
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Monday Aug 15, 2022
Monday Aug 15, 2022
Emily and Christy deep dive into the life of one of the it-girls that defined the early 2000s, Nicole Richie. Her life, legacy, struggles, and the utter disrespect she faced at the hands of the media.
And of course, The Simple Life. They talk about what was going on behind scenes during filming, and the many things that made the show successful and fall apart.
CW: ed
(6:30) Welcome Christy! & an intro to Nicole Richie
(19:00) Her famous and tumultuous family life leading to early addiction struggles
(41:30) The Simple Life: its rise and fall
(51:00) Nicole and Paris Hilton's falling out
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Monday Aug 08, 2022
Monday Aug 08, 2022
It's finally here. The life, legacy, and many scandals of Alec Baldwin and his wife, Hilaria Baldwin.
Chitchat:
(6:50) Emily & Sam’s gaylor-related dispute
(13:30) Dane cook is disgusting
The Baldwins:
(18:16) Hilaria Baldwin a.k.a. Hillary Lynn Hayward Thomas & her life of allegedly impersonating a Spanish person
(37:00) Alec comes to the defense of Hilaria and their 6, soon-to-be 7, Baldwinitos
(46:45) Alec Baldwin and his many, many scandals; punching people, calling his 11-year-old daughter a pig, getting dragged off a flight by police to name a few
(58:00) The worst scandal by far: accidentally killing Halyna Hutchins on the set of the movie Rust & safety on Hollywood sets
(1:11:00) The time Alec got scammed by a painter and art gallery owner
Reference:
instagram.com/traciemorrissey
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Wednesday Aug 03, 2022
Wednesday Aug 03, 2022
We had to drop everything to discuss The Ranch Malibu and its offset, The Ranch Italy. What's billed as a "luxury wellness retreat" loved by celebrities and regular ol' rich folk sounds more like a hellscape where you're also encouraged to lose up to "20lbs in one week!" You get 6 almonds as a snack, hike all day, and that's just skimming the surface.
Then we head over to the $10K per week 'Behold Luxury Ayahuasca Retreat' and its myriad of issues. There was so much to unpack we barely knew where to begin.
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Monday Aug 01, 2022
Monday Aug 01, 2022
Emily is joined by musician and comedian Eve Parker Finley to break down the rumours, blind items, and opinions on each of the cast of Real Housewives of Beverly Hills as a character study.
7:00 -19:20 Welcome eve! Life as a musician and comedian
19:20 - 23:00 An intro to RHOBH
26:00 the alleged rumors of Diana Jenkins as a high-end madame
30:00 Erika Jayne
35:00 Lisa Rinna
40:00 Garcelle and the cast's relationship to Crystal
58:00 Dorit
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Monday Jul 25, 2022
Monday Jul 25, 2022
This one is for the swifties, the gaylors and the people who just enjoy piecing together a nicely complex and layered mystery. Cam gives us the Swiftgron breakdown aka the secret relationship between Taylor Swift and Dianna Agron and brought all the receipts and reasons. From timeline to lyrical analysis, it's a true dive down the rabbit hole.
For those of you who have been asking for more gaylor content since the S1E4. We Need to Talk About Kaylor episode, this one is for you!
(6:25) Intro to Cam and Swiftgron 101
(25:40) The timeline from the beginning
(31:30) Lyrical breakdown: Everything Has Changed
(52:00) Joe Alwyn and inconsistencies in Taylor's songs and relationships
(1:01) Fake news reports causing real life breakdowns
(1:07) Lyrical breakdown: Clean and Wonderland
(1:15) Dianna being possessive and chaotic around Taylor
References
Cam's Swiftgron Masterpost
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Monday Jul 18, 2022
Monday Jul 18, 2022
It’s the comprehensive review of the lives of Mary Kate and Ashley Olsen from childhood to now. Emily and Torry begin when they were cast on Full House at 8 months old and go through a childhood where they filmed 30 movies and shows, to their "boho chic" years, all the way to their current extremely elusive existence and fashion house moguls.
They go through the controversies, including their Rolling Stone cover calling them "America's Favorite Fantasy" when they were 16 years old to Mary-Kate's mysterious tie-in to Heath Ledger's death. We're here to make sense of their wild legacy.
Links
Mara Wilson's NYT Essay About Being a Child Star
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Monday Jul 11, 2022
Monday Jul 11, 2022
Emily and KP Parker sit down to discuss the life and legacy of Amanda Bynes from her start at age 7, to her retirement to now. This conversation goes beyond the results you get when you Google her name and on to a deeper conversation about the way we talk about stars and their legacy vs. mental health. Why do we treat child stars like they’re meant to be frozen in time? Why is so much of the conversation about wearing wigs and getting tattoos when these are things that happen when people are young and finding themselves? Not to mention that male celebrities do this every day without anyone looking twice. Today’s conversation centers around why we’ve chosen certain elements to focus on and the parts of her life and work that don’t get talked about.
(0:00) - (23:04) Chitchat
(23:05) Amanda Bynes talk
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Monday Jul 04, 2022
Monday Jul 04, 2022
We're doing a deep dive into The Deep End, the Teal Swan documentary about her new age cult and what this represents about the new age movement as a whole. We look at the way Teal uses manipulation tactics and preys on people at their weakest points - and how this is pervasive throughout the spiritual world.
We discuss:
-How and why Teal Swan allegedly plants false memories in people
-What is the "satanic panic" and how the psychologist who pioneered this movement treated Teal as a child
-Our own experiences with extreme spiritual practise and the parallels to Teal's world
Then we get into WTF the actor on the loose Ezra Miller has been up to lately.
References:
Mormon Stories Podcast - 1607: GROWING UP WITH TEAL SWAN – DIANA HANSEN RIBERA
Tiktok @alliestartsacult - lots of content about Teal Swan and the controversy in the new age world
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Monday Jun 20, 2022
Monday Jun 20, 2022
We're joined by Shannon Burns to revisit the movies of the 2000s and the character archetypes that dominated that time. The "cool girl", the manic pixie dream girl, the alternative/nerdy girl (aka one who became cool once they took her glasses off). We analyze these characters and what they represented for society at the time.
The podcast we discuss about the Manson family:
You Must Remember This podcast
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This week's episode: Celebrity Astrology Deep Dive
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Wednesday Jun 15, 2022
Wednesday Jun 15, 2022
In the aftermath of the spectacle of the Depp and Heard trial, we needed to shine light on a perspective that goes against the mainstream views on the meaning and implications of the trial. We base the episode around the article by Michael Hobbes, co-host of the Maintenance Phase podcast, The Bleak Spectacle of the Amber Heard-Johnny Depp Trial.
Content warning: SA, violence
Sources:
The Bleak Spectacle of the Amber Heard-Johnny Depp Trial
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