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Journey Through Time

36. The Art of Manipulation: The History of Reality TV (Ep 2)

Journey Through Time

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4.3595 Ratings

🗓️ 8 October 2025

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Summary

Who was Lance Loud, America's first openly gay TV celebrity? What ethically dubious tactics did producers pioneer in MTV's hit show 'The Real World' to manipulate participants and storylines? What does it mean when reality TV becomes a form of social experiment? Join Sarah Churchwell and David Olusoga as they explore the developments that brought us the reality TV we know and love. Email: journeythroughtime@goalhanger.com  X: @ThroughTimePod Blue Sky: @ThroughTimePod Instagram: @JourneyThroughTimePod Social Producer: Emma Jackson, Harry Balden Producer: Alice Horrell Head of History: Dom Johnson Exec Producer: Tony Pastor Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:04.0

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0:06.8

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0:08.9

E, that sounded important.

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Because if we don't act, we've lost him.

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1:19.6

Welcome to Journey Through Time. I'm Sarah Churchwell.

1:20.7

And I'm David O'Dushogger.

1:26.9

And this is the second of our three-part series on the history of reality television,

1:29.3

a little experiment that we're undertaking here on Journey Through Time because you, David, undertook an experiment.

1:32.8

Yeah, yeah, I took part in celebrity traitors. And like all historians and all academics,

1:37.5

when I do something slightly odd, I intellectualize it to try to make sense of crazy decisions.

1:41.9

To justify your decisions.

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