82: Introducing Harsh Reality

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🗓️ 4 December 2021

⏱️ 6 minutes

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Summary

It was supposed to be a reality show with a twist. In a sun-drenched villa in Ibiza, six hot guys compete for a cash prize and for the love of the beautiful and mysterious Miriam. It’s meant to be her big break: the moment she becomes the superstar she was born to be. But this is the era of “cruel realityTV” and the show producers have a different goal: they want to surprise the men with the fact that Miriam is trans. A new six-episode investigative series from Wondery, the makers of The Shrink Next Door and The Apology Line, and from Novel, HARSH REALITY is the story about love, lies, reality TV and a woman before her time: Miriam Rivera. Written by Agnes Borinsky and hosted by Trace Lysette. Listen to Harsh Reality: http://wondery.fm/HR_The_Snatchelor

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0:00.0	In the early 2000s, millions of households across the world tuned in to watch contestants
0:04.5	battle for the last rows or to be the final survivor on the island.
0:08.5	Reality TV was beginning to dominate the airwaves and every show needed to be bigger,
0:11.6	blasher and more scandalous than the last.
0:13.8	But in the case of one infamous dating show, the real drama was happening offscreen and
0:17.5	it would shape the future of reality television.
0:19.7	The reality TV series, there's something about Mariam seems like a pretty standard dating
0:23.2	competition.
0:24.2	Six young men bid for the affection of Mariam Rivera, a beautiful model from Mexico.
0:28.2	So when Mariam revealed that she was a trans woman during the show's finale, the on-screen
0:31.5	drama sparked an international uproar about gender, sexuality and whether reality television
0:36.0	had finally gone too far.
0:37.7	Wondery's new podcast mini series, Harsh Reality, the story of Mariam Rivera, reveals what
0:42.2	happened behind the scenes of this infamous TV show and how a multi-million dollar lawsuit
0:46.1	and media fallout impacted the lives of Mariam and the contestants and changed the rules
0:50.4	of reality television forever.
0:51.9	I'm about to play you a preview of Harsh Reality, but while you're listening, be sure to follow
0:56.2	Harsh Reality, the story of Mariam Rivera on Apple Podcasts, Amazon Music, or you can
1:00.8	listen early and at free by joining Wondery Plus in Apple Podcasts or the Wondery App.
1:05.8	Follow Harsh Reality, the story of Mariam Rivera on Apple Podcasts, Amazon Music, or you
1:09.8	can listen early and at free by joining Wondery Plus in Apple Podcasts or the Wondery App.
1:16.9	Dom passes long rows of desks lined with brand new Apple Macs, clear with turquoise backs.
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