America's Next Top Model was... awful

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4.7 • 1.8K Ratings

🗓️ 22 February 2026

⏱️ 50 minutes

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MONDAY ANALYSIS: We’re unpacking the new America’s Next Top Model documentary on Netflix! And goodness, there’s a lot to unpack… This episode of Shameless is brought to you by Myer, the home of Australian style. Also, shout-out to Pandora! Use our code shameless15 for 15% off at checkout, sitewide at Pandora. Your hosts are Zara McDonald (@zamcdonald) and Michelle Andrews (@michelleandrews1). If any themes discussed in this episode are difficult for you, you can find sexual assault resources here. Shameless Podcast is produced by Annabelle Lee and Eilish Gilligan, executive-produced by Lucy Hunt and audio-edited by Eilish Gilligan. Our social media team consists of Naima Fatema, Emily Li and Eilish Gilligan, and our partnerships manager is Cindy Luu. Want to support our show? Clicking ‘follow’ on Apple and Spotify is the best way to do that, and we're super grateful to anyone who leaves a five-star review while they're at it. Also! An old-fashioned 'Tell a Friend In Real Life' is equally appreciated. Want more? We've got more… Subscribe to our newsletter Smart, Dumb Stuff: https://tinyurl.com/4yasjphn Follow us on Instagram: https://tinyurl.com/2mf557ux Aaaand we’re on TikTok: https://tinyurl.com/2hchchrp Everything else your heart could ever desire is here: https://linktr.ee/shamelesspodcast Thanks for listening! We’re huge fans of yours. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Shameless Media
0:05.0	Shameless, the pop culture podcast for smart people who love dumb stuff.
0:37.3	You're joined, as always, by Melbourne writers, Michelle Andrews.
0:41.0	That would be me.
0:42.0	And Sarah McDonald, that would be you.
0:43.3	Hello, Michelle Andrews, and hello, producer Eilish Gill again.
0:46.0	Hi.
0:46.6	Hi, Gil.
0:47.5	Coming up on today's show, we all watched the New America's Next Top Model Doco on Netflix.
0:53.1	And of course, we have thoughts. Quick shout
0:56.2	out those ads to today's sponsor. Yeah, big thank you to today's sponsor, Maya, the home
1:01.3	of Australian style. We are very grateful to Maya for making this episode possible. Yeah.
1:06.5	All right, the doco. Oh my God, straight in. That was quick. We have so much to discuss.
1:10.5	So much to discuss. So in case you missed it, three-part documentary dropped on Netflix this week about America's next top model. Before we get to the documentary itself, should we give some background very quickly on the show and how it captured our generation? Because I think there are some people in our office who are a few years younger than us who maybe kind of missed the memo with America's Next Top Model. It just passed them by.
1:30.7	Okay. So America's Next Top Model started airing in 2003. Did you guys watch it at the time?
1:39.2	I didn't have Fox Tell famously. She loves people knowing that.
1:43.9	It is important in this context, though. It's actually important. Because I think what happened with America's next top model is it went to Freida Air, but like six to 12 months later. So I didn't watch it religiously, but I think I caught a few seasons on Freida Air. Yeah. This was on Fox 8 for those who want the nostalgic flashback.
2:01.8	I was a fox tail kid.
2:03.6	One of my favorite details about my teenage years is that my dad in particular would watch
2:10.1	like a lot of reality TV with his teenage daughters.
2:12.6	And so I feel like actually part of the reason I'm in this job is because he really
2:15.9	encouraged us to like analyze what we were watching. But he was also invested in the shows we loved. America's
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