How Ethical is "Love is Blind?"

Infamous

Sony Music

True Crime, News, Relationships, Entertainment News, Society & Culture

3.8 • 964 Ratings

🗓️ 26 September 2024

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Summary

Natalie's talking today to Pulitzer Prize-winner Emily Nussbaum, author of bestselling book Cue the Sun, about reality TV. From Love Island to Scandoval to Love is Blind, reality TV is more than a guilty pleasure - it's a powerful mirror of society itself. Click ‘Subscribe’ at the top of the Infamous show page on Apple Podcasts or visit GetTheBinge.com to get access wherever you get your podcasts. Find more great podcasts from Sony Music Entertainment at sonymusic.com/podcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices A Campside Media & Sony Music Entertainment production. To connect with Infamous's creative team, plus access behind the scenes content, join the community at Campsidemedia.com/join Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	I was there. I saw what you did. Blaze. I wasn't supposed to be there that night, but my friend
0:07.4	Siena talked me into going to the party in Lands End so she could spy on her boyfriend.
0:11.4	While hiding out in the woods, we witnessed an unspeakable crime,
0:15.8	and we did everything wrong afterward.
0:18.4	Connections run deep in our small town.
0:20.6	Fourteen years later, I learned that the guy who committed that unspeakable crime is running for
0:25.1	Congress and something in me snaps.
0:28.8	I can't bear the weight of that knowledge for another second.
0:31.8	Finally I report what I saw and all hell breaks
0:35.2	loose for me and others who were at that long-go party. Some of them will do whatever
0:39.9	it takes to keep the truth from coming to light, even if they have to kill me.
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1:00.9	Campsite media.
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1:06.0	Hi everyone, it's Vanessa and welcome back to infamous.
1:13.0	Now, I know a lot of you are big reality TV fans,
1:18.0	and reality TV is in some ways at the heart of infamous. We started this whole show with a six-part story
1:25.9	on Girls Gone Wild and we've talked about the Kardashians quite a few times as well.
1:31.6	But have you ever felt a little Icky while watching reality TV?
1:38.0	Like you get that feeling that you're maybe seeing something you're not supposed to, or you heard about the Love Island suicides
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