ICYMI - How the Internet Broke Netflix’s “Love is Blind”
ICYMI
Slate Podcasts
3.9 • 800 Ratings
🗓️ 19 April 2023
⏱️ 51 minutes
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Summary
On today’s show, Rachelle is joined by Jonquilyn Hill, reporter and host of Vox’s politics and policy show The Weeds. The two take a deep dive into the most recent season of the Netflix reality dating show Love is Blind and how the internet has become the show’s shadow producer. They discuss Netflix’s attempt to muscle its way into the live-streaming market and the spectacular failure of the highly-anticipated live Love is Blind reunion on Sunday night.
This podcast is produced by Se’era Spragley Ricks, Daisy Rosario and Rachelle Hampton.
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| 0:00.0 | exclusively on Disney Plus. |
| 0:02.0 | I'm Rebecca. I'm Josephine's mom. |
| 0:03.7 | I'm Elisa. |
| 0:04.6 | Can I go over to Josie's house to play? |
| 0:06.3 | She met a new friend and puff. |
| 0:07.8 | She's gone. |
| 0:08.9 | An ordinary play date. |
| 0:10.4 | The missing child is Lucia Blix nine years old. |
| 0:13.3 | Is about to become every parent's nightmare. |
| 0:16.3 | The people who took Lucia plund it meticulously. |
| 0:19.9 | She's hiding something. |
| 0:21.0 | I know it. |
| 0:21.8 | The Stolen Girl, a new original series, streaming April 16 exclusively on Disney Plus. |
| 0:27.5 | 18 plus subscription required. |
| 0:29.0 | Teas and Cs apply. |
| 0:30.4 | So I'm fully aware that the concept of love is blind is like completely deranged. |
| 0:34.4 | And this entire thing is insane. |
| 0:36.1 | These people have all known each other through a wall for like four days. But every time one of them gets engaged, I'm smiling. Hi, I'm Rachel Hampton, |
| 0:44.2 | and you're listening to I see why am I. In case you missed it, Slate's podcast about internet culture. |
| 0:50.5 | And I cannot even think of a clever introduction because I'm simply so excited for today's show, |
| 0:57.3 | which is about one of my favorite topics, reality television. |
| 1:01.1 | I know. |
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