ICYMI: Reddit is the Real Host of “Love is Blind”

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🗓️ 16 March 2024

⏱️ 43 minutes

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On today’s episode, Rachelle Hampton is joined by Jonquilyn Hill, the host and reporter of Vox’s policy and politics podcast The Weeds. The two reunite to discuss the most recent season of Netflix’s Love is Blind. Following an unmemorable season and a disastrous attempt at a live reunion, the sixth installment of the reality dating show finally managed to re-capture the magic that made the show’s initial premise so enticing. How’d they do it? By taking their cues from the sleuths, skeptics and superfans that inhabit the Love is Blind subreddit which boasts over 1 million followers. This podcast is produced by Se’era Spragley Ricks, Daisy Rosario, Candice Lim and Rachelle Hampton. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	There are days when you're hungry for McDonald's.
0:03.0	Then there are days when you're Big Arch hungry for McDonald's.
0:08.0	You'll get to know the difference.
0:10.0	New Big Arch for Big McDonald's hunger.
0:15.0	Until 9th of September, from 11 a.m.,
0:18.0	participating restaurants only, subject to availability.
0:36.7	Hi, I'm Rachel Hampton, and you're listening to I-C-Y-M-I.
0:40.3	In case you missed it, Slate's podcast about internet culture. And today, we're doing a little throwback to a different time.
0:45.3	You remember when y'all used to just tune in and hear me monologue for five to seven minutes?
0:51.3	Don't you miss that?
0:52.3	Well, lucky for you.
0:56.0	You get to relive those glory days because our beloved Candace is out in the world,
0:59.3	brokering connections with Audi and Temporepetic for us.
1:03.9	We salute you.
1:16.2	But today is not just a throwback because I'm back in the solo host chair, but because almost exactly a year ago, we did a very similar episode.
1:20.6	That's right.
1:21.5	It is now time for our newly annual Love is Blind recap.
1:26.5	And we are making this annual not just because I'm obsessed
1:30.3	with this show or because Netflix is a streaming company and therefore of the internet,
1:34.7	but because as I said this time last year, the internet is basically the secret producer of
1:40.6	this show as it is from most reality TV shows. And I'm not just blowing hot air. I'm not the
1:47.1	only one who thinks that. Because today, I'll be joined by none other than John Quillan Hill,
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