ICYMI: You Just Missed This Year’s Most Important Episode of Reality TV

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4.6 • 636 Ratings

🗓️ 16 August 2023

⏱️ 46 minutes

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On today’s show, Candice Lim is joined by Slate producer Cheyna Roth to dissect the recent troubling events that happened on Below Deck: Down Under. Two crew members were fired after separate filmed incidents of sexual harassment and misconduct, and viewers have been praising several cast members for stepping up and doing the right thing. The underappreciated spinoff is now being heralded as the sea of change this outdated and repeatedly toxic franchise needs. 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.
0:13.0	Until 9th of September, from 11 a.m.,
0:18.0	participating restaurants only, subject to availability.
0:34.1	Hey, I'm Candace Lim.
0:37.8	And I'm Shana Roth, and you're listening to I see why am I.
0:39.7	In case you missed it.
0:42.1	Slate's podcast about internet culture.
0:47.4	And today, we have yet another dispatch from the set of the Golden Bachelor.
1:02.8	Okay, so according to my telegram, Rachel has actually unionized the contestants. Oh my God. So Rachel has now become the executive producer of the Golden Bachelor. Wow. Very Jeopardy EP making himself the host. That's fine.
1:15.6	Rachel is making reality TV a better place. And I'm really excited because in her place here is someone great.
1:20.7	Someone the Slate girlies might know, she's the producer of Slate Podcast The Waves.
1:21.6	It's Shana Roth.
1:22.3	Hello, Shana.
1:23.1	Hello.
1:28.6	I am thrilled to be here and honestly, really excited for Rachel's continued Bachelor run.
1:30.1	I wish her all of the roses.
1:32.3	Me too.
1:35.4	So, Shana, I think it is time to ask the question.
1:42.5	All I see why my inductees must be asked, which is, what is your first internet memory?
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