Introducing: Harsh Reality – The Story of Miriam Rivera

Dear Reality, You're Effed!

YEA MEDIA GROUP

Comedy, Society & Culture

4.8 • 934 Ratings

🗓️ 29 November 2021

⏱️ 6 minutes

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Summary

It was supposed to be a reality show with a twist. In a sun-drenched villa in Ibiza, six hot guys compete for a cash prize and for the love of the beautiful and mysterious Miriam. It’s meant to be her big break: the moment she becomes the superstar she was born to be. But this is the era of “cruel reality TV” and the show producers have a different goal: they want to surprise the men with the fact that Miriam is trans. A new six-episode investigative series from Wondery, the makers of The Shrink Next Door and The Apology Line, and from Novel, HARSH REALITY is the story about love, lies, reality TV and a woman before her time: Miriam Rivera. Written by Agnes Borinsky and hosted by Trace Lysette.

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0:00.0	In the early 2000s millions of households across the world tuned in to watch
0:04.7	contestants battle for the last rows or to be the final survivor on the island.
0:08.9	Reality TV was beginning to dominate the airwaves and every show needed to be bigger,
0:14.4	flashier and more scandalous than the last. But in the case of one infamous
0:19.2	dating show, the real drama was happening off-screen and it would shape the future of reality TV.
0:25.6	The reality TV series, There's Something About Miriam, seemed like a pretty standard dating
0:30.4	competition. Six young men vied for the affection of Miriam Riviera, a beautiful model from Mexico. But when
0:37.9	Miriam revealed that she was a trans woman during the show's finale, the on-screen drama sparked an international
0:44.4	uproar about gender, sexuality, and whether reality television had finally gone
0:49.4	too far. Wandere's new podcast miniseries, Harsh Reality, the story of Miriam Riviera,
0:56.0	reveals what happened behind the scenes of this infamous TV show and how a multi-million dollar
1:01.5	lawsuit and media fallout impacted the lives of Miriam and the contestants
1:06.1	and changed the rules of reality television forever. I'm about to play you a preview of harsh reality, but while you're listening be sure to follow harsh reality the story of Miriam Riviera on Apple Podcasts Amazon music or you can listen to early and add free by joining Wandary Plus in Apple Podcast or the Wandary App.
1:25.6	Don passes long rows of desks, lined with brand new Apple Max, clear with Turquoise Backs.
1:35.0	On each desk is a cup of branded turquoise pins
1:38.9	with the name of their company printed on the side,
1:41.8	Writer Pictures. company printed on the side, writer pictures.
1:44.0	In the conference room,
1:46.0	they have Dom sign a nondisclosure agreement.
1:49.0	Standard practice.
1:50.0	Then they switch on a screen.
2:00.0	I was shown a video of Miriam. In my world, we all know Miriam. We all know how captivating she is. So I have no trouble
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