Special Edition: Reality Television and ‘The One’ (with Julia Argy)
Hot and Bothered
Not Sorry Productions
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🗓️ 18 April 2023
⏱️ 21 minutes
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Summary
As a special bonus episode, we're talking to our former host, Julia Argy, about the allure of reality dating shows and her new book The One. Just as many people dismiss romance novels as ‘trashy books’, there are a lot of TV shows geared at women that get dismissed as ‘trashy television.’ You know what we're talking about, shows like The Bachelor, Married at First Sight, Love is Blind. Shows that embrace and reproduce a fantasy about falling in love.
In this episode, Vanessa and Julia discuss what reality dating shows reflect about our own culture of love and surveillance. Julia's book is out today, be sure to check it out!
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| 0:00.0 | Just as many people dismiss romance novels as trashy books, there are a lot of TV shows |
| 0:06.0 | mostly geared at women that get dismissed as trashy television. |
| 0:10.4 | You know what I'm talking about? |
| 0:12.4 | Shows like The Bachelor, Married at First Site, My Personal Favorite, Love is Blind, shows |
| 0:17.4 | that embrace and reproduce fantasy about falling in love. |
| 0:21.6 | I am not immune to these shows. |
| 0:25.2 | I am watching Love is Blind Season 4 with my kids. |
| 0:28.7 | Do not report me. |
| 0:30.3 | But I'm really interested in the place that these shows have in our culture. |
| 0:34.4 | What they teach women about love and whether they are this essential question. |
| 0:39.6 | Good for us. |
| 0:41.1 | Luckily, we have an expert in our midst. |
| 0:44.6 | This week, as a special bonus episode, we are talking to a former co-host of Hot and |
| 0:50.5 | Bothered, Julia Argy. |
| 0:53.8 | She has just published her first novel that is getting re-reviews. |
| 1:00.7 | And it is set in the middle of a reality dating show. |
| 1:04.5 | It's called The One, and it's out today. |
| 1:08.1 | I'm Vanessa Zoltan, and this is Hot and Bothered. |
| 1:11.1 | Julia, Grace Argy, thank you so much for being here. |
| 1:25.2 | Thank you so much for having me. |
| 1:26.6 | I'm so happy to grace the feed. |
| 1:32.0 | Congratulations on writing an amazing book. |
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