It's Called Reality

Recent episodes

1. Perspectives on Couples Therapy: What We're Really Fighting About from It's Called Reality

   Jul 24, 2026

   This week, we're getting on the therapist's couch -- specifically, Dr. Orna's couch -- to dig into what Couples Therapy is really about.We're breaking down the three couples at the heart of Season 2 to look at anxious-avoidant spirals that are hard to ...

2. America’s Next Top Model: A History of Beauty Standards from It's Called Reality

   Jul 10, 2026

   America's Next Top Model ran for 24 cycles, launching a generation of girls into a modelling fantasy world. This week, we're digging into what ANTM was really selling: the makeover myth, the beauty-is-pain narrative, the contradictions of a show that c...

3. Disinformation, Bias, and Who Controls the Story: A Traitors Masterclass from It's Called Reality

   Jun 26, 2026

   This week, we're getting into the iconic hit reality franchise, The Traitors. We analyze the actual origins of the game (it started as a Soviet social psychology experiment, no joke), who's actually good at playing it and why, and the unhinged joy of w...

4. The Reality TV Industrial Complex: Mormon Wives, The Bachelorette, and What We Owe the Women We Watch from It's Called Reality

   Jun 19, 2026

   This week, we get into the machine that made Taylor Frankie Paul, and what happened when it couldn't contain her anymore. From MomTok to The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives to The Bachelorette season that has yet to air, we break down her redemption arc, ...

5. Survivor 50: A Case Study in Narrative Control from It's Called Reality

   Jun 12, 2026

   This episode contains Survivor 50 spoilers! You've been warned.This week, we dig into Season 50 of Survivor: the twists that overshadowed the players, the fan participation that wasn't, the gendered edit that disappeared some the season's top players, ...

6. Intro to Reality TV: It’s Not Just A Guilty Pleasure from It's Called Reality

   Jun 9, 2026

   Welcome to It's Called Reality! In our inaugural episode, we get into our origin stories with reality TV, and the argument that's going to drive every episode of this show: reality TV isn't just a guilty pleasure, it's a kind of mirror. And if you look...

7. Introducing: It's Called Reality from It's Called Reality

   Jun 3, 2026

   Reality TV. You already watch it. You already have opinions. It's Called Reality gives you somewhere to take them seriously. Hosts Willow Beck and Briana Brown have been texting each other about their reality TV obsessions for years. Now they're yappin...