Andy Dehnart's Reality Blurred

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June 04, 2025How Couples Therapy’s set works
In today's episode: The great Showtime series Couples Therapy, and how its set makes its intimate conversations possible. Plus: recommendations for three gossipy podcasts, and life advice from Dr. Orna Guralnik.
Mentioned
Survivor on reality blurred
Survivor turns 25! Introducing a new series of cast interviews
Erik Reichenbach and his ‘weird relationship’ with Survivor
Kathryn VanArendonk's Couples Therapy Built the World’s Most Convincing Reality-TV Set
Couples Therapy (Showtime)
Recommendations
Normal Gossip
Our Ancestors Were Messy
What Went Wrong
Credits
Andy Dehnart’s Reality Blurred is copyright 2025 by Reality Blurred LLC.
Find me at realityblurred.com or andydehnart.com
Our theme song is “Cheery Monday” by Kevin MacLeod, licensed under the Creative Commons by Attribution 4.0 License.
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16min
May 28, 2025Survivor premiered 25 years ago. Where were you?
In today's episode: Survivor's premiere was 25 years ago this Saturday. Do you remember where you watched? I share my memories—and my plans for special coverage of the show this summer. Plus: recommendations for two shows and two reads, and life advice from Survivor Borneo's Rudy, RIP.
Recommendations
Survivor Borneo (Paramount+)
The Dish with Kish (Peacock, NBC.com, BravoTV.com)
Southwest Airlines was fine just the way it was. Then private equity came along. by Gwen Howerton
Where Did Our LUV Go? by Joseph Guinto
Credits
Andy Dehnart’s Reality Blurred is copyright 2025 by Reality Blurred LLC.
Find me at realityblurred.com or andydehnart.com
Our theme song is “Cheery Monday” by Kevin MacLeod, licensed under the Creative Commons by Attribution 4.0 License.
Correction: Survivor's anniversary is May 31, not May 30. It's like a birthday: I wanted it to be here so soon!
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May 21, 2025Amazing Race 37 and the joy of rooting for joy
In today's episode: Why The Amazing Race 37 was such a great season, in part because it had a team that led with joy and fun—and why I sometimes missed that in my recaps. Plus: great news about Sesame Street, and a recommendation for a video in which fiction comes to life.
Mentioned
My Amazing Race 37 recaps
Amazing Race’s Jonathan explains his ‘extreme reactions’: he has autism
3 incredible facts about Amazing Race 37’s timeline
Recommendations
The Amazing Race 37 (CBS, Paramount+)
Sesame Street: coming to Netflix and revamping its format
I made a Wallace & Gromit contraption in real life! - Joseph's Machines
Credits
Andy Dehnart’s Reality Blurred is copyright 2025 by Reality Blurred LLC.
Find me at realityblurred.com or andydehnart.com
Our theme song is “Cheery Monday” by Kevin MacLeod, licensed under the Creative Commons by Attribution 4.0 License.
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May 14, 2025Mister Rogers’ crayon episode has great advice for writers and artists
In this episode, I discuss the challenges of completing the next draft of my memoir, specifically what to include about my on-location reporting about Survivor, and why it's important for writers to share our solitary struggles. Plus: recommendations and life/writing/creativity advice from Mister Rogers' famous crayon-making episode!
Mentioned
Awesome Etiquette episodes 555 and 556
What would you like to know about Survivor seasons 17, 18, and 19?
Mister Rogers' Neighborhood season 14 episode 18: "How People Make Crayons"
Recommendations
Classic Survivor seasons, including Survivor Borneo
Carrot Weather
Awesome Etiquette
Credits
Andy Dehnart’s Reality Blurred is copyright 2025 by Reality Blurred LLC.
Find me at realityblurred.com or andydehnart.com
Our theme song is “Cheery Monday” by Kevin MacLeod, licensed under the Creative Commons by Attribution 4.0 License.
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16min
May 07, 2025When shows and articles are deleted
On today's episode, I share news about a streaming service deleting hundreds of shows, and why that happens. Then, I discuss why media outlets don’t delete articles, and why that might be changing. Plus: recommendations for a returning competition and a cancelled competition, and life advice from Top Chef host Kristen Kish.
Mentioned
Max purged 150+ Food Network, Discovery, TLC shows and seasons
Real World Homecoming has been deleted by Paramount+
HBO Max is deleting these 6 reality shows, and fired...
When Online Content Disappears
Student Media Alert [PDF]
Turkish student at Tufts University detained, video shows masked people handcuffing her
Op-ed: No one should be arrested or deported for writing an op-ed
Recommendations
Claim to Fame, Hulu
My recaps
Why Claim to Fame & Holey Moley are dead (for now)
The Devil's Plan, Netflix
My season-one review
Student Press Law Center
Credits
Andy Dehnart’s Reality Blurred is copyright 2025 by Reality Blurred LLC.
Find me at realityblurred.com or andydehnart.com
Our theme song is “Cheery Monday” by Kevin MacLeod, licensed under the Creative Commons by Attribution 4.0 License.
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22min
April 30, 2025A good surprise and a bad surprise
In this episode: When reality TV surprises me in good and bad ways, and how a good show can go wrong. Plus, recommendations for two shows, and life advice from one of the best humans—and also Martha Stewart.
Mentioned
Yes, Chef!
Top Chef Canada
Recommendations
Got to Get Out, Hulu
My review
Mary Beth Ellis's review of Netflix's Race for the Crown
World Central Kitchen
Credits
Andy Dehnart’s Reality Blurred is copyright 2025 by Reality Blurred LLC.
Find me at realityblurred.com or andydehnart.com
Our theme song is “Cheery Monday” by Kevin MacLeod, licensed under the Creative Commons by Attribution 4.0 License.
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16min
April 16, 2025Three recommendations, a two-week break
This week: A super-brief episode with three fast recommendations because I cannot actually talk, so apologies for having to listen to 50 seconds of this. (Congrats to the virus I caught; you win this one!) I'll be back with a new episode in a week or two.
Recommendations
Got to Get Out, Hulu
My review
The podcast The Dream
The Vicks Sinus Inhaler
Credits
Andy Dehnart’s Reality Blurred is copyright 2025 by Reality Blurred LLC.
Find me at realityblurred.com or andydehnart.com
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April 09, 2025Why I’ll miss being in a hotel for weeks this summer
In this episode: I talk about the transformative experiences I had at TCA press tours—and what they are, and why one is not happening this summer. Plus: three reality TV recommendations, including two returning shows and one two-season show.
Mentioned
The Television Critics Association
Why the Big Brother twist BB Takeover disappeared
Bachelor producers blindsided by obvious questions
Survivor producer Mark Burnett to me: "You ask such stupid questions"
Tyra Banks allowed me to ask her two whole questions, and I asked the wrong ones
Recommendations
America Outdoors with Baratunde Thurston, PBS Passport, Hoopla (season 2), Amazon
My review
America's Test Kitchen: Next Generation, Amazon Prime Video
My review
Love on the Spectrum, Netflix
My interview with its producers/creators
Credits
Andy Dehnart’s Reality Blurred is copyright 2025 by Reality Blurred LLC.
Find me at realityblurred.com or andydehnart.com
Our theme song is “Cheery Monday” by Kevin MacLeod, licensed under the Creative Commons by Attribution 4.0 License.
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17min
April 02, 2025The history of April Fool’s Day on reality blurred
Why I started publishing satirical stories on April Fool's Day, why I stopped for a few years, and why I continue to miss the early 2000s internet. Plus: two Netflix recommendations and a story about "how to survive anything."
Mentioned
reality blurred April 1, 2001 and 2008
Satire: ABC fires Ty Pennington, producer from Extreme Makeover: Home Edition
In Touch corrects the record about reality blurred’s April Fool’s Day Ty Pennington story
My 2025 April Fool's Day stories: Don’t take this personal, but you will never be casted on reality TV and The Survivor 50 cast’s new big twist
The Verge: April Fools’ Day 2025: the best and cringiest pranks
Recommendations
Million Dollar Secret, Netflix (my review)
The Residence, Netflix (based on The Residence: Inside the Private World of the White House)
J Wortham’s My 10-Day Crash Course on Surviving the Apocalypse and how to survive anything
Credits
Andy Dehnart’s Reality Blurred is copyright 2025 by Reality Blurred LLC.
Find me at realityblurred.com or andydehnart.com
Our theme song is “Cheery Monday” by Kevin MacLeod, licensed under the Creative Commons by Attribution 4.0 License.
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22min
March 26, 2025What’s the Deal or No Deal Island with spoilers?
In this episode, Project Runway dumps Tim Gunn, and what I forgot he told me years ago; the never-ending struggle with spoilers and how it relates to NBC repeatedly spoiling Deal or No Deal Island’s finale. Also, recommendations for Below Deck Down Under and actions you might want to take to protect your privacy, and life advice from Tim Gunn.
Mentioned
Project Runway 21 made three great hires, and screwed Tim Gunn again
My interview with Tim Gunn about his solo Bravo show
Deal or No Deal Island 2’s losers pick the winner—we already know they won!
Recommendations
Below Deck Down Under, Bravo
My recaps
Everything you say to your Echo will be sent to Amazon starting on March 28
Attorney General Bonta Urgently Issues Consumer Alert for 23andMe Customers
Credits
Andy Dehnart’s Reality Blurred is copyright 2025 by Reality Blurred LLC.
Find me at realityblurred.com or andydehnart.com
Our theme song is “Cheery Monday” by Kevin MacLeod, licensed under the Creative Commons by Attribution 4.0 License.
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18min

FAQs about Andy Dehnart's Reality Blurred:

How many episodes does Andy Dehnart's Reality Blurred have?

The podcast currently has 27 episodes available.