Reality Roots

By Hilary Fleming

Join me on my journey back in time through episode recaps of classic daytime talk shows, the true roots of reality TV as we know it

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The podcast currently has 99 episodes available.

Reality Roots episodes:

August 14, 2024 Jenny Jones: I Want My Teen To Stop Having Sex
This week, Jenny tries to bully her teenage guests out of their budding sexuality. Will she accomplish what mainstream religions and societies have thus far failed to do, and stamp out teen sex forever?
No. But she'll do her best anyways with a power suit and a mic!
Special guest appearances including: Michelle Duggar, Riff Raff, Rachel Dratch as Real Housewife, Courtney Love and Mira Sorvino!
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1h 35min
July 31, 2024 Montel: Unusual Encounters (with Sylvia Browne)
It's Sylvia Browne Wednesday - the perfect day to listen to her cold-read Montel's audience and tell them more or less what they wanted to hear and/or already know.

Special guest appearances including prettier Farrah Abraham, genuine Incan (?) dolls, Gilbert Gottfried, and Jody of We Love to Hate fame!
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1h 25min
July 17, 2024 Jerry Springer: Triple Ex!
Jerry Springer is the quintessential adult in the room as he talks us through several love-triangles and broad spectrum of associated feelings.

Special guest appearances including Kirk Douglas, grown-up Foegle, and Italian Michael Chiklas!
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1h 37min
July 03, 2024 Sally Jessy Rafael: Get Over It... I'm Gay!
Sally Jessy Rafael invites two women who love to love gay men, and one man who is straight, to try to figure out what they are thinking. Other questions we explore include: What is the gayest country? Who will win the shopping Olympics? Which tanning bed has Ginger been hiding in and how long has she been stuck in there?

Special guest appearances including Amanda of We Love to Hate fame, Michael McDonald, and Pedro (Vote for Pedro!)
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1h 34min
June 19, 2024 Oprah: Not Enough Intimacy in Marriage
YOU get an episode recap! AND YOU get an episode recap! EVERYONE GETS AN EPISODE RECAP!!!!!!

Special guests including: Joan Cusak, two entirely distinct Marks, and OPRAH!!!!!!!!!!!
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1h 48min
June 05, 2024 Ricki Lake: You Haven't Had The Guts, But Today, No Ifs Ands or Buts... VOILA! Meet Your Secret Crush!
Get ready to experience second-hand embarassment beyond your wildest imagination as Ricki aids and abets some BFF's on a top secret mission to destroy their bestie on national TV.

Special guests including the Friends wardrobe department, Janet Jackson, The Weekend, Chelsea Handler, and Richely!
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1h 23min
May 22, 2024 Dr Phil: I Did Not Set the House on Fire to Kill My Kids
For this very special 50th episode, I'm stepping out of the box and head-first into the world of Dr Phil! This week he's talking to Barbara, who is here to defend her "meth is fine" parenting style and nothing more. Also on-stage are 2 of her 3 children, and the woman who raised one of them.

Special guests NOT including Robin McGraw
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1h 52min
May 08, 2024 Jenny Jones: I traded the GEEK LOOK for the radical FREAK LOOK!
Fashion show! Fashion show! Fashion show at lunch! Jenny Jones presents her 90's version of a freak show, which is really more of a goth/punk themed fashion show than a parade of oddities. Turns out that after highschool, some people move out of their small towns and live their best creative lives as 90's NYC Club Kids.

Special guests including Violet Chachki, HIM, David Koresh, and a dead Grinch!
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1h 31min
April 24, 2024 Montel: Controversial Relationships
Montel talks to couples with unconventional age-related situations, and provides a sneak peak into exactly what MTV's 16 And Pregnant is going to capitalize on in his near future.

Special guests include Jane Lynch, Paula Poundstone, and Lyndon not-B-Johnson!
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1h 21min
April 10, 2024 Jerry Springer: I HAVE TOO MANY LOVERS!
This week, I join Jerry Springer who is exploring the question on everyone's mind - what happens when regular every day people and/or paid volunteers find themselves in that age-old dilemma of having TOO MANY LOVERS? Join me this week as I dissect a mountain of overlapping chatter filled with hilarious insults, ridiculous excuses, and way too many irrelevant details.

Special guest appearances including (but not limited to) Andy Serkis, Bianca Del Rio, Fabio, JUH-NELLE Evans and Karla Homolka!
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1h 31min

FAQs about Reality Roots:

How many episodes does Reality Roots have?

The podcast currently has 99 episodes available.