Episode · Behind the Bastards · 2022-04-05
Books mentioned on Part One: The Bastards of Reality Television
Robert sits down with David Bell to talk about some fucked up shit that happened in reality shows because, damn, that Kissinger series was hard. FOOTNOTES: https://www.
Robert Evans discussed Reality Bites Back by Jennifer Pozner.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Reality Bites Back
Reality Bites Back by Jennifer Pozner is an insightful examination of the troubling truths hidden within guilty pleasure television and the ways modern media shapes cultural perceptions.
Discussed“In her book, Reality Bites Back, Jennifer Pausner describes it this way. The special, which predated the game-changing Survivor, was a hybrid of Miss America and a mail order bride parade.”
Where to get it
Other mentions in this episode (3) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
Passing The Pelican Brief
“Yeah, novels caused Hitler. We probably don't have the Bosnian genocide without the Pelican brief, obviously.”
“Um, you know, right, but I do watch Jack Ryan movies. I do watch Jack Ryan movies which have influenced my life in a number of ways. Yeah. And I've been told those started as some sort of book.”
“The Jack Reacher series really helped me make peace with the fact that um I'm incredibly jacked. Uh you know, there's a lot of people like It's really hard to be like a jacked white dude.”