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June 27, 2024
Edith Olmsted
Trump Has Some Creepy New Thoughts on Taylor Swift and Kim Kardashian
The former president weighs in on Swift and Kardashian in newly released audio.
June 18, 2024
MagazinePhillip Maciak
The Case for Taking Reality TV Seriously
Sure, “The Sopranos” is art, but “Real Housewives”?
May 13, 2022
Patrick Caldwell
The Geopolitics of Eurovision During a Time of War
After years of the international song contest trying to stamp politics out of its broadcasts, Ukraine is the betting favorite to win.
November 1, 2021
Jake Maynard
Mike Rowe’s Dirtiest Job? Cozying Up to Conservatives
The “Dirty Jobs” host is back with “How America Works,” reprising his favorite themes of grime, danger, and masculinity.
May 7, 2021
Jensen Davis
Andy Cohen’s Reality Television Fantasy
What the host of “For Real: The Story of Reality TV” is really selling
March 3, 2020
Alex Pareene
A Virus Is Not a Messaging Problem
It shouldn’t take a pandemic to clarify what is at stake in politics.
November 27, 2019
MagazineKyle Chayka
The Gentle Pleasures of Terrace House
The reality show’s new season requires complete immersion.
December 3, 2015
Elspeth Reeve
The children have become sophisticated media consumers.
February 18, 2013
Adam Kirsch
The New Essayists, or the Decline of a Form?
David Sedaris and a literary version of reality TV

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