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Culture Club: podcasts with Pandora Sykes.

For the Radio 2 Culture Club, Jo chats to Pandora Sykes about her podcast Unreal: A Critical History of Reality TV.

For the Radio 2 Culture Club, Jo chats to journalist Pandora Sykes about her podcast Unreal: A Critical History of Reality TV, and she chooses her top 3 podcasts.

The dumbest genre in entertainment, or the one that tells us the most about ourselves? Since its conception, reality TV has divided its viewers.

Unreal: A Critical History of Reality TV is a 10-part audio documentary written and presented by journalists Pandora Sykes and Sirin Kale. They've been fans of reality TV since they first watched 'Big Brother' as pre-teens and they've spent a fair amount of time defending reality TV when people are snobby about it, or dismiss its importance in our wider culture. But they’ve also been troubled by what they've seen in the genre: the exploitation; the lack of aftercare; the impacts of sudden fame.

Using interviews with the creators, producers and stars of some of the most iconic reality shows of the last two decades, and leading cultural critics of today, Unreal explores how reality TV has shaped entertainment, fashion, beauty, celebrity and even politics - and some of the ethical issues raised by the format.

1 hour, 30 minutes

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Mon 20 Jun 2022 19:30
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Music Played

  • Mitski

    Should've Been Me

  • The Beat

    Mirror In The Bathroom

    • The Beat - Beat This!.
    • Sire.

  • St. Vincent

    Funkytown

    • Illumination’s Minions: The Rise of Gru (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack).
    • Decca Records.
    • 3.

  • Wolf Alice

    The Last Man on Earth (Lullaby Version)

    • Dirty Hit.

  • Rancid

    Time Bomb

    • And Out Come The Wolves.
    • Epitaph Europe B.V..
    • 4.

  • Joy Crookes

    When You Were Mine

    • Skin.
    • Speakerbox Recordings.
    • 5.

  • Radiohead

    Street Spirit (Fade Out)

    • Live Forever (Various Artists).
    • Virgin.

  • Queen Latifah

    U.N.I.T.Y.

    • Black Reign.
    • Motown.

  • Jungle

    Good Times

  • The Beatles

    Something

  • Kasabian

    Chemicals

    • Columbia.

  • Harry Styles

    Late Night Talking

    • Harry's House.
    • Columbia.

  • Regina Spektor

    Loveology

    • Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ, before and after.
    • Warner Records.
    • 9.

  • PJ Harvey

    Down By The Water

    • Island.

  • Diana Ross

    It's My Turn

    • To Love Again.
    • 1.

  • Nicole Kidman & Ewan McGregor

    Come What May

    • Moulin Rouge: Music From Baz Luhrmann's Film.
    • Interscope/Warner.
    • 11.

  • Cavetown & Orla Gartland

    Fall In Love With A Girl

    • Fall In Love With A Girl.
    • 1.

  • Jacob Collier

    Never Gonna Be Alone (feat. Lizzy McAlpine & John Mayer)

  • Kate Bush

    This Woman's Work

    • THE SENSUAL WORLD.
    • EMI.

Broadcast

  • Mon 20 Jun 2022 19:30
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 2