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Reality Roots
Hilary Fleming
91 episodes
6 days ago
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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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

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Reality Roots
Montel Williams: Return of Sylvia Browne

Spooky Sylvia Browne amazes Montel's audience with answers from BEYOND THE GRAVE!!!! ooooOOOOOoooooOOOOO


Special Guest Appearances including almost-Chelsea Houska, and Auntie Acid!


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5 days ago
1 hour 14 minutes 24 seconds

Reality Roots
Sally Jessy Raphael: I'm Fed Up With My Teen!

This week Sally helps some parents out by asking the age old question... what's so fun about breaking rules anyway?


Special Guest Appearances including future Paul Rudd, multiverse Amber Portwood, knock-off Taylor Swift, and sadly accurate Kathy Najimy


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2 weeks ago
1 hour 24 minutes 16 seconds

Reality Roots
Ricki Lake: Ricki, Make Me Over to Win Back My Ex

Makeover makeover, makeover makeover, makeover makeover, MAKEOVER! *clap*clap*clap*


Special Guests Appearances including ACTUAL FACTUAL N*SYNC!!!!


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1 month ago
1 hour 14 minutes 45 seconds

Reality Roots
Jerry Springer: Holiday Hell with my Feuding Family

Join me this week as I review The First Annual Jerry Springer Holiday Hell episode! Coming at you all the way from 1994. The vests are all here and the bangs are FLOOFED


Special Guest Appearances including Paula Dean, Backstreet Boys (Millenium album edition), Matthew Lillard and Crybrows!


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1 month ago
1 hour 18 minutes 44 seconds

Reality Roots
Ricki Lake: I've Got A Score To Settle With You!

Ricki tries to help some guests settle poorly-defined scores, despite all the guests' best efforts to be helped.


Special guest appearances including: One of the Chris's, Steve Jobs, OJ Simpson, & Michelle Obama!


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2 months ago
1 hour 40 minutes 10 seconds

Reality Roots
Sally Jessy Raphael: My Daughter's Boy Crazy!

This week, Sally does her best Jenny Jones impression, by pushing so hard I'm forced to defend the indefensible. All the 90s hits are here, and they each brought their own individual vest for the occasion.


Special guests including Skeet Ulrich, Halle Berry, J-ROC and EXTRA SPECIAL MUSICAL APPEARANCES by Dolly Parton and Katy Perry!


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2 months ago
1 hour 42 minutes 18 seconds

Reality Roots
Jenny Jones: You're Busted, I Know You're A Dog!

Jenny Jones talks to some sisters, mainly sisters who come from the same mister, who may or may not all be sleeping with the same man. The man in question has as much game as Steve Urkell, so that makes sense.


Special Guest Appearances including: Bo from Superstore, Karla Homolka, and a full college cohort that was apparently kidnapped from their local kegger.


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2 months ago
1 hour 50 minutes 56 seconds

Reality Roots
Out of Office Alert
TLDR: Due to recent events (including but not limited to life, summer, and the pursuit of happiness), I am forced to take a one week leave of absence. I apologize for any inconvenience. Can't wait to talk to you all again next week!

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3 months ago
3 minutes 45 seconds

Reality Roots
Jerry Springer: Stripper Updates

Updates from Strippers who have previously appeared on the Jerry Springer Show. The true epitome of "Hot Mess" in every sense of the word. Except, you know, temperature-wise.


Special Guest Appearances including Vinny of Jersey Shore/Staten Island, Anne Hathaway/Winona Ryder and a quick peek at THE Al Borland, of Tool Time Fame!


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3 months ago
1 hour 27 minutes 40 seconds

Reality Roots
Phil Donahue: Men Who Are Great Lovers

Phil Donahue interviews some guests who are in exceptionally healthy relationships, at least as far as 1988 goes. People from home call in to bring their main-character energy questions to the esteemed panel of happy couples. One caller has a Bert & Ernie situation that completely breaks Phil Donahue's mind.


Special Guest Appearances including Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Peter Gallagher's eyebrows, and Kyle McLochlan


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4 months ago
1 hour 38 minutes 45 seconds

Reality Roots
Ricki Lake: I'm Gay, But Today I Want to Try Going the Other Way!

HAPPY PRIDE MONTH!!!! In honor of Pride this year, I found an episode of Ricki Lake I can only describe as "Extremely Gay in the Best Way"


No extra special guest shout-outs this month, but if you're reading this, please know that Roger's date fell apart when they went roller skating because the moment Roger stepped onto the roller rink and the DJ played Ray of Light by Madonna.... there was absolutely no denying he's a Queen (and always will be)


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4 months ago
1 hour 32 minutes 10 seconds

Reality Roots
Sally Jessy Raphael: Mom, Choose Your Boyfriend or Me

This week, Sally and I review some family dynamics that are not good. Can mother and current-boyfriend ever get the kids on board with their relationship? What is step-dad Pete saying? Who's the gold-digger? Find the answers to all these questions AND MORE in this week's recap!


Special guest appearances including: Bea Arthur, the Babadook, and Chappell Roan


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5 months ago
1 hour 51 minutes 14 seconds

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Jenny Jones: Brothers Who Slept with the Same Woman Get Paternity Tests

Jenny Jones re-creates your 6th grade classroom sex education experience by asking guests for a million juicy details that no one within 5 miles is mature enough to discuss. We also look at some baby photos as part of an at-home DIY paternity test for no discernible reason.


Special Guests including Audrina Patridge, Colbie Smulders, and Snoop Dogg!


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5 months ago
1 hour 34 minutes 14 seconds

Reality Roots
Jerry Springer: I'm A 14 Year Old Prostitute!

Join me this week as I do my best to pick apart a hot mess of a Jerry Springer episode. They're about to jump the shark and they're starting by blurring the lines of reality for us.


Special Guest Appearances including the head mean girl from Romi and Michelle's highschool reunion, RFK Jr and Pepé Le Pew in human form (barely)


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6 months ago
1 hour 18 minutes 3 seconds

Reality Roots
Ricki Lake: Stop Sleeping with Your Ex!

Ricki Lake talks to some ex-couples who can't keep their hands to themselves and one couple that is probably definitely about to break up.


Special Guests including Steven Seagal, Kirsten Dunst, and the late great Brittany Murphy RIP


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6 months ago
1 hour 27 minutes 28 seconds

Reality Roots
Maury: Glamorous Ladies Who May Really Be Men

Actual Factual VERY Special Guest and Friend of the Pod Kasha and I check in on Maury in 1999, where he is throwing a mini rave-pageant for a variety of guests, most of whom are Drag Queens!


Everybody check out Kasha! Exceptionally Talented Drag Performer and head of Binbrook Pride https://www.instagram.com/kashalikekesha


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6 months ago
1 hour 32 minutes 10 seconds

Reality Roots
Sally Jessy Raphael: Get Real... He'll Never Marry You!

This week Sally Jessy Raphael provides a bona fide Talk Show Service, wherein she talks to some couples that may or may not be ready to get hitched.


Special Guest Appearances including Sylvia Browne, Tom Sandoval, a priest, and Ginger Grancagnolo!



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7 months ago
1 hour 24 minutes 27 seconds

Reality Roots
Jenny Jones: Wild & Crazy Bachelor Parties

Jenny Jones aggressively interviews some guests about their Bachelor Party experiences and how it affected their relationship. No one has a point and no one learns a lesson, but what they do have is more wine-colored shirts than anyone can count.


Special Guest Appearances including Anchorwoman Barbie, Napolean Dynamite's fake girlfriend, and strippers for all!



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7 months ago
1 hour 27 minutes 7 seconds

Reality Roots
Phil Donahue: Teenagers Dating Older Men

Join me this week as I carve through some controversial relationships alongside Phil Donahue and his "normally liberal New York audience".


Special guest appearances including Trisha's mom, Harry Cuomo, Susan Powell and some very special 1992 commercials!



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8 months ago
1 hour 20 minutes 48 seconds

Reality Roots
Jerry Springer: Love Affair Disasters!

This week I visit 1998 Jerry Springer, who is bringing us all the highs and lows of late 90s fashion, as well as some trashy guests to sort out their trashy business as best they can.


Special Guest Appearances including the one and only Steve Wilkos! Who earns top billing and every penny of his paycheque with this one.



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8 months ago
1 hour 17 minutes 48 seconds

Reality Roots
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

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.