Hear Me Out: Trashy TV Is Actually Good For You
On today\u2019s episode of Hear Me Out\u2026 Kim, there\u2019s people that are dying.\xa0\nWe can probably all agree that reality shows aren\u2019t exactly peak TV. But there\u2019s a time, a place, and an audience for pretty much everything.\nIn a world where Love Is Blind\u2019s chart-topping run is frequently described as brilliant and awful in the same breath, it\u2019s easy to dismiss this stuff as a product of the social media era. But that\u2019s not quite accurate.\nCulture critic and podcast host Kristen Meinzer joins us to talk all things trashy. She maintains that not everything we watch needs to be brain food\u2026 and that, in fact, the entertainment we hate to love and love to hate might be good for society after all.\xa0\n\nPodcast production by Maura Currie\n\nYou can skip all the ads in Hear Me Out by joining Slate Plus. Sign up now at slate.com/hearmeoutplus for just $15 a month\xa0for your first three months.\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices