The Waves: What Reality TV Says About Us
On this week\u2019s episode of The Waves, historian and original Waves host, Marcia Chatelain is joined by sociologist Danielle Lindemann to talk all things reality TV. They discuss Danielle\u2019s new book, True Story: What Reality TV Says About Us and why we don\u2019t take reality television as seriously as we should. Later in the show they talk about why women are more successful at monetizing their reality TV brand and how the genre takes us on a tour of the class system.\xa0\xa0\n\nIn Slate Plus: Is The Bachelorette feminist?\xa0\n\nRecommendations:\nMarcia: The True Crime Obsessed podcast, Let the Women Do the Work\nDanielle: The Netflix series Selling Sunset\n\xa0\nPodcast production by Cheyna Roth with editorial oversight by Shannon Palus and Alicia Montgomery.\xa0\nSend your comments and recommendations on what to cover to thewaves@slate.com\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices