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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.

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1:51:51

Dr Phil: I Did Not Set the House on Fire to Kill My Kids

Reality Roots ·

2024/05/22

For this very special 50th episode, I'm stepping out of the box and head-first into the world of Dr Phil! This week he's talking to Barbara, who is here to defend her "meth is fine" parenting style and nothing more. Also on-stage are 2 of her 3 children, and the woman who raised one of them. Special guests NOT including Robin McGraw Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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1:30:52

Jenny Jones: I traded the GEEK LOOK for the radical...

Reality Roots ·

2024/05/08

Fashion show! Fashion show! Fashion show at lunch! Jenny Jones presents her 90's version of a freak show, which is really more of a goth/punk themed fashion show than a parade of oddities. Turns out that after highschool, some people move out of their small towns and live their best creative lives as 90's NYC Club Kids.Special guests including Violet Chachki, HIM, David Koresh, and a dead Grinch! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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1:20:10

Montel: Controversial Relationships

Reality Roots ·

2024/04/24

Montel talks to couples with unconventional age-related situations, and provides a sneak peak into exactly what MTV's 16 And Pregnant is going to capitalize on in his near future.Special guests include Jane Lynch, Paula Poundstone, and Lyndon not-B-Johnson! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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1:30:25

Jerry Springer: I HAVE TOO MANY LOVERS!

Reality Roots ·

2024/04/10

This week, I join Jerry Springer who is exploring the question on everyone's mind - what happens when regular every day people and/or paid volunteers find themselves in that age-old dilemma of having TOO MANY LOVERS? Join me this week as I dissect a mountain of overlapping chatter filled with hilarious insults, ridiculous excuses, and way too many irrelevant details.Special guest appearances including (but not limited to) Andy Serkis, Bianca Del Rio, Fabio, JUH-NELLE Evans and Karla Homolka! Hosted

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1:49:55

Sally Jessy Rafael: I'm Afraid Of My Teenager

Reality Roots ·

2024/03/27

Join me this week as I bear witness to a room full of adults try to change the teenage behaviour of teenagers by bullying them, talking over them, and ignoring theirmost reasonable requests to be treated nicely.Featuring an All-Star lineup of special guests, including but not limited to T-Swift, Kirsten Dunst, Frida Kahlo and Rena Riffel as Prison Mike! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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1:21:36

Ricki Lake: I Hate My Husband, But I'm Staying...

Reality Roots ·

2024/03/13

Ricki Lake serves up the best of 90's fashion trends, along with a healthy serving of some very unhealthy relationships. What's wrong with Margo's friends? Is it ok to abuse a man who has trapped you in a relationship? And how exactly does one publicly bite another human in the back? Special guest appearances by: Hillary Banks, Tobias (of Animorphs fame) and JA-CA-LYN the matrimonial lawyer. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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1:37:07

Jenny Jones: My Family Can't Stand My Interracial Lover

Reality Roots ·

2024/02/28

In honor of Black History Month, this week I took the way-back-time-machine to a space where 4-5 out of 100 people thought it was A-OK to be publicly racist on a national platform. Join me as I judge some very judgy and truly awful human beings while they try to make half-way coherent arguments for their stupid backwards POV's. Special guests include Carl Winsloe, Uncle Rico and black female Napolean Dynamite. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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51:32

Montel Williams: Why Won't He Commit?

Reality Roots ·

2024/02/14

In this very special Valentine's episode, I get a little experimental ;) and Montel Williams (what a fox!) tackles the questions on all of our lady-brains - why won't he commit? We talk to three couples about the why's and why not's of a marriage. Special guest appearances by Brad (of Home Improvement fame), Kermit THE Frog, and Ace's dad. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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1:23:48

Ssally Jessy Rafael: Lies, Rumors & Ruined Lives

Reality Roots ·

2024/01/31

This week I open up a Sally Jessy Rafael time-capsule, only to find it full of the same problems we never buried in the first place! What happens when bullies leverage the internet to up their bully game? Does freedom of speech exempt you from being a good person? Will wars and global conflicts ever end? Find out the only possible way that you can - by listening to this week's episode!Special guest appearances by a gas-station vampire, 2001's version of JTT, and a secret mysterious "webmaster" named

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1:01:09

Ricki Lake: Telling My Girlfriend I'm Gay

Reality Roots ·

2024/01/17

Ricki Lake invites some gay men and their ex-girlfriends onto her low budget 90s stage to talk about what happens when a man in a heterosexual relationship discovers they have "homoerotic tendencies". We discuss sex, lack of sex, the Bible, what the Bible thinks about sex, and eventually someone threatens to have sex with their wife on stage. Special guest appearances by almost-David Bowie, fake Deb, and Josie Grossy! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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1:02:07

Jerry Springer: I CAN'T STOP LOVING YOU!

Reality Roots ·

2023/12/22

Enjoy the best nifty-gifty of all - an early/bonus episode of Reality Roots! On this edge-of-glory episode of Jerry Springer, we have a group of teens/20 somethings acting their age, we learn about something called Apple Pucker and it's effect on people's willingness to jump into bed with each other, and then one thing leads to another, and it just happens. Just as it always seems to!Special guests include roast-mode Miss Piggy, Cletus the Slack-Jawed (and probably abusive) yuppy, and a young Ron

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1:26:53

Ricki Lake: Addicted To Shopping!

Reality Roots ·

2023/12/04

Whether you're nursing a Black Friday spending hangover or you're prepping in a frenzy for the most commercial holiday season of the year, this is the daytime talk show recap for you! Allan's here to help Tiffany dig out of $18k worth of debt, hopefully before they come to repo her pink indoor sunglasses and strappiest possible pink heels. Donna's here to expose her daughter Dorine as a heartless narcissist who's already spent her way through 2-3 husbands worth of credit (and a Durango!) And Dr

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1:33:26

Jenny Jones: Young Teenage Girls Dating Older Teens

Reality Roots ·

2023/11/07

This week we go way way back to a time I didn't even know existed - Jenny Jones version 1.0! Jenny's here to ask all the hard-hitting, super-disgusting and outright inappropriate questions to these teens with low self esteem who are teen-ing it up all over 1992. Why do people have sex? What makes anyone start having sex? What are nonoxyl lined condoms and why did Tammy insist on distributing them to her 12yo daughter? Find all these questions and more (and maybe an answer here or there) in this

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1:05:02

Sally Jessy Rafael: More Shocking Secrets!

Reality Roots ·

2023/10/12

Sally Jessy Rafael is here with all the juiciest of scoops! Join me as we find out: Who's homophobic? Who's completely delusional? Who's a secret stripper in a $3 mask? And most importantly of all - who missed their casting call for MILF manor because they were 20 years too early?Special guest appearances by: Stacy's mom, wish-version Ace Fanning, Justin Timberlake, and everyone's favorite uptight judgy therapist Dr Gilda! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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1:15:25

Ricki Lake: We Fight 24/7... Why Can't We Get Along?

Reality Roots ·

2023/09/13

This week I'm BACK BACK BACK again with another gem mined from the Ricki Lake Show!Families are supposed to love eachother... but what happens when they can't get along? Answer: They fight on daytime TV for our entertaintment.Special guest appearances by Morticia Gormez, Al Bundy, Gabrielle Union and Bart Simpson Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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1:25

Apology Tour

Reality Roots ·

2023/08/15

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

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1:01

Sorry!

Reality Roots ·

2023/08/08

Until next week, take care of yourselves, and eachother <3 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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56:09

Sylvia Brown on Montel Williams FINALE WEEK (2006)

Reality Roots ·

2023/08/01

Montel's final week of production could never be complete without one last episode centered around prolific writer and self-proclaimed psychic Sylvia Brown. Listen to all the audience questions - stupid, sad, redundant and self-answering - and their sometimes sassy but always 5-words-or-less answers, straight from the mouth of the footlong fingernail third-eye goddess herself.Special guests include: SYLVIA BROWN! What more do we need? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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1:17:05

Sally Jessy Rafael: My Husband Treats Me Like A Slave

Reality Roots ·

2023/07/25

Sally takes on abusive husbands with her signature glasses, a flooffy teacher's haircut and a power suit, alongside recurring character Dr Ginger. Women are empowered, and the man-babies on-stage get put in their place. Special guest appearances by Miss Cleo, wish-version Will Sasso, and Nancy Reagan Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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1:13:34

Jerry Springer: I'll Never Let You Go!

Reality Roots ·

2023/07/18

Jerry Springer delivers all the catfights, death threats and weird dad jokes you could ever want this week, with only a few very minor poops in the reality TV punchbowl.Special guests include beefcake Steve Wilkos, Frenchy from Grease, a close or far-distant relation of the Honey Boo Boo clan, and a mysterious shoe-like object. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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