In this special new episode of
It's Been a Minute, we share a conversation Sam Sanders recorded about one of his favorite things: reality TV. He's joined by
Danielle Lindemann, author of
True Story: What Reality TV Says About Us, to discuss the genre's origins in
Real World and
Survivor, how reality TV influences our culture, and why we should all take the genre more seriously.
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