The Financial Diet | Recession TV: How Reality Shows Built Our Relationship With Money @thefinancialdiet | Uploaded May 2024 | Updated October 2024, 9 minutes ago.
In this video essay, Chelsea dives into the dystopian world of reality TV, and how it has become an endless feedback loop of MLMs, brand endorsements, and other paragons of capitalism.
Special thanks to Morgan Paige! instagram.com/morganptalks/?hl=en
Join us on Patreon: patreon.com/thefinancialdiet
Upgrade to the $9.99 premium tier to get our new Real Housewives podcast! Check out the first episode here: youtube.com/watch?v=2aI97ErIdu8&
Video edited by Grace Lee
SOURCE LINKS:
Hotness inflation TikTok: tiktok.com/t/ZPRwMb6Sw
platformmagazine.org/2024/03/27/the-rise-of-reality-television
drkotis.com/blog/reality-tv-shaping-thoughts-plastic-surgery
motherjones.com/politics/2024/01/kardashians-real-housewives-reality-tv-wealth-rich-people
thedailybeast.com/four-women-reveal-their-horror-stories-of-teddi-mellencamps-all-in-by-teddi-diet
realityblurb.com/2021/12/16/rhoslc-star-whitney-roses-husband-justin-sued-for-role-in-alleged-pyramid-scheme-plus-details-of-lawsuit-revealed
distractify.com/p/do-you-get-paid-to-be-on-hoarders
theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/sep/04/reality-tv-stars-hollywood-strikes
out.com/drag/drag-race-prize-money#rebelltitem6
vice.com/en/article/y3dmav/what-does-it-cost-to-go-on-rupauls-drag-race
thestreet.com/personalities/rupauls-net-worth-drag-race
them.us/story/rupaul-fracking-new-yorker-profile
tvinsider.com/762296/how-much-bachelor-bachelorette-contestants-paid
time.com/6123115/selling-sunset-real-estate-explained
cosmopolitan.com/entertainment/celebs/a33749376/selling-sunsets-mary-romain-secretly-married-19-months
countryliving.com/life/entertainment/a45446661/are-the-people-on-house-hunters-real-couples
theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2022/08/hgtv-flipping-houses-cheap-redesign/671187
Music and sound effects by epidemicsound.com
00:00:00 Intro
00:02:35 Ad break
00:11:47 Hotness inflation
00:20:20 Fueling our wealth obsession
00:27:08 The Real Housewives and scamming your way to the top
00:36:30 Reality TV and gender
00:44:05 The cost of #exposure
00:52:46 Exploiting the real estate dystopia
In this video essay, Chelsea dives into the dystopian world of reality TV, and how it has become an endless feedback loop of MLMs, brand endorsements, and other paragons of capitalism.
Special thanks to Morgan Paige! instagram.com/morganptalks/?hl=en
Join us on Patreon: patreon.com/thefinancialdiet
Upgrade to the $9.99 premium tier to get our new Real Housewives podcast! Check out the first episode here: youtube.com/watch?v=2aI97ErIdu8&
Video edited by Grace Lee
SOURCE LINKS:
Hotness inflation TikTok: tiktok.com/t/ZPRwMb6Sw
platformmagazine.org/2024/03/27/the-rise-of-reality-television
drkotis.com/blog/reality-tv-shaping-thoughts-plastic-surgery
motherjones.com/politics/2024/01/kardashians-real-housewives-reality-tv-wealth-rich-people
thedailybeast.com/four-women-reveal-their-horror-stories-of-teddi-mellencamps-all-in-by-teddi-diet
realityblurb.com/2021/12/16/rhoslc-star-whitney-roses-husband-justin-sued-for-role-in-alleged-pyramid-scheme-plus-details-of-lawsuit-revealed
distractify.com/p/do-you-get-paid-to-be-on-hoarders
theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/sep/04/reality-tv-stars-hollywood-strikes
out.com/drag/drag-race-prize-money#rebelltitem6
vice.com/en/article/y3dmav/what-does-it-cost-to-go-on-rupauls-drag-race
thestreet.com/personalities/rupauls-net-worth-drag-race
them.us/story/rupaul-fracking-new-yorker-profile
tvinsider.com/762296/how-much-bachelor-bachelorette-contestants-paid
time.com/6123115/selling-sunset-real-estate-explained
cosmopolitan.com/entertainment/celebs/a33749376/selling-sunsets-mary-romain-secretly-married-19-months
countryliving.com/life/entertainment/a45446661/are-the-people-on-house-hunters-real-couples
theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2022/08/hgtv-flipping-houses-cheap-redesign/671187
Music and sound effects by epidemicsound.com
00:00:00 Intro
00:02:35 Ad break
00:11:47 Hotness inflation
00:20:20 Fueling our wealth obsession
00:27:08 The Real Housewives and scamming your way to the top
00:36:30 Reality TV and gender
00:44:05 The cost of #exposure
00:52:46 Exploiting the real estate dystopia
