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Welcome to Plathville: Bummer City Aug 14, 2022

Hello everyone! We are back with more Plathville this week and it’s kind of heavy! We chat about Kim’s responsibility towards her children and Barry’s weird smirk (again), and we get our hackles up about Max, but Micah living his best life with his ho phase is keeping us from being too sad. Come hang out with us!

Welcome to Plathville: Uh-Oh, Kim and Barry Jul 29, 2022

This week, Megan and Gillian talk about the first chunk of Welcome to Plathville, Season 4. We get into Kim's dance crisis, Barry's weird reactions, and declare ourself officially an anti-Max podcast.

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Bringing Up Bates: A Wedding Worth the Wait? Jul 13, 2022

We finally get to see the long awaited wedding! It’s only been wedding planning episodes for half the season, and it’s as unplanned as ever. Bridesmaid dress issues, unwritten love songs, and performance anxiety are all on the menu. Come hang out with us!

Bringing Up Bates: The Sinner’s Piano Jun 28, 2022

This week Megan and Gillian are in the home stretch of season 8 of Bringing Up Bates. We talk about wedding planning, sexy lacquered pianos, and how we have never before heard that the Bates family doesn't do dancing at weddings. 😉 Come hang out with us!

Bringing Up Bates: Flipped Four Wheelers Jun 20, 2022

This week, Gillian and Megan are back with the Bates. This chunk of episodes is chock full of happenings: puppies, babies, weddings that haven’t been planned yet somehow are happening in 90 days, and more! Come hang out with us and we promise we won’t make you listen to Lawson’s music.

Bringing Up Bates: #FreeChad Jun 10, 2022

We're back with the Bates family this week! There are weddings, babies, and thrift store shopping, as per usual, and Chad gets volunteered to make elaborate wedding stages, headboards, and about 70 other projects. Come hang out with us!

Episode 85: Catch Up and Josh Duggar Sentencing May 30, 2022

Hello everyone! We are back, with a bit of a short episode so we can get caught up on all the trashy tv news and discussion. We'll be back next week with Bringing Up Bates and a more regular episode. Come hang out with us!

Bringing Up Bates: Back to the Batesics Mar 27, 2022

This week, we get further into Season 8 of Bringing Up Bates, and we get back to the easy breezy types of episodes: baby showers, wedding prep, and bad greige dresses. We get a brand new inappropriate Lawson song, a closed interstate due to an accident, and Tori actually liking a party someone threw for her. Come hang out with us!

Bringing Up Bates: Weddings, Proposals, & Ampersands Mar 15, 2022

This week we start Season 8 of Bringing Up Bates, where there are more weddings, more proposals, more babies and more super awkward moments. We get into wedding planning, dress shopping woes and wins, and lighthouses. Come hang out with us!

Bringing Up Bates: Utah is for Lovers Mar 03, 2022

This week we wrap up Season 7 of Bringing Up Bates. We get Kelton's proposal, Erin and Carlin's harebrained projects, and lots of little newborn babies. We get real deep into IBLP teachings and the terrible Bates influence this week, as well. Come hang out with us!

CW: We do briefly talk about child abuse with regards to Whitney's upbringing, no graphic details, just overview discussion [minutes: 49:00 - 56:00]

Bringing Up Bates: Gil Bates’ Church is Falling Down Feb 20, 2022

Hello everyone! This week Megan and Gillian are just about wrapping up season 7 of Bringing Up Bates. We still don't know why they've been cancelled, but we do know that they keep trying to curse us. We chat about Erin's labor, the Bates church tear-down, and which of the Bates' daughters' husbands are okay people. Come hang out with us!

Bringing Up Bates: The Bates are (Probably) Witches Feb 11, 2022

This week we have more technical difficulties due to the Bates curse, but we continue on through Season 7 of Bringing Up Bates. We talk about babies (as always), courting (as per usual) and everyone's moving to Nashville. Come hang out with us!

Bringing Up Bates: Honeymoons, Hellions and Horry County Jan 31, 2022

Hello everyone! This week we are *still* in Bringing Up Bates Season 7! But we discuss the cancellation of the show this episode, as well as talk about Tori's honeymoon, the family trip to Myrtle Beach (which is in Horry County, hehe), and Lawson and Nathan being jerks, as per usual. Come hang out with us!

Bringing Up Bates: Barney, Bumper Cars and a Bride Jan 19, 2022

Hello everyone! We're back!

We apologize for the accidental hiatus, but unfortunately Megan got COVID on New Years' Eve and we've just been focusing on making sure she is well. We have a fun episode for y'all, we cover the lead up to Tori and Bobby's wedding and then the event itself, and it's chock full of bad decisions and Bates shenanigans. We recorded this literally *as* Erin was giving birth to her next baby and right before the cancellation of Bringing Up Bates was announced. We hope we will learn why soon and we'll be sure to put it in a future episode.

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Bringing Up Bates: Brochacho Lake Party Dec 23, 2021

Megan and Gillian are still deep in season 7 of Bringing Up Bates and this week we get into a weird bro-only lake Jesus retreat, wedding dress shopping with the meanest sisters, and Tori finally got her Ring (and maybe a husband, too). Come hang out with us!

Bringing Up Bates: Babies, Boats and Boys Dec 16, 2021

This week, Megan and Gillian get back into Bringing Up Bates, working through Season 7 which is an incredibly long season because everyone's getting married, pregnant, courted, broken up with, who knows! Josie turns 18, Bobby becomes a happy camper, and we still can't tell Bobby, Evan and Kelton apart. Come hang out with us! Content warnings: discussion of infertility, mention of Josh Duggar

The Trial and Conviction of Josh Duggar Dec 11, 2021

Warning: This week we are discussing the Josh Duggar trial in detail. While we do our best to avoid any description of CSAM, there are some details that have to be mentioned to give the full story. So, please, if this trial has any chance of being triggering for you, we will see you our next episode.

In this episode, we discuss the trial chronologically and add in the interesting facts and points that we heard while watching the trial in real time. We hope this is a thorough, and damning, summary of Josh Duggar's horrible crimes, and that it helps anyone who wasn't glued to local Arkansas news channels know the facts of the case.

Welcome to Plathville: Large Talks and Tampa Bound Dec 01, 2021

Megan and Gillian tie up loose ends this week and finish the final 3 episodes of this season of Welcome to Plathville. The older Plath children are about to break free, Olivia goes to talk to Kim and Barry, and Ethan seems to have gotten through his sneaky rage cycle to actually figure out what *he* wants to do. Come hang out with us!

Bringing Up Bates: Cursed By Gil Bates Nov 17, 2021

After a full week of construction and chainsaws at both Megan and Gillian's houses, we're finally back with the final episode of season 6 of Bringing Up Bates. We try to tell Bobby and Evan apart, hope the Bates don't move to West Virginia and generally cringe at the Big Talks the boys have to have in order to date Gil's teenage daughters. Come hang out with us!

Bringing up Bates: You‘ve Goat To Be Kidding Me Nov 06, 2021

This week Megan and Gillian continue onwards through season 6 of Bringing Up Bates. We get some good Chad and Erin content, some cringe Lawson acting and a lot of weird Bates behaviors. Come hang out with us!

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Bringing Up Bates: Eat Feed Pray Oct 27, 2021

This week, Megan and Gillian get back into the lighthearted, anxiety-ridden world of the Bates. We watch them clean out ~the shed~, go to cooking classes and awkwardly pry into Tori and Bobby’s courtship. Somehow, all of the Bates get out of these episodes without any broken bones, which is honestly impressive. Come hang out with us!

Welcome to Plathville: Mamma Mia, Here We Go Again Oct 15, 2021

This week Megan and Gillian continue talking about Welcome to Plathville season 3. Last week's episodes were *full* bummers, but this week we find a glimmer of hope and rekindle our outrage at Kim's behavior towards her children. Come hang out with us!

Episode 69: King Daddy Oct 07, 2021

This week, Megan and Gillian get back into Welcome to Plathville, and it still sucks! Everyone in this show deserves to be happy except Kim and Barry, and we get into the nitty gritty, depressing details of woe that season 3 has served us. Come hang out with us (and maybe cry a little too)!

LuLaRich: Predatory Leggings and Marrying Your Stepbrother Sep 28, 2021

This week Megan and Gillian watched the 4 part docuseries LuLaRich. We discuss the serious parts of the predatory nature of MLMs, pyramid schemes and direct sales, while also taking the time to laugh at the Stidhams seemingly perjuring themselves on camera. Come hang out with us!

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Welcome to Plathville: Tough Emotions, Tough Decisions Sep 19, 2021

This week, Megan and Gillian are catching up on Welcome to Plathville for Season Three. It’s more of a bummer than previous Plath family shows, but it’s really showing the truth of abusive parenting and the fallout of leaving a familial cult, and it’s important to talk about that! Come hang out with us!

Bringing up Bates: Cracker Barrel, Basketball Goals and Boundaries Sep 11, 2021

Hello everyone! This week Megan and Gillian finish up season 5 of Bringing Up Bates. We get to see Lawson perform (badly), a basketball court get finished (finally) and Alyssa has her baby (secretly). Come hang out with us!

Bringing Up Bates: Firelighters, Fiascos and Florida Sep 03, 2021

This week Megan and Gillian cover more of the Bates season 5! This chunk of episodes started out with some truly cringe courtship and ended up with a reminder that small kids need to be taught fire safety. And don't think we forgot to dish about the ARK encounter, complete with the screams of the sinners outside, drowning. Come hang out with us!

Bringing Up Bates: Horseland Farm Ranch Aug 26, 2021

Hello everyone! This week Megan and Gillian get back into the Bates family. We are perturbed by purity rings, entertained by the forbidden thing called "dance", and ready for a surprise visit from Miss Dingus. Come hang out with us!

Love is Blind: Trash Men, Single Ladies and Voldemort Aug 17, 2021

This week, Megan and Gillian watched the Love is Blind reunion show, After the Altar. We get very verklempt about how terrible Damian is, how immature Amber and Matt are, and how much of a bummer Giannina's plot line is. Come hang out with us!

Bringing Up Bates: Bald As A Cucumber Aug 03, 2021

Megan and Gillian are finishing up Bringing Up Bates Season 4 this week, after a week of sewer issues messing up recording! Two babies are born, buddies are mudding, and Warden does death defying stunts that make us concerned for his safety. Come hang out with us!

Bringing Up Bates: Clutter Causes Depression? Jul 20, 2021

This week Megan and Gillian watch the Bates Family clean their house, have a couple baby birthday parties, and announce pregnancies. Bringing Up Bates season 4 is jam packed with very mundane things becoming very complicated (because everything is complicated in a family of 21).

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Episode 60: Bates Boys, Boats, Babies, and other B Words Jul 09, 2021

This week Megan and Gillian get into season 4 of Bringing Up Bates. The episode titles from the first 6 episodes are some of the worst we've heard yet, and there is a whole lot of cringe in this season so far in general. Come hang out with us!

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Bringing Up Bates: Extreme Grandma Mode Jul 01, 2021

This week Megan and Gillian finally finish up Season 3 of Bringing up Bates! We did not mean to abandon y’all last week, Gillian had leg surgery along with like 1000 other things going wrong, so we ended up with like 15 minutes of an episode and decided to re-record! This week we take on Bradley’s birthday and the weird manipulation by withholding love and affection and gifts from your own children until they get married and have children of their own. We also dunk on Lawson, as per usual. Come hang out with us!

Bringing Up Bates: Birthdays, Boats and Brothers Jun 18, 2021

Megan and Gillian continue their journey with Bringing Up Bates Season 3 this week. We feel bad about bike riding bullying, Brandon and Michael's decor being thoroughly insulted, and the boys preparing for the Insurrection. Come hang out with us!

Bringing Up Bates: Sardines, Mothballs and Learning How to Kiss Jun 10, 2021

This week Megan and Gillian get deep into the thick of Michaela's wedding and honeymoon. We get thoroughly grossed out about how sex repressed these people are, lose our minds about some really bad dresses, and get mad at Gil and Kelly for treating their daughters like chattel. Come hang out with us!

Bringing Up Bates: Parties, Parents, and More Poor Planning! Jun 03, 2021

Hello everyone! We're back this week with Bringing up Bates Season 2, Episode 8 to 14. There's so much packed into these few episodes, including cute babies, Lawson waterboarding himself accidentally, and a trip to Dollywood planned by the seat of their pants. Come hang out with us!

Bringing Up Bates: Poor Planning for Puritanical Parties May 22, 2021

This week, Megan and Gillian dive into the second season of Bringing Up Bates! We cover the first 7 episodes, which somehow includes two baby showers, one birth, one engagement and house hunting??? Come hang out with us!

The Circle Finale: Reality TV makes us cry! May 14, 2021

Hello everyone! This week Megan and Gillian finish up The Circle on Netflix. Obviously, if you don't know who won, there will be spoilers, so finish that binge watch then come hang out with us! We laugh, we cry, we are amazed that this game has gotten better since Season 1 by leaps and bounds.

The Circle: Catfishes Fish for Catfish May 07, 2021

Hello everyone! This week Megan and Gillian get back to The Circle Season 2, which includes highlights such as: Why does Mitchell just say "Cheese...I love that"? How has Chloe never used a dustpan before? Who is gonna figure out who all of the catfishes are?? Come hang out!

Special Episode: Josh Duggar is a POS May 02, 2021

TW: Josh Duggar, Child Abuse, CSA, etc.

Please skip this episode if any of the Josh Duggar news around the internet is triggering for you. We discuss the charges and Josh's previous wrongdoings at length, and we do not want to cause anyone any mental duress. We will be back next week with our Regularly Scheduled episode about The Circle. Stay safe and take care of yourselves!

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The Circle: Team Terilisha or Team Savannah? Apr 23, 2021

This week, Megan and Gillian watched the first four episodes of The Circle season 2 on Netflix. We return to our original love of trashy reality tv contestants in lieu of fundamentalists this week. Are you Team Savannah or Team Terilisha?

Bringing Up Bates: Awkward and Pure Apr 15, 2021

Megan and Gillian finish up season 1 of Bringing Up Bates, and we finally get to see all the gross conservative, fundamentalist bull that they peddle. Weird purity dates with mom and dad, babies being born, and bad vibes all around. Come hang out with us!

Bringing Up Bates Begins Apr 09, 2021

Our first episode of Bringing Up Bates binge watching! Megan and Gillian are pleasantly surprised by this family - still believe hateful shit, but they at least seem to like and know each other. Parents be parenting, even if they do call it "child training". Come hang out with us!

One Last Duggar Stretch: That Weird Special??? Apr 02, 2021

Megan and Gillian are starting on Bringing Up Bates next week, by popular demand, but this week, we work out our feelings about fundamentalist religion and COVID discussing the weird Counting On Easter special. Join us in this time warp where we watch a 2 day old baby born February 19th, celebrate Easter....this coming weekend? Who knows, TLC did us dirty.

Duggar-Thon 2021: The End of the Marathon Mar 26, 2021

Megan and Gillian reach the end of the Counting On road with the last half of Season 11. But, a new season starts next week! While we wait for a few episodes to build up, what’s the next trashy series we should cover? Bringing up Bates, Jersey Shore, Sister Wives? Let us know at tvliterate@gmail.com or on any of our socials!

Duggar-thon 2021:The Baby Season of Baby Life Mar 19, 2021

Megan and Gillian are still talking babies this week for Counting On Season 11. We have quick labors and 40 hour labors, all while the Duggars are making us labor to understand their weird decisions. Come hang out with us!

Duggar-thon 2021: Baby Tsunami Mar 12, 2021

This week, we finish up Season 10 of Counting On. There are way too many pregnancies to keep track, with 4 babies due in November in the family, it's gonna be the baby-pocalypse. We get through a birth, a death, a photoshoot and a marriage retreat where the Duggar couples make some nests for the sake of their relationships. Come hang out with us!

Duggar-thon 2021: Babies, Babies Everywhere, and Not A Drop to Drink Mar 04, 2021

This week we continue Counting On season ten, and dunking on the Duggars. We chat about the hate for Felicity, the unpreparedness of the Duggars (as usual), and we figure out which of the Duggars would make it in Los Angeles. Come hang out with us!

Duggar-thon 2021:John David is a Pilot?? Feb 25, 2021

Hello everyone! We are back this week finishing up Season 9 of Counting On. We talk pregnancy, planes, preparedness and planning (or lack thereof). John David gets married, the Abbie gown is created and we all get really, really uncomfortable for their first kiss. Come hang out with us!

Duggar-thon 2021: Nobody Puts Baby In The Closet Feb 13, 2021

This week, Megan and Gillian return to Tontitown for season 9 of Counting On. This week we get into planes, planes, planes and planes. Wait, I mean we talk about John David and Abbie, Jinger Spicy, and the Worst American Bake Off. Come hang out with us!

Episode 41: Bling, Rings, and Very Expensive Things Feb 04, 2021

This week, Megan and Gillian dive into the Netflix reality show Bling Empire, the spiritual successor to Crazy Rich Asians. We experience some mind boggling wealth and completely avoidable interpersonal drama, then we skip lightly through some deep-seated intergenerational trauma and completely understandable anxieties about being an adoptee. It's weird, it's enthralling, it's ridiculous. Come hang out with us!

Episode 40: Duggar-thon - Babies, Weddings, and Courtships, Oh My! Jan 28, 2021

This week, Megan and Gillian get into the second half of Counting On, where apparently every woman is pregnant - moms, grandmas, daughters, sisters, wives, everyone is popping a baby out! We dish on Austin's nostril heredity, demonic spawn, and white lady baby name conventions. Come hang out with us!

Episode 39: Duggar-thon 2021 - Babies Having Babies Jan 21, 2021

Megan and Gillian cover Counting On season 8 this week. It's a jam packed season, so this is part one, covering episodes 1 through 5. There are 800 pregnancies, a courtship, a pair of anniversaries and a partridge in a pear tree this season, and the Duggars just keep getting weirder and weirder. Come hang out with us!

Episode 38: Beware the Thin Lips of Judgement Jan 14, 2021

This week, Megan and Gillian return to Plathville, and wow, it's a ride. The Plaths tell us their embarrassing stories and have some knock down, drag out fights happening in good old Cairo, Georgia. Come hang out with us!

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Episode 37: Duggar-thon 2021 - Redneck Slip'n'Slides and Booze Days Jan 08, 2021

Megan and Gillian get knee deep in Duggar content again this week with Counting On Season 7. Joy and Austin start spawning, Joe and Kendra dance in the dark, and all the youths are horny as heck. Come hang out with us!

Episode 36: Merry Duggar-thon and a Happy New Year Dec 31, 2020

Megan and Gillian get back into Counting On Season 6, which mostly follows Joy from an outdoor generator engagement to a boring, stressful wedding. We have fun!! We also watched the newest baby special for Jinger and Jeremy's newest addition, Evangeline Jo Vuolo. Come hang out with us!

Episode 35: Merry Crisis, Everyone Dec 24, 2020

Megan and Gillian dive into the Christmas Cinema Experience on Netflix this week, with one terrible movie and one that was a pretty good holiday romcom. A California Christmas and Holidate are both available on Netflix and are wild rides! Have a happy holiday everyone and stay safe!

Episode 34: Pilot, Plathville, Soldier, Spy Dec 17, 2020

Hello everyone! This week, Megan and Gillian take on the most recent episodes of Welcome to Plathville. Moriah, Micah, Ethan and Olivia try to make it in the big world, and we discuss why all fundies are into becoming pilots. Answers are not found, but the Plath's always keep us on our toes.

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Episode 33: Duggar-thon 2020: Blood Duggars Dec 10, 2020

This week, Megan and Gillian tackle season 5 of Jill & Jessa: Counting On. There's engagements, birthing of chicken wings, and your favorite cringe-worthy family dramatics. Derrick keeps gagging, Jessa beats Jill on sheer number of babies birthed, and Joy gets proposed to next to the soothing sounds of a generator in the freezing ass cold. Come hang out with us!

Episode 32: Duggar-Thon 2020 - Women Aren't Worth Much to Fundies Dec 02, 2020

This week Megan and Gillian cover Season 4 of Jill & Jessa: Counting On, and it's another full season about Jinger. This time it's wedding planning and so many uncomfortable discussions about twenty somethings having their very first kiss. The men in this show just never know when to shut up about things they have no idea about - mansplaining in fundamentalism is rampant!

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Episode 31: Plathville Parental Meltdown Nov 25, 2020

Hello everyone! Megan and Gillian focus on some different fundies this week, the Plath family! Kim and Barry keep on being creepy, Moriah and Micah make it, and Ethan and Olivia find common ground. Come hang out with us!

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Episode 30: Duggar-thon 2020 - 18 Rules for Courting My Teenage Daughter Nov 19, 2020

Megan and Gillian dive into Counting On season 3 this week! Jinger's bulging eyes, the Duggars' general lack of observational skills, and Jeremy's sordid satanist history all are on the chopping block today. Come hang out with us!

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Episode 29: Duggar-thon 2020, Counting on the Election Nov 09, 2020

Hello everyone! Megan and Gillian quash anxiety from the pre-election past by watching Counting On Season 1. Let's spit some sick bars about tree houses, Spurgeon, Joy being the joyful one, and BUTTER. Can't ever have enough butter.

Does anyone here believe it?! I believe, I believe!

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Episode 28: Sad and Mysterious Unsolved Mysteries Nov 02, 2020

Megan and Gillian finish chatting about the new Unsolved Mysteries on Netflix. This week we cover the last three episodes, including the devastating tsunami ghost stories. Halloweek is officially over! Sad! And it's almost the election! Anxiety! Come hang out with us and take your mind off of the news for a minute or five.

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Episode 27: Solving the Unsolved Mysteries Oct 28, 2020

Happy Halloweek everyone! Gillian and Megan dive in to the first three episodes of Unsolved Mysteries second season this week. Assassins, spies and murder, oh my!

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Episode 26: Duggar-thon 2020 Part 1 Oct 21, 2020

Megan and Gillian embark on their *~journey*~ through Counting On with Jill and Jessa Duggar. This week, we started with the three episode mini-season that was filmed right after the Josh Duggar scandals were released to the public. We have a lot of laughs in this episode but also a lot of crying inside, for various and wide ranging reasons. Come hang out with us!

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Episode 25: West Virginia Ghost Sandwich Oct 13, 2020

Megan and Gillian chit chat about the Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum in Weston, WV and watch three shows trying to find the ~*~* ghosts *~*~ inside. Spooky October season!

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Episode 24: (The Real Edit!!)Action Park Adventures and Chopped Meat Feet Sep 26, 2020

This week Megan and Gillian talk about Class Action Park, a documentary on HBO Max about Action Park in Vernon, NJ. Watch out for the teeth embedded in the water slide, the ice cold water that can give you a heart attack, and the Grave Pool!

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Episode 23: Kate Plus Eight and Things We Hate Sep 15, 2020

Hello everyone! This week Megan and Gillian watched some iconic early 2000s trash tv - Kate Plus 8! Come on this fated and fateful RV adventure with us, and our special guest, Megan's husband, Kuyler! We roll around in the "mud" like Kate and her children did in that cesspool blackwater stream. Get down and dirty with us in this masterpiece of trash televison.

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Episode 22: Memory Lane, Part Two Aug 31, 2020

Megan and Gillian are BACK in the studio together, after forming a quarantine bubble! This week we get into Megan's list of favorite reality TV moments from her youth, as well as iconic moments that got her into reality TV to begin with. We get into Survivor, Jon and Kate Plus Eight, The Osbournes, The Girls Next Doors, and Teen Mom. It gets weird, it gets wild, and everyone should question why The Girls Next Door even existed for as long as it did. The playlist for this week is: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLS80rHJdI3ub0b94SpgrHF6hwWPUi9B5y

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Episode 21: Iconic Reality TV Moments Aug 24, 2020

This week, Megan and Gillian sit down and revel in the nostalgia of Jersey Shore, The Simple Life, American Idol, Survivor, Catfish, Keeping Up With the Kardashians, and The Hills. We queue up some of the most memorable, most hilarious, and most cringe moments from the early 2000s. Watch the clips we use the audio for here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLNPTj-aIfBubuVn5_pWnx_LRFidFuUUuv

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Episode 20: Fun with Fundies, Welcome to Plathville Aug 16, 2020

This week Megan and Gillian delved into Welcome to Plathville, a family of extremely blonde people who are both super Christian and super New Age. Kim has some control issues and Barry might well be a serial killer. Come join us!

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Episode 19: Ghost Hunters, Ghouls and Gabagool Aug 04, 2020

Megan and Gillian shoot the shit and watch the new Ghost Hunters. Gillian loved Ghost Hunters the OG TAPS seasons, so she was for sure stoked as hell that Ghost Hunters came back. Come hang out with us and get a little spoopy as fall slowly, finally, arrives.

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Episode 18: Aliens, White Supremacists, and More Unsolved Mysteries Jul 25, 2020

This week Megan and Gillian discuss the other half of the Unsolved Mysteries episodes. Gillian ponders air conditioning in spacecraft.

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Episode 17: Unsolved Mysteries and Strange Disappearances Jul 17, 2020

This week Megan and Gillian decided to dive into the first half of Unsolved Mysteries reboot on Netflix. Do you prefer your true crime content to be about unsolved mysteries and cold cases, or do you like solved mysteries more?

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Episode 16: Digging Into the Duggars Jul 11, 2020

Megan introduces Gillian to the hyper religious, child filled family of the Duggars. Gillian is promptly horrified and Megan gets down into the nitty gritty of the family she loves to hate.

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Episode 15: Lori Vallow, Chad Daybell, and The End of The World Jun 30, 2020

Hello everyone!

This week Megan and Gillian do a dive into the topsy turvy world of Mormon cults, probably murdering your children, and having your spouses killed by your brother who also ended up dead? We watched the three dateline specials about Lori Vallow and Chad Daybell and their wild ass story.

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Episode 14: Baby Toes, Babies, and Bombshells Jun 19, 2020

Hello everyone!

We're back with more regular programming, 90 Day Fiance is giving us the will to carry on, despite all of the drama. Come hang out with us!

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Episode 13: Copaganda Jun 11, 2020

Hello everyone! This week we are doing something a little different and doing a deep dive into perceptions of the police based on entertainment media. Black lives matter, defund the police. Cops has been canceled and Gillian apparently spoke Live PD being canceled into existence.

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Sources for this episode:

Color of Change study:

https://hollywood.colorofchange.org/crime-tv-report/

Articles about study:

https://www.theguardian.com/media/2020/jan/25/law-and-disorder-how-shows-cloud-the-public-view-of-criminal-justice

https://newrepublic.com/article/156321/bingeing-cop-propaganda

Tulsa, OK has pulled out of their contract with Live PD in response to protests:

https://www.google.com/amp/s/kfor.com/news/local/tulsa-mayor-says-contract-with-live-pd-will-not-be-renewed/amp/

Movies, TV Shows Evolve to Reflect a Changing, More Complex View of Police

https://variety.com/2017/film/features/police-in-movies-tv-shows-1202511299/

Cops Are Always the Main Characters

https://www.vulture.com/2020/06/tv-cops-are-always-the-main-characters.html

TV Cop Shows Affect Real-World Policing, Study Says

https://www.npr.org/2020/02/06/803292027/tv-cop-shows-affect-real-world-policing-study-says

Have cop shows affected views on the police?

https://people.howstuffworks.com/culture-traditions/tv-and-culture/cop-shows-affected-views-on-police.htm

Don’t Fall for the Copaganda: They’ll Take A Knee, Then Tear Gas Thousands

https://www.leftvoice.org/dont-fall-for-the-copaganda-theyll-take-a-knee-then-tear-gas-thousands

The 8 Most Popular Types of ‘Copaganda’: How the Police Play the Media

https://www.alternet.org/2016/02/8-most-popular-types-copaganda-how-police-play-media/

https://www.reddit.com/r/copaganda/

https://www.reddit.com/r/copaganda/comments/as4h8a/what_is_copaganda_and_why_does_this_sub_exist/

The Role of Entertainment Media in Perceptions of Police Use of Force (study available on Google scholar)

https://psmag.com/social-justice/law-and-order-is-educational-television

POLICING ON PRIME-TIME: A Comparison of Television and Real-World Policing (study available on Google scholar)

Episode 12: Don't Call It Weird May 31, 2020

Hello everyone! It's another week of 90 Day Fiancé! Darcey still, inexplicably, showed up last week. Ed went home with his tail between his legs. Avery and Stephanie left Australia behind. We talk about some random things as well as a few current events. Black lives matter, y'all.

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Episode 11: All Roads Lead to (Going) Home May 24, 2020

We discuss episode 12 of Before the 90 Days and rank who wears the mask in the relationship

Episode 10: 1000 Thread Count and Other Tantrums May 16, 2020

Hello everyone! This week we wrap up our discussion of the first 12 episodes of Before the 90 Days. Ed still sucks, surprises around David and Lana, and the thought that this might be our strongest cast of women so far in Before the 90 Days. Hell yeah!

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Episode 9: Get Wrecked, Big Ed May 11, 2020

Come chat with us about American dudes trying to take advantage of women from imporverished backgrounds, the schadenfreude we feel when they hear what they deserve, and just the general weird vibes of lots of couples this season of 90 Day Fiancé: Before the 90 Days. We also lightly recap the Too Hot To Handle reunion, and I'm pretty sure we have lots our minds in quarantine already, but that's alright!

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Episode 8: 212 Hicks Babies May 02, 2020

This week's episode is all about the TLC docuseries from October 2019 that just dropped on Hulu in April. Some of it blew our minds, especially the exhumation!

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Episode 7: Harchesca is Too Hot To Handle Apr 25, 2020

Hello everyone! This week we are discussing Netflix's new show: Too Hot To Handle. This messy show filled with messy people gave us quite a bit to talk about, including multiple sessions of bitching about how terrible Harry and Francesca were, and we created the couple name of "HarChesca" for them cause it sounds as ridiculous as they are.

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Episode 6: Teen Mom 2 and our favorite Teen Mom-ents Apr 17, 2020

Hello everyone! We are back this week, and Megan had an assignment for Gillian: watch three Teen Mom 2 Episodes and report back. Gillian is a Teen Mom newbie, whereas Megan is an old hand at Teen Mom content. Come hang out with us and chit chat about how much Adam sucks.

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Episode 5: Spooky Show Showdown featuring Bobby Mackey's Honky Tonk Apr 10, 2020

Hello everyone! This week we flipped the script a bit and decided to watch the three most popular ghost hunting shows when they visited Bobby Mackey's Music World. Ghost Hunters, Ghost Adventures and Buzzfed Unsolved go head to head, ghost to ghost and EVP to EVP. Join us and find out which ghost show is the best ghost show.

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Episode 4: Tiger Kings for Tiger Queens Apr 03, 2020

Welcome to Episode 4! We get into the thick of Tiger King, and briefly go into the Dark Side of the Ring episode on Chris Benoit. We don't play sportsball and have allergies cause we are nerds, obviously.

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Episode 3: The End of Jesse and Darcey Mar 26, 2020

Welcome to our first week of remote, quarantined recording. We tried to get this set up as best as we could but there is still some latent background noise. We'll do better next week, we promise! For now, let's discuss the end of Jesse and Darcey, Survivor, 100 Humans on Netflix and just general quarantine vibes. Watch all that trashy TV cause next week we are coming back with Tiger King discussion and Dark Side of the Ring: Chris Benoit! As well as the end of 90 Day Fiance: Before the 90 Days.

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Episode 2: Penis Sheath Mar 18, 2020

Hello Trash Babies!

This week, we discuss Gillian's new obsession: 90 Day Fiance: Before the 90 Days. Paul and Karine make us scream! Break the whole first season and first half of the second season down with us. We start to realize that reality TV will be the only bastion of levity during this time of quarantine and COVID-19. We chat about cultural insensitivity, racism, sexism, power dynamics, and Louboutins!

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Episode 1: B—, You’re Sheisty! Mar 10, 2020

Welcome to TV Literate! A podcast where Megan and Gillian dissect and enjoy trashy TV shows every week. We are trying to fight the stigma that liking reality TV can entail. Smart girls (and guys) can enjoy trashy TV - it doesn’t have to be a guilty pleasure!

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