This week, we're chatting about what we've been binging. Hint: It's been a lot of dating reality shows. Then, we spend some time talking about the representations of Black women on these dating reality shows. We bring on the one and only, Lauren Speed-Hamilton, star of season one of Netflix's Love Is Blind, to expand the conversation even further as she shares her experience being cast and produced for the show.

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0:00 Intro
00:55 Discussing Iyanna & Jarrette from Love Is Blind
06:00 The Triggering Nature of Dating Show Outcomes
07:14 How to Rewrite Your Love Story
08:55 The Power of a Heartfelt Apology
11:34 Discussing Married at First Sight and Ready to Love
13:21 Scottie & Sylvia talk Netflix’s Dating Show The Ultimatum
20:15 Lauren Speed-Hamilton enters the conversation
23:00 Early examples of Black women in reality tv
26:20 Experiences of Black women in competition reality shows
30:12 How Lauren Got Cast on Love Is Blind
33:43 What was it really like in the Love is Blind pods?
38:00 Navigating tough conversations in relationships
41:34 The impact of seeing Black women loved out loud
44:00 The shifting landscape of Reality representation
47:20 Double standards in reality dating shows
50:41 How producers create the optics we see on reality tv
1:00:00 the Black women making waves in Reality-TV

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