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May 1, 2024
This could be an interesting topic but the host is insufferable. He can't decide if his tone is conversational or professional and he's trying way too hard to be contemporary and cool. Like you don't need to be snarky about using voicemail in 2006. People still use voicemail. What are you talking about?
The controversial reality TV show known as ‘Kid Nation’, which borrowed its premise from Lord of the Flies, was cancelled shortly after its 2007 debut. Producers took 40 kids into a makeshift desert town to fend for themselves and create their own society. Was the series an opportunity to discover what kids are capable of? Or simply a ploy for ratings?
With access to former ‘Kid Nation’ contestants, their families, and the show’s creators, culture journalist Josh Gwynn uncovers how this cult TV show became a lightning rod for an ongoing debate about the ethics of reality TV.
Welcome to Split Screen, an examination of the utterly captivating, sometimes unsettling world of entertainment and pop culture. From reality TV gone awry, to the cult of celebrity, each season of Split Screen takes listeners on an evocative journey inside the world of showbiz. Ex-contestants, producers, and cultural critics uncover complicated truths behind TV’s carefully curated facades, and question what our entertainment reveals about us. Split Screen: sometimes reality is twisted.
Episode | Date |
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Episode 3: Class War
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Apr 29, 2024 |
Episode 2: Kid Casting
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Apr 24, 2024 |
Episode 1: Dropped in the Desert
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Apr 17, 2024 |
Split Screen: Kid Nation | Trailer
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Apr 04, 2024 |