Spectacle: True Crime podcast

Spectacle: True Crime

Spectacle is a series that analyzes the cultural and societal implications of your guilty pleasures. From reality TV to true crime, Spectacle simultaneously celebrates and critiques the media, people and places that define us. For advertising opportunities, contact podcastadsales@sonymusic.com. SEASON 3: This season of Spectacle delves into the history of true crime -- from the cases that shook us to our core, to its passionate audience, and what narratives and stereotypes it reinforces in our culture. From Sony Music Entertainment. Spectacle: True Crime is available June 23rd. SEASON 2: Las Vegas It's a city that has defined popular culture. An oasis in the desert, a mirage — a playground for adults replete with casinos, showgirls, and all-you-can-eat buffets. But how did Vegas become “Sin City”? From the genesis of shotgun weddings, to film portrayals of the mob-era, to the social engineering behind mega-casinos…season 2 of Spectacle explores the fabulous, the incorrigible, Las Vegas. SEASON 1: Reality TV Reality TV is dismissed as guilty pleasure, low brow... even trash. But whether you want to admit it or not, you probably have heard of Snooki, Lisa Vanderpump or Kim Kardashian. Over the past 30 years, reality TV has become a place to see the social and political moment play out in real time -- from racial tensions on The Real World New York to gender dynamics on The Bachelor. On this season, join host Mariah Smith as she dissects the history of the genre one show at a time, revealing how it's shaped our culture and how our culture shaped it.

Spectacle is a series that analyzes the cultural and societal implications of your guilty pleasures. From reality TV to true crime, Spectacle simultaneously celebrates and critiques the media, people and places that define us. For advertising opportunities, contact podcastadsales@sonymusic.com. SEASON 3: This season of Spectacle delves into the history of true crime -- from the cases that shook us to our core, to its passionate audience, and what narratives and stereotypes it reinforces in our culture. From Sony Music Entertainment. Spectacle: True Crime is available June 23rd. SEASON 2: Las Vegas It's a city that has defined popular culture. An oasis in the desert, a mirage — a playground for adults replete with casinos, showgirls, and all-you-can-eat buffets. But how did Vegas become “Sin City”? From the genesis of shotgun weddings, to film portrayals of the mob-era, to the social engineering behind mega-casinos…season 2 of Spectacle explores the fabulous, the incorrigible, Las Vegas. SEASON 1: Reality TV Reality TV is dismissed as guilty pleasure, low brow... even trash. But whether you want to admit it or not, you probably have heard of Snooki, Lisa Vanderpump or Kim Kardashian. Over the past 30 years, reality TV has become a place to see the social and political moment play out in real time -- from racial tensions on The Real World New York to gender dynamics on The Bachelor. On this season, join host Mariah Smith as she dissects the history of the genre one show at a time, revealing how it's shaped our culture and how our culture shaped it.

 

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True Crime | 12. True Crime, Glass of Wine, Bed by 9 -- A White Lady Obsession

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08 Sep 2022

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True Crime | 11. Forensic Files, CSI and the Peddling of Junk Science

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01 Sep 2022

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True Crime | 10. Is Prestige True Crime Sensationalizing Real Pain?

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25 Aug 2022

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True Crime | 9. The Feminist Fantasy of Law & Order: SVU

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18 Aug 2022

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True Crime | 8. Soledad O'Brien Highlighting 'Black & Missing' Women

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11 Aug 2022

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True Crime | 7. From Dirty John to Anna ‘Delvey’ -- why we love a good con

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04 Aug 2022

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True Crime | 6. Citizen Sleuthing Gone Good… and Bad

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28 Jul 2022

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True Crime | 5. If It Bleeds, It Leads

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21 Jul 2022

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True Crime | 4. Keith Morrison on How Dateline Cracked the True Crime Code

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14 Jul 2022

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True Crime | 3. How Televised Trials Of The 90s Turned Crime Into a Spectacle

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07 Jul 2022

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True Crime | 2. "Hot Ted Bundy"

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30 Jun 2022

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True Crime | 1. In Cold Blood to Serial & true crime tropes

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23 Jun 2022

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Las Vegas | 12. True Crime in Sin City: Mobsters, Murders and Thieves

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28 Apr 2022

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Las Vegas | 11. From Celine to Britney, The Revival of the Las Vegas Residency

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21 Apr 2022

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Las Vegas | 10. Caesar's Palace & Holyfield's Ear in Boxing’s World Capital

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14 Apr 2022

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Las Vegas | 9. Ocean's 11 and Beating The House

Films like Ocean’s 11 fulfill this fantasy of beating the house. But in reality, it’s a lo... more

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Las Vegas | 8. The Hangover & Vegas For The Male Gaze

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31 Mar 2022

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Las Vegas | 7. Heidi Fleiss, sex work, Vegas

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