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Jean Hargadon Wehner, The Keepers, Netflix

Review: The Keepers and S-Town are not about murders. They’re about survivors.

Reviews of the Netflix documentary series The Keepers and the Serial podcast S-Town, both of which are extraordinary works of narrative nonfiction.

Shittown podcast, John, maze

If you are not yet listening to the podcast S-Town, change that now

The new podcast from Serial Productions, S-Town or Shittown, is leading the iTunes charts because it tells an incredibly engaging story.

Richard Simmons, Katie Lee Gifford, Hoda Kotb

Missing Richard Simmons and the messiness of real life

A review of the controversial, questionable podcast Missing Richard Simmons, on which Dan Taberski explores Simmons’ disappearance from public life.

Richard Simmons, Today Show, 2010

Missing Richard Simmons and 4 other gripping, real-life podcasts

Five recommended podcasts, all of which tell true stories in engaging ways, from murder mysteries to the mystery of what happened to Richard Simmons.

about reality blurred

I’m Andy Dehnart, a writer who obsessively and critically covers reality TV, focusing on how it’s made and what it means.

I created reality blurred 20 years ago as a place to collect interesting links I found. Today, I review and recommend reality shows, documentaries, and nonfiction entertainment; analyze news and report from behind the scenes; and interview people who create and star in reality TV shows. You'll also find other people's insightful takes on reality TV in these pages, too.

I believe pop culture can both entertain and affect us, and so reality blurred's goal is to amplify the best and hold the worst accountable. In other words, I’m here to call it out when it sucks and celebrate it when it’s amazing. Let’s talk about it together!