Podcast Episodes

America’s Next Top Body Shamer

Season 1 Episode 9

To this day, Tyra Banks hails ANTM as a champion of body positivity. But in reality, the show was one of the biggest body shaming offenders of our generation. Season after season, ANTM picked apart c…

Published on 8 hours ago

Fierce, Queer, and Flawed

Season 1 Episode 8

America’s Next Top Model was a pioneer of LGBTQIA+ representation on reality TV. The show gave us iconic queer judges, featured an openly lesbian contestant on season one, and even made groundbreakin…

Published on 1 week ago

Race Swap Card

Season 1 Episode 7

ANTM was one of the most racially diverse reality shows of its era. So why did so many of its episodes look so racist? This episode investigates how ANTM represented, performed, and exploited race. W…

Published on 2 weeks ago

Reality TV vs. Modeling Competition

Season 1 Episode 6

ANTM was never really about creating top models. It was a reality TV disguised as a modeling competition, and it showed. We break down how photo shoots were designed to create unforgettable moments a…

Published on 3 weeks ago

Psych Out

Season 1 Episode 5

CONTENT WARNING: This episode mentions sexual assault, suicide, and suicidal ideation. 

We continue our discussion about the ANTM psychological evaluation. We hear from models who say the traumatic e…

Published on 4 weeks ago

Psych Up

Season 1 Episode 4

CONTENT WARNING: This episode mentions sexual assault, suicide, and suicidal ideation.  

Before you could be cast on America’s Next Top Model, you had to pass a psychological evaluation. Contestants …

Published on 1 month ago

Tale of Two Winners

Season 1 Episode 3

We explore one of ANTM’s most infamous controversies. Angelea Preston won the All-Stars season of America’s Next Top Model. Later, she was stripped of the title, and her win was given to Lisa D’Amato…

Published on 1 month, 1 week ago

The Blueprint

Season 1 Episode 2

Cycle 1 was messy, low-rent, and groundbreaking. It was also the blueprint for everything ANTM would become. It introduced us to the larger-than-life personalities that became synonymous with the sho…

Published on 1 month, 2 weeks ago

The Set-Up

Season 1 Episode 1

Tyra Banks screamed it, but was she ever really rooting for these girls? In the series opener, host Bridget Armstrong explores one of ANTM’s biggest criticisms—that the show didn’t create any top mod…

Published on 1 month, 3 weeks ago

Introducing Curse of: America's Next Top Model

When America’s Next Top Model premiered in the early 2000s, it looked like a golden ticket: a glamorous TV show that could catapult aspiring models into fame. But two decades later, many contestants …

Published on 2 months ago