Extreme Makeover, The Swan & Plastic Surgery TV

Close your flip phone and stop scrolling the TV Guide channel because today we’re getting a broader understanding of The Swan & Early 2000’s makeovers.At a time when everyone was being scrutinized for their physical appearance there was a certain type of reality competition show that seemed to thrive. The Biggest Loser, The Swan & its predecessor Extreme Makeover provide a look back at a dark time in our reality tv and body image history but have things improved? Did The Swan shame us into being better or did it just pave the way for something worse?Sources:The Dark Side of Reality TV: The SwanVice, 2024 This Controversial Reality Series Was Its Own Horror MovieRhianna Malas & Pierce Baugh, Collider The Swan Fox, 2004Extreme MakeoverABC, 2002-2006Why Women in Movies Get MakeoversThe Take, YouTubeThe Ugly Pretty GirlThe Take, YouTubeThe toxic diet culture & fatphobia of early 2000's chick flickselle literacy, YouTubeWorst Moments of The Biggest LoserThe List, YouTubeBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/broads-next-door--5803223/support.

Grab your ouija board and your teenage rage because today, we’re getting a broader understanding of poltergeists What if they aren’t ghosts at all? Not even a haunting but a manifestation? What if it’s all just the raw, unfiltered energy of adolescence, the force of pure, unspoken rage and heartbreak? A panic attack attack at a pivotal time, an attempt to be seen so strong it bends the astral realm itself- What if the scariest part of poltergeist activity is not that it’s real but that it’s us?We’re going through the history of poltergeists, the science, the scares and the teenage angst to try and figure out what it means when your house is haunted not just by ghosts but by puberty.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/broads-next-door--5803223/support.

Forget about your frontal lobe & focus on the eternal sunshine of your spotless mind because in this episode we’re going Live, Laugh & Lobotomy our way into gaining a broader understanding of current coping mechanisms, escapism, break-ups, wanting to be severed from your work self, the return of the trad wife and why the current climate makes it feel like lobotomies, though obsolete, may have already made a comeback. We go over the history of the procedure itself, learn about how memories are made & hear both new and old ways that people have learned to forget.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/broads-next-door--5803223/support.

Get in your Subaru, pick up an espresso, and maybe your copy of the Constitution, because today we’re getting a broader understanding of what it’s really like to live in hell- as the president called it, or home for a lot of us- Portland, OregonBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/broads-next-door--5803223/support.

In this more somber for Broads episode, Daniela is joined by Brother Isaac of the Coexist Inc Podcast to gain a broader understanding of how 9/11 changed everything- from patriotism to pop culture, to air travel and islamaphobia, and even the memes made online. Isaac shares his story of being in the same school in Sarasota where George W. Bush was reading to children at the time, Daniela talks about the first time she saw her teachers break character and we all go over some conspiracies, 9/11 fraudsters and all the ways that everything changed. CW: audio reactions of the 9/11 attacksBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/broads-next-door--5803223/support.

Practice your fiercest walk and put on your least comfortable heels, because today we’re getting a broader understanding of America’s Next Top Model, the fever dream competition show where being photogenic wasn’t enough. You had to become traumatized to be photogenic.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/broads-next-door--5803223/support.

Practice your fiercest walk and put on your least comfortable heels, because today we’re getting a broader understanding of America’s Next Top Model, the fever dream competition show where being photogenic wasn’t enough. You had to become traumatized to be photogenic.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/broads-next-door--5803223/support.

Grab your relapse journal, and maybe some of your grandma’s ashes, because today we’re talking about what it means to be possessed- (no, not by some literal demon with a Latin name) but by trauma, by addiction, by the echo of your mother’s voice when you’re about to text someone toxic. It’s another Broads Next Door and Creative Sobriety episode. If you’ve ever found yourself mid-spiral, watching your own life burn down like a horror movie you wrote, directed, and starred in, this episode is for you. If you’ve ever whispered “this isn’t me,” but didn’t know who you actually were- We’re here to tell you: you’re not alone. And no, you’re not cursed. Not exactly.But babe, the spell might still be in the family.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/broads-next-door--5803223/support.

A Friday episode on a Monday?! Grab your favorite wigs, your blocked caller IDs, contact your favorite true crime TikToker but save the thoughts and prayers because today we’re getting a broader understanding of celebrity trials, maternal catfishers, tiktok teens accused of murder and tragically, another school shooting. Yep, it’s one of those episodes.CW: violenceBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/broads-next-door--5803223/support.

Grab your ice packs and your moral panic, because today we’re getting a broader understanding of Botox and neuromodulators. From migraines, to TMJ, to frozen foreheads we’re talking about all of it. Is it ruining the world… or does it actually have benefits?We’ll be joined by Daniela’s doctor, Dr. Marcea Wiggins to find out. https://santepdx.comBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/broads-next-door--5803223/support.