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Split Screen: Kid Nation
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...
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4.2 stars from 78 ratings
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“Great podcast, fun to listen to in the background when I’m doing something else. Nice analyzation of society and kids’ portrayal of it reflected in their world”
Not_a_froggo👍👍👍 via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
06/11/24
Not an exposé
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“This seems like it is going to be hard-hitting journalism into the exploitation of kids, but it ends up being a celebration of the format. It comes complete with breathless recaps manufactured dramatic moments and after-the-fact interviews with participants. The intent might be to create a...”Read full review »
Otherlleft via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
06/10/24
A great example of Yellow “journalism”
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“Entire podcast is sensationalized hyperbolic nonsense. Podcaster also puts his idiotic opinions into this “investigation”.”
thedp321 via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
06/09/24
Recent Episodes
Published 05/22/24
Negative portrayals left kids like Olivia traumatized whereas others, like Laurel and Anjay look back with fondness. How did being on the show affect the trajectory of the pioneers? And why does Kid Nation continue to strike a cultural chord?
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Published 05/22/24
After the chaos of the first few weeks life in Bonanza City stabilizes – but that doesn’t make for great TV. The former pioneers say that as the show wore on, the drama became more contrived, with plot-lines that saw kids portrayed as gambling addicts and anarchists, looting the town stores. It...
Published 05/15/24
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