MTV's The Real World and the rise of reality ...

The 1990s is considered by many to be the golden age of sneaker culture and there was one catalogue sneakerheads could not get enough of. The Eastbay Catalogue was a portal into an exclusive community no matter where you lived in the world. In this episode of History of the 90s h ...  Show more

Presenting an episode of American Criminal, a podcast that takes a deep dive into the stories of America’s most fascinating, devious and shocking criminals. The show is currently running a special five part season on Eric Rudolph. He’s the guy who planted a bomb at the 1996 Atlan ...  Show more

We know that with 1992's The Real World, MTV predicted the phenomenon of reality television. But they also created a new species that roams the earth to this very day: the Reality Television Star. We talk to a few early Real World cast members about the blinding level of fame the ...  Show more

Kate talks about We Are The Champions on Netflix, which documents six widely different and very unique competitions across the world. Julie Pizzi serves as President of Entertainment and Development at Bunim/Murray Productions (BMP) and Executive Producer of The Challenge, a real ...  Show more

Mick Jagger, Madonna, and David Bowie were amongst the megastars who participated in the ‘I Want My MTV!’ campaign which debuted on 1st March, 1982; credited for getting music television to a sustainable number of cable providers and thereby kickstarting a whole genre: the music ...  Show more

Lizzie Grubman from MTV’s 2005 reality TV series about press maven Lizzie mentoring a team of young hopeful publicists as they work their way in the world of celebrities, glamour and public relations to ultimately earn a permanent spot on her team. Abby and Vanessa, co-hosts of f ...  Show more