Curse of: America’s Next Top Model

Introducing: Burden of Guilt Season 3

Just five days after her engagement to Kenny, Cindy learns that her fiancé was accused of abusing one of Cindy’s children. The facts behind the accusation didn’t add up t

The Dirty Rotten Scandals of ANTM | BONUS

The ANTM reckoning continues with a new E! docuseries, Dirty Rotten Scandals America’s Next Top Model. The series premieres on E! tonight March 11th, at 9PM EST / 6PM PT.

Introducing: Love Trapped

Former Bachelor Clayton Echard’s casual one-night fling turned into a paternity nightmare.  The scandal ignited the internet, attracting hundreds of citizen sleuths who n

Yeah, Tyra's a Villain | BONUS Pt. 2

We’re continuing our conversation about the Netflix docuseries “Reality Check: Inside America’s Next Top Model.” In Pt.2, host Bridget Armstrong and editor Monique LaBord

Yeah, Tyra's a Villain | BONUS Pt. 1

The new Netflix docu-series has everyone talking. “Reality Check: Inside America’s Next Top Model” features sit-down interviews with Tyra Banks and Ken Mock, plus longtim

Reality TV: The Great Experiment | BONUS

Thanks for listening to this season of Curse of: America’s Next Top Model. As you can imagine, we had to leave a lot on the cutting room floor. In this special bonus epis

Introducing — Smart Girl Dumb Questions

Experiencing “Curse of” withdrawal? We’re bringing you a taste of a show we love: Smart Girl Dumb Questions. In this episode excerpt, host Nayeema Raza asks relationship

The House That Tyra Built | EP 10

No matter who won, Tyra Banks was always the real star of ANTM. But was she a fairy godmother, a villain, or both? On this final episode, we explore Tyra’s on-camera pers

America’s Next Top Body Shamer| EP 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 afte

Fierce, Queer, and Flawed | EP 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

Race Swap Card | EP 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, per

Reality TV vs. Modeling Competition | EP 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 c

Psych Out | EP 5

CONTENT WARNING: This episode mentions sexual assault, suicide, and suicidal ideation.  We continue our discussion about the ANTM psychological evaluation. We hear from

Psych Up | EP 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 psychol

Tale of Two Winners | EP 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

The Blueprint | EP 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 b

The Set-Up | EP 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 s

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 dec