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Aliens Watching Reality TV

English, TV & Video, 9 seasons, 71 episodes, 3 days, 7 hours, 34 minutes
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Overanalyzing human behavior by watching reality TV dating shows on Netflix - watch Love Is Blind season 4 with us! We post recaps, reviews, and neurodivergent analyses for every single episode. Aliens Watching Reality TV is hosted by Erika and Josh, two reality show newbies who grew up feeling like aliens. Turns out we're actually autistic and ADHD so we don't understand how neurotypicals communicate but we hyperfocus on trying to figure it out.  Til Death Do Us Part! Love ya! #AliensWatchingRealityTV  Season 1: Perfect Match Season 1 Season 2: Love Is Blind Season 4 @erikaheidewald @jshahryar
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Love Is Blind Producers Sue Season 5's Renee for $4 Million - Premium Episode News Update (Sample)

This is a sample of our premium episode Love Is Blind news recap covering the $4 million lawsuit against season 5 participant Renee Poche and her countersuit. Subscribe to our Patreon to listen to the entire episode:https://www.patreon.com/AliensWatchingRealityTV Aliens Watching Reality TV is hosted by Erika Heidewald and Josh Shahryar, two reality show newbies who grew up feeling like aliens (turns out we're just autistic and ADHD) and love analyzing human behavior by watching reality TV dating shows on Netflix. Find us on social media:https://www.tiktok.com/@aliensrealitytvhttps://www.tiktok.com/@erikaheidewaldhttps://twitter.com/erikaheidewaldhttps://www.tiktok.com/@jshahryarhttps://twitter.com/JShahryarhttps://twitter.com/aliensrealitytvhttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UC5ibZRt1YLPPlw_tGSMnynATil Death Do Us Part! Love ya!#AliensWatchingRealityTV Season 1: Perfect Match Season 1Season 2: Love Is Blind Season 4Season 3: Love on the Spectrum US Season 1 Season 4: The Ultimatum: Queer LoveSeason 5: The Ultimatum FranceSeason 6: Too Hot to Handle Season 5 Season 7: Love Is Blind Season 5Season 8: The Golden Bachelor season 1
1/14/20249 minutes, 46 seconds
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Golden Bachelor Episode 3 Recap

Watch this episode on Patreon, where subscribers get early access to all our Golden Bachelor recaps and have exclusive access to the video podcast! https://www.patreon.com/posts/91573336Erika's mom Jeanette joins the podcast as a guest host to recap the first season of the Golden Bachelor! To support the podcast and get the full episode as a VIDEO podcast, please subscribe to the Patreon - only $5 gets you access to all our premium episodes and the full season of Golden Bachelor video recaps to come!https://www.patreon.com/AliensWatchingRealityTV Aliens Watching Reality TV is hosted by Erika Heidewald and Josh Shahryar, two reality show newbies who grew up feeling like aliens (turns out we're just autistic and ADHD) and love analyzing human behavior by watching reality TV dating shows on Netflix. Find us on social media:https://www.tiktok.com/@aliensrealitytvhttps://www.tiktok.com/@erikaheidewaldhttps://twitter.com/erikaheidewaldhttps://www.tiktok.com/@jshahryarhttps://twitter.com/JShahryarhttps://twitter.com/aliensrealitytvhttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UC5ibZRt1YLPPlw_tGSMnynATil Death Do Us Part! Love ya!#AliensWatchingRealityTV Season 1: Perfect Match Season 1Season 2: Love Is Blind Season 4Season 3: Love on the Spectrum US Season 1 Season 4: The Ultimatum: Queer LoveSeason 5: The Ultimatum FranceSeason 6: Too Hot to Handle Season 5 Season 7: Love Is Blind Season 5Season 8: The Golden Bachelor season 1
10/25/20231 hour, 16 minutes, 11 seconds
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Love Is Blind Season 2 Episode 2 Recap - Premium Episode (Sample)

We re/watched Love Is Blind season 2 episode 2 and I think this episode might have the most cringy proposals in one episode out of the whole series. This is a sample of our Love Is Blind season 2 episode 2 recap. Subscribe to our Patreon for just $5 a month to hear the rest of this episode and get an additional full-length episode every single week! We've already covered Love Is Blind season 1 and Jewish Matchmaking so there's lots of bonus content to hyperfocus on :)https://www.patreon.com/AliensWatchingRealityTV Join us in watching the season again (or for the first time) or just follow along with the podcast! I'm trying to explain everything that happens well enough so that non-viewers can enjoy it, too. Aliens Watching Reality TV is hosted by Erika Heidewald and Josh Shahryar, two reality show newbies who grew up feeling like aliens (turns out we're just autistic and ADHD) and love analyzing human behavior by watching reality TV dating shows on Netflix. Find us on social media:https://www.tiktok.com/@erikaheidewaldhttps://twitter.com/erikaheidewaldhttps://www.tiktok.com/@jshahryarhttps://twitter.com/JShahryarhttps://www.tiktok.com/@aliensrealitytvhttps://twitter.com/aliensrealitytvhttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UC5ibZRt1YLPPlw_tGSMnynATil Death Do Us Part! Love ya!#AliensWatchingRealityTV Season 1: Perfect Match Season 1Season 2: Love Is Blind Season 4Season 3: Love on the Spectrum US Season 1 Season 4: The Ultimatum: Queer LoveSeason 5: The Ultimatum: FranceSeason 6: Too Hot to Handle: Season 5
8/17/202314 minutes
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Deepfake Love Season 1 Review - Recapping Netflix's New Spanish Reality Dating Show with an AI Twist - Falso Amor

Netflix's latest reality dating show is a masterpiece. Josh, Frida, and I binge watched the whole season and we need more people to watch it so we can talk about this absolutely unhinged work of art. Deepfake Love (Falso Amor in the original Spanish) is a warning of a looming AI dystopia, a trashy reality show, and an insightful revelation into the neurotypical psyche, all at the same time. And that's realidad. Subscribe to our Patreon for just $5 a month to get an additional full-length episode every single week! Right now we're covering Jewish Matchmaking. https://www.patreon.com/AliensWatchingRealityTV Aliens Watching Reality TV is hosted by Erika Heidewald and Josh Shahryar, two reality show newbies who grew up feeling like aliens (turns out we're just autistic and ADHD) and love analyzing human behavior by watching reality TV dating shows on Netflix. Find us on social media:https://www.tiktok.com/@erikaheidewaldhttps://twitter.com/erikaheidewaldhttps://www.tiktok.com/@jshahryarhttps://twitter.com/JShahryarhttps://www.tiktok.com/@aliensrealitytvhttps://twitter.com/aliensrealitytvhttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UC5ibZRt1YLPPlw_tGSMnynAFind Frida:https://twitter.com/hejitsfridahttps://twitter.com/erikaandfridaFor more Frida content, subscribe to her podcast Extremely Gay on your podcast app of choice!Til Death Do Us Part! Love ya!#AliensWatchingRealityTV Season 1: Perfect Match Season 1Season 2: Love Is Blind Season 4Season 3: Love on the Spectrum US Season 1 Season 4: The Ultimatum: Queer LoveSeason 5: The Ultimatum: FranceSeason 6: Too Hot to Handle: Season 5
8/5/20231 hour, 2 minutes, 53 seconds
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Love Is Blind Season 2 Episode 1 Recap - Premium Episode (Sample)

Let's rewatch Love Is Blind season 2! Or watch it for the first time! Whatever the case may be! This is a sample of our Love Is Blind season 2 episode 1 recap. Subscribe to our Patreon for just $5 a month to hear the rest of this episode and get an additional full-length episode every single week! We've already covered Love Is Blind season 1 and Jewish Matchmaking so there's lots of bonus content to hyperfocus on :)https://www.patreon.com/AliensWatchingRealityTV Aliens Watching Reality TV is hosted by Erika Heidewald and Josh Shahryar, two reality show newbies who grew up feeling like aliens (turns out we're just autistic and ADHD) and love analyzing human behavior by watching reality TV dating shows on Netflix. Find us on social media:https://www.tiktok.com/@erikaheidewaldhttps://twitter.com/erikaheidewaldhttps://www.tiktok.com/@jshahryarhttps://twitter.com/JShahryarhttps://www.tiktok.com/@aliensrealitytvhttps://twitter.com/aliensrealitytvhttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UC5ibZRt1YLPPlw_tGSMnynATil Death Do Us Part! Love ya!#AliensWatchingRealityTV Season 1: Perfect Match Season 1Season 2: Love Is Blind Season 4Season 3: Love on the Spectrum US Season 1 Season 4: The Ultimatum: Queer LoveSeason 5: The Ultimatum: FranceSeason 6: Too Hot to Handle: Season 5
8/4/202311 minutes, 18 seconds
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Three Human Realities Existing Simultaneously: The Autistic, Neurodivergent, and Neurotypical Neurotypes

Ready to finally understand how other people think? In general, people tend to assume that the way their brain works is more or less the way all human brains work - but they couldn't be more wrong. The diversity in how the human brain functions is so incredible it tends to be literally unbelievable because our brains cannot even conceive of these alternate ways of thinking, sensing, and processing. From internal monologues to the inability to visualize images to the fundamental thought processes of neurotypical, neurodivergent, and autistic people - you might just learn more about the way other people think within this 90 minutes than in your entire life up to this moment. This episode is a cross-post from the podcast Rethinking Reality, hosted by Erika Heidewald. Show notes, sources, and links to more info can be found here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/65431642Subscribe to Rethinking Reality on Apple Podcasts:https://podcasts.apple.com/in/podcast/rethinking-reality/id1590324022or Spotify:https://open.spotify.com/show/4LxaXTFEBwlDt5oIiFxHsZAliens Watching Reality TV will be back with our regularly scheduled programming ASAP - feel free to email us with requests and suggestions for new shows we should cover! alienswatchingrealitytv@gmail.comSubscribe to our Patreon for just $5 a month to get an additional full-length episode every single week! Right now we're covering Jewish Matchmaking. https://www.patreon.com/AliensWatchingRealityTV Aliens Watching Reality TV is hosted by Erika Heidewald and Josh Shahryar, two reality show newbies who grew up feeling like aliens (turns out we're just autistic and ADHD) and love analyzing human behavior by watching reality TV dating shows on Netflix. Find us on social media:https://www.tiktok.com/@erikaheidewaldhttps://twitter.com/erikaheidewaldhttps://www.tiktok.com/@jshahryarhttps://twitter.com/JShahryarhttps://www.tiktok.com/@aliensrealitytvhttps://twitter.com/aliensrealitytvhttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UC5ibZRt1YLPPlw_tGSMnynAFind Frida:https://twitter.com/hejitsfridahttps://twitter.com/erikaandfridaFor more of her expertise, subscribe to Extremely Gay on your podcast app of choice!Til Death Do Us Part! Love ya!#AliensWatchingRealityTV Season 1: Perfect Match Season 1Season 2: Love Is Blind Season 4Season 3: Love on the Spectrum US Season 1 Season 4: The Ultimatum: Queer Love
7/1/20231 hour, 19 minutes, 34 seconds
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Premium Episode 8: Jewish Matchmaking Episode 2 Recap (Sample)

This is a sample of our Jewish Matchmaking episode 2 recap. Subscribe to our Patreon for just $5 a month to hear the rest of this episode and get an additional full-length episode every single week! We just finished covering Love Is Blind season 1 and now we're covering Jewish Matchmaking before starting our Love Is Blind season 2 recaps soon!https://www.patreon.com/AliensWatchingRealityTV Aliens Watching Reality TV is hosted by Erika Heidewald and Josh Shahryar, two reality show newbies who grew up feeling like aliens (turns out we're just autistic and ADHD) and love analyzing human behavior by watching reality TV dating shows on Netflix. Find us on social media:https://www.tiktok.com/@erikaheidewaldhttps://twitter.com/erikaheidewaldhttps://www.tiktok.com/@jshahryarhttps://twitter.com/JShahryarhttps://www.tiktok.com/@aliensrealitytvhttps://twitter.com/aliensrealitytvhttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UC5ibZRt1YLPPlw_tGSMnynATil Death Do Us Part! Love ya!#AliensWatchingRealityTV Season 1: Perfect Match Season 1Season 2: Love Is Blind Season 4Season 3: Love on the Spectrum US Season 1 Season 4: The Ultimatum: Queer Love
7/1/202316 minutes, 10 seconds
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Premium Episode 7: Jewish Matchmaking Episode 1 Recap (Sample)

Subscribe to our Patreon for just $5 a month to hear the rest of this episode and get an additional full-length episode every single week! We just finished covering Love Is Blind season 1 and now we're covering Jewish Matchmaking before starting our Love Is Blind season 2 recaps soon!https://www.patreon.com/AliensWatchingRealityTV Aliens Watching Reality TV is hosted by Erika Heidewald and Josh Shahryar, two reality show newbies who grew up feeling like aliens (turns out we're just autistic and ADHD) and love analyzing human behavior by watching reality TV dating shows on Netflix. Find us on social media:https://www.tiktok.com/@erikaheidewaldhttps://twitter.com/erikaheidewaldhttps://www.tiktok.com/@jshahryarhttps://twitter.com/JShahryarhttps://www.tiktok.com/@aliensrealitytvhttps://twitter.com/aliensrealitytvhttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UC5ibZRt1YLPPlw_tGSMnynATil Death Do Us Part! Love ya!#AliensWatchingRealityTV Season 1: Perfect Match Season 1Season 2: Love Is Blind Season 4Season 3: Love on the Spectrum US Season 1 Season 4: The Ultimatum: Queer Love
6/22/20231 hour, 12 minutes, 44 seconds
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Premium Episode 6: Love Is Blind Season 1 Couples - Jessica and Marc (Sample)

Our premium season recapping Love Is Blind season 1 comes to a close on Patreon with Jessica and Marc! Subscribe to our Patreon for just $5 a month to listen to the rest of this episode and get an additional full-length episode every single week!https://www.patreon.com/AliensWatchingRealityTVAliens Watching Reality TV is hosted by Erika Heidewald and Josh Shahryar, two reality show newbies who grew up feeling like aliens (turns out we're just autistic and ADHD) and love analyzing human behavior by watching reality TV dating shows on Netflix.Our theme song is Just World by Erika Heidewald, a satire of propaganda based in the Just World fallacy - available for streaming on Spotify, Apple Music, or for download on BandcampWant us to read your neurodivergent perspective on the podcast? Send us an email! alienswatchingrealitytv@gmail.comFind us on social media:https://www.tiktok.com/@erikaheidewaldhttps://twitter.com/erikaheidewaldhttps://www.tiktok.com/@jshahryarhttps://twitter.com/JShahryarhttps://www.tiktok.com/@aliensrealitytvhttps://twitter.com/aliensrealitytvhttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UC5ibZRt1YLPPlw_tGSMnynATil Death Do Us Part! Love ya!#AliensWatchingRealityTV Season 1: Perfect Match Season 1Season 2: Love Is Blind Season 4Season 3: Love on the Spectrum US Season 1 Season 4: The Ultimatum: Queer Love
6/15/202312 minutes, 28 seconds
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Interview with Demi Burnett from The Bachelor Season 23 - How She Cut the Gordian Knot of Reality TV with Her Autism

We have a very special guest on the podcast today! Demi Burnett was the most controversial cast member of The Bachelor season 23 even before she came out as autistic (the neurotypicals always know anyway). We asked her all about her experience on The Bachelor, sorting fact from fiction, and what it's like to be autistic on reality TV. Subscribe to our Patreon for just $5 a month to get an additional full-length episode every single week! Right now we're covering Love Is Blind season 1.https://www.patreon.com/AliensWatchingRealityTV Send in questions for Demi to answer next time she comes on the pod! alienswatchingrealitytv@gmail.comAliens Watching Reality TV is hosted by Erika Heidewald and Josh Shahryar, two reality show newbies who grew up feeling like aliens (turns out we're just autistic and ADHD) and love analyzing human behavior by watching reality TV dating shows on Netflix. Find us on social media:https://www.tiktok.com/@erikaheidewaldhttps://twitter.com/erikaheidewaldhttps://www.tiktok.com/@jshahryarhttps://twitter.com/JShahryarhttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UC5ibZRt1YLPPlw_tGSMnynAFind Demi: https://www.instagram.com/demi_not_lovato/https://www.tiktok.com/@demlia?lang=enTil Death Do Us Part! Love ya!#AliensWatchingRealityTV Season 1: Perfect Match Season 1Season 2: Love Is Blind Season 4Season 3: Love on the Spectrum US Season 1 *STARTING MAY 24!*Season 4: The Ultimatum: Queer Love
5/22/20231 hour, 39 minutes, 57 seconds
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Premium Episode 3: Love Is Blind Season 1 Couples - Amber and Barnett (Sample)

Our premium season recapping Love Is Blind season 1 continues on Patreon with Barnett and Amber (and Jessica and LC!). Subscribe to our Patreon for just $5 a month to listen to the rest of this episode and get an additional full-length episode every single week!https://www.patreon.com/AliensWatchingRealityTV(We recorded this episode before we found out that Barnett actually sold his house to pay off *his* debts, not Amber's - don't miss yesterday's tangent episode to catch up on how the producers manipulated that storyline.) Aliens Watching Reality TV is hosted by Erika Heidewald and Josh Shahryar, two reality show newbies who grew up feeling like aliens (turns out we're just autistic and ADHD) and love analyzing human behavior by watching reality TV dating shows on Netflix.Our theme song is Just World by Erika Heidewald, a satire of propaganda based in the Just World fallacy - available for streaming on Spotify, Apple Music, or for download on BandcampWant us to read your neurodivergent perspective on the podcast? Send us an email! alienswatchingrealitytv@gmail.comFind us on social media:https://www.tiktok.com/@erikaheidewaldhttps://twitter.com/erikaheidewaldhttps://www.tiktok.com/@jshahryarhttps://twitter.com/JShahryarhttps://www.tiktok.com/@aliensrealitytvhttps://twitter.com/aliensrealitytvhttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UC5ibZRt1YLPPlw_tGSMnynATil Death Do Us Part! Love ya!#AliensWatchingRealityTV Season 1: Perfect Match Season 1Season 2: Love Is Blind Season 4Season 3: Love on the Spectrum US Season 1 *STARTING MAY 24!*Season 4: The Ultimatum: Queer Love
5/21/202310 minutes, 47 seconds
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Premium Episode 1: Love Is Blind Season 1 Couples - Lauren and Cameron (Sample)

This our first premium episode of Aliens Watching Reality TV for Patreon subscribers - we're recapping Love is Blind season 1! We're trying something a little different and covering the season couple by couple instead of episode by episode and of course we had to start with everyone's favorite couple, Lauren and Cameron. Subscribe to our Patreon for just $5 a month to listen to the rest of this episode and get an additional full-length episode every single week! https://www.patreon.com/AliensWatchingRealityTVAliens Watching Reality TV is hosted by Erika Heidewald and Josh Shahryar, two reality show newbies who grew up feeling like aliens (turns out we're just autistic and ADHD) and love analyzing human behavior by watching reality TV dating shows on Netflix.Our theme song is Just World by Erika Heidewald, a satire of propaganda based in the Just World fallacy - available for streaming on Spotify, Apple Music, or for download on BandcampWant us to read your neurodivergent perspective on the podcast? Send us an email! alienswatchingrealitytv@gmail.comFind us on social media:https://www.tiktok.com/@erikaheidewaldhttps://twitter.com/erikaheidewaldhttps://www.tiktok.com/@jshahryarhttps://twitter.com/JShahryarhttps://www.tiktok.com/@aliensrealitytvhttps://twitter.com/aliensrealitytvhttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UC5ibZRt1YLPPlw_tGSMnynATil Death Do Us Part! Love ya!#AliensWatchingRealityTV Season 1: Perfect Match Season 1Season 2: Love Is Blind Season 4Season 3: Love on the Spectrum US Season 1 *STARTING MAY 24!*Season 4: The Ultimatum: Queer Love
5/10/202310 minutes, 40 seconds