Curse of: America’s Next Top Model
Episodes
Reality TV: The Great Experiment
26 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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. ...
Introducing — Smart Girl Dumb Questions
21 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Experiencing “Curse of” withdrawal? We’re bringing you a taste of a show we love: Smart Girl Dumb Questions. In this episode excerpt...
The House That Tyra Built
18 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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 expl...
America’s Next Top Body Shamer
11 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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 gen...
Fierce, Queer, and Flawed
04 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
America’s Next Top Model was a pioneer of LGBTQIA+ representation on reality TV. The show gave us iconic queer judges, featured an openly l...
Race Swap Card
28 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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 A...
Reality TV vs. Modeling Competition
21 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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 shoot...
Psych Out
14 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
CONTENT WARNING: This episode mentions sexual assault, suicide, and suicidal ideation. We continue our discussion about the ANTM psychological e...
Psych Up
07 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
CONTENT WARNING: This episode mentions sexual assault, suicide, and suicidal ideation. Before you could be cast on America’s Next To...
Tale of Two Winners
30 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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...
The Blueprint
23 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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 ...
S1: E1 – The Set-Up
16 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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 big...
Introducing Curse of: America's Next Top Model
09 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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 mod...