Aliens Watching Reality TV

Too Hot to Handle season 5 has come to an end! Join us for our recap of episodes 9 and 10. In the finale, the contestants display what they learned over the course of the "retreat," including such gems as, "You should care about the feelings of the people you sleep with." Where else could you find such wisdom?? Thank you, Lana. The neurotypicals needed you.  Subscribe to our Pa...

We finally watched Too Hot to Handle and have found a truly worthy and unusual contender in Netflix's dating reality show stable. It's like watching No Exit by Jean-Paul Sartre, but this Hell is perfectly tailored to torture neurotypical Gen Z-ers. It's fantastic. Join us for our recap of episode 8 which manages to be longer than episode 8 itself! Subscribe to our Patreon for just $...

We finally watched Too Hot to Handle and have found a truly worthy and unusual contender in Netflix's dating reality show stable. It's like watching No Exit by Jean-Paul Sartre, but this Hell is perfectly tailored to torture neurotypical Gen Z-ers. It's fantastic. We tried to recap episodes 5-7 of season 5 as concisely as we know how and we'll be back on Friday with the next ba...

We finally watched Too Hot to Handle and have found a truly worthy and unusual contender in Netflix's dating reality show stable. It's like watching No Exit by Jean-Paul Sartre, but this Hell is perfectly tailored to torture neurotypical Gen Z-ers. It's fantastic. We tried to recap episodes 1-4 of season 5 as concisely as we know how and now we'll be covering the rest of the se...

The Ultimatum: Queer Love is over but we're simply not ready to move on from the Ultimatum franchise so we watched the first episode of The Ultimatum: France! 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...

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 proce...

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  ...

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...

We're talking about Love Is Blind season 4 again and sharing behind the scenes drama and secrets! Every season, some couples get engaged but the show chooses not to follow their story. In this episode, we debrief the unaired engagement of Ava and JP and analyze what happens when a neurotypical and a neurodivergent fall in love in the pods and are then confronted with the real world. Can their...

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/AliensWatchingRealityTV Aliens Watching Reality TV is hosted by Erika Heidewald and Josh Shahryar, two reality show newbies who g...

The Ultimatum: Queer Love is over and I don't know what to do with my life after this! We brought the season to a close by inviting back Frida from the Extremely Gay podcast to join Josh and me for this reunion recap, review, and rant extravaganza. What did you think of the reunion? Get in touch with us and let us know! We're probably not totally done making episodes about this show beca...

Our recaps of The Ultimatum: Queer Love are almost over! In our episode 9 recap we cover what happens with all the couples on ultimatum day and our recap of the reunion will be posted tomorrow! Thank you for analyzing this season with us, I can't believe it's almost over already. Subscribe to our Patreon for just $5 a month to get an additional full-length episode every single week! Righ...

Our recaps of The Ultimatum: Queer Love continue with episode 8 and we check in with all our original couples before Decision Day!  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 (but we're almost done - what should we cover next??) https://www.patreon.com/AliensWatchingRealityTV   A...

Our recaps of The Ultimatum: Queer Love continue with episode 7 and the most awkward cocktail party ever seen on TV (possibly tied with every other cocktail party seen on this series).  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 (but we're almost done - what should we cover next?...

Our recaps of The Ultimatum: Queer Love continue with episode 6 and a lot of these people might need therapy more than they need to be 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 (but we're almost done - what should we cover next??) https://www.patreon.com/AliensWat...

Our recaps of The Ultimatum: Queer Love continue with episode 5 and Josh is back to tell us all their opinions on the trial marriages! 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 (but we're almost done - what should we cover next??) https://www.patreon.com/AliensWatchingRealityTV...

Our recaps of The Ultimatum: Queer Love continue with episode 4 and Josh is back to tell us all their opinions on the trial marriages! 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 (but we're almost done - what should we cover next??) https://www.patreon.com/AliensWatchingRealityTV...

The Ultimatum: Queer Love has reached the gay musical chairs stage of the experiment! Frida from the Extremely Gay podcast fills in for Josh for this episode 3 recap as our special guest gay host and certified Lesbian U-Haul Expert.  For more of her expertise, subscribe to Extremely Gay on your podcast app of choice! Subscribe to our Patreon for just $5 a month to get an additional full-length epi...

The Ultimatum: Queer Love gets even messier in episode 2! Frida from the Extremely Gay podcast is back as guest host for this recap and review  and we finally address the issue that has the global lesbian community stumped - why is Vanessa like this?? 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...

The Ultimatum: Queer Love has finally arrived and it's even messier than we could have dreamed. Frida from the Extremely Gay podcast fills in for Josh for this episode 1 recap as our special guest gay host and certified Lesbian U-Haul Expert.  For more of her expertise, subscribe to Extremely Gay on your podcast app of choice! Subscribe to our Patreon for just $5 a month to get an additional...

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 add...

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...

We watched another episode of Love on the Spectrum and emerged with our mental stability only somewhat intact. This show is bad! The cast and the autistic community in general deserve better. Are you sipping the haterade with us? Let us know! Send us your thoughts to alienswatchingrealitytv@gmail.com and we might read them on the podcast (with your consent, of course)! Subscribe to our Patreon for...

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...

We made ourselves watch another episode of Love on the Spectrum and it led to lots of introspection about autism, comorbidities, social skills, first loves, consent, and our opinions on whether or not you should talk to the stylist the whole time while getting your hair cut. Let's talk about episode 2! Do we dare watch episode 3? How much more infantilization can we stand to witness? Only tim...