Not Above It!

By: Jake Flanagin & Taija Mars McDougall
  • Summary

  • Not Above It! is the podcast for serious people who love unserious television. Each week, hosts Taija Mars McDougall, a professor, and Jake Flanagin, an attorney and writer, recap episodes of the hottest reality TV shows on the airwaves — from housewives to hot dummies on an island. Think of them as the Jane Goodall and Margaret Mead of the trash content ecosystem, always thinking about the ways these ridiculous shows teach us about real-world social issues, subcultures, politics, economics, philosophy, religion, even ourselves!

    Not Above It! is here to show you how lowbrow might be higher than you think.

    Instagram: @notaboveitpod

    Email: notaboveitpodcast@gmail.com

    Not Above It! 2024
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Episodes
  • Baby Gorgeous, Baby Nervous System: RHOSLC S5 E16
    Jan 23 2025

    Jake and Taija cover the Season 5 Finale of The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City in this episode of Not Above It! Topics of conversation include Lisa Barlow's emotional Peter Pan syndrome, the refreshing earnestness of Mary and Angie K.'s friendship, Meredith's neverending quest fo a memeable screengrab, and the conspiratorial menace of Heather C-I-Gay, producer-at-large. Also, a bite-sized review of Good Time Girl, otherwise known as The Year Obsessive Thinking (About Monica Garcia).

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    1 hr and 2 mins
  • Meet the Metawives: RHOSLC S5 E15
    Jan 16 2025

    On this week's episode of Not Above It!, Jake and Taija cover Season 5, Episode 15 of The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City, and finally crack the code of what makes Salt Lake such a singular work of reality-TV art. Also: The brimming intellect of Heather Gay, Britani's strategy-by-chaos, an emerging theory of Bronwyn's duplicitousness, and the subtle genius of a Lisa Barlow tantrum.

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    1 hr and 2 mins
  • Puerto Vallalkyries: RHOSLC S5 E13
    Jan 8 2025

    In this omnibus episode of Not Above It!, Taija and Jake cover episodes 13 and 14 of Season 5 of The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City: The Muppets take Puerto Vallarta! Malinwoski's Kula ring comes to Bravo, all the world's a stage (and a confessional box) for Britani, Lisa and Meredith are psychoanalyzed for filth, and Heather Gay has her Newtonian apple tree moment.

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    1 hr and 34 mins

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