Harsh Reality: The Story of Miriam Rivera

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It was supposed to be a reality show with a twist. In a sun-drenched villa in Ibiza, six hot guys compete for a cash prize and for the love of the beautiful and mysterious Miriam. It’s meant to be her big break: the moment she becomes the superstar she was born to be. But this is the era of “cruel reality TV” and the show producers have a different goal: they want to surprise the men with the fact that Miriam is trans. A new six-episode investigative series from Wondery, the makers of The Shrink Next Door and The Apology Line, and from Novel, HARSH REALITY is the story about love, lies, reality TV and a woman before her time: Miriam Rivera. Written by Agnes Borinsky and hosted by Trace Lysette. Binge all episodes of Harsh Reality: The Story of Miriam Rivera exclusively and ad-free by joining Wondery+ in the Wondery App, Apple Podcasts or Spotify. Start your free trial by visiting wondery.com/links/the-story-of-miriam-rivera/ now.

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224 Ratings

Great listen

01/02/2024

CelVer21

Really enjoying the storytelling on this podcast
Excellent

11/07/2022

anna magdalena m

Thank you for this story ! I wish everyone would listen to this . Love !
Well made and interesting

31/05/2023

Narny101

An interesting and tragic story
This is what happens when you play with fire.

20/08/2022

messilywinekiwi1990

Interesting story, but with an obvious agenda. This is far too sympathetic to Miriam whose behaviour was grossly unethical. The producers aren’t angels here either but Miriam knew that the men on this program would be falling in love with a woman, and not a man pretending to be a woman. I’m not surprised at the men’s reactions nor at the media who called out unethical behaviour where they saw it. Also not surprised that this was the brain child of two homosexual men, trying to push the boundaries and not caring about the people they hurt along the way.

It was supposed to be a reality show with a twist. In a sun-drenched villa in Ibiza, six hot guys compete for a cash prize and for the love of the beautiful and mysterious Miriam. It’s meant to be her big break: the moment she becomes the superstar she was born to be. But this is the era of “cruel reality TV” and the show producers have a different goal: they want to surprise the men with the fact that Miriam is trans. A new six-episode investigative series from Wondery, the makers of The Shrink Next Door and The Apology Line, and from Novel, HARSH REALITY is the story about love, lies, reality TV and a woman before her time: Miriam Rivera. Written by Agnes Borinsky and hosted by Trace Lysette. Binge all episodes of Harsh Reality: The Story of Miriam Rivera exclusively and ad-free by joining Wondery+ in the Wondery App, Apple Podcasts or Spotify. Start your free trial by visiting wondery.com/links/the-story-of-miriam-rivera/ now.