A Unified Theory of Trash

Taija Mars McDougall and Jake Flanagin
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Hosts Taija Mars McDougall, a professor, and Jake Flanagin, an attorney, analyze reality TV’s most chaotic, perplexing, and deranged moments through intersecting frameworks of critical theory, history, literature, economics, philosophy, psychology, and more. Think of them as the Margaret Murray and Jane Gooddall of the trash-content ecosystem, working toward a unified theory of spectacle, desire, and the human impulse to watch others unravel. unifiedtrash.substack.com

Episodes

  1. 11/03/2025

    A Little Sugar in the Tank

    Jake and Taija continue their discussion of The Real Housewives of Miami Season 4 reboot, covering the specter of the gay husband, Larsa Pippen’s donk metaphysics, the plastic surgeon husband as modern Pygmalion, and a spin through the Le Carréesque world Julia Lemigova (before she met any Haitian morticians). This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit unifiedtrash.substack.com

    1h 25m

  2. 10/30/2025

    The Butts, They're Everywhere

    In the premier episode of A Unified Theory of Trash, Taija and Jake discuss the reboot of Bravo/Peacock’s The Real Housewives of Miami, and coin their very first theory of trash. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit unifiedtrash.substack.com

    55 min
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Hosts Taija Mars McDougall, a professor, and Jake Flanagin, an attorney, analyze reality TV’s most chaotic, perplexing, and deranged moments through intersecting frameworks of critical theory, history, literature, economics, philosophy, psychology, and more. Think of them as the Margaret Murray and Jane Gooddall of the trash-content ecosystem, working toward a unified theory of spectacle, desire, and the human impulse to watch others unravel. unifiedtrash.substack.com

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  • Creator
    Taija Mars McDougall and Jake Flanagin
  • Years Active
    2K
  • Episodes
    2
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © Taija Mars McDougall & Jake Flanagin
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