Gladiators, TikTok Conspiracies & Noughties Reality TV Scandals | The Problematic Gazette

Welcome back to The Problematic Gazette — The Saturday spin off to our main show - The Problematic Gaze- the queer pop culture podcast where nothing is off limits.

This week:

🏋️ Why we’re suddenly obsessed with Gladiators (and yes… it’s homoerotic)

📺 The reckoning of America’s Next Top Model and toxic 2000s reality TV culture

🎭 Celebrating Kenneth Williams at 100 and the genius of the Carry On era

📱 TikTok conspiracy rabbit holes — can social media rewrite history?

🐩 A poodle haircut that channels Auntie Peggy

💌 Listener emails & Pride Month film planning

From noughties body-shaming to modern media literacy, from gladiatorial thighs to archive-based history, we cover it all — with laughs, nostalgia, and just a touch of feverish delirium.

If you love:

✔️ Queer cinema

✔️ British comedy history

✔️ 80s & 90s TV nostalgia

✔️ Reality TV deep dives

✔️ Smart cultural debate with chaos energy

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