Uncover Lauren Conrad, the Most Unlikely Reality Star ft. Troy McEady

About this episode

The episode explores the rise of Lauren Conrad from Laguna Beach to her time on The Hills, featuring insights from pop culture expert Troy McEady.

Let's go back to the beginning...all the way to Laguna Beach. Twenty years ago, a producer took a bunch of hot high school students and put them on TV, before following star Lauren Conrad all the way to Los Angeles as she tried to make it in the big city. In 2010, she is fresh off her final season of the reality-show-meets-scripted-docu-series 'The Hills,' and on the cover of her alma mater Teen Vogue (where she is still remembered as the girl who DIDN'T go to Paris). Laguna superfan and pop culture savant Troy McEady comes on to talk all things LC for the ultimate nostalgia episode. https://www.teenvogue.com/story/lauren-conrad-teen-vogue-november-2010

People in this episode

Host: Beatrice Hazlehurst

Guest: Troy McEady

Topics covered

• reality TV
• nostalgia
• pop culture
• celebrity
• teen magazines

Keywords

• Lauren Conrad
• Laguna Beach
• The Hills
• Troy McEady
• Teen Vogue
• reality TV
• nostalgia

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Teen Vogue

Places: Laguna Beach, Los Angeles

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