Reality Check: Inside America's Next Top Model | part 2

Reality Check: Inside America's Next Top Model | part 2

From You Can’t Make This Up by Netflix

February 25, 2026 · 40 min · Season 9 · Episode 4

About this episode

This episode features an interview with directors Daniel Sivan and Mor Loushy discussing the legacy and criticism of America's Next Top Model.

Reality Check: Inside America’s Next Top Model brings together the stars, producers, and contestants to discuss the show’s success and confront its legacy of problematic segments. The Netflix documentary series explores how the show, envisioned as changing the modeling industry, came to re-enforce its darkest qualities. And it lets Tyra Banks and her co-stars address the criticism that their TV show did not age well. In this episode of You Can't Make This Up, host Rebecca Lavoie interviews directors Daniel Sivan and Mor Loushy. SPOILER ALERT! If you haven't watched Reality Check: Inside America’s Next Top Model yet, make sure to add it to your watch-list before listening on. Dig deeper into all of your favorite Netflix documentaries and films at tudum.com. There you can read even more about the legacy of “America’s Next Top Model.” Check our true crime hub at tudum.com/truecrime. Listen to more from Netflix Podcasts.

People in this episode

Host: Rebecca Lavoie

Guests: Daniel Sivan, Mor Loushy

Topics covered

  • America's Next Top Model
  • modeling industry
  • legacy
  • criticism
  • documentary

Keywords

  • America's Next Top Model
  • Tyra Banks
  • modeling
  • documentary
  • criticism
  • legacy
  • interview

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Organizations: America’s Next Top Model, Netflix, tudum.com

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