Get Obsessed : With Living Your Best Life

From the Cleavers to the Kardashians: How TV Families Have Reflected and Redefined American Life with Deborah Griffiths

Get Obsessed : With Living Your Best Life

Show Notes

In this episode of The Get Obsessed Podcast, Julie Lokun sits down with Deborah Griffiths, host of Bent Not Broken: Starting Over After Divorce, to explore how television has both reflected and reshaped the American family from the 1950s to today. From Leave It to Beaver to The Kardashians, they uncover how media has influenced our values, relationships, and the modern meaning of family.

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