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Reputation Rehab

Episodes

Season 1
Nick Kyrgios
1. Nick Kyrgios

October 28, 2020 · 28 min

If you're labelled a "bad boy", can you ever shake it? We find out by confronting journalists, training with sport industry experts and finally meeting the real person behind the headlines: Nick Kyrgios.

Reality TV Villains
2. Reality TV Villains

November 4, 2020 · 28 min

When Kirsten and Zoe meet The Bachelor's Abbie Chatfield, will they be able to help her rebuild real life from the reality rubble?

COVID Shame
3. COVID Shame

November 11, 2020 · 29 min

We are living in unprecedented times... for public shaming. We get our (thoroughly sanitised) hands dirty rehabbing the real faces behind the Covid outrage headlines: beach-goers, cough-shamers, toilet seat lickers and bats.

Tabloid Shame
4. Tabloid Shame

November 18, 2020 · 27 min

Tabloids love shaming, but what does it mean for targets like Karl Stefanovic and Osher Gunsberg? Kirsten explores the dark arts of the paparazzi and Zoe learns the hard way how it feels to be on the wrong side of their lens.

Boomers
5. Boomers

November 25, 2020 · 27 min

Boomers don't just have a reputation crisis - the whole generation is a punchline. We smash generational cliches and avocados, meet the NZ MP who put 'OK Boomer' into the spotlight and try to heal the divide once and for all.

Losing Control of the Narrative
6. Losing Control of the Narrative

December 2, 2020 · 28 min

When a photo of Todd Carney doing "the bubbler" was leaked on the internet he became the second most googled person in Australia. But should his reputation be flushed down the toilet forever?

OK Karen
7. OK Karen

December 9, 2020 · 27 min

Once upon a time, Karen was just a woman from HR and the OK sign was... OK. But what happens when you're on the wrong side of change? Real Karens, Texan Peter Dutton and the CEO of Australia's most problematic lolly weigh in.

One Bad Joke
8. One Bad Joke

December 16, 2020 · 28 min

One bad joke can turn comedians from beloved entertainers into the most hated people in the country. Can we rehabilitate people on the wrong side of a LOL like Yumi Stynes and The Chaser, or even Comedy itself?