The Shows That Raised Me

I wasn’t raised by television.But I learned how to live from it.In this episode, I introduce myself through the shows that shaped me, because for a long time, they were my only access to the world outside the one I grew up in.Raised in a controlled environment, I wasn’t just watching TV. I was studying it. Learning relationships, desire, identity, and belonging from fragments.And trying to build a self from that.This episode is about exposure, what happens when you grow up without a shared cultural language, and what it takes to unlearn the stories that were never fully yours.If you’ve ever felt behind, out of sync, or like everyone else knew something you didn’t, start here.