British broadcaster ITV has come under increased scrutiny in recent weeks after the death of a guest on the long running reality show, Jeremy Kyle. Steve Dymond committed suicide after failing a lie detector test on the show about cheating on his partner. After 14 years, the Jeremy Kyle show has now been cancelled and there have been questions raised around the ethics of these type of shows and others including the extremely popular and profitable Love Island. 

How much responsibility should fall on the production companies creating these shows when it comes to contestant welfare before, during and post production? Should there be more regulation in the industry as currently there are no rules about whether shows should even follow the advice of psychologists commissioned to test contestants?

These are just some of the questions we discuss on this week's episode with the conversation surrounding the recent Dispatches documentary, Jeremy Kyle: TV on Trial. Watch the documentary in full over on Channel 4.

#17: BYOO on Reality TV

Episode 18 focuses on the recent Sky News documentary 'Harvey Weinstein: Fall of the King of Hollywood' in which victims and previous co-workers are interviewed about their experiences with the now disgraced film producer. From there being a system in place to lure in women to it being an open secret in Hollywood, we try to understand how and why the abuse continued for so long? We also consider whether witnesses of abuses of power should be held more accountable and what we would do if we were caught in a similar situation. 

Check out bringyourownopinion.com to watch the documentary in full ahead of listening to the episode and we'd love you to bring your own opinion over on instagram, @bringyourownopinion.

#18: BYOO on Harvey Weinstein

The UK is set to be the first country to introduce a law whereby anyone accessing porn online will need to verify that they are over 18 years of age. Due to come into effect on July 15th, it has been postponed yet again as there have not been sufficient measures put in place to manage this law change properly. 

The purpose of this "porn ban" is to further protect children online but what will the implications be from a privacy and data collection point of view? Can we really monitor and police what people watch online and how effective can this be?

This week's episode focuses on a recent BBC Newsbeat documentary 'Turning Off Porn'. Check out bringyourownopinion.com to watch the documentary in full ahead of listening to the episode and we'd love you to bring your own opinion over on Instagram, @bringyourownopinion.

#19: BYOO on The UK Porn Ban

It's episode 20 and as Elijah is away this week we welcome back a good friend of the podcast on co-hosting duties. You may remember Macey from episode 4: BYOO on Legalising Weed and this time she's back with Mims to discuss all things egg freezing. 

With companies such as Apple, Google and Facebook now offering female employees the option to freeze their eggs as a part of their benefits package, the idea has become much more mainstream. Does it work? Is it worth it? Is egg freezing really empowering for women? These are just some of the questions we try to tackle this week. We also try to interrogate our videographer extraordinaire Akil to get a male perspective on the whole issue. 

We focused on a recent Broadly documentary 'Egg Freezing, Career Women, & the Future of Fertility' for this episode. Check out bringyourownopinion.com to watch the documentary in full ahead of listening and we'd love you to bring your own opinion over on Instagram, @bringyourownopinion.

#20: BYOO on Egg Freezing

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