Britney Spears' life has been the subject of intense scrutiny since she was a teenager but over the past 13 years, after a very public breakdown, she's been under the conservatorship of her once-estranged father. 
So, how did we get here? How did one of the world’s most influential and successful pop stars end up losing control of her own life? 
In this series we'll talk to the people who were there to find out what led Britney Spears to where she is today.
Are the media to blame? Is it the machine of the music business? Her own family? Or is it us who are the problem?

CREDITS
Executive Producer: Edwina Stott
Audio Production: Adrian Walton

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How did we get here?  How did one of the world’s most influential and successful pop stars end up losing control of her own life? 

Unable to make decisions about her finances, day-to-day tasks or even her own health...but at the same time still performing on stages around the world and drawing in millions of dollars.

Britney Spears has been under the conservatorship of her once-estranged father for well over a decade.  And as the world asks why, we're digging deeper into the factors which lead Britney to where she is today.

Are the media to blame? Is it the machine of the music business? Her own family? Or perhaps is it us who are the problem?

GUESTS

Author of Britney: Inside the Dream, Steve Dennis

Paparazzi, Daniel Ramos

Attorney and conservatorship expert, Lisa MacCarley

Journalist for The Atlantic, Spencer Kornhaber

Lawyer and the Director of the Spectrum Institute, Thomas Coleman

AUDIO SOURCES

Britney Spears on Star Search - T.P.E./Rysher Entertainment 

Britney Spears at 2002 Video Music Awards - MTV

Britney Spears at 1999 & 2000 Billboard Music Awards - Fox Broadcasting Company

Britney Spears at the 2014 People's Choice Awards - CBS Entertainment Group

Britney Spears on E! News, Big Stars Big Stories - E! News

Fox News Commentary on Britney Spears Child Custody Battle - Fox Broadcasting Company 

Britney Spears attacking Paparazzi - X17 

Britney Spears transported to Cedars Sinai - Hollywood.TV

Britney Spears interview on For The Record - Radical Media / MTV 

CREDITS

Executive Producer: Edwina Stott

Audio Production: Adrian Walton

Managing Producer: Andrew Brentnall

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In the mid-2000s Britney Spears was the most famous pop star in the world and the public's insatiable appetite for stories about her meant she was constantly followed by a swarm of desperate paparazzi.

The frenzy began to take its toll and in 2007 she finally reached breaking point, shaving her head and attacking a paparazzo's car with an umbrella.

So why didn't the media leave Britney alone when she was clearly suffering under intense scrutiny?

And if they had, would she have been put under conservatorship at all?

In episode of Unpacked, we’re going to attempt to answer that.

GUESTS

Journalist, David Samuels

Paparazzi, Daniel Ramos

Entertainment Reporter, Dax Holt

Blogger & Media Personality, Perez Hilton

AUDIO SOURCES

Britney Spears and the paparazzi - X17 

Britney Spears at 29th Annual GLAAD Awards - Maximo TV

Britney Spears hits paparazzo's car with umbrella - X17 

Britney Spears and Kevin Federline Sketch at 2006 Video Music Awards - MTV

CREDITS

Executive Producer: Edwina Stott

Audio Production: Adrian Walton

Managing Producer: Andrew Brentnall

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See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.