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IN SPORTS: Son of Prime Time is having a no good draft. The worst person you know makes a great point. Saquon breaks our heart, and not with his thighs.
IN POLITICS: George Santos is going to jail. Vladimir, STOP! Government offers money for baby making.
IN TV: THE PITT journey.
IN LIFE: Customer service conundrum.
Tom Hamlett is back to talk about sexy toxic men, e-bay side hustles, Doute's green dress, love island coded people and of course tan lines.
Aarti is back to talk a week of Housewives gossip and Real Housewives of Atlanta!
IN NEWS: JD Vance may have put a hit out on the Pope. RFK Jr pisses us off. ANOTHER signal chat has with leaked info.
IN POP CULTURE: Katy Perry has regrets.
IN SPORTS: Shannon Sharpe accusations.
IN TV: We're watching The Pitt!
A solo mini pod of this week's Bravo shows, not including The Valley (SORRY!!) Garcelle quits! Yikes on Brit! and Imrul pipe it down!
IN NEWS: Blue Origin flies people into space for 2 minutes.
IN POP CULTURE: The White Lotus cast has a lot of off-camera drama.
IN TV: Harry Potter is coming back as an HBO show and we are torn, like Natalie Imbruglia.
IN MOVIES: Watch "A Nice Indian Boy" out in theaters now!!
Friend of the pod, Amanda Hunt, is back to talk a full week of Bravo. From the fall of our beloved Kenya Twirl Moore to the tanking of the Real Housewives of Beverly Hills to the activation of Lindsay Hubbard.
IN LIFE: Raheel visits Minneapolis. Noor takes a tumble.
IN POLITICS: Cory Booker yaps. Tariffs make the poor poorer and the rich richer.
IN POP CULTURE: John Stamos upsets Noor. Morgan Wallen goes back to God's Country. Chappell Roan pisses off parents.
We decided to dedicate an entire episode to the Finale of The White Lotus Season 3 and naturally THERE ARE SPOILERS!!!
Inspired by Cory Booker, we are yapping NONSTOP about the delulu dumbasses on these tv shows but unlike Cory Booker...still we sit.
Riding solo to talk about the darling divas of RHOA, the delusional demons of RHOA, and the disgusting douches of Summer House
WHITE LOTUS CHAT @ 34:00 MINS
IN US NEWS: The Secretary of Defense bigly mucks up a group chat. Jasmine Crockett goes low.
Aarti's back to talk a full week of Housewives and Summer House. In Atlanta, the Hot dog king is causing havoc as are the terrible nose jobs on these women. In Beverly Hills, Sutton is the mouse they won't let go of. On Summer House, Carl is so weird but Craig is sinister.
IN US: The times remain unprecedented, as do the horrors.
IN POP CULTURE: Tom Cruise is dating someone on a helicopter. GOOP needs to shut up.
WHITE LOTUS CHAT @ 41 MINS
Kelli is back to talk about the toxic men on these reality tv show that are only tolerable when they look like beautiful lesbians, we're talking to you Kyle Cooke and Mason whatever your name is from Love Is Blind Season 8! We also touch on our beloved Emmy holding onto the sinking ship of Will from Southern Hospitality. GO BUY TICKETS TO SEE BEYOND THE BLINDS LIVE!!!
Aarti is back representing the elders of Bravo and we're breaking down the season premiere of Real Housewives of Atlanta and the weird scenes of couples saying nothing to each other on Real Housewives of Beverly Hills
IN US: Trump is importing sex traffickers and deporting protestors while holding a Tesla car show on the White House lawn.
TRAITORS CHAT @ 29 MINS
WHITE LOTUS CHAT @ 46 MINS
Aarti is back to dive into the brain of Kyle Cooke entrepreneur, husband, lover boy, and lunatic. We also talk about Southern Hospitality finale & reunion and what a masterclass of a shit show it is!
WOW THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR 500 EPISODES?!!? CHRIST! WELL! ENJOY!
IN US: SOTUS and Democrats. Luigi's alleged cinema style films.
IN POP CULTURE: Oscar's. Armie Hammer won't shut up.
IN SPORTS: Trades and contracts
TRAITORS CHAT @ 22 MINS
WHITE LOTUS CHAT @ 37 MINS
Friend of the pod, recovering gossip, comedian, and beloved human, Amanda Hunt is back to talk about Love Is Blind Season 8, Summer House, and Southern Hospitality!
HERE YE HEAR YE! CLANKITY CLANK - THE GRANDE DAME IS GOING TO JAIL! Also, the Potomac Reunions keep being better than the season and Dorit and Sutton continue their white on white crime!
IN US: Elon Musk has baby mama drama. Trump is selling citizenships. and other dumb shit.
IN OTHER: Ramadan Mubarak!
Traitors Chat @ 35:15
White Lotus Chat @ 45:30
It's time to separate Church and State and Housewives and Gorgeous Youth of Bravo! We're recapping Summer House and Southern Hospitality with THE Laguna Biotch herself!
Kung Fu Kenny is back to talk about a week of Housewives and Married to Medicine and we take some detours to discuss Beyonce of course!
SPOILERS AHEAD FOR EVERYTHING!!
WHITE LOTUS S3 EP 1: Recap @ 00:20
TRAITORS S3 EP 8: Recap @ 37:00
SNL-50 CHAT @ 47:00
Riding solo this week to talk about Racist Moms and Therapy on Real Housewives of Beverly Hills and the gorgeous idiots on Summer House and Southern Hospitality.
TRAITORS CHAT AT 1:00 MARK
IN SPORTS:The Eagles destroyed The Chiefs at the Superbowl
IN POP CULTURE:Kendrick Lamar healed us at the Superbowl
IN POLITICS: Trump continues to wreak havoc.
Aarti is back to talk a full week of Housewives and of course Married to Medicine and naturally all of our conversations end up being a sociological discussion about racism, the patriarchy, and white supremacy! We also talk about Pakistani viral sensation Onijah Robinson who is currently being exploited by terrible racist Pakistanis - SOMEONE GO SAVE ONIJAH!
*TRAITORS CHAT AT 50:30 MARK*
IN POP CULTURE: The Grammys healed us! Drake should never be heard from again!
IN US NEWS: Racists found a new way to be racist through anti-DEI nonsense.
IN SPORTS: GO BIRDS!
A full week of Bravo recaps with Tom Hamlett host of Dumpster Dive Podcast and Good Judys. We are dipping our toes into the delusions of Emmy from Southern Hospitality, lies of Mia from RHOP, the Atlanta trailer, Married to Medicine, the exhausting and sad RHONY reunion, the insanity of Sutton on RHOBH, and of course the huzzzzzbands and humorlessness of RHOSLC Reunion part 2.
Much to the chagrin of some listeners my favorite cutie Donny Hadfield (host of I Am The Cute One) is back to talk a full week of Housewives, cruises, sandwiches, and Charles Entertainment Cheese Pizza.
SPOILER FILLED TRAITORS CHAT AT 55 MINUTES
IN US NEWS: The Nazis have arrived! Tiktok is back(ed) by the Nazis! Social Media is a hellscape!
IN POP CULTURE: Little bitch asses getting litigious from Drake to Justin Baldoni!
A FULL week of Housewives and Married to Medicine recaps with the absolutely hilarious and delightful Raven James, Host of Bitch Is Better Podcast!
TRAITORS EPS 1-3 CHAT @ 45 MIN MARK FULL OF SPOILERS IN US NEWS: LA fires, Trump inauguration, Tiktok Ban
IN POP CULTURE: Early 2000s divorcees, Brad Pitt AI Scam,
IN SPORTS: A humble request to Raheel
DONATE GENEROUSLY TO LA MUTUAL AID TO HELP VICTIMS OF LA FIRES
Starting off the New Year with a FULL week of Bravo with none other than the Pod-Daddies themselves, Ben Mandelker and Ronnie Karem of Watch What Crappens. We're diving into everything INCLUDING Married to Medicine, talking about pop culture moments in 2024, a speed round of categories not included in the Crappies this year. Enjoy!
IN POP CULTURE: Beyonce-Bowl. Justin Baldoni "fights back". Meghan Markle has a new show. The Golden Globes.
IN US NEWS: MAGA Civil War, H1B, and Cory from Boy Meets World.
IN SPORTS: Skip Bayless confirms that he's a dog sh*t human.
IN NEWS: Luigi Mangione goes to arraignment trial and Nordstrom takes the W. Matt Gaetz is confirmed a pedophile piece of trash.
IN POP CULTURE: Blake v. Baldoni makes us dive into PR, misogyny, the Patriarchy, "evolved dudes" and so much more. Justin Timberlake's penis ruins the world tour.
IN SPORTS: The 49ers and The Eagles. Wage gap in sports
IN PERSONAL: We're so grateful to your ears and the fact that you're even reading this. We adore you. Thank you for another amazing year of chats and debates and not the hottest takes but takes nonetheless. We wouldn't be here without you!!
HERE YE HEAR YE! The Grande Dame of Potomac, the Dutchess of Surry County, Mrs. Black Bill Gates, the SHE-EO of the House of Huger herself has been found guilty of being an absolute hot mess and in her own words "LIT" while driving! Naturally a gathering of DMV Divas to cover this breaking news needed to happen! Aarti and Taria discuss this mess that Karen has gotten herself into and a full week of Bravo!
IN NEWS: There are CAR SIZED DRONES over New Jersey. Trump may have shit himself. Luigi's manipesto. Jay-Z accusations.
IN SPORTS: How about them Niners huh?!
IN TV/POP CULTURE: Super/Man is a documentary we all should watch and then curl into fetal position and sob.
A full week of housewives with our favorite DOCTOR, Aarti!
IN NEWS: The CEO of United Healthcare was MURDERED and the entire world lusted for the murderer, one Luigi Nicholas Mangione, a confusingly wealthy highly educated trust fund kid!
IN SPORTS: Juan Soto shuffles his way into A LOT of money
IN POP CULTURE: Jay-Z named in the Diddy case.
IN PERSONAL NEWS: Who is the bigger loser: the ghosting friend or the friend being ghosted?
A full week of kookie crazy ladies and liar liar pants on fires from Potomac to Beverly Hills and of course Salt Lake in between...oh and woopsies forgot to watch RHONY!
Nothing matters because we all watched Wicked and this is a spoiler filled Wicked discussion!!
Friend of the pod and Vice President of the Drag Her Dorit club, Taria S. Faison, host of What Else Is Going On with Taria S. Faison, hopped on to talk about the highs and lows on this week of Bravo Housewives. From the duality of our feelings about Erin and Real Housewives of New York, to the emotional conversation Mary has with her son on Real Housewives of Salt Lake City, to the foolishness that is Ashley's musical career on Real Housewives of Potomac, to the absolutely delicious white woman on white woman crimes on Real Housewives of Beverly Hills.
IN POLITICS: Matt Gaetz is out, but unfortunately Pam Bondi is in. Nancy Mace is still being a transphobe and so are many people we know.
IN POP CULTURE: VPR is over as we know is. Doute is preggers. Traitors cast looks amazing. Wicked has taken over our lives.
After a long break, it's time to dive into a FULL week of every god damn Real Housewives show out there with Ryan Bailey! We're covering the absurdity of Alexis on Real Housewives of Orange County, the audacity of Karen on Real Housewives of Potomac, the stupidity (complimentary) of Real Housewives of Salt Lake City, the stupidity (derogatory) of Real Housewives of New York, and of course the splendor and delight of the feud we've all been waiting for on Real Housewives of Beverly Hills.
IN POLITICS: We're not going to normalize Trump's INSANE cabinet picks and we're certainly not going to stop fighting!
IN SPORTS: A very weird toxic masculine boxing thing happened. Yuck.
IN POP CULTURE: Jim from The Office is somehow the sexiest man alive and that is not the worst thing that happened this week.
GIRL. DEEP SIGH.
It's the night before election. That is all.
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Host of Best Week Ever Podcast, Van, joins in to talk about a week of Housewives! From Real Housewives of Potomac newbies who make us giggle, to the Real Housewives of New York women who need to get over themselves, to the silly goofy good times of Real Housewives of Salt Lake City, to the unhinged Shannon Beador of Real Housewives of Orange County!
IN POLITICS: The elections continue with a Klan Concert and a Dance Party with Beyonce
IN POP CULTURE: We ask how the characters of Game of Thrones would vote this election.
IN SPORTS: The NY Liberty win the WNBA Championship, a new life-coach shows up in the form of the Celtics Head Coach, and football has things happening too!
Donny, cohost of I Am The Cute One, and frankly this podcast, is back to talk a full week of Real Housewives from Potomac to New York to Salt Lake City but most important a procedural drama called 9-1-1 starring the 90's teen icon Jennifer Love Hewitt.
IN POLITICS: The elections are stressful. How would The Sopranos vote? Who can sponsor protest?
IN POP CULTURE: Al Pacino calls a baby.
IN SPORTS: Too many things are happening but most importantly white men are rioting in a way that never gets policed.
This season of Love is Blind started off really terribly and somehow the men that have survived are even more terrible!
The cherry blossoms of Potomac bloom once again and Aarti is back to talk about our Real Housewives of Potomac as well as the messiness on Real Housewives of New York, but not the Housewife you all think!
HELP VICTIMS OF HURRICANE HELENE.
IN SPORTS: Robert Saleh, the first Muslim-Arab-American NFL coach, is fired by the Jets raising questions of Islamophobia.
IN POLITICS: Kamala is on a media tour. We explain how FEMA works.
IN POP CULTURE: Al Pacino almost died. King Charles is scared.
President of the Little Girls fan club and one half of I Am The Cute One, Donny Hadfield, hopped on to discuss the super petty premiere of Real Housewives of New York where it is Brynn vs. Everyone and another fantastic episode of Real Housewives of Salt Lake City where some women gamble and some go to a gas station with bobblehead dolls.
IN WORLD: War in the Middle East. Ta-Nehisi Coates' book The Message brings out cartoonishly racist people. HELP GAZA REFUGEES.
IN US: HELP VICTIMS OF HURRICANE HELENE. Mayor Adams is indicted. and Sabrina Carpenter is involved. Diddy has a weird lawyer. The VP Debate is tonight. SNL is slammed by pygmy hippo and Chappel Roan fans.
IN SPORTS: Caitlin Clark has racist fans.
Resident expert on all things Chaotic AF and also cute AF, Chelsea, one half of I Am The Cute On, donned her most doggy looking jacket to hit the ropes course with our favorite Mormon and Jewish and Mary ladies. We also talk about the terrible RHONY taglines and discuss if a DUI that almost killed people and a dog is worse than Alexis and Johnny J.
IN POP CULTURE: KoRn is back in our lives. Bruce turns 75.
IN POLITICS: Israel terrorizes Lebanon. The death penalty should be abolished. Political endorsements by pop stars. Ta-Nehisi Coates advocates for Palestine.
IN SPORTS: The 49ers are doing not so well, the Eagles are better, but no one is better than Shohei Ohtani who plays a whole other sport.
Riding solo to talk about all things Housewives starting from the celestial ah-ha's and clown music on Real Housewives of Salt Lake City, the yawns from Andrew Cohen on Real Housewives of Dubai reunion part 2, and the teenager like whining from Emily on Real Housewives of Orange County.
*TRIGGER WARNING* The last 25 minutes of this episode will be discussions about P Diddy's especially heinous crimes.
IN POP CULTURE: Raheel discovers Noah Kahan and has a beautiful Jersey Shore experience. Sean "P Diddy" Combs is arrested for especially heinous crimes against men and women.
IN POLITICS: The debate aftermath and conservative stupidity. Jill Stein's continued grift. Laura Loomer and Marjorie Taylor Green have a racist off. Taylor endorses Kamala but perhaps loses a friend. The NYPD is an incompetent organization that needs to be defunded.
Diving into all things Housewives from the Real Housewives of Dubai reunion and how proud we are of Shannon on Real Housewives of Orange County, but not before discussing how we were simply just whelmed by the RHOP trailer and how all we can think about is the Mormon girlies from Hulu.
A mega sized episode to discuss ALL of the lore and drama and tiktoks and other gen-z terms that two chronically online millennials are trying to decipher while eating up this brilliant show from Hulu: The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives!
IN POP CULTURE: We lost James Earl Jones. Dave Grohl has got a confession to make. The CMAs can get fucked. Kendrick snags Superb Owl Half time show and Lil Wayne's people have a meltdown. Taylor and Travis act a FOOL at the US Open.
IN SPORTS: Eagles won. 49ers won. But we all lose because someone is calling Aaron Rodgers an Enigma.
IN POLITICS: The Presidential debate is on tonight and all intelligent women around the country will die a slow death watching a woman debate an asshat.
Mine and Beyonce's Virgo Twin Kendrick Tucker hopped on to say Du-bye-bye-bye to Real Housewives of Dubai as the 2 of about 15 viewers of this show. We also discussed Johnny J v. Shannon Real Housewives of Orange County and asked why the hell Tamra is tormenting us with her Green Goblin ass face on the internet.
IN POLITICS: Another school shooting rocks this country & the myth of Western values. The Walz family speaks out in support of Trump, as does...
IN POP CULTURE: Brittney Mahomes, sigh. Travis & Taylor's contract. Night Bitch is the movie of the decade.
IN SPORTS: NFL is back!
IN POLITICS: The DNC has left us all with a weird and sad taste in our mouths. RFK Jr keeps being very weird.
IN POP CULTURE: Ben Affleck has a new paramour. The feuding Oasis Brothers are back together.
Fan favorite Amanda Hunt is back to talk Housewives (Real Housewives of Dubai, Real Housewives of Orange County, Real Housewives of Salt Lake City and New York trailers) and of course Love Island USA Reunion!
IN POP CULTURE: Justin Baldoni / Blake Lively feud. Matthew Perry investigation. JLO files for divorce.
IN POLITICS: The DNC
I convinced Raheel to watch Real Housewives Ultimate Girls Trip Real Housewives of New York Legacy (phew what a mouth full!) and he hopped on to give us his power rankings, because let's be honest that's all the care about, on episodes 1-4. Spoiler Alert: The winner is the lady who scratches her back with a butter knife!
The Olympics are over but there's a ton more to discuss like the disrespect of Jordan Chiles, the breakdancing of that weird Australian lady, and the antics of Raheel's #1 guy Tom Cruise. Also politics are so intense lately that we haven't even discussed how RFK Jr did weird stuff with a bear. But more importantly, It Ends With Us is making us all question everything we know about people!
A solo recap of Real Housewives of Dubai and Real Housewives of Orange County.
Preview of our recap of House Of The Dragon Season 2 Finale with @withKendrickTucker. Listen to the full episode on Patreon.com/TheRealityIsPod
What is this feeling we are getting that isn't existential dread?! Is it ...HOPE? Also, what's going on with the transphobia in the Olympics?
Aarti is back for a DEEP DIVE into Real Housewives of New Jersey Episodes 12 and 13. We had to go beat by beat, from every Marge scoff to everything Tre blink to every delightful Dolores dryness, we loved it all!!!
We are going DEEP on the Election from the perspective of two South Asian Muslim Americans. OUR OPINIONS ARE OUR OWN AND NOT ENDORSEMENTS. Also, we discuss the Olympics opening ceremony and of course head to the Patreon to hear our House Of The Dragons recap!
An absolute delight chatting with friend, podcaster, and comedian Amanda Hunt about Love Island and a full week of Housewives shenanigans!
What a week it has been in the US election front! We talk about that extensively before we chat about famous Cannibal and Noor's birthday twin, Armie Hammer and then we wrap up the chat on HOTD Season 2 Episode 6 over on the Patreon! Patreon.com/therealityispod
GUYS! ITS BLEAK OUT THERE and we lost power half way! Head to the Patreon for the House of The Dragon talk!
Patron Saint of the Villa and the Prince Who Was Promised, Kendrick Tucker, hops on to discuss this week's Bravo content (RHONJ and why it sucks, RHOC premiere, and RHODubai's delulus), about 3000 hours of Love Island USA, and of course HOT-D!!! House of the Dragon episodes 1-4!
OOF! These elections! The debate! America you are EMBARAAHZING! We also talk briefly about sports things like Nepotism in the NBA! Also a dark and full of spoilers AND DONGS discussion on the latest House Of The Dragon Season 2 Episode 3!
The twitter round up queen @BravoAndBotox and host of @thebravopapers Podcast hops on to talk housewives and of course the exit of Twirl aka Kenya Moore.
Stop doxxing cops...sometimes! Taylor Swift takes on UK! Princess of Wales update! The Parisians have the grossest protests! Pay the Cowboys cheerleaders! Bill Belichik's girlfriend has an old soul! JJ Reddick probably said the N word! AND a dark and full of spoilers House of the Dragon recap!
Aarti is back to talk about the Delulus of Real Housewives of Dubai and Noor's twitter beef with a random friend of, the Fugazis on Real Housewives of New Jersey, and we dabble briefly at the very end about the House of the Dragon season 2 premiere it is dark and full spoilers!
Justin Timberlake is a drunk! WBNA players are hot! Gayle King embarrasses best friend Oprah!
As the people have wanted Aarti is back to talk about the Real Housewives of Dubai, Real Housewives of New Jersey, Kenya Moore and Summer House!
Catching up Pop culture, Bravo, and accents with one half of I Am The Cute One, Donny Hadfield!
I actually KEN with Kendrick Tucker! He's hopping on to talk about all things Bravo but also all things scripted and also about our kinks.
Pod-brother Tom Hamlett hopped on to discuss the week of Bravo content and other nonsense including but not limited to Wheel of Fortune fails, Cheesecake factory, and tin cans falling 6,000 feet from the sky.
*TRIGGER WARNINGS* Mental health, DV, and Suicidal ideation are discussed on this episode.
IN POP CULTURE: King Chuck reveals a new portrait. Bravo and sports have a serendipitous touch point.
IN POLITICS: Uncommitted voting. Walking out at commencements. RFK Jr is missing parts of his brain. Trump and Biden will debate.
IN SPORTS: WBNA. Harrison Butker.
!!EXCLUSIVE MERCH FROM BRAVO! WE'RE BLACK HERE!! Kaya and Aaron of Bravo! We're Black hopped on to discuss a full week of Bravo content from the premier of Real Housewives of New Jersey to the Scheana and Lala's bullshit on Vanderpump Rules and John Legend's cousin of Summer House Martha's Vineyard and finally the cocaine Carl of Summer House.
Kendrick and Drake are BEEFING and two completely detached non-hip hop people are discussing it.
Friend of the pod and host of Best Week Ever Podcast, Van, hopped on to discuss a full week of dumb men on Bravo from Alex on Summer House Martha's Vineyard to every man on Vanderpump Rules to Jesse from The Valley to Carl from Summer House OG. We also dabble into Shmaylor Shwift territory and we hope you still like us after we share our thoughts!
IN LIFE: Early memories of Pooh Bearing, upcoming travels, and general existential crises.
IN POLITICS: College students put their bodies on the line against genocide and the election makes us depressed.
IN POP CULTURE: Taylor Swift leaned into being a total lunatic and gave us 31 songs in the midst of a billion dollar tour.
IN SPORTS: Sixers v. Knicks!
Aarti joins to give us an insight into the schenanigans of her life which are more exciting than anything on Real Housewives of Potomac but not as chaotic as anything on Vanderpump Rules, The Valley, or Summer House...maybe close to as silly and funny as Martha's Vineyard!
IN LIFE: Tales from NOLA and combatting body dysmorphia
IN POP CULTURE: OJ Simpson died
IN SPORTS: Caitlin Clark and Shohei Otani
IN SCIENCE: Earthquakes in New Jersey. The Eclipse. Plane parts falling from the sky.
IN SPORTS: Women's NCAA Championship and Dawn Staley.
IN WORLD EVENTS: Ramadan is over. White people care about Gaza now.
Kara Berry, the brilliant host of @everyonesbusinessbutmine, hopped on the pod to do a speed round recap of the week of Bravo content. From Reunion Part 1 of Real Housewives of Potomac, to the cuties of Summer House Martha's Vineyard, to the misogyny of Vanderpump Rules, to the racists of The Valley, and finally the many broken complicated layers of Carl Radke of Summer House.
IN LIFE: Shaming siblings for smoking
IN SPORTS: Women's Basketball and Racism
IN POP CULTURE: Beyonce's Cowboy Carter, the Racism in popular culture, and Beyonce helping us reclaim Americana
A full week of Bravo recap! On Real Housewives of Potomac, the cast, the editors, and even this saucy storyline that Mia presented at the very end has given up. On Summer House Martha's Vineyard all of our favorites are back and we're jumping straight into classic season two fights. On Vanderpump Rules the misogyny and pick-me behavior is on full display between Lala and Scheana and their budding friendships with the Toms. On The Valley, Jax keeps showing us that he's obsessed with Kristen. On Summer House, people are finally being honest about the state of Carl and Lindsay's disastrous relationship while not being honest about their own disastrous relationships (KYLE AND AMANDA!).
IN POP CULTURE: Update on Kate Middleton, Diddy is raided by the Feds, Cheesecake Factory reigns supreme.
IN POLITICS: Candace Owen is fired.
IN SPORTS: Women's College Basketball and Shohei Otani's sports bet scandal.
Aarti is back to talk about it all! From the Grande Dame's DUI to Shannon Beador's latest lawsuit, to the lackluster of Real Housewives of Potomac, to the growth on Vanderpump Rules, to the delightful misery on The Valley, and finally the disaster that is Carl and Lindsay on Summer House.
IN POP CULTURE: Someone is scaling the Hollywood sign. Beyonce is dropping a new album. Dune on a deathbed. Nickelodeon documentary.
THE Laguna Biotch, Kelli Williams, host of Beyond the Blinds Podcast, hopped on to talk about the highly anticipated and very predictable break up of Lindsay and Carl on Summer House and the absolutely pain it has been to be a Scheana apologist on Vanderpump Rules
IN WORLD: Muslims celebrate Ramadan
IN POP CULTURE: Muslims welcome new levels of grifting into their mosques as Shaun King embraces Islam, Oscars thoughts, and where the F is Kate Middleton!?!!
Two of the most traitorous rat bastards I know and love hopped on the pod to discuss one of the best Reality TV finales of all time. Follow Chelsea @ohnochels on Instagram and Subscribe to I Am The Cute One for all things Nostalgia, Pop Culture, and Chaos!
This week of Vanderpump Rules was a tough one for Scheana Marie Parks Valletta Shay Emo Screamo Davis but she gave plenty of content to psychoanalyze and on Summer House does anyone even need to recap when Gabby said it best?!
Tom Hamlett, co-host of Dumpster Dive, taught me how to speak like a Gen Z as we recapped reunion part 2 of Real Housewives of Beverly Hills, shared thoughts on the state of Real Housewives of Potomac, the trailer of Real Housewives of New Jersey, and of course the finale of Love Is Blind season 6.
The always insightful and hilarious Taria S. Faison hopped on to talk about part 1 of the Real Housewives of Beverly Hills reunion and the two parter hootin' and hollerin' good ol' time on the Real Housewives of Miami reunions.
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THE Laguna Biotch, Kelli Williams, host of Beyond the Blinds Podcast, hopped on to talk about the Vanderpump Family of Products: from the shows, to the wine, to the trash. We also ask hey where's Kate Middleton!?
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IN POP CULTURE: Andy Cohen v. Brandi Glanville, Reality TV casting is broken IN SPORTS: Bethenny fights with the Kelce's TRAITORS RECAP AT 32:00
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SHE'S BACK! Aarti joins back on to talk about the only episode of Real Housewives of Potomac worth recapping, the misogyny on Married to Medicine, and general Bravo feelings!
A full week's worth of programming recapped! On Real Housewives of Potomac it is NOT working out for any of them. On Real Housewives of Beverly Hills Kyle gives us nothing. On Real Housewives of Miami the girls give us everything. And on Summer House, we don't need Carl or Lindsay!
Friend of the Podcast and TikTok pop culture expert Kendrick Tucker hopped on the pod to discuss the latest season of Love is Blind BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY, he tells all the geriatric millennials about Reesa Teesa and #wtfdidimarry. *VIDEO AVAILABLE ON YOUTUBE - https://www.youtube.com/@therealityispod*
The mask continues to slip and somehow Tom Sandoval keeps being even worse than we thought the last time, so friend of the pod, Amanda Hunt hopped on to breakdown the latest episode of Vanderpump Rules and the New York Times Magazine article read (or heard!) around the internet.
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IN LIFE: Noor's LA adventures, recap of The Crappies, Scheana Shay, our love for Rosie O'Donnell
IN SPORTS: NBA All star game
TRAITORS recap at 25:00!
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IN SPORTS: Super Bowl ended not in Raheel's favor and he discusses his love for the San Francisco 49ers.
IN POP CULTURE: Beyonce goes country, Super Bowl Ads, Marcus & Larsa, Vanderpump Rules recap
IN WORLD: The War on Gaza intensifies with the massacre at Rafah.
On Real Housewives of Beverly Hills Erika Jayne Girardi is winning us over one zinger at a time and Kyle Richards is making us love and hate her all at once. On Real Housewives of Miami the women are celebrating pride and Lisa is showing her prejudice!
It's an episode of some very sad parties! On Real Housewives of Potomac Wendy has a weed party with no weed and Nneka invites people to unpack her two year old wedding presents. On Vanderpump Rules, Tom Sandoval is back trying to make himself a victim by throwing the saddest party on earth. We're not buying it!
It's Traitors time (52:00) and we're talking about the best episode of Traitors to date! Before that we dive into pop culture!
IN SPORTS: The 49ers are in the Super Bowl and they need better slogans.
IN POP CULTURE: Taylor Swift is bad for the environment but so is Amazon prime and we love her don't we? The Hamlett twins give us old people a deep dive into Nikki v. Megan. And we all agree that Justin Timberlake is the worst.
Everyone's favorite back alley trashcan Vanderpump Rules is back and there's no one better than Chelsea of I am the cute one to come on and recap the first episode because while we've been anxiously waiting for the new season to start, Chelsea's been listening to and recapping Rachel Goes Rogue and she's here to tell us all about it.
Before we dive into The Traitors S2 E5 and swoon over our problematic favorite Attorney and Funeral Director Phaedra Parks, we talk about how poorly everyone is reacting to the Oscar nominations and some sports things.
WE DID IT! We got Raheel to binge Traitors Season 2 Episodes 1-4 and boy did we have a blast!
IN SPORTS: Football is DEAD! Just kidding the 49ers are doing quite well.
IN POP CULTURE: Eminem is still in fact suing the Green Eyed Bandits.
IN POLITICS/WORLD: Should we vote for Biden?
IN LIFE: What do you do when you feel iced out of a friend group?
We continue our series of the cuties of I Am The Cute One: A Nostalgia Podcast cohosting the Real Housewives of Salt Lake City reunion... recaps. Chelsea is on to discuss part 2 of the reunion and ask in earnest, why would ANYONE call Mr. Barlow a Penis Head!?
Riding solo this week to catch up on the disastrous and deliciously dramatic Mamacita lunch and everything that came after it on Real Housewives of Miami and a surprising mental health detour on Real Housewives of Beverly Hills.
The cuties of I Am The Cute One: A Nostalgia Podcast will officially be cohosting the Real Housewives of Salt Lake City reunion...recaps. We wish they'd host the actual reunions because what is Andrew even doing? ANYWAY! Donny is on to discuss the reunion and tell us why HE is Monica's Next Top Number One Fan!
As promised on the internet, anyone who hops on the podcast will get their time to shine and share their feelings about the epic Real Housewives of Salt Lake City finale so we get into that in preparation for the reunion. We also talk about Dorit's Karen-ass-behavior on Real Housewives of Beverly Hills. And we wrap up the episode with a deep dive into Real Housewives of Potomac and how we can continue to watch this show even though it feels like a bit of a drag (life hack: focus on Karen Huger always!)
IN POP CULTURE: Katt Williams has a lot to say. Tom Hanks is NOT on the Epstein list. We share our favorite 2023 pop culture moments. Raheel finally watched Barbie.
IN SPORTS: Aaron Rodgers put his foot in his mouth again. Other sports things happened I'm sure.
IN POLITICS/WORLD: Despite the racist politics of local government, a Palestinian Flag celebration happened in West Orange New Jersey!
Happy New Year! 2024 of Bravo has started with a dramatic bang and friend of the pod, one half of I am the cute one: a nostalgia podcast, Donny Hadfield-Smith hopped on to talk about the absolute bonkers finale of Real Housewives of Salt Lake City.
Friend of the pod, pop culture historian, and avid pog collector Sonia Marie Sells @soniamariesays joins us to discuss the Netflix film May December starring Julianne Moore, Natalie Portman, and Charles Melton. Since tabloids are the original reality tv, we dove deep into the Mary Kay Letourneau of it all.
Tom Hamlett, 1/2 of Dumpster Dive Podcast, and frankly this podcast too, hops on to discuss the Kookoo banoonoos of Real Housewives of Beverly Hills and Real Housewives of Salt Lake City.
IN SPORTS: The Eagles aren't having the best time, especially not first Desi Assistant Defensive Coordinator Sean Desai who got demoted. Tommy Cutlets makes amends. Something about Brock Purdy being an MVP IDK I stopped listening.
IN POP CULTURE: Ziwe platforms George Santos. Ethan Slater makes a stand. Demi Lovato's ex fiancé is unwell. Epstein's documents are about to wreak havoc on Hollywood. Jonathan Majors is done.
IN POLITICS: The Florida GOP are hypocrites. Gay sex is happening in Senate.
On Real Housewives of Potomac, the Grande Dame turned 60 and Ashley treated her to kayaking where Karen didn't kayak and got solo camera time. Also, we psychoanalyze the Robyn-Gizelle-Candiace of it all. On Married to Medicine, the ladies vote Quad off the island and dive head first into misogyny.
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IN SPORTS: Meet the new Prince of New Jersey (Tommy Cutlets) and get horny for Shohei's insane contract.
IN POP CULTURE: Jen Shah is doing aerobics with Elizabeth Holmes in the big house. Pro-Palestinian CAA Agent gets a surprising supporter.
IN OTHER: Taco Bell orgy lawsuit, marriage for money v. love, and other nonsense.
Taria Faison, host of What Else Is Going On, brought her wisdom and laughter and grace as we discussed everything happening on Bravo - from Lisa Barlow's surprisingly nurturing moments on Real Housewives of Salt Lake City, to Wendy's fear of her mother on Real Housewives of Potomac, to Crystal's bizarre guest list on Real Housewives of Beverly hills, to Larsa's stupid ass lips on Real Housewives of Miami, to the production mess on Married to Medicine.
The Vanderpump Rules trailer is out and we touch on that briefly. On Real Housewives of Potomac, Ashley takes the ladies all the way to Austin to do activities you can do anywhere in the DMV area, especially making Robyn cry and defend her awful husband. On Married to Medicine, the ladies are playing producers and pushing Quad out.
On Real Housewives of Salt Lake City, the ladies are forced to vacation in Bermuda together and pretend to be friends and bicker about everything from tubs to friendships to DMs. On Real Housewives of Miami, we wonder how women like Alexia and Larsa have made it this far in life. On Real Housewives of Beverly Hills, Kyle and Sutton and giving each other a taste of their own medicinical cocktails. Speaking of medicinal cocktails, I had to defend Denise F*ckin Richards against these supreme gaslighters despite the fact that she is behaving like Denise F*cked Up Richards.
IN WORLD/POLITICS: Henry Kissinger is finally dead. Noor attends a Town Council Meeting and it goes "not well bitch!". The House passes a dangerous resolution equating Antizionism with Antisemitism. George Santos is expelled from Government.
IN POP CULTURE: More accusations against Diddy's guilty ass. New Real Housewife of Beverly Hills, Annemarie Wiley's husband Marcellus Wiley is accused of s*x crimes. Taylor Swift is named Times Person of the Year. Julianna Margulies is a racist monster.
IN SPORTS: The 49ers beat The Eagles and Raheel is a bully.
We are introduced to Karen Huger Math on Real Housewives of Potomac as we connect the dots to figure out who called who and wished what on upon whom with which shrine on T-Mobile on the various dates in April between Nneka and Wendy. On Married to Medicine, Quad and Phaedra host the most unserious event we've ever seen on reality television.
The Hamlett Twins and hosts of Dumpster Dive Podcast are back for a collab discussing the bonnets, baubles, and ghosts of Real Housewives of Salt Lake City, the accusations of Real Housewives of Beverly Hills, rebates, debates, and gay baits!
On Real Housewives of Potomac Karen hosts a pickle ball event where pickle ball is barely played, beans are spilled, witch accusations are made, and facebook is investigated. On Married to Medicine, Heavenly is a wedding crasher and we love her for that.
**APOLOGIES FOR THE AUDIO ISSUES** A quick mini recap of some excellent Thanksgiving week episodes of reality tv! Between the sounds of cream sloshing on Real Housewife of Salt Lake city to the deflections on Real Housewives of Beverly Hills to the sprinter van farts on Real Housewives of Miami - Bravo fed us better than some of your pale ass turkeys!
Kendrick Tucker, host of Reality & Comic Too, hopped on to talk about the scheming and the conspiracies and the mess on Married to Medicine, macaroni and cheese, and what's missing on Real Housewives of Potomac.
IN SPORTS: The Eagles and Chiefs are playing as we speak but also Taylor Swift's Family is in the Kelce booth. Speaking of Kelce, we read Travis Kelce's old tweets
IN POP CULTURE: Sean Diddy Combs is accused of horrific crimes against Cassie Ventura, we ask if he'll actually get canceled. Jada is going to sue a man for making disparaging comments about her husband because only she's allowed to do that.
IN WORLD/POLITICS: Much to Raheel's disappointment, George Santos will not be running for re-election. Noor shares an update about the Islamophobes in her town and how to feel like you're doing something when you're feeling hopeless.
IN BRAVO: Raheel is introduced to Adriana's letter to Marysol's liver.
Writer, Comedian, Actor, and host of The Growing Out Pod and Green Tea Comedy Podcast, Amanda Hunt, hops on to unpack all of our middle school trauma while watching Sutton unhinge on Real Housewives of Beverly Hills, Lisa Barlow unravel on Real Housewives of Salt Lake City, and Larsa Pippen spill beans on Real Housewives of Miami. Support Amanda Hunt's short film "Dumb Rich Sluts" on seed and spark here!
IN OTHER: Amsterdam adventures
IN SPORTS: the 49ers won.
IN POP CULTURE: the Traylor Swift Kelce tides have turned in surprising ways and we wonder who is in charge of the sexiest men alive issue of People.
IN WORLD/POLITICS: America is embarassing, Republicans are crumbling, and adults in suburban NJ towns are harassing teenagers for supporting a ceasefire.
There is no one else who I would like to be chatting about Sutton Stracke's pants related meltdowns on Real Housewives of Beverly Hills with than Donny Hadfield-Smith, one half of I Am The Cute One: A Nostalgia Podcast. We also psychoanalyze Monica's mom trauma and Lisa Barlow's rage on Real Housewives of Salt Lake City. Enjoy!
IN SPORTS: Football and Cricket things are happening but who cares lets get to the Travis Kelce goss.
IN POLITICS: Deep sighs about voting.
IN POP CULTURE: Timbaland looks for relevancy via misogyny, Ramona gets reckoned with reality, and Raheel gets introduced to the power couple PK and Dorit.
Our favorite show The Real Housewives of Potomac are back, this time more delusional than ever! The cast of Married to Medicine had a major change with the addition of the super problematic Phaedra Parks and the admittedly abusive Dr Greg! We also talk BravoCon like salty sallies.
Happy Halloween!
IN POP CULTURE: Taylor Swift has a new listener, Hasan Minhaj brings receipts against the New Yorker, the passing of Matthew Perry has us distraught, and Amy Schumer can kick rocks
IN POLITICS/WORLD: We continue to talk about Israel/Palestine, unpacking anti-Arab racism, Islamophobia, and antisemitism, and the privilege of giving people grace.
IN SPORTS: Raheel extends an olive branch to Minnesota, and the Kelce's are over Taylor.
The Real Housewives of New York had their final reunion where Andy Cohen just gave them Kadooze because he's tired and doesn't want to recast the show but wow what a snooze! Team Jessel still of course! We also took a sister wives detour so enjoy that!
Tom "soundboard" Hamlett is back to talk about the premiere of Real Housewives of Beverly Hills, the absolutely cringe episode of Watch What Happens Live, the taglines from Real Housewives of Potomac but most importantly Lay's potato chips and how much we love them.
We're catching up on Real Housewives of New York, first the finale and then the reunion part 1. We're also talking about the silly good times of the good times girls of Real Housewives of Salt Lake City.
IN LIFE: Raheel shares tales of his travels.
IN WORLD: We find humanity in Israel and Palestine.
IN POP CULTURE: Britney Spears autobiography is giving us Michelle Williams as Britney Spears as Justin Timberlake.
IN SPORTS: The 49ers are having a bad time and Raheel continues his feud against Minnesota.
IN HUMANITY: We spend the first 10 minutes discussing the Hamas attack on Israel and the ongoing disenfranchisement of Palestinians. If you'd like to hear more content about Israel/Palestine please listen this episode: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/therealityispod/episodes/Episode-57-A-Cancellation-Clause-e11d08v
IN POLITICS: Joe Biden's family, brother, son, and dog have quite the reputation.
IN POP CULTURE: Which Taylor loses interest in Travis (we hope), Kim Zolciak flirts with Chet Hanks, the Beckhams steal our hearts and set the standard for romance.
IN OTHER: Bed bugs are about to be the new covid
Sai has reached new levels of unhinged on Real Housewives of New York and in defense of Jessel, Pavit, The Points Guy, banh mi sandwiches, and Desi couples everywhere, we attempt to understand what might be up the butts of Sai (and Erin).
Tom "soundboard" Hamlett, 1/2 of Dumpster Dive Podcast, returns to talk Angie K's whacky sunglasses on Real Housewives of Salt Lake City, the uncensored glory of Real Housewives of Orange County reunion, and of course the twists and turns of Love Is Blind Season 5 Episode 5-7.
IN SPORTS: Taylor Swift continues terrorizing the NFL, Aaron Rodgers calls Taylor's boyfriend Mr Pfizer, Jake from State Farm is at the Eagles game and Hugh Jackman is at the Jets game? The writer of the Blind Side, Michael Lewis, is probably racist.
IN POP CULTURE: Which Diva compares her musical stylings to Beyonce?
IN POLITICS: The Republicans are fighting, Kevin is ousted from his seat, and Trump's lawyer Alina Habba fills out a form wrong
IN OTHER: New York flooded
This week on Real Housewives of New York, Sai made herself so unlikable we forgot Erin was even on the show so naturally we psychoanalyzed why the hell she's so mad. We also discussed airline miles and Desi dudes and Desi math and Desi romance and of course the Real Housewives of Potomac trailer!
It wouldn't be a Love Is Blind recap without Selle Brooks, host of @whoaskedmepodcast as well as a Tiktok and Youtube sensation! We are recapping Episodes 1-4 only and there are some spoilers! ENJOY!
Tom "soundboard" Hamlett, 1/2 of @dumpsterdivepod, cackled away as we recapped the Freakshow Finale of Real Housewives of Orange County, discussed the iconography of Taylor Shana Lynette Armstrong, and felt seen by Mary Cosby on Real Housewives of Salt Lake City Dragstavaganza!
IN SPORTS: Taylor Swift now owns the NFL and Travis Kelce. Brock Purdy can't afford to live on his own, but the 49ers are doing quite well. Colin Kaepernick makes a move to come back to the NFL, but the NFL remains racist.
IN POP CULTURE: Washed up Comedian Dane Cook 51 marries his child bride. There is a resurgence of Kevin James. Sophie Turner teams up with Taylor Swift and the gang to take down Joe Jonas.
IN POLITICS: New Jersey's crooked Senator Bob Menendez gets caught with bars of gold amongst other things.
On Real Housewives of New York Erin the Karen continues being wrong, storms off, calls her Daddy, and takes no accountability while the rest of the women make coded microaggressions at Ubah and tell her how she should've handled the situation. All the women except for Jessel who, like a proper studious desi girl, is taking copious notes and lists of everything that's going on because she knows better.
THE Kendrick from Memphis hops on the pod to discuss our reluctant enjoyment of Vicki Gunvalson on Real Housewives of Orange County and the absolute blast we are having with Real Housewives of Salt Lake City featuring Meredith Marks' new accent.
IN POP CULTURE: Jann Wenner's admission of racism and misogyny. Wolverine is back on the market. Hassan Minhaj has holes in his stories. *TRIGGER WARNING* Russel Brand has many allegations of sexual assault.
IN POLITICS: Congresswoman Lauren Boebert gets in on some OTPHJ action at Beetlejuice
IN SPORTS: Aaron Rogers is out.
Kaya @_kayawilson and Aaron @aaronmarcellus_, hosts of Bravo! We're Black @bravowhileblack hopped on the pod to discuss their problematic favorites, Drew Sidora's once in a wifetime performance on Real Housewives of Atlanta Reunion, Victoria's triumphant incontinence-filled return on Real Housewives of Orange County, and we rate all of the new Real Housewives of Salt Lake City taglines!
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This week we're back with the Real Housewives of New York on vacation forcing each other to open up about personal trauma only to question the authenticity of each other's personal trauma.
IN POP CULTURE: More on the Jonas-Turner divorce! America's Ass is now a married man! Ashton Kutcher and Mila Kunis punk'd themselves! Jimmy Fallon is a horrible boss! Drew Barrymore crosses the picket line! and Martin Short slander is never to be tolerated!
IN OTHER: Burning man sounds awful!
IN SPORTS: Football is back and so is Brock Purdy's wiggle!
Last week on Real Housewives of New York, Erin bitched while the ladies made wreaths and this week Sai and Brynn bitched while Jenna effortlessly stole our hearts.
IN POP CULTURE: Divorce is on the horizon from Britney Spears to Joe Jonas! Jennifer Anniston doesn't understand pop culture! Scooter Braun is getting fired!
IN POLITICS: Republican debates! Trump lies about his height AND weight! Conservatives are giving platforms to known con-artists because they are immortal grifters! Vivek Ramaswamy really dweebs out!
IN OTHER: Raheel shares his skincare routine.
The only good Tom left on God's green (but currently orange) Earth, host of Dumpster Dive Podcast, joins to discuss the Vanderpump Rules Reunion part 3 so we can all finally put this scandal behind us and move onto more important things like literally anything else in the entire universe.
Aarti is back baby!! She's helping break down the absolute twilight zone that is the Summer House finale and of course the no bleeps to give version of the Vanderpump Rules Reunion part 1 on Peacock!
Back by popular demand, Cousin Aisha hops on the pod to recap SCENE BY SCENE the explosive finale of Vanderpump Rules and of course Ariana Madix's incredible Watch What Happens Live interview!
This week on Real Housewives of Orange County Shannon lives up to her name and storms off multiple times and tries to have a party that no one wants to attend. I also talk about the latest accusations against Gary King on Below Deck and this Rolling Stone article: https://www.rollingstone.com/tv-movies/tv-movie-features/below-deck-bravo-gary-king-sexual-misconduct-cover-up-1234811442/
This week on Real Housewives of New York, Erin threw a party for her 10 year anniversary where everyone spoke for too long and no one was fed enough, but more importantly Jessel continues to steal our hearts.
Finally recapping and trying to unpack what the hell is up with the Real Housewives of Atlanta, where it seems like we are watching hodgepodge mess of a show.
Translation: there's no one like Jessel!...except for maybe Erin!? On Real Housewives of New York this week they are getting into the pettiest fights where Erin demands Jessel to take accountability for things she herself won't take accountability for and it's very entertaining!
IN SPORTS: Michael Oher, inspiration of The Blind Side, reveals that the Touhy's are the worst kind of scammers, and a known rapist get 600 million followers on Instagram
IN POPCULTURE: The scales move in favor of Lizzo, we get more insight into Beth Frankel's ire against Bravo, and Noah Schnapp over shares
IN POLITICS/NEWS: Ukraine president is gifted a gift no one asked for by Chris Christie, and Rudy Giuliani is charged with the RICO law he himself pioneered
IN OTHER: A weirdo named Bryan Johnson spends all his energy into de-aging his rectum
Friend of the pod, and host of "Is This Real Life?" @MandySlutsker, came on to discuss all of the happenings this week on Bravo and beyond. We discuss Mandy's problematic favorite, how all roads lead to Bravo, the extremely important episode of Below Deck Down Under (TRIGGER WARNING: Sexual Assault - 18:12 - 35:35), the return of Cynthia "Cheekbones" Bailey on Real Housewives of Atlanta, and one of the best episodes of Real Housewives of Orange County where Shannon Storms Beador is the happiest she's ever been in her life.
IN POPCULTURE: Lizzo's lawsuit, Bethenny Frankel the Union Leader, Bravo's hostile work environment, Jamie Foxx & Jennifer Anniston's very bad instagram weekend
IN POLITICS/NEWS: An update on the murder of Black Gay activist O'Shea Sibley, the Tiktoker mother-daughter double murder charge
IN SPORTS: The US Women's soccer team is not American enough for America? Somalian women's track star Hijabi queen
IN OTHER: Montgomery, Alabama dock fight
Jessel is the new Ramona and we are happy to report that we were the first to pick this up! The Real Housewives of New York eat bland shakshuka, host a friendsgiving, and have low stakes fights.
On Real Housewives of Atlanta Drew deflects and on Real Housewives of Orange County Tamra tricks them all!
The Real Housewives of New York are coming into their own this week from Jessel turning into Ramona and Brynn turning into every sex kitten trope on bravo.
This episode is brought to you from our partners at tylenol, tamiflu, urgent care, and bed. The Real Housewives of Atlanta did almost close to nothing but still managed to make me rant and the Real Housewives of Orange County can't keep track of who they're most mad at.
The Barbie movie is out! Ariana Grande is possibly wrecking SpongeBob's home! Joe Jonas should've taken some things to the grave! Biden is a foul mouthed sailor! and unfortunately, Tom Cruise is Raheel's number one boy again!
We're diving deep into the premier of Real Housewives of New York season 14! From taglines to page 6 - we're discussing what they're actually fighting about and explaining why Jessel is already making us upset.
On Real Housewives of Atlanta the ladies go to Portugal, Ralph hosts a brunch layered with misogyny, Kandi has the poops, and Sanya is a flop. On Crappie Lake Sonja and Luann continue to charm the people of Benton, IL and do classic all-American outdoor activities like selling lemonade and car tug of war.
Raheel is forced to watch Luann & Sonja: Welcome to Crappie Lake and we learned so much over these 40 minutes! For example, where is Illinois? and also what is a crap fish? Enjoy!
Raheel attends a EDM concert and shares his spiritual experience before he is roasted and asked to answer for all of the shitty dudes out there like Keke Palmer's baby daddy and Jonah Hill. We also discuss the feud no one asked for or expected - Britney Spears v. Victor Wembanyama.
It's America's birthday and we have very complicated feelings about the American dream. We also watched The Bear and we talk about that!
**APOLOGIES FOR THE AUDIO ISSUES** Taria and Selle join me as we become Sozahdah sisters 11, 12, and 13 to discuss episodes 1 to 3 of the new Hulu show Secrets & Sisterhood, about 10 Afghan-American Muslim sisters. Come for the sisterhood, stay for the confusing appropriation!
This week on Real Housewives of Atlanta Kandi nearly gets into fisticuffs with Marlo and on Summer House Martha's Vineyard Shanice went topless and Bria lost her mind while Silas continued to be the absolute worst.
This season of Summer House is finally finished and thank God but I break down both reunions, BRIEFLY. Then I move onto my favorite show at the moment Summer House Martha's Vineyard, followed by the Real Housewives of Atlanta, which is a great time in my opinion and people need to stop complaining about it, and then wrap up with the premiere or Real Housewives of Orange County and the triumphant (not really) return of Tammy Sue.
We're breaking down the series finales of two of our favorite shows, Barry (1:35) & Succession (13:25).
Noor is pregnant with Al Pacino's baby, Leo is dating an Indian model, why we hate Priyanka Chopra, Taylor Swift's national nightmare, and vacation brain!
Ultimate Cutie, Donny Hadfield-Smith @realdonnywood 1/2 of I am the cute one: a nostalgia podcast hops on to discuss Real Housewives of New Jersey colon Teresa gets married and naturally we discuss a lot of other things like Passions, funeral performances, eating too fast, etc etc.
The Real Housewives of Atlanta are breaking all kinds of fourth walls and on Summer House Martha's Vineyard people are already being voted off the island!
This week we discuss having tough conversations with kids, Raheel watched The Flash, and we cried like Roman watching the incredible latest episode of Succession.
Friend of the pod Kendrick Tucker, Host of Reality & Comics Too, came on the pod fresh from an Alaskan vacation to talk about all of the gorgeous people we are so blessed to look at on Sunday nights on Bravo on Real Housewives of Atlanta and Summer House Martha's Vineyard.
Raheel manages to offend most of humanity the day after mother's day, Ja Morant's coming out guns blazing, Touchdown Tommy and some surprisingly Kardashian tea from Raheel, Robert De Niro v. Al Pacino, and of course a super upsetting episode of Succession "Election Night"
The Real Housewives of New Jersey this week is all about how great everyone's family is doing except Teresa's who is about to get into a terrible marriage with a very scary man, BUT before that I cry about Watch What Crappens. ENJOY
Tom Hamlett, one half of Dumpster Dive Podcast, hopped on to discuss the divorce filing heard around the wigs, the Real Housewives of Atlanta season premier, and the very fun and highly recommended new flavor of Summer House in Martha's Vineyard.
Charles became the new King of England and he looks dumb as hell. Olivia Dunne is making a lot of money. And Succession is making Raheel uncomfortable and sad.
This week on Summer House Carl proposes to Lindsay and Lindsay takes a selfie in the hospital while Danielle has an absolute meltdown and on Vanderpump Rules the pieces of the puzzle are falling into place and unfortunately for Ariana it isn't looking good for her boyfriend and bestfriend.
Ultimate Cutie, Donny Hadfield-Smith @realdonnywood 1/2 of I am the cute one: a nostalgia podcast hops on to discuss Real Housewives of New Jersey and how we are not longer watching reality tv but television that is created by fake real life situations or something like that.
Kendall is thriving, Shiv is winning, Roman is spiraling, BUT WE ARE LIVING PLUS because this episode was great.
The NFL Draft is happening, Brian McKnight is a trash person, and we're discussing how to deal with transphobes & homophobes in real life.
This week on Summer House Danielle continues to fumble her friendship with Lindsay for perplexing reasons and on Vanderpump Rules Tom Sandoval bold faced lies and James Kennedy (and Ally!) steal our hearts.
People who read teleprompters are getting fired, Jonathan Majors is dropped by everyone, an anti-vaxxer joins the Jets, and Succession continues to make us laugh.
Catching up on Vanderpump Rules!
Finally back to full capacity and covering all of the things I watched in the last 3 weeks I was away: Real housewives of New Jersey, Real Housewives Ultimate Girls Trip, Summer House, and that corny ass Love Is Blind Season 4 Reunion!
It's that time of the year again, when Giselle Brooks and I scream about how unhinged the new season of Love is Blind is!
Raheel is excited to breaking down all of the nonsense that came out of the NCAA Women's championship game, the Angel Reese / Caitlin Clark stuff, and we discuss the double standards of how new, but specifically sports, is reported when discussing black women.
Friend of the pod, Maya, hops on to discuss two train wrecks as they happen very slowly in front of our eyes: the demise of Lindsay and Danielle's friendship on Summer House and of course Scandoval on Vanderpump Rules
Our favorite wealthy pieces of trash, The Roys, are back on HBO's Succession! We're recapping episode 1 of season 4, you f**king morons!
Ramadan Mubarak to those who observe! We're gonna tell you all about it! We're also talking about Gwyneth Paltrow's ridiculous ski trial and we touch briefly on other things I am too sleepy to remember!
Some Real Housewives of Potomac, Miami, Salt Lake City, Atlanta, and New York travel to Phuket and Peacock gives us three episodes so let's break down all 3!
Here's what we discussed: Rupert Murdoch engagement, the Oscars, Aaron Rodgers, Tiger Woods, Brett Farve, Trump's Arrest, Pick pocketing, Scammers, and unfortunately too much about Selena Gomez v. Hailey Baldwin Bieber.
This week on Summer House, we briefly touch on the complex dynamics of being a ride or die who loses their ride and on Vanderpump Rules we are reminded once again that the only decent person on the show is Ariana Madix and no one else deserve any sympathy or support.
After one week of vacation from Bravo, we are catching up on all the shows and drama on camera, off camera, online, and offline from Real Housewives of Potomac Reunion to Real Housewives of Miami Reunion to of course Scandoval to Summer House and those annoying Gorgas on Real Housewives of New Jersey!
Noor returns from her travels which did not go as well as planned, we discuss the Chris Rock Netflix special, and of course scammers on Bravo, from Sandoval to Erika Jayne and future scammers we have our eyes on.
Kara Berry, host of @everyonesbusinessbutmine, hopped on the pod to chat all about the kids of Summer House and Vanderpump Rules. Friends are fighting, the villains are plotting, Scheana is crying and all is right in the world!
On the Reunion Part 2 of Real Housewives of Potomac we wondered is Gizelle playing ignorant or just plain ignorant? And on the Finale of Family Karma we cried watching Amrit and Nicholas get married but wondered hey wait a minute the season is over?!
We're talking about: Traveling and the anxiety associated with it and the newest Rachel Dolozel: Raquel Evita Saraswati
Riding solo this week and diving deep into how on both Real Housewives of Miami and Real Housewives of New Jersey it is somehow always the woman's responsibility to make sure men are behaving correctly to which I say FUCK THAT SHIT. ANYWAY! ENJOY!
I'm jumping into the dumpster in the back alley behind Sur with Ryan Bailey, host of So Bad It's Good With Ryan Bailey, to talk about Vanderpump Rules and the fall out of a bromance on Summer House
We're breaking down the incredible first part of the Real Housewives of Potomac Reunion Part 1 and touching lightly on the emotional chat between the Kapais and Nicolas on Family Karma
Today we talked about these things: work life balance, The Last of Us, preparing for an apocalypse, the NBA Allstar game, Karl Malone, Chris Brown, Tiger Woods Tampon Prank, and how soon after a death of a family member would you order yourself some lunch?
The Pod-Fathers, Ben Mandelker and Ronnie Karam of Watch What Crappens, hopped on to talk about Real Housewives of New Jersey as well as Family Karma and of course a year of problematic loonies on Bravo! Head over to watchwhatcrappens.com to vote for the Golden Crappies!
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My favorite person to scream about idiots with, Giselle Brooks host of @whoaskedmepodcast, is back on to talk about the premiere of Summer House and the absolutely unnecessary three episodes of Love Is Blind Season 3 After The Altar.
We are talking about: The Superbowl, Rihanna, Ads, Ben and JLO, Abe Lincoln's Birthday, Aaron Rodgers, Leonardo's dating, and Aliens! Also, we got into a siblings spat and had to shut down the recording! Find out why!!
Riding solo and briefly recapping the premiere of Real Housewives of New Jersey and Vanderpump Rules and then of course dissecting once again why I don't like Alexia on Real Housewives of Miami.
Noor finally binged The Sopranos and SPOILER ALERT for a show from 20 years ago - there are spoilers ahead! We're talking about the entire show!
On Family Karma this week, the Kapai parents are officially leaning into the Desi parent melodrama and on Real Housewives of Potomac, and beyond, Robyn Dixon digs her own grave.
One of our faves Kendrick Tucker, Host of Reality & Comics Too @realitycomicstoo, popped on to talk about the decommissioning of Real Housewives of Salt Lake City and Alexia's dedication to being loud and wrong on Real Housewives of Miami
It's been a busy week of Robyn Dixon, who slapped on her best clown face to defend Juan Dixon, slipped dollar bills into panties, and cut Wendy and Karen out of filming. On Family Karma did Vishal and Richa get married? Who is to say!!?
We talked about these things:
Giselle, host of @whoaskedmepodast, hopped on to scream with me in rage about The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City reunion and scream in delight about The Real Housewives of Miami
Aarti asks why Lisa Barlow is trending, Family Karma kids are in therapy, and The Real Housewives of Potomac are laughing as hard as we are at Karen's delusion.
Wins for the Eagles and 49ers! Hilary Baldwin is back with her accent! Gwen Stefani says she's Asian! Shakira got out of a jam! Beyonce in Dubai! Ronaldo in Saudi Arabia!
Emily Hanks, host of She Speaks Bravo with Emily Hanks, hopped on the pod to share her problematic favorite, breakdown the addictive and ridiculous Traitors on Peacock, and the reason for the season Real Housewives of Miami where we got our very first official uninvitation!
On Real Housewives of Potomac, Charrisse continues to try and infiltrate the show and we continue to wonder who Blue Eyes is and on Family Karma another set of unfortunately blue eyes tried to infiltrate the show!
We're talking about George Santos doppelgänger, buccal fat removal, Noor's disloyalty to her family, Raheel's horny 4 Brock Purdy, Tom Brady is not retiring maybe again, the Pakistani owner of the Jacksonville Jaguars, The Golden Globes and Brad Pitt, and the upcoming Pamela Anderson Netflix documentary.
The always delightful Brett (@bravobybrett) and one half of the newest podcast @toptobottompod joined me to discuss Real Housewives of Salt Lake City super fail of a season and Real Housewives of Miami being the greatest television show to grace our screens.
On Family Karma the Aunties are cooking and fighting and on Real Housewives of Potomac the Auntie are fighting while the other ladies are eating.
Raheel lost his most treasured possessions, the biggest nepotism baby, first name Prince last name Harry, has lost his thread, Kevin McCarthy has lost the vote, and miraculously the incredible Damar Hamlin did not lose his life and the Bills didn't lose yesterday's game!
Riding solo today to breakdown the Jen Shah sentencing, Real Housewives of Salt Lake City, and the Real Housewives of Miami
On Real Housewives of Potomac we are thoroughly entertained by Karen's confusing little show and on Family Karma we are obviously on Dharma's side.
The new year is upon us and we are talking about our favorite moments of 2022 with the cherry on top being the arrest of Andrew Taint.
We recently shut down our Patreon but we had a lot of fun recording content there! For the Winter Holidays, we'll be releasing some of our favorite episodes from the Patreon vault. Today, it's the recap of the House of the dragon finale with Noor's husband, Fahad!
We recently shut down our Patreon but we had a lot of fun recording content there! For the Winter Holidays, we'll be releasing some of our favorite episodes from the Patreon vault. Today, it's an episode from September when we picked back in Venice where Harry Style may have spat on Chris Pine, then we dive into the Queen dying and what it means for those of us who were colonized, a dark detour into Jeffrey Epstein (woopsies) and ending on sports including cricket which made us very upset and again we can blame the Queen for that!
We recently shut down our Patreon but we had a lot of fun recording content there! For the Winter Holidays, we'll be releasing some of our favorite episodes from the Patreon vault. Today, it's an episode from when the Don't Worry Darling Drama was on the tops of our minds and so was House of The Dragon. DISCLAIMER: this episode was recorded before it was discovered that Harry Styles spat on Chris Pine 😂😂😂
We recently shut down our Patreon but we had a lot of fun recording content there! For the Winter Holidays, we'll be releasing some of our favorite episodes from the Patreon vault. Today, one or both of us is high and we're discussing why Noor cries so much, why she doesn't sport, and what kind of foods we love.
We recently shut down our Patreon but we had a lot of fun recording content there! For the Winter Holidays, we'll be releasing some of our favorite episodes from the Patreon vault. Today, it's Raheel's favorite movie - Meet Joe Black.
On Real Housewives of Salt Lake City, Heather Gay chewed the scenery with her nonsense and on Real Housewives of Miami, Alexia put her entire foot in her mouth, took it out added condiments, and stuck it right back in again!
We're finally finished with The Crown Season 5 and we're covering Episodes 8, 9, and 10 where mostly it is embarassing how desperate and pathetic the Royal family and anyone who supports them really is!
This week on Family Karma we're wondering what planet Vishal's mom Reshma is on and on Real Housewives of Potomac, we're wondering who really is convinced that Robyn and Juan are even getting married.
Last week the World watched men fight for cups but we ask what about women?! We also talk about Britney Griner, Maya Moore, Don't Worry Darling, and Sopranos Season 2!
Friend of the pod and fellow lover all things problematic Eugene hopped on to discuss the absolutely perfect 5 episode drop new season of Real Housewives of Miami and the absolutely unhinged and confusing few weeks of Real Housewives of Salt Lake City. Follow Eugene on Instagram.com/problemaddictpod and on Twitter.com/problemadictpod
The Pakistanis have entered the chat! This episode of The Crown showed Diana lusting after a Pakistani Doctor while getting duped by a Pakistani Journalist!
Amrit on Family Karma is throwing the dorkiest Bachelor Party on earth and the Real Housewives of Potomac are having a ton of conversations that are all so successful that Ray Huger tries his turn at it and fails miserably!
The description says it all! We're talking about everything on White Lotus so far, except for the finale! The Sopranos season 1! and the World Cup!
Finally caught up on Real Housewives of Salt Lake City and in the words of Lisa Barlow - this is crazy. this is like crazy town.
We're talking about Episode 5 and Episode 6 of The Crown and are spending a lot of time dissecting love, relationships, and if whatever Philip is doing is cheating!
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On Family Karma this week all the Desis are acting a fool but also in real life with Aarti and Noor. And on Real Housewives of Potomac, everyone is getting mad at each other for doing the things they're all accusing each other of doing!
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Anchors for a morning talk show are boinking each other! Men are cheating! Midlife crises by gender! The World Cup! Corruption! and Willard Smith!
On this episode, The Queen had a terrible year, her sister was mad, Anne wanted a new husband, Andrew is terrible, Charles is shockingly hot because Dominic West is too sexy anyway what are we talking about? Right, season 5 episode 4 of The Crown!
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The always incredible Rae Sanni hopped on the pod to talk about Real Housewives of Potomac (35:00) but first, Aarti joins to discuss the latest episode of Family Karma at the top of the episode!
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Aarti hops on to discuss the dynamics of Desi mothers in law and what's really going on with Anisha on Family Karma and of course to dive into everything on Real Housewives of Potomac from Jovial Jamaican men, frog & human buttholes, and of course if anyone knows what antagonizing really means on this show.
Thanksgiving is upon us and it wouldn't be the Holidays without a family squabble!
The always hilarious Donny Hadfield-Smith, 1/2 of I Am The Cute One, hopped on for an early morning coffee talk to recap Real Housewives of Salt Lake City and as usual a lot of other bullshit is discussed.
We're talking about Episode 2 of the new season of the Crown and it is all about discretion, a thing we have none of.
We got the second half of Richa and Vishal's beautiful but lengthy, hot, and sweaty wedding on Family Karma and the Real Housewives of Potomac go to Miami and I'm sorry Michael Darby did what to who to how to when?!?
Ashley Madison! Breakfast! Rotisserie chicken guy in Philly! Steak! Elections! Dave Chappelle on SNL! John Mayer! Chris Evans!
The always hilarious and silly as ever @thetomhamlett co-host of @dumpsterdivepod and frankly this podcast hopped on to talk about Real Housewives of Salt Lake City (47:56) and touched Love Is Blind - Head over to Dumpster Dive to hear all of my thoughts on the show. And as promised Giselle host of @whoaskedmepod sent some hilarious and insightful voice notes (27:36) WHILE IN TRANSIT moving across country on Love Is Blind and boy are they accurate!
To kick off our new scripted television recaps, we are starting with the new season of The Crown S5 E1: Queen Victoria Syndrome - we go off on many tangents, there's a lot of Royals slander, but we ask a very important question which is: Would Princess Diana have a podcast?
Aarti joins to say good bye to Married to Medicine and hello to Family Karma while the Real Housewives of Potomac burn paper, and newly constructed bridges.
We have the Sunday Scaries! The High Five was made by WHO? Being a celebrities seems terribly sad (RIP Aaron Carter & Takeoff). Drake needs to shut his dumb Canadian mouth. Dwayne Wade seems like an exemplary father. Rihanna needs to make better decisions. Kyrie needs to read a book.
For every dark episode of Real Housewives of Beverly Hills that we've had to sit through, Bravo is giving us a nonsense clown car mad lib of an episode of Real Housewives of Salt Lake City and it is delightful!
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Giselle, host of Who Asked Me podcast is back to talk some more about Love Is Blind. We're talking about Episodes 4-8(ish...maybe a little more)! And mostly we are SCREAMING about the dumb fucks on this show.
Communications Professor, Author, and Patreon Supporter of our silly little podcast, DOCTOR Katia Campbell hopped on the pod to breakdown this week's Real Housewives of Potomac and Married to Medicine. We talked a ton about representation on reality television and tons of more!
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Happy Halloween! Nothing is scarier than normalization of problematic men and we talk about it! From Andr*w TAINT to El*n M*sk to Matthew Perry to Tom Brady - men are doing bad things and we talk about it.
On Real Housewives of Salt Lake City, no one can get their story straight and on Real Housewives of Beverly Hills slurs are just being tossed about without consequence!
Bravo is giving us agita so we moved on over to the trash fire that is Netflix Love Is Blind season 3 with my friend Giselle, host of @whoaskedmepodcast. We're only covering episodes 1-4 and Spoiler Alert: no one has chemistry and everyone is clout chasing!
The Married to Medicine ladies didn't miss a beat and went full chaos at the Reunion Part 1 and the Real Housewives of Potomac work hard but those Producer (ERIC we're talking to you!) work harder!
The Phillies have made it to the World Series! Touchdown Tommy Brady has compared himself to a member of the US Military! Sudeikis wants you to hashtag believe! Corden sends back eggs! Antisemitism and conspiracy theories have a new demographic within K*nye fans! and Taylor Ham Swift has made a new album!
Whether it's Whitney unpacking her childhood trauma on Real Housewives of Salt Lake City or Crystal and Garcelle explaining microaggressions on Real Housewives of Beverly Hills, Bravo and Housewives franchises are proving to be ill-equipped to have these complex and nuanced conversations.
We're recapping House of the Dragon Season 1 Episode 9 and spoiler alert: kinks may have been shamed!
Aarti is back to break down the latest episode of Real Housewives of Potomac and Married to Medicine Finale!
The very first installment of a new weekly series where Raheel, famously from the Patreon and also my brother, hops on to discuss a range of things from Sports, Politics, Pop culture, and real life. This week we talk sports, 90s pop divas, n*sync, the racist former LA councilwoman, homophobia and racism in Muslim/minority circles, and the Super Mario Brothers movie casting.
The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills Reunion part 1 was so frustrating I barely made it to Real Housewives of Salt Lake City; HOWEVER, Whitney Rose is so drunk and hilarious and chaotic that it's actually worth the wait.
It's a full recap of House of the Dragon Episode 8: The Lord of the Tides from the Patreon! For more of this & other pop culture content head on over to Patreon.com/therealityispod
The Cherry Blossoms of our lives, the Real Housewives of Potomac have returned and boy did we have a great time. Aarti hopped on to break that down and then we screamed about how Anila Sajja is a f**king racist on Married to Medicine.
Aarti joined me this week to talk about The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills Finale and The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City S3 E2, where we ask the question WHY AREN'T WE TALKING ABOUT IT?! Whether it's Kathy saying racist things or Jennie's racism, the ladies said we were going to talk about it but NO ONE IS TALKING ABOUT IT.
Friend of the podcast and your favorite comic book expert Kendrick Tucker, host of the Reality & Comics Too Podcast hops on to discuss House of The Dragon and Married to Medicine. Follow Kendrick on instagram @realitycomicstoo and don't forget to subscribe, rate, and review Reality & Comics Too podcast everywhere podcasts are heard!
This week on Real Housewives of Beverly Hills Rinna tries to make a casserole of nothing and play therapist and the Real Housewives of Salt Lake City are back on our televisions reading lines and crafting storylines while supporting a criminal coworker.
Real housewives of Atlanta Reunion part 3 was somehow the best part of the reunion and...somehow Todd was the best player?! CONFUSION! On Married to Medicine, there are theories and hits and conspiracies and none of it makes any sense but all of it is 10/10 television.
The Real Housewives of Atlanta Reunion part 1 was beautiful but drowned out by some chirpy background actors, the ladies of Married to Medicine are holi-slaying, and the Real Housewives of Beverly Hills are fighting!
We're diving into EVERYTHING this week on Bravo - Real Housewives of Atlanta, Married to Medicine, Real Housewives of Beverly Hills, and Real Housewives of Dubai!
There was no Real Housewives of Beverly Hills on and yet there is 20 minutes of ranting about how poorly these women are behaving on social media. The finale of Real Housewives of Dubai had too much filler footage and well...that's that.
On Real Housewives of Atlanta, the ladies are in Jamaica and the alliances are as confusing as Sanya being mad at Kenya and on Married to Medicine the ladies are in Vegas living their best lives.
On both Real housewives of Beverly Hills and Real Housewives of Dubai it is a feud between people functioning like normal human beings and people functioning like a television show.
Aarti is back to talk about why on Married to Medicine everyone is right and everyone is wrong and why this show is just so fun.
The Real Housewives of Atlanta continue being late to things in Jamaica except for running races, which they seem to be great at!
The brightest and wittiest ray of sunshine in the Bravo fan world, THE Brett of @bravobybrett joins the pod to talk about Married to Medicine, Real Housewives of Atlanta, and of course the Hair heard around the universe, Teresa Gorga Guidice Ruelaseseseses' wedding.
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The Real Housewives of Atlanta are settling back in after being sent home from Marlo's trip before going on Sanya's ridiculous Jamaica trip and the Married to Medicine women are cooling down after the ineffective intervention only to get hopped back up from Anila & Kiran's corny try hard costume.
On Real Housewives of Beverly Hills, everyone is talking about Erika being a sloppy messy drunk but I wanna talk about the bizarre "suspicion of DUI" story and cop interactions for rich white folks v. ANY black/brown person! On Real Housewives of Dubai, Caroline Stanbury got married but I care about it as little as Sergio cares about his wife's maternal reproductive health.
The ladies of Married to Medicine host an intervention that does not go as planned and the Real Housewives of Atlanta have a girls trip that does not go as planned.
We did a deep dive with Kendrick from Reality & Comics too about the entire season of Ms. Marvel, the finale, the show as a whole and where we think the Marvel Cinematic Universe goes from here!
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The Real Housewives of Dubai are unraveling to show us who they really are and the Real Housewives of Beverly Hills have been doing exactly that for 12 years.
The Real Housewives Ultimate Girls Trip: Ex Wives Club has wrapped up, but not without some sloppy making out and pizza in the bedroom and of course delusion.
The ladies on Real Housewives of Atlanta go on a trip and ask who farted, what's Drew mad about, and why Kenya and Marlo can't get along. Heavenly throws a fashion show at the beauty store on Married to Medicine and Anila continues to be the worst.
A splendid Sunday line up! Kenya has her most likable episode to date on Real Housewives of Atlanta and the Doctors and Doctor wives of Married to Medicine come back with a season premiere that is anything but bullshit, despite there being an actual cow shitting.
On the Real Housewives Ultimate Girls Trip it is a thirst off, on Real Housewives of Beverly Hills its a drunk off, and on Real Housewives of Dubai I want Caroline Stanbury and Sergio off my screens.
Someone take away Diana Jenkins' and Lisa Rinna's phones because the Real Housewives of Beverly Hill Billies are at it again with the bullshit!
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Noor covers Real Housewives of Beverly Hills in a brief recap in the top of the hour where spoiler alert: she's mad at the women. Then Aarti joins for a deep dive on Real Housewives of Dubai where spoiler alert: we fawn over Chanel Ayan.
Kendrick, host of Reality & Comics Too, hops on to discuss Real Housewives of Atlanta, breakdown what Marlo's end game is, what a womlette is, and who is a Dutch Slut.
This week on Real Housewives of Atlanta Shereé ate chips, folded laundry, and talked shit and I felt like I was watching myself. On Love Match Atlanta, Shae made amends and Ming ate sconces.
Friend of the pod, Maya Khan, joins us to talk about the kids in the pool on Real Housewives of Beverly Hills and the goat in the pool on Real Housewives of Dubai.
Breaking down the last 2 weeks of Love Match Atlanta and then breaking down emotionally with Sheree on Real Housewives of Atlanta
Aarti hops on to welcome the Real Housewives of Dubai in all their glitz and glam, theorize what exactly Garcelle may be up to on Real Housewives of Beverly Hills, and defend the behavior of dogs on Bravo these days.
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The Summer House Reunion part 2 wraps up the season Paige working on her posture. I promise, it's just her posture! She's not a cold little brat at all!
A mini episode about the latest episode of Real Housewives of Atlanta (S14 E3) - "The Tea is Served"
A mini episode covering Summer House Reunion Part 1 thoughts!
Kandi & The Gang went out with bang, Drew on Real Housewives of Atlanta gets gaslit, and Love Match Atlanta comes in hot!
This week on the Summer House Finale, we had a prom, a wedding, and some COVID and on Real Housewives of New Jersey Reunion part 1 we learned that the lights are in fact not on in Teresa's head or even on set.
On Summer House, the only comfort Kyle can find is a toy horse outside of someone's home in the Hamptons. On Real Housewives of New Jersey, the Nashville trip and the season end as bizarrely as Louis' bedazzled jacket. On Real Housewives of Orange County, Bravo threw together a two part reunion that I can barely remember.
Much like when Jen Shah was arrested, the internet has come together to celebrate the divorce of Ashley Darby. We're also sharing some housekeeping updates and of course diving into the chaos of Summer House, the egg rolls of Kandi & The Gang, and how Karen Huger perhaps doesn't know what the word secession means.
The Real Housewives of Orange County season ended with a BOP and validation for all of our inner Shannons and on the Real Housewives of New Jersey, Teresa Guidice lost her mind.
On Summer House, Lindsay is having such a great summer that she's screaming at everyone. On Kandi & The Gang, Todd is such a good restaurant owner that he doesn't know how the kitchen is run. We also talk about the events of the shooting in Brooklyn as it is close to both of our lives. We hope our listeners are safe and know they are loved.
We're talking about Kandi & the Gang, where everyone is lovable except Todd and Summer House where everyone loves everyone probably because everyone is high.
Ramadan Mubarak! We spend the start of the episode talking about Ramadan and then have a clunky transition to Real Housewives of Orange County and Real Housewives of New Jersey where we realize that once you think someone doesn't like you, it's impossible to ever believe they actually do like you.
We talk about the ridiculous Oscars and then we jump straight into the more interesting fight between Ciara and Lindsay or was it Danielle? or was it Paige vs Linsday? What was Craig doing there? Anyway! Enjoy!
This special bonus episode is our chat with our good friend and supporter on our Patreon, Jill Hirsch. We just laughed about our love for Watch What Crappens and of course weighed in on our complicated relationship with bravo.
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Everyone is wrong and everyone is right but EVERYONE IS MOSTLY WRONG. We're talking about Shannon and Gina, multiverse versions of the same soul, having private experiences on Real Housewives of Orange County. We're also talking about the white feminist tinge of microaggressions of Marge on Real Housewives of New Jersey.
We finally settled the feud between Aarti and Chelsea (@ohonochels) so that we could deep dive into the feud of Lindsay v. Ciara but really the whole world against Austen Kroll.
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Noor is riding solo for the last time and talking about Real Housewives of New Jersey, the stupid Real Housewives of Salt Lake City Reunion part 3, and the lackluster episode of Real Housewives of Orange County.
Back by popular demand from our Patreon Bonus vault, Noor and her brother Raheel eat a piece of edible and calm down as they discuss the iconic Real Housewives of Beverly Hills Season 5 Episode 16 where Rinna almost choked Kim and Kyle was the worst.
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THE Tom Hamlett, 1/2 of The Dumpster Dive Podcast, joined Noor this week to break down coast to coast shenanigans on Real Housewives of Orange County, Real Housewives of New Jersey, and Real Housewives of Miami. A detour or two may have been made to discuss Crockpots, Orcs, and Magnets.
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We celebrate International Women's day by watching Ciara and Lindsay set women back a few decades on Summer House. On Real Housewives of Salt Lake City, Meredith Marks put on a powdered wig and puts her Juris Doctorate to use on Part 2 of the Reunion.
It is wild that 10 episodes of Love is Blind season 2 was more fun than 1 hour of Real Housewives of Salt Lake City Reunion, but here we are! Our brains are as fried as Kyle's birthday speech on Summer House.
This week Noor tells Aarti about all of the Coast to Coast drama, some petty, some dark, some hilarious, from Real Housewives of Orange County, Real Housewives of New Jersey, and the final two episodes of Real Housewives of Miami.
On this super special Patreon bonus, Noor's brother Raheel hopped on to discuss the iconic RHONJ Christening Episode (S3 E1) and his run in with Joey Gorga himself. For more Patreon Exclusive content: patreon.com/therealityispod
On Summer House we had probably the most real conversation about race on TV between white and black people since ...well ever. And on Real Housewives of New Jersey we stan Gabby Catania.
Noor is riding solo and very nervous and writing in the 3rd person in this description as she covers the hypocrisy or perceived hypocrisy and double standards on Real Housewives of New Jersey, a stack of vaginas on Real Housewives of Orange County, and unfortunately K*nye W*st's ding dang donger.
Friend of the pod Selle Brooks and host of "Who Asked Me?" Podcast hopped on to psychoanalyze the dodo birds on Real Housewives of Salt Lake City and Summer House.
Aarti is signing off the pod for a few weeks so before she says see ya for a bit, we had to dive into ALL of the show this week on Bravo! Real Housewives of New Jersey premiere! Real Housewives of Orange County sweat lodge! Real Housewives of Miami vomit! and Project Runway Finale!
This week on Real Housewives of Salt Lake City, Mary M Cosby taught us about the power of NO. On Summer House we continued to wonder what Alex is doing there. And we answered some questions from our Patreon Mail Bag "Ask Your Aunties". If you'd like to support us and ask some questions check us out: patreon.com/therealityispod
We've had a busy week on the pod and we're breaking it all down! We're talking about our meetings with Luke and Dorinda, the VPR reunions, Summer House, and Real Housewives of Miami.
WHAT A WEEK! We obviously start this episode diving deep into the racist facebook posts of Jennie Nguyen and ask as usual WTF is going on at Bravo HQ?! Then we awkwardly pivot to talking about the happenings in Cabo on Real Housewives of Orange County and the strangest room fighting on Real Housewives of Miami.
We're talking about this disaster dinner in Real Housewives of Salt Lake City where everyone is chewing the scenery for that sweet screen time, Porsha's Family Matters Finale that confirms what Team Twirl has known about Porsha this whole time, and the triumphant return of Carl Radke's butt on Summer House which we didn't get nearly enough of because Amanda and Kyle's toxic relationship got front and center!
This week on Real Housewives of Orange County, Heather Dubrow threw a book party for her daughter and Emily ate a sandwich in a Sauna. On Real Housewives of Miami, the ladies continued to use Julia as some sort of sexy lesbian trope, but all we want is to see Julia cry into greens.
This week on Real Housewives of Orange County, Shannon had to overcome very stressful situations like dealing with the Dubrows and being at Persian dinner with not one but two kinds of rice so you know we'll be diving in carb-first on that. We also caught up on Real Housewives of Miami episodes 3-5, from Art shows, to birthdays, to inappropriate foot massages, to everything that is going on with Alexia.
We're back from our winter break to talk about Real Housewives of Salt Lake City, specifically Jennie's epic gathering of the women, Porsha's Family Matters, and Netflix's Selling Tampa!
Before we dive into Part 2 of our mega chat with hilarious and brilliant comedian, writer on the Emmy Nominated "A Black Lady Sketch Show" (Season 2 out now!), lover and hate watcher of all things reality tv, and most importantly our dear friend, Rae Sanni, we are talking about Housewives Allstars and of course the Summer House Finale! Also make sure to check out The Cast with Jaquis Neal & Rae everywhere podcasts are heard.
Hilarious and brilliant comedian, writer on the Emmy Nominated "A Black Lady Sketch Show" (Season 2 out now!), lover and hate watcher of all things reality tv, and most importantly our dear friend, Rae Sanni hopped on the pod this week for a mega chat where we psychoanalyzed just about everybody on TV and maybe even ourselves. Also make sure to check out The Cast with Jaquis Neal & Rae everywhere podcasts are heard.
The hilarious @thetomhamlett of @dumpsterdivepod subbed in as Aarti this week and we had the delightfully hilarious @anewborn87 of @romanticrealistpodcast as our guest to talk all things Housewives, the mystery of Porsha Williams and Simon Not-van-kempen, why Andy Cohen is problematic, and so much more.
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The lovely Taria Faison subbed in as our Aarti this week as we chat all things RHOBH and RHONY with one of the smartest Bravo podcasters out here - Charlie Walls aka Obi - Host of @oddblackindividual. For the record, Sonja is a clown, Bershan is the moment, Sutton is annoying, and Erika is crying for real but probably more for herself than anyone else!
Friend of the podcast Kim Knight (@spicedbykim) hopped on the podcast this week to have probably the most eye opening and honest discussions we've ever had about Bravo's mishandling of racism and other problematic behaviors on Housewives. We talk about RHOD, RHONY Premiere, and RHONJ.
Bravo/Pop culture social media icons and hosts of I Am The Cute One: A Mary-Kate & Ashley Podcast, Donny & Chelsea hopped on and oh what fun we had discussing problematic favorites, what makes a good housewife, the RHOSLC taglines, RHOBH, and of course...how many eggs can PK swallow whole?
The brilliant Attorneys of The Bravo Docket, Cesie and Angela, graciously broke down all of our stupid questions about Erika, the Girardi case, and the impact of the case on the cast and show. We also talked about some of their very plausible conspiracy theories which may or may not have included a racoon. Follow The Bravo Docket on Instagram & subscribe to their podcast via thebravodocket.com.
We are discussing the new Real Housewives of Miami reboot, as well as discussing our favorites from the original seasons. On Real Housewives of Orange County, Heather Dubrow is one doodoo nail away from Erika Jayning at Shannon and we just love it.
On The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City, Jennie throws a Pho lunch at a peace garden and it's chaos at it's finest. The Real Housewives of New Jersey trailer dropped this week and we talk about that and sort of spill some tea.
On Real Housewives of Orange County, it turns out Heather Dubrow sends texts so crazy that we side with Shannon. We also said farewell to the Real Housewives Ultimate Girls Trip where Ramona Singer made no progress and cried many fake tears.
This past Sunday the story arcs, the twists and turns, the displays loyalty and betrayal could be seen from Salt Lake City to Rome! We are breaking down the Succession Finale at the top of the show and Real Housewives of Salt Lake City (34:00).
Fancy pants and her leather husband, I mean leather jacket, throw a party that goes absolutely haywire and it is a perfect mess. We also talk about Winter House in light of the Summer House trailer! Enjoy!
Fancy pants and her leather husband, I mean leather jacket, throw a party that goes absolutely haywire and it is a perfect mess. We also talk about Winter House in light of the Summer House trailer! Enjoy!
The triumphant return of Heather 'fancy pants' Dubrow stirred up the perfect storm of Shannon's anxiety induced by Gina and Emily's little digs and we lapped it up! On Real Housewives Ultimate Girls Trip, the ladies have passed Kumbaya to hit a wall where everyone can't stand each other all while caring for their elderly diaper wearing cast-mate.
Friends! We have returned from our mini Thanksgiving break and we're covering Real Housewives of Potomac Reunion Parts 3 and 4 and Real Housewives of Salt Lake City Episode 11! Microwave your eggs and enjoy!
We had a great time binging episodes 1-4 of Real Housewives Ultimate Girls Trip and were truly blown away but how likable everyone but Ramona is!
We're taking your questions from the Patreon "Ask Your Aunties" tier, we're introducing a new segment called "Good Tweet Bad Tweet" and we're talking about Scheana's ability to show growth and at the same time not change at all on Vanderpump Rules!
We're recapping 3 hours of some of the best television seen on Bravo, from the non-stop entertainment train of the Real Housewives of Potomac Reunion Part 1 to the runaway train or rather truck of one Jennifer Shah from the Feds on Real Housewives of Salt Lake City. Don't worry we dive into how absolutely batsh*t Mary M Cosby is and how unhinged Andy Cohen sounds yelling at Candiace.
This week our friend Selle, host of @whoaskedmepodcast, hopped on to breakdown Vanderpump Rules and the anticlimactic and down right maddening final part of the unnecessary four part reunion of Real Housewives of Beverly Hills. We also go deep into our problems with Bravo as a whole which actually mirror a lot of the problems in American society. Talk about problematic!
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We're talking about the breaking new of Real Housewives of Dubai, breaking down the truly low budget vow renewal in Real Housewives of Potomac, and discussing the totally not subtle on screen scheming of Lisa Barlow in Real Housewives of Salt Lake City.
Friends, we will be very honest with you this week of Bravo TV felt as uninspired as Schwartz & Sandy's, but we nevertheless we persevered, we watched Real Housewives of Beverly Hills and Vanderpump Rules, we took notes, we talked about it, and then we took a detour about the American fast food experience overseas. ENJOY!
This is an episode from our friend Les Kurdendaal-Barrett's podcast "The Reality Reading Rainbow" with our friend Taria Faison from What Else is Going On podcast. We had a great deep dive into our feelings about Bravo's "diversity and inclusion" and Bravo viewers and even podcasters as of late. We don't hold back!
This week on Real Housewives of Potomac, Karen inserted herself into a cake and on Real Housewives of Salt Lake City everyone inserted themselves into silly little fights.
This week on the bonus our dear friend, current CEO of DumpsterStar DiveCo, and future President of the Fluff & Fold Laundry Empire, Tom Hamlett hopped on to "talk about" the season 3 premiere of HBO's Succession. Yes, talk about is in quotations because in true Dumpster Diva fashion we talked about many other things that have nothing to do with Succession.
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What a week of shitty dudes on bravo huh? Between Gordon on Real Housewives of Potomac and Duy and Robert Sr on Real Housewives of Salt Lake City, the thirst is not just real but it's exhausting to watch.
Never did we imagine that one day Vanderpump Rules would be the most wholesome content on Bravo, but here. we. are. We're talking about the proposal of Noor and Raquel's dreams on Vanderpump Rules. And then we're encouraging you to heavily medicate or not and just rage with us as we dive into the Real Housewives of Beverly Hills Reunion Part 1.
This week on VPR, Tom Sandoval did too much but somehow Lala did even more and all she got was a lousy sheet cake. Over on Real Housewives of Beverly Hills, what was more confusing than Erika's stories were Erika, Kyle, and Rinna's lewks at Crystal's fabulous Chinese New Year Party.
This week on Real Housewives of Potomac some how a horribly creepy old dude who makes dick jokes, pantomimes sex, and tells his wife to STFU was overshadowed by Candiace losing her cool. Over on Real Housewives of Salt Lake City, we had the case of the mysterious last minute catering cancelation which resulted in a classic and hilarious Housewives fight.
Friend of the pod and pop culture, bravo, reality tv, VPR aficionado Kara Berry host of Everyone's Business But Mine joined us this week as we reluctantly watched the return of Vanderpump Rules and much like the unexpected rush of emotions from a "pre-workout pill", were surprised at just how great it was! We also talked about RHOBH and wondered who clocked Kathy in the head with a golf ball during a Barbie commercial.
This week the ladies on RHOP showed us that great reality television is made on driveways, in front of construction, with paddles, and shade and the ladies on RHOSLC proved again what we already know about all of them except for Mary who somehow manages to surprise us every week.
The ladies in RHOBH head to a creepy hotel, Erika lies as usual, the ladies don't call her out, and then they all decide to grill Garcelle for no reason at all. We also ask a question from our Patreon "Ask Your Aunties" level Patron. Support us there on patreon.com/therealityispod
We're breaking down this week's hilariously messy RHOP episode courtesy Miss Dotty and hilariously delusional RHOSLC episode courtesy all of them! Enjoy!
Friend of the pod Sonia Sells hopped on to talk about a BLESSED Sunday where the House of Huger met the Church of Cosby and Lord was it glorious.
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We're breaking down this week's Real Housewives of Potomac and discovering that the root of all the problems is misdirected anger which should be directed at Michael Darby. We're also answering some questions from our Patreon "Ask Your Aunties" Mailbag.
We're diving into the aftermath of the Ashley Darby Williamsburg Dumpster Fire Incident of 2021 and asking important questions like "do we think our husbands would be beloved or hated on tv?". We also dive into Shahs of Sunset reunion/finale and discuss how stupid everyone is, as usual.
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Gizelle and Ashley stay messy, Robyn is lazy, Wendy is upset, Karen is obsessed, Mia is confused, and Candiace is hilarious. Oh, and the Shahs of Sunset are toxic and dysfunctional exactly the way we want them to be.
We're hitting you with a supersized episode because when our friend and TWO TIME Emmy nominated writer and comedian Rae Sanni is on, we can't stop psychoanalyzing these psychopaths and also psychoanalyzing ourselves in the process.
Timestamps: RHOP (3:10), Shahs of Sunset (1:07:10), RHOSLC Trailer (1:22:17)
Take out your jade rollers friends because this week's Bravo was stressful, riveting, offensive, hilarious, and thrilling all at once!
Weekly gush session over how much we love the Karen vs. Gizelle feud and as usual spending too much time psychoanalyzing the psychopaths on Shahs of Sunset.
Like trying to understand Mia's bad Math, English, and Anatomy, we are trying to understand how exactly Ambassadors function from county to county on RHOP and why Tommy has a point but also needs to get over it on Shahs of Sunset, among other things! Enjoy!
We're breaking down the Family Karma finale as well as the juicy WWHL end of season pow-wow with the cast of Family Karma. It is as if our people knew this was the final exam and like good Indian kids, they aced it! We're also talking about this week's RHONY (51:00) at the end of this episode. So chug that last bit of wine like you're moving to Kentucky to be with your giant boyfriend and drink up the episode!
We're talking Real Housewives of Potomac and Shahs of Sunset!
This week Erika told tall tales on Real Housewives of Beverly Hills (5:00) and Leah, Lu, Ramona, and Sonja held an intervention at a bar on Real Housewives of New York (29:01)
There's nothing we love more than psychoanalyzing our own people and the latest episode of Family Karma gave us plenty to psychoanalyze! From Monica's parents to Lopa's estranged daughter to Brian's lady troubles - Family Karma delivers again!
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We finally finished up the emotionally exhausting reunion of Married to Medicine (5:17). We talk about how Noor's theory about London being a production plant on Shahs of Sunset (15:09) is no long a theory, and actually just a fact. And of course, we talk about Karen Huger trying to convince us she and Ray still bone despite no one asking if they do, amongst other things on Real Housewives of Potomac (21:03).
Friend of the podcast and our real lives Kim Knight (@spicedbykim) hopped on to talk about the FIERY premiere of Real Housewives of Potomac, the agonizing Married to Medicine Reunion part 2, and the oddest Friendsgiving on Shahs of Sunset.
We also discuss a little bit about what's going on in Cuba, because why not. Click here to learn more.
Family Karma as usual is making us cry (thanks Nani Jaan!), but also making us cackle (thanks Chitra!). We're talking about Nani's special moment with Nicholas, the struggles of overbearing parents, and aiming to get to the Chitra and eventually Nani phases of our lives when we say FUCK IT let people live!
We are recapping Married to Medicine Reunion Part 1, which aired approximately 100 years ago. We are also addressing our last episode in which we placed our feet directly inside of our mouths. We are also for some fucking reason discussing Grey's Anatomy in the first 3 minutes of the episode, and maybe sharing a spoiler that isn't actually a spoiler for anyone who has watched the show beyond 5 seasons.
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We are crying about I mean talking about Family Karma S2S4 and S2S5 and putting into the Universe that Family Karma should win every television award available because holy crap what an amazing show!
We are back and talking about Shahs of Sunset (9:45) and last week's RHOBH (30:00) where Erika fed us enough lies to be mildly fooled but actually not and what we've been up to while we were away!
Pull out your jade (or Nurse Jamie!) rollers friends because ugh the levels of toxic masculinity are at an all time high on the season finale of Married to Medicine (27: 50) and Destiney's Halloween party on Shahs of Sunset (2:15).
We are talking about the eventful week of all things Housewives from the shakeup in OC (1:20), Housewife & the Hustler (9:02), psychoanalyzing Crystal on RHOBH (16:15), and Leah the toddler on RHONY (31:29).
We're talking Family Karma S2E3 which means we're diving deep into the festival of Navratri, explaining Garba, and also making a case for why Richa is too fucking dope for a putz like Vishal.
We're talking all things RHOBH (4:00) and RHONY (26:05) which happens to be filled with white ladies doing the most to be the worst. Enjoy!
THE Taria Faison of the What Else Is Going On Podcast hopped on this week to talk about the problematic bitch that is Bravo herself. Topics included Kenya Moore being terrible (5:00), Aarti's explanation of exactly what the scam is that Lisa Nicole is running on Married to Medicine (15:40), and the twisted game of thrones or game of clue that is Shahs of Sunset (44:00)!
Surprise! Family Karma is back! So we dropped a new weekly episode to talk about Family Karma! We're not sure if this will be weekly but the premiere was so juicy and content rich we needed to put some respect on its name. The whole gang is back and as Aunties ourselves, we had to spend some time psychoanalyzing the whole cast like local busy bodies at the masjid/mandir.
**TRIGGER WARNING** We talk about the RHONJ Reunion and how terribly they presented the sexual harassment in the workplace discussion from 7:20 to 15:12. Feel free to skip ahead! Aarti is back! We talk about a lot of things that don't always flow into each other but we do laugh along the way.
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This week on the pod we had Chelsea from @ohnobravo hop on to talk about all things Housewives from our heartbreak over Caroline Manzo, to Kathy Hilton's teeth, to Garth's curry, to the mess of a reunion that was RHONJ. Follow Chelsea on Instagram @ohnobravo and support her Patreon here!
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We're talking Shahs, Pepto, Ration, Groceries, Holi, M2M! Enjoy!
This episode is a ramotional ramonacoaster. Here are some time stamps of all the things we had to say about Housewives, but trigger warning, we do talk about the Israel Palestine issue from the start to about 17 minutes.
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Aarti is back! We said bye bye to Hannah Berner, said Hello to Shahs (23:44) and said HUH!? to whatever happened at Quad's party on Married to Medicine (9:15).
We are just managing expectations friends! We talk about RHOA Reunions (2:15) and briefly touch on the Porsha-Simon-Falynn-Maybe-Pregnancy of it all but are mostly conspiracy theorizing because we recorded on Monday afternoon before we got confirmation that Porsha set a fire to everything. We also talk Summer House reunion part 2 (15:30) and the latest Married to Medicine (37:00) where Quad killed us, as usual.
On this tangential episode, our friend Kendrick Tucker, host of Me & You, The Housewives, & Marvel Too (@housewivesmarvelpodcast) and also the Bravo Chat Room's #1 Fan, hopped on to talk about the Summer House Reunion Part 1, Married to Medicine, and just about everything else that you could imagine!
We are talking about all things housewives, but we are also talking about an issue that hits close to home for us, the COVID crisis in the South Asian subcontinent. Please donate what you can to the links below.
Making the Difference is helping provide medical supplies for public hospitals and nursing homes in Mumbai as well as grocery and ration kits to daily wage earners. Details on how to donate here.
Rapid Response, India’s premier disaster-response and preparedness service, is seeking donations to provide dry food goods such as rice, dal, salt, and sugar to families across India. Details on how to donate here.
Breathe India, a fundraiser led by Indian Institutes of Technology alumni in conjunction with the SaveLife Foundation, is seeking donations to procure effective distribution of oxygen concentrators to hospitals in Delhi. Lack of supplemental oxygen is currently a massive problem amid the COVID surge in India. Details on how to donate here.
Seva Kitchen, a nonprofit in Nagpur, is seeking donations to provide meal kits for marginalized communities. More details on how to donate here.
Transgender Welfare Equity and Empowerment Trust (TWEET) has been creating and funding shelter homes for trans people in Delhi during the pandemic. Details on how to donate here.
Kailash Satyarthi Children’s Foundation (KSCF), a children’s rights organization based in India, is collecting donations to help children in poverty-stricken communities with access to meals and education. Details on how to donate can be found here.
HelpNow is an initiative led by young students in Mumbai to provide quick, 24/7 medical transportation. It is currently seeking donations to ensure adequate supplies and compensate its drivers. Details on how to donate here.
Give India, a crowdfunding nonprofit platform created to support India throughout the pandemic, is currently running fundraising campaigns for oxygen supply, food shortages, and women’s reproductive health amid the pandemic. Details on how to donate can be found here.
Noor is talking about Ramadan and how she may be doing it so right that its wrong. We discuss the FANTASTIC hour of TV by the ladies of Married to Medicine, the sudden end to the Summer House season, and of course the sneak peak of the new Real Housewives of Potomac season.
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This week Drew showed her internalized misogyny, Tiffany made us cry, and Jennifer made us believe that Bill Aydin really is the best house husband.
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We are talking about RHOBH, Married to medicine, and Summer house. Here's 2 truth and a lie, in that order:
We talk about Jen Shah and whether or not Bravo should be changing their casting process, we talk about the struggles of immigrant children bonding with their unemotional parents in Dallas (21:00), briefly plan Noor's 40th birthday in ATL/NOLA (31:00), and talk about another banger episode from our gals in Jersey (32:15).
We're talking Married to Medicine (7:10) and how "the turntables" for us on Manjula and why anyone would think Luke in Summer House (29:20) is smart enough to manipulate anyone. Can Luke even spell manipulate?!
Join us on this deranged rollercoaster ride with Tom and Cix Hamlett from the Dumpster Dive Podcast. We discuss Kenya's insensitive costume in Atlanta (15:23), cafeteria Christianity in Dallas (38:54), and surprisingly beignets in New Jersey (1:02:59).
We break down the RHONY Trailer (1:59), continue to discuss why Kyle Cooke is a great dad (7:00), and deep dive into Married to Medicine like a nice cold bowl of rasmalai (19:40)
This week we talked about RHOA, RHONJ, and RHOD, as usual. We also talk about the vicious attack on the Asian Community in Atlanta. We encourage our listeners to donate the following organizations:
We had a friend of the pod, Lori, join us this week to share her perspective on how the internet is handling the Meghan Markle discussion (spoiler alert: not well, bitch!). We also talk about how Kyle continues to be a total dad on Summer House and if we are Team Jackie or Team Simone on Married to Medicine. We are team give Toya some food.
Hey Bravo - how about you make Married to Medicine Dallas and make Tiffany Moon your HBIC!? Until then, we are here bitchin' about all things housewives, air fryers and racism! Listen in!
Do you think Harry would get Meghan fish and chips takeout and take it out of the container like Stravy didn't bother doing for Lindsay? Well, we talk about all of that AND the Married to Medicine premiere.
This week we learned (no surprise) that Jen Shah is a terrible human (4:18), Kenya is a sad human (7:37), Teresa is a dumb human (17:08), and Tiffany is the only decent human in Dallas (24:05).
Get your box of tissues because this episode takes a surprisingly emotional detour while we talk about Episodes 2 and 3 of Netflix The Big Day (20:45), but we promise not to nana-nana-boo-boo at you or stomp around like a toddler like Hannah did on Summer House (2:43).
Everyone wants to talk about Bolo but we wanna talk about Marlo catching a whole ass shark on Atlanta (5:30), in New Jersey Teresa continues to be the dumbest person on TV (18:13), and on the final reunion episode in Salt Lake City, we learned that even women of color can be bad allies (28:24).
We're talking Summer House and Netflix's "The Big Day" (27:59).
Whether we're talking about actual weather in Texas or Heather and Whitney from SLC, this week Real Housewives across the country spun us into a whirlwind of excellent reality television.
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We're talking Summer House but more importantly, we're recapping an amazing show on Netflix called "Buried By The Bernards" which showed us a hilarious and heartwarming look at running a funeral home.
It was a week of microagressions: from not actually impeaching Trump, the Bachelor hosts asking for grace for a racist cast member, to the RHOD ladies picking on Tiffany because she has a schedule and thinks removing shoes is important IN A PANDEMIC. We talk about all of it and then we laugh our asses off about RHOSLC Reunion Part 1 because Lisa Barlow came guns blazing and well...we love that.
Tom Brady is the Bethenny of Sports Balls, Hannah is terrible, and House of Ho on HBO Max is fantastic family drama reality tv.
Before we get into the hilarity of Kenya Moore not feeding her guests in Atlanta (12:00), Kary weaponizing her child's mental health issues in Dallas (22:40), and Jen Shah's epic nosedive into terrible housewife territory (31:11), we thought it was important to discuss the #FarmersProtests in India (4:47).
Below are some resources to get a better understanding on what it was Rihanna tweeted about this week:
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Before we get into our recap of Bling Empire Eps 4-8, we had to talk about Jen Shah's absolutely deplorable Instagram post. After discussing a nose dive more epic than The Countess tumbling into a bush, we talk about Bling Empire and tell you why we would also make Kevin our brother.
Something happened this week with Cher and maybe she squeezed into some shorts near some hedges?! Then a bunch of nerds got rich?! Well it wasn't us! So we try to talk about that poorly and move onto the ups and downs of bravo this week, on and off tv!
We recapped the first 4 episodes of Bling Empire and are obsessed with every single person on the show! Listen in!
We are diving into an incredible moment in history: Bernard sanders memes. JUST KIDDING. Obvi, we talk about the historic Inauguration! We also talk about RHOA, RHOD, and RHOSLC. And in case anyone was wondering (no one is wondering), Noor shares her clunky COVID19 vaccine journey.
Between moldy tin tubs at a spa in SLC and acting a damn fool at dim sum in Dallas...we had to ask...white people...why?
We collaborated with Noor's other podcast (Raju Bangaya Podcast - a podcast about Shah Rukh Khan) to discuss the BIG BASH at Gauri Khan's house. In the finale of Fabulous Lives of Bollywood wives we learned that all this money and these ladies are as thirsty as the cast of Vanderpump Rules.
We decompressed our thoughts on domestic terrorism by the hands of white supremacists on our Capitol this week, which was a great segue to Dallas's Brandi Redmond, the racist. In Atlanta, classic Kenya is activated and in Salt Lake City, Whitney drank too much and we got a textbook Housewives messy moment.
Karan Johar thinks we were born yesterday as he presents us with the phoniest corniest biggest ad for Qatar tourism of a cast trip on the 6th and 7th episode of Fabulous Lives of Bollywood Wives. Listen in as we complain.
This week we dedicated an entire episode to RHOP S5 (on and off camera) / Reunion Part 3, and pray to all of the lords that we never have to ever speak about The Samuels vs. The Universe ever again.
This SNL skit is truly what it has been like discussing anything about Potomac this season. We can't wait to move on to bigger and better things like agreeing that it's perplexing that Southern Charm and Brandi Redmond are on TV.
We are immigrant women who love to dust off our soap boxes to make a statement about appropriation, so naturally we had to spend a portion of today's episode talking about the HILLARY Baldwin fiasco before diving into a rather lack-luster episode of Bollywood Wives (episode 5).
This week we are recapping RHOP Reunion Part 2 and want you to know that we are not team Candiace, or team Monique, or team Gizelle. We are team shade and snacks (which is actually Robyn). We are audibly gasping and cringing while Cynthia plans her super spreader wedding on RHOA, and Porsha smokes hookahs. And are still perplexed as to the fandom for Meredith Marks and her weird son on RHOSLC.
We're recapping Fabulous Lives of Bollywood Wives Episode 4! We dive into Bhavna's skin care routine, Samir's hatred of small talk (ugh same), and why it is confusing that MILF is offensive when we know way worse Hindi/Urdu obscenities.
We are helping you pre-game for RHOP Reunion Part 2 by recapping Reunion Part 3, discussing colorism, the extremely problematic Jamal Bryant, and why people love Monique despite her Q*non level beliefs. We also chat about the worst husband since Shane Simpson, Ralph Pittman and if Mary Cosby is damaged or a weirdo OR BOTH!
We're recapping Episode 3 of Fabulous Lives of Bollywood Wives and going on multiple tangents about peeing outdoors, the value of gold, and allergies!
We're talking about all the great things coming out of bravo this week: Jax is out, Braunwyn is out, Mary is out as a self-loathing racist, Cynthia's nipples are out, RHOP goes out with a bang!
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We break down Episode 2 of Fabulous Lives of Bollywood Wives and answer burning questions like, Who are all these Kapoors and why are there so many? What IS le Bal? Why are the ladies so nervous about Karan Johar? Is he the Minister of Crab?!? And so much more!
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This week we discuss RHOP and RHOSLC not without taking multiple detours on corrupt and philandering preachers and generational trauma of immigrant children. Spoiler alert: Men are trash and Colonialism as fucked us all the way up!
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Someone (Karan Johar, the Andy Cohen of India) combined the trash we watched as kids with the trash we're watching as adults, to give us The Fabulous Lives of Bollywood Wives. This week we're talking about Episode 1, discussing the D-Listiness of it all, Aarti's connections to Neelam, and what is a bichari.
We are giggling through the revelations in RHOP, like Karen's preferred method of self care and Gizelle's hosiery, and furrowing our brows at RHOSLC Mary's preacher voice and the one episode wonder that is Brooks Marks.
To lift us out of our Winter blues, Bravo gave us two fantastic episodes of television this week.
We talk about mental health, COVID precautions, and our immigrant Thanksgivings (4:45), post-election blues (16:40), the RHOPortugal (23:30), and RHOSLC Episode 2 (38:15).
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The fantastic Mani, host of the hit podcast Mixing With Mani, joins us this week to talk about all kinds of HERstory being made: Kamala Harris, Jen Shah, and Karen Huger drinking a glass of cow's milk at the dinner table.
Mani gives us all the details about Monique's live podcast, the zoom call/premiere party with (most of) the cast of RHOSLC, and her astute take on Wendy and Karen's feud.
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Comedian and writer for the Emmy Nominated "A Black Lady Sketch Show", Rae Sanni joins us on this super sized episode to talk about all things housewives.
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