Be There in Five

This week, Kate is joined by Ryan Bailey (from So Bad It's Good with Ryan Bailey) to talk all things Bravo and current pop culture. They discuss his experience at BravoCon, Bethenny's "reality reckoning," old-school MTV shows, RHOSLC, RHOBH, Southern Charm, and so much more. Enjoy!  SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Pre order my book, One in a Millennial here ! Listen to the podcast on  Amazon Music ! Evelyn &...

This week, Kate starts by raging about people who say watching TV is a waste of time and/or is the lowest form of intimacy one can achieve with their partner. After pontificating about why TV matters, Kate then discusses how heartwarming it was seeing footage of Friends revived online this week following the tragic news of Matthew Perry's passing and enlists her sister Kelly to join her in talking...

This week, in preparation for the release of 1989 (Taylor's Version), Kate deep dives the making of 1989. Since Kate wasn't podcasting in 2014, she never got to do a proper review of one of her favorite TS albums, so she's taking this opportunity to talk through the timeline of how/when it was written, her favorite songs/lyrics, and revisiting some of the voice notes and live performances. Unsurpr...

This week, Kate welcomes back listener favorite Danny Pellegrino (host of Everything Iconic) to talk about holiday magic in honor of his latest book (out October 24th) called The Jolliest Bunch: Unhinged Holiday Stories. They talk through all sorts of October-December related topics, like favorite seasonal music, movies, and family memories, along with shocking revelations from his book, like the...

A podcast episode about nothing to serve as an escape during a tough week. Includes listener-nominated topics such as what's the new 'it' vegetable, 2010s food trends, a snorkel through restaurant.com and weird Groupon experiences, a discussion of proper thickness and stem girth of wine glasses at bars and restaurants, things that would put Mary Cosby in a coma, a call to action for people who hav...

This week, Kate has on a highly requested guest co-host (Jamie Golden from The Popcast) and like true Yearbook Camp queens, they lay out a dynamic collection of topics for your enjoyment. Such as meeting over chicken tenders, thinking about getting fringe bangs, exploring differences and common enemies between Gen X and Millennials, finding comedy in religious conversations, Jamie and Kate's days...

A special edition broadcast where Kate shares her celebratory (but also complicated) feelings about the contentpalooza this past week involving Taylor Swift & Travis Kelce's rumored romance, along with her mixed feelings about how pop culture news and social media suddenly seem all too NFL. SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Pre-order my book, One in a Millennial here ! Listen to the podcast on  Amazon Music !...

This week, Kate welcomes back Sami Sage (co-founder of Betches) to the podcast to discuss a real grab bag of topics related to current and past pop culture events. They discuss lessons learned from a rewatch of early Southern Charm seasons, the shift in cultural conversation about age gaps, millennials dating to marry versus dating to date, Taylor Swift's recent pap walks, RHONY's new cast, the Ti...

This week, Kate starts with some classic BTIF tangents, namely the 8 Passengers/Ruby Franke/Jodi Hildebrandt arrests and their "mental health" organization/cult, then interviews two podcast listeners about topics of their choice. First, Shea opens up about her experience getting back an NPE (not parent expected) result from an Ancestry DNA kit and her search for the truth of her identity ever sinc...

This week, Kate provides an update on life with a newborn, then answers listener voicemails about hot girl cars in high school, the full-circle nature of 90s mom fashion and their offspring's current fashion, a dissertation in defense of "mom jeans," and her thoughts/theories about what happened with the mass exodus of Scooter Braun's client roster. Enjoy! SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS! Pre-order my book,...

This week, Kate is joined by friends and talented writers/podcasters Caroline Moss and Nora McInerny to talk about literally nothing, as they meander through topics like harrowing sleepover tales, hamster cardiac arrest, the Lumineers/Edward Sharpe era of folksy pop music, Glee covers, high school cars, their group text thread history, the artistry of the song Fireflies, the perils of being hungry...

This week, Kate starts with a quick personal update (but is still on mat leave) and is sharing a pre-recorded episode with Ashley Spivey, an incredible influencer and women's advocate Kate has followed for over a decade ever since her stint on Brad Womack's season of The Bachelor. They reminisce about the early days when Bachelor Nation Twitter was fun, how she's maintained an audience ever since...

This week, Kate's on mat leave and invited Claire and Emma (from Love To See It podcast, formerly Here to Make Friends) to review one of Kate's favorite semi-problematic romantic comedies: The Wedding Planner. They discuss the wedding romcom industrial complex, some of their favorite recent romantic recaps that did or didn't stand the test of time, and then dive into one of J. Lo's finest films, w...

This week, Kate interviews listeners for the debut of a series she's calling "Beths in Show" where she interviews podcast listeners about random topics they feel strongly about. The majority of this series will air on Patreon but this is a preview of some of the fun/interesting convos to come! This week covers Mary-Kate & Ashley's detective series, "The Adventures of Mary-Kate and Ashley" (highly...

This week, Kate reviews the Barbie movie and all the whimsy, fun, and complex nostalgia of this pop cultural fixture that has historically represented both opportunities and impossible standards for women. Warning, lots of spoilers - she reviews the plot high-level, talks about her favorite parts, Greta Gerwig's religious parallels, the recognizable throwback clothes/vehicles/characters, and then...

This week, Kate starts out by discussing her high-level thoughts about the Speak Now re-release, and then she is joined by Nikki Glaser (multi-hyphenate comedian, podcast host, TV host, mega Swiftie, among other things) to talk about Speak Now (TV) favorites and vault tracks, along with other related topics like You're Losing Me/the Joe Breakup, addressing fans reaching out to her exes online, fav...

This week, Kate interviews Emily Henry (author of Beach Read, People We Meet on Vacation, Book Lovers, Happy Place, and more!) about her wildly successful rom-com style novels and the many millennial-adjacent themes that are woven into her beloved characters. They discuss pressing topics, like if her banter is inspired by Gilmore Girls, the location of January and Gus' houses in Beach Read, having...

Two years after The Losses We Share, Kate shares some thoughts on pregnancy thus far to add to the Childless Millennial/Millennial with Child series and gives a status update about how she's feeling in real time about being this far along (mostly so she can't change the story later). Shorter than usual and kind of a random stream-of-consciousness personal life episode, but thanks for listening, an...

This week, Kate interviews influencer Caroline Calloway about her backstory leading up to her debut memoir, Scammer, whose title is a nod to her online reputation following a myriad of scandals throughout her decade on the internet. They discuss various elements of her internet lore, like backing out of a $500,000 book deal, the mason jar workshop, projects that have fallen through, being sued by...

This week, Stephanie McNeal (former culture reporter for BuzzFeed, currently a senior editor at Glamour Magazine, and the recent nemesis of Tom Sandoval's nail beds) returns to the podcast to discuss her new book about the lives of influencers called Swipe Up For More. First, Kate reminisces about their first convo in 2020, does a brief snorkel about Caroline Calloway's upcoming $65 book made from...

This week, Kate finally digs into the Duggar world after finding the Prime Video documentary Shiny Happy People particularly riveting/alarming, and explores topics adjacent to the crimes, controversy, and cultural relevance of the family, along with the connections of the IBLP to homeschooling and extensive political pipelines designed to infiltrate positions of power with individuals groomed with...

This week, Kate interviews Yseult Mukantabana and Hannah Summerhill (from The Kinswomen podcast) about their book, Real Friends Talk About Race, which uses their own friendship and experiences from different racial backgrounds to offer guidance on navigating layered conversations between friends. They talk about how they met and started these conversations in living rooms, why they wanted to provi...

This week, Kate reviews the Bama Rush doc on (HBO) Max and discusses why she thinks the doc fell short of our expectations as viewers and voyeurs of this Tiktok phenomenon. First, she reviews her initial reaction, the director's role in it, why she realized it would be impossible for cameras to get on the inside, and reviews some of the core themes that were touched on but not explored. She also s...

This week, Kate answers listener voicemails, with topics including (but not limited to) a listener's romantic tryst with one James Marsden, a mysterious voicemail about Kate's signature sign-off, the use of the term of endearment "mama," a Bachelor lore snorkel regarding which season Kate would go on if she were here to make friends, thoughts on baby naming trends/Utah spellings, and celebrity pri...

This week, Kate muses aloud about her feeling like influencer and affiliate marketing has pyramid scheme vibes, then goes off on a tangent about vague marketing jobs in the context of being "pink collar" jobs that aren't treated the same as more technical roles, then eventually gets back on topic an interviews Emily Lynn Paulson (author of Hey Hun: Sales, Sisterhood, Supremacy, and the Other Lies...