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Answering listener questions, giving you our fav comfort watches, listing our top criptids and a recap of the ultimate comfort watch, Vanderpump Rules S3E13 aka "The Miami Girl Episode". To listen to the rest of the episode, head to patreon.com/itsbecomeawholething Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Emily and Sammy P dive into the deepest cesspool of television known to humanity, TLC's 90 Day Fiancé franchise to break down some of the most frightening and freaky people this show has ever seen. From Tigerlily's glam squad in Jordan to Rayne, a chicken farmer from New Mexico, raining down chaos and upon her boyfriend in Nigeria. Support the pod & get an extra episode every week: patreon.com...

Shannon McNamara of Fluently Forward joins Emily to chat about life while caring for a parent with dementia. They discuss the emotional and practical challenges of navigating a broken healthcare system and their opinions on manifesting and "thinking things into existence" after tragedy. Support the pod & get an extra episode every week: patreon.com/itsbecomeawholething Follow Emily Rose: @itsb...

Emily and Sammy P dive deep into Season 4 of Real Housewives of Orange County , breaking down the infamous episode 8, "Naked Wasted". What begins with Tamra Judge taking etiquette classes turns into her and Vicky Gunvalson feeding Gretchen Rossi to the metaphorical wolves. What ensues is one of the most shocking moments in RHOC history. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Ketamine and labias abound, we're back for part two of The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives recap, episodes 5-8. All the twists and turns, plus the aftermath and fallout of the show's release. Related: The Origins of Mormon Swinger Culture with Sammy P Support the pod & get an extra episode every week: patreon.com/itsbecomeawholething Follow Emily Rose: @itsbecomeawholething on Instagram @itsbecom...

Join Emily and Sammy for part one of a two part episode breaking down The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives. The show dives into the many scandals surrounding the Mormon mom TikTokers, once known for their picture-perfect family lives, and now revealed to be a swinging group. Now, as they try to pick up the pieces, they bare all from from ketamine sessions to arrests. Related: The Origins of Mormon Swi...

Joined by Kelli Williams from Beyond the Blinds , we discuss recent pop culture hot topics: • Selena Gomez’s social media post  • JLo and Ben Affleck’s mid-divorce antics • Taylor swift x Blake Lively x Brittany Mahomes: Rhode Island mansion party edition • Brittany Mahomes responds to hate  • Carl Radke’s Soft Bar • Kaitlyn Bristowe speaks out against Tayshia Adams Hosted on Acast. See...

Emily and Sammy P look at the explosive hot mic incident to divorce pipeline of Real Housewives of Miami Season 5. Before Scandoval, we had the affair of Lisa and Lenny “Boob God” Hochstein. They look at the sinister side of the RHOM franchise and the histrionic reactions of its cast members. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The explosive article about Ballerina Farm has caused a resurgence in the debate about the trad wife movement and the idyllic lifestyle masking deeper societal implications about the revival of traditional gender roles. Emily and Sammy P break down the background behind Ballerina Farm and Hannah Neeleman, Nara Smith and the controversy behind the content they create. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com...

Join Emily and Sammy P. for a look at key moment in vintage reality TV: a disastrous 2009 dinner party hosted by Yolanda Hadid and her grove of lemon trees. Taylor Armstrong, a recently bereaved widow, is beefing with Brandi. Adrienne Maloof and Lisa Vanderpump are tense as well. Yolanda is horrified at the women's lack of class and Yolanda's husband at the time, David Foster, berates the women in...

A breakdown of Charli XCX's Brat; its themes and its genius. Join the Patreon for an extra episode every week! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Emily and Sammy review America’s Sweethearts: Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders. They break down the history of the organization, the contradicting qualities every cheerleader on the team must embody, and its antiquated yet mesmerizing audition process. They discuss the backlash and outrage sparked by the Netflix documentary series and the future of the organization. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/priva...

To know our future, we must understand our past. Emily and Sammy P. look back at the 2017 6 episode spinoff where Jax Taylor and Brittany Cartwright spend 2 weeks on her family's farm in rural Kentucky (14:46). But first, they check in on Angela and Michael from 90 Day Fiancé and the decade long scam he ran that finally got revealed. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Chronicling the history of a cult that has broken up families and continues to evade the law: the 7M TikTok cult run by Robert Shinn. We break down the ways he follows the manipulation techniques of a cult leader, fit it to modern times through TikTok. We detail how it continues to be mishandled and ignored by law enforcement and what happened to the sisters Melanie Wilking and Miranda Derrick. Ho...

Recapping the highly anticipated season finale of Summer House season 8 with Christy from X Knows All. We dive into the complex interpersonal dynamics at play that have been building up from 8 seasons until this moment. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We're ending off our vintage Jersey Shore series with one of the top 5 most iconic episodes from August 5, 2010: "The Hangover". Travel to Miami with us and review the monumental number of shocking scenes in this episode that set the scene for "The Letter". Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

14 years ago, a moment in time graced our screens and entered into the pop culture canon as one of the all-time most iconic episodes of reality. Real Housewives of Beverly Hills Season 2 Episode 2 featuring a psychic, Allison Dubois that puffed on her vape as she accurately predicted the fate that would befall Kyle Richard 14 years later. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information...

Checking in with the cast of Jersey Shore: Family Reunion for the reunion that we thought would never happen. In Season 7 we see Sammi 'Sweetheart' Giancolo return to the cast and cross paths with ex Ronnie Ortiz-Magro. We discuss the cast's recent headlines and who has grown the most (and least) since the start of the show. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

As the world is divided between Team Carl, Team Lindsay, and Team Just Glad They Didn't Get Married, we break down the simmering tension and rage that lingers beneath the surface. Kelli Williams from Beyond the Blinds joins us to break it down. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Patti Stanger is back teaming up with Nick Viall to co-host a 2024 reboot of The Millionaire Matchmaker. This time, they're branching out from helping millionaires to former reality show contestants. Somehow avoiding cancellation, Patti takes her old school dating advice to help the women while Nick Viall takes his Viall Files style expertise to help the men. How no one got cancelled thus far is a...

We recap The Valley S1E4: what was shown and the drama they didn't air. Emily was behind the scenes for this episode and recounts what really went down at the charity fundraiser. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Nothing’s off limits in our conversation about grief, loss, illness, addiction, looking for signs from our lost loved ones and the damage of denial. We answer your listener questions (41:40) including discussions about cutting people out of your life due to grief, accumulating debt and other unhealthy coping mechanisms and worrying about future tragedy. Follow John Joseph on TikTok and Instagram H...

The dark side of Nickelodeon's past - where the documentary Quiet on Set succeeded and what it left out. • Amanda Bynes debut (22:25)  • The 3 child predators that worked there (30:44) • Enter Drake Bell (43:14) • What the documentary left out: hearing from Drake Bell’s victims (1:01:03) • Drake Bell’s identity change and move to Mexico (10:07:02) • Sign up to the Patreon to support the pod,...

We cover Ashlee Simpson at the height of her career, recapping S1E2 of The Ashlee Simpson Show: Ashlee Verses Her Label and her subsequent cancellation with Kelli Williams from Beyond the Blinds. We then recap Summer House Season 8 Episode 4 (31:30), the drama between Lindsay Hubbard and Carl Radke and the way addiction is explored on the show. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more infor...

The story of how a family of eccentric Southern real estate tycoons fell apart to reveal a house of cards after Todd and Julie Chrisley's arrest. The show Chrisley Knows Best was a hit for 9 seasons until Todd and Julie were charged with fraud and conspiracy. We unpack the twists and shocking revelations that came out about them in the trial. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more informa...