Reality Life with Kate Casey

EPISODE 162 NOTES In this bonus episode Kate asks intuitive medium Jennifer Yates to discuss four unsolved mysteries.  AMELIA EARHART In 1937 Amelia Earhart vanished while trying to fly around the world, historians and explorers are still trying to solve her vexing disappearance. Earhart was the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean when she and navigator Fred Noonan embarked on w...

Ryan Sutter won Trista Rehn’s heart and hand in marriage after season one of The Bachelorette. He discusses the reality of winning the show and how long it takes to get over competing against another suitor in the finals of the show. He also catches us up on life now in Colorado. Trista and Ryan have been married since 2003 and have two children. Lynne Curtin appeared on Real Housewives of Orange...

Kimberly Goodman is a veteran show runner and producer. She discusses behind the scenes of Selling Sunset on Netflix, Ladies of London on Bravo, and Married at First Sight on Lifetime.  Hannah Berner is a cast member on Bravo’s Summer House. She talks about how she was cast for the show, what it is really like living in the house in the Hamptons, and if she ever worries about parts of her lif...

Actor and performer D.J. “Shangela” Pierce is best recognized as the only contestant to compete on three separate seasons of the Emmy-award winning reality series “RuPaul’s Drag Race” (seasons 2, 3 and All Stars 3). In 2018, Shangela starred in the critically acclaimed film “A Star Is Born” opposite Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper. Shangela discusses her meteoric rise to fame, the impact of...

American Idol Executive Producers Trish Kinane and Megan Michaels Wolflick give a behind the scenes look at American Idol on ABC.  Jersey Shore stars Pauly D and Vinny are on a search for love with 20 single women competing for their hearts on Double Shot of Love on MTV. Actor Doug Budin helps Kate dissect this reality television gem. Meredith Masonry from Take it Or Leave It podcas...

Phil Keoghan is host of ‘The Amazing Race.’ The show is back with yet another exciting season of teams-of-two dashing between international checkpoints to win the much sought-after $1 million prize. Phil has traveled to more than 100 countries. He discusses how he got the job, how the show helps change perspectives about different cultures, and gives behind the scenes information&nb...

Donnie Wahlberg’s impressive career spans television, film, and music. He discusses his newest job hosting Very Scary People, a six-episode HLN series that chronicles the lives of the most frightening individuals in recent history, whether or not he can technically call himself a boy bander, and answers Kate’s most pertinent questions about reality shows including Real Housewives of...

Marty Callner is the Creator and Executive Producer of Hard Knocks, the most-acclaimed sports reality franchise on TV. The HBO Sports and NFL Films series gives an all-access look at what it takes to make it in the NFL. Marty explains his idea for the show, why the show became such a success, and poignantly touches on his friendship with the late comic Robin Williams.  Jenny and Elan Allende...

Leaving Neverland  is a two-part documentary on HBO exploring the separate but parallel experiences of two young boys, James Safechuck, at age 10, and Wade Robson, at age 7, both of whom were befriended by Michael Jackson. Through gut-wrenching interviews with Safechuck, now 40, and Robson, now 36, as well as their mothers, wives and siblings, the film crafts a portrait of sustained abus...

Oscar Madrazo is the breakout star of Mexican Dynasties on Bravo. Oscar owns the largest and most prestigious modeling agency in Latin America. He and his sister Paulina Madrazo co-host “Qué Madrazo,” an entertainment talk show in Mexico City. He discusses how Bravo producers found him, being the first openly gay man in Latin America to have children through surrogacy, and his hopes for showing th...

Jamie Otis appeared as a contestant on the sixteenth season of The Bachelor. She is most known for participating in the first season of Married at First Sight, where she met her husband, Doug Hehner. The couple was later featured in a spin-off series, Married at First Sight: The First Year. Jamie discusses her experiences on both The Bachelor and Married at First Sight, this season of Married...

Kate’s daughter Hayes gives a rundown of her favorite reality tv shows.  Jennifer Aydin from Real Housewives of New Jersey discusses her life before Bravo, how she was cast for the show, and the dramatic moments from this wild season.  Sondra Celli’s over-the-top wedding dresses have been showcased on My Big Fat American Gypsy Wedding, and earlier on the spinoff series, Gypsy Sisters.&nb...

In the early hours of January 15, 1978 serial killer Ted Bundy entered Florida State University’s Chi Omega sorority house through a rear door. Beginning at about 2:45 a.m. he entered the rooms of Margaret Bowman and Lisa Levy who did not survive their attacks. In an adjoining bedroom he attacked Kathy Kleiner, breaking her jaw and deeply lacerating her shoulder; and her roommate Karen Chandler, w...

Alex Baskin, Co-Creator and Executive Producer of Bravo’s Real Housewives of Beverly Hills and President, Programming & Development at Evolution Media, discusses how the show was developed, casting the first season, behind the scenes of the show, and what has happened to several of the show’s most memorable faces.  Rob Cesternino from Rob Has a Podcast reviews the Celebrity Big Brother fi...

Abducted in Plain Sight Director Skye Borgman and Producers Emily Kincaid and Stephanie Tobey discuss how they developed their Netflix documentary about 12-year old Jan Broberg who was abducted from her small Idaho town in 1974 by a sociopathic neighbor and close family friend. This stranger than fiction true story of the Brobergs, a naïve church going family is the winner of 14 awards and quickly...

Anthony Scaramucci, nicknamed “The Mooch”, is an American financier, entrepreneur and political consultant who briefly served as the White House Director of Communications. Scaramucci discusses his role as a fake houseguest on this season of Celebrity Big Brother, the deep bonds he developed with the cast, how the opportunity relates to his short stint at the White House, and the most su...

Mark Walberg is host of the revived series Temptation Island on USA Network, the show which takes four couples to Maui, Hawaii only to be welcomed by 24 single men and women hoping to lure them out of their relationships and into their arms.  Jack Gashi lived through the Fyre Festival, a music festival scheduled to take place on the Bahamian island of Great Exuma over two weekends in April an...

Caitlin from WETV’s Love After Lockup talks about how she met her potential husband Matt for the first time once the bars are removed from the relationship, and by bars I mean prison bars.  Emily Longeretta from US Weekly provides insight on Fox’s overnight sensation The Masked Singer, a top-secret singing competition in which celebrities face off against one another while shrouded from...

Debra Newell discusses with the help of renowned criminal behavior analyst Laura Richards her relationship with John Meehan, which became the subject of the hit podcast “Dirty John” as well as the inspiration for the Bravo series of the same name. After meeting Meehan on an online dating site they quickly married only to find out Meehan, who masqueraded as a successful doctor was a grifter wi...

EPISODE 143 HUGH ACHESON FROM TOP CHEF AND TOP CHEF MASTERS Hugh Acheson is a James Bear award winning chef, author, and TV personality. Hugh competed on Bravo’s Top Chef Masters: Season 3. He returned to the hit show as a judge on Top Chef: Seasons 9 - 13 as well as Top Chef: Duels. He also hosted Bravo’s online complement to Top Chef Masters Season 5, called Battle of the Sous Chefs. He discusse...

Buddy Valastro is best known as the star of the reality television series Cake Boss, which has aired on TLC for 9 years. He talks about his inspiring career, love of family, and the fact the Gorgas from Real Housewives of New Jersey are his neighbors.  Todd Chrisley is the Southern dad with a sharp tongue on USA Network’s hit show Chrisley Knows Best. He discusses how his family became realit...

In this special episode Kate asks psychic medium Nicole Michelle to discuss several well known cases, three murders and two disappearances.  Richard Petrone, Jr. and Danielle Imbo disappeared after leaving a South Street Philadelphia bar then known as Abilene’s around 11:45 p.m. on Saturday, February 19, 2005.  Rebecca Zahau, 32, was discovered dead on July 13, 2011, at the Spreckels Man...

Captain Lee from Below Deck talks about his life before reality television, the moment Ashton fell off the ship this season, Caroline’s departure, and whether we will ever see his son as the chef on a charter.  Perta, a retired school teacher and gardener is forced to watch an old episode of MTV’s Jackass.  Suzi, a retired Marine lawyer turned stay at home mom, reviews WETV’s Love After...

Jennifer Welch is an established commercial and residential interior designer and the star of Sweet Home on Bravo. She talks about how the show has evolved, how she roped some of her clients into appearing on Sweet Home, and gives great tips for sprucing up your place so it looks like you live in a swanky hotel.  Rob Cesternino is a former Survivor contestant turned podcast host. He discusses...

A behind the scenes look at Vanderpump Rules with Executive Producer Alex Baskin from Evolution Media.  Steve Stauff reviews TLC’s Return to Amish. Megan O’Brien reviews this week’s episode of Below Deck.   Reality Life with Kate Casey  http://www.loveandknuckles.com Twitter: @katecasey Instagram: @katecaseyca Facebook Group:  https://www.facebook.com/groups/11315791933824...