Reality Test

This is the first half of our video version of this episode. The full audio is found on Apple, Spotify & wherever you get your podcasts, and the full video version is found at patreon.com/RealityTest, where you can become a member for $5/month and get video episodes among many other benefits! Aaaand we’re baaaaack!! We’ve decided to make our award shows monthly, so we’re catching up with an aw...

Aaaand we’re baaaaack!! We’ve decided to make our award shows monthly, so we’re catching up with an award show on BOTH January & February reality television! From Southern Charm & Southern Hospitality, to The Traitors & The Real Housewives franchises! Even Deal or No Deal Island makes an appearance!  On whom do you think Dr. Kay has an emotional intelligence crush? Which reality televi...

This is the video episode excerpt. The full video is on patreon.com/RealityTest! In this recap episode of The Traitors, Dr.s Kay & Ray are summarizing and discussing the 8th episode of season 3! Dr.s Kay & Ray discuss a variety of psych-related topics within the context of  gaming reality tv shows, such as psychological concepts that could improve strategic moves, such as the process of el...

In this recap episode of The Traitors, Dr.s Kay & Ray are summarizing and discussing the 8th episode of season 3! Dr.s Kay & Ray discuss a variety of psych-related topics within the context of  gaming reality tv shows, such as psychological concepts that could improve strategic moves, such as the process of elimination;  or those that are present in strategic successes, like Britney’s soci...

In this recap episode of The Traitors, Dr.s Kay & Ray are summarizing and discussing the 6th & 7th episodes of season 3! Dr.s Kay & Ray cover a variety of psych-related topics within the context of  gaming reality tv shows! They discuss psychological concepts that could improve strategic moves, such as institutional scapegoating,  or those that are present in strategic successes, like...

In this special discussion, Dr.s Kay & Ray share their highlights from The Real Housewives of New York, season 15, reunion episodes,  after discussing the big breakup in Bachelor Nation of Rachel Kirkconnell and Matt James.  Matt, the first Black bachelor, and Rachel, his final rose winner (whom he did not propose to, but instead started dating), have broken up after 4 years together. At the e...

**We're putting an extra episode out this week, due to needing to take next week off, while Dr. Ray travels for work. We'll be back a week from Monday!** In this recap episode of The Traitors, Dr.s Kay & Ray are summarizing and discussing the 5th episode of season 3! Dr.s Kay & Ray continue using the new psychology-focused segments for gaming show while recapping The Traitors seaso...

**We're putting an extra episode out this week, due to needing to take next week off, while Dr. Ray travels for work. We'll be back a week from Monday!** In this recap episode of The Traitors, Dr.s Kay & Ray are summarizing and discussing the 5th episode of season 3! Dr.s Kay & Ray continue using the new psychology-focused segments for gaming show while recapping The Traitors season 3. For...

In this special recap episode, Dr.s Kay & Ray recap the finale of Real Housewives of New York–the episode heard round the world! Brynn & Ubah’s reactions both make complete sense, while the bystander reactions (including those of the other women on the show &, now, the public) make much less sense. What can we learn from applying a trauma-sensitive lens to the events of that night? Dr....

In this emergency podcast, Dr. Kay shares her unpopular position that we should all be rejecting any making or taking of sides between Ubah & Brynn, and rather look at what happened with a trauma-focused lens, which changes how we understand the events. We can understand the contexts of both Ubah & Brynn, while still holding Brynn, as well as the bystanders, accountable for what they could...

For the first recap episode of 2025, Dr.s Kay & Ray are summarizing and discussing The Traitors, season 3, episodes 3-4! Dr.s Kay & Ray continue using the NEW psychology-focused segments for gaming show while recapping The Traitors season 3. For example, what psychological concept would make a given game tactic or strategy more SUCCESSFUL? Which player is playing a strategically/politicall...

For the first recap episode of 2025, Dr.s Kay & Ray are summarizing and discussing The Traitors, season 3, episodes 1-2! For their check-in, Dr. Ray talks reno & Dr. Kay talks about our brand new Patreon. Dr.s Kay & Ray developed BRAND NEW psychology-focused segments while recapping gaming shows, trying them out for the first time with The Traitors. For example, what psychological conc...

THROWBACK to episode 69 since it was lost in the shuffle of our locked episodes! Dr.s Kay & Ray begin by checking in and discussing recent news in the world of reality television, before they recap episode 1 of Real Housewives of Beverly Hills’ (RHOBH) season 14.Dr.s Kay & Ray explore their 6 psychology-focused segments while recapping RHOBH, with a focus on what they’d work on in therapy...

Aaaand we’re baaaaack!! To recognize the end of a year of realiTV--Dr.s Kay & Ray bring their award show to the ANNUAL level–doling out the annual version of many of their bi-weekly awards, combined with new awards that relate to the whole year! The Annual Awards include,“best/worst representation of therapy”; “housewife of the year”; “which houseguest understood the assignment (of being a hou...

For the last episode until after the holidays, Dr.s Kay & Ray begin by checking in and discussing recent news in the world of reality television, before they recap episodes 2-4 of Real Housewives of Beverly Hills’ (RHOBH) season 14.Dr.s Kay & Ray explore their 6 psychology-focused segments while recapping RHOBH, with a focus on Erika’s growth, grieving ends of relationships, and PK & D...

Every other week, Dr.s Kay & Ray review any and all of the reality TV they watched over the prior two weeks, awarding moments and/or castmates with their 8 Reality “Test” awards, while discussing the titular topics and more! Three very important topics were raised in the Real Housewives franchises this week. Although not handled perfectly by production, this collective of topics is incredibly,...

Every other week, Dr.s Kay & Ray review any and all of the reality TV they watched over the prior two weeks, awarding moments and/or castmates with their 8 Reality “Test” awards, while discussing the titular topics and more! This episode is all about the Housewives franchises! Ongoing female friendship drama is revisited in the premiere of The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills, while the drama...

Dr.s Kay & Ray begin by checking in about their responses (and self-care) in the wake of the election, before they recap ep.s 7-9--both parts of the season finale & The Men Tell All--of the inaugural Golden Bachelorette season. Dr. Kay has been consistently concerned with Chock’s crassly controlling & “chocky” comportment, concern that continues through the comprehensive collective of...

The Award Show is BACK, baby! After a few weeks of strictly recap episodes, Dr.s Kay & Ray bring back their realiTV awards! They review any and all of the reality TV they watched over the past few weeks, awarding moments and/or castmates with their 8 Reality "Test" awards! The titular topics came up in these episodes of reality television, providing fodder for accessible application to funny a...

Dr.s Kay & Ray recap episodes 12-13, reviewing the weddings and the reunion of season 7 of Love is Blind. Tim saying, “Y’all want men to take you seriously and then act like this” (as if women don’t, at baseline, deserve to be treated equally), Nick Lachey telling Marissa not to date men who think her energy is too much (as if it were her fault that Ramses thought she was too much), Vanessa La...

Dr.s Kay & Ray recap episodes 7-11 of season 7 of Love is Blind, integrating the rest of their six psychology-focused segments, such as “something we thought people would be discussing the next day, but weren’t” or “a psychology concept we wish more people knew about.” Next week, Dr.s Kay & Ray will cover the weddings and reunion before returning to an awards show episode!-----------------...

Dr.s Kay & Ray recap episodes 1-6 of season 7 of Love is Blind, after a brief update about yet ANOTHER Bachelor nation castmate who should have been weeded out in the casting process and yet remains in episodes that continue to currently air. Across this and the following podcast episode, Dr.s Kay & Ray incorporate the six psychology-focused segments, such as what sociopolitical topics aro...

Dr. Kay recaps the third, fourth, and fifth episodes of the Real Housewives of Salt Lake City season 15, incorporating the six psychology-focused segments. Segments include something Dr. Kay wishes more people knew about, and something Dr. Kay wanted to expand upon that they had mentioned in a previous podcast episode. Dr. Kay explores the many repair plotlines and rupture plotlines abounding, thu...

Dr. Kay recaps the premiere episodes of season 5 of Real Housewives of Salt Lake City (RHOSLC). Across this and the following podcast episode, Dr. Kay incorporates the six psychology-focused segments, such as what sociopolitical topics arose in the episodes and what Dr. Kay would say to a client with a presenting concern that appears in the episodes. For example, Dr. Kay discusses Heather’s Ozempi...

Dr.s Kay & Ray recap the second episode of the Real Housewives of New York, incorporating their six segments. Segments include something they wish more people knew about, and something people didn’t talk about the next day, despite Dr.s Kay & Ray thinking they would. What did you think about the Brynn-Erin repair conversation? ---------------------------------------------------------------...