She's Got the Chat | A Reality TV Podcast

Welcome to the preseason of Love Island UK 2023 and welcome to season TWO of She’s got the Chat! Pull over your cars, stop your chores, put your babies to bed, and open your Instagrams, because this week, we are taking you on a journey through this new season’s cast of islanders who will be spending their summer in the Mallorcan villa. Ari and Maura start by disagreeing on how “Sutton” is pronounc...

Welcome back to the 9th (!!!!) week of the off season, and welcome back to our interview series: Gather Around the Firepit. This week, we sit down with Maura's friends, Evan (@evandonohue) and Helen (@mrspaikman). Ari revels in Evan validating her takes and enjoys Evan and Helen dragging Maura for her crush on Casey. The group ponders an alternate reality in which Lana and Shaq won the show,...

Welcome back to the eighth week of the off season, and welcome back to our interview series: Gather Around the Firepit. This week, we sit down with Sarah and Brandan, hosts of our second favorite love island podcast - It's Not Friendship Island(@notfriendshipislandpod)! Ari kicks the episode off with a confession she has been sitting on for months, and then they get into a conversation about...

Welcome back to the seventh week of the off season, and welcome back to our interview series: Gather Around the Firepit. This week, we sit down with Ari's randomly assigned freshman year roommate, Lucy (@intrusiv_th0t), and Lucy's childhood BFF, Julia. We talk about having to walk through a waterfall in order to enter a public pool, being on season 2 of Vanderpump Rules when you already understand...

Hi friends! We don't have an episode this we as we are taking some much earned time off, but we didn't want to leave you hanging, so we're hopping on quickly to let you know what the rest of the off season will look like and announce a VERY EXCITING change for our Season 10 recaps! Join us on Instagram, TikTok, Twitter, YouTube, Threads, and YouTube @shesgotthechat and LET'S CHAT!!! SOCIALS https:...

Welcome back to the fifth week of the off season, and welcome back to our interview series: Gather Around the Firepit. This week, we sit down with Gina (@ginaknight4) and Tyler (@trflach) to chat all things Love Island Season 9! Tyler critiques the villa gym, recounts his run in with The Situation (spoiler: he's short if you're 6'4), and gives Ari and Maura advice on getting their male partners to...

Welcome back to the fourth week of the off season and welcome back to She's Got the Chat!  This week, Ari and Maura break down and explain their theory on the OG Islander Bias using cold hard stats. Does being an original islander make it more likely you'll make it to the finale? Tune in to find out! Then, Ari and Maura discuss all of lexicon they have created over the last season as well as...

Welcome back to the third week of the off season, and welcome back to our interview series: Gather Around the Firepit. This week, we sit down with Cass (@casschristopher) to give her the credit she deserves for this podcast's existence! They chat Married at First Sight and Love Is Blind baby dramas, Facebook messaging in 2013, and making Love Island way more drunk and wayy more queer. Cass has see...

Welcome back to the second week of the off season, and welcome back to Gather Around the Firepit. This week, we sit down with Lauren (@laurensimonsays) to talk about being our internet friend, teenage Adam Lambert obsessions, milking oats tiny t*****s, Karen Huger being in her 60s (she's not, she is 59, we are very sorry Grande Dame), how different network's producers treat their players, and lots...

It's the off-season baby!! Welcome to the first installment of our new interview series: Gather Around the Firepit!  In today's episode we are joined by Ari's friends, Rod (@thankrod) and Tamar (@tallertam)! We chat about internet friends, get Love Island branding takes from a professional, and get into our overall thoughts on this season. Rod gives us his take on Ron and why he deserves just...

Welcome to the FINAL WEEK (9) of Winter Love Island UK 2023, and WELCOME BACK TO SHE'S GOT THE CHAT!!! This week, reality TV experts Maura and Ari break down Hulu episodes 63, 65 and the reunion from the South African villa. They discuss Lana thinking birds defy gravity, Tanya's family being carbon copies of her, wanting to rough house with Will and his family on the farm, and the OG islander bias...

Welcome to week eight of Winter Love Island UK 2023 and welcome back to She's Got the Chat!!! This week, reality tv experts Maura and Ari break down Hulu episodes 55-61 from the South African villa. They discuss the very controversial Rosie vs. Ron drama and the grating noise of screaming babies in the villa all day. Maura gives champagne popping advice and rants about high-low dresses. Finally, t...

Welcome to week seven of Winter Love Island UK 2023 and welcome back to She's Got the Chat!! Reality TV experts Maura and Ari break down episodes 47-51 from the South African villa. They discuss never being rejected, role play as Will and Casey, and take a stab at Monday Night Footballing. Maura is blinded by Casey's veneers and Ari makes fun of her. What is this, sports day????? TikTok clip credi...

Welcome to week SIX of Winter Love Island UK 2023 and welcome back to She's Got the Chat! Reality TV experts Maura and Ari break down episodes 40-45 from the South African villa. They discuss dogs with bones, being awoken by a hooded figure in the middle of the night, King Shaq's innocence in all things, transporting into Jessie's villa shoes, and meat pies sandwiched between buttered rolls. Join...

Welcome to week five of Winter Love Island UK 2023 and welcome back to She's Got the Chat! Reality TV experts Maura and Ari break down episodes 28-33 from the South African villa. They discuss Jake (or Logan? Or Jake?) Paul vs. Tommy Fury, Bayley's nipples, the head turn scale, The Secret, Olivia's mind blowing audacity, and Tanya CHEATING!!?? Join us on Instagram, TikTok, Twitter, YouTube, Thread...

Welcome to week four of Winter Love Island UK 2023 and welcome back to She's Got the Chat! Reality TV experts Maura and Ari break down episodes 21-26 from the South African villa. They discuss Harry Potter (and confirm that they do know more than Aaron), Tanyel and Ron's super platonic best friendship, boys wearing pearl necklaces, and give Casa Amor stick or twist predictions. Join us on Instagra...

Welcome to week three of Winter Love Island UK 2023 and welcome back to She's Got the Chat! In this episode, reality TV experts Maura and Ari break down episodes 14-19 from the South African Villa. They discuss the toxic af boys, which islanders might have veneers, demonstrate their lack of knowledge of British Gen Z culture, and bookend it with more convos about the toxic af boys. ALSO - we read...

Welcome back to She's Got The Chat where we are recapping week 2 of all the Love Island UK Season 9 drama!  This week Maura and Ari discuss the ongoing drama unfolding between Olivia and Zara, Ron's roving eyes, and the dark side of the moon. Join us on Instagram, TikTok, Twitter, YouTube, Threads, and YouTube @shesgotthechat and LET'S CHAT!!! SOCIALS https://www.instagram.com/shesgotthechat/...

Welcome to week 1 of Winter Love Island UK 2023 and WELCOME to She's Got the Chat! Reality TV experts Maura and Ari break down the first 5 episodes from the South African villa. They discuss Maura Higgins, game strategies, incel islanders, off screen drama, and give their first weekly awards! Join us on Instagram, TikTok, Twitter, YouTube, Threads, and YouTube @shesgotthechat and LET'S CHAT!!! SOC...