Tayne Talks: A Reality TV Podcast

We are still in the Florida Keys with the couples. Zack is still quarantining in his hotel room and we discuss the beautiful drone shot that we are given since no crew can get close to him. This week, the couples have uncomfortable conversations. We are not sure why showering after a workout requires a conversation but Bao gives us something to talk about on this topic. Gil and Myrla talk about la...

Zack has tested positive for Covid and Michaela heads back to Houston and we talk about how we miss their presence especially when the couples meet up for the first time after the wedding. We don't understand Myrla's constant whining as Gil does his best to be positive. We are sure his incessant questions are prodded by the producers. Rachel and Jose continue to surprise us until Jose can&...

The couples spend their first night together and get to learn more about each other. 3 and half of the couples are still enjoying each other and we break down each of the couple's first night and next morning recap with each other. We notice how there were no incessant questions about if they consummated their marriage. We cheer on the first couple to do so and appreciate the organic way we we...

They're all married now! On this episode, we discuss the remaining weddings and the couples' first night together. We discuss how all the couples give us the feels - well except Brett and Ryan, who seem to just go through the motions. We also notice how she was the only one not carried over the threshold. We discuss how pleasantly surprised we were at Rachel and Jose after our not so great...

The weddings keep going and this week we see two more of the couples get married. The show continues the good feels with Michaela and Zack's wedding. We can't tell what to expect from these two but we are hoping for success for them. We worry a bit about Hurricane K but Ade can't wait to meet her. We talk about how we thought Zack was about to bow out and how nervous he was that he bot...

We're baaaaaaack! It's a new season and a new set of couples and we were so ready to wipe season 12 out of our memories but we just had to recap all the recent breakups but we promise we're done! We talk about the 3 (yes,3!) hour premiere and how we thought it was worth it because we enjoyed every moment of it even if it only yielded one wedding. We share our thoughts on the couples an...

In our Ask Us Anything episode, we got a couple of questions on our thoughts on past MAFS participants. We've spoken a little bit over time on how we feel about certain participants, you know our faves and not so faves so we figured it would be fun to go through our lists and talk about who we would want to hang out with and why. We first go through the MAFS individuals we'd love to hang o...

This is the second part of our Ask Us Anything and on this episode we answer all MAFS related questions - our thoughts on the evolution of the show and the experts, couples we think will make it and not make it, what we would change about the show and so much more. We enjoyed doing these. Thanks again for your questions and don't forget the new season of MAFS starts in July so make sure you ar...

Feels like eons ago we promised to have our Ask Us Anything episode. We finally got around to it and got it done. We got so many amazing questions that we had to break it out into two parts. For Part1, we answer personal questions about ourselves, our process making the show and questions about other tv shows. We will cover questions about MAFS in Part 2. We hope you enjoy this episode and get to...

Taking a break from the MAFS world, we deep dive into the TLC show, Sister Wives. Ade has been a previous viewer of the show and she encourages Tayne, who has never watched, to get into the show. We fine comb everything about the show from its very beginnings, their beliefs, the dynamics and the slow 180 of all the women and Kodi as we go from season to season. We talk about our favorite wives, th...

Y'all know we don't watch this before the show starts and instead prefer to watch it with hindsight glasses - all the better to judge with. Here is a sneak peek at our bonus episode where we go through the process with the experts and the couples and talk about how it is a different process this year, given that it was all done virtually. Tayne's sole goal is to see how Chris made it t...

It's finally here and the season comes to a close with the second part of the reunion. Kevin Frazier is still around to probe and interrogate a bunch of different groups and we were here for every bit of it. We still think that this 4 hour reunion was unnecessary but we discuss how we enjoyed this second part a little more for two reasons - Paige's friend, Nancy and having the experts walk...

It's the penultimate episode with the Part 1 reunion and Kevin Frazier is back! Loads to talk about on this episode as we discuss the recap (yet again) of the couples' journey and Kevin Frazier asks the hard hitting questions that we the people want answers to. Ade talks about how this reunion has no business being 2 hours since they filled it up with guests that added no value. We talk ab...

We made it to the finale! The couples finally make it to the end of 8 weeks and everyone is back, including Chris & Paige, and they have to decide on whether they want to stay married or get divorced. No surprises here as our predictions were right on the money. We discuss how the producers make up for the lost Chris & Paige time by having them dominate decision day with their unbelievable...

Here is a sneak peek into our bonus episode where we discuss everything RHOA. We talk about the franchise as a whole - where it ranks among the franchises for us, our favorite past and present housewives and how the ladies understand that this is a reality show and play their roles accordingly. Ade reminds us that RHOA has a lot of one season wives. We recap the season as a whole - How the ladies...

Since we did not recap the Countdown to Decision Day Special, we decided to recap the first two episodes of the newest addition to the MAFS family - Unmatchables with Dr. Viviana and Pastor Cal. We fill you in on the premise of the show and then discuss the first two couples featured in each episode. We dissect everything about the show - from the selection process, to how loose the experts are on...

We're almost there, people! The couples spend their last night together before Decision Day and this is one tense, edit heavy episode, as the producers try their hardest to make us think we have no idea what they will do. We discuss how the edits had a lot of the conversations making no sense and Ade points out that they had one person in each couple sure of what they will say and had the othe...

So close but still far from Decision Day, the couples are sent off to a couples retreat to hang out with the other couples and keep working on their relationship. Probably on edge close to d-day, we discuss all the problems that seemed to surface over the weekend. We can't for the life of us understand Haley and Jacob as a couple and neither do they as we dissect the palpable hatred between th...

Here is a sneak peek into our bonus episode where we revisit the 90 Day Fiance world with the Reunion Tell All that aired this week. If you haven't heard our previous episode before the 90 Day Fiance season premiere, you should go back and listen (Bonus Episode 4 - full episodes available to all!) We do a run down on how we felt about the season as a whole and Ade explains why she thinks it is...

Tick Tock. We start the countdown to Decision Day with the remaining 4 couples as they look back on their childhoods and share it with their significant others. Ade shares why she really enjoyed this episode (hint: Haley and Jacob) and we notice the cloud that is lifted with Chris and Paige leaving. Dr. Pepper is still in the building and we talk about her no-nonsense approach with the couples as...

Yup. This was a filler episode that was full of a number of untruths. In fact, Ade thinks this was the worst episode in the last few seasons. Dr. Pepper and Pastor Cal pay the couples a visit but don't really do much. They sit with the couples individually and don't even sit with them as a couple. We wonder what the big idea with this visit was and why the couples were encouraged to speak...

Here is a sneak peek into our bonus episode where we rank all the seasons of MAFS that we have watched. This was such a fun episode to record! We rank all the seasons of MAFS (excluding the current season) from worst to best. Tayne has watched all the seasons and Ade has watched 7 of them. We explain how we came about our rankings and what criteria we used. We also go down memory lane in each seas...

No, really. Who let Erik out? Just kidding! It's the day after the monthiversary and the couples are reminiscing over how their day went. We settle into the dog-heavy episode and talk about how important the dogs were in the relationships this episode. We break down the many ways Erik was oh so wrong this episode and how poor Rockie bore the brunt of it all. We wonder why we have to check in i...

The couples make it to one month, which is a huge deal in MAFS world. We take a walk with them down memory lane and it's nice re-watching their wedding day with them. Haley and Jacob seem to hit a dead end and we are confused about Haley's POV claiming she had no idea how Jacob felt. We continue to seethe over this Chris & Paige farce and hope this is truly the last time they are toget...

It's intimacy week and in this episode we get the pleasure of an expert visit with Dr. Viviana. We talk about enjoying having an expert around and rank our experts in order of how much value we think they bring to the table. Our couples are still trudging along and it was a quite heavy episode with some of the couples being vulnerable about their past. We discuss how the show seems to focus mo...