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Kara Berry, the brilliant host of @everyonesbusinessbutmine, hopped on the pod to do a speed round recap of the week of Bravo content. From Reunion Part 1 of Real Housewives of Potomac, to the cuties of Summer House Martha's Vineyard, to the misogyny of Vanderpump Rules, to the racists of The Valley, and finally the many broken complicated layers of Carl Radke of Summer House.

IN LIFE: Shaming siblings for smoking IN SPORTS: Women's Basketball and Racism IN POP CULTURE: Beyonce's Cowboy Carter, the Racism in popular culture, and Beyonce helping us reclaim Americana

A full week of Bravo recap! On Real Housewives of Potomac, the cast, the editors, and even this saucy storyline that Mia presented at the very end has given up. On Summer House Martha's Vineyard all of our favorites are back and we're jumping straight into classic season two fights. On Vanderpump Rules the misogyny and pick-me behavior is on full display between Lala and Scheana and their...

IN POP CULTURE: Update on Kate Middleton, Diddy is raided by the Feds, Cheesecake Factory reigns supreme. IN POLITICS: Candace Owen is fired. IN SPORTS: Women's College Basketball and Shohei Otani's sports bet scandal.

Aarti is back to talk about it all! From the Grande Dame's DUI to Shannon Beador's latest lawsuit, to the lackluster of Real Housewives of Potomac, to the growth on Vanderpump Rules, to the delightful misery on The Valley, and finally the disaster that is Carl and Lindsay on Summer House.

IN POP CULTURE: Someone is scaling the Hollywood sign. Beyonce is dropping a new album. Dune on a deathbed. Nickelodeon documentary.

THE Laguna Biotch, Kelli Williams, host of Beyond the Blinds Podcast, hopped on to talk about the highly anticipated and very predictable break up of Lindsay and Carl on Summer House and the absolutely pain it has been to be a Scheana apologist on Vanderpump Rules

IN WORLD : Muslims celebrate Ramadan IN POP CULTURE: Muslims welcome new levels of grifting into their mosques as Shaun King embraces Islam, Oscars thoughts, and where the F is Kate Middleton!?!!

Two of the most traitorous rat bastards I know and love hopped on the pod to discuss one of the best Reality TV finales of all time. Follow Chelsea @ohnochels on Instagram and Subscribe to I Am The Cute One for all things Nostalgia, Pop Culture, and Chaos!

This week of Vanderpump Rules was a tough one for Scheana Marie Parks Valletta Shay Emo Screamo Davis but she gave plenty of content to psychoanalyze and on Summer House does anyone even need to recap when Gabby said it best?!

Tom Hamlett, co-host of Dumpster Dive, taught me how to speak like a Gen Z as we recapped reunion part 2 of Real Housewives of Beverly Hills, shared thoughts on the state of Real Housewives of Potomac, the trailer of Real Housewives of New Jersey, and of course the finale of Love Is Blind season 6.

IN POP CULTURE: Dune 2 and everyone is suing Bravo! IN SPORTS: Something about an F1 Driver and Shohei Otani TRAITORS RECAP AT 42:00

The always insightful and hilarious Taria S. Faison hopped on to talk about part 1 of the Real Housewives of Beverly Hills reunion and the two parter hootin' and hollerin' good ol' time on the Real Housewives of Miami reunions. *VIDEO AVAILABLE ON YOUTUBE - https://www.youtube.com/@therealityispod *

THE Laguna Biotch, Kelli Williams, host of Beyond the Blinds Podcast, hopped on to talk about the Vanderpump Family of Products: from the shows, to the wine, to the trash. We also ask hey where's Kate Middleton!? *VIDEO AVAILABLE ON YOUTUBE - ⁠ https://www.youtube.com/@therealityispod ⁠ *

IN POP CULTURE: Andy Cohen v. Brandi Glanville, Reality TV casting is broken IN SPORTS: Bethenny fights with the Kelce's TRAITORS RECAP AT 32:00 *VIDEO AVAILABLE ON YOUTUBE - ⁠ https://www.youtube.com/@therealityispod ⁠ *

SHE'S BACK! Aarti joins back on to talk about the only episode of Real Housewives of Potomac worth recapping, the misogyny on Married to Medicine, and general Bravo feelings!

A full week's worth of programming recapped! On Real Housewives of Potomac it is NOT working out for any of them. On Real Housewives of Beverly Hills Kyle gives us nothing. On Real Housewives of Miami the girls give us everything. And on Summer House, we don't need Carl or Lindsay!

Friend of the Podcast and TikTok pop culture expert Kendrick Tucker hopped on the pod to discuss the latest season of Love is Blind BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY, he tells all the geriatric millennials about Reesa Teesa and #wtfdidimarry. *VIDEO AVAILABLE ON YOUTUBE - ⁠ https://www.youtube.com/@therealityispod ⁠ *

The mask continues to slip and somehow Tom Sandoval keeps being even worse than we thought the last time, so friend of the pod, Amanda Hunt hopped on to breakdown the latest episode of Vanderpump Rules and the New York Times Magazine article read (or heard!) around the internet. *VIDEO AVAILABLE ON YOUTUBE - ⁠⁠ https://www.youtube.com/@therealityispod ⁠⁠ *

IN LIFE : Noor's LA adventures, recap of The Crappies, Scheana Shay, our love for Rosie O'Donnell IN SPORTS : NBA All star game TRAITORS recap at 25:00! *VIDEO AVAILABLE ON YOUTUBE - ⁠⁠ https://www.youtube.com/@therealityispod ⁠⁠ *

IN SPORTS: Super Bowl ended not in Raheel's favor and he discusses his love for the San Francisco 49ers. IN POP CULTURE: Beyonce goes country, Super Bowl Ads, Marcus & Larsa, Vanderpump Rules recap IN WORLD: The War on Gaza intensifies with the massacre at Rafah.

TRAITORS RECAP (39:55) IN SPORTS: The Superb Owl is happening! IN POP CULTURE: The Grammys! Celine! Jay-Z! TRACY CHAPMAN! and the Patron Saint of weaponized white feminism.

On Real Housewives of Beverly Hills Erika Jayne Girardi is winning us over one zinger at a time and Kyle Richards is making us love and hate her all at once. On Real Housewives of Miami the women are celebrating pride and Lisa is showing her prejudice!

It's an episode of some very sad parties! On Real Housewives of Potomac Wendy has a weed party with no weed and Nneka invites people to unpack her two year old wedding presents. On Vanderpump Rules, Tom Sandoval is back trying to make himself a victim by throwing the saddest party on earth. We're not buying it!

It's Traitors time (52:00) and we're talking about the best episode of Traitors to date! Before that we dive into pop culture! IN SPORTS: The 49ers are in the Super Bowl and they need better slogans. IN POP CULTURE: Taylor Swift is bad for the environment but so is Amazon prime and we love her don't we? The Hamlett twins give us old people a deep dive into Nikki v. Megan. And we all ag...