The Reality Is

The Reality Is

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A podcast about our problematic love for reality TV

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The Reality Is

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Latest episode

Jul 9, 2026

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Episodes

Episode 296: Former friends & current enemies (Summer House / VPR) 14.05.2023

This week on Summer House Danielle lost her mind and on Vanderpump Rules Raquel morphed into Sandoval.

Episode 295: Feelings & Fam(b)ilies (RHONJ & Crappens Live Show) 13.05.2023

The Real Housewives of New Jersey this week is all about how great everyone's family is doing except Teresa's who is about to get into a terrible marriage with a very scary man, BUT before that I cry about Watch What Crappens. ENJOY

Episode 294: Who does Brielle have to blow w/ Tom Hamlett @thetomhamlett (RHOA / Summer House MV) 10.05.2023

Tom Hamlett, one half of Dumpster Dive Podcast, hopped on to discuss the divorce filing heard around the wigs, the Real Housewives of Atlanta season premier, and the very fun and highly recommended new flavor of Summer House in Martha's Vineyard.

Episode 293: A Royal Purple Tampon w/ Raheel (Plus Succession!) 09.05.2023

Charles became the new King of England and he looks dumb as hell. Olivia Dunne is making a lot of money. And Succession is making Raheel uncomfortable and sad.

Episode 292: Dippin' Dudes (VPR / Summer House) 06.05.2023

This week on Summer House Carl proposes to Lindsay and Lindsay takes a selfie in the hospital while Danielle has an absolute meltdown and on Vanderpump Rules the pieces of the puzzle are falling into place and unfortunately for Ariana it isn't looking good for her boyfriend and bestfriend.

Episode 291: Angry Chicken Parm w/ Donny Hadfield-Smith @realdonnywood (RHONJ) 04.05.2023

Ultimate Cutie, Donny Hadfield-Smith @realdonnywood 1/2 of I am the cute one: a nostalgia podcast hops on to discuss Real Housewives of New Jersey and how we are not longer watching reality tv but television that is created by fake real life situations or something like that.

Episode 290: Living Plus w/ Raheel (Succession) 02.05.2023

Kendall is thriving, Shiv is winning, Roman is spiraling, BUT WE ARE LIVING PLUS because this episode was great.

Episode 289: Stuff your seed w/ Raheel 02.05.2023

The NFL Draft is happening, Brian McKnight is a trash person, and we're discussing how to deal with transphobes & homophobes in real life.

Episode 288: Cilantro! (RHONJ) 30.04.2023

The Real Housewives of New Jersey continue Teresa's Bachelorette party in Ireland by jumping in mud, mud slinging, and as usual not making any damn sense.

Episode 287: Get a life bitch (Summer House / VPR) 28.04.2023

This week on Summer House Danielle continues to fumble her friendship with Lindsay for perplexing reasons and on Vanderpump Rules Tom Sandoval bold faced lies and James Kennedy (and Ally!) steal our hearts.

Episode 286: Layoffs & Succession w/ Raheel 28.04.2023

People who read teleprompters are getting fired, Jonathan Majors is dropped by everyone, an anti-vaxxer joins the Jets, and Succession continues to make us laugh.

Episode 285: Satchels of Gold (VPR) 24.04.2023

Catching up on Vanderpump Rules!

Episode 284: ...And we're back! (Bravo + Peacock + Netflix) 22.04.2023

Finally back to full capacity and covering all of the things I watched in the last 3 weeks I was away: Real housewives of New Jersey, Real Housewives Ultimate Girls Trip, Summer House, and that corny ass Love Is Blind Season 4 Reunion!

Episode 283: Oh hey! w/ Raheel 17.04.2023

We're back (sort of!) LISTEN, things happened like Netflix falling apart and Succession being absolutely incredible and Raheel sharing a viral dude-bro meme that he needed to get roasted about LIVE (you see Netflix - LIVE!) so we're back!

Episode 282: A nibble if you're offering w/ Giselle Brooks @whoaskedmepodcast (Love Is Blind S4 E1-8) 05.04.2023

It's that time of the year again, when Giselle Brooks and I scream about how unhinged the new season of Love is Blind is!

Episode 281: Sports Drama w/ Raheel 04.04.2023

Raheel is excited to breaking down all of the nonsense that came out of the NCAA Women's championship game, the Angel Reese / Caitlin Clark stuff, and we discuss the double standards of how new, but specifically sports, is reported when discussing black women.

Episode 280: Days of our wives w/ Kendrick Tucker @realitycomicstoo (RHUGT / RHONJ / RHOA Trailer / Queens of R&B Drama!) 01.04.2023

MOVE OVER SCANDOVAL, because Kendrick Tucker came on to drop all the drama details from the Queens of R&B (Sunday nights on Bravo!). We also discussed Real Housewives of Atlanta Trailer and briefly the pizza-pajama-gate of Real Housewives of New Jersey before diving deep into the latest episode of Real Housewives Ultimate Girls Trip Season 3 Episode 4!

Episode 279: Wiggy-wiggied your way into the wedding w/ Maya Khan (VPR / Summer House) 31.03.2023

Friend of the pod, Maya, hops on to discuss two train wrecks as they happen very slowly in front of our eyes: the demise of Lindsay and Danielle's friendship on Summer House and of course Scandoval on Vanderpump Rules

Episode 278: The Munsters w/ Raheel (Succession S4E1) 29.03.2023

Our favorite wealthy pieces of trash, The Roys, are back on HBO's Succession! We're recapping episode 1 of season 4, you f**king morons!

Episode 277: Ramadaning w/ Raheel 28.03.2023

Ramadan Mubarak to those who observe! We're gonna tell you all about it! We're also talking about Gwyneth Paltrow's ridiculous ski trial and we touch briefly on other things I am too sleepy to remember!

Episode 276: Arroz con mango (RHUGT S3 E1-3) 25.03.2023

Some Real Housewives of Potomac, Miami, Salt Lake City, Atlanta, and New York travel to Phuket and Peacock gives us three episodes so let's break down all 3!

Episode 275: Bubba’s beret w/ Tom Hamlett @thetomhamlett (VPR / Summer House) 24.03.2023

Tom Hamlett, one half of Dumpster Dive Podcast, hopped on to share what life is like being a Tom after Scandoval. We discuss how boring Summer House is, devilled eggs, and of course Vanderpump Rules.

Episode 274: Scammers w/ Raheel 20.03.2023

Here's what we discussed: Rupert Murdoch engagement, the Oscars, Aaron Rodgers, Tiger Woods, Brett Farve, Trump's Arrest, Pick pocketing, Scammers, and unfortunately too much about Selena Gomez v. Hailey Baldwin Bieber.

Episode 273: Everyone is awful (Summer House / VPR) 17.03.2023

This week on Summer House, we briefly touch on the complex dynamics of being a ride or die who loses their ride and on Vanderpump Rules we are reminded once again that the only decent person on the show is Ariana Madix and no one else deserve any sympathy or support. 

Episode 272: So much has happened w/ Aarti 15.03.2023

After one week of vacation from Bravo, we are catching up on all the shows and drama on camera, off camera, online, and offline from Real Housewives of Potomac Reunion to Real Housewives of Miami Reunion to of course Scandoval to Summer House and those annoying Gorgas on Real Housewives of New Jersey!

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