Reality Life with Kate Casey

Ep. - 1751 - THE MAKING OF HOOSIERS AND RUDY WITH ANGELO PIZZO: PART TWO Oct 24, 2026 01:03:32 Angelo Pizzo, the screenwriter of Hoosiers and Rudy, returns for part two of a conversation about two of the greatest sports films ever made. Angelo reveals the movie star who first agreed to play Coach Norman Dale, and the unlikely producer who cried through the script and finally paid for the film after a year and a half of rejections. He also opens up about working with Gene Hackman, w

Ep. - 1750 - LOVE IS BLIND: BOSTON Oct 23, 2026 00:56:34 Chris DeRosa joins Kate to discuss episodes 6-8 of Netflix’s Love Is Blind: Boston, breaking down the vacations, realizing their fiancé may be a hoarder, and meeting their potential new in-laws.     Reality Life with Kate Casey What to Watch List: https://katecasey.substack.com Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/katecaseyca Tik Tok: https://www.tik

Ep. - 1749 - THE WOLVES OF REAL ESTATE: THE ALEXANDER BROTHERS Oct 22, 2026 00:34:19 They were Miami royalty: twins Oren and Alon Alexander and their older brother Tal, sons of Israeli immigrants who built a security empire, became the most famous luxury real estate brokers in the country, and Oren’s wedding was even featured in Vogue. Behind the private jets and Hamptons parties, prosecutors say, they lured, drugged, and raped women for more than a decade, and in March 2

Ep. - 1748 - SWIPE RIGHT ON THE DEVIL Oct 21, 2026 00:29:48 In November 2017, 24-year-old Sydney Loofe left work in Lincoln, Nebraska, for a second date with a woman she’d met on Tinder. She never came home. The woman she knew as “Audrey” was Bailey Boswell, who lived with her boyfriend, 51-year-old Aubrey Trail, a longtime con man. The investigation that followed uncovered a gold coin fraud scheme, a pattern of control over other young women, and

Ep. - 1747 - YOU CAN SEE EVERYTHING THE GILDED RAGE Oct 20, 2026 00:45:10 Producer Aliza Rosen joins Kate to discuss You Can See Everything, the documentary from Nathan Fielder and Lance Oppenheim that follows Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes and her partner, Billy Evans, in the weeks before she reports to prison. They also discuss Aliza’s new investigative podcast, The Gilded Rage, hosted by Lauren Malloy. The series begins with a woman’s allegation of a deca

EP. - 1746 - WHAT TO WATCH THIS WEEK WITH KATE CASEY Oct 19, 2026 00:15:52 Kate discusses what to watch this week including Love is Blind: Boston (Netflix), Paralyzed by Hope: The Maria Bamford Story (Netflix), Swipe Right on the Devil (Hulu), and Real Housewives of Salt Lake City (Bravo).   Reality Life with Kate Casey What to Watch List: https://katecasey.substack.com The Story Behind My Podcast: https://katecasey.substack.com/p/i-was-

Ep. - 1745 - THE MAKING OF HOOSIERS AND RUDY WITH ANGELO PIZZO: PART ONE Oct 17, 2026 00:40:50 Angelo Pizzo, screenwriter of two of the most beloved sports movies, Hoosiers and Rudy, shares the stories behind their creation. Hoosiers follows a troubled coach, played by Gene Hackman, who leads a small Indiana high school basketball team toward a state championship. Rudy stars Sean Astin as an unlikely Notre Dame football hopeful whose persistence becomes an enduring story of determi

Ep. - 1744 - LOVE IS BLIND: BOSTON Oct 16, 2026 00:54:43 Chris DeRosa joins Kate to discuss the first few episodes of Netflix’s Love Is Blind: Boston, breaking down the singles, the connections forming in the pods, and the early red flags. They share their first impressions, question who seems ready for marriage, and debate whether you can fall in love sight unseen, or simply fall in love with what you want to hear.    &nbsp

Ep. - 1743 - SUPER SCAM ME Oct 15, 2026 00:25:53 Mariana van Zeller, the Emmy Award-winning investigative journalist, joins Kate to discuss Super Scam Me, her National Geographic documentary in which she goes undercover as the target of a romance scam. She explains how scammers build trust, exploit emotional vulnerability, and use fake military identities, AI, money mules, and cryptocurrency to deceive victims. Mariana also discusses wo

Ep. - 1742 - THE KARDASHIANS AND REAL HOUSEWIVES Oct 14, 2026 00:47:14 Patrick Hickey, co-host of the Bad TV podcast, joins Kate to discuss the latest episodes of The Kardashians and Real Housewives of Salt Lake City, Orange County, New York City, and Potomac.     Reality Life with Kate Casey What to Watch List: https://katecasey.substack.com Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/katecaseyca Tik Tok: https://www.tiktok.c

EP. - 1741 - THE PET CEMETERY MURDERS: A GHOST STORY Oct 13, 2026 00:26:03 In 1985, Dorothy Thompson, owner of the Azalea Pet Cemetery in St. Bernard Parish, Louisiana, was found dead in the Mississippi River, and her murder went cold for decades. Then in 2009, a man told detectives that Dorothy had appeared at the foot of his bed wrapped in chains, and that he knew who killed her. Director Philip Cairney talks about HBO’s haunting new three-part docuseries The

Ep. - 1740 - WHAT TO WATCH THIS WEEK WITH KATE CASEY Oct 12, 2026 00:15:38 Kate discusses what to watch this week including Love is Blind: Boston (Netflix), Super Scam Me (National Geographic, Disney+ and Hulu), Norm: The Tale of Norm Macdonald (Netflix), and Tyson (Netflix).    Reality Life with Kate Casey What to Watch List: https://katecasey.substack.com Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/katecaseyca Tik Tok: https://www.ti

Ep. - 1739 - SATURDAY SERIES: SARAH EDMONDSON Oct 10, 2026 00:51:28 Sarah Edmondson, the NXIVM whistleblower whose courage helped bring down Keith Raniere, returns to Reality Life to talk about her new book, A Little Bit Culty: Navigating Cults, Control and Coercion. Sarah spent twelve years inside NXIVM and recruited more than two thousand people before she was branded in the secret group DOS and went to authorities and The New York Times. Her story beca

Ep. - 1738 - WHO IS MARTIN MULL? Oct 9, 2026 00:28:50 Neil Berkeley, director of Netflix's Who Is Martin Mull?, joins Kate to talk about the comedian, actor, musician, and painter best known for Clue, Mr. Mom, Fernwood Tonight, and Roseanne, whose true passion was painting. Neil explains how the documentary began with Bob Saget, stalled after Saget's death, and found new life when he stepped in to film Martin alone, with no crew, just months

Ep. - 1737 - ST. ELMO'S FIRE: THE TRUE STORY BEHIND THE BRAT PACK CLASSIC (PART TWO) Oct 8, 2026 01:00:57 Carl Kurlander, co-writer of St. Elmo's Fire, returns for the second half of Kate’s conversation about the making of the 1985 Brat Pack classic. Carl reveals how close Madonna came to playing Jules, why a real-life friend refused to lend his name to Emilio Estevez's character, and the scientific embarrassment hidden in Rob Lowe's famous St. Elmo's Fire monologue. He sets the record straig

Ep. - 1736 - ST. ELMO'S FIRE: THE TRUE STORY BEHIND THE BRAT PACK CLASSIC (PART ONE) Oct 7, 2026 01:12:40 Carl Kurlander, co-writer of St. Elmo's Fire, joins me for the first of a two-part conversation about the true story behind the 1985 Brat Pack classic. It all started with a summer job as a bellhop at the St. Elmo Hotel in Chautauqua, New York, and a waitress named Lynn he couldn't stop thinking about. Carl takes us from an 18-page short story he mailed to her, to a freak scholarship at U

Ep. - 1735 - THE SERIAL KILLER CONNECTION BONNIE LOU GOWER AND KARA ROBINSON CHAMBERLAIN Oct 6, 2026 00:53:19 Bonnie Lou Gower and Kara Robinson Chamberlain join Kate to discuss The Serial Killer Connection, the three-part Investigation Discovery docuseries exploring their extraordinary connection to serial killer Richard “Marc” Evonitz. Bonnie was married to Evonitz before learning the truth about his crimes. Kara escaped his captivity at just 15, providing crucial information that helped author

Ep. - 1734 - WHAT TO WATCH THIS WEEK WITH KATE CASEY Oct 5, 2026 00:15:49 Kate discusses what to watch this week including The Serial Killer Connection (ID Discovery), Lorne (Netflix), Who is Martin Mull (Netflix), The Pet Cemetery Murders (HBO), and The Kardashians.     Reality Life with Kate Casey What to Watch List: https://katecasey.substack.com Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/katecaseyca Tik Tok: https://www.tikt

Ep. - 1733 - SATURDAY SERIES: TOM BROSS Oct 3, 2026 00:45:33 Tom Bross, author of the three-part memoir series Don’t Call Me Jupiter: Memoir of a Reluctant Hippie Kid—Tightrope, Lightning Crashes, and Wheel in the Sky—joins Kate to discuss growing up in a family that traded a conventional Midwestern life for California’s hippie counterculture. He shares how his mother’s pursuit of freedom left her five children navigating instability and abandonmen

Ep. - 1732 - REAL HOUSEWIVES BREAKDOWN MILLER NIGHT FOOTBALL Oct 2, 2026 00:45:01 Kate reviews the latest episodes of The Real Housewives of Orange County, Salt Lake City, and New York City.   Director Jeff Cameron joins Kate to discuss Miller Night Football on HBO, revisiting Dennis Miller’s unexpected run on Monday Night Football and the collision of his cerebral comedy with live sports broadcasting.     Reality Life with Kate

Ep. - 1731 - THE WIDOWER: ‘TIL DEATH DO US PART Oct 1, 2026 00:36:51 Dan Slepian, Dateline senior investigative producer and Pulitzer Prize finalist for Letters From Sing Sing, joins Kate to talk about the new Netflix documentary The Widower: 'Til Death Do Us Part. Thomas Randolph had six wives, and four of them died. In 2008, his sixth wife, Sharon Causse, was shot in their Las Vegas home after a Mother's Day dinner. Randolph claimed he killed the intrude

Ep. - 1730 - TEAM MOMS: BASEBALL Sep 30, 2026 01:12:27 Chris DeRosa joins Kate to review Team Moms: Baseball on Paramount+. The series follows seven families at a Scottsdale baseball academy where the boys train for a shot at college and professional baseball, while their parents clash in the stands. Kate and Chris discuss the academy’s reported $30,900 annual cost, the parents who keep the drama going, and the question at the heart of t

Ep. - 1729 - GERARDO MEJIA: THE STORY BEHIND “RICO SUAVE” Sep 29, 2026 00:49:41 Gerardo Mejía played one of the high school football players in Can’t Buy Me Love before becoming an international star with “Rico Suave.” He joins Kate to talk about his family’s move from Ecuador to Los Angeles, how dancing led to acting and music, and why he spent his own money making a music video before he had a record deal. He also shares what happened after the hit, from struggling

Ep. - 1728 - WHAT TO WATCH THIS WEEK WITH KATE CASEY Sep 28, 2026 00:18:45 Kate discusses what to watch this week including Amazing Race (CBS), The Widower: ’Til Death Do Us Part (Netflix), Miller Night Football (HBO), and The Swan: Behind the Mirror (Hulu).     Reality Life with Kate Casey Summer Reading List: https://katecasey.substack.com/p/books-i-cant-stop-talking-about-this Vanity Fair Article: https://www.vanityfair.com/

Ep. - 1727 - SATURDAY SERIES: MICHAEL SWERDLICK PART TWO Sep 26, 2026 01:11:13 EPISODE OVERVIEW:Deadline:Friday September 25th, 2026 at 10:00 P.M. MSTBaked-In Ads (Y/N & Amount):NOEpisode Title:Ep. - 1727 - SATURDAY SERIES: MICHAEL SWERDLICK PART TWODescription:Michael Swerdlick returns to tell more stories about the making of Can’t Buy Me Love, pilots hesold, and wild experiences in the business including working with the Olsen Twins.Reality Life with Kate Case

Ep. - 1726 - BRAVO BREAKDOWN WITH CARLOS KING Sep 25, 2026 00:31:45 Carlos King joins Kate Casey to discuss The Real Housewives of Orange County, The Real Housewives Ultimate Girls Trip, and The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City.     Reality Life with Kate Casey What to Watch List: https://katecasey.substack.com Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/katecaseyca Tik Tok: https://www.tiktok.com/@itskatecasey?lang=en&nbs

Ep. - 1725 - THE SWAN: BEHIND THE MIRROR Sep 24, 2026 00:33:49 Director Erin Lee Carr joins Kate to talk about her Hulu documentary The Swan: Behind the Mirror, along with former contestants Kristy Garza from season one and Kari Bravata from season two. The Swan premiered on Fox in 2004 and promised women a total life makeover: three months of plastic surgery, cosmetic dentistry, therapy, and fitness training. The contestants were isolated from their

Ep. - 1724 - THE SECRET LIVES OF MORMON WIVES MADELINE FROM THE TRAITORS: NEW BLOOD Sep 23, 2026 00:28:35 Kate discusses Taylor Frankie Paul’s decision to leave Hulu’s The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives, the reality series following the women of MomTok as their friendships, marriages, faith and scandals play out both on television and social media. She examines how Taylor became famous, the toxic feedback loop that helped grow her following, and why leaving the show may not be the same as leavi

Ep. - 1723 - GERBIL: INVESTIGATING A HOLLYWOOD RUMOR Sep 22, 2026 01:05:31 Allen Salkin, host of the 12-part podcast Gerbil from The Hollywood Reporter, digs into the six-year investigation behind Hollywood's most unkillable urban legend. Allen walks Kate through his old-school reporting process — LexisNexis searches, FOIA requests, tracked-down eyewitnesses — and goes deep on the Philadelphia Gerbil Panic of 1985, when KYW anchor Jerry Penacoli was hit with the

Ep. - 1722 - WHAT TO WATCH THIS WEEK WITH KATE CASEY Sep 21, 2026 00:15:30 Kate discusses what to watch this week including Survivor 51 (CBS), Special Forces: World’s Toughest Test (Fox), Chilean Mine Rescue: Race Against Time (Hulu), and Team Moms: Baseball (Paramount+).       Reality Life with Kate Casey Summer Reading List: https://katecasey.substack.com/p/books-i-cant-stop-talking-about-this Vanity Fair Article: h

Ep. - 1721 - SATURDAY SERIES: MICHAEL SWERDLICK CAN’T BUY ME LOVE SCREENWRITER Sep 19, 2026 01:02:49 Michael Swerdlick, writer of the beloved 1987 film Can’t Buy Me Love, shares the remarkable story of how his first screenplay went from a typewritten script sitting on a shelf to a defining teen comedy. He reveals how Patrick Dempsey was cast at the last minute, the real-life inspiration behind the story, Paula Abdul’s role in creating the African Anteater Ritual, Michael Jackson’s connec

Ep. - 1720 - 14 DAYS IN GAINESVILLE REAL HOUSEWIVES OF SALT LAKE CITY Sep 18, 2026 00:29:43 Daniel Levin, director of 14 Days in Gainesville, joins Kate to revisit one of the strangest collisions of true crime and sports in American history — the 1990 Gainesville murders and Steve Spurrier's first season as head coach of the Florida Gators. In August 1990, five students were murdered in their off-campus apartments in the span of days, sending a college town into lockdown just as

Ep. - 1719 - A KILLER STORY Sep 17, 2026 00:37:34 Director Matthew Galkin and executive producer Josh Levine join Kate to discuss their HBO Original documentary series A Killer Story, which examines the more than two-decade-long case against Dana Chandler, accused in the 2002 shooting deaths of her ex-husband, Mike Sisco, and his girlfriend, Karen Harkness. Galkin and Levine detail how the story found them through investigative journalis

Ep. - 1718 - THE SECRET LIVES OF MORMON WIVES Sep 16, 2026 01:04:06 Chelsea Devantez, author, director and host of Glamorous Trash, joins Kate to discuss Season 5 of The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives, Hulu’s reality series about the Utah influencers behind MomTok. They examine the shortened season, the crisis surrounding Taylor Frankie Paul, the increasingly complicated relationship between friendship and fame, and the deeper questions of faith, marriage,

Ep. - 1717 - MARRIED AT FIRST SIGHT LOVE IS BLIND UK Sep 15, 2026 00:43:59 Chris DeRosa is back to discuss two very different experiments in finding a spouse. On Netflix’s Love Is Blind: UK, singles become engaged without ever seeing one another, then test their emotional connection in the real world before deciding whether to marry at the altar. On Peacock’s Married at First Sight, relationship experts match complete strangers who meet for the first time on the

Ep. - 1716 - WHAT TO WATCH THIS WEEK WITH KATE CASEY Sep 14, 2026 00:17:47 Kate discusses what to watch this week including Dancing With the Stars, Real Housewives of Salt Lake City, The Traitors, NOVA: The Battle to Breathe, and Joffrey Ballet: The Next Movement.     Reality Life with Kate Casey Summer Reading List: https://katecasey.substack.com/p/books-i-cant-stop-talking-about-this Vanity Fair Article: https://www.vanityfai

Ep. - 1715 - SATURDAY SERIES: PAUL DAVID STANKO Sep 12, 2026 00:27:05 Paul David Stanko grew up in a traditional family in Bloomington, Minnesota, later finding his creative and spiritual calling and a loving life partner after years of heartbreak. Then, nearly six decades into his life, an ancestry test revealed that the man who raised him was not his biological father—and that he had an entirely different family waiting to meet him. Paul joins Kate to dis

Ep. - 1714 - CAPTAIN CHARLIE PETERSON: ONE PILOT’S UNTOLD 9/11 STORY Sep 11, 2026 01:16:06 Twenty-five years after September 11, retired United Airlines Captain Charlie Peterson shares a story most people have never heard: hours after the attacks, with US airspace grounded and fighter jets in the sky, Charlie volunteered to fly a plane carrying United's emergency response team toward the Flight 93 crash site in Shanksville, Pennsylvania — not knowing just how closely his own ai

Ep. - 1713 - REAL HOUSEWIVES OF NEW YORK REAL HOUSEWIVES ULTIMATE GIRLS TRIP Sep 10, 2026 00:31:38 Brian Moylan joins Kate to discuss the season premiere of Real Housewives of New York City, including Carole Radziwill’s return, the new cast members and the shifting friendships within the group. They discuss the good things that have come out of filming Real Housewives Ultimate Girls Trip.     Reality Life with Kate Casey Vanity Fair Article: https://www.va

Ep. - 1712 - INSIDE THE MICA MILLER INVESTIGATION Sep 9, 2026 01:01:36 Liz Farrell, investigative journalist and cohost of COERCED: The Devotion & Death of Mica Francis Miller, discusses more than two years of reporting on Mica’s life, marriage and death. Liz explains what the Netflix documentary Death of the Pastor’s Wife did not cover, including the history of JP Miller’s father, the Rev. Wayne Miller, the family’s churches and the religious compound k

Ep. - 1711 - DAUGHTERS OF 9/11 Sep 8, 2026 00:58:00 Twenty-five years after the September 11 attacks, two women who lost their fathers at the World Trade Center are opening up about grief, memory, and justice that still hasn't arrived. Jessica Trant was 19 when her father Dan Trant, a Cantor Fitzgerald bond trader and former NBA draft pick, called from the 104th floor of the North Tower to say goodbye. Elizabeth Miller was six when her fat

Ep. - 1710 - WHAT TO WATCH THIS WEEK WITH KATE CASEY Sep 7, 2026 00:17:23 Kate discusses what to watch this week including Real Housewives of New York (Bravo), Frontline: The Man Who Knew (PBS), The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives (Hulu), A Killer Story (HBO and HBO Max), and Daughters of 9/11 (CSB).     Reality Life with Kate Casey Summer Reading List: https://katecasey.substack.com/p/books-i-cant-stop-talking-about-this Vanity

Ep. - 1709 - SATURDAY SERIES: ALICE LACOUR Sep 5, 2026 00:50:46 Alice LaCour, former federal prosecutor, litigation partner at Hilgers Graben, and co-host of The Prosecutors podcast, joins me for a conversation that spans her immigrant childhood in a small Georgia town where she didn't speak English until kindergarten, her path through Yale Law School and two federal clerkships, her work on Supreme Court confirmation teams, and the day she went into l

Ep. - 1708 - EARLE MEETS WORLD REAL HOUSEWIVES OF BEVERLY HILLS Sep 4, 2026 00:44:47 Kate discusses Leah Remini joining the cast of The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills and why her humor, candor, history with Scientology, and willingness to confront uncomfortable subjects could make her an ideal Housewife. She also reviews Netflix’s Untold: Raygun: Breaking Badly, in which Australian academic and breakdancer Rachael “Raygun” Gunn recounts her unlikely path to the Paris Ol

Ep. - 1707 - INSIDE THE SECRET WORLD OF SORORITY RECRUITMENT Sep 3, 2026 00:39:36 Trisha Addicks, sorority recruitment consultant, founder of It's All Greek to Me, and author of The Rush Bible: Secrets to Crush Sorority Recruitment and Find Your Forever Greek Home, joins Kate to examine what television, documentaries, and social media get right and wrong about rush, from MTV's Sorority Life to RushTok to the Max documentary Bama Rush, in which Addicks appeared. &n

Ep. - 1706 - BRAVO BREAKDOWN Sep 2, 2026 01:04:57 Brian Moylan, author of The Housewives: The Real Story Behind the Real Housewives and Vulture’s Housewives Institute Bulletin, joins Kate to discuss why Real Housewives of Orange County has become such a frustrating show, from the endless cast trips to how little we see of the women’s actual lives. They also break down the latest episode of The Real Housewives Ultimate Girls Trip: Roaring

Ep. - 1705 - WELCOME TO THE FAMILY: THE MURDER OF DAN MARKEL Sep 1, 2026 00:59:21 Lily Fletcher, producer of Hulu’s Welcome to the Family: The Murder of Dan Markel, joins Kate to discuss the shocking murder-for-hire case at the center of the four-part docuseries. Florida State University law professor Dan Markel was murdered in 2014 amid a bitter custody battle with his former wife, Wendi Adelson. Prosecutors ultimately connected the killing to members of the wealthy A

Ep. - 1704 - WHAT TO WATCH THIS WEEK WITH KATE CASEY Aug 31, 2026 00:18:16 Kate discusses what to watch this week including Love Island Reunion (Peacock), Welcome to the Family: The Murder of Dan Markel (Hulu), Hard Knocks: Training Camp with the Seattle Seahawks (HBO), and Earle Meets World (Netflix).     Reality Life with Kate Casey Summer Reading List: https://katecasey.substack.com/p/books-i-cant-stop-talking-about-this Van

Ep. - 1703 - SATURDAY SERIES: RICHARD ELLIOTT Aug 29, 2026 00:43:40 Richard Elliott, a deputy manager in residential childcare in England, talks about his mother's childhood inside a Catholic convent and, later, a Catholic laundry in the north of England during the mid-twentieth century. Richard describes his mother's four years of separation from her family and her sisters as a child, her return home, an attack by a boyfriend at fifteen that led to her b

Ep. - 1702 - THE MURDER OF THE KISSEL BROTHERS Aug 28, 2026 00:26:47 The story of the Kissel brothers, two wealthy siblings murdered on opposite sides of the world within three years of each other. Robert Kissel, a Merrill Lynch executive in Hong Kong, was killed by his wife Nancy in November 2003 in a case that became known internationally as the Milkshake Murder. Less than three years later, his older brother Andrew, a Greenwich, Connecticut real estate

Ep. - 1701 - UNTOLD: THE TESTIMONY OF VINCE YOUNG Aug 27, 2026 00:29:02 John Henion, director of Netflix's new documentary Untold: The Testimony of Vince Young, joins the show to unpack the rise and fall of the Texas Longhorns legend, from his childhood in Houston's Hiram Clarke neighborhood, raised by his mother and grandmother while his father was in and out of prison, through his legendary run at Texas under Mack Brown, and into the conflict-riddled NFL ca

Ep. - 1700 - LOVE IS BLIND: UK Aug 26, 2026 00:53:57 Chris DeRosa joins Kate to discuss season 3 of Love Is Blind: UK on Netflix. They break down this exceptionally attractive cast, the hilariously dramatic music, the differences between the UK and American versions, and the couples heading toward the weddings. They discuss Ciara’s expensive expectations and habit of stirring the pot, Jack and Faye’s chances of making it down the aisle, Rya

Ep. - 1699 - DEATH OF A PASTOR’S WIFE Aug 25, 2026 00:33:41 Alexa Berger is producer of Netflix’s three-part documentary series Death of the Pastor’s Wife. The series tells the story of Mica Miller, a 30-year-old pastor’s wife from South Carolina whose April 2024 death was ruled a suicide. Mica grew up deeply rooted in her faith and met John-Paul “JP” Miller, a pastor sixteen years her senior, when she was 13. Years later, the two married, and Mic

Ep. - 1698 - WHAT TO WATCH THIS WEEK WITH KATE CASEY Aug 24, 2026 00:17:18 Kate discusses what to watch this week including Death of a Pastor’s Wife (Netflix), Untold: The Testimony of Vince Young (Netflix), Love is Blind: UK (Netflix), and Real Housewives Ultimate Girls Trip (Bravo).     Reality Life with Kate Casey Summer Reading List: https://katecasey.substack.com/p/books-i-cant-stop-talking-about-this Vanity Fair Article:

Ep. - 1697 - SATURDAY SERIES: KYLE BYLIN Aug 22, 2026 00:44:28 Kyle Bylin was switched at birth with Jeremy Morrison in a small North Dakota hospital, and did not learn the truth until he was 36 years old. The discovery came after a years-long trail of Ancestry DNA matches that did not add up, leading him to Morrison's biological aunt. That connection confirmed it: Bylin and Morrison, the only two babies born at Unity Medical Center in Grafton, North

Ep. - 1696 - HARRY AND MEGHAN RETURN TO THE UK Aug 21, 2026 00:32:30 Prince Harry and Meghan Markle have announced plans to return to the United Kingdom, moving their family to a private, non-royal residence outside London after six years in Montecito, with Archie and Lilibet already enrolled in British schools for the September term. Kate is joined by Kinsey Schofield, creator and host of To Di For Daily, a royal-focused podcast with a pop-culture perspec

Ep. - 1695 - THE DOUBLE LIVES OF SUBURBAN WIVES Aug 20, 2026 00:56:35 Kate Casey is joined by Mary Payne Gilbert, host of Pink Shade, to break down TLC’s The Double Lives of Suburban Wives. The show follows suburban women who appear to have conventional lives as wives and mothers but also work in the adult-content industry, including platforms like OnlyFans. The show explores how they navigate sex work/content creation alongside marriages, motherhood, frien

Ep. - 1694 - THE DYNASTY: UCONN HUSKIES Aug 19, 2026 00:29:15 Matthew Hamachek and Erica Sashin, directors and executive producers of Apple TV’s The Dynasty: UConn Huskies, join Kate to discuss their three-part docuseries chronicling the extraordinary 40-year run of UConn women’s basketball under Hall of Fame coach Geno Auriemma. Featuring intimate access, never-before-seen archival footage, and interviews with generations of UConn greats including

Ep. - 1693 - THE LINDSAY CLANCY TRIAL: WHAT A FORENSIC PSYCHIATRIST WANTS YOU TO UNDERSTAND Aug 17, 2026 00:47:16 Dr. Susan Hatters Friedman, a forensic and reproductive psychiatrist specializing in maternal mental health, joins Kate to discuss the Lindsay Clancy trial and what we need to understand about postpartum psychosis. Dr. Friedman is the Phillip J. Resnick Professor of Forensic Psychiatry at Case Western Reserve University and Director of Forensic Psychiatry at University Hospitals Cleveland

Ep. - 1692 - WHAT TO WATCH THIS WEEK WITH KATE CASEY Aug 17, 2026 00:16:35 Kate discusses what to watch this week including Love is Blind UK (Netflix), The Dynasty: UConn Huskies (Apple TV+), 9/11 Reunited (National Geographic), and Freefall: A Reckoning for Boeing (Netflix).     Reality Life with Kate Casey Summer Reading List: https://katecasey.substack.com/p/books-i-cant-stop-talking-about-this Vanity Fair Article: http

Ep. - 1691 - SATURDAY SERIES: JO PIAZZA Aug 15, 2026 00:40:20 Jo Piazza is the bestselling author of Everyone Is Lying to You, The Sicilian Inheritance, and her newest novel, The Parisian Heist, and the host of the Under the Influence podcast. Kate and Jo open by tracing the origins of trad wife culture on social media, discussing Nara Smith's recent rejection of the tradwife label on Call Her Daddy, and whether a new wave of trad wife horror novels

Ep. - 1690 - REAL HOUSEWIVES ULTIMATE GIRLS TRIP REAL HOUSEWIVES OF ORANGE COUNTY THE VALLEY Aug 14, 2026 00:59:21 Kate is joined by Real Housewives scholar, author, and Vulture recapper Brian Moylan for a Bravo deep dive into Real Housewives Ultimate Girls Trip: Roaring 20th, Bravo’s cross-country celebration of 20 years of Housewives. They also get into Real Housewives of Orange County and The Valley reunion.     Reality Life with Kate Casey Summer Reading List: https:/

Ep. - 1689 - THE CASE AGAINST LUIGI MANGIONE Aug 13, 2026 00:34:11 Nearly a year after Brian Thompson's murder shocked the country and ignited a national conversation about the American healthcare system, the case against Luigi Mangione is heading to trial. In this episode, Kate sits down with ABC News Legal Analyst Brian Buckmire to break down the case, from the shooting and the manhunt that followed, to the charges Mangione now faces and what's ahead a

Ep. - 1688 - THE ACCIDENTAL TWINS Aug 12, 2026 00:33:57 Alessandro Angulo Brandestini is the director behind Netflix's The Accidental Twins, a documentary that follows two sets of identical twin brothers in Colombia who were accidentally switched at birth and did not learn the truth until they were adults. He discusses how he found this story, the process of retelling it on screen, and his career as a filmmaker.   They also disc

Ep. - 1687 - SOMEBODY KNOWS SOMETHING Aug 11, 2026 00:27:09 Somebody Knows Something is a true crime series that asks whether the internet's obsession with unsolved cases, Reddit threads, true crime social media, armchair detectives, can actually help crack cases that have gone cold.   Kara Chamberlain and executive producer Ari Mark join the show to talk about it. Kara, who hosts the series, brings a deeply personal understanding o

Ep. - 1686 - WHAT TO WATCH THIS WEEK WITH KATE CASEY Aug 10, 2026 00:15:36 Kate discusses what to watch this week including Somebody Knows Something (Freeform), Mourinho (Netflix), The Valley Reunion (Bravo), and The Accidental Twins (Netflix).     Reality Life with Kate Casey Summer Reading List: https://katecasey.substack.com/p/books-i-cant-stop-talking-about-this Vanity Fair Article: https://www.vanityfair.com/culture/story/

Ep. - 1685 - SATURDAY SERIES: SARAH FRASER Aug 8, 2026 00:38:43 Sarah Fraser, host of The Sarah Fraser Show, discusses her journey in broadcasting, how she met her husband, and why sharing deeply personal experiences—including her fertility journey and caring for her mother—has created a powerful connection with listeners. She also reflects on why podcasting has become the most fulfilling chapter of both her personal life and professional career.&nbsp

Ep. - 1683 - BETRAYAL: DIRTY SECRETS Aug 7, 2026 00:30:45 The new season of Hulu's acclaimed true crime anthology Betrayal returns with Betrayal: Dirty Secrets, a three-part docuseries that examines the devastating consequences of deception inside one family—and within law enforcement.   At the center of the story is Karoline Borega, who believed she was married to a devoted husband and respected Colorado Springs police officer, J

Ep. - 1683 - THE ULTIMATUM FINALE THE REAL HOUSEWIVES ULTIMATE GIRLS TRIP Aug 6, 2026 00:57:45 The Ultimatum: Marry or Move On follows six couples at a crossroads: one partner is ready for marriage, while the other isn't. After issuing an ultimatum, each person dates other participants, enters a three-week trial marriage with a new partner, then reunites with their original partner before deciding whether to get engaged, walk away together, or end the relationship for good. &n

Ep. - 1682 - THE TRIAL OF LINDSAY CLANCY Aug 5, 2026 00:37:54 The trial of Lindsay Clancy has reignited difficult questions about postpartum mental illness, criminal responsibility, and where medicine and the law intersect. To examine the case from two legal perspectives, Kate speaks with two attorneys whose expertise approaches the case from different angles.   Jenifer Marks is a former family law attorney and legal consultant. Marks

Ep. - 1681 - HOUSE OF STASSI Aug 4, 2026 00:28:42 In this episode, Kate digs into House of Stassi, Hulu's new reality series following former Vanderpump Rules star Stassi Schroeder as she builds a life and career beyond the show that made her famous. Kate traces the show's origins, breaks down the cast and how they orbit Stassi's world, and unpacks what the series reveals, and what it leaves unanswered, about fame, family, and the blurry

Ep. - 1680 - WHAT TO WATCH THIS WEEK WITH KATE CASEY Aug 3, 2026 00:16:24 Kate discusses what to watch this week including The Real Housewives Ultimate Girls Trip: Roaring 20th (Bravo), Double Lives of Suburban Wives (TLC), Inside the Trustor Scandal (Netflix), Real Housewives of Atlanta Reunion (Bravo), and Age Inappropriate (We TV).     Reality Life with Kate Casey Summer Reading List: https://katecasey.substack.com/p/books-i-can

Ep. - 1679 - SATURDAY SERIES: CAITLIN REA CLARK Aug 1, 2026 00:40:01 Caitlin Rea Clark, the daughter of a New York socialite and stepdaughter of a Wall Street financier who first joined the show on Episode 964's Saturday Series to talk about her larger-than-life parents, returns to share her own experience with postpartum depression — from the crushing anxiety and shame she hid from everyone around her to the difference proper treatment made the second tim

Ep. - 1678 - THE IDAHO MURDERS: COLLEGE NIGHTMARE Jul 31, 2026 00:33:21 Joe Berlinger is the acclaimed documentary filmmaker and executive producer behind Conversations with a Killer and Paradise Lost, and he joins the show to talk about his latest project, Netflix's The Idaho Murders: College Nightmare. The series dives deep into the investigation and case against Bryan Kohberger, charting the digital breadcrumbs, forensic evidence, and painstaking police wo

Ep. - 1677 - WORST NEIGHBOR EVER Jul 30, 2026 00:27:22 Kate speaks with Gretchen Palek, executive producer of Netflix's true-crime docuseries Worst Neighbor Ever, which examines four shocking real-life cases where ordinary neighborhood disputes spiraled into harassment, violence, fraud, and murder. Gretchen explains how the series evolved from the successful Worst Roommate Ever and Worst Ex Ever franchises, what makes these stories uniquely u

Ep. - 1676 - LOCKERBIE: THE REAL STORY BEHIND NETFLIX’S THE BOMBING OF PAN AM 103 Jul 29, 2026 01:07:01 Richard Marquise led the FBI's investigation into the bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland, one of the deadliest acts of terrorism in modern history and the largest international criminal investigation ever conducted. In this re-air of our conversation, Richard takes us inside the decades-long hunt for answers: the evidence recovered from Scottish fields, the internationa

Ep. - 1675 - THE LAST GUEST OF THE HOLLOWAY MOTEL Jul 28, 2026 00:37:03 Ramiel Petros and Nicholas Freeman join Kate to talk about their documentary The Last Guest of the Holloway Motel, the story of former Norwich City footballer Tony Powell — a 1970s soccer star who vanished from public life for over 40 years and was later found managing a run-down West Hollywood motel. What started as a short film about a disappearing building on Santa Monica Boulevard tur

Ep. - 1674 - WHAT TO WATCH THIS WEEK WITH KATE CASEY Jul 27, 2026 00:17:07 Kate discusses what to watch this week including The Last Guest of the Holloway Motel (Apple TV), The Bombing of Pan Am 103 (Netflix), and The Idaho Murders: College Nightmare (Netflix).     Reality Life with Kate Casey Summer Reading List: https://katecasey.substack.com/p/books-i-cant-stop-talking-about-this Vanity Fair Article: https://www.vanityfair.c

Ep. - 1673 - SATURDAY SERIES: KATE DOERGE Jul 25, 2026 00:35:31 Kate Doerge is a certified grief coach and co-founder of Penny's Flight Foundation. Her book Reimagining Grief: A New Path to Finding Healing, Strength, and Joy after Loss is a raw, deeply personal guide born out of losing her father, her mother, and her sixteen-year-old daughter, Penny, all within six years; Kate opens up about who her parents and daughter really were, how she rebuilt he

Ep. - 1672 - A TOXIC LOVE STORY Jul 24, 2026 00:28:17 She spent 88 days in jail for a rape plot that was never real, and the man who reported her to police was the same deputy U.S. marshal she used to be engaged to. Kate breaks down the true story behind Netflix's A Toxic Love Story: the faked pregnancy, the forged cancer diagnosis, the Craigslist rape-fantasy ads, and the staged 911 call that sent Michelle Hadley to prison for a crime her e

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