Reality Life with Kate Casey
Daily podcast about unscripted television. Kate Casey interviews the talent, producers, and directors of reality shows, documentaries, and docuseries. Saturday episodes tell incredible personal stories.
Episodes
Ep. - 1697 - SATURDAY SERIES: KYLE BYLIN
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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. 
Ep. - 1683 - BETRAYAL: DIRTY SECRETS
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Ep. - 1671 - MY GRANDFATHER CHARLES MANSON
Sophia Maddox and Alexandra Orton, co-directors of Hulu's My Grandfather Charles Manson, a documentary following Sophia's discovery through a DNA test that her unknown grandfather was Charles Manson, and her journey through Manson family members, unreleased records, and audio recordings to uncover the truth, all while it strains her relationship with her father, who bears a striking resem
Ep. - 1670 - THE ULTIMATUM ON NETFLIX: PART TWO
Chris DeRosa, co-host of the Fixing Famous People podcast, joins Kate to break down Netflix's wildly addictive reality series The Ultimatum: Marry or Move On, the dating experiment that asks couples on the brink of marriage to separate, date other people, and enter "trial marriages" before deciding whether to get engaged or walk away for good. Kate and Chris unpack the season's biggest tw
Ep. - 1669 - THE ULTIMATUM ON NETFLIX: PART ONE
Chris DeRosa, co-host of the Fixing Famous People podcast, joins Kate to break down Netflix's wildly addictive reality series The Ultimatum: Marry or Move On, the dating experiment that asks couples on the brink of marriage to separate, date other people, and enter "trial marriages" before deciding whether to get engaged or walk away for good. Reality Life wit
Ep. - 1668 - WHAT TO WATCH THIS WEEK WITH KATE CASEY
Kate discusses what to watch this week including My Grandfather Charles Manson (Hulu), A Toxic Love Story (Netflix), People Magazine Investigates: The Cult of the Soulful Journey (ID), and Real Housewives of London (Bravo). Reality Life with Kate Casey Summer Reading List: https://katecasey.substack.com/p/books-i-cant-stop-talking-about-this Vanity F
Ep. - 1667 - LACY NICOLE FROM THE VALLEY
Lacy Nicole talks about her life before stepping in front of Bravo's cameras on The Valley, what it's really like building a relationship with Jesse Lally under the glare of reality TV and internet scrutiny, and the mission driving her work off-screen: supporting women who've faced trauma and helping them find their way back to themselves. Reality Life with Ka
Ep. - 1666 - SHIPWRECKED: NIGHTMARE AT SEA
True crime author, podcaster, and journalism professor Kate Winkler Dawson, host of Tenfold More Wicked, Wicked Words, and co-host of Buried Bones, joins Kate to unpack Netflix's new documentary Shipwrecked: Nightmare at Sea, which revisits the 2012 sinking of the Costa Concordia cruise ship off the coast of Italy, a disaster that killed 32 people. Reality Lif
Ep. - 1665 - QUARTERBACK ON NETFLIX WITH PRODUCER SHANNON FURMAN
Producer Shannon Furman joins Kate to take listeners behind the scenes of Netflix's Quarterback, offering an intimate look at the pressure, preparation, and personal lives of four NFL quarterbacks: Baker Mayfield, Jayden Daniels, Cam Ward, and Joe Flacco. Shannon shares what it's like to earn the trust of elite athletes while documenting some of the most pivotal moments of their careers,
Ep. - 1664 - THE REAL WOLF OF WALL STREET WITH JASON LEOPOLD
Jordan Belfort's story got the Scorsese treatment in 2013, but The Wolf of Wall Street was only ever half the picture. On this episode of Reality Life with Kate Casey, executive producer and investigative journalist Jason Leopold unpacks Paramount+'s new documentary The Real Wolf of Wall Street, built from over 15,000 pages of previously unreleased government documents and new interviews
Ep. - 1663 - REAL HOUSEWIVES OF ORANGE COUNTY PREMIERE THE VALLEY LOVE ISLAND
Brian Moylan joins Kate to discuss the season premiere of The Real Housewives of Orange County and The Valley on Bravo, plus Love Island on Peacock. 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/martha-moxleys-diary&
Ep. -1662 - WHAT TO WATCH THIS WEEK WITH KATE CASEY
Kate discusses what to watch this week including The Real Wolf of Wall Street (Paramount+), The Ultimatum (Netflix), Dancing With the Stars: Next Pro (ABC), and Quarterback (Netflix). 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-the-narrator-of-my-own-family&nb
Ep. - 1661 - SATURDAY SERIES: AUTHOR PAMELA COLLOFF
Pamela Colloff, reporter for ProPublica and the New York Times Magazine, joins the show to discuss her debut book, Catch the Devil: A True Story of Murder, Deception, and Injustice on the Gulf Coast (Knopf). The book examines Paul Skalnik, a con man and jailhouse informant whose testimony helped convict dozens of people, including James Dailey, a Vietnam veteran sent to death row for a 19
Ep. - 1660 - SUSPECTOLOGY AND THE CHANDRA LEVY CASE, PART TWO
Sheryl “Mac” McCollum is an Emmy Award winning CSI from CBS46's CSI Atlanta, Director of the Cold Case Investigative Research Institute (CCIRI), a writer for CrimeOnLine, Forensic and Crime Scene Expert for Crime Stories with Nancy Grace, and a CSI for a metro Atlanta Police Department. Sheryl holds a master’s degree in Criminal Justice with an emphasis on Policing. She is the
Ep. - 1659 - SOLVING COLD CASES: SHERYL “MAC” MCCOLLUM, PART ONE PART ONE
Sheryl “Mac” McCollum is an Emmy Award winning CSI from CBS46's CSI Atlanta, Director of the Cold Case Investigative Research Institute (CCIRI), a writer for CrimeOnLine, Forensic and Crime Scene Expert for Crime Stories with Nancy Grace, and a CSI for a metro Atlanta Police Department. Sheryl holds a master’s degree in Criminal Justice with an emphasis on Policing. She is the
Ep. - 1658 - RETURN TO FOX HOLLOW: NEW VICTIMS, DARKER SECRETS
Herb Baumeister lived a quiet family life in a nine thousand square foot estate in Westfield, Indiana, while authorities believe he secretly targeted gay men at Indianapolis nightclubs during the 1990s, luring them back to his property where he killed them before dying by suicide in 1996. Director and executive producer Alex Jablonski returns for a second conversation, this time about the
Ep. - 1657 - THE 2026 FIFA WORLD CUP: STORIES BEHIND THE GAMES
The 2026 FIFA World Cup has given us everything great unscripted television requires. Underdogs. Heartbreak. Redemption. Kate breaks down why this tournament deserves your attention, from Cabo Verde's improbable run to Erling Haaland rewriting Norway's history, and why it is citizens, not world leaders, who are bringing the world together right now. Reality Li
Ep. - 1656 - WHAT TO WATCH THIS WEEK WITH KATE CASEY
Kate discusses what to watch this week including Real Housewives of Orange County (Bravo), Big Brother (CBS), The Man Will Burn (HBO), and Miguel Ángel Blanco: The 48 Hours that Changed Spain (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://
Ep. - 1655 - SATURDAY SERIES: EMILY JENNINGS
After twenty-six years in the Coast Guard and a hard-earned retirement in a Margaritaville-branded community in Daytona Beach, Florida, Emily thought her next chapter was set. Then she noticed her husband's niece had vanished from his brother's Facebook page. What followed was a discovery that the seven-month-old had been placed in Florida's foster care system, and the beginning of an eig
Ep. - 1654 - GLORIAVALE: INSIDE NEW ZEALAND’S MOST CONTROVERSIAL CULT
Kate discusses the Prime Video documentary Gloriavale and the new Paramount+ series Devotion: Obedience or Betrayal, both diving into the closed Christian community on New Zealand's West Coast. 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.vanit
Ep. - 1653 - LOVE ISLAND USA: EVERYTHING HAPPENING BEHIND THE SCENES THIS SEASON
Anna Peele, author of Enter the Villa: The (Unauthorized) Reality Behind Love Island, returns to break down what is really going on behind the cameras this season, from how Casa Amor gets cast and edited to how production handles a crisis when it hits. Whether you have been watching since day one or are just catching up, this is your guide to what makes this season different. &
Ep. - 1652 - DIRECTOR OF ABANDONED ON HULU
Carlos Alonso Ojea, director of Abandoned on Hulu, the real-life mystery of three siblings—aged 2, 4, and 6—who were discovered at a Barcelona train station in 1984 with no identification and no memory of who they were or where they came from. Reality Life with Kate Casey Summer Reading List: https://katecasey.substack.com/p/books-i-cant-stop-talking-abou
Ep. - 1651 - REAL HOUSEWIVES OF RHODE ISLAND REUNION: PART 2
Sarah Galli, host of Andy’s Girls podcast joins Kate to discuss the final part of the Real Housewives of Rhode Island reunion on Bravo. 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/martha-moxleys-diary What to
Ep. - 1650 - WHAT TO WATCH THIS WEEK WITH KATE CASEY
Kate discusses what to watch this week including Real Housewives of Rhode Island Reunion: Part 2 (Bravo), Abandoned (Hulu), Worst Neighbor Ever (Netflix), and Love Is Blind: Argentina (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.vani
Ep. - 1649 - SATURDAY SERIES: ELLEN SKRMETTI
Ellen Skrmetti is a comedian, author, and viral storyteller from Ripley, Mississippi, now based in Birmingham, Alabama. She first broke through with her "If the Queen Died in the South" series on Instagram, followed by her beloved "Hey Jesus, It's Me" videos, short, sharp sketches about faith, family, and Southern life that have been viewed millions of times. Her debut book, Hey Jesus, It
Ep. - 1648 - AMERICA’S SWEETHEARTS: DALLAS COWBOY CHEERLEADERS
Chris DeRosa, reality TV producer and co-host of the Fixing Famous People podcast, returns to discuss Season 3 of America's Sweethearts: Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders, the Netflix docuseries about the iconic Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders. Reality Life with Kate Casey Summer Reading List: https://katecasey.substack.com/p/books-i-cant-stop-talking-about-t
Ep. - 1647 - MILLION DOLLAR NANNIES ON HULU
Ruby Wrenn, co-host of Bad TV podcast, joins Kate to break down Million Dollar Nannies on Hulu. Million Dollar Nannies (Hulu / Freeform) follows a group of eight young, elite nannies, including an ex-Kardashian-Jenner family nanny, a New York City "manny" with a social media following, and a professional dancer. They head to Ibiza to launch a luxury childcare agency cater
Ep. - 1646 - CHRIS & MARTINA: THE FINAL SET
Rebecca Gitlitz is the two-time Emmy-winning director of Chris & Martina: The Final Set, the new Netflix documentary about Chris Evert and Martina Navratilova. The film traces their legendary rivalry, eighty matches over sixteen years, sixty of them finals, fourteen of them Grand Slam finals — and the unlikely friendship that emerged decades later when both women were diagnosed with c
Ep. - 1645 - REAL HOUSEWIVES OF RHODE ISLAND REUNION
Brian Moylan joins Kate to discuss the Real Housewives of Rhode Island reunion on Bravo. Reality Life with Kate Casey What to Watch List: https://katecasey.substack.com Summer Reading List: https://katecasey.substack.com/p/books-i-cant-stop-talking-about-this Patreon: http://www.patreon.com/katecasey Twitter: https://twitter.com/katecasey&n
Ep. - 1644 - WHAT TO WATCH THIS WEEK WITH KATE CASEY
Kate discusses what to watch this week including Real Housewives of Rhode Island Reunion (Bravo), Next Gen NYC (Bravo), Chris & Martina: The Final Set (Netflix), Love Island (Peacock), and Would You Rather: Decide to Survive (Prime Video). Reality Life with Kate Casey Summer Reading List: https://katecasey.substack.com/p/books-i-cant-stop-talking-abou
Ep. - 1643 - SATURDAY SERIES: KATIE DELIMON
At 38 years old, Katie Delimon opened a DNA test expecting to confirm what she'd always believed about her heritage. Instead, she discovered the man who raised her wasn't her biological father, and that the truth had been hiding in plain sight her entire life. A man her family called "the beach guy," someone she'd actually described as "creepy" in her first memoir, turned out to be her bi
Ep. - 1642 - AMERICA’S SWEETHEARTS: DALLAS COWBOY CHEERLEADERS
Chris DeRosa, reality TV producer and co-host of the Fixing Famous People podcast, joins Kate to discuss Season 3 of America's Sweethearts: Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders, the Netflix docuseries about the iconic Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders. Reality Life with Kate Casey Summer Reading List: https://katecasey.substack.com/p/books-i-cant-stop-talking-about-this
Ep. - 1641 - SUMMER HOUSE: THE AFTERMATH
Kate breaks down the post-Summer House reunion special about the aftermath of the West and Amanda affair and scandal. 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/martha-moxleys-diary What to Watch List: https:
Ep. - 1640 - REAL HOUSEWIVES OF RHODE ISLAND FINALE THE VALLEY
Patrick Hickey, co-host of the reality TV recap podcast Bad TV, joins Kate to break down the season finale of The Real Housewives of Rhode Island and the latest drama on The Valley. 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/cu
Ep. - 1639 - DIRECTOR OF MATERNAL INSTINCT
Jessica Dimmock, director of Maternal Instinct, a Netflix true-crime documentary that explores the chilling 2020 case of Taylor Parker, an East Texas woman who faked an elaborate pregnancy and violently murdered her pregnant friend, Reagan Simmons Hancock, to steal her unborn baby. Reality Life with Kate Casey What to Watch List: https://katecasey.substac
Ep. - 1638 - WHAT TO WATCH THIS WEEK WITH KATE CASEY
Kate discusses what to watch this week including America’s Sweethearts: Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders (Netflix), Love Island (Peacock), Real Housewives of Rhode Island Finale (Bravo), and Million Dollar Nannies (Hulu). Reality Life with Kate Casey What to Watch List: https://katecasey.substack.com Patreon: http://www.patreon.com/katecasey Twitter:
Ep. - 1637 - SATURDAY SERIES: SCOTT NASO – A FATHER’S FIGHT FOR JUSTICE AFTER HIS WIFE’S DEATH
Former Rhode Island police officer Scott Naso shares the story of his late wife Sherry, her battle with breast cancer, their journey to parenthood with daughter Laila, and the devastating discovery he made after Sherry died from a brain tumor in 2024 — when symptoms her own parents (both doctors) had dismissed as medication withdrawal turned out to be something far more serious. Scott ope
Ep. - 1636 - LOVE ISLAND WITH CHRIS DEROSA
Reality television producer and Fixing Famous People podcast co-host Chris DeRosa joins Kate to break down Love Island USA Season 8, now streaming on Peacock. They discuss what the show is, why it has exploded into one of the most-watched reality series in television history, and what to watch for this season. Reality Life with Kate Casey Summer Reading L
Ep. - 1635 - SUMMER HOUSE REUNION FINALE
Brian Moylan joins Kate to discuss the Summer House reunion finale. Reality Life with Kate Casey What to Watch List: https://katecasey.substack.com Summer Reading List: https://katecasey.substack.com/p/books-i-cant-stop-talking-about-this Patreon: http://www.patreon.com/katecasey Twitter: https://twitter.com/katecasey Instagram: http:/
Ep. - 1634 - HANNAH SELINGER, AUTHOR OF VALLEY OF THE MOMS REAL HOUSEWIVES OF RHODE ISLAND
Kate discusses her theory about Brian and Rulla on Real Housewives of Rhode Island on Bravo. Author Hannah Selinger, who coined the term Scandoval, joins Kate to talk about her debut novel Valley of the Moms. Set in the affluent enclave of Hamilton, Massachusetts, the thriller follows Anna and Denny in alternating timelines, unraveling the toxic power dynamics, petty grie
Ep. - 1633 - HANNAH BROWN
Hannah Brown, Miss Alabama USA turned Bachelorette lead turned two-time New York Times bestselling author, joins Kate to discuss what really felt like to be at the center of one of the most watched seasons in Bachelor franchise history, the very public heartbreak that followed, and how she rebuilt her life entirely on her own terms. Hannah opens up about the psychological weight of being
Ep. - 1632 - WHAT TO WATCH THIS WEEK WITH KATE CASEY
Kate discusses what to watch this week including Maternal Instinct (Netflix), Norway: The Dark Horse (Netflix), McBee Dynasty: Real American Cowboys (Bravo), Summer House Reunion (Bravo), and The Last Twins (PBS). 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-th
Ep. - 1631 - SATURDAY SERIES: ELI MCCANN
Eli McCann, attorney and writer, went viral on TikTok for his heartfelt videos celebrating his beloved teacher, Mrs. Yates, and his story sends Kate down memory lane to her own fifth grade classroom in West Chester, Pennsylvania, where a small but mighty teacher named Helena Graham delivered one unforgettable piece of advice that changed the course of her life. This episode is a love lett
Ep. - 1630 - BRING ME THE BEAUTIES: A MODEL CULT
Hoyt Richards was one of the world's first male supermodels, a Princeton graduate and 1980s fixture in the pages of the biggest fashion magazines in the world. However, behind the glamour was a secret life he could barely explain to himself. At 16, he met a charismatic Manhattan socialite named Frederick von Mierers on a Nantucket beach, and what began as a mentorship slowly became someth
Ep. - 1629 - DEADLY INFLUENCE: THE SOCIAL MEDIA MURDERS
Elli Hakami and James Hobbs, the award-winning documentary duo behind Talos Films, join Kate to discuss their series Deadly Influence: The Social Media Murders, a documentary series that dives into the dark, real-world crimes and deadly deceptions that lurk behind curated digital feeds and viral internet fame. Reality Life with Kate Casey Vanity Fair Arti
Ep. - 1628 - CALABASAS CONFIDENTIAL SUMMER HOUSE
Ruby Wrenn from Bad TV podcast joins Kate to discuss Calabasas Confidential on Netflix and Summer House on Bravo. Calabasas Confidential is a reality series about a tight-knit group of friends, exes, and rivals returning to hillside SoCal luxury and unfinished drama after college. Kate also discusses her new Vanity Fair article, which can be found in the
Ep. - 1627 - STRANGERS BY BELLE BURDEN REAL HOUSEWIVES OF RHODE ISLAND
Kate Casey dives into Strangers: A Memoir of Marriage by Belle Burden. In March 2020, Burden was at her family's Martha's Vineyard home navigating the early days of the pandemic when her husband of twenty years announced, without warning, that he was leaving her. In the memoir, she revisits their marriage, searching for clues that her husband was not who she always thought he was, and rec
Ep. - 1626 - WHAT TO WATCH THIS WEEK WITH KATE CASEY
Kate discusses what to watch this week including Michael Jackson: The Verdict (Netflix), Bring Me the Beauties: A Model Cult (HBO), Devotion: Obedience or Betrayal (Paramount+), Love Island USA (Peacock), and Earth, Wind & Fire (HBO). Reality Life with Kate Casey What to Watch List: https://katecasey.substack.com Patreon: http://www.patreon.com/k
Ep. - 1625 - SATURDAY SERIES: THE GHOST IN THE ROOM
Everyone has a ghost story. Maybe it's the door that closed by itself, the cold spot in the corner of the room, or just that feeling you can't quite shake. In this episode, Kate sits down with her close friend and medium Jonathan Mark — who works with both grieving families and law enforcement on unsolved cases, to talk about some of the places that have stayed with her.
Ep. - 1624 - INSIDE NETFLIX’S RAFA – WITH THE DIRECTOR OF THE RAFAEL NADAL DOCUMENTARY SERIES
Zach Heinzerling, the Emmy-winning, Oscar-nominated director behind Netflix's new four-part documentary series Rafa. The series follows Rafael Nadal across the final year of his career, from his 2024 return through his retirement, while reaching back across two decades to tell the fuller story of one of the most decorated and most physically punished athletes in the history of tennis. The
Ep. - 1623 - SUMMER HOUSE REUNION DUGGAR FAMILY SCANDAL UPDATE
Kate unpacks the Summer House on Bravo, and Sarah Fraser of The Sarah Fraser Show joins to catch up on the Duggar family issues. 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-the-narrator-of-my-own-family Patreon: http://www.patreon.com/katecase
Ep. - 1622 - PARTNERS: INSIDE THE HIGH-STAKES WORLD OF PRO PICKLEBALL
Executive producer Mark Infante and pro pickleball star Anna Bright join Kate to talk about PARTNERS, the six-part Prime Video documentary series following the meteoric rise of the Professional Pickleball Association (PPA), the league that, in less than five years, has gone from scrappy upstart to the center of an international phenomenon. Anna Bright is a former Division
Ep. - 1621 - THE VALLEY SUMMER HOUSE REAL HOUSEWIVES OF RHODE ISLAND
Brian Moylan is back to help Kate break down The Valley, Summer House, and Real Housewives of Rhode Island on 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-the-narrator-of-my-own-family Patreon: http://www.patreon.com/katecasey Twitt
Ep. - 1620 - WHAT TO WATCH THIS WEEK WITH KATE CASEY
Kate discusses what to watch this week including Calabasas Confidential (Netflix), The Many Lives of Benjaman Kyle (ID Discovery/HBO Max), Summer House Reunion (Bravo), and World War II With Tom Hanks (History Channel). Reality Life with Kate Casey What to Watch List: https://katecasey.substack.com Patreon: http://www.patreon.com/katecasey Twitt
Ep. - 1619 - SATURDAY SERIES: MELISSA FREESE
Melissa and Kate first met when their sons played flag football together as kids. In this sobering episode, Melissa shares the terrifying story of how her 14-year-old son was approached by an older man on a public dock in Newport Beach in the middle of the day. Claiming he was suicidal, the man drew the teenager into an increasingly personal conversation, asked for his phone number, and l
Ep. - 1618 - THE MANY LIVES OF BENJAMAN KYLE
Shannon and Eric Evangelista, and retired FBI Special Agent Ken Maxwell, discuss the two-night docuseries about a man found naked and injured behind a rural Georgia Burger King in August 2004, a man who couldn't remember his own name, and called himself "Benjaman Kyle." What began as a mission to help Benjaman recover his identity became something far darker. Over more th
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