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Reality Life with Kate Casey
30 episodes
Ep. - 1692 - WHAT TO WATCH THIS WEEK WITH KATE CASEY
Ep 1692 · Aug 17, 2026 · 17 min
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: https://www.vanityfair.com/culture/story/martha-moxleys-diary What to Watch List: https://katecasey.s…
Ep. - 1691 - SATURDAY SERIES: JO PIAZZA
Ep 1691 · Aug 15, 2026 · 40 min
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 signals a real cultural shift or simply a more extreme splintering of the trend. The conversation then turns…
Ep. - 1690 - REAL HOUSEWIVES ULTIMATE GIRLS TRIP REAL HOUSEWIVES OF ORANGE COUNTY THE VALLEY
Ep 1690 · Aug 14, 2026 · 59 min
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://katecasey.substack.com/p/books-i-cant-stop-talking-about-this Vanity Fair Article: https://www.van…
Ep. - 1689 - THE CASE AGAINST LUIGI MANGIONE
Ep 1689 · Aug 13, 2026 · 34 min
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 as jury selection begins. Brian brings his background as a former senior staff attorney wit…
Ep. - 1688 - THE ACCIDENTAL TWINS
Ep 1688 · Aug 12, 2026 · 34 min
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 discuss his broader career as the founder of Laberinto Films, his range across true crime, reality television,…
Ep. - 1687 - SOMEBODY KNOWS SOMETHING
Ep 1687 · Aug 11, 2026 · 27 min
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 of violent crime to these stories: she's a kidnapping survivor herself. This episode cove…
Ep. - 1686 - WHAT TO WATCH THIS WEEK WITH KATE CASEY
Ep 1686 · Aug 10, 2026 · 16 min
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/martha-moxleys-diary What to Watch List: https://katecasey.substack.com Patreon: http://www.…
Ep. - 1685 - SATURDAY SERIES: SARAH FRASER
Ep 1685 · Aug 8, 2026 · 39 min
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. Reality Life with Kate Casey Summer Reading List: https://katecasey.substac…
Ep. - 1683 - BETRAYAL: DIRTY SECRETS
Ep 1684 · Aug 7, 2026 · 31 min
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, Joel Kern. That life unraveled when she discovered he had spent years abusing his position of authority to p…
Ep. - 1683 - THE ULTIMATUM FINALE THE REAL HOUSEWIVES ULTIMATE GIRLS TRIP
Ep 1683 · Aug 6, 2026 · 58 min
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. Chris DeRosa, co-host of the Fixing Famous People podcast, joins Kate to break down the explosive…
Ep. - 1682 - THE TRIAL OF LINDSAY CLANCY
Ep 1682 · Aug 5, 2026 · 38 min
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 discusses the family law issues surrounding the case, including child welfare and parental responsibility.…
Ep. - 1681 - HOUSE OF STASSI
Ep 1681 · Aug 4, 2026 · 29 min
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 line between authenticity and performance once a personality becomes a brand.  …
Ep. - 1680 - WHAT TO WATCH THIS WEEK WITH KATE CASEY
Ep 1680 · Aug 3, 2026 · 16 min
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-cant-stop-talking-about-this Vanity Fair Article: https://www.vanityfair.com/culture/story/martha-moxl…
Ep. - 1679 - SATURDAY SERIES: CAITLIN REA CLARK
Ep 1679 · Aug 1, 2026 · 40 min
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 time around. Reality Life with Kate Casey Summer Reading List: https://kat…
Ep. - 1678 - THE IDAHO MURDERS: COLLEGE NIGHTMARE
Ep 1678 · Jul 31, 2026 · 33 min
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 work that led to his arrest for the murders of four University of Idaho students, while also making space to re…
Ep. - 1677 - WORST NEIGHBOR EVER
Ep 1677 · Jul 30, 2026 · 27 min
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 unsettling, and how her team balanced survivor interviews, law enforcement accounts, body-camera footage, and…
Ep. - 1676 - LOCKERBIE: THE REAL STORY BEHIND NETFLIX’S THE BOMBING OF PAN AM 103
Ep 1676 · Jul 29, 2026 · 1 hr 7 min
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 international cooperation the case demanded, and what it meant to carry a promise to 270 victims and their families for n…
Ep. - 1675 - THE LAST GUEST OF THE HOLLOWAY MOTEL
Ep 1675 · Jul 28, 2026 · 37 min
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 turned into a five-decade, two-continent story about identity, family, and the cost of staying hidden. &nb…
Ep. - 1674 - WHAT TO WATCH THIS WEEK WITH KATE CASEY
Ep 1674 · Jul 27, 2026 · 17 min
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.com/culture/story/martha-moxleys-diary What to Watch List: https://katecasey.substack.com Pat…
Ep. - 1673 - SATURDAY SERIES: KATE DOERGE
Ep 1673 · Jul 25, 2026 · 36 min
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 her life through five concrete actions instead of waiting on grief to pass, and how she turned devastating loss…
Ep. - 1672 - A TOXIC LOVE STORY
Ep 1672 · Jul 24, 2026 · 28 min
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 ex-fiancé and his new wife invented from scratch. Reality Life with Kate Casey…
Ep. - 1671 - MY GRANDFATHER CHARLES MANSON
Ep 1671 · Jul 23, 2026 · 34 min
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 resemblance to Manson. Reality Life with Kate Casey Summer Reading List: htt…
Ep. - 1670 - THE ULTIMATUM ON NETFLIX: PART TWO
Ep 1670 · Jul 22, 2026 · 36 min
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 twists, the couples they rooted for (and questioned), the franchise's first-ever expulsion over a secret note,…
Ep. - 1669 - THE ULTIMATUM ON NETFLIX: PART ONE
Ep 1669 · Jul 21, 2026 · 42 min
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 with Kate Casey Summer Reading List: https://katecasey.substack.com/p/books-i-cant-stop-talking-about-t…
Ep. - 1668 - WHAT TO WATCH THIS WEEK WITH KATE CASEY
Ep 1668 · Jul 20, 2026 · 16 min
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 Fair Article: https://www.vanityfair.com/culture/story/martha-moxleys-diary What to Watch List: htt…
Ep. - 1667 - LACY NICOLE FROM THE VALLEY
Ep 1667 · Jul 17, 2026 · 45 min
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 Kate Casey Summer Reading List: https://katecasey.substack.com/p/books-i-cant-stop-talking-about-this&…
Ep. - 1666 - SHIPWRECKED: NIGHTMARE AT SEA
Ep 1666 · Jul 17, 2026 · 39 min
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 Life with Kate Casey Summer Reading List: https://katecasey.substack.com/p/books-i-cant-stop-talking-ab…
Ep. - 1665 - QUARTERBACK ON NETFLIX WITH PRODUCER SHANNON FURMAN
Ep 1665 · Jul 16, 2026 · 34 min
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, revealing how family, resilience, leadership, and life away from the field shape the people behind the helmet…
Ep. - 1664 - THE REAL WOLF OF WALL STREET WITH JASON LEOPOLD
Ep 1664 · Jul 15, 2026 · 40 min
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 with the people who actually lived it. Jason is a two-time Pulitzer finalist known for filing more FOIA lawsu…
Ep. - 1663 - REAL HOUSEWIVES OF ORANGE COUNTY PREMIERE THE VALLEY LOVE ISLAND
Ep 1663 · Jul 14, 2026 · 1 hr 3 min
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 What to Watch List: https://katecasey.substack.com Patreon: http://www.patreon.com/katecasey…
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