Raised on Reality

Ladies and gentlemen, this is your captain speaking... This week's episode is a sky high recap of Jon and Kate Plus 8, season 3 episode 10 "Plane Ride to Utah." Get ready for another iconic Kate meltdown and plenty of shenanigans as the family made the trip to the ski lodge for another sponsored vacation. Enjoy!

Brrrr, it's cold in here, I said there must be some fundies in the atmosphere! This week's episode is all about the continuation of the Duggars' ice storm. In this episode, we break down Michelle's sleep schedule, a pregnancy announcement, and celebrate the life of Grandpa Duggar. Enjoy!

Get your hat and gloves out, because this week we're going back to the 2009 Icepocalypse of Northwest Arkansas! In this episode recap, we get into all things inclement weather and how it affected the family of 20. There's free pizza to boot! Enjoy!

Happy New Year, everyone! This week is a special one, because we are not recapping an episode of reality television. Instead we're catching up on all things pop culture. Essentially, this is a housekeeping episode, or as we like to call them, Jurisdictions. We sat down to chat about everything going on in the world, from Gypsy Rose Blanchard's release to Ruby Franke's Plea hearing. Enjoy!

This week, we unknowingly dove into Josie's post birth episodes. The Duggars are split between Tontitown and Little Rock as Christmas rolls in. The Duggars have already received an early Christmas present - the nineteenth Duggar, Josie. We'll track her progress and watch as the Duggars recount Christmases past. See what it's like to celebrate with (and buy for) over 20 immediate family members!Enjoy!

HELLO! I need you to STOP playing TOYS and get over here....and listen to our new episode! This recap has been a long time coming. Season 1 episode 6, "Shopping for Ten." Yes, the one with the infamous Toys 'R' US spat that showed Kate's true colors. Oh is this a good one! Enjoy!

Get ready to jingle those bells down Mainstreet! This week, we're covering the classic early Duggars episode, "O Come All Ye Duggars," This episode has everything: a m*rdrous monkey, a small-town parade, Jim Bob in a dress... It's everything! Enjoy!

We're back with our final Thanksgiving episode of the year. This week, we join Josiah and every single person he's ever met to celebrate his graduation from The School of the Dining Room Table. Then, we follow Anna as she cooks a "holiday meal" for the whole family as they actively knock down her door. It's a good one, Enjoy!

Time to unbutton those pants, because we're going to Honea Path for a Bates-sized holiday meal! This week, we're recapping Bringing Up Bates, Season 1 Episode 10, "A Big Bates Thanksgiving!" The family heads to South Carolina to impede on Mama Jane's house and snarkable fun ensues, Enjoy!

This week, we dig in with the Duggars, once again! We're recapping season 2 episode 1 of Counting On, entitled "At Home and Away." In this episode, Jessa and the sisters struggle to fit about a thousand people into her and Ben's tiny home and they celebrate Thanksgiving... I mean, a Fall Feast. Enjoy!

HAPPY SPOOKY SEASON! This week, we're sticking with the Hallow-theme and giving you a special treat... a recap of "Here Comes Honey Boo Boo," titled "Halloween Too!" It's got everything; a spooky, haunted barn... horses... and Kim Kardashian drag! It's a good one. Enjoy, and HAPPY HALLOWEEN!

Load up the church van, we're going to Branson! Season Two starts out the gate with another Duggar episode. We're heading back to our roots and snarking along to one of 17 Kids and Counting's earliest episodes, "When Big Families Collide." The Bates come over from Tennessee to get some good "fellowship" in with the Duggars. Enjoy!

This week's episode is a little different than our usual tv or documentary recap. We're discussing "Counting the Cost" by Jill Dillard (and Derick, and their ghost writer). TW: Child abuse, CSAM, and general trauma mentions. Enjoy!

Yeehaw! Load up the truck, we're going to Texas! This week, we sat down with Tay's older sister, a dance professional who grew up in a dance studio to discuss Season 2 Episode 6 of Dance Moms. Enjoy!

Put your flippers in and practice your best look to the judges. It's time to talk Toddlers and Tiaras. This week, we're not actually snarking as much, because we're covering probably the tamest episode of the series, Season 3, Episode 15 "Groovy Girls!" Enjoy!

Ready to enjoy some i-talian food and tantric dancing? Well, you've come to the right place! This week, we got back to our roots and snarked our tushes through 17 Kids and Counting Season 2, Episode 1, "Once a Bride, Always a Duggar." A.K.A, the incredible appearance of Jeff the Eccentric Waiter. Enjoy!

Put on your jazz shoes, because it's time to tear up the dance floor. That's right - our long-awaited (by us) Dance Moms recap is here! We were joined by the FABULOUS @RealDonnyWood to snark our way through season one, episode seven (s01e07) a.k.a "She's a Fighter." Enjoy! Recap starts at 20:46.

The year was 2007. The month was April, and we were introduced to TLC's bottle rocket of a show - Jon and Kate Plus 8! This week, we are joined by our FIRST GUEST, Taylor. Enjoy!

Alas, we have come to our final (for now) episode from our Summer Weddings series. This week is all about the wedding of Josiah Duggar and Lauren Swanson. Don't tell anyone, because she's not supposed to have favorites, but this was Jessa's favorite wedding. Enjoy!

What a blessing it is to watch two mature individuals join together in marriage. This episode is all about Abbie (the apparent old maid) and John David (former bachelor 'til the rapture). We get into the ins and outs of the last televised Duggar nuptials and snark all about it. Enjoy!

Get ready for the teen wedding to end all teen weddings. Yes, we've reached the wedding of Joe and Kendra. You'll never hear the word "daddy" the same again. Enjoy!

It was a beautiful sight, they were happy that night, at Tori's Winter Wonderland wedding! As you may have figured out, this week we are snowballing right into Tori Bates wedding to Bobby Smith. Listen in for the Twilight easter eggs and all the snowy trees you could want. Enjoy!

Giddy on up! It's time for the wedding of a Godly girl walking barefoot through a field of flowers. This week we're talking about Joy and Austin's wedding and all the immature chaos surrounding it. Enjoy!

June is bustin' out! This week is the final episode of our June Weddings series, but definitely not the last wedding recap for this podcast. Enjoy us snark our butts off about Jinger and Jeremy's classy-ass cathedral wedding.

Cue Erin's clunky version of the bridal march! This week's episode is a big one, and it's all about the weddings of Jessa and Ben Seewald and Michaela and Brandon Keilen. We get right into the planning and chaos that it took for these two couples to make it down the aisle. Enjoy!

Join us this week as we round out our recap of Amazon Prime's "Shiny Happy People" docuseries. Enjoy!

This week, we're digging into the enlightening series that is Shiny Happy People. on Amazon Prime. We give our thoughts on the first two episodes.

Here come the brides! This week we kick off our June Weddings series as we chat about the 2013 wedding of Erin and Chad Paine, as well as the 2014 wedding of Jill and Derick Dillard, Enjoy!

This week's episode is all about the bling! Well, sort of. Tay and Emily go through and rate their Top Five Duggar and Bates proposals, as well engagement rings. Emily also shares her own engagement story too! Enjoy!

Yeehaw! We've made it to our TENTH episode!!! Go back to the Bates' this week as Tay and Emily recap and discuss United Bates of America, episode 7, "New Editions." It's an easy one, so stay tuned in for the Q&A at the end to learn a liiiittleee more about your hosts. Enjoy!

LET'S GET READY TO FUMBLEEEEE!!!! At last, we have made it to the Bates/Duggar crossover episode of UBoA! Listen along as we snark about Big Sandy, ALERT Academy, and all the hijinks and scams that go with it, It's a good one. Enjoy!

Howdy, y'all! This week's episode is all about them Bates...again! Tay and Emily discuss UBoA episode 4, "19 Kids, 1 Emergency" in which Kelly Jo heads to the ER and our favorite giggly girls go on a missions trip to "Proo." We also take a sharp left straight to Elwood City for.... who knows why. Enjoy!

IN THIS HOUUUSSEEE...we're recapping United Bates of America, season 1 episode 3, "Practice Makes Perfect." Listen along as Emily and Tay also share a few stories of their own...

Lace up your hiking boots because we're headed to Rocky Top! This episode begins our foray into the Bates Television Universe. We are snarking about United Bates of America, episodes 1 and 2, "Love Times 21" and "Papa Bill's Farm." Enjoy!

We're back! After a week off, we decided to try something new and actually got together to record this monumental episode in person. Warning - it's all over the place. BUT it is extremely entertaining as we focused on another blast from the past, the Forsyth family's appearance on CMT's "World's Strictest Parents." It was a wild one. Enjoy!

In our fourth episode, we chat about On the Road with 16 Children. AKA the Duggars' fourth and final TLC special before beginning their hit reality show, 17 Kids and Counting! Before that however, we catch up on some fundie housekeeping. Enjoy!

In our third episode, we snark all over the Duggars' third TLC special, "16 Children and Moving In" as well as catch up on all things Fundie. Enjoy!

For our second official episode, we sat down to snark our faces off at the Duggar family's second TLC/Discovery special, Raising 16 Children. In this episode, you'll get to hear all about the Duggar kids' future goals and how or if they achieved them! Enjoy! *** if you don't want to hear all of the kids' stats, skip ahead 17 minutes!

In our inaugural episode, we snark along to the Duggar family's inaugural Discovery special, 14 Children and Pregnant Again!