A podcast about our problematic love for reality TV
The Reality Is podcast has quickly become one of my favorite Bravo podcasts. Aarti and Noor offer thought-provoking deep dive discussions around current episodes, allowing listeners to see situations through a different lens. Their commentary is smart, hilarious, and witty, making it an entertaining and fun listen. They also have brilliant guests who add even more insight to the conversations. I appreciate that they can acknowledge when they don't agree with each other or the views being presented on the shows they discuss. It's refreshing to hear different perspectives and engage in critical thinking while still enjoying the Bravo content.
One of the best aspects of this podcast is the chemistry between Aarti and Noor. They have a great dynamic that makes it feel like you're listening to friends chat about your favorite shows. Their easy-going and calm style creates a comfortable listening experience. They also have a way of making you laugh while delving into serious topics, which adds an extra layer of enjoyment.
However, there are times when I don't agree with their views, which can be a downside for some listeners. It's important to note that while they offer insightful commentary, their opinions may not align with everyone's perspectives. There have been moments when I've turned off an episode because I couldn't fully connect with their viewpoints.
In conclusion, The Reality Is podcast is a must-listen for Bravo fans who enjoy smart analysis and witty banter. Aarti and Noor bring their unique perspectives to the table, creating engaging discussions that go beyond surface-level recaps. While there may be times when you don't agree with their views, it's still worth tuning in for their entertaining commentary and thought-provoking conversations.
The whacky ladies from Salt Lake City are back (MINUS LISA WHO IS VERY BUSY WITH BLAKE AND BEN DON'T ASK SHE IS SO PRIVATE) and there is no one funnier and sillier to talk about these silly billies than Amanda Hunt @amandahuntnkiss
IN US NEWS: As usual, Gun Violence is making everyone not safe. The right wing is falling apart. Kash Patel is embarrassing. Trump says US is the Hottest country. IN SPORTS: A great time to be an Eagles fan!IN POP CULTURE: Emmy's were fun!IN WORLD: Kim Jong Un bans words.
Donny is SO upset about what happened at "The White Locust Resort" that HE HAS QUIT! He sent in his bestie Chelsea Rivers to cover this week's BIIIIIIG BROTHERRRRR.
Another week of Big Brother 27!
It's another week of excitement in the Big Brother house! The iconic wall competition of course but more importantly one of the most fun and silly veto comps we've (or I, a person who has only seen one season of this show) ever seen! We say good riddance to the evicted but also wish them safety and security because they may be linked up with a crazy person!
We say ENOUGH ALREADY to Love Island because it is officially the most annoying show on the planet. We also chat about Real Housewives of Potomac trailer, the dumbasses on Real Housewives of Orange County, and the delight on Real Housewives of Miami.
IN POP CULTURE: Taylor and Travis are betrothed! Snoop Dogg is having a hard time explaining lesbians. Serena endorses GLP1s. IN NEWS: RFK Jr is being influenced by a derpy Desi doctor into potentially banning vaccines.
It's been an exciting two weeks in the BB27 house!! We briefly chat about Ava's HOH week and then get into if Rachel Reilly is a genius or just a regularly smart person who knows how the tv show slash game works because Rachel's HOH week is amazing! We also chat about how Cowboy Back Tat Riley is an actual creep and we're happy to see him leave!
IN LIFE: Italy vacation and jet lag.IN POP CULTURE: Taylor Swift's new album announcement. Leo's real age. Armie Hammer's party tricks. Chris Pratt's word salad.IN US NEWS: Trump takes over DC. The MAGA/MAHA folks do pull ups and swing d*cks.IN SPORTS: Fake football is back and so is fake fall.
It's been a twisty and turny week in the Big Brother House this week! A horrible HOH and then an HOH steal and then a tense Veto comp and then a very shocking eviction!
Raven James is back to chat a week of Bravo PLUS the latest multipart tiktok series of a woman who says she was in love with her psychiatrist who continued to treat her.
IN POP CULTURE: Tyra Banks overshares. Linkin Park Concert. Fantastic Four. IN US NEWS: Presidential fitness test and sports council of idiots. IN OTHER: The Summer is ending too soon and parents everywhere are stressed.
We're back to discuss week 3 in the BB27 House with a lackluster HOH and an even more lackluster veto comp win which leads to surprisingly a very emotional eviction!
Amanda Hunt is back to chat Heather Dubrow's accidentally vintage but really outdated birthday party, the lack of sporkles on The Valley, and the hilarity that ensues on Real Housewives of Miami when the ladies are split up on two yacht, Adriana's drinks too much and no one gives her any carbs.
IN POP CULTURE: Celeb deaths. American Eagle and Sydney Sweeney are pandering to Nazis. Russian bots v. Pedro Pascal.IN NEWS: Trump's up to some nonsense.
We're finally covering Big Brother on the pod with none other than Big Brother Super Fan and future Houseguest (GOD WILLING!!!) himself, Donny Hadfield! This will be a recurring weekly chat!
We said good bye to two of our favorite non-housewives shows on Bravo this week: Next Gen NYC and The Valley! Kelli Williams, host of Beyond the Blinds, hopped on to say BYE WHORE!
IN US NEWS: Trump is trying everything he can to distract you like talk about NFL and send evil variant of rogue from x-men out to the press so we don't talk about Epstein files.IN POP CULTURE: Conservatives on Jubilee. The Coldplay Kiss Cam Couple! New Reality TV shows! Scheana Shay's hook up list!
Kendrick is back to chat Real Housewives of Miami and Real Housewives of Orange County!
Tom's back and we're dissecting this insane sauce collection in Brittany Cartwright Cauchi's black fridge as well as bad tattoos on The Valley, followed by those crazy nepo babies on Next Gen NYC doing all kinds of racism.
IN POP CULTURE: New Superman Movie! Scheana Shay's memoire and Brock's Infidelity. America ruined Love Island.IN NEWS: Trump's "boys" and "gals".IN SPORTS: Shaq lays down the law.
The Real Housewives of Orange County premiered and we were so confused that somehow a Narcissism Coach on Real Housewives of Miami made a little more sense?!!?!?!
The always funny and beloved Amanda Hunt is back with her AMAZING CHAT about Love Island USA where we are officially no longer having fun and instead we have bubble guts and anxiety thanks a lot America!
Kelli is back to chat about the darkest show on Bravo, The Valley, and somehow the lightest show on Bravo, Next Gen NYC which is wild because both shows have a lot of drugs on them!
DONATE TO KERR COUNTY FLOOD RELIEFIN US: Floods in Texas. GOP Ghoulish Bill. Ice bullshit. Zohran's checked boxes and flipped fingers. Epstein who!?IN POP CULTURE: Brad Pitt. Kumail Nanjiani. Superman Movie.IN SPORTS: Sophie Cunningham, the MAGA barbie.
This week in the Villa it was confirmed that there is no actual love on this island! Between the heart rate challenge aftermath, the stand on business challenge, and then this burst your bubble challenge, the Islanders learned that they don't really like each other and also America doesn't really like them either!
Tom Hamlett is back to chat about all things Bravo from the weird finale of Real Housewives of Atlanta to Jody's Furby-like eyes on Real Housewives of Miami to Kristen Doute's bazongas on The Valley to how the Next Gen kids are somehow the same age as the current season of Love Island USA.
IN US NEWS: Zohran Mamdani brings socialism, activism, and most importantly EATING RICE WITH YOUR HANDS TO AMERICA and the conservatives are PISSED. IN WORLD NEWS: Trump is called Daddy.IN POP CULTURE: Bezos-Sanchez wedding no one cares for!IN MOVIES: Trailer for the Bruce Springsteen Biopic: Deliver Me from Nowhere!
The always hysterical Amanda Hunt is back to talk about the happenings on this week of Love Island USA - the unnecessary twists and turns and tears that embarrassingly were shed by the me and also how this show is maybe not sexy at all except for when someone compliments Hannah in a BookTok way or when friends to lovers presents itself also in a BookTok way. ANYWAY JUSTICE FOR OLANDRIA THE QUEEN OF THE GOD DAMN VILLARRRRR!!!!
A solo ride through this week's Bravo! Phaedra is up to her whole tricks and the newbies are fighting Real Housewives of Atlanta, Julia is acting a damn fool on Real Housewives of Miami, men will do anything but go to therapy on The Valley, and the non-bravo-nepo-babes keep showing their asses on Next Gen NYC!
IN WEATHER: WOO ITS HOTIN WORLD: OOF THERE'S WARIN AMERICA: THE GHOULS ARE FIGHTING!IN POLITICS: VOTE MAMDANI/LANDER - DO NOT RANK CUOMO!IN SPORTS: THE WBNA GIRLS ARE FIGHTINGIN POP CULTURE: SABRINA GETS ON HER KNEES
SHE'S BAAAAACK! We're talking Atlanta, Miami, the nepo babies of Bravo, Bombshells, the Villa, the Valley!!!
ICE WATCH PROGRAMSIN POP CULTURE: Baldoni case dismissed. Benson Boone flips out. IN NEWS: Trump v. Elon. Trump v. California. ICE Raids.IN SPORTS: Riley Gaines is a piece of shit and Simone Biles clocks it. Bill and Jordan's romance updates.
Taria is back to cackle and fill me in on the behind the scene and online drama happening while we watch Real housewives of Atlanta, the Valley and Summer House. We also briefly chat about those Mormon wives!
WE ARE LIVING IN A POST COWBOY CARTER TOUR WORLD AND WE WILL NEVER BE THE SAME!
Thread and Instagram Pop Culture Meme Queen Trina Watters aka TeeWatters hopped on to discuss the sisterhood we wish never reaches us on the new season of Secret Lives of Mormon Wives!
Aarti is back with some Potomac tea, 40-50 negative thoughts about Love Hotel, and some wise analysis of Shamea and Porsha on Real Housewives of Atlanta.
It's time to RANT and RAVE with none other than Raven James, host of Bitch Is Better Podcast. We understand that Bravo wants to promote straight men BUT WHY IS THE AUDIENCE FALLING FOR IT?! That and more as we recap the Finale of Summer House and the latest episode of The Valley.Follow Raven @bitchisbetterpodcast on instagram, subscribe to her pod and follow on Patreon.com/bitchisbetter
IN NEWS: Newark Airport is a disaster! Plantation fire! IN POLITICS: NJ elections. Trump v. everybody except for the Saudis. Cory Booker and the Kushners. IN SPORTS: THE KNICKS!! RG3 brain cells getting involved in WNBA for no reason.
Chelsea Rivers, co-host of I Am The Cute One, and perhaps the cutest of them all joins the pod to TRASH MEN because The Valley and Summer House gave us tons of content to fuel our misandry!
We're catching up on Real Housewives of Atlanta, BravoCon news, Bravo's upcoming new lineup, and The Love Hotel!
IN WORLD: A new Pope. India Pakistan War.IN POP CULTURE: Met Gala and SRK drama. Ramona Singer is fucking terrible.IN SPORTS-ish: Bill Belichick's girlfriend is a big deal?
A full week of bravo recaps!
IN SPORTS: Son of Prime Time is having a no good draft. The worst person you know makes a great point. Saquon breaks our heart, and not with his thighs.IN POLITICS: George Santos is going to jail. Vladimir, STOP! Government offers money for baby making.IN TV: THE PITT journey.IN LIFE: Customer service conundrum.
Tom Hamlett is back to talk about sexy toxic men, e-bay side hustles, Doute's green dress, love island coded people and of course tan lines.
Aarti is back to talk a week of Housewives gossip and Real Housewives of Atlanta!
IN NEWS: JD Vance may have put a hit out on the Pope. RFK Jr pisses us off. ANOTHER signal chat has with leaked info.IN POP CULTURE: Katy Perry has regrets.IN SPORTS: Shannon Sharpe accusations.IN TV: We're watching The Pitt!
A solo mini pod of this week's Bravo shows, not including The Valley (SORRY!!) Garcelle quits! Yikes on Brit! and Imrul pipe it down!
IN NEWS: Blue Origin flies people into space for 2 minutes.IN POP CULTURE: The White Lotus cast has a lot of off-camera drama.IN TV: Harry Potter is coming back as an HBO show and we are torn, like Natalie Imbruglia.IN MOVIES: Watch "A Nice Indian Boy" out in theaters now!!
Friend of the pod, Amanda Hunt, is back to talk a full week of Bravo. From the fall of our beloved Kenya Twirl Moore to the tanking of the Real Housewives of Beverly Hills to the activation of Lindsay Hubbard.
IN LIFE: Raheel visits Minneapolis. Noor takes a tumble.IN POLITICS: Cory Booker yaps. Tariffs make the poor poorer and the rich richer.IN POP CULTURE: John Stamos upsets Noor. Morgan Wallen goes back to God's Country. Chappell Roan pisses off parents.
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