Sex Shaming, First Heartbreak, & The Only Country with a Woman Namesake | Awards Show | March, 2025 ::} 085

Dr.s Kay and Ray bring back their 8 awards in the awards show for the month of March! Shows included range from Southern Charm & Summer House to The Bachelor and Real Housewives of Beverly Hills, as Dr.s Kay and Ray award castmates & moments from all of the realiTV they watched over the reality tv-rich month of March, 2025!Dr.s Kay & Ray discuss topics like the all-cast trip on Real Housewives of Beverly Hills, the sex shaming by castmates & by producers in two different shows, Craig's disclosure to Austen, The Bachelor finale, and Shep's first real heartbreak!To whom or which moment would you award the TESTosterboned award (the most patriarchal moment or castmate) this month? Hint: Summer House was a fruitful source this month! What about the “Bechdel TEST” (the most feminist), “TESTimonials” (best confessional), or “TESTing 1, 2, 3” (best/worst producer antic)  awards? All shows included: The Bachelor, Love is Blind 8, Real Housewives of Beverly Hills, Southern Charm, and Summer House.Next week, Dr.s Kay & Ray will discuss the Do’s & Don’ts of the Love is Blind pods! This will include deeper discussion of the castmates who didn’t make it to the honeymoon stage, including Madison, Mason, Megs, and Alex. However, they wrote these Do’s & Don’ts with the larger context of Love is Blind universe in mind, so they’ll be useful for future seasons! -------------------------------------------------------------------Listeners! Come visit the Patreon for free at⁠ ⁠patreon.com/RealityTest⁠⁠ & check out some of the benefits of a free membership & the paid tier! First 30 members get shoutouts & once we reach 50 members,  we’ll donate $10/month to the ACLU for the year ahead & hopefully beyond!We now have ONE membership tier at $5/month, and you'll get access to ALL of our benefits, including our behind-the-scenes videos, Mental Health Check-Ups (audio episodes with deeper exploration of various relevant psychological concepts), Mental Health InfoVids (videos with excerpts from reality tv shows matched with mental health or relational lessons & recommendations), Dr. Kay’s Rants (video of one of Dr. Kay’s rant by video episodes), & VIP access to our live Q&A sessions! If you want to remain a free member, you'll still get great exclusive content, including access to polls and lengthy infovid trailers, etc.! -------------------------------------------------------------------Reality testing is when we check an emotion or thought we’re having against objective reality. So, here in Reality Test, we’re going to be testing the thoughts, emotions, interactions, and producer antics of reality television against what we know, as licensed psychologists, about objective reality. Come with us, let’s Reality Test!Hosts: Dr. Kay & Dr. RayThank you to our sound extraordinaire, Connor!Patreon: patreon.com/RealityTestInstagram: @drkaypods @drraypodsTikTok: @dr.realitvFacebook Page: Reality Test PodYouTube Channel: @RealityTestPodEmail: [email protected]