PODCAST · tv
Reality Life with Kate Casey
by 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 person stories.
Episodes
-
Ep. - 1748 - SWIPE RIGHT ON THE DEVIL
In November 2017, 24-year-old Sydney Loofe left work in Lincoln, Nebraska, for a second date with a woman she’d met on Tinder. She never came home. The woman she knew as “Audrey” was Bailey Boswell, who lived with her boyfriend, 51-year-old Aubrey Trail, a longtime con man. The investigation that...
-
Ep. - 1747 - YOU CAN SEE EVERYTHING THE GILDED RAGE
Producer Aliza Rosen joins Kate to discuss You Can See Everything, the documentary from Nathan Fielder and Lance Oppenheim that follows Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes and her partner, Billy Evans, in the weeks before she reports to prison. They also discuss Aliza’s new investigative podcast…
more -
EP. - 1746 - WHAT TO WATCH THIS WEEK WITH KATE CASEY
Kate discusses what to watch this week including Love is Blind: Boston (Netflix), Paralyzed by Hope: The Maria Bamford Story (Netflix), Swipe Right on the Devil (Hulu), and Real Housewives of Salt Lake City (Bravo). Reality Life with Kate Casey What to Watch List: https://katecasey.substack.com…
more -
Ep. - 1745 - THE MAKING OF HOOSIERS AND RUDY WITH ANGELO PIZZO: PART ONE
Angelo Pizzo, screenwriter of two of the most beloved sports movies, Hoosiers and Rudy, shares the stories behind their creation. Hoosiers follows a troubled coach, played by Gene Hackman, who leads a small Indiana high school basketball team toward a state championship. Rudy stars Sean Astin as…
more -
Ep. - 1744 - LOVE IS BLIND: BOSTON
Chris DeRosa joins Kate to discuss the first few episodes of Netflix’s Love Is Blind: Boston, breaking down the singles, the connections forming in the pods, and the early red flags. They share their first impressions, question who seems ready for marriage, and debate whether you can fall in love...
-
Ep. - 1743 - SUPER SCAM ME
Mariana van Zeller, the Emmy Award-winning investigative journalist, joins Kate to discuss Super Scam Me, her National Geographic documentary in which she goes undercover as the target of a romance scam. She explains how scammers build trust, exploit emotional vulnerability, and use fake military...
-
Ep. - 1742 - THE KARDASHIANS AND REAL HOUSEWIVES
Patrick Hickey, co-host of the Bad TV podcast, joins Kate to discuss the latest episodes of The Kardashians and Real Housewives of Salt Lake City, Orange County, New York City, and Potomac. Reality Life with Kate Casey What to Watch List: https://katecasey.substack.com Instagram:...
-
EP. - 1741 - THE PET CEMETERY MURDERS: A GHOST STORY
In 1985, Dorothy Thompson, owner of the Azalea Pet Cemetery in St. Bernard Parish, Louisiana, was found dead in the Mississippi River, and her murder went cold for decades. Then in 2009, a man told detectives that Dorothy had appeared at the foot of his bed wrapped in chains, and that he knew who...
-
Ep. - 1740 - WHAT TO WATCH THIS WEEK WITH KATE CASEY
Kate discusses what to watch this week including Love is Blind: Boston (Netflix), Super Scam Me (National Geographic, Disney+ and Hulu), Norm: The Tale of Norm Macdonald (Netflix), and Tyson (Netflix). Reality Life with Kate Casey What to Watch List: https://katecasey.substack.com Instagram:...
-
Ep. - 1739 - SATURDAY SERIES: SARAH EDMONDSON
Sarah Edmondson, the NXIVM whistleblower whose courage helped bring down Keith Raniere, returns to Reality Life to talk about her new book, A Little Bit Culty: Navigating Cults, Control and Coercion. Sarah spent twelve years inside NXIVM and recruited more than two thousand people before she was...
-
Ep. - 1738 - WHO IS MARTIN MULL?
Neil Berkeley, director of Netflix's Who Is Martin Mull?, joins Kate to talk about the comedian, actor, musician, and painter best known for Clue, Mr. Mom, Fernwood Tonight, and Roseanne, whose true passion was painting. Neil explains how the documentary began with Bob Saget, stalled after…
more -
Ep. - 1737 - ST. ELMO'S FIRE: THE TRUE STORY BEHIND THE BRAT PACK CLASSIC (PART TWO)
Carl Kurlander, co-writer of St. Elmo's Fire, returns for the second half of Kate’s conversation about the making of the 1985 Brat Pack classic. Carl reveals how close Madonna came to playing Jules, why a real-life friend refused to lend his name to Emilio Estevez's character, and the scientific...
-
Ep. - 1736 - ST. ELMO'S FIRE: THE TRUE STORY BEHIND THE BRAT PACK CLASSIC (PART ONE)
Carl Kurlander, co-writer of St. Elmo's Fire, joins me for the first of a two-part conversation about the true story behind the 1985 Brat Pack classic. It all started with a summer job as a bellhop at the St. Elmo Hotel in Chautauqua, New York, and a waitress named Lynn he couldn't stop thinking...
-
Ep. - 1735 - THE SERIAL KILLER CONNECTION BONNIE LOU GOWER AND KARA ROBINSON CHAMBERLAIN
Bonnie Lou Gower and Kara Robinson Chamberlain join Kate to discuss The Serial Killer Connection, the three-part Investigation Discovery docuseries exploring their extraordinary connection to serial killer Richard “Marc” Evonitz. Bonnie was married to Evonitz before learning the truth about his...
-
Ep. - 1734 - WHAT TO WATCH THIS WEEK WITH KATE CASEY
Kate discusses what to watch this week including The Serial Killer Connection (ID Discovery), Lorne (Netflix), Who is Martin Mull (Netflix), The Pet Cemetery Murders (HBO), and The Kardashians. Reality Life with Kate Casey What to Watch List: https://katecasey.substack.com Instagram:...
-
Ep. - 1733 - SATURDAY SERIES: TOM BROSS
Tom Bross, author of the three-part memoir series Don’t Call Me Jupiter: Memoir of a Reluctant Hippie Kid—Tightrope, Lightning Crashes, and Wheel in the Sky—joins Kate to discuss growing up in a family that traded a conventional Midwestern life for California’s hippie counterculture. He shares…
more -
Ep. - 1732 - REAL HOUSEWIVES BREAKDOWN MILLER NIGHT FOOTBALL
Kate reviews the latest episodes of The Real Housewives of Orange County, Salt Lake City, and New York City. Director Jeff Cameron joins Kate to discuss Miller Night Football on HBO, revisiting Dennis Miller’s unexpected run on Monday Night Football and the collision of his cerebral comedy with...
-
Ep. - 1731 - THE WIDOWER: ‘TIL DEATH DO US PART
Dan Slepian, Dateline senior investigative producer and Pulitzer Prize finalist for Letters From Sing Sing, joins Kate to talk about the new Netflix documentary The Widower: 'Til Death Do Us Part. Thomas Randolph had six wives, and four of them died. In 2008, his sixth wife, Sharon Causse, was…
more -
Ep. - 1730 - TEAM MOMS: BASEBALL
Chris DeRosa joins Kate to review Team Moms: Baseball on Paramount+. The series follows seven families at a Scottsdale baseball academy where the boys train for a shot at college and professional baseball, while their parents clash in the stands. Kate and Chris discuss the academy’s reported...
-
Ep. - 1729 - GERARDO MEJIA: THE STORY BEHIND “RICO SUAVE”
Gerardo Mejía played one of the high school football players in Can’t Buy Me Love before becoming an international star with “Rico Suave.” He joins Kate to talk about his family’s move from Ecuador to Los Angeles, how dancing led to acting and music, and why he spent his own money making a music...
-
Ep. - 1728 - WHAT TO WATCH THIS WEEK WITH KATE CASEY
Kate discusses what to watch this week including Amazing Race (CBS), The Widower: ’Til Death Do Us Part (Netflix), Miller Night Football (HBO), and The Swan: Behind the Mirror (Hulu). Reality Life with Kate Casey Summer Reading List:...
-
Ep. - 1727 - SATURDAY SERIES: MICHAEL SWERDLICK PART TWO
EPISODE OVERVIEW:Deadline:Friday September 25th, 2026 at 10:00 P.M. MSTBaked-In Ads (Y/N & Amount):NOEpisode Title:Ep. - 1727 - SATURDAY SERIES: MICHAEL SWERDLICK PART TWODescription:Michael Swerdlick returns to tell more stories about the making of Can’t Buy Me Love, pilots hesold, and wild...
-
Ep. - 1726 - BRAVO BREAKDOWN WITH CARLOS KING
Carlos King joins Kate Casey to discuss The Real Housewives of Orange County, The Real Housewives Ultimate Girls Trip, and The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City. Reality Life with Kate Casey What to Watch List: https://katecasey.substack.com Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/katecaseyca Tik…
more -
Ep. - 1725 - THE SWAN: BEHIND THE MIRROR
Director Erin Lee Carr joins Kate to talk about her Hulu documentary The Swan: Behind the Mirror, along with former contestants Kristy Garza from season one and Kari Bravata from season two. The Swan premiered on Fox in 2004 and promised women a total life makeover: three months of plastic…
more -
Ep. - 1724 - THE SECRET LIVES OF MORMON WIVES MADELINE FROM THE TRAITORS: NEW BLOOD
Kate discusses Taylor Frankie Paul’s decision to leave Hulu’s The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives, the reality series following the women of MomTok as their friendships, marriages, faith and scandals play out both on television and social media. She examines how Taylor became famous, the toxic...
-
Ep. - 1723 - GERBIL: INVESTIGATING A HOLLYWOOD RUMOR
Allen Salkin, host of the 12-part podcast Gerbil from The Hollywood Reporter, digs into the six-year investigation behind Hollywood's most unkillable urban legend. Allen walks Kate through his old-school reporting process — LexisNexis searches, FOIA requests, tracked-down eyewitnesses — and goes...
-
Ep. - 1722 - WHAT TO WATCH THIS WEEK WITH KATE CASEY
Kate discusses what to watch this week including Survivor 51 (CBS), Special Forces: World’s Toughest Test (Fox), Chilean Mine Rescue: Race Against Time (Hulu), and Team Moms: Baseball (Paramount+). Reality Life with Kate Casey Summer Reading List:...
-
Ep. - 1721 - SATURDAY SERIES: MICHAEL SWERDLICK CAN’T BUY ME LOVE SCREENWRITER
Michael Swerdlick, writer of the beloved 1987 film Can’t Buy Me Love, shares the remarkable story of how his first screenplay went from a typewritten script sitting on a shelf to a defining teen comedy. He reveals how Patrick Dempsey was cast at the last minute, the real-life inspiration behind…
more -
Ep. - 1720 - 14 DAYS IN GAINESVILLE REAL HOUSEWIVES OF SALT LAKE CITY
Daniel Levin, director of 14 Days in Gainesville, joins Kate to revisit one of the strangest collisions of true crime and sports in American history — the 1990 Gainesville murders and Steve Spurrier's first season as head coach of the Florida Gators. In August 1990, five students were murdered in...
-
Ep. - 1719 - A KILLER STORY
Director Matthew Galkin and executive producer Josh Levine join Kate to discuss their HBO Original documentary series A Killer Story, which examines the more than two-decade-long case against Dana Chandler, accused in the 2002 shooting deaths of her ex-husband, Mike Sisco, and his girlfriend…
more -
Ep. - 1718 - THE SECRET LIVES OF MORMON WIVES
Chelsea Devantez, author, director and host of Glamorous Trash, joins Kate to discuss Season 5 of The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives, Hulu’s reality series about the Utah influencers behind MomTok. They examine the shortened season, the crisis surrounding Taylor Frankie Paul, the increasingly...
-
Ep. - 1717 - MARRIED AT FIRST SIGHT LOVE IS BLIND UK
Chris DeRosa is back to discuss two very different experiments in finding a spouse. On Netflix’s Love Is Blind: UK, singles become engaged without ever seeing one another, then test their emotional connection in the real world before deciding whether to marry at the altar. On Peacock’s Married at...
-
Ep. - 1716 - WHAT TO WATCH THIS WEEK WITH KATE CASEY
Kate discusses what to watch this week including Dancing With the Stars, Real Housewives of Salt Lake City, The Traitors, NOVA: The Battle to Breathe, and Joffrey Ballet: The Next Movement. Reality Life with Kate Casey Summer Reading List:...
-
Ep. - 1715 - SATURDAY SERIES: PAUL DAVID STANKO
Paul David Stanko grew up in a traditional family in Bloomington, Minnesota, later finding his creative and spiritual calling and a loving life partner after years of heartbreak. Then, nearly six decades into his life, an ancestry test revealed that the man who raised him was not his biological...
-
Ep. - 1714 - CAPTAIN CHARLIE PETERSON: ONE PILOT’S UNTOLD 9/11 STORY
Twenty-five years after September 11, retired United Airlines Captain Charlie Peterson shares a story most people have never heard: hours after the attacks, with US airspace grounded and fighter jets in the sky, Charlie volunteered to fly a plane carrying United's emergency response team toward…
more -
Ep. - 1713 - REAL HOUSEWIVES OF NEW YORK REAL HOUSEWIVES ULTIMATE GIRLS TRIP
Brian Moylan joins Kate to discuss the season premiere of Real Housewives of New York City, including Carole Radziwill’s return, the new cast members and the shifting friendships within the group. They discuss the good things that have come out of filming Real Housewives Ultimate Girls Trip....
-
Ep. - 1712 - INSIDE THE MICA MILLER INVESTIGATION
Liz Farrell, investigative journalist and cohost of COERCED: The Devotion & Death of Mica Francis Miller, discusses more than two years of reporting on Mica’s life, marriage and death. Liz explains what the Netflix documentary Death of the Pastor’s Wife did not cover, including the history of JP...
-
Ep. - 1711 - DAUGHTERS OF 9/11
Twenty-five years after the September 11 attacks, two women who lost their fathers at the World Trade Center are opening up about grief, memory, and justice that still hasn't arrived. Jessica Trant was 19 when her father Dan Trant, a Cantor Fitzgerald bond trader and former NBA draft pick, called...
-
Ep. - 1710 - WHAT TO WATCH THIS WEEK WITH KATE CASEY
Kate discusses what to watch this week including Real Housewives of New York (Bravo), Frontline: The Man Who Knew (PBS), The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives (Hulu), A Killer Story (HBO and HBO Max), and Daughters of 9/11 (CSB). Reality Life with Kate Casey Summer Reading List:...
-
Ep. - 1709 - SATURDAY SERIES: ALICE LACOUR
Alice LaCour, former federal prosecutor, litigation partner at Hilgers Graben, and co-host of The Prosecutors podcast, joins me for a conversation that spans her immigrant childhood in a small Georgia town where she didn't speak English until kindergarten, her path through Yale Law School and two...
-
Ep. - 1708 - EARLE MEETS WORLD REAL HOUSEWIVES OF BEVERLY HILLS
Kate discusses Leah Remini joining the cast of The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills and why her humor, candor, history with Scientology, and willingness to confront uncomfortable subjects could make her an ideal Housewife. She also reviews Netflix’s Untold: Raygun: Breaking Badly, in which...
-
Ep. - 1707 - INSIDE THE SECRET WORLD OF SORORITY RECRUITMENT
Trisha Addicks, sorority recruitment consultant, founder of It's All Greek to Me, and author of The Rush Bible: Secrets to Crush Sorority Recruitment and Find Your Forever Greek Home, joins Kate to examine what television, documentaries, and social media get right and wrong about rush, from MTV's...
-
Ep. - 1706 - BRAVO BREAKDOWN
Brian Moylan, author of The Housewives: The Real Story Behind the Real Housewives and Vulture’s Housewives Institute Bulletin, joins Kate to discuss why Real Housewives of Orange County has become such a frustrating show, from the endless cast trips to how little we see of the women’s actual…
more -
Ep. - 1705 - WELCOME TO THE FAMILY: THE MURDER OF DAN MARKEL
Lily Fletcher, producer of Hulu’s Welcome to the Family: The Murder of Dan Markel, joins Kate to discuss the shocking murder-for-hire case at the center of the four-part docuseries. Florida State University law professor Dan Markel was murdered in 2014 amid a bitter custody battle with his former...
-
Ep. - 1704 - WHAT TO WATCH THIS WEEK WITH KATE CASEY
Kate discusses what to watch this week including Love Island Reunion (Peacock), Welcome to the Family: The Murder of Dan Markel (Hulu), Hard Knocks: Training Camp with the Seattle Seahawks (HBO), and Earle Meets World (Netflix). Reality Life with Kate Casey Summer Reading List:...
-
Ep. - 1703 - SATURDAY SERIES: RICHARD ELLIOTT
Richard Elliott, a deputy manager in residential childcare in England, talks about his mother's childhood inside a Catholic convent and, later, a Catholic laundry in the north of England during the mid-twentieth century. Richard describes his mother's four years of separation from her family and...
-
Ep. - 1702 - THE MURDER OF THE KISSEL BROTHERS
The story of the Kissel brothers, two wealthy siblings murdered on opposite sides of the world within three years of each other. Robert Kissel, a Merrill Lynch executive in Hong Kong, was killed by his wife Nancy in November 2003 in a case that became known internationally as the Milkshake…
more -
Ep. - 1701 - UNTOLD: THE TESTIMONY OF VINCE YOUNG
John Henion, director of Netflix's new documentary Untold: The Testimony of Vince Young, joins the show to unpack the rise and fall of the Texas Longhorns legend, from his childhood in Houston's Hiram Clarke neighborhood, raised by his mother and grandmother while his father was in and out of...
-
Ep. - 1700 - LOVE IS BLIND: UK
Chris DeRosa joins Kate to discuss season 3 of Love Is Blind: UK on Netflix. They break down this exceptionally attractive cast, the hilariously dramatic music, the differences between the UK and American versions, and the couples heading toward the weddings. They discuss Ciara’s expensive...
-
Ep. - 1699 - DEATH OF A PASTOR’S WIFE
Alexa Berger is producer of Netflix’s three-part documentary series Death of the Pastor’s Wife. The series tells the story of Mica Miller, a 30-year-old pastor’s wife from South Carolina whose April 2024 death was ruled a suicide. Mica grew up deeply rooted in her faith and met John-Paul “JP”...
We're indexing this podcast's transcripts for the first time — this can take a minute or two. We'll show results as soon as they're ready.
No matches for "" in this podcast's transcripts.
TOPICS IN THIS SHOW
Loading reviews...
ABOUT THIS SHOW
Daily podcast about unscripted television. Kate Casey interviews the talent, producers, and directors of reality shows, documentaries, and docuseries. Saturday episodes tell incredible person stories.
HOSTED BY
Kate Casey
CATEGORIES
Loading similar podcasts...
Frequently Asked Questions
How many episodes does Reality Life with Kate Casey have?
Reality Life with Kate Casey currently has 1000 episodes available on PodParley. New episodes are automatically indexed when they're published to the podcast feed.
What is Reality Life with Kate Casey about?
Daily podcast about unscripted television. Kate Casey interviews the talent, producers, and directors of reality shows, documentaries, and docuseries. Saturday episodes tell incredible person stories.
How often does Reality Life with Kate Casey release new episodes?
Reality Life with Kate Casey releases new episodes frequently with a large back catalog of 1000 episodes. Check the episode list for recent publication dates.
Where can I listen to Reality Life with Kate Casey?
You can listen to Reality Life with Kate Casey on PodParley by clicking any episode. We provide an embedded audio player for direct listening, and you can also subscribe via your preferred podcast app using the RSS feed.
Who hosts Reality Life with Kate Casey?
Reality Life with Kate Casey is created and hosted by Kate Casey.
URL copied to clipboard!