Reality Life with Kate Casey

Reality Life with 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

June 18, 2025 33 mins

In this episode, Kate dives into ROMCON, a true crime documentary that unravels the shocking story of Toronto real estate broker Heather Rovet and her whirlwind romance with “Jace”—a man she would later discover was Jason Porter, a convicted felon with a long trail of romantic fraud. What began as a dream relationship spiraled into a nightmare, as Heather uncovered a pattern of deception, lies, and manipulation affecting w...

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Eva Orner, director of Surviving Ohio State, an HBO documentary which tells the story of the victims of Dr. Richard Strauss, a sports medicine physician and serial sex abuser at Ohio State University from 1978 to 1998. Building on the work of whistleblowers and journalists who exposed the scandal in 2018, the documentary examines the culture that enabled decades of unchecked abuse of male student-athletes and follows the s...

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Kate discusses what to watch this week including America’s Sweethearts: Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders (Netflix), Surviving Ohio State (HBO and Max), Marlee Matlin: Not Alone Anymore, and Trainwreck: Mayor of Mayhem (Netflix). 

  

  

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On June 1, 1985, 34-year-old Kathryn Wilhoit was found murdered in her Tulsa, Oklahoma apartment. Her throat had been slashed, and her body was discovered on the floor by officers conducting a welfare check. Her two infant daughters were found unharmed in their cribs nearby. 

  

Her estranged husband, Greg Wilhoit, was later convicted of her murder and sentenced to death. After serving five years on death row,...

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Kate discusses the season premiere of Real Housewives of Miami on Bravo. 

  

Patrick Hickey, co-host of Bad TV Podcast, joins Kate to discuss this season of The Valley on Bravo, and Titan: The Oceangate Disaster. The Netflix documentary explores the Titan submersible’s doomed 2023 journey to the wreckage of the Titanic and the ambitious OceanGate CEO behind the endeavor. 

  

  

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Chelsea DeVantez is an Emmy-nominated writer, comedian, and filmmaker. She is also the host of Glamorous Trash podcast. She joins Kate to discuss Hilaria Baldwin’s memoir, season two of Secret Lives of Mormon Wives, and the Judd family documentary series. 

  

  

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Mary Mahoney from Two Judgey Girls podcast joins Kate to discuss Bravo TV hot takes, Sherri Papini: Caught in the Lie (ID Discovery/Max), and Crazy Love (Prime Video). 

 

Gregory Doll, a lawyer and partner at Doll Amir & Eley in Los Angeles, discusses the legal battle between Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni over sexual harassment and defamation allegations.  

 

 

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Carlos King, reality television producer and host of the Reality with the King podcast, joins Kate to break down the latest scandal on The Real Housewives of Atlanta, Paige’s surprising exit from Summer House, and the buzz around Rachel Zoe potentially joining The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills

  

  

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Kate discusses what to watch this week including Real Housewives of Miami (Bravo), Cocaine Air: Smugglers at 30,000 Ft. (Netflix), Gilgo Beach Killer: The House of Secrets (Peacock), and American Thunder: NASCAR to Le Mans (Amazon Prime Video). 

  

  

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Abigail Carter’s husband Arron Dack was attending a trade show at the Windows of the World restaurant at the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001. He was the senior vice president and the director of global sales and alliances for Encompys. He never came come. 

  

She wrote The Alchemy of Loss: A Young Widow's Transformation, initially as a form of catharsis. It has aided in the healing process for other w...

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Zack Peter, host of No Filter with Zack Peter, joins Kate to discuss several Bravo shows including The Valley, Summer House, and Next Gen NYC. They also unpack the latest twists in the Blake Lively vs. Justin Baldoni legal battle. 

  

  

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June 5, 2025 32 mins

Denise Chan is host of Scam Factory podcast, a gripping true crime series produced by Wondery, which delves into the harrowing world of scam compounds—often referred to as "scam factories"—where individuals are trafficked and forced to perpetrate online fraud under brutal conditions. 

  

  

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June 4, 2025 39 mins

Kate is joined by reality TV producer and co-host of the Fixing Famous People podcast, Chris DeRosa. They dive deep into the key differences between Love Island USA and Love Island UK, unpacking how the two shows vary in tone, style, and audience experience. They also provide an insider’s guide to this season’s Love Island USA cast. 

  

A discussion of Toxic: Real Stories of the Dark Side of Love, a six-part d...

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Louis Myles, director of Kaiser: The Greatest Footballer Never to Play Football, a Prime Video documentary which delves into the astonishing true story of Carlos Henrique Raposo, better known as "Kaiser." Despite lacking the skills to play professional football, Kaiser managed to sustain a career spanning over two decades by cleverly deceiving clubs and the media. He signed with numerous teams, including prominent Brazilia...

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Kate discusses what to watch this week including Trainwreck: The Astroworld Tragedy (Netflix), The Quiz with Balls (Fox), Summer House Reunion (Bravo), and Love Island USA (Peacock). 

  

  

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Kate and Jess Rothschild met many years ago as fellow podcasters covering Bravo shows. Jess produces and hosts the LGBT pop iconography podcast Hot Takes & Deep Dives where she interviews comedians, writers, TV showrunners, actors and reality TV personalities, and is the creator, executive producer and narrator of Finding Fire Island podcast. 

  

Her new podcast series is Cult of Body & Soul, a 7-part ...

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David Weinstein, litigator with Jones Walker, returns to break down the latest developments in the Sean Combs trial. 

  

Kate also recaps the newest drama unfolding on The Valley and Summer House this week on Bravo. 

  

  

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Pee-Wee As Himself is an HBO Max two-part documentary exploring the life and career of Paul Reubens, known for his character Pee-wee Herman. 

  

Directed by Matt Wolf, Pee-wee as Himself is constructed around over 40 hours of candid interviews with Reubens, conducted before his passing in 2023. The film delves into his early influences in circus and avant-garde theater, his meteoric rise with Pee-wee’s Playhou...

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Anthony Gonzales, director of Sneaky Links: Dating After Dark is a provocative new reality dating series exploring the complexities of modern "situationships" through a unique social experiment. 

  

Anthony Gonzales directs television the way a visionary chef approaches classic cuisine: respectful of tradition, yet daring enough to improvise. His productions—Perfect Match, Prank Encounters, Big Brother, Killer...

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An interview with Rich Cohen, author of Murder in the Dollhouse: The Jennifer Dulos Story. Jennifer Dulos, a beautiful, rich suburban mother who dropped her kids off at the New Canaan Country School one morning and vanished. Her body has never been found. 

 

Dulos was in the midst of an ugly divorce―one of the most contentious in Connecticut state history. The couple, a beautiful, highly connected pair, met at Brow...

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