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.

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November 22, 2025 37 mins

Nicole Paggi is an actress whose career has spanned drama, sitcoms, and daytime television. Nicole began her journey just outside Austin, Texas, later training in both Los Angeles and New York while earning her degree in Business Administration and Marketing from Texas State University. She broke out early with roles on the Fox drama Pasadena, followed by her turn as Sydney Shanowski on the ABC comedy Hope & Faith, and...

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Kate discusses the season premiere of Southern Charm on Bravo. 

  

Matt Baumgarten, founder and creator of June Farms, an unscripted series now streaming on Amazon Prime Video. The series follows the operations of a large event-and-wedding venue set on a working farm in upstate New York.  Matt is as a detail-obsessed boss dealing with a young team of event staff whose personal lives sometimes collide with...

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Brian Moylan joins Kate to discuss behind the scenes of Bravocon, and this week’s episode of Real Housewives of Salt Lake City on Bravo. 

  

  

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November 19, 2025 73 mins

Nancy Salzman, former president and co-founder of Executive Success Programs (ESP), returns for the second part of her first-ever post-prison interview. After co-founding ESP with Keith Raniere in 1998, the company grew into the larger umbrella organization NXIVM—originally promoted as an elite personal development and leadership training community. 

  

In this second part of her conversation with Kate, Nancy ...

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November 18, 2025 70 mins

Nancy Salzman, former president of Executive Success Programs (ESP)—a company offering personal and professional development programs designed to help people discover, develop, and utilize more of their untapped potential—joins Kate for the first of a two-part conversation. In 1998, she and Keith Raniere co-founded ESP, which Raniere later expanded into the broader umbrella organization NXIVM. He presented NXIVM as an elit...

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Kate discusses what to watch this week including Southern Charm (Bravo), The Carman Family Deaths (Netflix), Chris Hemsworth: A Road Trip to Remember (National Geographic),  and Thoughts and Prayers (HBO and HBO Max). 

  

  

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Patricia Altschul, the “dowager countess” (The New York Times) of Bravo’s Southern Charm, reveals the exciting adventures of a storied life—from working as an academic and art dealer to her three marriages, to her star turn on the show—offering candid anecdotes, memorable bon mots, and exclusive tales of high society. She is the author of Eat, Drink, and Remarry. 

  

  

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Austin Victoria, one of the breakout stars of Netflix’s hit real estate reality series Selling the OC. Austin opens up about his journey from modeling and acting to selling luxury real estate on TV. 

  

  

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November 13, 2025 50 mins

Doug Herzog is the former President of Viacom’s Music and Entertainment Group, where he oversaw powerhouse networks including MTV, VH1, Logo TV, Comedy Central, TV Land, Palladia, and Spike, helping to define the voice of a generation. Starting his career as MTV’s News Director, he built the network’s influential news division before rising to President of MTV Productions, where he helped develop iconic programs such as Th...

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November 12, 2025 64 mins

Chris DeRosa joins Kate to discuss the Selling Sunset reunion on Netflix. 

  

  

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Brain Moylan joins Kate to discuss the Real Housewives of Orange County and Real Housewives of Salt Lake City on Bravo. 

  

  

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Kate discusses what to watch this week including Selling the OC (Netflix), The Marines (Netflix), Being Eddie (Netflix), and Caroline Flack: Search for the Truth (Hulu). 

  

  

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Kate first met Kelli O’Keefe Spears on the tennis court before either had children, and their kids were born just a month apart. Kelli was Kate’s first friend to pursue surrogacy. 

  

In this episode, Kelli shares her journey through multiple miscarriages, the emotional challenges that led her to surrogacy, and how she found her incredible surrogate. She also offers thoughtful advice for families considering t...

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Pedro Andrade, journalist and host, discusses his new HBO Max documentary series, Somewhat Familiar with Pedro Andrade — a powerful exploration of how love, family, and connection look around the world today. 

  

The series follows Pedro’s journey to fatherhood with his husband, Benjamin Thigpen, as they navigate the emotional and transformative process of surrogacy and welcome their daughter, Isabel. Across e...

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Kate discusses the murder of Robin Lawrence, a young mother found brutally killed in her Arlington, Virginia home — a case that baffled investigators for years. With no signs of forced entry and few clues to go on, the story twists through decades of unanswered questions until a DNA breakthrough finally points to an unexpected suspect. 

  

Kate also discusses Ben Stiller’s new Apple TV+ documentary, Meara &...

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November 5, 2025 48 mins

Kate is joined by reality TV producer and Fixing Famous People co-host Chris DeRosa to break down the first few episodes of the latest season of Selling Sunset on Netflix. 

  

Together, they discuss the ever-evolving dynamics inside the Oppenheim Group — from new agents trying to make their mark to long-standing rivalries reigniting.  

  

  

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Natalie Robehmed, host of CBC’s upcoming Uncovered series, Allison After NXIVM — premiering November 10. The series explores the extraordinary and unsettling journey of Allison Mack, the former Smallville actress who became a high-ranking member of NXIVM, the organization exposed as a dangerous cult, and later a convicted felon.

 

For this new season, Natalie gains exclusive acces...

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Kate discusses what to watch this week including Alex vs. Arod (HBO), Love + War (National Geographic), Hit It Hard (30 for 30) (ESPN), and Real Housewives of Orange County Reunion (Bravo). 

  

  

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Karen “Duff” Duffy, the former MTV VJ, actress, and bestselling author of Model Patient: My Life as an Incurable Wise-Ass, Backbone: Living with Chronic Pain Without Turning into One, and Wise Up: Irreverent Enlightenment from a Mother Who’s Been Through It. 

  

Duff opens up about her unforgettable years in the MTV spotlight, her Hollywood adventures (including Dumb and Dumber), and how her diagnosis with chr...

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October 31, 2025 45 mins

Kate is joined once again by reality TV producer and Fixing Famous People podcast co-host Chris DeRosa to break down the reunion episode of Love Is Blind: Denver on Netflix. 

  

  

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