Episodes

  • The White House Baby Boom & 'Tell Me Lies' S3
    Jan 29 2026
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    This week, we’re diving into two topics that, somehow, both involve evil Stephens who want women to have their babies for nefarious reasons: the recent wave of high-profile, propagandistic pregnancy announcements in the Trump White House, and the current season of the dark teen soap “Tell Me Lies.”

    First, we get into the MAGA baby boom. Over the past mo…

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    16 mins
  • 'Wine-Mom Gangs' Run Amok & 'LIB Germany' S2's Happy Endings
    Jan 22 2026
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    On this week’s episode of the Rich Text podcast, we’re tackling two totally disparate topics: the rage-fueled war on liberal white women and the end of “Love Is Blind Germany” season 2. Because, as we alway say… women contain multitudes.

    First, we dive into the right-wing ire being directed at white women who are ch…

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    14 mins
  • 'Toxic' Celeb Mom Groups, A Rant About The Golden Globes & LIB Germany E5-8
    Jan 15 2026
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    You know we had to come back and finish discussing the first drop from “Love Is Blind Germany” season 2, and we are doing that today! But first, we needed to unburden ourselves about a couple other Cultural Conversations: the Golden Globe Awards adding a Be…

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    16 mins
  • 'People We Meet On Vacation' Is A Standard Netflix Rom-Com
    Jan 12 2026
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    We have long been fans of the Emily Henry romance-novel universe. So when we heard that “People We Meet On Vacation” would be getting the movie treatment, we were unquestionably excited.

    “People We Meet On Vacation,” which was published in novel form in 2021 and dropped on Netflix in movie form on Jan. 9, follows polar oppos…

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    13 mins
  • 'LIB Germany' S2 E1-4: Epistolary Dumping
    Jan 9 2026
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    In 2026, the sun never sets on the “Love Is Blind” empire. With two US seasons a year, plus endlessly proliferating international spinoffs, there’s a new set of pod daters clamoring for our attention every time the last reunion has begun to fade from memory. And this month, we’re headed to Deutschland!

    “Love Is Blind Germany” season 2 has landed, and if…

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    16 mins
  • Reflecting On 2025 As We Enter 2026
    Jan 1 2026
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    2025 felt more like a lifetime than a year. Personally and globally, a lot happened in the last 12 months — much of it filled with darkness and despair, but also punctuated by bits of joy and light.

    To round out 2025 and welcome in 2026, we decided to sit down and tape a bit of a reflection. We discussed our highlights (Emma’s wedding…

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    10 mins
  • 'Heated Rivalry' Shoots And Scores Big With Its Season Finale
    Dec 26 2025
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    When I got screener access to the season finale of “Heated Rivalry,” aptly titled “The Cottage,” I knew that the holiday break simply couldn’t stand in the way of a conversation about the back half of the super-gay hockey show that has become a solid 75 percent of my personality.

    Unfortunately, Claire had to do things, like… spend time with family… and her children… and celebrate Christmas (fine, fine, fine), but as a Jew who found herself with some free time on her hands while in South Florida this week, duty called. Luckily, pop culture commentator Josh the RHONY Stan was game to watch the finale of the little Canadian show that has taken two nations by storm and hop on to chat all about it with me. We got into the overarching plot points of episodes 3-6, and then zoomed out to talk about the heated discourse that has surrounded “Heated Rivalry.” We laughed, we swooned, and we shared our hopes and dreams for the show’s second season.

    Hope you enjoy! (And please forgive any slight audio quality issues. I was recording this from the floor of a bedroom in my mother-in-law’s Boca Raton home. We all do our best over Christmastime.)

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    15 mins
  • 'Emily In Paris' S5 & The 'All's Fair' Finale
    Dec 19 2025
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    Happy holidays, y’all! Here are the presents you didn’t ask for: two staggeringly bad seasons of scripted TV.

    First, “Emily in Paris” is back, and this time she’s Emily in Rome, Emily Back in Paris, Emily in an American Embassy, Emily in Venice, and Emily Back in Paris Forever This Time. Emily is madly in love with …

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    17 mins