Episodes

  • 'Heated Rivalry' & 'The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives' S3 Reunion
    Dec 4 2025
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    On this week’s Rich Text podcast, we’re talking about a spicy new television show, and a “Secret Lives of Mormon Wives” reunion special that dangled the possibility of spice and instead fed us white bread.

    First, we get into “Heated Rivalry,” a Canadian sports romance show that has broken out into the mainstream since…

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    14 mins
  • The Nuzzi Affair(s), 'Selling The O.C.' S4 And 'All's Fair'
    Nov 24 2025
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    It was a big week for vampy girlbosses with flawless blowouts and questionable politics.

    Olivia Nuzzi, the wunderkind politics reporter who left NYMag in disgrace when her digital affair with her source and then-presidential candidate RFK Jr. became public, has returned with not only a plum gig at Vanity Fai…

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    14 mins
  • 'Secret Lives of Mormon Wives' S3 Eps. 6-10: MomTok Intervention
    Nov 17 2025
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    In this episode, we’re tackling the back half of season 3 of “The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives,” episodes 6-10. (If you missed our earlier coverage, here it is!) And, unfortunately, much of this half of the season is spent parsing assault allegations made by Demi against “Vanderpump Villa’s” Marciano. We tried to approach this as sensitively and thoughtfully as possible, but, as always, please listen with care.

    But we promise this episode isn’t all doom and gloom! We also get to talk about Whitney’s rise from the social ashes, Stagecoach fuckery (if you’ve watched “Bachelor In Paradise,” you know that a Stagecoach hookup is never a good idea), and the final nail in the Taylor and Dakota relationship coffin. We hope you enjoy! (As much as possible, given the subject matter.)

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    9 mins
  • 'Secret Lives of Mormon Wives' S3 Eps. 1-5: Sex Lies And Scripted Parts
    Nov 13 2025
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    Season 3 of “The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives” is back, and it’s full of the juicy answers we’ve been waiting for: Did Jessi have an affair with slimy “Vanderpump Villa” star Marciano? Did Demi have an affair with slimy “Vanderpump Villa” star Marciano? Is Whitney still in MomTok? Did Jen and Zac Affleck fix their crumbling mar…

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    15 mins
  • A Blue Wave, 'West End Girl,' And The 'Selling Sunset' Reunion
    Nov 7 2025
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    For this week’s episode, we’re trying something a little different: a grab bag! We had three topics we wanted to cover — our reactions to this week’s elections, Lily Allen’s buzzy divorce album, and the deeply unpleasant “Selling Sunset” S9 reunion —…

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    15 mins
  • 'Selling Sunset' S9 Gets Messy And Messier
    Oct 31 2025
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    Our favorite stiletto-wearing, drama-producing, luxury real estate agents are back, baby! Season 9 of “Selling Sunset” premiered on Netflix on Oct. 29., and it faces the difficult task of balancing petty grievances between modelesque agents at The Oppenheim Group with a genuine mass tragedy — the 2025 Los Angeles Wildfires.

    The first few episodes of the …

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    13 mins
  • 'Nobody Wants This' S2 Feels Like A Retread
    Oct 25 2025
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    The first season of “Nobody Wants This” was, fortunately for a show with that title, a smash hit. Based on the life of show creator Erin Foster, who converted to Judaism for her now-husband, the show followed the unlikely interfaith love story between unfiltered podcaster Joanne (Kristin Bell) and hot rabbi Noah (nerdy millennial women’s fantasy boyfriend Adam Brody).

    Recapturing the magic of Joanne and Noah’s meet-cute is a tall order for season 2. And while the season does get a lot right — fleshing out some of the ensemble characters, exploring a flaw or two in the almost too-perfect Noah — it seems to have been too tall of an order to fulfill. “Nobody Wants This” spends the entire season taking us in what feels like a perfect circle, rehashing the same fundamental conflict between Noah and Joanne: she doesn’t want to convert, and if she doesn’t, being in a relationship with her is damaging to his rabbinical reputation.

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    14 mins
  • Diane Keaton Forever
    Oct 17 2025
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    Diane Keaton was one of those rare public figures who seemed to collapse the space between celebrity and the rest of us. She was relatable, ethereal, warm, effervescent. She was magic in corporeal form.

    That’s probably why for so many of us the news of her passing hit especially hard. Maybe you first met her as the unbearabl…

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    12 mins