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Reality Test

Dr. Kay and Dr. Ray

Two Psych Doctors Spill the Tea on Mental Health Concepts & Presentations Shown in your Fave RealiTV Shows! Ever find yourself wanting to debrief that reality tv episode with your therapist? Or maybe you"ve wanted to ask them questions about something you"ve learned from the reality tv interactions, castmates, or news cycle?Come debrief with two licensed psychologists as they explore what we can all learn about ourselves, our relationships, and our society from our fave reality television shows

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00:34:27

Casa Amor Chaos: Friendships and Betrayals Unraveled!...

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2025/07/03

This is an excerpt from the video episode, with the full video found on our Reality Test Patreon. The full audio is available wherever you get your podcasts (links at the bottom)!Dr.s Kay and Ray are back together in person, diving deep into the latest drama from Love Island! They unpack the betrayal of Jeremiah's exit, Nic's questionable motives, and the dynamics among the cast members that have everyone talking, as the newest model of Casa Amor took off & ended in short succession

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01:07:55

A Brand New Casa Amor Opens + Closes! | Love Island...

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2025/06/30

Dr.s Kay and Ray come together IN PERSON this week to assign superlatives to the cast of Love Island USA from the Casa Amor week of Season 7! Shorter than ever before, 3-day Casa Amor included recouplings, (un)dumpings, and new castmate power! By immediately leaving one OG vulnerable, all OGs were forced to connect with new Casa castmates to keep their spots on the show. Using the 8 awards Dr.s Kay & Ray give during awards episodes, each share whom they felt were the most cringe, most

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00:26:23

Love, Drama, & Hudamaiah Island | VIDEO EXCERPT |...

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2025/06/25

This is an excerpt of the video episode 95, with the FULL VIDEO found here, on our Reality Test Patreon.The FULL AUDIO is wherever you get your pods, including AppleSpotify& YouTubeDr.s Kay and Ray assign superlatives to the cast of Love Island USA from the first three weeks of season 7! Using the 8 awards they give during awards episodes, Dr.s Kay & Ray each share whom they felt were the most cringe, most patriarchal (TestosterBONED award!), most grown, and much more across various moments

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01:04:38

Love, Drama, & Hudamaiah Island | Love Island USA |...

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2025/06/23

Dr.s Kay and Ray assign superlatives to the cast of Love Island USA from the first three weeks of season 7! Using the 8 awards they give during awards episodes, Dr.s Kay & Ray each share whom they felt were the most cringe, most patriarchal (TestosterBONED award!), most grown, and much more across various moments of love, drama, and Hudamaiah (among other couplings) from episodes 1-17. They agree on the last award–do you agree with them? Which couples have been your favorites? Which castmates

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00:28:59

Apologies found Lacking & Sexism found in Abundance |...

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2025/06/20

This is a video excerpt of the full episode, with the full audio found here: on Spotifyon Appleon YoutubeAnd the full video episode (minus the first 20mins we neglected to video record!), found on Patreon.Dr.s Kay and Ray recap and discuss both parts of the Summer House season 9 reunion. From Ciara’s vulnerable and heartfelt sharing, to the Lexi & Solomon (in matching outfits!) of it all, an abundance of sexism and a stark lacking of apologies were evident throughout. Which apologies did you

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01:18:43

Apologies found Lacking & Sexism found in Abundance |...

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2025/06/17

Dr.s Kay and Ray recap and discuss both parts of the Summer House season 9 reunion. From Ciara’s vulnerable and heartfelt sharing, to the Lexi & Solomon (in matching outfits!) of it all, an abundance of sexism and a stark lacking of apologies were evident throughout. Which apologies did you find to be lacking? Which moments did you find to be sexist or patriarchal? Let’s just say Dr.s Kay & Ray had more than 2 examples of “sociopolitical content” when applying their six segments to the

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00:16:15

Toxic Relationship, Allyship, & a Feminist Leadership...

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2025/05/29

This is the video excerpt of episode 93, and the full video is on Patreon.com/RealityTestThe full audio is wherever you get your pods, including Apple & Spotify. Dr.s Kay and Ray dole out their 8 awards to any reality television shows they watched in the months of April & May, 2025: The Valley, Summer House, Real Housewives of Beverly Hills, Southern Charm, Below Deck Sailing Yacht, and, on Netflix, Battle Camp and Million Dollar Secret. If you haven’t heard of Netflix’s shows, Battle Camp

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00:39:37

Toxic Relationship, Allyship, & a Feminist Leadership...

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2025/05/27

Dr.s Kay and Ray dole out their 8 awards to any reality television shows they watched in the months of April & (half of) May, 2025: The Valley, Summer House, Real Housewives of Beverly Hills, Southern Charm, Below Deck Sailing Yacht, and, on Netflix, Battle Camp and Million Dollar Secret. If you haven’t heard of Netflix’s shows, Battle Camp & Million Dollar Secret, they each offer a new premise for challenge-focused reality television–the former a mix between The Challenge and Perfect Match,

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00:19:33

Toegate, Anxiety, & Fetishization in The Hamptons! |...

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2025/05/21

This is the video excerpt of episode 92. Find the full video at Patreon.com/RealityTest & the full audio wherever you get your pods.Dr.s Kay and Ray discuss the themes from the latest season of Summer House! From the Jesse Solomon & Toegate of it all to the Imrul & Houseguests of it all, and everywhere in between, Dr.s Kay and Ray discuss their reactions, what society is learning, and how they would change the treatment of the castmates of

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00:47:01

Toegate, Anxiety, & Fetishization in The Hamptons! |...

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2025/05/19

Dr.s Kay and Ray discuss the themes from the latest season of Summer House! From the Jesse Solomon & Toegate of it all to the Imrul & Houseguests of it all, and everywhere in between, Dr.s Kay and Ray discuss their reactions, what society is learning, and how they would change the treatment of the castmates of color. -------------------------------------------------------------------Listeners! Come visit the Patreon for free at⁠⁠ ⁠patreon.com/RealityTest⁠⁠⁠ & check out some of the

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00:22:59

Self-Confident Garcelle & Self-Concerned Sutton! |...

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2025/05/15

Dr.s Kay and Ray discuss the third part of the reunion of The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills, season 14. Garcelle’s self-confidence to quit the show is well-founded and impressive, whereas Sutton’s lack of true concern for Garcelle or for being an ally is tough to watch. -------------------------------------------------------------------Listeners! Come visit the Patreon for free at⁠⁠ ⁠patreon.com/RealityTest⁠⁠⁠ & check out some of the benefits of a free membership & the paid

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01:22:29

Self-Confident Garcelle & Self-Concerned Sutton! |...

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2025/05/12

Dr.s Kay and Ray discuss the third part of the reunion of The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills, season 14. Garcelle’s self-confidence to quit the show is well-founded and impressive, whereas Sutton’s lack of true concern for Garcelle or for being an ally is tough to watch. -------------------------------------------------------------------Listeners! Come visit the Patreon for free at⁠⁠ ⁠patreon.com/RealityTest⁠⁠⁠ & check out some of the benefits of a free membership & the paid

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01:19:54

Garcelle is Right! | RHOBH Reunion Parts 1&2 | Season...

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2025/05/06

Dr.s Kay and Ray discuss the first two parts of the reunion of The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills, season 14. Dr. Kay starts her theory for why Garcelle was so upset, on top of the historical racist mistreatment of her on the show. From the Kyle & Dorit to the Sutton & Dorit to the Garcelle & Dorit of it all, here she comes! Here she comes.-------------------------------------------------------------------Listeners! Come visit the Patreon for free at⁠⁠ ⁠patreon.com/RealityTest⁠⁠⁠ &

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00:23:40

White Lotus TOP 5 Moments | FULL VIDEO | White Lotus...

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2025/05/04

Dr.s Kay and Ray share their separate top 5 moments from season 3 of White Lotus, without having previously discussed–while there was some overlapping concepts, the 10 moments ended up being (almost entirely) unique! What were your top 5 (or top 10!) moments of this season? Any overlaps with Dr. Kay’s & Dr. Ray’s? -------------------------------------------------------------------Listeners! Come visit the Patreon for free at⁠⁠ ⁠patreon.com/RealityTest⁠⁠⁠ & check out some of the benefits of a

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00:24:37

White Lotus TOP 5 Moments | White Lotus Season 3 ::} 089

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2025/04/28

Dr.s Kay and Ray share their separate top 5 moments from the whole season 3 of White Lotus, without having previously discussed. While there were some overlapping concepts, the top 10 moments ended up being (almost entirely) unique! What were your top 5 (or top 10!) moments of this season? Any overlaps with Dr. Kay’s & Dr. Ray’s? -------------------------------------------------------------------Listeners! Come visit the Patreon for free at⁠⁠ ⁠patreon.com/RealityTest⁠⁠⁠ & check out some of

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00:36:10

White Lotus Water, Rebirth, & Endings | VIDEO EXCERPT...

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2025/04/28

This is a video excerpt of episode 88. The full video is on patreon.com/RealityTest! And the full audio is wherever you get your podcasts!Dr.s Kay and Ray discuss the second half of The White Lotus season 3 finale! They finish discussing the resolutions reached by the end of the finale, including around the murders that the season started with. Various metaphors and spiritual references are discussed, as well as various uses of water imagery.What was your favorite metaphor or reference Mike White

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00:44:01

White Lotus Water, Rebirth, & Endings | White Lotus...

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2025/04/21

Dr.s Kay and Ray discuss the second half of The White Lotus season 3 finale! They finish discussing the resolutions reached by the end of the finale, including around the murders that the season started with. Various metaphors and spiritual references are discussed, as well as various uses of water imagery.What was your favorite metaphor or reference Mike White fashioned this season?-------------------------------------------------------------------Listeners! Come visit the Patreon for free at⁠⁠

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00:30:58

White Lotus Spirituality, Resolution, & Parker?...

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2025/04/18

This is a video excerpt of episode 87, also found on YouTube.The full video is on ⁠Patreon⁠FULL AUDIO on Apple & SpotifyDr.s Kay and Ray discuss the first half of The White Lotus season 3 finale! They explore Mike White's stated theme of spirituality, psychological concepts that came up, and where resolution was found.Dr. Ray points out a potential moment of implicit racism in the direction (or production/editing?), and both hosts discuss the connection between spirituality and community

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01:14:44

White Lotus Spirituality, Resolution, & Parker?...

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2025/04/14

Dr.s Kay and Ray discuss the first half of The White Lotus season 3 finale! They explore Mike White's stated theme of spirituality, psychological concepts that came up, and where resolution was found.Dr. Ray points out a potential moment of implicit racism in the direction (or production/editing?), and both hosts discuss the connection between spirituality and community orientation. They also discuss the opening message from the monk and its connection to comfort with ambiguity vs. the need for

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00:32:09

Do this, but don’t do that, when in the Pods | VIDEO...

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2025/04/11

This is an excerpt of the video version of episode 86!Video Excerpt also found on YouTube: https://youtu.be/w3kPr7hZNoUAnd on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/posts/do-this-but-dont-126422016For the full video, visit our Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/posts/video-episode-86-126423642For the full audio: https://open.spotify.com/episode/0hQ2SdZzJ2z1G1EfXHkYZd?si=Sq2hxKe1RMSWKKfDcf5lZgOr on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/posts/do-this-but-dont-126225949Or on YouTube:

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