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Claire Fallon and Emma Gray obsessively analyze our cultural obsessions, from fashion trends to books to the buzziest TV shows. patreon.com/claireandemma

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14:06

'Heated Rivalry' & 'The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives'...

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2025/12/04

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit claireandemma.substack.comOn 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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14:07

The Nuzzi Affair(s), 'Selling The O.C.' S4 And 'All's...

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2025/11/24

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit claireandemma.substack.comIt 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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'Secret Lives of Mormon Wives' S3 Eps. 6-10: MomTok...

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2025/11/17

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit claireandemma.substack.comIn 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

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15:19

'Secret Lives of Mormon Wives' S3 Eps. 1-5: Sex Lies...

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2025/11/13

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit claireandemma.substack.comSeason 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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15:07

A Blue Wave, 'West End Girl,' And The 'Selling...

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2025/11/07

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit claireandemma.substack.comFor 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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13:16

'Selling Sunset' S9 Gets Messy And Messier

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2025/10/31

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit claireandemma.substack.comOur 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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13:53

'Nobody Wants This' S2 Feels Like A Retread

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2025/10/25

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit claireandemma.substack.comThe 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

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12:12

Diane Keaton Forever

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2025/10/17

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit claireandemma.substack.comDiane 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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17:35

Taylor Swift Is The Ultimate Influencer

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2025/10/10

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit claireandemma.substack.comJust when you thought she hadn’t even left yet, Taylor Swift is back again with yet another album, complete with a color-based theme (orange), theatrically released music video, and multiple vinyl variants: “The Life of a Showgirl," which dropped October 3rd.We listened to the album a few (dozen) times, read a few (dozen) reviews and takes, and went through a few (dozen) changes of heart about the songs before

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11:42

'Love Is Blind France' Makes Bluntness Chic

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2025/10/03

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit claireandemma.substack.comOne of the most fascinating things about watching different editions of “Love Is Blind,” is tracking the regionally-specific cultural differences. In Denver, the U.S. season currently airing, we have biohacking and tech-enabled wellness clubs used as foreplay. In France, we have unfiltered bluntness. Who knew it was possible…

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14:21

'The Summer I Turned Pretty' Officially Resolved Its...

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2025/09/19

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit claireandemma.substack.comThe shippers can finally lay down their swords, because as we always knew they would, Team Bonrad has emerged victorious. On Wednesday, the finale of hit teen romance show “The Summer I Turned Pretty” dropped. Fans got to watch Conrad show up in Paris and yearn for Belly all over the city. Their reunion culminates in a v…

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'The Wrong Paris' Is Here For The Wrong Reasons

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2025/09/12

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit claireandemma.substack.comAs professional reality dating show viewers, we were feverish with excitement to watch Netflix’s new rom-com “The Wrong Paris” (brought to you by the director of Lindsay Lohan vehicles “Irish Wish” and “Falling for Christmas).In this episode, we recap the whole movie, try not to get too distracted by the obvious production missteps of the “Honey Pot” crew, and laugh a lot. Maybe this wasn’t “The Wrong Paris” for

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12:42

Saying Farewell To 'And Just Like That...'

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2025/09/08

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit claireandemma.substack.comThe Women sat at their iced-coffee-covered desks, staring into the vast beyond of their computer screens. They couldn’t help but wonder… what did they just watch for the better part of 12 hours, on and off for the last handful of months?The answer is, of course, the final season of “And Just Like That…” The “Sex and the City” sequel…

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13:53

'Love Is Blind UK' S2 Reunion: Let Us Eat Cake

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2025/09/01

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit claireandemma.substack.comThe “Love Is Blind” season 2 reunion landed on Sunday afternoon, and it landed with the force and spectacle of a grand piano pushed out of a tenth-story window. The proverbial ink had barely dried on our glowing recap of last week’s finale — the 10/10 perfect couples, the happy surprise of Billy and Ashleigh — when all our starry visions of marital bliss were extinguished. Well, not all. (There are one or two

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'Love Is Blind UK' S2 Finale: Four Weddings & A Drag...

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2025/08/30

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit claireandemma.substack.comThe two-part “Love Is Blind UK” finale dropped this week, and despite the usual dull spots — wedding dress and suit shopping scenes that could have been a mood board, by-the-book stag and hen do activities, all the standard trimmings of a wedding day — we were rapt. This season ended as all the best seasons do: Some drama, …

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'Are You My First?' Embraces The Virginity Fetish

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2025/08/25

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit claireandemma.substack.com“Are You My First?”, a reality dating show that dropped on Hulu last week, was clearly designed to be provocative. Well before it premiered, it drew controversy for its choice of hosts: reality and podcast personality Kaitlyn Bristowe shares the honor with Colton Underwood, a public figure most famous for being a virgin when he starr…

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'Love Is Blind UK' S2 E5-8: The Drama Heats Up

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2025/08/21

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit claireandemma.substack.comLast episode, we were wondering whether this season of “Love Is Blind UK” would be able to recapture the glory of the first. It all just seemed a little… dull. This week, we’re eating our words. We have besties! We have enemies! We have a genuinely riveting Pod Squad mixer! In episodes 5-8, we watch the five engaged couples …

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'Love Is Blind UK' S2 Takes Us Back Across The Pond

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2025/08/15

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit claireandemma.substack.comIf anyone tries to tell you that reality television isn’t full of culture, tell them to watch the first drop of “Love Is Blind UK” season 2. Not only does it provide an American audience with a crash course in a wide array of British accents and terminology, but viewers can also learn about the grift of “human design” — and perhaps most importantly, “sp…

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15:47

The 'Love Island' Universe Is In Pieces

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2025/08/08

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit claireandemma.substack.com“Love Island” and “Love Island: Beyond the Villa” may have wrapped their latest seasons, but if anything the drama has only gotten more explosive — and unsettling — off-camera. In this episode, we discuss how the JaNa and Kenny breakup unfolded and dig into the rumored reason for the breakup, based on public statements by JaNa and her friends. We also get into the perils of insincere men on reality dating shows,

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13:13

'The Hunting Wives' Is A Sexy Soap For Our...

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2025/08/02

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit claireandemma.substack.com“The Hunting Wives” is one of those rare shows where nothing makes much sense, but it still somehow works. Thanks to her very middling husband, coastal liberal Sophie O’Neill (Brittany Snow) gets dropped into the gun-toting world of East Texas socialites, led by Queen Bee Margo Banks (Malin Åkerman). Longing glances are exc…

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