#70: The Real Housewives of DC

She's pint-sized, baptized, and highly-prized. Tamra Judge is the Housewife who saw the dramatic potential of The Real Housewives before even Bravo did and single-handedly changed the landscape of reality television forever. We talk Housewives as Producers, Gretchen Rossi, Bass Lake, Naked Wasted, Simon Barney, Bali, Heather Dubrow, The Tres Amigas, Brooks, her seismic firing and subsequent return to the show with mixed results...Tamra Discussion: 11:00ishInstagram.com/HousewivesArchives

This week, we cover The Real Housewives' younger, sexier, more pious Gen Z cousin: The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives. We talk TikTok, Fruity Pebbles, editing, pregnancy test roulette, cringe, and a bunch of other stuff we definitely remember about this show.SLOMW Discussion: 12:00ishInstagram.com/HousewivesArchives

This week we cover Beverly Hills' most recent fallen soldier and perennial fan favourite: Garcelle Beauvais. We talk the context of Garcelle's introduction, being RHOBH's first black cast member, the vocabularly of Housewives, her alliance with Sutton, her rivalry with Dorit, villainy and popularity, her Reunion swan song, and the potentially disastrous ramifications of her exit.Instagram.com/Housewives Archives

It's almost Halloween and what scarier topic to discuss than the veritably Southern Gothic Sutton Stracke. A haunted porcelain doll in stature and spirit, we discuss the Tennessee Williamsian anti-heroine's best bits: her aggressive face-rollering, ugly leather pants, her vampiric familiar Avi, her frenemyship with Crystal, her alliance with Garcelle, her complicated dynamic with the Fox Force Five and the terrifying matriarch that is Reba.Sutton Discussion: 12:00ishInstagram.com/HousewivesArchives

We've come out of retirement to deconstruct the most recent season of The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills. This week, we discuss Kyle and Mauricio, Morgan Wade, Dorit v Garcelle, Sutton's esophagus, and Kathy's mob boss appearance at the Reunion. Instagram.com/HousewivesArchives

Merry Christmas everyone! Dorinda's here to make it nice and she's even brought Santa (her sister, Melinda, in drag) with her! This week, we talk Bluestone Manor, Christmas, Gothicism, Richard, death and grieving, alcohol, anger, and John Mahdessian. Plus, we give some thoughts on Beverly Hills and UGT and briefly reminisce over our favorite Bravo Christmas moments. UGT Recap: 1:30ish Dorinda Discussion (I): 8:00ish RHOBH: 35:45ish Dorinda Discussion (II): 40:00ish Instagram.com/HousewivesArchives

This week, we're heading south of the equator to discuss another international spin-off from yesteryear: the truly batshit first season of Real Housewives of Sydney. We talk its trio of villains: Victoria, Lisa and Athena X, fighting, divorce, nearly drowning at sea, past life regression therapy, long-lost sisters, The Boar, flying economy, Captain Eyebrows, the Pot Plant in the Room, Chewbacca, and of course, Lizzie Buttrose. RHOSydney Discussion: 12:00ish Instagram.com/HousewivesArchives

Crack open the champagne, because Heather's here to tell us all to stop being so silly! This week, we talk Heather's illustrious acting career, her home, being "the sensible one", Terry, pretentiousness, condescension, villainy, her Sushi dinner meltdown, and her feuds with Kelly, Shannon, Noella, and Tamra. RHONY Discussion: 4:30ish Heather Dubrow: 10:00ish Instagram.com/HousewivesArchives

This week, we discuss the new crop of Housewives replacing the mad Upper East Siders we came to know and love. We talk aspiration, fashion, trauma, cheese, flirting, Anguilla, and crying. Lots of it. RHONY Discussion: 10:45ish RHOBH Discussion: 46:00ish Instagram.com/HousewivesArchives

Forgotten to the annals of Housewives history, we blow away the dust and open up the chronicle to recount the story of Bravo's biggest blunder: The Real Housewives of DC. We talk politics, gay marriage, race relations, Michaele and Tareq Salahi, cheerleading, the Oasis Winery, crashing the White House State Dinner, and a farcical congressional hearing... Instagram.com/HousewivesArchives