Episode #81: Scary Island

Saddle up your camels, we're heading on a two-part trip to Morocco! This week we talk vocal stims, Cindy Barshop, psychics, the return of Flop Alex, hangers, saving seats, Jill's gay husband, The Blondes, speaking French, and camels. Ya habibi!Morocco Recap: 11:00ishInstagram.com/HousewivesArchives

Pack your bikinis girls because this week we're heading to Spooky Island! We discuss spray tans, chain necklaces, playing devil's advocate, sexuality, Kelly's photoshoot, cooks v chefs, kabuki, Al Sharpton, and Jill's vacation crashing. There's been enough drama...Instagram.com/HousewivesArchives

Ah, Ladies of London: it was a cult classic that came and went, was largely ignored, eventually rebooted, and promptly canned again. Basically, it's a perfect subject for The Housewives Archives. This week we discuss etiquette, "British humor", gays on Bravo, being "creepy", pink walkie-talkies, The Tragedie of Martha and Daddy's Fez, and Alex McCord.LoL discussion: 15:30ishInstagram.com/HousewivesArchives

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