Melissa Rivers' Group Text Podcast

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Dance Moms are Back Aug 09, 2024

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“Dance Moms – A New Era” has premiered on Hulu and the drama is even more on pointe! Tammi Brudner and Domenica Plotczyk join me to talk about the camaraderie and rigorous training their junior-elite dance daughters (Audrey and Smiley) share under the tutelage of coach Glo Hampton. Domenica and Tammi explain maintaining dance-mom-friendships amidst competition and jealousies, protecting their kids in the cutthroat world of junior-elite dancing, and how being part of a troupe has helped their kids truly find their light.

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Kim Gravel is More Than Just a Pretty Face Aug 02, 2024

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I first met Kim Gravel through QVC’s “Age of Possibility” campaign, which celebrates women over 50 by creating a community that helps us face what comes next in our lives. Kim has a terrific podcast of her own, “The Kim Gravel Show,” two bestselling brands on QVC – Belle apparel and Belle Beauty – as well as a wonderful book entitled, “Creating Confidence.” She talks to me about building a successful business from the ground up, the importance of her faith in achieving her goals, and competing as a Miss America contestant back in the early 90s.

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MRGT x BTVR Reality Round-Up July 2024 Jul 31, 2024

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In the latest episode of Melissa Rivers Group Text, I team up with David Yontef from Behind the Velvet Rope for our monthly reality roundup. We dive into the excitement of the Paris Olympics, where celebrities like Celine Dion, Ariana Grande, Tom Cruise, and Snoop Dogg are making headlines with their appearances and performances. We also discuss Jennifer Lopez's summer in the Hamptons, her birthday bash, and her struggles with paparazzi. On the Real Housewives of New Jersey front, we explore the rumors of a major rebranding and what it means for longtime cast members. Tune in for all this and more from the world of reality TV!

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Olympics Preview with Summer Sanders and Carli Lloyd Jul 26, 2024

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As the summer games get underway in Paris, and all eyes are on the City of Lights, gold-medalists Summer Sanders and Carli Lloyd join me to talk about all things Olympics. Carli, a four-time soccer competitor (in Beijing, London, Rio, and Tokyo) and Summer, who swam in Barcelona in 1992, discuss what they’re most excited for this time around, the toll that competing on the world stage takes on Olympians’ mental health, fashion hits and misses over the years, and the unboxing videos that are captivating social media users everywhere.

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Gary Vider and the Con Man in the Family Jul 19, 2024

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Growing up with a grifter for a father had its challenges…and maybe even some perks. Just ask comedian Gary Vider, whose new true-crime podcast, “#1 Dad” (new episodes released every Monday on the I Heart Radio app) chronicles his quest to reconnect with his con artist father, Manny Vider, whose schemes and antics span over four decades. Now a father and a husband himself, Gary reflects on the lies his father involved him in, which tore his family apart, including posing as a Sports Illustrated Kids reporter to get into Rangers and Knicks games for free and the morning U.S. Marshals raided his family’s home looking for his dad, prompting Gary and Manny’s 24-year estrangement.

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Mastermind: To Think Like a Killer Jul 12, 2024

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Dr. Ann Burgess is the subject of Director Abigail Fuller’s “Mastermind: To Think Like a Killer” (now streaming on Hulu), and both women join me to discuss their intriguing new true-crime docuseries. In the late 1960s, Dr. Burgess pioneered the use of profiling along with the FBI’s Division of Behavioral Sciences. Her research helped the bureau catch some of the most notorious serial killers and rapists in the country despite intense skepticism of the fledgling practice. The two discuss the evolution of victims’ rights, Dr. Burgess’s experience as a woman in a field made up entirely of men, and how her formal training and years of being a nurse informed this novel approach to criminology and interrogation.

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Tracy Tutor is Selling Dreams Jul 05, 2024

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Selling high-end luxury real estate may not have been Tracy Tutor’s Plan A, but as she shows us on “Million Dollar Listing – Los Angeles” (new episodes air every week starting July 10th on Bravo), the hustle pays off. As the show begins its 15th season, Tracy talks about the ups and downs of working with people you love (fellow agents Josh Altman and Josh Flagg), marketing yourself to clients in order to close the deal, weathering a volatile real estate market, and how her desire for financial independence fueled her quest for career success.

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MRGT x BTVR Reality Round-Up June 2024 Jun 26, 2024

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In this crossover episode of MRGT x BTVR, Melissa Rivers and David Yontef from Behind the Velvet Rope return for their monthly reality roundup. They dive into the potential reboot of RHONJ and the rumors about Teresa's job amid low ratings. David shares exclusive details about Justin Timberlake's DWI arrest in Sag Harbor and how it skyrocketed one of Britney Spears’ old songs up the charts. The duo discusses Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck’s rumored divorce. They also touch on Travis and Taylor's deepening relationship, highlighted by Travis's on-stage appearance at her London Eras tour concert. Tune in—you don’t want to miss this episode!

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A “Conversation” with Amanda de Cadenet Jun 21, 2024

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90s “It Girl” and “Wild Child” Amanda de Cadenet made a name for herself by being sentenced to juvenile detention, hosting a talk show at age 15, marrying a pop star before she was old enough to order a drink, and the youngest photographer ever to shoot a Vogue cover. She is the host of the podcast, “The Conversation with Amanda de Cadenet,” and the founder of Girlgaze, a networking platform dedicated to helping women and non-binary individuals. Amanda is a totally open book, and she discusses letting her curiosity be her guide, being raised by her race-car-driving father, becoming an influencer before there was even such a term, and stepping outside of her social-media algorithm.

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Chelsea Devantez Tells Us Everything Jun 14, 2024

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Writer and comedian Chelsea Devantez took a unique approach in writing her funny and honest new book, I Shouldn’t Be Telling You This: She started off with her most difficult story and promised readers that things will get better and funnier as they go along. Chelsea talks with me about how she landed the job of head writer on “The Problem with Jon Stewart,” the daily affirmations she uses every morning, her love of celebrity memoirs (the trashier the better), and finding comedy and peace in the wake of domestic violence.

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