Melissa Rivers' Group Text Podcast

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Gina Kirschenheiter on the Real Housewives of Orange County Aug 08, 2025

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An OG from the Real Housewives of Orange County (new episodes Thursdays at 9pm on Bravo and streaming the next day on Peacock), Gina Kirschenheiter has been on many journeys during her time on the show. Whether bringing her NY bravado to the OC, or forging a path toward sobriety after feeling a lack of control, Gina lives her life without artifice. She talks to me about the current season of “RHOC,” her first time filming with her castmates, and which fellow housewife she pissed off right from the start.

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Up Close and Personal with Eric Roberts Aug 01, 2025

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The multi-talented Eric Roberts has amassed over seven hundred acting credits thanks to a career than spans close to five decades. Eric joins me to chat about his memoir Runaway Train: or, The Story of My Life So Far, which highlights his long-lasting career, as well as his very public battle with substance abuse. Eric tells me why he considered Oscar-winner Robin Williams an “older brother,” who he wants to share the screen with again, and that apology-heard-around-the-world and whether he’s heard a response yet.

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Julie Chen Moonves is Back in the “Big Brother” House Jul 25, 2025

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Season 27 of the hit reality competition show, “Big Brother – Hotel Mystere,” is underway and the twists and turns are like nothing we’ve seen before. Host Julie Chen Moonves breaks down the dramatic challenges the housemates have to face this season; discusses how “Big Brother” has resulted in more competitor marriages than “The Bachelor”; talks about the most common mistakes the players make, and reveals how CBS made her an offer she couldn’t refuse.

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Elisa Donovan on “Clueless” turning 30 Jul 18, 2025

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When actress Elisa Donovan landed the part of Amber, the Beverly Hills fashionista, in “Clueless,” it was her first feature film role. Thirty years later, Elisa joins me to talk about her experience making the now-classic teen comedy and why it’s had such staying power. We discuss the magical chemistry between the costars; how wardrobe breathed life and depth into her character; director Amy Heckerling’s keen eye and kindness on set, and how the movie rewrote the rules on what you could do in a comedy. Oh, and her now-husband had never seen “Clueless” when they first met!

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Aimee Leone and Jenn Hildreth are Two “Tough Mothers” Jul 11, 2025

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Jenn Hildreth and Aimee Leone have conducted and compiled hours of interviews with women who juggle motherhood with being professional athletes and sports executives in their new book, Tough as a Mother: Women in Sports, Working Moms, and Shared Traits that Empower us All. These dynamic women join me to discuss the power in sharing one’s own story in order to help others grow; the correlation between being ultra-competitors and everyday moms; the “nine tenets” of tough motherhood, and how “having it all” looks different for everybody.

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Lisa Hochstein Turns Up the Heat in the 305 Jul 02, 2025

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Accusations fly, friendships are tested and jet setting across the globe are just some of the storylines that we can expect to see on season 7 of the "Real Housewives of Miami”. Bravolebrity Lisa Hochstein shares her insights on the highly anticipated season that also includes sharing a roof with her boyfriend Jody, closing the chapter on divorce and her latest business venture, “SplitWell”, an app designed to help others navigate the complexities of divorce.

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Mario Cantone Returns to AKA Where’s my F*ckin’ Banana Bread?! Jun 27, 2025

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We fell in love with Mario Cantone as Anthony Marentino on “Sex and the City”. Mario returns to chat with me about the current season of “And Just Like That”, takes me back to what really inspired him to be in showbiz, his “amazing” baking skills and tries to explain to me why I have not yet received my loaf of banana bread.

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Jodie Sweetin from “Full House” to “Dateless and Dangerous” Jun 20, 2025

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Jodie Sweetin stole our hearts in the 1990s as precocious middle-child Stephanie Tanner on “Full House” as well as in the 2015 Netflix reboot. Jodie joins me to talk about a very different kind of project: her new movie “Dateless to Dangerous: My Son’s Secret Life” (Saturday, June 21st at 8/7c on Lifetime) about a mother’s struggle to help her angry teenage son who turns isolated and hostile after being rejected by young women at his high school. Jodie talks about the intense experience making the film; how the “Fuller House” reboot came to be, and the emotional rollercoaster she faced after losing her friend and costar, Bob Saget.

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Revisiting the 90s with Christine Taylor and David Lascher Jun 13, 2025

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The 1990s were the formative decade for Generation X coming of age. Christine Taylor (The Brady Bunch Movie) and David Lascher (Blossom) are the hosts of the hilariously nostalgic podcast “Hey Dude – The 90s Called” and we had a blast going down memory lane to a time when grunge and preppy fashions ruled the malls. We talk about the mistakes we made back in the day; our favorite pop-culture guilty pleasures, and how the 90s was the last decade of communally consumed entertainment.

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“Pee-Wee As Himself” with director Matt Wolf Jun 06, 2025

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My mother had a long friendship with Paul Reubens, and so by proximity I did too. For me, “Pee-wee as Himself” (now streaming on MAX), directed by Matt Wolf, was at the top of my list to stream when it aired. The two-part show looks at Reubens’ life and career as alter ego Pee-wee Herman, whose irreverent comedy took the world by storm in the 1980s. Matt joins me to talk about what it was like meeting a hero; the great level of control that Paul Reubens brought to all of his work – including this documentary; how Paul tried to rebound from the scandal that nearly ended his career, and how the film’s surprise ending came to be.

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