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Ep. - 1738 - WHO IS MARTIN MULL? Oct 09, 2026

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Neil Berkeley, director of Netflix's Who Is Martin Mull?, joins Kate to talk about the comedian, actor, musician, and painter best known for Clue, Mr. Mom, Fernwood Tonight, and Roseanne, whose true passion was painting. Neil explains how the documentary began with Bob Saget, stalled after Saget's death, and found new life when he stepped in to film Martin alone, with no crew, just months before Martin passed away. We discuss Martin's painful relationship with his father and how it surfaced in his art, his friendships with Fred Willard, Norman Lear, and Steve Martin, and the emotional moment his wife, Wendy, learns what Martin said about her on camera. Neil also previews his next Netflix film, Paralyzed by Hope: The Maria Bamford Story, made with Judd Apatow and out October 23.

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Ep. - 1737 - ST. ELMO'S FIRE: THE TRUE STORY BEHIND THE BRAT PACK CLASSIC (PART TWO) Oct 08, 2026

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Carl Kurlander, co-writer of St. Elmo's Fire, returns for the second half of Kate’s conversation about the making of the 1985 Brat Pack classic. Carl reveals how close Madonna came to playing Jules, why a real-life friend refused to lend his name to Emilio Estevez's character, and the scientific embarrassment hidden in Rob Lowe's famous St. Elmo's Fire monologue. He sets the record straight on the night the "Brat Pack" was born and the article that haunted the cast for decades. Carl also shares the surprising true story behind John Parr's hit theme song, which was inspired by Paralympian Rick Hansen's Man in Motion tour, and how a poster shoot with a miserable cast became one of the most iconic images of the '80s. Plus, Carl takes us from Hollywood to the Clinton campaign, Saved by the Bell, and his second act as a professor and documentary filmmaker in Pittsburgh.

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Ep. - 1736 - ST. ELMO'S FIRE: THE TRUE STORY BEHIND THE BRAT PACK CLASSIC (PART ONE) Oct 07, 2026

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Carl Kurlander, co-writer of St. Elmo's Fire, joins me for the first of a two-part conversation about the true story behind the 1985 Brat Pack classic. It all started with a summer job as a bellhop at the St. Elmo Hotel in Chautauqua, New York, and a waitress named Lynn he couldn't stop thinking about. Carl takes us from an 18-page short story he mailed to her, to a freak scholarship at Universal Studios, to fetching gazpacho for director Joel Schumacher, the mentor who would become his co-writer and, at times, his tormentor. He reveals how a blizzard drive from Cleveland to D.C., a laundry room in an anarchist collective, and a disastrous night on Mulholland Drive all ended up on screen.

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Ep. - 1735 - THE SERIAL KILLER CONNECTION BONNIE LOU GOWER AND KARA ROBINSON CHAMBERLAIN Oct 06, 2026

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Bonnie Lou Gower and Kara Robinson Chamberlain join Kate to discuss The Serial Killer Connection, the three-part Investigation Discovery docuseries exploring their extraordinary connection to serial killer Richard “Marc” Evonitz. Bonnie was married to Evonitz before learning the truth about his crimes. Kara escaped his captivity at just 15, providing crucial information that helped authorities identify him and link him to the murders of three girls in Virginia.

The series follows the women as they retrace Evonitz’s past, investigate new leads, and confront the possibility that he had additional victims. Their interviews explore two profoundly different experiences with the same man, the unlikely bond that brought them together, and their shared determination to find answers for families still waiting for the truth.

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Ep. - 1734 - WHAT TO WATCH THIS WEEK WITH KATE CASEY Oct 05, 2026

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Kate discusses what to watch this week including The Serial Killer Connection (ID Discovery), Lorne (Netflix), Who is Martin Mull (Netflix), The Pet Cemetery Murders (HBO), and The Kardashians.

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Ep. - 1733 - SATURDAY SERIES: TOM BROSS Oct 03, 2026

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Tom Bross, author of the three-part memoir series Don’t Call Me Jupiter: Memoir of a Reluctant Hippie Kid—Tightrope, Lightning Crashes, and Wheel in the Sky—joins Kate to discuss growing up in a family that traded a conventional Midwestern life for California’s hippie counterculture. He shares how his mother’s pursuit of freedom left her five children navigating instability and abandonment, why school became his refuge, and how he found his own path. Tom also discusses taking in his nephews after his sister’s death, the heartbreaking decision to pursue an open adoption, and learning to love his mother without excusing the pain she caused.

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Ep. - 1732 - REAL HOUSEWIVES BREAKDOWN MILLER NIGHT FOOTBALL Oct 02, 2026

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Kate reviews the latest episodes of The Real Housewives of Orange County, Salt Lake City, and New York City.

Director Jeff Cameron joins Kate to discuss Miller Night Football on HBO, revisiting Dennis Miller’s unexpected run on Monday Night Football and the collision of his cerebral comedy with live sports broadcasting.

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Ep. - 1731 - THE WIDOWER: ‘TIL DEATH DO US PART Oct 01, 2026

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Dan Slepian, Dateline senior investigative producer and Pulitzer Prize finalist for Letters From Sing Sing, joins Kate to talk about the new Netflix documentary The Widower: 'Til Death Do Us Part. Thomas Randolph had six wives, and four of them died. In 2008, his sixth wife, Sharon Causse, was shot in their Las Vegas home after a Mother's Day dinner. Randolph claimed he killed the intruder, but prosecutors said he had hired the man to kill Sharon for life insurance money. Dan spent nearly twenty years following the case, including a death sentence, a reversal by the Nevada Supreme Court, and a second conviction.

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Ep. - 1730 - TEAM MOMS: BASEBALL Sep 30, 2026

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Chris DeRosa joins Kate to review Team Moms: Baseball on Paramount+. The series follows seven families at a Scottsdale baseball academy where the boys train for a shot at college and professional baseball, while their parents clash in the stands.

Kate and Chris discuss the academy’s reported $30,900 annual cost, the parents who keep the drama going, and the question at the heart of the show: when does supporting your child’s dream become chasing one of your own?

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