The Mix with Mani

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229. News and Announcements; SLOMW, RHONJ, & MORE w/ V (@Realitea_Recap) Mar 16, 2026

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Back in the mix with news and announcements! Vanessa (@realitea_recap) is back in The Mix to break down the hot topics and headlines we can't stop talking about and the latest binge on our TV screens.
Andy Cohen is having conversations about RHONJ? Who are the newbies and returners for the New Jersey girlies?
Former Basketball Wife Royce Reid proven right in Dwight Howards domestic shenanigans.
Divorces finalized over in Atlanta and expected in Potomac?!
The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives are back...(not husbands, WIVES!) Latest season early thoughts as the binge has begun (pretty spoiler free!) Get into The Mix with us!
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228. Weekly Mix in the Box (ANTM Doc on E! x RHOBH) w/Mark Mar 14, 2026

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The two part docu-series, Dirty Rotten Scandals covered America's Next Top Model. Everyone Netflix couldn't get for that other doc is in this one on E! From even more memorable (and traumatized) models, "winners" to Janice Dickenson, the world's first super model and biggest Tyra hater, this one was WAY more sensational, gritty, and exposey. Mark and Mani sum up the scandals and how it turned cult-y.
Speaking of those.
The most boring season of RHOBH finally had some action when Mrs. Hotel Chain told lil Miss Manifest to read a room and know her place. Mani and Mark talk true exit costs of cults, Amanda's purpose for being on this show, some speculation we have and how that reunion taping probably doesn't need more than 30 minutes.
Get into this mix!
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227. The Weekly Mix Up (RHOP , RHOBH & Bravo News) w/ Mark (@thepinkpopbox) Mar 07, 2026

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Another mix in the box with Mark (@thepinkpopbox) The Bravo hot takes and opinions about:Real Housewives of Potomac Reunion Part 3

The -Grand Dame- karen is here !
Monique v stacey ?
The Pam Wendy and Eddie of it all with our favorite fraud investigator!

Some RHOM and RHONY newsRHOBH

Welcome back Denise (sad face)
Rachel Zoe yikes and yay

What else Mark's watching and of course a tangent or few. Get into the Mix!
(Sorry to be light this week, Igot the strep and it took my literal breath away and I had to get it together, but we back yall! (almost). We STILL get a mess and a giggle in).
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226. RHOA Trailer, The Valley Persian Style, Married to Medicine w/ Vanessa (@realitea_recap) Feb 27, 2026

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V and Mani chat about the other Bravo shows that are SO GOOD right now! Let us convince you why The Valley Persian Style is even better than Shahs was (and the Valley honestly). GG, Reza and MJ are far from the only reasons to watch and the drama and storylines are so good. Married to Medicine is in its 12th season and it is still firing from all cylinders! Couples trip to Jamaica makes for great television. Oh and the trailer for RHOA just released and with it came new housewives and new headlines already. Do we think it'll be a great season? First impressions of the newbies? all that and (obviously) so much more! Get in the Mix!
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225. The Weekly Mix Up (RHOSLC, RHOP, RHOBH) w/ Mark (@ThePinkPopBox) Feb 26, 2026

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Weekly Bravo Talk with Mark of The Pink Pop Box! Mani and Mark talk:

Mary of RHOSLC heartbreaking news
RHOP part 2 of Reunion
RHOBH Amanda's reckoning

Get into the Mix in the Box!
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224. The Weekly Mix Up (ANTM Doc & RHOP) w/Mark (@thepinkpopbox) Feb 19, 2026

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Mark from The Pink Pop Box joins Mani for a new weekly round up of the tv that captivated all of us this week. Starting with the 3 part documentary Reality Checked: Inside America’s Next Top Model. Memorable models like Shandy and Danielle and judges like The Jays and Nigel Barker sat down to tell their sides and experiences of the 24 cycle running modeling show where no one could get much work as a model. Tyra was rumored to be hard on set but this documentary exposes the jaw dropping atrocities women had to experience and judges had to ignore for the sake of…a show being big. Some spoilers but not enough that it isn’t still a MUST WATCH and we are sat for the next one.
Then landing in Potomac to discuss the alleged crimes present, with an ACTUAL insurance fraud investigator. Mark and Mani talk about all the supposed lies told, the tea that wasn’t spilled yet in part 1, and predictions for the future. Plus, who to swap out and keep for next season. It’s all in The Weekly Mix Up!
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223. Taste of ALL Reality: RHOP Reunion, Hot Topics w/ Imani & Ashley of ToR (@tasteofreality) Feb 18, 2026

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When the tv is abundant, we gotta get a taste! Mani is joined by Imani (yay more) and Ashley from the pop culture and reality tv news site Taste of Reality, to talk all the things going on in Reality Tv right now--That first part of the Real Housewives of Potomac season 10 reunion...the mean girls, who should stay and go, and Wendy...whew. There's Traitors talk, Bachelor, and of course the ANTM documentary Mani started and was blown away by.
All that and SO much more up in The Mix!
Ashley and Imani
Threads/Instagram- @tasteofreality
Youtube- @tasteof_reality
Mani- @mixingwithmani (IG & Threads)
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222. Snakes in the Turret: Traitors Talk w/Chelsea (@OhNoChels) Feb 14, 2026

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When nostalgia and reality tv cross the round table, it's time to bring in reinforcements. Chelsea, @ohnochels, host of nostalgic tv and pop culture podcast I Am The Cute One, is in the mix to take on this task. Chelsea and Mani talk all things Traitors: pre and post Candiace, Rob's snakey ways (let's just say all sides are represented), the choices to follow and how we are watching from now on. Also some significant Olympics talk because the drama and hot topics are abundant on Peacock! That and so much more when you get into The Mix!
Chelsea- @OhNoChels (IG & Threads)
Mani- @mixingwithmani (IG & Threads)
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221. A Wagon for a Draggin': RHOBH & RHONY (kinda) w/Mark (@thepinkpopbox) Feb 12, 2026

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Mixologists it's time to drag some ladies. And Mark and Mani report for duty. Starting with Jill on the east coast losing a job before she could start it and landing on the west coast with fraud, bad decisions, and bad dinners of Beverly Hills. So many ladies to drag but we had time today! Get into the Mix!
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The road to 800 reviews continues! Thank you for listening (leave a comment when you get to the emoji…)

220. Super Bowl Gossip and Hot Topics w/ Mani (@mixingwithmani) Feb 09, 2026

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A solo episode? Just me, Mani, and you the mixologist that gets a little celebrity gossip and pop culture hot topics on this here Monday to start your week. No guests; throwing it back to early days of @mixingwithmani and solo sh!t talking and giggling. From Bravolebrities showing their asses, to celebrities at the super bowl for reasons we dont know, to secret lives of mormon wives tea, lots was on my mind and I had to share! Join me for a kiki and come mix it up!
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