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**What Else Is Going On? With Taria S. Faison**

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"Donny Wood & Quinten Lamar: Know That Podcast" Dec 09, 2020

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I had the pleasure of talking to Donny @realdonnywood and Quin @swolemite from @knowthatpod (I missed you Anthony @anthonyfcasella ) and I enjoyed every minute! We start out talking about Donny and what should be his creative partnership with Kleenex because he certainly had me fooled (I even called my mom and told her about a new product) and how I need to read FULL captions. Then we ski from my kitchen right into Salt Lake City realizing that there really IS something about Mary. We talk who would win between Mary and Jen in a face off (Jens recent tweets not considered), Mary's son making it rain on his girl with gifts and how you can't just give dogs as gifts to everyone! And we speculate on the relationships of these women in real life (Heather accurately read Jen who can be a nightmare dressed like a daydream), Meredith and Mary's friendship and the confidence we see in Mary behind the pulpit and the celebrity family that Mary looks like (I will never unsee it!) We talk about the audience's reaction to RHOSLC and the ranking it gets among longer established franchises, the big push it got long before it premiered, how we still wish for Tinsley and a Real Housewives of Chicago franchise (she bossed up at the RHONY reunion vs Dorinda) and how Vicky and Nene left on a low.
And we end the podcast Zooming right back into my Maryland based kitchen and RHOP.
We talk about the reunion and what may be the smoking gun to implicate the Green Eyed Bandits (I couldn't take it if that was the case), the rumor that Gizzy allegedly tried to bring to the camera and the two super-heroes that Gizelle and Monique looked like at a "friendship" lunch (AMAZING), the Monique and Candiace fight (I still love you guys-through gritted teeth) and we end touching on the one and only Bad Girls Club (which sent me down a bad girls rabbit hole later that evening.)
Even though we don't always agree on Cherry Blossoms, Donny and Quin will ALWAYS be a major yes for me: KNOW THAT!
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"Amanda Page: Housewives, Tithes and Hypocrisy...It's All Happening!" Dec 06, 2020

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I am excited to welcome back my girl Amanda from the @itsallhappeningx Instagram account, host of the awesome podcast It's All Happening and a candle connoisseur running the Etsy Shop ItsAllHappeningShop! This episode finds Amanda and I talking about RHOP and the way Bravo viewers are watching, the Ashley Amnesia and some of the hypocrisy's that exist in our housewives world. Then we talk Salt Lake City and Jen Shah (she's...a lot), Meredith and Mary, Lisa and Mary and...us and Mary! There REALLY is just something about Mary! And we break down tithing and offerings in a church like Mary's, the Catholic Church donation envelopes, Pastors that don't take a vow of poverty because it is not required and the very real fact that pastors do get paid for for speaking and working outside of the church and may be using their own money to fund their lavish lives.
Talking to Amanda is always like a refreshing reset and brings up perspectives that I had not considered. My conversations with Amanda are ALWAYS what's happening!
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"Order of the Day: Totally Kyle aka The Real Housewives Orders" Dec 02, 2020

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ARIES RISING! This week I welcome Kyle aka @therealhousewivesorders We jump right in and start talking about his book club and his awesome live reading of Gizelle's book on IG live (I would listen to him read a menu) and reading Carole Radziwill's book "What Remains" and the STARK differences of the two housewife books (including the audio readings.) Then we talk about learning how to appreciate our housewife villains and what they bring to the show (looking at you Kenya Moore) and how our minds will allow us to believe what we want to believe because we want to believe it, especially when it comes to our housewives which brings us to RHOP and Candiace Dillard and the housewife world's seeming hatred of her. We talk about the current climate we are in and the way people treat Candiace who IS a black woman, the excuses that are made for Ashley Darby and her behavior (which has been in the lower level at Ramona's home her entire time on the show), the butter knife toss heard round' the world and the way people love Porsha Williams despite her anti LGBTQ sermon (which she has apologized for via PR statement) but refuse to forgive Candiace for her tweets (that she also apologized for via PR statement) and the hypocrisy of not keeping the same energy. And we talk about Monique and her friendships on the show and their interactions (Monique & Charrisse, and Monique & Candiace and wishing they were still friends.) Then we get into the RHOP IG lives that were like soap operas and how Candiace and Monique were actually saying the same things and we wonder if you need a witness or letter from someone to get a cease and desist served to someone or to file charges on someone (per a scene from Teen Mom, you may not.)
Then Kyle gives his experience working in the beauty world and what possibly could have happened with Gizelle's Every Hue beauty (possibly), we talk about his love for Danica from VPR and Scheana's latest (at the time of this recording) podcast episode and the icky tea that was spilled, and Danica's vitamin recommendation that actually works!
And we end with Kyle talking about Married to Medicine and our hope that the world gets on board! Then I give my housewives tag line and we solicit dm's with tag line ideas for Kyle!
Asking Kyle to be a guest is one of the best orders I have made, and Kyle is a dish that I will continue to order!
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"Mallory Wilkinson: The Real House Pins OC" Nov 28, 2020

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I am excited to share my conversation with Mallory who runs the @realhousepinsoc Instagram account and the successful Etsy shop Real House Pins OC. I first "met" Mallory in the dm's when she introduced herself, sent me her number and told me if my son or me and my family ever needed anything when we came to the OC, that her door was open. And since then, a friendship was born!
In this episode we talk, dog attacks and her detective skills (Megan King Edmonds could never), the OC and what it REALLY looks like (the demographics) and close family that are on the opposite side of the aisle from us and the fascination in watching them. We talk about therapy and the stigma in different cultures, anti- depressants, the need to talk more about ADHD in adults and being careful about misdiagnosing ADHD in children.
We also get into cherry picking culture and choosing when to call people out and when not to (your favorites versus people you don't like), when you feel guilty for watching certain Bravo shows but watch others, learning not to judge what others are watching (sometimes) and racist people who love to tan (you have to see the irony.) Mallory also shares a personal experience about being stopped by a cop and I share mine...and they were the same...almost and we talk about a video that demonstrates the lives of many black Americans.
We touch on how Mallory was raised not see anyone as an other, the resurgence of the Black Lives Matter movement and her path to becoming an ally.
Then we make a quick trip south and talk about The Real Peaches of Atlanta and COVID.
This episode was Mallory and I having real talk about all things real life...and we didn't put a pin in anything!
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"Hannah A. Brown: The Bachelorette, Salt Lake City, & Future Oscars" Nov 24, 2020

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I am thrilled to welcome back my first guest that has since truly become my friend, @hannahbrown host of the Not Aspirational podcast. Zooming with Hannah is so much fun and easy because we are two friends dissecting these sometimes crazy, sometimes jaw dropping, sometimes "they must be trolling us" reality shows. We first get into the Bachelorette and take a stroll down Ashley Iaconetti's bachelorette history, ugly crying faces and we ultimately agree that we are happy that Ashley and Jared's love story won in the end. Then we get into Tayshia and the our thoughts and feelings on the guys that are fighting for a rose, Tayshia's heart, maybe a part in Fight Club (Hey Noah! We see you!), Ed & Chasen and if former contestant Dale made the Bachelor text thread.
We end up getting back on a path of the past back down memory lane and talk Hannah & Jake and me and Cory (we knew what we wanted and the rest is history), Hannah becoming a mother to Little Cory (she's ready to allergy proof her home for him) and we catapult into what seems like another dimension and Hannah gives me her takes on the Real Housewives of Salt Lake City, which has pleasantly surprised us. We touch on the wife that had a former Insta feud with Brandi Redmond and keeps hot sauce and vaseline in her bag and the wife (hey Mary) that hates the smell of hospital and thinks drinking water could have prevented leg amputation.
After the wild ride of RHOSLC, we touch on Bethenny Frankel and we end the podcast with Hannah making a pact with her future self and congratulating her many feature film lead roles and the Oscars that are sure to follow!
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You Know You Love Us Podcast
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"Abby & Vanessa: Bravo's Realest Moms" Nov 20, 2020

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I am SUPER excited to be Zooming with two absolutely wonderful women...Abby and Vanessa hosts of the Real Moms of Bravo podcast! Abby and Vanessa have been best friends for many years and have shared their love of Bravo, their innermost thoughts, feelings, weddings and families with each other. Everything that best friends do. Then the world was hit with a pandemic, a murder and a black box on Instagram that paused the world but started conversations between people from all different backgrounds and beliefs and some from the same backgrounds and beliefs that previously weren't being had. And on this episode, Abby & Vanessa, best friends who share the same beautiful hearts but differ in ethnicity and race, talk to me about the conversations they had with each other and others when the crisis of the world made time slow down. We talk ally ship, colorism within Vanessa and I's culture (Vanessa is Dominican & Black and I'm Black) and Abby shares a conversation she had with her sons that gave me good chills and has me hoping for more allies like her!
And somewhere in between we touch on the housewives that may or may not be lightly scripted; but I know our conversation was 100 % real! And I am so grateful to have connected to these ladies!
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"Housewives & Therapy, Kamala Harris & Surviving R. Kelly... w/ Rit" Nov 17, 2020

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This week one of my favorite people and host of The Housewives Tonight podcast, Rit aka wivestonight Zooms straight into my kitchen and we have an awesome chat! We start talking about Monique and the counseling session she had with her Pastor and we discuss church counseling verses licensed therapist, if Candiace and Monique were ACTUALLY close off camera (we get the same flash back picture repeatedly) and the emotional investment this fight takes. Speaking of investments, we talk about how the Instagram/Bravo podcast community is so welcoming and encouraging and about the authenticity of podcasts and what happens when the hosts want to touch the sun aka the bravolebs that we talk about on the podcasts. And Ritt shares which housewife always tags him in her only fans posts.
We then take a bit of a shift and talk about Kamala Harris and how awesome it is that a woman of color was elected as VP. And we go a bit deeper and talk about her mixed heritage and the conversation surrounding it and Ritt breaks down the Indian caste system for me. Next we go on a wild ride and talk about Surviving R. Kelly part 2 (Ritt was a producer on the show) and how the law doesn't favor women of color. And we dip back into the Potomac waters and discuss how all hands really need to point to Gizelle (my problematic fave-ish)
Producing may be Ritts profession but this conversation was completely authentic!
The Housewives Tonight Podcast
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"SPECIAL BONUS: Oh No Bravo on RHOSLC, Election ever after and Instagram" Nov 15, 2020

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She's back! ohnobravo is back for a 3-peat on the What Else Is Going On podcast and it is good, cathartic, ALL THE WAY real and EXACTLY what I needed! First, I am excited that Oh No Bravo can now share what her RHOSLC Zoom with the cast members was like and we share our thoughts on each lady, one by one (Lisa/Meredith, Heather and the black men, rap music and homosexuals she loves, and those white stockings on Sister Mary...)
Then we hit the slope and ski right into the election aftermath and the work that still needs to be done. Finally, we hop off the bunny slope and make a right turn past Jen Shah's chalet and find ourselves on the Instagram Black Diamond...that complicated hill. We discuss ally ship, call out culture, jumping into Instagram beef and I talk about the ways in which we need allies to show up to help make a difference, not just noise.
So, lets' get into it!
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"He's The Real Donny Wood: Know That..." Nov 13, 2020

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A Zoom date for the ages! Me and my BFF Donny from @knowthatpod call a truce on our Monique v Candiace friendly feud and have a good ole' time! We talk Erika Jayne and the divorce (Dear Tom, it's expensive to be an exxxxx), the Kleenex/Candiace meme that had me fooled (I even told my mom) and the tweets we deleted cause we turned around on certain housewives...kind of. Then we take a bite of a newly diverse apple and talk RHONY (I agree with Donny's husband and co-host Quinn, there is something about Sonya and her portrayal), we discuss Ebony and being named the first black housewife (where is Bershan??) and how Alicia Quarles was a straight up smoke screen!
Then we have a behind the music and I ask what it's like having co-hosts (have they had housewife level arguments-spoiler, no) and we talk marriages and friends in relation to marriage. Speaking of marriages, we head to RHOP and talk Michael & Ashley and non consensual touches (is this being overlooked), Ashley and her messiness, Gizelle and they way she lets words just fall out of her mouth, how we watch these shows and we like the housewife we like, period. And Donny makes a statement in reference to Monique, Candiace and the 8th housewife (the fight) that gives me the validation that I have been looking for from him...
Recording this episode filled me with so much joy and I am really grateful that I get to call Donny friend...know that!
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"She's Startin...AND Finishing!" Nov 10, 2020

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Join me and my Lilly-Pad aka @shesstartin as we talk about it all! We start with the Bachelorette (I'm trying to make her watch), the lawsuit that two black men tried to bring against ABC and the Bachelor/Bachelorette for lack of inclusivity (their response was what turned me off from the show.) Next we get into Beth AKA Bethenny Frankel and her unabashed love...of herself and the interview she gave that left us feeling...something.
Then we head down to the dirty south and grab some peaches on the way! We talk RHOA and Linnethia (we will miss you), the trailer (hey legs!), and the missing RHOA , B. Scott who always gets it right! After we leave Atlanta, we head back to the tension filled Potomac. We touch on Monique and Candiace (when do we not??), therapy and mental health and the importance of taking care of yourself and what could happen if you don't!
As I said, She's Startin' and Finishing!
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