The time has come: Piper Sample returns to the pod to help Jamie deep dive the emotional energy underneath Jen Shah's conspiracy to commit wire fraud. Together, they're intuitively dropping into Jen's attitude toward her victims, how she justifies her actions in her mind and why she holds the idea of an honest living in such deep contempt. Additional topics include Jen's social media presence since her arrest, how her relationships to her ancestry and the Mormon church have possibly influenced her deceptive acts and the level of Coach Shah's awareness of her crimes. The pod also tackles larger philosophical topics such as why both Jamie and Piper had previously overlooked Jen's more problematic behavior as well as the underlying creative energy that lives inside even the most destructive impulses.

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The ongoing feud between Garcelle Beauvais and Dorit Kemsley on season 11 of The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills has gone in circles, it's been hashed and rehashed, and yet it has never found truly meaningful resolution - leading many viewers to wonder "Just what was this fight really about?" Jamie invites astute Housewives intuitive Piper Sample back to the pod to dig into this very question. Together, they feel into Dorit's underlying need to insert herself into conflicts that have nothing to do with her, what Dorit's insertion brings up in Garcelle, and what Garcelle's own insertion then brings up in Dorit. It's a merry-go-round into themes of what it means to feel like an outsider, how (and why) we make bids for relevancy, the sometimes futile attempt to be heard in a larger system that simply doesn't want to hear you, and much more.

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In this bonus episode, Jamie welcomes Lara Marie Schoenhals, host of the iconic Sexy Unique Podcast, to take an unflinching look at Randall Emmett's directorial debut Midnight in the Switchgrass. They break down the movie to see what it has to say about Randall's views on art, humanity and women - as well as what it reveals about his relationship with Vanderpump Rules star Lala Kent. Follow @larzmarie and listen to Sexy Unique Podcast. Follow @jamiestein and check out his work at hollywoodreadings.com.--- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/jamie-stein/support

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In this quick-hit bonus episode, Jamie jumps into the Winter House premiere and explores Kyle Cooke's relationship to alcohol - an energetic inquiry that takes us into the possible flavor of Kyle's childhood and how those past experiences might connect to his deep indignation over the bedroom selection process. Follow @jamiestein and learn more about his work at hollywoodreadings.com.--- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/jamie-stein/support

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In this solo episode, Jamie sounds off on the lion's share of blame being leveled at Candiace Dillard on The Real Housewives of Potomac and questions Mia Thornton's refusal to accept her part in a situation that she had a large hand in creating. Jamie makes several key drop-in's along the way - including why Candiace has been doubling down on her cruelty in lieu of exercising compassion toward Mia's mother, Mia's true opinion of Candiace, why Mia had such a disdainful response to Candiace's video shoot and, perhaps most important, what compelled Mia to buddy up with Dorothy Dillard in the first place. It's a deep exploration of what it means to take true self-responsibility for our actions and how that willingness (or lack thereof) ends up playing a key role in what we manifest in our lives. 

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….and we’re back! Jamie kicks off Deep Dive Season 2 by inviting good friend of the pod Haneefah Wood to jump into all thing The Real Housewives of Potomac - most notably, the conflict between Dr. Wendy Osefo and controversial newcomer Mia Thornton. Jamie and Haneefah dig underneath both the stark differences and also the surprising similarities between these adversaries - a journey that covers their relationship to their bodies, how they each handle interpersonal conflict, their mutual need to get ahead of the narrative, and much more. And no Potomac conversation would be complete without a look at Gizelle and Ashley’s messy behavior, and consideration of the thin line between being a good Bravo employee and pathological denial of your true negative intentions.

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In this special crossover event, Jamie and Hot Takes & Deep Dives host Jess Rothschild officially review House of Hilton, the 2006 expose of the Hilton dynasty that heavily features the backstories of Kathy Hilton, Kyle & Kim Richards and their mother, Big Kathy. Together, they explore Big Kathy's quest for men, money and Hollywood, and the ways in which she projected those dreams onto her three daughters, how their mom kicked Kyle & Kim's father out of the home he built for them so she could run a sorority house, and parallel themes on both sides of the Hilton/Richards lineage. They also discuss Kathy and Paris Hilton's dynamic in the documentary This is Paris and how it relates to the book's revelatory content. Follow Jamie on Instagram, check out his work at hollywoodreadings.com, and follow Jess on Instagram here, and here.--- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/jamie-stein/support

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Jamie takes a break from the Bravo universe to share this unofficial "first episode" of the podcast (recorded three years ago!) and welcomes gifted astrologer/dream interpreter/therapist Dr. Michael Lennox to share his insights on how to work with astrology in a grounded, practical way. This cosmic deep-dive explores actionable spiritual hacks for making clear decisions, getting your unconscious demons to actually align with your conscious desires, constructively working with anxiety, using your most difficult life circumstances as a gateway to your deeper evolution, and so much more. Visit Michael at michaelennox.com, follow him @drlennoxdreams;  visit Jamie at hollywoodreadings.com, follow him at @jamiestein.--- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/jamie-stein/support

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Jamie welcomes Piper Sample back to the podcast to see what Erika Jayne's current scandals might be revealing about her inner emotional landscape. Together, they explore Erika's relationship to the very nature of performance, the blurred lines between her actual life and the roles she has played on stage and screen, the hollowness of the "Erika Jayne" persona, how past conflicts with Dorit/PK and Teddi Mellencamp energetically predicted what she is going through today, the refusal to feel a core humiliation that is perhaps powering all of her internal divisions, and much, much more. Though it all, Jamie and Piper continually seek to answer the questions, "What is Erika meant to learn from all this...?" and "How can Erika use this ordeal as a gateway to her truer, higher self...?" 

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Jamie welcomes actress, writer, comedienne and Montage Queen Deanna Cheng to the pod for a two-for-one special: first, they roll up their sleeves and dig into this latest difficult season of "The Real Housewives of New York City" - the lack of cast cohesion, the severe emotional limitations of several of the OG's, Bershan's role as the surprising catalyst for individual and group revelation, and much more; they then pivot for an odyssey into Sonja Morgan's inner landscape - her covert entitlement, her latent need to be rescued, how she feels about JP Morgan today, her relationship to the townhouse and, oh yes, the revealing lawsuit that never quite gets explored with any clarity or specificity (until now).

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