Bravo blesses us with the first five minutes of the Real Housewives of Rhode Island and we meet Alicia (and her family!) and Liz makes a major reveal plus content creator Zachary Reality joins me to talk RHOBH/ The Bachelorette/Secret Lives of Mormon Wives/ RHONJ and of course Real Housewives of Rhode Island.

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The RHORI cast members hit the, "Rhode" and head up to Boston and Andy previews the season. Plus...I GOT TO WATCH SOME RHORI! (but I'm being VERY careful.) 

*All clips played are from Bravo's official Instagram account. 

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The countdown is ON.  Bekah chats about Bravo's rollout of RHORI, theories on pre-show customs and Bekah feels like a real time Bravo, "blogger" now...she will tell you why.

PLUS outside of the Bravo world Bekah chats with Noah Fearnley from Love Story: John F Kennedy + Carolyn Bessette and Charles Baker from The Pitt. 

Episode note:  I stand corrected 

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Bekah when on Spotlight New England with Ashley Erling and Audrey McClelland to discuss:

-Bad Bunny halftime show

-A prediction (THAT CAME TRUE) about Jill Zarin 

-RHORI trailer 

-A HOLY discovery about the premiere of RHORI 

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The Real Housewives of Rhode Island trailer is here.  Bekah welcomes a few fellow radio personalities (Barbi Jo DiMaria from 92 PRO FM and Tara Granahan from News Talk 99.7 FM & AM 630 WPRO) to share their initial reactions to the RHORI trailer.  Bekah also mixed things up by going live on  Instagram and also recorded her Podcast AT THE SAME TIME. (With a Housewife in the live!)

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Bravo gave us a little breadcrumb during the Real Housewives of Salt Lake City Premiere featuring RHORI member Kelsey, plus ANOTHER possible premiere date and Andy Cohen reacts to first few episodes of RHORI. 

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Happy 2026 and year of RHORI!  A small state small pod vibe where we cover:

1:33:  Bravo Bravo Bravo...we need more 411 on the 401 

5:25:  Real Housewives Ultimate Girls Trip Cast Reveal + will there be a RHORI Cast Member Involved? 

9:08:  Another Bravo star spends time in Rhode Island 

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2:13: Bekah's Lightbulb Moment About a Reality Star with Bravo Connections 

6:28:  RHORI News:  Social Media Observations + potential premiere date 

10:45: Quick Summer House Thoughts 

11:56:  Watch What Happens Live Appearence 

16:27:  Wells Adams and his local ties to Southern New England 

19:43:  Wells' take on Ashley I on RHORI 

21:00:  Wells tells us about his new show, "Sweet Empire"

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I think i only said, "allegedly" once! 

00:50: Are RHORI.Chasers and i the same person? 

3:08: Press Release for RHORI 

4:30:  We can use names! 

5:43: Comment section living for Liz/Dolores 

6:47:  Descriptions from the Press Release 

13:00:  Breaking down the trailer 

19:00:  The age of the cast + connections to the cast 

20:00:  Feedback from the Bravo community 

20:52:  Rhode Island's reaction 

22:00:  The cast reacts 

23:00:  Premiere date? 

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Rhode Island based author Vanessa Lillie came by Real Talk Rhody to talk her new book, "The Bone Thief", how she became an author, Rhode Island as a main character and more.

00:01: The art of sitting down and saying, "Im going to write a book today!" 

5:54: How Rhode Island plays a main character in her book

6:50: mindset going into book release day

 8:00: What is, "book selling?"

10:06: The importance of Native American Heritage Month

 15:39: Coming up with the title of a book

17:00: Visualizing certain actors and actresses in books

18:17: Young Rich Widows as Real Housewives of RI prep

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