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Reality Test
By Dr. Kay and Dr. RayTV & Film
Reality Test episodes
- Casa Amor Chaos: Friendships and Betrayals Unraveled! | Love Island USA | Ssn 7 Ep. 18-21 ::} 096
Check out the video excerpt of this episode, & on YouTube, and the full video on our Patreon!
Dr.s Kay and Ray are back together in person, diving deep into the latest drama from Love Island! They unpack the betrayal of Jeremiah's exit, Nic's questionable motives, and the dynamics among the cast members that have everyone talking, as the newest model of Casa Amor took off & ended in short succession. From the cringiest moments to the most obnoxious behavior, they assign their signature awards while navigating the emotional rollercoaster of the villa.
Shorter than ever before, 3-day Casa Amor included recouplings, (un)dumpings, and new castmate power! By immediately leaving one OG vulnerable, all OGs were forced to connect with new Casa castmates to keep their spots on the show.
As they explore the intricacies of relationships and the impact of production decisions, Dr.s Kay and Ray keep it real with their psychological insights. Who’s doing the mosTEST? Who deserves the "ProTEST This Mess" award? And what’s the deal with the new coupling dynamics? Tune in to find out!
What did you think about all the twists + turns of the new Casa Amor?
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Listeners! Come visit the Patreon for free at patreon.com/RealityTest & check out some of the benefits of a free membership & the paid tier!
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Reality testing is when we check an emotion or thought we’re having against objective reality.
So, here in Reality Test, we’re going to be testing the thoughts, emotions, interactions, and producer antics of reality television against what we know, as licensed psychologists, about objective reality.
Come with us, let’s Reality Test!
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Hosts: Dr. Kay & Dr. Kay
Thank you to our sound extraordinaire, Connor!
Patreon: patreon.com/RealityTest
Instagram: @drkaypods @drraypods
TikTok: @dr.realitv
Facebook Page: Reality Test Pod
YouTube Channel: @RealityTestPod
Email: [email protected]
notes created by https://headliner.app
Keywords: Love Island, Reality Tv, Friendship Betrayal, Emotional Intelligence, Casa Amor, Relationship Dynamics, Reality Test, Nick And Alondria, Jeremiah'S Exit, Reality Tv Psychology, Production Antics, Contestant Chemistry, Contestant Analysis, Drama In Reality Tv, Gender Dynamics, Viewer Reactions, Reality Show Awards, Reality Tv Commentary, Social Dynamics, Contestant Relationships
1 hr 8 min - Love, Drama, & Hudamaiah Island | VIDEO EXCERPT | Love Island USA | Ssn 7 Ep. 1-17 | ::} 095
This is an excerpt of the video episode 95, with the FULL VIDEO found here, on our Reality Test Patreon.
The FULL AUDIO is wherever you get your pods, including
Apple
Spotify
& YouTube
Dr.s Kay and Ray assign superlatives to the cast of Love Island USA from the first three weeks of season 7! Using the 8 awards they give during awards episodes, Dr.s Kay & Ray each share whom they felt were the most cringe, most patriarchal (TestosterBONED award!), most grown, and much more across various moments of love, drama, and Hudamaiah (among other couplings) from episodes 1-17.
They agree on the last award–do you agree with them?
Which couples have been your favorites? Which castmates have been the most cringe? What changes would you make to Dr.s Kay & Ray’s superlatives?
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Listeners! Come visit the Patreon for free at patreon.com/RealityTest & check out some of the benefits of a free membership & the paid tier!
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Reality testing is when we check an emotion or thought we’re having against objective reality.
So, here in Reality Test, we’re going to be testing the thoughts, emotions, interactions, and producer antics of reality television against what we know, as licensed psychologists, about objective reality.
Come with us, let’s Reality Test!
Hosts: Dr. Kay & Dr. Ray
Thank you to our sound extraordinaire, Connor!
Patreon: patreon.com/RealityTest
Instagram: @drkaypods @drraypods
TikTok: @dr.realitv
Facebook Page: Reality Test Pod
YouTube Channel: @RealityTestPod
Email: [email protected]
27 min - Love, Drama, & Hudamaiah Island | Love Island USA | Ssn 7 Ep. 1-17 ::} 095
Dr.s Kay and Ray assign superlatives to the cast of Love Island USA from the first three weeks of season 7! Using the 8 awards they give during awards episodes, Dr.s Kay & Ray each share whom they felt were the most cringe, most patriarchal (TestosterBONED award!), most grown, and much more across various moments of love, drama, and Hudamaiah (among other couplings) from episodes 1-17.
They agree on the last award–do you agree with them?
Which couples have been your favorites? Which castmates have been the most cringe? What changes would you make to Dr.s Kay & Ray’s superlatives?
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Listeners! Come visit the Patreon for free at patreon.com/RealityTest & check out some of the benefits of a free membership & the paid tier!
-------------------------------------------------------------------
Reality testing is when we check an emotion or thought we’re having against objective reality.
So, here in Reality Test, we’re going to be testing the thoughts, emotions, interactions, and producer antics of reality television against what we know, as licensed psychologists, about objective reality.
Come with us, let’s Reality Test!
Hosts: Dr. Kay & Dr. Ray
Thank you to our sound extraordinaire, Connor!
Patreon: patreon.com/RealityTest
Instagram: @drkaypods @drraypods
TikTok: @dr.realitv
Facebook Page: Reality Test Pod
YouTube Channel: @RealityTestPod
Email: [email protected]
1 hr 5 min - Apologies found Lacking & Sexism found in Abundance | VIDEO EXCERPT | Summer House Reunion
This is a video excerpt of the full episode, with the full audio found here:
on Spotify
on Apple
on Youtube
And the full video episode (minus the first 20mins we neglected to video record!), found on Patreon.
Dr.s Kay and Ray recap and discuss both parts of the Summer House season 9 reunion. From Ciara’s vulnerable and heartfelt sharing, to the Lexi & Solomon (in matching outfits!) of it all, an abundance of sexism and a stark lacking of apologies were evident throughout.
Which apologies did you find to be lacking? Which moments did you find to be sexist or patriarchal? Let’s just say Dr.s Kay & Ray had more than 2 examples of “sociopolitical content” when applying their six segments to the recap!
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Listeners! Come visit the Patreon for free at patreon.com/RealityTest & check out some of the benefits of a free membership & the paid tier!
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Reality testing is when we check an emotion or thought we’re having against objective reality.
So, here in Reality Test, we’re going to be testing the thoughts, emotions, interactions, and producer antics of reality television against what we know, as licensed psychologists, about objective reality.
Come with us, let’s Reality Test!
Hosts: Dr. Kay & Dr. Ray
Thank you to our sound extraordinaire, Connor!
Patreon: patreon.com/RealityTest
Instagram: @drkaypods @drraypods
TikTok: @dr.realitv
Facebook Page: Reality Test Pod
YouTube Channel: @RealityTestPod
Email: [email protected]
29 min - Apologies found Lacking & Sexism found in Abundance | Summer House | Season 9 Reunion | ::} 094
Dr.s Kay and Ray recap and discuss both parts of the Summer House season 9 reunion. From Ciara’s vulnerable and heartfelt sharing, to the Lexi & Solomon (in matching outfits!) of it all, an abundance of sexism and a stark lacking of apologies were evident throughout.
Which apologies did you find to be lacking? Which moments did you find to be sexist or patriarchal? Let’s just say Dr.s Kay & Ray had more than 2 examples of “sociopolitical content” when applying their six segments to the recap!
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Listeners! Come visit the Patreon for free at patreon.com/RealityTest & check out some of the benefits of a free membership & the paid tier!
-------------------------------------------------------------------
Reality testing is when we check an emotion or thought we’re having against objective reality.
So, here in Reality Test, we’re going to be testing the thoughts, emotions, interactions, and producer antics of reality television against what we know, as licensed psychologists, about objective reality.
Come with us, let’s Reality Test!
Hosts: Dr. Kay & Dr. Ray
Thank you to our sound extraordinaire, Connor!
Patreon: patreon.com/RealityTest
Instagram: @drkaypods @drraypods
TikTok: @dr.realitv
Facebook Page: Reality Test Pod
YouTube Channel: @RealityTestPod
Email: [email protected]
1 hr 19 min - Toxic Relationship, Allyship, & a Feminist Leadership Style | VIDEO EXCERPT | Awards Show | April & May | ::} 093
This is the video excerpt of episode 93, and the full video is on Patreon.com/RealityTest
The full audio is wherever you get your pods, including Apple & Spotify.
Dr.s Kay and Ray dole out their 8 awards to any reality television shows they watched in the months of April & May, 2025: The Valley, Summer House, Real Housewives of Beverly Hills, Southern Charm, Below Deck Sailing Yacht, and, on Netflix, Battle Camp and Million Dollar Secret.
If you haven’t heard of Netflix’s shows, Battle Camp & Million Dollar Secret, they each offer a new premise for challenge-focused reality television–the former a mix between The Challenge and Perfect Match, and the latter a mix between Anonymous and The Trust. The players from Squid Game: The Challenge stole the screen time on Battle Camp, although for different reasons for each.
Which of these shows did you watch? Which awards would you give them? For example, our “TESTosterboned” award is given to a reality TV castmate or moment where testosterone boned the acting party and led to a particularly patriarchal (racist, heterosexist) result, in any variety of ways. We call the opposite award, “The Bechdel TEST” (each award has “test” in the name, given our show’s name!), which we give to the most feminist, anti-racist or queer moments or castmates of a given month. To whom or what moment might you give these two awards? To whom or what moment might we have?
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Listeners! Come visit the Patreon for free at patreon.com/RealityTest & check out some of the benefits of a free membership & the paid tier!
-------------------------------------------------------------------
Reality testing is when we check an emotion or thought we’re having against objective reality.
So, here in Reality Test, we’re going to be testing the thoughts, emotions, interactions, and producer antics of reality television against what we know, as licensed psychologists, about objective reality.
Come with us, let’s Reality Test!
Hosts: Dr. Kay & Dr. Ray
Thank you to our sound extraordinaire, Connor!
Patreon: patreon.com/RealityTest
Instagram: @drkaypods @drraypods
TikTok: @dr.realitv
Facebook Page: Reality Test Pod
YouTube Channel: @RealityTestPod
Email: [email protected]
17 min - Toxic Relationship, Allyship, & a Feminist Leadership Style | Awards Show | April & 1/2 of May | ::} 093
Dr.s Kay and Ray dole out their 8 awards to any reality television shows they watched in the months of April & (half of) May, 2025: The Valley, Summer House, Real Housewives of Beverly Hills, Southern Charm, Below Deck Sailing Yacht, and, on Netflix, Battle Camp and Million Dollar Secret.
If you haven’t heard of Netflix’s shows, Battle Camp & Million Dollar Secret, they each offer a new premise for challenge-focused reality television–the former a mix between The Challenge and Perfect Match, and the latter a mix between Anonymous and The Trust. The players from Squid Game: The Challenge stole the screen time on Battle Camp, although for different reasons for each.
Which of these shows did you watch? Which awards would you give them? For example, our “TESTosterboned” award is given to a reality TV castmate or moment where testosterone boned the acting party and led to a particularly patriarchal (racist, heterosexist) result, in any variety of ways. We call the opposite award, “The Bechdel TEST” (each award has “test” in the name, given our show’s name!), which we give to the most feminist, anti-racist or queer moments or castmates of a given month. To whom or what moment might you give these two awards? To whom or what moment might we have?
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Listeners! Come visit the Patreon for free at patreon.com/RealityTest & check out some of the benefits of a free membership & the paid tier!
-------------------------------------------------------------------
Reality testing is when we check an emotion or thought we’re having against objective reality.
So, here in Reality Test, we’re going to be testing the thoughts, emotions, interactions, and producer antics of reality television against what we know, as licensed psychologists, about objective reality.
Come with us, let’s Reality Test!
Hosts: Dr. Kay & Dr. Ray
Thank you to our sound extraordinaire, Connor!
Patreon: patreon.com/RealityTest
Instagram: @drkaypods @drraypods
TikTok: @dr.realitv
Facebook Page: Reality Test Pod
YouTube Channel: @RealityTestPod
Email: [email protected]
40 min - Toegate, Anxiety, & Fetishization in The Hamptons! | VIDEO EXCERPT | Summer House Season 9 ::} 092
This is the video excerpt of episode 92. Find the full video at Patreon.com/RealityTest & the full audio wherever you get your pods.
Dr.s Kay and Ray discuss the themes from the latest season of Summer House! From the Jesse Solomon & Toegate of it all to the Imrul & Houseguests of it all, and everywhere in between, Dr.s Kay and Ray discuss their reactions, what society is learning, and how they would change the treatment of the castmates of color.
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Listeners! Come visit the Patreon for free at patreon.com/RealityTest & check out some of the benefits of a free membership & the paid tier!
-------------------------------------------------------------------
Reality testing is when we check an emotion or thought we’re having against objective reality.
So, here in Reality Test, we’re going to be testing the thoughts, emotions, interactions, and producer antics of reality television against what we know, as licensed psychologists, about objective reality.
Come with us, let’s Reality Test!
Hosts: Dr. Kay & Dr. Ray
Thank you to our sound extraordinaire, Connor!
Patreon: patreon.com/RealityTest
Instagram: @drkaypods @drraypods
TikTok: @dr.realitv
Facebook Page: Reality Test Pod
YouTube Channel: @RealityTestPod
Email: [email protected]
20 min - Toegate, Anxiety, & Fetishization in The Hamptons! | Summer House | Season 9 ::} 092
Dr.s Kay and Ray discuss the themes from the latest season of Summer House! From the Jesse Solomon & Toegate of it all to the Imrul & Houseguests of it all, and everywhere in between, Dr.s Kay and Ray discuss their reactions, what society is learning, and how they would change the treatment of the castmates of color.
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Listeners! Come visit the Patreon for free at patreon.com/RealityTest & check out some of the benefits of a free membership & the paid tier!
-------------------------------------------------------------------
Reality testing is when we check an emotion or thought we’re having against objective reality.
So, here in Reality Test, we’re going to be testing the thoughts, emotions, interactions, and producer antics of reality television against what we know, as licensed psychologists, about objective reality.
Come with us, let’s Reality Test!
Hosts: Dr. Kay & Dr. Ray
Thank you to our sound extraordinaire, Connor!
Patreon: patreon.com/RealityTest
Instagram: @drkaypods @drraypods
TikTok: @dr.realitv
Facebook Page: Reality Test Pod
YouTube Channel: @RealityTestPod
Email: [email protected]
48 min - Self-Confident Garcelle & Self-Concerned Sutton! | VIDEO EXCERPT | RHOBH Reunion Part 3 | Season 14 ::} 091
Dr.s Kay and Ray discuss the third part of the reunion of The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills, season 14. Garcelle’s self-confidence to quit the show is well-founded and impressive, whereas Sutton’s lack of true concern for Garcelle or for being an ally is tough to watch.
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Listeners! Come visit the Patreon for free at patreon.com/RealityTest & check out some of the benefits of a free membership & the paid tier!
-------------------------------------------------------------------
Reality testing is when we check an emotion or thought we’re having against objective reality.
So, here in Reality Test, we’re going to be testing the thoughts, emotions, interactions, and producer antics of reality television against what we know, as licensed psychologists, about objective reality.
Come with us, let’s Reality Test!
Hosts: Dr. Kay & Dr. Ray
Thank you to our sound extraordinaire, Connor!
Patreon: patreon.com/RealityTest
Instagram: @drkaypods @drraypods
TikTok: @dr.realitv
Facebook Page: Reality Test Pod
YouTube Channel: @RealityTestPod
Email: [email protected]
23 min
About Reality Test
From the publisher's feed
Two Psych Doctors Spill the Tea on Mental Health Concepts & Presentations Shown in your Fave RealiTV Shows!
Ever find yourself wanting to debrief that reality tv episode…
with your therapist? Or maybe you've wanted to ask them questions about something you've learned from the reality tv interactions, castmates, or news cycle?
Come debrief with two licensed psychologists as they explore what we can all learn about ourselves, our relationships, and our society from our fave reality television shows on Netflix, Peacock, Bachelor Nation, Bravo, and beyond! Dr.s Kay & Ray inspire discussion about psychological and sociopolitical aspects of reality TV, offering rough draft thoughts and ideas for us to continue thinking about, while highlighting the power dynamics, sociohistorical context, and intersecting forms of oppression and privilege that are present. After all, reality television ultimately provides an engaging format for learning about our behavior, mental health, and sociopolitical systems—let’s learn together!
Why REALITY TEST? We ALL reality test when testing a given thought, emotion, or interaction against "objective" (or shared) reality--did I see that right? Was that really sexist? Dr.s Kay & Ray spill all the tea on how the producer antics and castmate claims about mental health stack up against "objective" reality off-screen and the field of clinical psychology that they have learned about as practicing psychotherapists and research psychologists.
What are you talking ABOUT? Reality Test has a general focus on relationships, social privilege, and mental health. Dr.s Kay & Ray also acknowledge their sociopolitical identities and lenses through which they view reality television, as feminist, bi+, white allies. So, if you've been itching to discuss how that episode was brimming with misogyny, heterosexism, &/or white privilege (from a white, ever-dedicated-to-developing-their-antiracism, perspective), or to critically assess how the producers portrayed a given scenario or interaction, while celebrating the hope & empowerment that can be found, you've come to the right place!
DISCLAIMER: In the context of this podcast, Dr.s Kay & Ray are not acting as therapists, neither for you nor for the reality castmates they discuss. They are, instead, bringing in their whole human selves, supplemented by mental health and psychology knowledge. They cannot ethically diagnose castmates or speak with certainty about their dynamics without conducting formal psychological assessments. Thus, their opinions will be merely (easily erroneous) opinions, informed by their biased perspectives, and while they may discuss diagnoses, they will avoid assigning them to castmates.
Come debrief with two licensed psychologists as they explore what we can all learn about ourselves, our relationships, and our society from our fave reality television shows on Netflix, Peacock, Bachelor Nation, Bravo, and beyond! Dr.s Kay & Ray inspire discussion about psychological and sociopolitical aspects of reality TV, offering rough draft thoughts and ideas for us to continue thinking about, while highlighting the power dynamics, sociohistorical context, and intersecting forms of oppression and privilege that are present. After all, reality television ultimately provides an engaging format for learning about our behavior, mental health, and sociopolitical systems—let’s learn together!
Why REALITY TEST? We ALL reality test when testing a given thought, emotion, or interaction against "objective" (or shared) reality--did I see that right? Was that really sexist? Dr.s Kay & Ray spill all the tea on how the producer antics and castmate claims about mental health stack up against "objective" reality off-screen and the field of clinical psychology that they have learned about as practicing psychotherapists and research psychologists.
What are you talking ABOUT? Reality Test has a general focus on relationships, social privilege, and mental health. Dr.s Kay & Ray also acknowledge their sociopolitical identities and lenses through which they view reality television, as feminist, bi+, white allies. So, if you've been itching to discuss how that episode was brimming with misogyny, heterosexism, &/or white privilege (from a white, ever-dedicated-to-developing-their-antiracism, perspective), or to critically assess how the producers portrayed a given scenario or interaction, while celebrating the hope & empowerment that can be found, you've come to the right place!
DISCLAIMER: In the context of this podcast, Dr.s Kay & Ray are not acting as therapists, neither for you nor for the reality castmates they discuss. They are, instead, bringing in their whole human selves, supplemented by mental health and psychology knowledge. They cannot ethically diagnose castmates or speak with certainty about their dynamics without conducting formal psychological assessments. Thus, their opinions will be merely (easily erroneous) opinions, informed by their biased perspectives, and while they may discuss diagnoses, they will avoid assigning them to castmates.