The Exclusive With Sharon Tharp

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For nearly 20 years, Sharon Tharp has been breaking news, landing exclusive interviews, and covering reality television's biggest stories. On The Exclusive, she takes fans behind the headlines with in... more

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The podcast currently has 352 episodes available.

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September 11, 2026 348: Big Brother 28 Exit Interview: 10th Player Evicted
SPOILER WARNING: This audio contains major spoilers for the latest episode of Big Brother 28, including the eliminated player.
Angela Murray, the latest houseguest evicted from Big Brother 28, joins The Exclusive to break down who she holds responsible for the vote that sent her out and the one decision she would take back. She reflects on her loyalty to Dee, why she never expected to be Rick Devens' No. 1, and the nomination Barrett made because he "thought he had to make a really big move." Angela also explains why "betrayal is a very big word" for where she has landed on Barrett and Drew, and says she would say yes to Big Brother again "every time."
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6min
September 10, 2026 347: Tommy Bracco Looks Back on Big Brother 21
Seven years after Big Brother 21, Tommy Bracco joins the Memory Wall to look back on a season whose gameplay he is still defending. He explains the Christie secret the house never knew about — casting had told them both it would only ever be one of them — and why he gave the secret up at Final Six anyway. He also revisits the blow-up with Jackson and the part that never made air: Nicole pulled him aside and told him she knew Jackson was lying, and he went home anyway, because the house decided he was more dangerous alone than Jackson and Holly were together. Plus: winning HOH on his birthday, 79 days without touching the block, what he learned about unconscious bias after Camp Comeback, the reunion he wishes the show would do, and the jury vote he says he would take back.
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59min
September 07, 2026 346: Big Brother 28 Week 9 Recap: Andy Herren on Why an Icon Had to Go
Big Brother 15 winner Andy Herren joins Sharon to break down Week 9 of Big Brother 28, from Barrett's HOH to who actually goes home Thursday. Andy makes the case that fans were "too hard on" Barrett all summer, walks through what Dee's bribe does and doesn't let her do, and explains why Yash — who he had pegged as an early boot — is now the "clear cut" frontrunner. He and Sharon also get into the icons' fallout with Barrett after Mallory's eviction, whether Dee or Devens is the bigger threat to keep, Angela's jury case, where Melody, Taylor and Drew stand, and why this season's diary rooms sound different. Andy closes on Season 30, the 1,000th episode he missed for a wedding, and whether he'd ever play again.
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39min
September 07, 2026 345: Special BB28 Live Podcast: Angela's Daughter Lexi Talks BB28 So Far
Angela Murray is fighting for her BB28 life this week — nominated alongside fellow Icons Dee Valladares and Rick Devens after HOH Barrett Pfeiffer turned on his own alliance. Sharon is joined by Angela's daughter, Lexi Murray, also her teammate on The Amazing Race 38, to talk through the Icons' blindside, the plan to vote out Devens, and what it's like watching her mom play ahead of Thursday's live eviction.
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53min
September 07, 2026 345: Patron Exclusive Unlocked: BB28 Week 8 Pre-Eviction Live Q&A With April Lewis
Patreon Exclusive — Unlocked
This live Q&A originally aired for Patreon supporters ahead of Big Brother 28's Week 8 eviction — now unlocked for everyone.
Sharon is joined by Big Brother 6's April Lewis to talk through the current BB28 house ahead of Thursday's vote, plus your questions live in chat.
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49min
September 05, 2026 344: Special BB28 Live Podcast: Breaking Down Barrett's Game With His Friend Brett
Sharon Tharp is joined live by Brett Hawkins, Barrett's friend and the person running his social media accounts during Big Brother 28. Brett talks about how the two of them know each other, what Barrett's casting and pre-show prep looked like, and what it's actually like managing a houseguest's accounts while the season is airing and the feeds are running. They also get into Brett's read on Barrett's game so far — his alliances, his position in the house heading into this week, and how the version of him fans are seeing on the feeds compares to the guy Brett knows. Questions from the live chat throughout.
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58min
September 04, 2026 343: Big Brother 28 Exit Interview: Lala Says Barrett 'Played' Her
Latrice "Lala" Verrett, the first member of the Big Brother 28 jury, joins The Exclusive to break down the betrayal that ended her game and the three houseguests she would have gone after if she'd won HOH. She reflects on believing Barrett when he looked her in the face, the read she spent all summer fighting — that she was a "pushover" who was too "old" to compete — and the wall win that dropped every jaw in the house. Lala also names the houseguest she's rooting for to take it all.
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4min
September 03, 2026 341: Jennifer Vasquez Hinch Looks Back on Big Brother 6
Twenty-one years after Big Brother 6, Jennifer Vasquez Hinch joins the Memory Wall to look back on one of the most beloved seasons in the show's history — and the Pressure Cooker win that still stands as the longest endurance competition. She explains the wink for the first time in 21 years, revisits the casting twist that paired her with someone she had met exactly once, and gets into what the summer cost her back home in Texas. Plus: the two photos CBS shot before the season, the BB6 jury house in Napa, why the jury vote was never in question, and the classroom slideshow that got her yelled at by a parent.
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54min
September 03, 2026 342: Big Brother 28 Exit Interview: Haley Thogmartin Responds to Criticism
SPOILER WARNING: This audio contains major spoilers for the latest episode of Big Brother 28, including the eliminated player.
Haley Thogmartin joins The Exclusive a few days after her Big Brother 28 elimination. She spent hours out on the comp in the heat before Yash won the power to take her out in a twist. She responds directly to the criticism of how she interacted with Lala and Taylor in the house, revisits the conversation she walked away from, and clarifies what she meant when she used the word bully. She also gets into the "Thog" nickname the fans have run with, why she kept saying she was having a bad week while her side still held the power, and how much of her game was really a fight with herself. Plus: her read on Rick Devens volunteering for the block, who she thinks is playing the best game left, and whether she'd do it again.
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10min
August 31, 2026 340: Big Brother 28 Week 8 Recap: Savannah Louie Breaks Down Barrett's Plan to Flip
Survivor 49 winner Savannah Louis joins Sharon for her first Big Brother season as a viewer — and she knows two of the people playing it. Savannah played Survivor 50 with Dee and Devens, and she talks about finding out they had been cast, what Big Brother shows about Devens's game that Survivor never did, and which of the two she thinks wins if they sit next to each other at the end. She and Sharon also break down Drew's HOH, Devens going up as the replacement nominee after Yash won the veto, whether Barrett actually flips this week, the medieval twist that sent Haley out, and where Lala, Taylor and Melody stand going into the eviction this week.
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53min

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