The Housewives Archives: A Real Housewives Podcast

This week, we wrap up season 7 of RHONJ and say goodbye to Jacqueline as she speeds off in an Uber whilst laughing maniacally. We discuss the fallout of the Vermont trip, the Envy Fashion Show, Joe Giudice going "away," Jacqueline losing her voice (both literally and figuratively), and the re-writing of history at the Reunion. Plus, we get an illuminating, if disturbing, insight into the circumstances of Joe Gorga losing his virginity!

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It's a reboot of a reboot! This week, we briefly touch on the thrilling season premiere of RHOBH before taking an in-depth look at Season 7 of The Real Housewives of New Jersey. Teresa's freshly out of "camp," Joe's about to go into "camp," Teresa and Jacqueline have made up, then they've fallen out, it's hard to keep up! We talk Melissa's new boutique/money pit, the newbies Siggy and Dolores, Jacqueline and the "crazy ex-girlfriend" trope, cutting Kathy and Rosie out like cancer, and the ill-fated trip to Vermont where a certain ass is threatened to get raged on.

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This week, we welcome back friend of the podcast Macy Nyman to help us dissect the ill-fated RHONJ reboot that is Season Six. We discuss the return of Dina, the twins' shenanigans, the first responders' party, hair-pulling, Amber & Jim, "the cancer," the Kathy & Jacqueline sideshow, fighting like a girl, sleeping with your mother-in-law and, of course, Teresa going to jail...

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TW: Assault and domestic abuse

This week, we're taking a break from RHONJ to talk Bravo's newest literary venture, "Not All Diamonds and Rosé" by Dave Quinn. The “Paradise Lost” of our times, its undeniably epic in scope and scale. It’s sprawling, it’s ostentatious, it's candid, it’s funny, it's tragic, and it’s a legitimization of our longtime thesis that these shows are truly literary. We talk the origins of The Real Housewives, the importance of Tamra Judge, the Housewives that didn't take part in the book (we're looking at you, Bethenny), and those whose voices leapt off the page. 

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This week, we take a look at Season Five, where the seemingly endless Giudice-Gorga saga is put to bed (for now at least) as we all take a trip to Lake George for some healing group therapy. And a fist fight! We talk retreats, team-building, how Bravo treats physical fighting, apologies, Kim D's protégées: Penny, Jennifer, and Jan, the Arizona trip, Johnny the Greek, and miracle-worker-cum-fembot Dr. V. 

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This week, we're wrapping up the gargantuan Season Four by taking an in-depth look at "Strippergate" and its ensuing fallout at the Reunion. We talk Angelo and his "salon," Kim D's new hairdo, the Posche Fashion Show, the Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa, Rosie's Reunion meltdown, and much more. Enjoy!

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Hello from not-so-sunny LA! This week, we're together in person and we're talking all about Season Four's premier villain, Joe Giudice. We discuss the husbands' confessionals, the fall-out from the Teresa-Jacqueline fight, fambily therapy, Kathy's mother's pizzelles, the Napa Trip, Caroline versus Teresa, that phone call, and the c-word heard around the world...

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This week, Teresa Giudice is the most famous person in the world and everybody hates her. We talk Teresa's Faustian deal with the devil in exchange for fame, magazine covers, freakin' jealousy, the summer solstice fight, Teresa's love of pictures and cliché, and of course, her epic breakup with Jacqueline.

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This week, we finish off our study of Season 3, and we're thinking about so many things... Among them: rival Thanksgiving dinners, Monica Chacon, the greatest Christmas party of all time, the runs, Kim G's swan song, the Wakiles, Gia and her musical prowess/cry for help, and the longest stretch of Christmas-themed episodes known to man...

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Danielle may be gone, but her chaotic spirit remains as we kick off a new season of New Jersey appropriately enough with a punch-up at a baby's Christening! We say hello to Melissa and Joe Gorga, we discuss Teresa's slow slide into villainy, her latent sexual desire for her brother, Joe Giudice's seething jealousy, and his Machiavellian attempts to break up the Gorga family. It's all very Shakespearean. And operatic. And Greek tragic, of course.

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