Andy's Girls: A Real Housewives Podcast

Sarah has officially exhausted herself after several weeks of watching SLC while barking at the moon like her parents' shishipoo. So, a new chapter on her Salt Lake recovery hath maybe begun: hilling. Joining Sarah on this journey: fellow recovering Bethenny stan, Louis Peitzman (Housewives writer and culture commentator). They discuss differing views on Heather v. Whitney, the difficulty of ignoring accountability when choosing to stan, the importance of centering consent in conversation about Brandi's behavior on RHUGT S4, and Robyn's confusing reveal about Juan. This is a hilling journey, and Miami is the franchise grande dame - it's Andy's Girls, Episode 382! JOIN/LEVEL UP TO THE ANDY'S GIRLS PATREON, AND ENJOY BONUS EPS, INVITES TO SPECIAL ZOOM EVENTS, AND MORE: https://www.patreon.com/AndysGirls Follow Sarah on social: https://www.instagram.com/damegalli/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

After Sarah finds her true calling in life -- watching Dr. Nicole throw a black Amex on a flustered attorney's lap -- she realizes her ideal billable hour is a priceless kiki with a certain beloved return guest. So Sarah Zooms up her pal, New York Times bestselling author Michael Arceneaux ("I Can't Date Jesus," "I Don't Want to Die Poor"), for a deep dive on the bitterness Lenny has toward a marital dynamic he created, Dr. Nicole's struggle to meet her father in the present while defending childhood and adult trauma from the past, a lesson in the harm of indifference that Meredith and Heather could learn from Elie Wiesel, and the irony behind Heather’s book tour. If you're losing faith in Bravo because of Salt Lake, Miami will have you praying for more - it's Andy's Girls, Episode 381! JOIN/LEVEL UP TO THE ANDY'S GIRLS PATREON, AND ENJOY BONUS EPS, INVITES TO SPECIAL ZOOM EVENTS, AND MORE: https://www.patreon.com/AndysGirls Follow Sarah on social: https://www.instagram.com/damegalli/ Learn more about your ad

Sarah realizes the best convos are ones from the heart - and the cloff. So she settles in for a People's People's Couch one-on-one, and discusses Heather’s journey from fan favorite to ill favor (and the difficulty of monetizing community affection at the cost of what made her so popular), the network's promise ring to Jen Shah, and Juan's Simon van Kempen Energy. This cackle is ready to monologue and mention it all - it's Andy's Girls, Episode 380! JOIN/LEVEL UP TO THE ANDY'S GIRLS PATREON, AND ENJOY BONUS EPS, INVITES TO SPECIAL ZOOM EVENTS, AND MORE: https://www.patreon.com/AndysGirls Follow Sarah on social: https://www.instagram.com/damegalli/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Sarah awakens from a horrifying, melatonin induced nightmare, where she dreamt that Jen Shah wasn't fired by Bravo after literally bankrupting grandmas and grandpas all over the land. She realizes the best salve is AG therapy with a dream guest: Ryan Houlihan (journalist, drag performer, and Bravoholic). They discuss the-now cancelled Frost/Nixon/Shah/Cohen, a Jentervention for Heather and Meredith (and the ways nuance seems less important at times than prioritizing accountability with a smidge of rage), and the ways Miami is currently carrying the light (bouncing off of Larsa's feet). Barbra Streisand directed "The Mirror Has Two Faces," based on Dr. Nicole's couriered non-invitation - it's Andy's Girls, Episode 379! JOIN/LEVEL UP TO THE ANDY'S GIRLS PATREON, AND ENJOY BONUS EPS, INVITES TO SPECIAL ZOOM EVENTS, AND MORE: https://www.patreon.com/AndysGirls Follow Sarah on social: https://www.instagram.com/damegalli/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Sarah receives the results of her Myers-Briggs personality test, and discovers she's an EIMY (Extremely Into Miami Yes). Thrilled to know that her extroversion toward her fave franchise is tried and true, she Zooms up another fave: news and entertainment journalist and pop culture expert, Richie Skye. They discuss the perception of beta Housewives personalities as a potentially negative character trait (and the role of gender in using 'beta' as a pejorative), Karen and Charrisse's divide about supporting a friend in mourning as a potentially transactional exchange, whether or not Jen should have attended the Salt Lake reunion, and how Andy's remarks about Jen's future with Bravo intersect with an audience expectation around accountability. Sarah may not be able to answer whether or not Salt Lake is "worthy" of a visit, but this convo definitely is - it's Andy's Girls, Episode 378! Read Sarah's Daily Beast piece about the Bravo community's response to the Jentencing: https://www.thedailybeast.com/obsessed/brav

Sarah watches the Salt Lake City finale and realizes that the only thing editors left on the cutting room floor -- aside from Danna's moment in the sun -- is everything. The only way to get to the other side of this slog is to get through it, and who better to join her for this journey than Sarah's Bravoholic pal, Daniel Stokes (culture programs lead at Brex and cohost of the pod "Thots & Prayers"). They discuss the Salt Lake finale's High School Musical: The Musical energy, the lack of a voice of the audience when it's needed now more than ever before, what Jen's likely sit-down with Andy means for the network's confusing tone, and what reunion accountability could look like for Gizelle. This convo doesn't need the green eyed bandits, because the combo of Sarah and Daniel's laughs is the greatest alliance of all - it's Andy's Girls, Episode 377! Read Sarah's Daily Beast piece about the Bravo community's response to the Jentencing: https://www.thedailybeast.com/obsessed/bravo-fans-react-to-jen-shahs-prison-se

It's equal parts Hilling Journey and Frost/Nixon Shah/Cohen. Sarah reacts to all of the breaking news coming out of the Bravosphere--Andy's maybe going to Salt Lake! Rinna is "on pause!" Alex and Sarah's mother-in-law are coming on Girl's Trip! Heather's eye is looking for a spinoff!--by Zooming up one of her fave content creators, truth tellers, and gummy-imbibing Bravoholics, @BravoBravoDuckingBravo. They discuss the cognitive dissonance behind believing in Jen's courtroom repentance alone, the cost of possible closure with Andy's announced plans for a one-on-one, and Mia and Jacqueline's RHOC energy. Sarah may be turning the cloffice into psych 101-style courtroom TV, as long as Chris Manzo will be her stenographer - it's Andy's Girls, Episode 376! Watch Andy's Girls Live: A New Beginnings 2023 Kiki, featuring guest cohost Ryan Bailey. Video on demand for show and after party, only available until Thursday!: https://www.moment.co/andysgirls Read Sarah's Daily Beast piece about the Bravo community's respons

Sarah decides to turn the People's People's Couch into the People's People's Court, and attends Jen Shah's sentencing in lower Manhattan. She shares her experience being in the courtroom where it happened with legal analyst, host of The Emily Show, internet sensation, and Bravoholic, Emily D. Baker. They unpack a translation of Jen's Shah's sentence inside and outside of the Bravo universe, Judge Stein's view of Jen's "scripted" tv character (and how closely that character seems aligned with the reams of evidence presented by the government), the continuing trauma felt by her thousands of victims (whose very vulnerabilities Jen belittled in court exhibits), the difference in how Coach Shah and Erika Jayne have been criticized (and possibly, why), and the ultimate cost of performative wealth on reality tv. Call it the Jentencing or IRL BravoCon - it's Andy's Girls, Episode 375! Watch this week's Andy's Girls Live: A New Beginnings 2023 Kiki, featuring guest cohost Ryan Bailey. Video on demand for show and afte

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A new year hath begun, and who better to ring it in than a couple of dames. Sarah begins 2023 in child's pose (named after the emotional maturity of most Housewives) and limbers into the cloffice for a deep dive with her fave elected official: Founder and President of the Real Housewives Institute, and author of the New York Times bestseller "The Housewives: The Real Story of the Real Housewives," Dame Brian Moylan. They discuss the conditioning and placement of gender roles/norms within some Housewives marriages (and the impact of generational conditioning on Lenny and Lisa), the differences between Housewives escapism and aspiration, and the ways select cast members have taken "disingenuous" performance too far on Potomac and Salt Lake. Sarah immediately brought up PK as one of the best Househusbands around, in case you're wondering how well she's slept so far in 2023 - and it's Andy's Girls, Episode 374! Buy tickets to Andy's Girls Live: A New Beginnings 2023 Kiki, featuring guest cohost Ryan Bailey, on Ja

Sarah hears a wind chime that feels like the spirit of 2022 putting its hand in hers, and realizes, yes, Jamie Lee, now is the time. The time for turtles (obvs), and the chicest countdown of Housewives moments AGs have ever seen. Sarah unpacks her picks for the top 25 moments in all things Housewifery, including Rinna as the living embodiment of a certain IG meme, Jen no-Shahing to the reunion and her now-cancelled trial, Jeff Lewis out Bethenny'ing Bethenny, British royal Lisa Hochstein, and so much more. This episode has worked with the homeless, it has worked with the toothless - and it's the official AG spectacular top 25 Housewives moments of 2022, aka Episode 373! Buy tickets to Andy's Girls Live: A New Beginnings 2023 Kiki, featuring guest cohost Ryan Bailey, on Jan 5th at 8pm ET/5pm PT: https://www.moment.co/andysgirls JOIN/LEVEL UP TO THE ANDY'S GIRLS PATREON, AND ENJOY BONUS EPS, INVITES TO SPECIAL ZOOM EVENTS, AND MORE: https://www.patreon.com/AndysGirls Follow Sarah on social: https://www.instagra

Sarah wakes up post-Hanukkah and Christmas, takes down the cloffice tinsel and menorah, and realizes her greatest holiday wish is about to be met - a deep dive of Miami and Salt Lake with her fave Bravo investigative journalist, Tracie Morrissey (writer, producer, host of the pod Pot Psychology, and owner of pipedreams.fun). They discuss the difference between Lisa's fantasy of her marriage vs. Lenny's fantasy for himself, Miami's refreshing openness around plastic surgery, and LOL what the absolute hell is going on with Heather's eye (it's not just the crime, it's the coverup). If you were a bit bad this year, Santa either left you coal or a friendship bracelet from Jen - it's Andy's Girls, Episode 372! Buy tickets to Andy's Girls Live: A New Beginnings 2023 Kiki, featuring guest cohost Ryan Bailey, on Jan 5th at 8pm ET/5pm PT: https://www.moment.co/andysgirls JOIN/LEVEL UP TO THE ANDY'S GIRLS PATREON, AND ENJOY BONUS EPS, INVITES TO SPECIAL ZOOM EVENTS, AND MORE: https://www.patreon.com/AndysGirls Follow Sa

Ho, ho, ho, how long to camp will Jen Shah go? Sarah celebrates the holidays the best way she knows how: with a down and dirty tussle about Whitney vs Heather featuring two of her fave writer girls: Kevin Fallon (senior entertainment editor at The Daily Beast and creator of Obsessed, a pop culture website) and Louis Peitzman (Housewives writer and culture commentator). They sit underneath a Zoom Hanukkah bush/Christmas tree, and discuss standout moments in 2022, the importance of Miami's work centering sisterhood in storyline, the impact of a potential Jen sit down supplement, and why the origin story between Tre vs. Melissa is unlikely to resolve. Sarah vs Louis and Kevin, someone pass her some Vida and one of Heather's side lasers- it's Andy's Girls, Episode 371! Buy tickets to Andy's Girls Live: A New Beginnings 2023 Kiki, featuring guest cohost Ryan Bailey, on Jan 5th at 8pm ET/5pm PT: https://www.moment.co/andysgirls JOIN/LEVEL UP TO THE ANDY'S GIRLS PATREON, AND ENJOY BONUS EPS, INVITES TO SPECIAL ZOOM

Happy Hanukkah, this episode is a gift! Sarah celebrates the festival of lights by inviting over her Bravo bestie who always shines from within, Dylan Hafer (content manager, pop culture at Betches Media, host of the pod Mention It All, and creator of @BravoByBetches). They settle into the cloffice (another kind of present), and discuss the disdain underneath Lenny's disrespect of Lisa, the burden of carrying a toxic relationship on TV and IRL, NJ's Housewives normcore, nuance as the missing piece of the SLC formula, and the ways Mia is being mistaken as a riddle instead of a punch line. We wish you a Mary Christmas (except her name is possibly, Michelle) - it's Andy's Girls, Episode 370! Buy tickets to Andy's Girls Live: A New Beginnings 2023 Kiki, featuring guest cohost Ryan Bailey, on Jan 5th at 8pm ET/5pm PT: https://www.moment.co/andysgirls JOIN/LEVEL UP TO THE ANDY'S GIRLS PATREON, AND ENJOY BONUS EPS, INVITES TO SPECIAL ZOOM EVENTS, AND MORE: https://www.patreon.com/AndysGirls Follow Sarah on social: h

To life, to life, L'chaim! (perhaps not a fave song for Lenny Hochstein.) Sarah prepares for Hanukkah by getting out her almost-never-used menorah, and inviting over a gift to the content creator community, Danielle (co-host of the pod The Real Housewives of Rewatch and creator behind @BrandsByBravo). They discuss a shared double fluency of being Bravo creators and Hebrews, Lisa and Larsa's trust fall exercise friendship fight, the price of "fun" Jen on Salt Lake, and the differences in Bethenny now vs. then (gotta stretch that funny/humility bone or it'll atrophy). Hanukkah has come early with this convo, which is perfect because Sarah forgot when it actually begins - it's Andy's Girls, Episode 369! Buy tickets to Andy's Girls Live: A New Beginnings 2023 Kiki, featuring guest cohost Ryan Bailey, on Jan 5th at 8pm ET/5pm PT: https://www.moment.co/andysgirls JOIN/LEVEL UP TO THE ANDY'S GIRLS PATREON, AND ENJOY BONUS EPS, INVITES TO SPECIAL ZOOM EVENTS, AND MORE: https://www.patreon.com/AndysGirls Follow Sarah

Ring ring! Who's this? It's Erika Jayne's questionably insured replacement diamond - and a caller with a special announcement to share! Excited because Andy Cohen isn't the only one who's got the 411, Sarah Zooms up another king, king of midnight fun - Ryan Bailey (host, "So Bad It's Good with Ryan Bailey"). They make their special announcement (an upcoming live show collab!), and discuss the impact of toxic standoms, the ways financial independence factors into why some women join Housewives, what similarities Lenny shares with Kelsey Grammer, and the benefits of externalizing internal thoughts through the lens of narrative storytelling. Consider this part 1 of Sarah and Ryan's live show collab - it's Andy's Girls, Episode 368! Buy tickets to Andy's Girls Live: A New Beginnings 2023 Kiki, featuring guest cohost Ryan Bailey, on Jan 5th at 8pm ET/5pm PT: https://www.moment.co/andysgirls AG Patreon members get early bird discount access now until December 14th at 1pm EST, when $12 general admission begins! JOIN

It's the day before the White Lotus finale, and Sarah is feeling particularly floral. So after praying to her Jennifer Coolidge altar - a sign saying "please let Tanya remain alive and also rich" placed near various Scary Island artifacts - she invites another iconic pop culture figure to the cloff, also known as the Doris Kearns Goodwin of Bravo, Evan Ross Katz (writer, fashion columnist, podcaster behind "Shut Up Evan" and "Drop Your Buffs, and author of "Into Every Generation a Slayer is Born: How Buffy Staked Our Hearts"). They sit in a meditative state for a moment (helpful when things get spicy during the ep), and discuss the similarities Heather and Meredith share with Gizelle and Robyn in conducting friendship warfare, the complicated journey at the core of processing trauma on camera, and what it means to call Lisa Rinna an icon (in this, our year of the lord, Garcelle). Call Bravo podcast sweeps, and let them know this conversation deserves an award (perhaps one of the few Bethenny's given herself)

Sarah watches the RHOM premiere and realizes its high tide to have a return guest make his cloffice premiere - a safe space in which to admit a surprising detail about Lenny H - Evan Real (senior tv reporter at pagesix.com and co-host of Page 6's pod "Virtual Reali-tea"). They pregame with I Am Real by Simon van Kempen and discuss the media narrative surrounding Lisa and Lenny's shock divorce (and show critiques some ex-Househusbands make in order to minimize their wives), the ways delusion and denial have been threaded through Jen Shah's relationship with her cast, and why Robyn and Gizelle's decision to use Mia as a vessel for revenge is an ineffective strategy. Melissa Gorga may be on display, on display, on display, but you should listen to this convo every day, every day, every day - it's Andy's Girls, Episode 366! JOIN/LEVEL UP TO THE ANDY'S GIRLS PATREON, AND ENJOY BONUS EPS, INVITES TO SPECIAL ZOOM EVENTS, AND MORE: https://www.patreon.com/AndysGirls Follow Sarah on social: https://www.instagram.com/d

Much like Ginger Zarin, Storm Umansky, and of course Archie Beador, Sarah is so excited for an IRL cloffice kiki that she finds herself barking excitedly (that also might be a reaction to Sparkle Dog). She welcomes one of her faves back to the People's People's Couch: Gibson Johns (host of the podcast, "We Should Talk"). They do just that, discussing the way some Housewives perform being desensitized around toxic online discourse for strategy and survival, the difference between hosting a party and providing a space (which both Jen and Angie K. are getting wrong), and a piece of presidential wisdom that some Housewives would do well to remember (or maybe, for the sake of tv, not). If anyone dares spill an ounce of champs on Sarah's blowout, she's calling the fashion police - it's Andy's Girls, Episode 365! JOIN/LEVEL UP TO THE ANDY'S GIRLS PATREON, AND ENJOY BONUS EPS, INVITES TO SPECIAL ZOOM EVENTS, AND MORE: https://www.patreon.com/AndysGirls Follow Sarah on social: https://www.instagram.com/damegalli/ Dona

Sarah wakes up with a tummy ache (equal parts too much vegan paleo pie, and a dream she was stuck in the RHOP Miami rental bedroom with constant flushing replacing ocean waves). Undeterred, she realizes the best medicine is a People's People's Couch RHOP kiki with one of her absolute faves, Bravoholic Emerson Collins (writer, producer, and actor). They discuss Potomac's mastery of the Housewives universe (big fights over small details), a defense of overreacting when responding to an overreach, the difference between being an artificial villain and an artificial person, and the effect of friendship without accountability (Jacqueline, take note). Much like Gizelle's red velvet oreos, this ep is serving - it's Andy's Girls, Episode 364! JOIN/LEVEL UP TO THE ANDY'S GIRLS PATREON, AND ENJOY BONUS EPS, INVITES TO SPECIAL ZOOM EVENTS, AND MORE: https://www.patreon.com/AndysGirls Follow Sarah on social: https://www.instagram.com/damegalli/ Donate to the Bravo creator fundraiser in support of Inside Out Youth Service