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Pop Culture PrisonerRHOBH S14 Ep 4-Ep5 ~ with New Guest Daniel!!!Deepti sits down with her amazing new guest Daniel Schroeder for a scintillating discussion of Beverly Hills. In the course of analyzing the minutiae of this season's episodes 4 and 5, Daniel learns the extent of Deepti's discontent with Kyle...which he was actually quite surprised by! Daniel posits some theories which end up blowing Deepti's mind, including why and how Boz's role on the show is playing out so far. They of course celebrate the ending fight in episode 5 where Dorit goes AT Camille! Because this is Daniel's first episode on PCP, they wind up analyzing in detail e...2024-12-231h 52Pop Culture PrisonerRHOSLC S5E13 + Southern Charm S10E1+E2Deepti, Haley AND LARKYN chat about how Real Housewives of Salt Lake City can still do no wrong. While the majority tides are turning on Bronwyn currently, everyone is still wildly entertained by all the chaos her now-UNbecoming MEANNESS ends up creating in the group. Meredith is a superstar in this episode bringing Angie her SHAMPOO WITH SULFITES BAT MITZVAH PRESENT all the way to PUERTO VALLARTA just to make a point. Amaaaazing work, Meredith! Angie's ability to NOT see how she has done ANY wrong at all remains staggering. Britani's complete acceptance in being a pawn if it...2024-12-161h 27Pop Culture PrisonerRHOBH S14 (Eps 1-3), RHOSLC S5 (Eps 1-12), RHOP S9 (Eps 1-10), RHONY S15 (Eps 1-10)After over three months, Pop Culture Prisoner is BACK! Because there are SO many shows to discuss, Deepti and Haley just dished their latest overall thoughts so far on Beverly Hills, SLC (the GREATEST show on Bravo), Potomac and New York (the WORST show on Bravo).Deepti and Haley united in their anger towards Kyle and couldn't help but notice how happy Mo and PK seem to be these days! They discuss the controversial freshman *STAR* Bronwyn on RHOSLC and also how unHINGED Meredith's bat mitzvah party was (in THE most entertaining way imaginable). Potomac is doing...2024-12-111h 22Pop Culture PrisonerTaylor Swift's Eras Tour, Summer House S8E15 Season Finale, VPR S11 Reunion, The Valley S1E9-E11Deepti is joined by Haley to break down the final(e) straw in Carl and Lindsey's relationship on Summer House. They also try to understand Kyle and Amanda's fractured marriage and Deepti has turned on West and appreciates Ciara more?!? In Vanderpump Rules universe, they discuss the main takeaways from the finale...how awful Lala is, how Scheana needs to stop living in the comments and why on earth no one let Ariana grieve her relationship at ALL this whole season. They also conclude that Jo makes no sense at all.The Valley continues to s...2024-06-041h 30Pop Culture PrisonerTaylor Swift's TTPD, Summer House S8 E9-E10, VPR S11 E10-E13, The Valley S1 E1-E6 (time stamps in show notes)Taylor Swift TTPD: Beginning to 19 min & again at ~1 hr 4 min 30 sec to ~1hr 9 min 30 sec Summer House ~19 min to ~48 min 40 sec VPR ~48 min 40 sec to ~1 hr 4 min 30 sec & again at 1 hr 9 min 30 sec to ~1 hr 11 min 30 secThe Valley ~1 hr 11 min 30 sec to the end (some VPR inside The Valley discussion too)Deepti, Haley and Larkyn have much catching up to do in this episode. They discuss their latest JOURNEYS with Taylor Swift's new opus TTPD and thoughts on Matty Healy/ Travis Kelce/Joe Alwyn and the album length as well as hat...2024-05-021h 47Pop Culture PrisonerParis In Love Seasons 1&2 - More In Depth Analysis w/DinaIt's safe to say that Deepti and Dina are OBSESSED with Paris In Love (streaming on Peacock) about Paris Hilton's marriage to Carter Reum. From Season 1's wedding to Season 2's arrival of a new baby...Deepti and Dina were along for the whole ride and they had an insane range of emotions about this show and all the people featured in it. From confusion to fury to sympathy and then all back around in so many circles - WHEW that's where their heads were at bingeing this series and Deepti and Dina explain all their thoughts in this...2024-03-201h 16Pop Culture PrisonerKate Middleton Mystery, RHOBH S13 Reunion Part 3, VPR S11E7, Paris In Love S2, Summer House S8E4Deepti, Haley and Larkyn discuss their latest theories on where on earth Kate Middleton is! Then they pivot to wondering why on earth Kathy Hilton was at the RHOBH reunion, how sick they are of the Richards sisters, what was going on with Sutton's almost fainting, how great of a friend Garcelle is and how completely not straightforward Kyle is about everything. Vanderpump Rules continues to deliver peak ratchet Sandoval, Scheana is comically self-involved, Katie is eliciting some genuine sympathy and Deepti backtracks a bit on her thoughts from last week on Ariana's stance on the...2024-03-171h 20Pop Culture PrisonerSummer House S8 Eps 1-3; VPR S11 Eps 1-6, Paris In Love (on Peacock), RHOBH S13 Reunion Parts 1-2Deepti is back with Haley and Larkyn to catch up on a LOT of Bravo. On Summer House, Kyle and Amanda *hate* each other and Lindsay is in full blown monster mode. Deepti has to tap into Haley and Larkyn's historical SH knowledge to try to understand if Lindsay was ever likable in the first few seasons. Vanderpump Rules is snoozy this season and Sandoval is incorrigible. Deepti is underwhelmed by how Ariana is carrying the show. LVP might hate women? They also debate whether the show needs to just fully end and who will be watching t...2024-03-121h 33Pop Culture PrisonerRHOSLC S4E16 FINALE + Reunion Part 1Deepti, Dina and Haley go DEEP on the Salt Lake City ladies! Deepti sees this whole season and that spectacular finale as performance art, and that "realization" helps her not be "mad" at how ridiculous it all is! This show is a combo of camp and performance art and it's just a wild ride. They discuss every nuance of Monica and what's great about her and what's so obviously fraudulent and bizarre about her. They also try to figure out WHEN Heather REALLY knew Monica was Reality Von Tea(se) and if Jen tipped anyone off before s...2024-01-161h 47Pop Culture PrisonerRHUGT (S4) RHONY Legacy E1-E4, RHOBH S13 E6-E9, Southern Charm S9 E10-E14Deepti is back with Sarah to catch up on so much Bravo.RHONY Legacy is INCREDIBLE. Kelly Bensimmon is such a nightmare but is fueling us with some good TV. Dorinda, Lu and Sonja are deLIGHTING us, Ramona is NOT being as big of a monster (so far?) and Kristen is bringing enough drama. VERY HAPPY with RHONY LEGACY, it's like a big warm hug with our old friends.Beverly Hills is HEAVY. Deepti and Sarah have some disagreements on Sutton...and they discuss. Dorit deserved what she got from Garcelle at the end of...2023-12-2658 minPop Culture PrisonerRHOSLC S4 E10-E11, RHOBH S13 E4-E5, Southern Charm S9E9, Winter House S3 E4-E5, RHOP S8 E1-E3Approximate Time Stamps for each show discussion:RHOSLC - BeginningRHOBH - 26min 20 secSC - 49 min 50 secWH - 1hr 5 minRHOP - 1hr 14min 25secDeepti and Haley are joined by Sarah to discuss NUMEROUS shows. Bravo really is keeping everyone busy! Salt Lake City continues to bring it with so much camp. Love her or hate her, Monica is a force of nature on the show and Deepti, Haley and Sarah still get a real kick out of her; they disagree on Lisa Barlow love/hate this s...2023-11-291h 26Pop Culture PrisonerRHOBH S13 E1-E3, RHOSLC S4 E1-E9, Winter House S3 E1-3, Southern Charm S9 E1-E8 & Some Bravocon ThoughtsIt's been a long time! Deepti is finally back with Haley to catch up on LOTS OF BRAVO. On Beverly Hills, Kyle is sober and works out a lot and is going through something tough with Mo and Deepti and Haley believe it BUT she's also being a “bratty” these days BUT also extra funny, Deepti has HAD IT with Sutton, Garcelle needs better storylines ASAP, Dorit and PK - the SCAMS! THE SCAMS!, are the producers editing Crystal out a bit?? RHOSLC - AMAAAAZING season so far, the campiest most dystopian bizarro land Housewives show i...2023-11-171h 56Pop Culture PrisonerRHONY S14E3 + E4 (RHONY Reboot), Crappie Lake, Project Runway, Below Deck Down Under, Taylor Swift ManiaDeepti, Haley and Sarah welcome everyone back to PCP where they chat about their latest thoughts on Brynn (mostly switched to positive), Erin (complicated), Jenna (LOVE), Jessel (not sure WHAT is going on with her), Sai (don't get it still) and Ubah (her hot sauce better be SUPER HOT, Deepti is going to buy some to taste test). Crappie Lake - oh dear lordy lord. It's just...not good.Haley and Sarah are VERY into Below Deck and Project Runway and they talk about all the latest with Christian Siriano's hairdo and how great the A...2023-08-151h 16Pop Culture PrisonerBravo's Dancing Queens S1 (+ TV Pop Culture catchup: Kyle & Mauricio (RHOBH), new/old RHONY, RHOC, RHOA, And Just Like That (HBO), RHOSLC, The Kardashians (Hulu))What an episode! Dina and Haley join Deepti to discuss the first season of Bravo's show Dancing Queens about amateur LATIN (not to be confused with AMERICAN RHYTHM!) ballroom dancers doing competitions with their professional coaches. OH what a doozy. Leonie stuns and sizzles, Sabrina is a PILL (albeit an amazing dancer) wow wow wow!, Colette is clearly on the man prowl, SO MUCH TO SAY ABOUT POOJA AND HER INDIAN FAMILY, Gaelle is a stunner and made everyone laugh with her blatant and obvious pot-stirring; and finally............Donie - oh boy...Deepti, Dina and Haley had many many...2023-07-161h 46Pop Culture PrisonerVanderpump Rules S10 Reunion Parts 1 & 2 (~with Leila!) + brief chat about RHUGT S3Deepti welcomes Leila back to the podcast! Deepti gets inside of Leila's head to see where she's at with all the latest VPR news. They discuss the whether Lala's hypocrisy exists/matters; Schwartz being part Swamp-Boy/part Conniving Jerk; Rachel's entire state of mind the whole season and especially currently; more of course of how much Sandy sucks; whether Ariana has been totally truthful on camera about her rlshp with Sandy; if LVP is finally getting some comeuppance; whether James is intentionally hilarious or just passively funny in a cringey way; their current feelings on Katie...and much more.2023-06-061h 32Pop Culture PrisonerVanderpump Rules S10E15 (VPR FINALE!), Summer House S7E14Summer House convo starts ~ 1h 41min markTHE VPR FINALE WAS INSANE!!!!!!! Deepti, Haley and Larkyn talk fake Sandoval tears and heaving (straight up hilarious at points), how Rachel's crying pattern this whole season has been only when she cries about something regarding HERSELF, what exactly Rachel and Sandoval PLANNED OUT and did they NOT get their lying timeline straight??, why Deepti was secretly ROOTING for stupid Schwartz at times in the finale (but he flubbed it all and remained a lying liar who lies), whether Scheana MAY have known something happened way beforehand with Sandoval and...2023-05-231h 59Pop Culture PrisonerVanderpump Rules S10E14, Summer House S7E13Summer House convo starts ~1hr 9 min markVPR ep 14 was one of the CRAZIEST EPISODES that Deepti, Haley and Larkyn have *ever* seen. Rachel was the most unhinged she has EVER been, popping up constantly to poke and prod at Ariana and Katie, it was absolutely bonkers. Then Sandoval comes in and pokes more on Rachel's behalf, even telling Katie's MOM to STFU (!!!!!!!!!!!). Of course Schwartz remains a putz the whole episode. The whole thing was b-a-n-a-n-a-s. Deepti/Haley/Larkyn try to figure out WHY Ariana DID stay with Sandy for so long. And also why we...2023-05-141h 36Pop Culture PrisonerIndian Matchmaking Season 3 (Netflix) ~with NeelamNeelam is BACK!! Deepti and Neelam discuss everything Season 3 Indian Matchmaking. Deepti is convinced Sima Auntie can do better at her job, while Neelam cuts her more slack. But they both agree...IMM overall needs to do better!!! They discuss their faves (spoiler alert: it's Priya and Pavneet) and of course the duds (you'll have to listen to find out who they are). Also analyzed: who is extra thirsty and just wants to be on tv, who should NOT be on tv, why on earth Sima Auntie chooses to set up certain people together...and also the d...2023-05-1156 minPop Culture PrisonerVanderpump Rules S10E12 + E13, Summer House S7E10 + E11 + E12 (Plus some Jewish Matchmaking & Indian Matchmaking Chatter)Summer House Discussion ~1hr 29 min markDeepti, Haley and Larkyn are back to talk all things Scandoval and Danielle/Lindsay/Carl with Summer House! They briefly chat about how great the new Netflix show Jewish Matchmaking is (new PCP episode on JMM will be up this week!) and how compared to Sima Auntie on Indian Matchmaking, the Jewish Matchmaker is a WHIZ! Larkyn decided everyone is going to need an addiction intervention for Vanderpump Rules when the season finally ends b/c it's still SO good and just keeps getting better. They discuss ho...2023-05-091h 48Pop Culture PrisonerVanderpump Rules S10E10, TOM SANDOVAL HOWIE MANDEL INTERVIEW, Summer House S7E8 + E9Summer House discussion ~50 min markDeepti, Haley and Larkyn are back after a little hiatus to talk more never-ending Scandoval. They discuss the delusional interview Sandoval gave to Howie Mandel filled with recycled garbage he said *verbatim* after breaking up with Kristen Doute. They also get deep into Katie's psyche and try to figure out if she's always been a dark mean girl...or is that ONLY because Schwartz trashed her for years...OR has she grown a lot in the past year FROM being that dark mean girl?? Lala is a projecting embarrassment. James is still...2023-04-201h 33Pop Culture PrisonerVanderpump Rules S10E7, Summer House S7E6Summer House convo starts ~ 57min 15 secDeepti, Haley and Larkyn still have PLENTY of thoughts on Scandoval. Deepti thought this latest episode though dragged a bit, and yet they all still talked almost an hour about the whole damn thing. The internet seems to be coming closer and closer to more definitive clues on the timeline of the affair. Lala is super annoying and a TOTAL hypocrite. While Katie has her detractors...Haley DEFINITELY seems to always be #TeamKatie. SCHWARTZ SUCKS SCHWARTZ SUCKS SCHWARTZ SUCKS SCHWARTZ SUCKS SCHWARTZ SUCKS SCHWARTZ SUCKS SCHWARTZ SUCKS SCHWARTZ SUCKS SCHWARTZ SUCKS 2023-03-281h 20Pop Culture PrisonerVanderpump Rules S10E6, Summer House S7E5Deepti, Haley and Larkyn are into the third week of Scandoval and still deeply mired into wormholes and deep dives galore! Haley goes back and forth on how diabolical she thinks Raquel/Rachel really is. PCP's scorn for Schwartz may be AS STRONG as the scorn for Sandoval. Lala had a TERRIBLE episode and Deepti thinks it greatly thwarted her ability to keep despising Rachel b/c Lala was just SUCH a hypocrite. Katie's divorce party weekend was sad sad sad! But man.....the ending of this episode was one of the best few minutes in BRAVO HISTORY.2023-03-201h 13Pop Culture PrisonerFamily Karma Season 3Deepti and Dina discuss in detail all the main cast members of this season. LONG discussions about Anisha, Monica and Monica's dad...oh man. Deepti explains why she cried so much towards the end of the season during all the tensions with Nicholas and Amrit's wedding. Of course they chat about Vishal and Richa. Bali, Brian, Rishi, Avni, Vishal's mom Reshma, Amrit's parents...Dina and Deepti leave no stone unturned!! 2023-03-091h 50