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Pop Culture PrisonerThe Valley S2E1 with DinaDeepti and Dina are scared/excited for season 2 of The Valley! The second season premiere was spectacular from the get-go. Everyone is deranged. Dina has a particularly gigantic dislike for a couple on no one's list for "most hated" - but that's just how Dina's brain rolls it seems! The fact that these people have truly been friends (errr frienenemies) for years seems to really add to the authenticity of the show. Both Dina and Deepti are scared of many of them. And they are both excited for all the lunacy to come! What a fabulous premiere e...2025-04-231h 14Pop Culture PrisonerRHOBH S14 Thoughts (through E16) w/Dina & Haley!Dina and Haley have returned to the podcast together to work through all their conflicting opinions on Kyle! So many angles to look at it all through and they share the good the bad and the ugly. Also of course they intensely analyze Sutton's insanity, discuss why it's sad Garcelle is leaving the show and wonder whether or not they like Dorit this season. No cast member is left unscrutinized! 2025-03-261h 06Pop Culture PrisonerRHOC S18 E6-E7, Owning Manhattan (Netflix)Deepti, Dina and Haley discuss their Real Housewives of Orange County issues including Gina's handling of the Travis situation, Heather continuing to be the center of Dina's ire, how to make sense of JOHNNY J's lawsuit against Shannon and not being able to handle one more minute of Alexis.And then onto OWNING MANHATTAN. A show that seems to be so much better than Million Dollar Listing New York. The blend of all the agents' drama coupled with Ryan's charismatic personality made for such a great binge watch. They take guesses at what was actually real and...2024-08-301h 20Pop Culture PrisonerBlake Lively/Ryan Reynolds It Ends With Us Debacle, RHOC S18 E1-E5 (Rec 8/15/24)Blake/Ryan: Beginning RHOC: ~38 min markBack to Blake/Ryan/Taylor Swift ~1hr 37min 15 sec markDeepti has Dina in the house for this LIVELY episode (bad pun I know I know). Deepti explains the whole Blake & Ryan/It Ends With Us controversy and is met with some roadblocks from Dina! Who seemingly at [many] times could not understand why we all need to care about this [HUGE] pop culture disaster! But in the end, Dina in fact gets extraordinarily vested in how this may or may not affect Blake's friendship with Taylor S...2024-08-191h 49Pop 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 PrisonerSouthern Charm S9 ReunionDeepti, Dina and Haley have an innumerable amount of problems with Southern Charm and yet they still can't get enough. In this PCP episode, they discuss what a soUTherN white boy world this show exemplifies overall. They think Olivia did a fantastic job at the reunion, Taylor is an embarrassing disaster, Rodgrigo and Rod contributed pretty much nothing to the season?, Madison REIGNS SUPREME, Craigy is the logical statesmen of the group and Dina especially wonders HOW did that hAppENED like in the past year all of the sudden, SHEP - wow SHep...ok Deepti, Dina and Haley discuss...2024-01-241h 25Pop 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 PrisonerRHOC S17 So Far! (Eps 1-13) (Plus some chatter about RHOSLC S4 Premiere)Deepti and Dina have a lot to say about this latest Real Housewives of Orange County season! They discuss Shannon's psychoses (of course), how Jen is as a new Housewife and how douchey her boyfriend is, \ that they're surprised Taylor is blending in well, THAT HEATHER AND TERRY DUBROW ARE TRASHY EMBARRASSING RICH PEOPLE, how Tamra Judge gets an A+ in Real Housewifery, that they don't understand why Emily gets so much hate online b/c she's actually phenomenal this season!, that they always end up really LIKING Gina every season though they think they won't. And of...2023-09-141h 28Pop 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 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 50Pop Culture PrisonerPrince Harry's memoir SPARE, RHOSLC Reunion Pt 1, RHOP S7E15, Southern Hospitality Season FinaleSPARE: ~3min 20 secRHOSLC: ~8min 10 secRHOP: ~25 min 20 secSouthern Hospitality: 39 min 50 secDeepti is so excited to have Dina back on the podcast! Deepti just finished Prince Harry's memoir so she gives her overall thoughts on the book. Then Deepti and Dina discuss what a mess the Salt Lake City part one reunion was! Heather is a contradictory disaster, Meredith never owns up to anything really and they agree on Jen Shah never having been fun to watch. Deepti and Dina canNOT get enough of the Grande Dame's self-confidence! OHHHH dear l...2023-01-281h 05Pop Culture PrisonerFamily Karma S3E1Deepti and Dina haven't talked about Family Karma in so long! They try to wrap their heads around the premiere episode of season 3 and think about how the cast and show have evolved. 2022-11-091h 07Pop Culture PrisonerRHOBH S12E11 + E12 + E13 AND RHODubai E5-E9RHODubai discussion starts ~1hr 21minDeepti and Dina are here to discuss the latest embarrassments of RHOBH S12 so far. When will Erika STOP being so lame this season? We are not even scared of her anymore, we are just in awe of the low levels she's gone to for herself. Rinna needs to check herself. Dina has a big analysis of both Crystal and Sutton on these episodes! AND OF COURSE THERE IS MUCH TALK ABOUT SUTTON'S DATE WITH THE INDIAN GUY SANJIT. (DUHHH) Garcelle is still a queen of this season. What's going on with A...2022-08-091h 44Pop Culture PrisonerRHODubai S1E3 + RHOBH S12E6RHODubai discussion is first.RHOBH discussion happens ~ 22 mins 35 sec mark.Deepti and Dina were quite angry at both shows from last week!! They can't help but wonder what on earth the producers are thinking! The promise of Dubai was alluring but it is a real nothingburger so far WTF! On Beverly Hills, it seems most of the action is happening OFF the show and Deepti and Dina get into that. The biggest two delights in the episode were of course Garcelle moving all the action and plot forward and Erika's orange and yellow r...2022-06-2055 minPop Culture PrisonerRHOBH S12E5 + RHODubai S1E2RHOBH discussion first.RHODubai discussion begins ~ 32min 20 secIn Beverly Hills news...Deepti and Dina have officially just given up on Crystal! Garcelle keeps on shining, many of the ladies seemed to have had a bit of a glow-DOWN this episode?!?, Erika is embarrassing herself and of course....RIP to Rinna's amazing 93 year old mother LOIS who sadly passed. WE LOVED HER! EVERYONE LOVED LOIS! In Dubai news...Dina totally turned Deepti around who initially thought episode 2 was very meh...but by the end of their discussion, Deepti was FULLY INTO IT and is...2022-06-141h 21Pop Culture PrisonerReal Housewives of Dubai S1E1 (SERIES PREMIERE!) + RHOBH S12 E4Real Housewives of Dubai discussion is first.RHOBH discussion begins around 57 min 10 sec mark. Deepti and Dina throw some real punches at all the Housewives in this PCP episode EEEKS. They introduce the NEW SERIES Real Housewives of Dubai and my oh my that Chanel Ayan is something else. Namely - EXHAUSTING! Deepti and Dina don't hold back and have loads of first impression thoughts on all the new Housewives. Back to America and Beverly Hills, Erika continues to shock with how horrific she is, Dorit and PK remain absolutely adorable, Kyle STIRS aw...2022-06-091h 39Pop Culture PrisonerRHOBH S12E2 + E3RHOBH Episode 3 discussion starts around 52min 30secDeepti and Dina continue to wonder more about the "home invasion"; Dina is extremely relieved the new housewife Diana is legitimately rich beyond words; Deepti is a little upset and surprised she's kind of enjoying Erika; they're both so happy Rinna got buuuuurned by Sutton's receipts; while they don't like Garcelle's stupid crystal rock collection, they ARE enjoying her ability to the move the plot forward so wonderfully this season; they analyze Crystal's meltdown; and of course they discuss the latest news on Kathy Hilton and her "problematic" family's language...2022-05-281h 34Pop Culture PrisonerRHOBH S12E1 (SEASON PREMIERE!)Deepti is finally BACK to Pop Culture Prisoner after a hiatus and she's here with Dina to discuss the Beverly Hills ladies returning to our lives! Dina and Deepti struggle and go back and forth and up and down and every which way trying to understand the BURGLARY. Deepti wonders if Rinna's trying to push her way into a very specific sunglasses market? Dina marvels at the insanity of how OFF so many cast member "reactions" were in general in this episode. And Erika...oh god Erika. Of course they discuss her choice to double down on awfulness. 2022-05-151h 30