This week, Emily and Paula discuss RHONY Season 1 Episode 1 (Meet the Wives) through the lens of social location and hierarchies. 

This was our first time recording, so Paula's mic situation hasn't yet upgraded and she clearly needs to work on mouth breathing. 

However, we're putting this out there in the interest of transparency and vulnerability. :) 

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Timestamps

00:35 - Intro to the podcast, why this podcast

01:35 - Emily's first foray into RHONY, Paula's extensive experience

2:45 - Who did you relate to most this week?

5:57 - This week's theme/topic - Social Location

12:00 - The foreign nature of the show, yet it touches onto the human condition

14:00 - Alex and Simon, being in the Hamptons is work (but they're still wearing the mask in St Barts)

15:50 - Emily and Paula's Mormon upbringing and wearing masks in Mormon culture

19:45 - The housewives' adult lives are markedly different from how they grew up, how our lives have changed. Escaping childhood vs. healthy change. 

27:36 - Emily not being able to "check the boxes she was supposed to check"

34:30 - Are the things we're called to do related to the things we want to escape?

37:00 - Being embarrassed by our roots, feeling like you don't belong, seeing your social location as valuable.

42:28 - Using reality TV to develop empathy

43:38 - Empathy and self-compassion

Resources/Links

Fatima Salleh Sermon

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