It's a special family episode! Melissa takes off the host shoes this week as she sits down with her incredible cousin, Tara Bogota, to have a girl-to-girl talk.

As a parent, how do you move towards the point where you can trust your kids on their own?

As a cousin, how do you make sure your family stays tight, especially as drama tries to break in from the outside?

As two health nuts, how do you balance wellness and being Cosmo Queens?

The ladies answer these questions and much more. Plus, Tara shares a hilarious story about going under the knife, and how the family reacted before anything actually happened.

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Melissa welcomes the lovely Lesa Milan from The Real Housewives of Dubai onto the podcast to talk about the latest drama in Dubai, if the recent reunion mended any fractured friendships, and why some of her castmates only want to throw shade her way.

The two also discuss why fame is handled very differently in the US compared to Dubai, the next business Lesa thinks Melissa should venture into, and how (and why) Lesa bribes her kids to appear on tv.

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Chaos has struck the Gorga household, and Joe and Melissa are here to talk all about it.

Whether it's a monstrous creature wandering through the backyard, a hideous trailer overstaying it's welcome in the front, or just completely forgetting what day it is; The Gorga's have had quite a week.

Not to mention this all happened while the kids started school, Gino is days away from driving, and Joe got a little "talking-to" from a cop.

Catch up with the Gorgas this week.

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She’s made quite a splash in Orange County, and Melissa has her on the show this week! Jennifer Pedranti sits down with Melissa to talk about finding her voice in the noisy world of Housewives, her friendships that have changed dramatically between seasons, and why a story on reality tv is only a tiny portion of what’s really going down.

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Melissa catches up with the Two Ts in a Pod, Tamra Judge and Teddi Mellencamp, for a special two-part episode. In this first part the girls talk about where Tamra now stands with some of her current (and former) castmates, why reality tv marriages should be counted in dog years, and how Teddi's experiences filming Orange County and Beverly Hills were very different.

The ladies also talk about certain housewives who try anything to get their name out in the press, and how the most "disgusted" castmates can sometimes make the most disgusting social moves.

For Part Two of this great episode, check it out here: https://apple.co/twots

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Fresh off their relaxing vacation, Melissa and Joe are back to talk about Joe's overseas fashion sense, how playing dirty often comes back to bite you, and why some recently proven truths were oddly left out of the RHONJ Review-nion.

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With the heartbreaking news about Red Lobster, Melissa decided that it'd be a great week to play a rewind episode starring two of the funniest foodies around.

Melissa becomes an honorary member of Camp Shady Birch this week as she is joined by the guys from the Camp Counselors podcast .

The three chat about the one fruit that should not be consumed in public, what it’s like to be cursed by Julia Roberts, and why going to the movies is the most “main character” thing to do. And because they’re all fans of chain restaurants, they play a very fun game of MFK: Restaurants.

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He's the co-host of one of the funniest world-of-Bravo podcasts and now Melissa has him on the show!

Melissa is joined by the lovely and always hilarious, Ben Mandelker from Watch What Crappens, to talk about the very meta world of reality tv podcasting, how roasting housewives actually comes from a very sweet place, and why certain off-screen antics made some on-screen relationships far beyond repair.

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