After twenty-six years in the Coast Guard and a hard-earned retirement in a Margaritaville-branded community in Daytona Beach, Florida, Emily thought her next chapter was set. Then she noticed her husband's niece had vanished from his brother's Facebook page. What followed was a discovery that the seven-month-old had been placed in Florida's foster care system, and the beginning of an eighteen month legal battle that included a three day custody trial, allegations of fraudulent adoption paperwork, and a fight against a state system that seemed determined to keep her with a foster caregiver rather than family.

Emily and her husband ultimately adopted both the niece and, months later, her newborn brother, becoming parents to two young children in their fifties after raising a son who is now thirty. Emily talks about the toll of the legal process, what she learned about family adoption cases in Florida, the isolation of feeling like her family was fighting the system alone, and what it has been like to parent toddlers as a retired Gen Xer, decades after raising her first child.

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Kate discusses the Prime Video documentary Gloriavale and the new Paramount+ series Devotion: Obedience or Betrayal, both diving into the closed Christian community on New Zealand's West Coast.

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Anna Peele, author of Enter the Villa: The (Unauthorized) Reality Behind Love Island, returns to break down what is really going on behind the cameras this season, from how Casa Amor gets cast and edited to how production handles a crisis when it hits. Whether you have been watching since day one or are just catching up, this is your guide to what makes this season different.

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Carlos Alonso Ojea, director of Abandoned on Hulu, the real-life mystery of three siblings—aged 2, 4, and 6—who were discovered at a Barcelona train station in 1984 with no identification and no memory of who they were or where they came from.

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Sarah Galli, host of Andy’s Girls podcast joins Kate to discuss the final part of the Real Housewives of Rhode Island reunion on Bravo.

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Kate discusses what to watch this week including Real Housewives of Rhode Island Reunion: Part 2 (Bravo), Abandoned (Hulu), Worst Neighbor Ever (Netflix), and Love Is Blind: Argentina (Netflix).

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Ellen Skrmetti is a comedian, author, and viral storyteller from Ripley, Mississippi, now based in Birmingham, Alabama. She first broke through with her "If the Queen Died in the South" series on Instagram, followed by her beloved "Hey Jesus, It's Me" videos, short, sharp sketches about faith, family, and Southern life that have been viewed millions of times. Her debut book, Hey Jesus, It's Me, is out now from Hachette. Ellen joins Kate to talk about growing up in small-town Mississippi, the unconventional path from beauty pageants and stage fright to going viral during the pandemic, and why bold prayers and belly laughs go hand in hand.

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Chris DeRosa, reality TV producer and co-host of the Fixing Famous People podcast, returns to discuss Season 3 of America's Sweethearts: Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders, the Netflix docuseries about the iconic Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders.

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