Welcome to part 2 of week 7 of Love Island Season 10 and welcome back to SGTC!! In this episode, reality TV experts Maura and Ari break down Hulu episodes 51-53 from the Mallorcan villa. DISCLAIMER: we know that Hulu is behind on airing episodes 😭 we are releasing this now and will update on our Instagram stories (@shesgotthechat) as episodes are released on Hulu so you can listen ASAP!! Maura reminisces about Bing Bong mixing up all the facts and opinions in Inside Out and if those confused fa...
Jul 27, 2023•1 hr 18 min•Season 2Ep. 15
Welcome to part 1 of week 7 of Love Island Season 10 and welcome back to SGTC!! In this episode, reality TV experts Maura and Ari break down Hulu episodes 47-50 from the Mallorcan villa. Ari is back from vacation with a vengeance and starts the episode by dragging our UK listeners who wrote in explaining the Scott empathy. They discuss the importance of a small change in intention when saying, "shame it was the last kiss", and dissect how The Troubles (an ethno-nationalist conflict in Northern I...
Jul 24, 2023•1 hr 17 min•Season 2Ep. 14
Welcome to part 2 of week 6 of Love Island Season 10 and welcome back to SGTC!! In this episode, reality TV experts Maura and Ari break down Hulu episodes 43-45 from the Majorcan villa. They discuss Kady's awkward toast and attempt to analyze her confusing play style, Whitney and Lochan being the most adorable and real, the shock double dumpings, and the two new bombs! They lament the choice of the UK to save Scott and discuss the sanctity of the firepit. Then, they chat about their annoyance wi...
Jul 20, 2023•1 hr 24 min•Season 2Ep. 13
Welcome to part 1 of week 6 of Love Island Season 10 and welcome back to SGTC!! In this episode, reality TV expert Maura is joined by friend of the pod and returning guest, Lauren. They break down Hulu episodes 39-42 from the Mallorcan villa (yes, Maura read the wrong numbers, sorry!) They discuss Movie Night and how the islanders should pick which movie to watch, if the statistics shared are peer-reviewed in randomly controlled trials, and how Sammy needs to read Zach’s book on accountability. ...
Jul 17, 2023•1 hr 16 min•Season 2Ep. 12
Welcome to part 2 of week 5 of Love Island Season 10, and welcome back to SGTC! In this episode, reality TV experts Maura and Ari break down Hulu episodes 35-37 from the Mallorcan villa. They discuss their confusion about if Whitney and Sammy had to couple up as the single islanders in casa, lol about Molly's reaction waiting for the girls to realize she is baaaaaack, and are baffled by the online reaction to Scott being.... empathy. They continue to grapple with what a good move is in the LI ga...
Jul 13, 2023•1 hr 18 min•Season 2Ep. 11
Welcome to part 1 of week 5 of Love Island Season 10, welcome back to SGTC, and welcome back to CASA AMOR! In this episode, reality TV experts Maura and Ari break down Hulu episodes 31-34 from the Mallorcan villa. They debate if Zach and Kodie from this season (as well as Zack and Cody from the Suite Life of) are it or not it and float the idea of statistical analysis regarding early dump rates for islanders who say they never get rejected in their intros (hypothesis: 100%). Ari is grossed out b...
Jul 10, 2023•1 hr 19 min•Season 2Ep. 10
Welcome to part 2 of week 4 of Love Island Season 10, and welcome back to SGTC! In this episode, reality TV expert Ari and her reality TV novice boyfriend Gabe break down Hulu episodes 27-29 from the Mallorcan villa. They talk about Mitch quantifying everything, including the amount of pain that leads to a specific cry, debate the morality of the premise of the show, and dissect the blasphemous pasta cooking of Sammy and Whitney. Why so chunky? Gabe shares an insight about the power dynamics of ...
Jul 06, 2023•1 hr 34 min•Season 2Ep. 9
Welcome to part 1 of week 4 of Love Island Season 10, and welcome back to SGTC! In this episode, reality TV expert, Ari, and her reality TV novice boyfriend, Gabe, break down Hulu episodes 23-26 from the Mallorcan villa. They start by talking about Gabe's experience with reality TV, the lack of trust he has with all the islanders, how it has been for him actually watching a season for the first time, and how arbitrary the show is. They discuss the possibility of Mal and Sammy’s very toothy child...
Jul 03, 2023•1 hr 43 min•Season 2Ep. 8
Welcome to part 2 of week 3 of Love Island Season 10, and welcome back to SGTC! In this episode, reality TV experts Maura and Ari break down Hulu episodes 17-19 from the Mallorcan villa. They discuss everything Sammy said and failed to say to Catherine, decide that Mehdi’s preference of cougars is because he has a mommy kink, revel in Molly’s outstanding face play reaching new heights, and call out Paige Thorne in Swansea for not sharing the podcast with her friends. Ari is once again stopped in...
Jun 29, 2023•1 hr 28 min•Season 2Ep. 7
Welcome to part 1 of week 3 of Love Island Season 10, and welcome back to SGTC! In this episode, reality TV experts Maura and Ari break down Hulu episodes 14-16 from the Mallorcan villa. They get into some house keeping in the beginning of the episode including begging you all to share the podcast with just one friend (!!!!), pondering how/if to cover the future seasons of LI UK and Aus, and going over some SGTC lingo for new listeners. They attempt to get to the bottom of Whitney and Medhi's ch...
Jun 26, 2023•1 hr 9 min•Season 2Ep. 6
Welcome to part 2 of week 2 of Love Island Season 10, and welcome back to SGTC! In this episode, reality TV experts Maura and Ari break down Hulu episodes 11-13 from the Mallorcan villa. We start off by continuing to drag Mitch for being terrible at this game, agree on their problematic fave this season, and mourn Medhi's fall from grace. They discover a massive flaw in their head turning scale, giggle about Tyrique's self burn, and dig in to why Sammy's crude comments rub them the wrong way. Th...
Jun 22, 2023•1 hr 5 min•Season 2Ep. 5
Welcome to week 2 of Love Island Season 10, and welcome back to SGTC! In this episode, reality TV experts Maura and Ari break down Hulu episodes 7-10 from the Mallorcan villa. They dig into the Mitch and Molly saga, wonder if the islanders are clever enough to come up with their own one liners, and are made to feel extremely uncomfortable by the pure desperation and jealousy seeping out of Jess and Mitch. They advocate for men respecting women EVEN IF they don’t have sisters, and mourn that this...
Jun 19, 2023•1 hr 11 min•Season 2Ep. 4
Welcome to the second half of week one of Love Island Season 10, and welcome back to SGTC! In this episode, reality TV experts Maura and Ari break down Hulu episodes 3-5 from the Mallorcan villa. They discuss how it’s a sign of a good guy when he tells you “I’m a good guy”, the potential for Tyrique to be the smartest player of all time, and attempt to figure out which factors are making Molly the star of the villa (hot? vibes? 600k+ TikTok followers?) Ari shares her Ella and Tyrique conspiracy ...
Jun 15, 2023•1 hr 1 min•Season 2Ep. 3
Welcome to week ONE of Love Island Season 10, and WELCOME BACK TO SHE'S GOT THE CHAT!!! In this episode, reality TV experts Maura and Ari break down Hulu episodes 1 and 2 from the Mallorcan villa. They discuss Jess liking Turkey (as in the country!) teeth, wonder if Tyrique should be expected to remember Ella if her hair was a different color when they met, and are deeply confused why it seems like none of the islanders know about the allegations against George. They discuss stuffed animal chara...
Jun 12, 2023•55 min•Season 2Ep. 2
Welcome to the preseason of Love Island UK 2023 and welcome to season TWO of She’s got the Chat! Pull over your cars, stop your chores, put your babies to bed, and open your Instagrams, because this week, we are taking you on a journey through this new season’s cast of islanders who will be spending their summer in the Mallorcan villa. Ari and Maura start by disagreeing on how “Sutton” is pronounced, zoom in to try and understand George’s intense butt clench, and think about piles of eyes, teeth...
Jun 09, 2023•1 hr 24 min•Season 2Ep. 1
Welcome back to the 9th (!!!!) week of the off season, and welcome back to our interview series: Gather Around the Firepit. This week, we sit down with Maura's friends, Evan (@evandonohue) and Helen (@mrspaikman). Ari revels in Evan validating her takes and enjoys Evan and Helen dragging Maura for her crush on Casey. The group ponders an alternate reality in which Lana and Shaq won the show, dreams about living with an Olivia level of delusion, and talks about what "pick me girl" actually means....
Jun 02, 2023•1 hr 28 min•Season 1Ep. 18
Welcome back to the eighth week of the off season, and welcome back to our interview series: Gather Around the Firepit. This week, we sit down with Sarah and Brandan, hosts of our second favorite love island podcast - It's Not Friendship Island(@notfriendshipislandpod)! Ari kicks the episode off with a confession she has been sitting on for months, and then they get into a conversation about the intricacies of love island podcasting. Sarah talks about going from a casual viewer listening to the ...
May 26, 2023•1 hr 29 min•Season 1Ep. 17
Welcome back to the seventh week of the off season, and welcome back to our interview series: Gather Around the Firepit. This week, we sit down with Ari's randomly assigned freshman year roommate, Lucy (@intrusiv_th0t), and Lucy's childhood BFF, Julia. We talk about having to walk through a waterfall in order to enter a public pool, being on season 2 of Vanderpump Rules when you already understand Scandoval, and if Will should have been forgiven to what he did for Jessie in Casa Amor. Julia reco...
May 19, 2023•1 hr 30 min•Season 1Ep. 16
Hi friends! We don't have an episode this we as we are taking some much earned time off, but we didn't want to leave you hanging, so we're hopping on quickly to let you know what the rest of the off season will look like and announce a VERY EXCITING change for our Season 10 recaps! Join us on Instagram, TikTok, Twitter, YouTube, Threads, and YouTube @shesgotthechat and LET'S CHAT!!! SOCIALS https://www.instagram.com/shesgotthechat/ https://www.tiktok.com/@shesgotthechat https://twitter.com/shesg...
May 12, 2023•5 min•Season 1Ep. 15
Welcome back to the fifth week of the off season, and welcome back to our interview series: Gather Around the Firepit. This week, we sit down with Gina (@ginaknight4) and Tyler (@trflach) to chat all things Love Island Season 9! Tyler critiques the villa gym, recounts his run in with The Situation (spoiler: he's short if you're 6'4), and gives Ari and Maura advice on getting their male partners to watch reality TV. Gina talks about using Love Island as a Handmaid's Tale palate cleanser, shares h...
May 05, 2023•1 hr 47 min•Season 1Ep. 14
Welcome back to the fourth week of the off season and welcome back to She's Got the Chat! This week, Ari and Maura break down and explain their theory on the OG Islander Bias using cold hard stats. Does being an original islander make it more likely you'll make it to the finale? Tune in to find out! Then, Ari and Maura discuss all of lexicon they have created over the last season as well as explain and break down game strategy of top players. Hint: Hot, Funny, and Famous (or Fame Adjacent/Nepo B...
Apr 28, 2023•1 hr 33 min•Season 1Ep. 13
Welcome back to the third week of the off season, and welcome back to our interview series: Gather Around the Firepit. This week, we sit down with Cass (@casschristopher) to give her the credit she deserves for this podcast's existence! They chat Married at First Sight and Love Is Blind baby dramas, Facebook messaging in 2013, and making Love Island way more drunk and wayy more queer. Cass has seen every reality show in existence, so you don't want to miss her hot takes and well researched opini...
Apr 21, 2023•1 hr 27 min•Season 1Ep. 12
Welcome back to the second week of the off season, and welcome back to Gather Around the Firepit. This week, we sit down with Lauren (@laurensimonsays) to talk about being our internet friend, teenage Adam Lambert obsessions, milking oats tiny t*****s, Karen Huger being in her 60s (she's not, she is 59, we are very sorry Grande Dame), how different network's producers treat their players, and lots and LOTS of Bachelor. Finally, our High Tea segment this week is not to be missed. What are Shaq an...
Apr 14, 2023•1 hr 32 min•Season 1Ep. 11
It's the off-season baby!! Welcome to the first installment of our new interview series: Gather Around the Firepit! In today's episode we are joined by Ari's friends, Rod (@thankrod) and Tamar (@tallertam)! We chat about internet friends, get Love Island branding takes from a professional, and get into our overall thoughts on this season. Rod gives us his take on Ron and why he deserves justice, and Tamar wonders about Will and Jessie's downfall in the public eye. We round out the episode with a...
Apr 07, 2023•1 hr 47 min•Season 1Ep. 10
Welcome to the FINAL WEEK (9) of Winter Love Island UK 2023, and WELCOME BACK TO SHE'S GOT THE CHAT!!! This week, reality TV experts Maura and Ari break down Hulu episodes 63, 65 and the reunion from the South African villa. They discuss Lana thinking birds defy gravity, Tanya's family being carbon copies of her, wanting to rough house with Will and his family on the farm, and the OG islander bias. Ari advocates to bring back gauchos and 3oh!3, and Maura reveals why she is into Casey. They discu...
Mar 31, 2023•1 hr 57 min•Season 1Ep. 9
Welcome to week eight of Winter Love Island UK 2023 and welcome back to She's Got the Chat!!! This week, reality tv experts Maura and Ari break down Hulu episodes 55-61 from the South African villa. They discuss the very controversial Rosie vs. Ron drama and the grating noise of screaming babies in the villa all day. Maura gives champagne popping advice and rants about high-low dresses. Finally, they pat them selves on the backs for being right about Jessie and Will, and Ari takes 10 minutes to ...
Mar 24, 2023•1 hr 50 min•Season 1Ep. 8
Welcome to week seven of Winter Love Island UK 2023 and welcome back to She's Got the Chat!! Reality TV experts Maura and Ari break down episodes 47-51 from the South African villa. They discuss never being rejected, role play as Will and Casey, and take a stab at Monday Night Footballing. Maura is blinded by Casey's veneers and Ari makes fun of her. What is this, sports day????? TikTok clip credit: @sj_xjx Join us on Instagram, TikTok, Twitter, YouTube, Threads, and YouTube @shesgotthechat and ...
Mar 17, 2023•1 hr 56 min•Season 1Ep. 7
Welcome to week SIX of Winter Love Island UK 2023 and welcome back to She's Got the Chat! Reality TV experts Maura and Ari break down episodes 40-45 from the South African villa. They discuss dogs with bones, being awoken by a hooded figure in the middle of the night, King Shaq's innocence in all things, transporting into Jessie's villa shoes, and meat pies sandwiched between buttered rolls. Join us on Instagram, TikTok, Twitter, YouTube, Threads, and YouTube @shesgotthechat and LET'S CHAT!!! SO...
Mar 10, 2023•2 hr 17 min•Season 1Ep. 6
Welcome to week five of Winter Love Island UK 2023 and welcome back to She's Got the Chat! Reality TV experts Maura and Ari break down episodes 28-33 from the South African villa. They discuss Jake (or Logan? Or Jake?) Paul vs. Tommy Fury, Bayley's nipples, the head turn scale, The Secret, Olivia's mind blowing audacity, and Tanya CHEATING!!?? Join us on Instagram, TikTok, Twitter, YouTube, Threads, and YouTube @shesgotthechat and LET'S CHAT!!! SOCIALS https://www.instagram.com/shesgotthechat/ h...
Mar 03, 2023•2 hr 16 min•Season 1Ep. 5
Welcome to week four of Winter Love Island UK 2023 and welcome back to She's Got the Chat! Reality TV experts Maura and Ari break down episodes 21-26 from the South African villa. They discuss Harry Potter (and confirm that they do know more than Aaron), Tanyel and Ron's super platonic best friendship, boys wearing pearl necklaces, and give Casa Amor stick or twist predictions. Join us on Instagram, TikTok, Twitter, YouTube, Threads, and YouTube @shesgotthechat and LET'S CHAT!!! SOCIALS https://...
Feb 24, 2023•1 hr 55 min•Season 1Ep. 4
