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The Amazing Kate Casey.

Welcome back for another episode of Reality Life with Kate Casey.

Hope that you're having a great week, and this is an episode I've been so excited for everyone to listen to.

So you remember last week I interviewed Lisa Shannon from Shed Media.

She is the executive producer of Real Housewives of New York City,

the new season with a whole new cast, and we talked a little bit about the different cast members that are in the show.

And one of those cast members is Jessel, who has brought on a lot of feelings from viewers in the first couple episodes,

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