RHOBH's Amanda Frances/Marciano Brunette law suit/The Oscars
Psych Legal Pop Podcast
Tess & Brooke Brigham
4.2 • 610 Ratings
🗓️ 19 March 2026
⏱️ 84 minutes
🧾️ Download transcript
Summary
In this episode Tess talks about authenticity anxiety and public shaming as it relates to reality television using examples such as the men on Love is Blind and the Real Housewives of Beverly Hills cast member Amanda Francis. Brooke discusses the defamation lawsuit filed by Marciano Brunette of Vanderpump Villa against Secret Lives of Mormon Wives cast member Demi Engemann and Jeff Jenkins Productions. We finish the episode recapping the 2026 Academy Awards.
We have a PATREON! click on link below to check out the extra content.
Please SUBSCRIBE to the podcast and give us a 5-star review.
We are on Instagram and TikTok @psychlegalpop
Email: psychlegalpoppodcast@gmail.com
#authenticityanxiety #publicshaming #loveisblind #realhousewivesofbeverlyhills #amandafrancis #vanderpumpvilla #marcianobrunette #demiengemann #2026academyawards #2026oscars #psychology #attorney #therapist #law #lawyer #popculture #popularculture #popculturetherapist #popculturelawyer
Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacyTranscript
Click on a timestamp to play from that location
| 0:00.0 | Hello and welcome back to the Psych Legal Pop podcast. This is a podcast where we talk about popular |
| 0:07.0 | culture through the lens of an attorney and a therapist. I'm Tess Brigham. I'm the therapist. |
| 0:11.5 | And I'm Brooke Brigham. I'm the attorney. And today we are back with, I'm going to be talking |
| 0:18.8 | about a few psychological theories themes that I'm going to be talking about a few psychological theories, themes that I'm seeing in the world of pop culture. |
| 0:27.0 | I'm going to be talking about authenticity, anxiety, and the psychological reward of exposure and public shaming. |
| 0:36.1 | And I'm going to talk about this in terms of the TV show, |
| 0:39.4 | The Traders, a little bit, but mainly through, |
| 0:42.0 | I think this really came to me based on the Love is Blind finale |
| 0:46.4 | and watching Secret Lives of Mormon Wives in such a short period of time. |
| 0:52.0 | And then that's what inspired me, but I'm going to also talk about |
| 0:56.7 | Real Housewives of Beverly Hills's newest housewife Amanda Francis so who makes me crazy and I think |
| 1:06.4 | she makes a lot of people I don't think she's going to be back next year she makes a lot of people |
| 1:10.5 | crazy so and Brooke is going to be talking about the, also secret lives of Mormon wives, |
| 1:18.6 | the lawsuit between Marciano. What's his last name? Brunette. Marciano Brunette and Demi Engelman. |
| 1:27.7 | Engelman. |
| 1:29.2 | Engamon? |
| 1:30.1 | Yes, it's a defamation lawsuit that he filed against her based upon the things that she's been saying about him, |
| 1:39.3 | saying that it was a non-consensual touching, you know, committed. And it was, yeah, that it, she's been calling him a |
| 1:51.3 | sexual predator and other things. So we'll get into that. And then at the end, we're going to be |
| 1:57.5 | talking about the Oscars. |
| 2:01.9 | All right. |
| 2:04.2 | So let's start. |
... |
Please login to see the full transcript.
Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Tess & Brooke Brigham, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.
Generated transcripts are the property of Tess & Brooke Brigham and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.
Copyright © Tapesearch 2026.