Shari Franke’s Memoir The House of My Mother (with Kate Casey)

Glamorous Trash: A Celebrity Memoir Podcast

Chelsea Devantez

Society & Culture, Arts, Books

4.6 • 2K Ratings

🗓️ 31 January 2025

⏱️ 74 minutes

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Chelsea welcomes back Kate Casey to break down former child influencer Shari Franke’s memoir, “The House of My Mother.” They explore her backstory on the now-infamous 8 Passengers YouTube channel, the dark side of family vlogging, and the cult-like control of her mother, Ruby Franke, and life coach Jodi Hildebrandt. Chelsea and Kate unpack the harrowing abuse Shari survived. Trigger warning: This episode discusses sensitive topics, including child abuse. Take care while listening and find helpful resources here. Help Support Those Affected by LA Wildfires: Letters from Altadena: Wildfire Relief Follow Chelsea: Instagram @chelseadevantez Show Notes: John Stamos Memoir Episode (with Kate Casey) Jennette McCurdy Memoir Episode Shari Franke speaks to Utah legislative committee about child influencers (VIDEO) Chelsea on Kate Casey’s Podcast “Reality Life” talking about “The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives” Where to find our guest: Kate Casey Instagram “Reality Life with Kate Casey” Podcast Tiktok X (Twitter) Patreon Substack *** Glamorous Trash is all about going high and low at the same time— Glam and Trash. We recap and book club celebrity memoirs, deconstruct pop culture, and sometimes, we cry! If you've ever referenced Mariah Carey in therapy... then this is the podcast for you. Thank you to our sponsors: Visit Brooklinen.com and use code TRASH to get $20 off your order of $100 or more. Libro.fm - Click here to get 2 audiobooks for the price of 1 with your first month of membership using code TRASH. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:27.1	Welcome to Glamourous Trash.
0:32.2	This is a celebrity memoir podcast where we dive into all of the glamour and all of the trash.
0:37.3	If you have ever referenced
0:38.6	Mariah Carey Cashulian Therapy, then this might be the podcast for you. I'm your host, Chelsea DeVontes,
0:43.6	TV writer, comedian, filmmaker, author, and sometimes I'm in stuff too. And before I get into
0:48.2	today's episode, I just want to tell you that if you are a subscriber on our Apple podcast, or you
0:53.4	are a member of the Patreon,
0:55.0	where you get bonus exclusive episodes, we just dropped a phenomenal one last week on the
1:00.9	memoir of Griffin Dunn. He is the nephew of Joan Didion, the son of Dominic Dunn, the Vanity Fair
1:08.7	writer. He was Carrie Fisher's best friend. This memoir has
1:12.7	the most celebrity stories of any memoir I've ever read. It also gets super, super deep into this
1:17.8	trial about his sister. And so if you want to hear that episode and many, many, many other
1:23.1	bonus exclusive episodes, make sure you sign up on Apple Podcasts or on our Patreon, which also gives
1:28.1	you exclusive access to chat with fellow cookies. Links to sign up to all of that are in the show
1:32.9	notes. Now, today, we're book clubbing the memoir of Sherry Frankie. The first memoir to come out
1:39.7	from a child who grew up in family vlogging, who has now grown up to speak out about the vlogging industry
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