Mother, May I Sleep With Podcast?

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Vanessa Ondi from Best Week Ever joins Molly to talk about our second movie this season that didn't even make it to the online trailer stage, 2025's The Quinceañera Killer. Despite that, it's genuinely not bad! Plus, Vanessa talks about her traumatizing surprise quinceañera experience and yeah, Tom Cruise's weirdness gets a mention, too. 

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Iconic podcaster Bridget Todd joins Molls to talk about the 2018 sci-fi romance Zoe and her new audiobook, Love at First Prompt: AI and the Future of Intimacy, exploring what artificial intelligence could mean for love, friendship, sex, and human connection. We also meet Bridget’s co-author, Michael Amato, and Molly shares the wild story of her recent experience being catfished by someone she thought was a great friend. And Lifetime? We're going to need you to get an AI movie in the works STAT because you might be the only people who could make a movie about the topic th...

Rob and Kate from Vanderpump Robs and authors of the upcoming book Reality TV is The Devil (And Don't You Forget It): The Unofficial Vanderpump Rules Story join Molls to talk about the most parasocial fan of all time, SWIMFAN!

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A high school senior with a promising swimming career has a one-night stand with consequences.

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The Real Queen of Recaps, Lyndsay Lime, joins Molls to talk about Lifetime's 2008 "boys will boys" flick, Dead at 17. You might know Lyndsay from her podcast Recap Rodeo, or from Reddit and Instagram, where she posts perfectly detailed recaps of pretty much every podcast related to the Vanderpump Rules cast. She got so many of us through Scandoval!

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CEO Curt Masterson's slick son Cody and his docile brother Gabe organize a private party in pa's retreat cabin with teenage mates Ty and Jason. Curt's surprise treat is a pole dancer hired for lap danc...

In the midst of absolutely freaking out because they'd discovered the truth about who they thought was a good friend, Molls and Scoot bravely reunited over the course of three nights to record this episode of Mother, May I Sleep With Podcast? that's also an episode of PL(O)L, specifically S3E18. 

In this episode, Aria keeps it in the family, Spencer rocks Mona's shit for calling in a wellness check on her, Hanna reunites Caleb and his dad, and Emily gets trapped in an elevator with Jason DiLaurentis. 

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Um, are the Brits f*cking mocking us? Maybe! If so, they're pretty bloody good fantastic at it. Molly's partner in life and crime, Eric Moneypenny (Adult Swim, FOX ADHD, The Midnight Show, AOK), joins the show this week to discuss "A Working Mother's Worst Nightmare," a 2019 mystery/thriller "based in Los Angeles" despite being shot entirely in London, UK, with British actors playing Americans. Other topics include: Eric's Argo audition, new insight into Pigeon, sketch comedy, and Hulu's Tell Me Lies.

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A new mother struggles with a return to work as she starts to...

Showrunner, writer, producer, 9/11 survivor (?!), and Molls' longtime friend, Rob Anderson, joins the pod to talk about a TV movie that hit SO freakin hard (and was directed by Mickey Dolenz of The Monkee's). Amongst the chatter about this surprisingly layered and twisty film, Rob and Molls also touch on topics like locking eyes with a rival during a moment of unspeakable tragedy and chaos, accommodating a cat's desires in a coyote-heavy city, the breakup advice Rob once gave Molly, and Skyrizzi. 

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A lawyer (Stephanie Zimbalist) turns private investigator when her doctor-husband holds himself re...

The hair choices in this 1996 film are mesmerizing, the wardrobe is out of this world, and the way this story wraps up wth a dramatic court scene meant that they'd be no better guest than a glamorous lawyer who takes on not-so-glamourous cases. Enter Molly's pal, Attoney Stara, a defense attorney living in the Dallas area who also shares her takes on various cases on TikTok and is a fixture in Molls' lives. 

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Thanks to a roommate's practical joke, bookish college student Joanna Halbert finds herself signed up with a Malibu-based escort service. He...

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Our sister pal, Meredith Lynch, co-host of The Moment Live and so much more, is back and this time we're talking about 1997's When Innocence is Lost. Keri Russell stars as a young mother who winds up in a custody battle with her daughter's father as she prepares to leave for college. 

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Erica unexpectedly becomes a mother at 17 and finds...

Molls is joined by friend of the pod, actress Marianna Klaveno, to talk about the movie inspired by the book that so many GenX and Millennials devoured and never forgot, The Face on The Milk Carton. Starring actress Kellie Martin, the movie has always stood out to Molly as basically one of the most accurate adaptations she's ever seen. 

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A teenage girl sees a photograph of her much-younger self one day in the school cafeteria--on the side of a milk carton. But her beloved parents would never kidnap anyone and there's a deeper m...

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Nacho Experts, our friend Karly is back to talk about 2026's An Unstable Marriage, a movie so good that Lifetime didn't even bother to make a trailer for it!

Despite dealing with technical difficulties (hence, no video version this week), Molls and Karly were able to parse out this fine film and commiserate about their lives in between breaks from dis...

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Our #1 guy, Steven Ray Morris, is back on the pod to talk about 2023's The Beanie Bubble, an Apple TV original about the true story of Ty Warner and the Beanie Baby explosion, starring Zach Galifianakis, Sarah Snook, and Elizabeth Banks.

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Ty Warner was a frustrated toy salesman until his collaboration with three women grew his idea into the biggest toy craze in history.

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Old Bombshell, Tom Sandoval, has once again entered the Villa De Mother, May i Sleep With Podcast, this time as an investment manager who works with athletes. Home Makeover Nightmare is a 2026 David DeCoteau joint that leaves you wanting anything else. And who better to recap the mid-ness than Vanderpump Robs Schulte?! 

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After the sudden passing of her mother, Dayna returns to Los Angeles to s...

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Two pretty best friends are back together to talk erotica, Clavicular, Kristi Noem's husband and more in this episode that's ALSO about the twisted relationship between Connexions cult leader Jodi Hildebrant and 8 Passengers mommy vlogger, Ruby Franke as portrayed in this (pretty disappointing) Lifetime Movie.

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A web series about a seemingly-perfect family turns dark when the mother's marriage counselor moves in, creating a toxic environment that forces the husband out, leading to...

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Friend of the show Morgan Stringer is back again and this time it's to talk about one of the SVU catalog's points of pride: Season 9's opener, "Affliction," with a cameo by Cynthia Nixon that was so good it won her an Emmy. But first, we GOTTA talk about ClubChalamet...

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A woman's child is missing, but her multiple personalities make finding out what happened to the child more difficult...

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The iconic Jane Marie (The Dream, This American Life, Jezebel, etc.) joins Molly to talk about 1989's The Penthouse, starring Robin Givens.

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Dinah St. Clair is the daughter of a record producer. She leads a charmed life as her father and her live in a high rise penthouse. Enter Joe Dobson, a friend from Dinah's past that has mental problems. Joe's mother killed herself when he...

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Molly welcomes Kate Peter (MassholeMafia) to the podcast to discuss Accused: The Karen Read Story. Kate’s involvement with the case began in 2018, when she briefly worked as a writer for Turtle Boy’s blog, and has continued ever since. Today, she is one of the most outspoken advocates for justice for John O’Keefe, his family, and the witnesses.

Kate offers firsthand insight into how the “Free Karen Read” campaign began—and the chaos it unleashed on everyone even tangentially involved. Her...

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Molly's joined by the founder of r/KarenReadSanity and attorney, SnooCompliments6210, to talk more about the Accused: The Karen Read Story, as well as their many observations about Karen, Bill Read, Alan Jackson, Bob Alessi, Brennan, Lally, et c. It's a long, cathartic talk between two people that have basically nothing in common beside two beliefs: 1) Karen Read did what she was accused of, and 2) LawTube is very dangerous.

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Well, well, well... Karen Read's Lifetime movie dropped and as someone who has been following the case and both trials closely for over two years, Molly's ready to talk about it and who better to talk about it with than two of the people she spent hours a day with discussing the case on TikTok Live. LOL. You already know Cap'n Scoot, but we've also got Jamie, an attorney based in South Carolina who started paying attention to the case after her former roommate, a Dedham...

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Kirk Cameron's dreadful Saving Christmas (2014) is up next on the docket for MMISWP's Christmas Extravaganza and we've got Hardly Focused's Jack Gill on board to roast it like a chestnuts on an open fire. This "movie" is one of the lowest ranked movies on all of Letterboxed and you're going to want to head over to the Internet Movie Database to read those brutal...

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Our composer friend, Andrew Scott Bell, returns to MMISWP with Cap'n Scoot to recap an indie Christmas flick that he scored, See You Next Christmas (2021). We talk plot, but we really spend time getting into Andrew's influences for the score, Hall of Fame Worthy Christmas Movie Scores, and what breaking into the industry as a a composer is like.

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Annie and Tom Clark throw a holiday party every year, "Clarkmas." Over...

It's Christmas all month on MMISWP and in a major way. Expect extra episodes in the main feed, on the Patreon, live streams, and more. We're going all out. To kick things off, Molly invited on comedian, podcaster, friend, and cowgirl, Erika Curry to cover 2023's A COWBOY CHRISTMAS ROMANCE.

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When pro real estate 'closer' Lexie Crenshaw is sent to her hometown of Tubac, AZ to close on a big ranch before Christmas, she is soon forced to confront former family drama as well as the sexy ranch owner who...

In the season four finale of Special Forces: World's Toughest Test, Kody Brown struggles with being interrogated by an Irish Queen, Andrew East totally chokes, and the women reigned supreme, naturally. Our pal Rob Schulte from Vanderpump Robs joined to recap it all with Molly McAleer and Jessica Shelton.

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Molly and Jessica get into the penultimate episode of Special Forces, where one of the last recruits you'd expect to VW does, Kody Brown lies about his ability to use a compass, and little Gia Guidice continues to impress everyone. Molly even teared up a bit.

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Reality TV producer and co-host of the podcast, Fixing Famous People, Chris DeRosa is our guest for the episode where Kody Brown finally gets the heat he deserves. Not only does Kody screw over America's Sweetheart, Shawn Johnson, but it's revealed that his lack of hygiene is some kind of funny joke to him and not an additional layer of torture for the other recruits. Also in this episode: Christy Pearce Rampone's throat chakra gets blocked, the Montana Boy comes down with a case of Cauliflower Ear, and Brianna Chickenfry reveals that she's her father's son.

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Day 6 of Special Forces training is jam-packed and guest Morgan Stringer joins Molly and Jess to yap it out! Three recruits get the boot, Eric and Jessie James Decker reveal that he's kind of a loser, Brianna Chickenfry and Gia Guidice are feeling the effects of never learning when to shut the hell up, our Montana Boy sheds light on one of the biggest problems facing himbos today, Christie Pearce Rampone finally gets a win, and WE get treated to the game of our nightmares, Murder Ball (!?!?!?) .

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Two recruits leave and three recruits are locked in a cage overnight covered in toilet water (maybe). Rob Schulte from Vanderpump Robs recaps episode five with your hosts, Molly McAleer and Jessica Shelton.

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Ronnie Karam joins Molly and Jess to say farewell to Johnny Manziel and finally learn a little bit about the elusive Ravi V. Patel.

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This week's recap comes with Sister Wives tea, thoughts on the unknown object hurtling through space toward our planet, and an update Brittany Cartwright's courtesy of Molls and our special guest co-host Max Wyeth.

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Jussie Smollett and Gia Guidice bare all to the staff in this episode of Special Forces: World's Toughest Test. But before we get into that, Taylor Swift has a new album out...

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Alyssa Dyksterhouse of Oh, Malort! and Monster: The Ed Gein Story joins Molly and Jessica to recap the season premiere of Special Forces: World Toughest Test.

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A little preseason special to get Nacho Experts and Reality Fans alike all pumped up for the Special Forces premiere on 9/25 and for what we're calling Mother, May I Sleep With Special Forces? because our normal title simply was not long enough.

And you don't just get Molly McAleer and a guest on this show, she'll be joined by Nacho Expert and unscripted television line producer, Jessica Shelton. You may remember Jessica from her previous appearances on MMISWP or the unhinged but necessary 12 hour review we did of Taylor Swift's "The Tortured Poet's Department."...

A summer update from Molly and what show we're covering next on MMISWP.

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Nacho Experts! Molls is back for a quick catch up and to share her plans for the show's return AND to share this complimentary episode of PL(O)L, the Pretty Little Liars recap show she and our friend Cap'n Scoot have been doing for the past two years on the Patreon.

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It's the treat of all treats! The star of the 2006 Lifetime Original Movie THE SITTER, Mariana Klaveno, joins the show to talk about her experience making the movie, a cute focus puller on set, stealing wardrobe, and uncomfortable kissing scenes. Mariana was also in a little show called True Blood, but who cares about that when there's a LOM in the mix?

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A family hires live-in nanny Abby Reed whose obsession with the father becomes increasingly dangerous when she decides to take his wife's place in the family.

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Alana Thompson AKA Honey Boo Boo teamed up with Lifetime to make the movie of her life up until now. Guest Pat Dieker joins Molly to break it down.

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Alana Thompson, famously known as "Honey Boo Boo," reveals her story of rising to fame and the secrets behind the cameras.

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Rob Schulte from Vanderpump Robs joins Molly to discuss the 1987 Afternoon Special "The Day My Kid Went Punk."

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A teen decides to become a punk rocker in order to stand out from the crowd.

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Brittney Brownfield from Popcorn Psychology joins Molls for this completely bonks 1999 film starring Rita Wilson, Victor Garber, and a tiny Mae Whitman.

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A woman from London starts working for a family as a nanny and discovers that the mother thinks she has an imaginary child called Maggie.

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"It's so weird revisiting what "woke" was in the 90s.”

Ira Madison III joins Molls this week to discuss She Cried No, a quintessential 90s made-for-TV movie that premiered in 1996. This flick has everything you loved from the 90s - a fantastic soundtrack, classic college parties, and a cast including famous teen idols (namely Candace Cameron Bure, Mark-Paul Gosselaar, Jenna von Oÿ, and Nikki Cox). Tune into hear why this film is in the lead for t...

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Believe it or not, the insanely creepy and inappropriate high school teacher isn't even supposed to be the most uncomfortable part of 2021's The Price of Fitting In starring Lora Burke and Elizabeth Adams. Friend of the pod, Mia Brown to discuss moms sent from heaven, teenage bullshit, and THE DANGERS OF SYNTHETIC WEED.

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Charlie Cunningham begs her mom, Amber, to let her switch...