{"podcast":{"title":"Reality Life with Kate Casey","slug":"reality-life-with-kate-casey-6631","podcast_index_feed_id":6631,"rss_url":"https://rss.art19.com/reality-life-with-kate-casey","website_url":"https://art19.com/shows/reality-life-with-kate-casey","image_url":"https://content.production.cdn.art19.com/images/6c/2a/1f/12/6c2a1f12-b639-4dc4-9a1f-6eea524108af/d673ddb6616d76ddf5df54c350474e097b3576753df5a66caa252a2c00e5de30e713e81c542dadfd12b7fbb8ca93607fe8d69e2bfcfb3648488567d7ff9f6185.jpeg","author":"Kate Casey","episode_count":1678,"summary":"Daily podcast about unscripted television. Kate Casey interviews the talent, producers, and directors of reality shows, documentaries, and docuseries. Saturday episodes tell incredible person stories.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-24T12:17:08.575866+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/reality-life-with-kate-casey-6631"},"episode":{"title":"Ep. - 1617 - THE NIGHTMARE UPSTAIRS: WHAT HAPPENED TO TY AND BRYN?","slug":"ep-1617-the-nightmare-upstairs-what-happened-to-ty-and-bryn","published_at":"2026-05-21T04:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/reality-life-with-kate-casey-6631/ep-1617-the-nightmare-upstairs-what-happened-to-ty-and-bryn","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/reality-life-with-kate-casey-6631","url":"https://pdrl.fm/353ca0/mgln.ai/e/211/rss.art19.com/episodes/337aa275-1053-4bff-ae1e-0b4945fc7ce2.mp3?rss_browser=BAhJIg90cmFuc2NyaWJyBjoGRVQ%3D--952c5701c84ad333c69d5faa668f8177091704f0","audio_url":"https://pdrl.fm/353ca0/mgln.ai/e/211/rss.art19.com/episodes/337aa275-1053-4bff-ae1e-0b4945fc7ce2.mp3?rss_browser=BAhJIg90cmFuc2NyaWJyBjoGRVQ%3D--952c5701c84ad333c69d5faa668f8177091704f0","summary":"In the summer of 2023, two Utah teenagers barricaded themselves in an upstairs bedroom and livestreamed the standoff on TikTok for fifty-four days. Ty and Brynlee Larson were refusing a family court order that would have placed them in a reunification program with their father, Brent Larson, whom they had accused of sexual and emotional abuse, allegations he has consistently denied and was never criminally charged for. Three years later, their case is the subject of a four-part Hulu and Disney+ docuseries. Kate spoke with the director Caitlin Keating to talk about how she reported the story, what the court record could and couldn't show, and why this particular custody case became a national flashpoint.        Reality Life with Kate Casey  What to Watch List: https://katecasey.substack.com   Patreon: http://www.patreon.com/katecasey   Twitter: https://twitter.com/katecasey   Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/katecaseyca   Tik Tok: https://www.tiktok.com/@itskatecasey?lang=en   Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/113157919338245   Amazon List: https://www.amazon.com/shop/katecasey   Like it to Know It: https://www.shopltk.com/explore/katecasey See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .","meta_description":"In the summer of 2023, two Utah teenagers barricaded themselves in an upstairs bedroom and livestreamed the standoff on TikTok for fifty-four days. Ty and…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1366,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/reality-life-with-kate-casey-6631/episodes/ep-1617-the-nightmare-upstairs-what-happened-to-ty-and-bryn/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/reality-life-with-kate-casey-6631/ep-1617-the-nightmare-upstairs-what-happened-to-ty-and-bryn.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}