{"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. - 1631 - SATURDAY SERIES: ELI MCCANN","slug":"ep-1631-saturday-series-eli-mccann","published_at":"2026-06-06T04:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/reality-life-with-kate-casey-6631/ep-1631-saturday-series-eli-mccann","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/c12fd6ef-7144-48c0-af31-cbe23f08d34f.mp3?rss_browser=BAhJIg90cmFuc2NyaWJyBjoGRVQ%3D--952c5701c84ad333c69d5faa668f8177091704f0","audio_url":"https://pdrl.fm/353ca0/mgln.ai/e/211/rss.art19.com/episodes/c12fd6ef-7144-48c0-af31-cbe23f08d34f.mp3?rss_browser=BAhJIg90cmFuc2NyaWJyBjoGRVQ%3D--952c5701c84ad333c69d5faa668f8177091704f0","summary":"Eli McCann, attorney and writer, went viral on TikTok for his heartfelt videos celebrating his beloved teacher, Mrs. Yates, and his story sends Kate down memory lane to her own fifth grade classroom in West Chester, Pennsylvania, where a small but mighty teacher named Helena Graham delivered one unforgettable piece of advice that changed the course of her life. This episode is a love letter to the teachers who saw something in us, said the hard things when no one else would, and shaped us in ways we are still discovering decades later.&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; Reality Life with Kate Casey&nbsp; Vanity Fair Article: https://www.vanityfair.com/culture/story/martha-moxleys-diary?srsltid=AfmBOooNmlL6iZWJ-CJjB9_xnKybed-b2Jk0AlhOatBgDsXjeCylb8rU &nbsp; What to Watch List: https://katecasey.substack.com &nbsp; Patreon: http://www.patreon.com/katecasey &nbsp; Twitter: https://twitter.com/katecasey &nbsp; Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/katecaseyca &nbsp; Tik Tok: https://www.tiktok.com/@itskatecasey?lang=en &nbsp; Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/113157919338245 &nbsp; Amazon List: https://www.amazon.com/shop/katecasey &nbsp; 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":"Eli McCann, attorney and writer, went viral on TikTok for his heartfelt videos celebrating his beloved teacher, Mrs. Yates, and his story sends Kate down…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1865,"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-1631-saturday-series-eli-mccann/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-1631-saturday-series-eli-mccann.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}