But I’ll Take a Pinot Grigio
A pop culture professor, a restaurant industry veteran, and a former socialite turned psychologist walk into a podcast. They're rewatching Vanderpump Rules but also dissecting some of the most popular shows. Reality TV taken seriously and with wine. Find us on Instagram,Tik Tok and YouTube @takeapinotpod or email Jeff@pinotpod.com
Episodes

Jun 17, 2026
Jun 17, 2026
1 hr 11 min
There's more fallout from the Kentucky muffin chow-down and James and Lala continue to compete for the worst person of the season - spoiler: they're both winning.
The Pinot Pod is officially in the city. Emilie will now be applying her expertise to these young, beautiful NYC dwellers as we discuss “in The City” the spin off of the much debated Summer House.
Watch, listen, and find visual aids and poor decisions at @takeapinotpod on Instagram and on YouTube. Questions, complaints, and hot takes go to sundi@pinotpod.com. And please leave a review so more people can suffer through this with us.

Jun 17, 2026
Jun 17, 2026
1 hr 5 min
This covers what we hope will be the last installment of the reunion that never ends and In The City episode 5. Emilie and Sundi still hate Kennny, still love Lindsay and desperately miss Carl on our screens.
New city. Same bad instincts. We're covering this mess every Tuesdday so check your feed.
Watch, listen, and find visual aids and questionable life choices at @takeapinotpod on Instagram and on YouTube. Hot takes, complaints, and confessions go to jeff@pinotpod.com. Leave a review so more people can suffer through this with us.

Jun 12, 2026
Jun 12, 2026
1 hr 13 min
We're here... season 5 is, so far, a wild ride. We went from slut-shaming to fat-shaming, Stassi is back and Katie is still intent on marrying may who hates her. To be fair, she hates him too.
The Pinot Pod is officially in the city. Emilie will now be applying her expertise to these young, beautiful NYC dwellers as we discuss “in The City” the spin off of the much debated Summer House.
Watch, listen, and find visual aids and poor decisions at @takeapinotpod on Instagram and on YouTube. Questions, complaints, and hot takes go to sundi@pinotpod.com. And please leave a review so more people can suffer through this with us.

Jun 11, 2026
Jun 11, 2026
1 hr 5 min
We're down Emilie this week, but we still had the chance to catch you up, make some recommendations , tell you what to avoid (Euphoria, looking at you) and discuss Disclosure Day, Taylor Swift and Jeff's favorite Gen-Z bands.
Here's all the items we mentioned:
Sundi's Rec: Love Island
Jeff's Rec: Not for Radio, The Marias, Frute and the Cardigans doing Black Sabbath
Sundi's miss me: Euphoria (enough said0
Jeff's miss me: body horror - Obsession was mentioned
Hot goss topics: Disclosure Day, aliens, Taylor Swift and Toy Story, Gweneth Paltrow's new commercial and Kyle Cooke's interview with People

Jun 10, 2026
Jun 10, 2026
1 hr 17 min
Part three of the Season 4 reunion and the “Secrets Revealed” episode. this was a rough one, folks. The dummies were dummy-ing a little meaner than usual, but we got through it and now on to season 5.
The Pinot Pod is officially in the city. Emilie will now be applying her expertise to these young, beautiful NYC dwellers as we discuss “in The City” the spin off of the much debated Summer House.
Watch, listen, and find visual aids and poor decisions at @takeapinotpod on Instagram and on YouTube. Questions, complaints, and hot takes go to sundi@pinotpod.com. And please leave a review so more people can suffer through this with us.

Jun 10, 2026
Jun 10, 2026
1 hr 24 min
We thought it was last installment of the Summer House reunion, but alas, there's more "aftermath" to be had. And the men on In the City are just rage-baiting us at this point.
The Pinot Pod has left the Hamptons and is heading straight to Manhattan.
New city. Same bad instincts. We're covering every Wednesday — check your feed.
Watch, listen, and find visual aids and questionable life choices at @takeapinotpod on Instagram and on YouTube. Hot takes, complaints, and confessions go to sundi@pinotpod.com. Leave a review so more people can suffer through this with us.

Jun 9, 2026
Jun 9, 2026
57 min
It's a Top Chef finale, y'all! We have gotten to the top of the literal mountain and three chefs remain. It's up to each of them to cook the meal of their lives with help from special guest sous chefs and impress a serious table of judges and guests one last time. Simply put, sure. An impossible feat? For sure.
One will be standing for the confetti dropping, bottle popping, tear grabbing conclusion and its beautiful as always, let's go!! Also, remember Carolina?
Watch, listen, and find visual aids and poor decisions at @takeapinotpod on Instagram and on YouTube. Questions, complaints, and hot takes go to sundi@pinotpod.com. And please leave a review so more people can suffer through this with us. Please someone email jeff@pinotpod.com

Jun 5, 2026
Jun 5, 2026
1 hr 9 min
A chaotic end to one of the best seasons of reality television, the season 4 reunion was nothing if not thorough. We couldn't get it all into one episode, here are parts 1 and 2, and we'll tack part 3 on to the "Secrets Revealed" and predictions episode next week.
Join us for the season 23 finale of Top Chef and the last part of the Summer House reunion next week.
The Pinot Pod is officially in the city. Emilie will now be applying her expertise to these young, beautiful NYC dwellers as we discuss “in The City” the spin off of the much debated Summer House.
Watch, listen, and find visual aids and poor decisions at @takeapinotpod on Instagram and on YouTube. Questions, complaints, and hot takes go to sundi@pinotpod.com. And please leave a review so more people can suffer through this with us.

Jun 4, 2026
Jun 4, 2026
1 hr 2 min
Sundi, Emilie AND Jeff all get together again for our weekly talk of what we're recapping, other recommendations for your viewing and also a few things we say to avoid. While poring over the Summer House drama, the current Summer House drama and the shouting matches of Vanderpump past we are also giving you insight into what else we're watching and it's hilarious as always.
Recs: Widow's Bay, Couple's Therapy, Rafa and The Four Seasons
Maybe Avoid: Calabasas Confidential, The Boroughs, Backrooms
Find us on Mondays as take a look (and rank) the remaning cheftestants as we count down the final 4. It's been a great season, y'all.
The Pinot Pod has left London and is heading to the Hamptons and then the city. We're watching the Summer House reunions and Emilie is applying her expertise to these young, beautiful NYC dwellers as we discuss “in The City” the spin off of the much debated Summer House.
Find us for vintage VPR on Wednesdays and Fridays.
Watch, listen, and find visual aids and poor decisions at @takeapinotpod on Instagram and on YouTube. Questions, complaints, and hot takes go to sundi@pinotpod.com. And please leave a review so more people can suffer through this with us.

Jun 3, 2026
Jun 3, 2026
1 hr 7 min
In the season finale of one of the greatest seasons of television ever been made, our WeHo dummies are being the most iconic versions of themselves. From The Bubba's engagement party at Villa Rosa, to Stassi and Jax mending fences, to Lala and Kristen fighting over the White Kanye West, it was a ride.
The Pinot Pod is in the city. Emilie will now be applying her expertise to these young, beautiful NYC dwellers as we discuss “in The City” the spin off of the much debated Summer House. And we are discussing the Summer house reunions as well... how could we resist?
Watch, listen, and find visual aids and poor decisions at @takeapinotpod on Instagram and on YouTube. Questions, complaints, and hot takes go to sundi@pinotpod.com. And please leave a review so more people can suffer through this with us.








