In pretty epic fashion, Katie's season comes to a close. The major fallout from Greg's exit somehow seems to fade as she focuses on her future with Blake and Justin, only one of which ends up being a real option for her. There's the big I love you, ring shopping with Tayshia playing the role of Neil Lane and lots of uncertainty going into the big d…

Diane Taha joins to co-host this week as we go into a very unusual hometown week which includes one guy who arrived late but made a splash, one who we hardly know and one who surprised us with a last minute farewell. We discuss what we think it all means for the season!By Lara Ziobro

Kate Kaput joins me this week to discuss Michael A's sudden departure and the Men Tell All for a sing-a-long, totally unplanned audience kiss, phone-a-friend with Thomas and a segment highlighting Kaitlyn and Jason's engagement. We also discuss Michelle's upcoming season, who might be our next Bachelor and, of course, Paradise!…

It's down to the final 7! Grace Seery joins this week as co-host as we discuss another big round of cuts as Katie lands on her final four going into hometowns. Note: there's a bit of audio issues in the earlier part of the episode. Stick with us though!By Lara Ziobro

It's a bit of a roller coaster this week. Justin becomes more than just an endless list of facial expressions, as he goes on a 1:1 with Katie. The guys do a group date with “RuPaul’s Drag Race All-Stars” winners Shea Couleé and Monét X Change, where their roasts turn into a whine fest about Hunter. And we finally get a 1:1 date with Connor, which d…

This week, I'm joined by a hometown friend of mine and long-time Bachelor watcher Jennie Berg to discuss our first complete Bachelorette episode in a while! Blake finally joins the guys and they love it every bit as much as anticipated, especially as she welcomes him with open arms and a 1:1 date. Yikes! Most of the house goes on a massive 13 perso…

It's a half-episode week with a conclusion to last week's drama. There's a "Truth or Dare" date which involves no truths and pretty much all dares. The guys continue to confront Thomas' Bachelor dreams leading Katie to eventually do the same. And then there's the surprise entrance of one of the guys from both Clare and Tayshia's season, that seems …

We pick up this week in the middle of last week's episode, awaiting Karl's fait. It's a quick exit for him, as Katie continues her decisive trend. The guys go on a group date that's all about revealing their not-so-stellar past moments, which offers some telling tidbits on the guys and prompts Katie to share something of her own. Michael A. has the…

We're getting down to it this week with our first group dates of and the first 1:1 date. Katie surprised just about everyone in taking her first impression rose recipient, Greg, on that coveted 1:1 date where we learn they share more in common than we knew. We had our first "fighting for the lead" date, leading to a personal brawl and our first mid…

We're back, and Kate Kaput is back with us to break down this season's premiere. We discuss this season's unique host sitch, some of the first episode's hits and misses (hello surgical skin salesman on the latter) and why someone really needs to sell zippers. If the promo delivers, we're in for quite a season!…

As parents, we have to learn how to maneuver so many challenging and unexpected things. How though can you manage to do that when you don't always know the answer yourself? This episode, I'm joined by Danet Peterson to discuss her experience in maneuvering the unknown with her three little ones as she battles ocular melanoma and persists to continu…

Matt's journey came to a conclusion this week, with him making his big choice between Michelle and Rachael. I'm joined by guest co-host Diane Taha to discuss how it all went down, where we think the show let Matt (and us) down this season and how much we loved both his family and Emmanuel Acho. We also dig into the Bachelorette selection in additio…

This week, I'm joined by debut children's author Arianna Brooks to discuss her new book, My Mushy Matzah Ball (http://mymushymatzahball.com/ and @mymushymatzahball on Instagram) and how she's approached integrating homemade family traditions into life so quickly and successfully for her two little ones.…

My friend Kat O'Leary joins me to discuss Fantasy Suite week, which includes milk baths, tent pitching and Ghost pottery. We meet Matt's dad for a very personal moment that probably should have been off-camera. We end with what we dub a "Sexy Funeral" moment and us wondering what's to come in next week's big finale.…

Leslie is back on the podcast to co-host as we take a look back at this season's Women Tell All. This week there was one glaring absence (Sarah), one surprise quasi-appearance (Heather) and several ladies given the possible Bachelorette edit -- but there was no resolution on who, if anyone, would be getting the role. We took some time to go through…

This week, I'm joined by my friend Natasha, a Bachelor Nation newbie, to discuss this season's "Hometowns." We discuss family member standouts (Michelle's dad and Bri's mom), our current fave for Bachelorette and the surprise exit by one of the ladies. We also talk about some of the Bachelor News, including one of our leads who is back in the news …

This week was a hard week to summarize. We started with a summary of all of what's currently going on with the controversy regarding and subsequent statements from both Rachael Kirkconnell and Chris Harrison. Below are the different things mentioned in the episode if you have not already seen or listened to them:- Rachel Lindsay and Van Lathan's Re…

This week, Lara is joined by Cleveland lifestyle blogger Kate Kaput of Greastest Escapist (https://www.greatestescapist.com/) to discuss our lame excuse for a 2:1, one cute carnival date, the bowling date winner's evening that wasn't and the exit of our fan favorite peacemaker. We share our picks for this season's final four and a rundown on the la…

Lara's joined by guest co-host Gillian Clow as we discuss this week's big purge, Matt's big proclamation to Rachael, the looming 2:1 and who we think are our frontrunners for The Bachelorette.By Lara Ziobro

This week stirs it up as 5 new ladies arrive, 4 of which remain following the rose ceremony. Victoria sets her sights on some new targets and Anna starts some unfounded rumors on one of the ladies. We get to know more about Michelle and Chelsea and end with Katie calling Matt to step it up and take charge, as she continues her role of house MVP.…

Inspired by "A Perfect Letter" (let's say we had NO idea), the ladies get dirty with storytime with Matt - and it becomes a bleepin' competition. Sarah starts to have doubts and battles being pulled home to her family. She also battles the others in the house, as she crashes the evening portion of the group date. Serena P gets her 1:1 time with Mat…

This week, Matt went on his first one-on-one dates and the hot tub made an equal number of appearances. We have the largest group date possibly in the history of the show.By Lara Ziobro

After the briefest Bach pause ever, we're back! And what a backdrop we have this season, as the ladies travel to Pennsylvania's Nemacolin Resort for a shot at love with Matt James. We had a bit of a tech issue this week - excuse the slight rustling we'll have fixed next week! Lots to discuss on this new to Bach Nation lead and his approach to findi…

This week we had a double-night finale, where one of the contestants returned just as one of them sent themselves home. Following Fantasy Suites, Tayshia also sends home one of the guys due to his religion. In the end, it's a proposal like none other. Listen for our thoughts on how the season concludes!…

It was a two-nighter this week as Tayshia tackled the pre-hometown mass exodus we've all been anticipating. She couldn't give out one 1:1 rose (Blake) and didn't have the heart to say farewell to one of the guys at the rose ceremony, pulling Riley aside to chat with him beforehand. There were so many great moments at hometowns, but ultimately Ben w…

We take things up a notch this week. Tayshia sends one of the guys packing over the drama. Ben gets his 1:1 and he shares even more about his past. The group date puts the guys on edge as they're forced to take a lie detector with some surprising results. We don't get a final rose ceremony, but we do get an unwelcomed return of one of the guys. We …

The guys tackle their artistic side in a group date with Tayshia, with one of the guys opting for a revelation of an unexpected kind. Tayshia finally gets to know Zac better in a 1:1 date. and her date with Eazy has a surprising end for him and the guys in the house. We're left with a pre-rose ceremony 2:1 of sorts with Bennett and Noah with Tayshi…

This week was a mixed bag - including one of the most important discussions that's ever been aired on a Bachelor show. We discuss how refreshing it was and why we hope it's only the first of many to come. We also talk about this week's competition date, the late night sneak session by Ben and Ed and the departure of a fan favorite. We also catch up…

The drama heats up in the house, which becomes a focus for Tayshia. One of the guys shows some added initiative, jumping a fence to crash a group date. There's tug-of-war. wrestling and stache shaving. We break down how it all went down. And we dive into Bachelor news, especially Katelyn's season on Dancing with the Stars and her performance thus f…

Here we are gang - the big switcheroo week. We had our second round of night one entrances (including 4 new faces). There was the first group date involving Speedos (no thanks) and a nice 1:1 date with Brendan, who learns he has more in common with Tayshia than he expected. The promo leads us to see we're well back on the usual Bachelorette style t…

This week, The Bachelorette continued to be turned on its head - with Clare getting her 1:1 date with Dale and bidding farewell to a resort full of guys. Neil Lane made such an urgent cameo that only Facetime would do. We discuss Clare's big moment, Tayshia's entrance and what we're expecting for the rest of the season.…

It's an emotional week where we begin with Yosef's big scene (+ exit, stage left), a group date that's all Dale, Dale, Dale, a partial 1:1 with Zach J and a roast of a group date. We end on a date leaving Clare so underwhelmed with the guys that she chooses to keep the rose for herself. We have lots to dissect, including what on earth we have in st…

The range on this episode was wide - where we went from love languages to letters to our younger selves to confronting negative feedback on ourselves to ... strip dodgeball? Wow. And we're left with a cliffhanger with us wondering where this is all headed. (And one thing is for certain, we're still living for those credit clips.)…

We are BACK! Finally after all the quarantining, Instagram stalking and COVID tests we made our way to the La Quinta for Clare's big moment. The intros were a bit different but it was still an entertaining premiere, complete with inflated bubbles, pregnant men and Moon Pies. Oh yes, don't forget those. We break down the man drama on night one which…

Lots to talk through about the finale of Bachelor season 24. We found out our big ending, and we have a lot of thoughts on what went down, what disappointed us and why we have hope that Clare Crawley's Bachelorette season, whenever we're blessed with it, is exactly what we need.By Lara Ziobro

This may be the Women Tell All with the most bickering. We discuss why this was not our fave WTA, who got the unexpected glow-up this episode and (perhaps most importantly) what we think on our new Bachelorette, Clare!By Lara Ziobro

We're in the homestretch with the final 3. We learn Madison didn't disclose her big secret to Peter. The ladies travel to the Gold Coast where they learn they have one not-so-fabulous surprise - they get to be roommates for the week! The season just can't let the drama between the ladies die. The week ends on a dramatic note with us waiting to find…

It's a busy week as Peter bounces around from hometown to hometown, still managing to find time for ax throwing, some country music concert goin', grape stomping and basketball dribbling. Oh! And lots of that "L" word we seem to be hearing lots of on the back half of the season. And while we did not get to finally meet the family behind Victoria F,…

And we're off to Lima this week, where Peter slims down the crew from six to four as he preps for hometowns. Natasha finally gets her one-on-one, but it doesn't go quite as she hoped. And although Kelley was convinced she was the most solid long-term option, Peter decided otherwise. Peter also tells the first of the ladies that he's falling in love…

Five hours later in one week, here we all. There's lots of drama to catch up on. Lots of exits (still none self selecting out, but there's always next week), unexpected roses and just bad moves all around. Where are we going Peter?! Answer right now? No one knows.By Lara Ziobro

Even a scene change to Cleveland can't keep Peter and the ladies from the drama. One date finds Peter being serenaded by her ex. Another is crashed by the return of Alayah, where Peter shockingly decides to give her the rose over the ladies who are bruised from the day's football game. We're left with Peter asking if they're going to all leave -- a…

It's more champagnegate this week, as the ladies can't seem to let it go. We may have not seen much of Alayah in prior weeks but she's front and center this week for this season's "is she real" debate (verdict? TBD). We get to know Victoria P a bit more as she and Peter go on a 1-on-1 for some boot scootin' fun. There's a pillow fight with some "li…

We begin with a conclusion of the convo with Hannah B... or do we? The abrupt ending leads us to speculate if it was really an end or not. There's SO MUCH champagne drama that it seems we'll be having more of it next week. And Revolve is scoping out influencers early, involving one of the groups in a fashion show that features an appearance by the …

Cleared for take off we are off -- we are back along with ALL the flight and windmill puns we can handle. We finally got to meet the crew of thirty ladies vying for Pilot Pete's heart. There's one much hyped return of a familiar face. We talk about how we think that might all play out. We also talk about the change up in format and this week's clif…

Oh hello there! Doesn't that beach in Mexico seem like ... well, ages ago? Catch our wrap-up from the most recent BIP season as we gear up to start an all new season of The Bachelor.By Lara Ziobro

The parade of exes continues in this week's episodes, beginning with Angela's official arrival. The drama between Derek and JPJ continues until Tayshia makes her choice. Blake goes all in on an unexpected old flame. We lose one of our favorites (#MikeForBachelor) and find out the arrival of a fan fave doesn't end up with us finding our Grocery Stor…

This week shows some new sides of the gang. JPJ's "Shaka Brah" days are gone. After going on dates with Hayley and Tahzjuan he doubles down on Tayshia, who seems fully focused on Derek. Caelynn and Dean are in a great place. He coordinates a sweet birthday celebration, until he uses the moment to break-up with her (AKA "Dean being Dean"). Blake pas…

Ah Jordan. Tear. We lost ye too soon. We conclude the drama with a quick exit for the two male models. We finally get a rose ceremony, where Onyekah decides it's time to peace out, Hannah G finally makes a choice (or does she?) and three of the guys are sent on a plane out of Mexico. We have more entrances - namely Jenn Saviano and Demi's much disc…

The men have the power in the first rose ceremony, which sends several franchise vets on their way home. The Mayor of Paradise returns, along with a mustachioed version of last year's beach f-boy. And Demi discloses to Derek recent developments in her love life, leaving him unsure as to where their romance is headed.…

The beach is officially OPEN! This season wastes no time in getting down to drama - mostly on Blake and things that happened before anyone stepped foot on the beach. The first two episodes are as dramatic for what happened over our first 4 hours of this season as for what happened over the last several days on Twitter -- and is still happening! The…