With Joey?s season wrapped it?s time to take stock of Bachelor Nation! There are new couples, new babies, and a new Bachelor Mansion! In this episode we discuss?

 

Well folks, they did it. They stuck the landing! It?s been a while since we?ve had a season of The Bachelor end where we feel good about all parties involved. There was friendship, sisterhood, and, of course, love! And the fun doesn?t stop here because they also revealed our next Bachelorette?

Leslie Fhima reflects on her time on The Golden Bachelor. Plus, she clears up that Kelsey A. kerfuffle and shares her thoughts on The Golden Bachelorette.

Joey may be this season?s lead, but Maria is the main character. This Women Tell All did not disappoint with all the lingering drama this season being hashed out in between the crowd?s applause for Maria. There?s plenty of pettiness, but also some really heartfelt moments. Plus, they?ve got bloopers, and we?ll take a plate full of those like we?re Joey chowing down on macarons!

Have you ever wished you could get some advice from the golden gals? Well, it might be a bit? varied. This week is fantasy suites and each woman gets some advice ahead of their date. But is the advice actually helpful? Or is it a producer ploy to add some fuel to the fire? To help us figure it out is Carrie Rosen and Annemarie Navar-Gill from the podcast Bachelor in Retrospect!

Britney Spears and Justin Timberlake were Y2K royalty sitting on an all-denim throne. Unfortunately, their friends-to-lovers relationship took place at the crossroads of the entertainment machine and purity culture. While women were chastised for their sexuality, men were celebrating theirs, high fiving each other in shock jock DJ booths. While Justin?s career thrived in the public eye, Britney was subject to constant criticism and a long abusive conservatorship. In this episode, we?ll revisit their relationship to explore the double standards of celebrity culture. We?ll also talk to Tess Barker, co-host of Toxic: The Britney Spears Story, about her experience in the #FreeBritney movement.

03:30 ? Timeline Recap

53:00 ? Discussion with Tess Barker

1:45:00 ? Tropes and Pairings

Hometowns are here and, surprisingly, the families brought more support than drama! Of course, that just makes this decision harder for Joey. Maybe we can give everyone a rose? As a treat?

While nobody is cuddling naked in the woods, they do get pretty darn close as production looks for every excuse they can find to get Joey shirtless in the freezing cold of Jasper National Park. Luckily, there always seems to be someone around to keep him warm. Here to help us break down this week?s episode is friend of the pod and senior editor at Glamour, Stephanie McNeal!

There is nothing more romantic than a bowl of bad poutine? except maybe an appearance by Feist. This week, Joey and the ladies travel to Montreal as the pressures of the process continue to build and two women self-eliminate. But hey, at least there?s chocolate-pineapple poutine!

You know you?re a power couple when your very presence bends the entire media landscape. From Album of the Year to a Super Bowl victory, Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce are titans of their own industries. We?ve all been obsessed watching their love story unfold through football games, shaky fan videos, and magazine spreads, but why is their relationship so gripping? And what does that say about all of us? Joining us is LA Times journalist Amy Kaufman!

Love 101 is a new episode format about iconic relationships that have gripped our attention and defined cultural eras. Get ready for Taylor and Travis 101!

It?s Valentine?s Day and what better way to celebrate than traveling to Spain to be whisked away by Joey on a Vespa! Plus, double the rose ceremony means double the drama. Peep this pod!

What did you think was going to happen? When drama gets this intense between two contestants, you know there?s going to be a two-on-one! But no matter how petty or confusing the drama, Joey always somehow seems to make us swoon?

No matter how hard they try to avoid it, drama always finds its way to Bachelor Mansion. How will Joey and his camp counselor energy handle it? To help us find out is BFF of the pod and host of Shaken and Disturbed, Daryn Carp!

Every wedding needs a cake, but as we all know that is never a good sign on The Bachelor. This week we see some new formats for group dates, including a wedding with 9 brides and a paint splattered capture-the-flag. Joey?s camp counselor energy is staying strong! To join us on this week?s activities is friend of the pod, former Bachelor contestant, and host of A Little Help For Our Friends, Jacqueline Trumbull!

Welcome to Better Tomorrow, a lifestyle podcast hosted by TV Personality Hannah Brown. Join Hannah as she seeks to answer the big questions: ?Am I better today than I was yesterday? And how can I learn to be better tomorrow?? Each week, Hannah will build on those questions, discussing topics like confidence, love, and making time for yourself, all through the relatable experiences of the ultimate Everywoman. There will be advice, intimate emotional explorations and reveals, and lasting takeaways. Hannah will push the envelope and guide you through the lens of a progressive, empowered woman of faith, who is still defining and deciding what it all means. Get ready to embark on a transformative journey with Better Tomorrow.

Listen to Better Tomorrow every Wednesday wherever you listen to podcasts.

A cold open, a mysterious envelope, rival sisters, and more than enough tennis limo exits. This premiere has it all! Joey is starting off strong with his camp counselor energy and we are here for it! To help us kick off this journey is former Bachelor contestant and friend of the pod, Jill Chin!

Joey?s cast is ready to find love! They all have a wide variety of hobbies like eating and exercising, but who will be the one eating and exercising with Joey? We?re giving you the rundown on all 32 women so you have everything you need for The Bachelor premiere! 

The gossip is here! While we?ve been busy covering last fall?s flood of Bachelor content, the off-screen drama of Bachelor Nation has been going non-stop! Join us as we cover?

Plus, relationship milestones from across Bachelor Nation!

Roll out the golden carpet! Last night Gerry and Theresa, our first Golden Couple, had their wedding live broadcasted to the world which means, as Jesse loves to remind us, that anything can happen. A proposal? Boudoir shoot? Not-so-subtle product placements? This wedding truly has it all!

We?re kicking off the New Year right with the movie that taught us all about mini gherkins. Join us as we break down the greatest rom-com of our time? or it?s at least in the top 30 greatest rom-coms of our time. To help us along the way is friend of the pod and actor Molly Bernard!

This week we?re throwing it back to one of our all time favorite Rom-Com Rewatches: You?ve Got Mail! Grab some hot cocoa, sharpen your pencils, and get ready for some cozy rom-com magic. Joining us to break it down is Betches co-founder and Morning Announcements host Sami Sage!

Finding love in NYC is hard enough without leaving everything up to fate! Today we?re rewatching the film that made it seem like finding true love was as easy as a quick trip to the department store. Joining us for hot cocoa at Serendipity is journalist Laura Bassett!

We know that what you need this season is some good ol? fashioned Christmas cringe. That?s why we?re watching one of the most uncomfortable Christmas movies out there, The Family Stone! Joining is friend of the pod and host of Normal Gossip, Kelsey McKinney!

Paradise is coming to a close and it?s time for the couples to make their choices. If you don?t have three hours to watch the full finale, we can catch you up! Who stays together? Who calls it off? Here to help us find out is former guest host Leigh Blickley!

The dominoes are all falling! In one of the most packed episodes this season we see breakups, self-eliminations, and lots of expectations about finding everlasting love on a beach full of reality show contestants. Here to recap the episode is host of the love and dating podcast Crimes of the Heart, Rory Uphold!

The first season of The Golden Bachelor is over, and we are not well. Gerry has spent the last couple episodes telling everyone how much he loves them and now he needs to make a final decision: Leslie or Theresa? Here to discuss the emotional finale is journalist and author Lisa Belkin!

As if Paradise couldn?t get any crazier, this week Katie Thurston takes to the beach! In addition to some serious conversations with ex-fiance Blake, she?s here to host a roast which goes about as well as you would expect. Here to break it all down with us is journalist, wellness coach, and host of the podcast Hurdle, Emily Abbate!

Fantasy Suites are here and Gerry just keeps digging himself a deeper hole. Who?s going to tell him that someone can?t be the ONE if they?re actually ONE of TWO?

It?s week 7 of Bachelor In Paradise, and it?s finally time for? the third rose ceremony. Time moves differently down in Sayulita!

We?ll be thinking about Faith and Gerry?s tearful embrace for years. Joining us to discuss the stunning conclusion to last week?s episode and the Women Tell All is author and professor Michelle Herman.

The beach keeps getting messier and messier! It seems like everyone has a favorite pot to stir as couples continue to shuffle around, new information keeps coming in, and Charity makes her way to the beach to (hopefully) offer some much needed clarity.

Gerry?s hometowns are filled with love? but maybe a little too much? While we?re happy to see all these wonderful relationships, we all know what?s around the corner. It makes every meeting, kiss, and ?I Love You? equal parts heartwarming and heartbreaking. We can barely take it! To help us manage the cliffhanger is Editor In Chief of Slate, Hillary Frey!

When a cake shows up on Paradise, you know there is a 90% chance it gets destroyed in the most dramatic way possible. Join us for Kat?s birthday ?darty? and a game of Truth-or-Dare that breaks up one of the oldest couples on the beach. To guide us through it all is journalist and co-host of In Retrospect, Susie Banikarim!

We?re pretty sure Gerry has a legal obligation to marry every single one of these women. We can?t bear another rose ceremony! This week, the group gets cut in half as only three women will be moving on to hometowns. Gerry?s got some tough choices to make but no matter what, there will be heartbreak and sisterhood. Navigating it all with us is Editor-In-Chief of Scary Mommy and our longtime colleague at HuffPost, Kate Auletta!

Time to break the box and stir the pot! It seems like just about everyone is shifting around as someone leaves, new men enter, and the truth box is opened. Some people handle it well through thoughtful conversations, while others prefer to air their grievances by recording very, very loud interviews. Strap in!

If you?re talking to Kathy, zip it. If you?re talking to Gerry, open up and head on over to the pickleball courts! This week is all about having fun with your girlfriends, whether you?re dinking during a pickleball game, chowing down on some ice cream, or playing the most important round of Never Have I Ever in all of human history. Joining us today is BFF of the pod and actress, Allison Williams!

We know some of you just can?t wait to talk about Golden Bachelor so we?re trying something a little different. This week, our Golden Bachelor episode will release on Friday and Bachelor in Paradise on Monday! What do you think? Love to see it? Hate to see it? Let us know! Shoot us an email at [email protected]. See you Friday!

The drama has come to Golden Bachelor! As it starts to set in that they?re all dating the same guy, the women find themselves in some classic Bachelor conflicts. But don?t worry, this episode still had all the touching and earnest moments we?ve come to expect from the show! Here to explore it all is author Priscilla Gilman!

After being featured in just about every promo, trailer, and teaser, Sam?s poo baby is finally here? and it?s actually kind of touching! Meanwhile, we see one of the coldest shoulders to ever appear on the beach. To help us break it all down is actor and BFF of the pod, Erin Darke!

It?s time to gear up for our first Golden Bachelor dates, which apparently involves sending Gerry on a busy LA freeway with no headlights. Despite the rough commute, Gerry and the gals seem more ready than ever to try on some fun outfits, throw a birthday BBQ, and explore their next love story will look like.

We?re headed back to the beach where all kinds of pots are being stirred ahead of the first rose ceremony of the season! Love triangles upgrade to love squares and Hannah Brown makes an appearance to help fan the flames.

The wait was worth it! After years of cautious optimism, The Golden Bachelor is here, and we just can?t get enough! From hearing aids to dance parties, the premiere episode was full of touching, fun, and moving moments. We laughed, we cried, and we can?t wait for week two! Joining us to break down the first episode of the new series is Lisa Belkin, creator of the NYTimes Motherlode column, and author of books including ?Genealogy of a Murder? and ?Show Me A Hero.?

The vibes are good! Bachelor in Paradise is back, and everyone seems ready to take to the beach! We?ve already got a messy love triangle and an ensemble of various pairings, but will they be able to handle the newcomers already coming down to the beach?

These shark-diving, motorcycle-riding, marathon-running ladies are no strangers to adventure, but how are they going to handle being on The Golden Bachelor? With a small social media footprint, these women are already giving us a new twist!

Look, we might not agree with Jules? approach, but we understand that it can be hard to let go of someone you?ve been pining for. That?s what makes ?My Best Friend?s Wedding? such a fun movie to revisit! You probably aren?t rooting for the same person as when you were a kid. Here to break it all down with is author and host of Terrible, Thanks For Asking, Nora McInerny!

The leaves are turning orange, apples are ripe for the picking, and Hallmark is starting their flood of vaguely seasonal made-for-TV rom-coms. Today, we?re recapping one of the new ?Fall Into Love? releases with ?Fourth Down and Love?, a film about fundraisers and finding love on the fields of middle school flag football.

What Bachelor universe couples would we want to invite to dinner? Do we still like watching Reality TV? How do you keep up with fashion in New York? Today, we?re answering your questions about everything Emma and Leigh!

The Ultimatum is back, but is it better than ever? This week we break down the latest season all the way from early departures to proposals and beyond. Who stays together? Who breaks up? And why does it feel like there is a severe lack of romance?

The Bachelor Nation news won?t stop coming! While we wait for Bachelor in Paradise and The Golden Bachelor, there has been a steady stream of engagements, babies, and relationship updates to keep us busy. To help us navigate it all is co-hosts of Game of Roses, Chad Kultgen and Lizzy Pace!

Charity?s Bachelorette journey is coming to an end, and it's up to her to make the choice. Who?s getting engaged? Who?s going home? And who will be our next Bachelor? To help us through last night?s live Bachelorette finale is Zakiya Gibbons, host of the new dating reality podcast, Hang Up!