BONUS: When Bachelor Nation Declared Black Lives Matter (Sort Of)

As Jesse keeps reminding us, this is the week where EVERYTHING CHANGES in Paradise. Instead of just finding love, the cast is now tasked with finding someone that they can pretend to enjoy enough to make it to the end and secure half a million dollars. The first challenge of this brave new world boosts some, like Jeremy and Bailey, while others, like Gary and Leslie, falter. Meanwhile, Brian is doing backroom deals with Jeremy instead of nurturing his connection with Parisa, and Jonathon is silently friend-zoning yet another woman. Pop Mystery Podcast’s Tess Barker joins us to get into it all! To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

5 Elo 20251h 53min

“Perfect Match,” Netflix’s zany revolving door summer dating show, is officially back! And this time, there’s some non-Netflix talent in the mix, including two Bachelor Nation icons: Rachel Recchia and Clayton Echard. In this episode we discuss episodes 1-6, which means that a whole lot of love and drama occur. We get into Rachel and Clayton’s ill-fated reunion, AD and Ollie’s burgeoning love story, and Louis’ emergence as the most emotionally intelligent “Too Hot To Handle” sex idiot. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

1 Elo 20252h 16min

This week in Paradise, we have a few days of BIP normalcy before, as Jesse Palmer announces, “everything changes.” Lea, Nancy, and Faith get date cards, the whole gang engages in a very feathery mating ritual, and Allyshia arrives to stir up conflict between Dale and Kat. We’re joined by Wyatt Metzger, host of the BachMakers podcast to break it all down! To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

29 Heinä 20251h 55min

Good morning, islanders! Season 7’s time in the villa may be over, but the “Love Island” discourse continues. The cast has been making the podcast rounds, with Amaya and Huda sitting down on Call Her Daddy, Chelley and Olandria chatting with Keke Palmer, and more. And one interview in particular (*cough* Huda) has been fueling the drama. Meanwhile, the beloved season 6 cast has returned with the Bravo-style limited series “Beyond the Villa.” And to kick off today’s episode, we touch on some “Bachelor in Paradise” cast reactions and new hosting gigs for Bachelor stars. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

24 Heinä 20251h 57min

It’s only been 8 days in Paradise, but so much is happening! The chyrons are cooking, people (namely Kat and Dale) are having extremely circular, potentially relationship-ending arguments, Jeremy and Bailey are sharing one piece of gum, Kathy is doing body shots, and the Goldens finally get a date card. “BIP” is finally feeling like (almost) paradise. This week, we have a pivotal rose ceremony where the Golden men’s numbers dwindle, and we get our first cross-generational friendship rose. But, as Jesse Palmer ominously informs us: everything is about to change. Is “Bachelor in Paradise” about to morph into “Bachelor Pad”? To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

22 Heinä 20251h 54min

“Bachelor in Paradise” season 10 is underway, with an epic FIVE-HOUR week: Monday night’s three-hour episode, followed by a cool two hours on Tuesday. ABC, please! We need a free night to do our laundry! But with the return of “Almost Paradise” (the remix) and snarky chyrons, not to mention some love geometry and Goldens who arrive ready to flirt, we’re starting to feel some of that “BIP” beach magic. These two episodes contain the show’s first-ever kissing challenge, the arrival of sapiosexual queen Jill Chin, the emotional wreckage of Justin and Susie’s breakup (which is, to Lexi’s point, clearly still quite fresh), heel turns from two of our most likable beach gentlemen, and so much more. Strap in, friends: It’s a long one! To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

16 Heinä 20252h 24min

Season 7 of “Love Island USA” has limped to a conclusion, and the final was just as underwhelming as the season. Of the final four couples, the longest-standing couple only got together after Casa Amor – and by the time the winner was announced, they had already broken up. With every solid connection from the season booted from the villa, all our final contenders felt either forced, brand-new, or both. Out of this barren season, the only light was the indomitable Amaya Papaya, who found a path to self love and romantic love at the eleventh hour. And hey, we’ll always have the friendships. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

15 Heinä 20251h 59min

This season of “Love Island USA” is an unmitigated mess. Nearly every strong connection has been thrown out of the villa, one of our central couples was partially disappeared (with good reason) this week, and the vibes are, overall… unsettling. But from the wreckage of this season, can something beautiful still be salvaged? A friends-to-lovers story, perhaps? An inspiring pro basketball team? Or maybe one, beautiful, triumphant, Papaya-shaped, very clean New York City pigeon will outlast us all. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

10 Heinä 20252h 14min