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A very important podcast today as I’m joined by Jeremy Hartwell and Nick Thompson from season 2 of “Love is Blind.” They’ve been in the news for the last 3 weeks or so after Jeremy’s lawsuit versus Netflix started getting national run after a Business Insider article ran a few weeks ago detailing the horrible conditions some of the LIB contestants were under during filming. Jeremy and Nick have teamed up to start the UCAN Foundation to help past, current, and future reality TV contestants deal with any mental health issues stemming from their time on TV. We know their lawsuit and new foundation came under attack from Nick Viall who made some very dangerous, ignorant, and baseless claims against them, … Continue reading →

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Another great podcast guest this week as I welcome the host of the upcoming “Coming Out For Love” reality show, Jessica Clark, that re-releases tomorrow on their website. Jessica is an activist, a worldwide model, who has graced the covers of the some of the worlds best magazines. She’s walked the runways in Paris and now she’s the host of the first US lesbian dating competition show. A great talk with her today as we discuss how she got involved in this project, did she have any hesitations having never done reality TV before, how did she see her role as host, and much, much more. Not to mention, Jessica speaks about how empowering the show feels for the LGBTQ community and how proud she … Continue reading →

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Once again joined by one of my favorite guests, Suzana Somers, who is the creator of @BachelorData on IG. She’s also started to build the @PopCultureData account on IG as well, focusing on other shows like Love is Blind, Selling Sunset, etc. A good talk with her regarding the popularity of Love is Blind and how Netflix knows how to push their shows on social media, much moreso than the Bachelor franchise does. How their contestants are gaining many more followers than anyone in Bachelor Nation and at a rapid pace, where the Bachelor shows are going wrong, and how Netflix really isn’t competing against the Bachelor anymore. It’s biggest competition is TikTok now. So many great topics to go over with Suzana, including a … Continue reading →