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A very fun podcast today with Bachelor Nation veteran, and reality tv dating show veteran in general, Michael Garofola. A lot to cover since he’s been on a few shows along with his thoughts on being a diabetic and how tough it can be, along with dating in New York. Plenty of topics covered in this almost 2 hour interview. As I say, everyone’s got a story and Michael’s certainly is interesting. Of course I’ve given him sh** over the years for dating so many in Bachelor Nation, but he does say there is a method to that madness that we touch on. Just when you think it’s over with Final 10, we ramble on about sports and the wrong spoiler for Des’ season. All … Continue reading →

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The name of this week’s podcast guest might not jump out at you, but you can bet this is certainly one of the more interesting ones you’ll hear. Michael Carroll is a former producer on the “Bachelor” and “Bachelorette” back in it’s early seasons and you may have read some of his interview in Amy Kaufman’s “Bachelor Nation” book. Once I read him, I knew I had to have him on at some point. We’ve all heard the stories, we all see some of the backlash that producers from this show get. I’m the first to call out production for certain tricks and tactics they use and these are all addressed with Michael. He’s very open and honest about his craft, what he does, how … Continue reading →

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Before I briefly discuss this week’s podcast guest, in case you missed my tweet late last night, I was informed that episode 7 of the “Bachelorette” starts filming this weekend in the Bahamas. They travel today and will begin filming dates starting tomorrow. It’s like Ben’s season all over again. Ben went to Vegas and Bahamas during his season and now Becca has to. Anyway, podcast guest #73 today is former Challenge competitor Susie Meister, host of the “Brain Candy” podcast with another former Challenge competitor Sarah Rice. Susie certainly doesn’t hold back her thoughts on the Bananas/Sarah Rivals 3 ending, even revealing something that apparently is well known in the Challenge world but I had no idea about. Susie is very well versed and … Continue reading →