Special Edition: Interview w/ Shushanna Mkrtychyan
Bachelor in Paradise's Shushanna Mkrtychyan has been called “the Russian”, a “sexy Bond villain” by Wells Adams and much worse by Ashley Iaconetti, but during her time on the podcast we got a glimpse of someone who knows what she wants and is not interested in playing games…which we love. Shushanna didn't pull punches talking about Ashley, Wells, Lace, Carly, Chad, Ben Higgins, Chris Harrison and more. We learned that prior to taping BIP S3 she was in a relationship with a former Bachelorette contestant (who resides in Los Angeles) and we brought back the lightening round, which was a lot of fun. Enjoy this conversation with one of our favorite guests to date, the women we’ll simply refer to as Shu.
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Special Edition: Interview w/ Tiara Soleim
Chicken Enthusiast and BIP S3 contestant Tiara Soleim joined us for arguably our most insightful podcast to date, in terms of the process for making the show and in regards to all the behind-the-scenes action we often debate. During her short stint on Season 20 of The Bachelor with Ben Higgins Tiara may have seemed camera shy, but during our discussion that portrayal seems far from the truth. We discussed a wide range of topics including the role the producers play, what it’s like to be the last one to arrive at the resort, the real story behind Nick Viall receiving her one and only date card, her raw take on everyone from paradise and much, much more. Enjoy the very funny Tiara, shout-out Redmond, WA! #NoShameInTheChickenGame
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Special Edition: Interview w/ Luke Pell
Fan-favorite Luke Pell, from JoJo Fletcher's season of The Bachelorette, joined the pod during his layover in Atlanta and we were able to cover a ton of ground. By now everyone has heard that ABC pulled the rug out from under Luke just hours before he was going to fly to Los Angeles and be announced as the next bachelor. What you haven't yet heard is his reaction to not only this, but also Chris Harrison calling his character and sincerity into question. During our conversation with Luke we spent time chatting about his experience on The Bachelorette, whether he regrets not using the words "I love you" with JoJo, if he felt the show portrayed him as being too serious and much, much more.
Luke is working with an amazing non-profit, CreatiVets, whose mission is to provide disabled veterans with the opportunity to use art, music and creative writing to address the psychological and emotional needs that arise from service-related trauma. The link to donate and learn more is: http://www.creativets.org/donate
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Special Edition: Interview w/ Jami Letain
Canada’s finest, Jami Letain joined the pod to chat about Ben Higgins and season 20 of The Bachelor along with all things Bachelor in Paradise. Jami provided her unique perspective on all of the memorable moments from this season while also discussing her journey to being on the show (thanks to her good friend and former co-worker Kaitlyn Bristowe), Wells and his charisma, what it’s like to compete for one man’s attention, Nick’s potential phoniness and his rocky relationship (during and after the show) with Jami’s friend Jen Saviano, which men Jami was really hoping would be in paradise and much, much more.
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Closed for the Season #GRACE
On this episode we recap the two-night season finale of Bachelor in Paradise S3. Not everyone made it to the overnight dates and we break down all the reasons why. We also have a ton of questions we try to answer, such as: why does everyone loves Evan and Carly as a couple and what’s the deal with Evan's self-esteem? Josh and Amanda have been out in the open for a while (and are very much in love), but what does the future have in store for Grant and Lace? Lastly, we cover the toughest moment during this season’s finale by breaking down Jen Saviano's emotional moment with Nick before he stared into the sun, pretended to cry and became...The Bachelor.
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Special Edition: Interview w/ Leah Block + Recap of Week 5 in Paradise
Along with recapping this week's drama-filled episodes, we welcome back the lovely and always entertaining Leah Block (18:18 mark). Leah spoke with us for over an hour and gives our listeners some great insight into the editing of the show and how the producers basically form whatever narratives they want at the expense of the contestants. Amanda and Leah are very close friends, but you'd never know it with how they portrayed Leah during her short stint on Bachelor in Paradise. Unlike some past guests who've come on our podcast and played it politically correct (Izzy), Leah keeps it 100 with her insights (watch out Lace) + she's still single men of Colorado ;)
We discuss Wells becoming a big-time ladies man, The Twins acting phony to Leah and Daniel along with whoever else they come across, Nick being the new bachelor and we get to the bottom of Josh Murray's moaning. Finale episodes are next week!
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You Booze Cruise, You Lose
Ian and Geoff reunite for a big time recap of the past few Bachelor in Paradise episodes. We talk about Izzy coming on our podcast and shouting "Team Vizzy!" when she knew the next episode we would see her dumping Vinny for Brett's looks. Geoff goes full conspiracy theory while Ian holds out hope for some realism in the show. Ian lets us in on some producer hints on who the next bachelor will be and much, much more.
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Special Edition: Interview w/ Izzy Goodkind
On this episode we welcome BIP S3 contestant Izzy Goodkind to the podcast. Izzy was sent home the very first night on Ben Higgins season of The Bachelor, but has been shining on Bachelor in Paradise. Izzy and Vinny, or #TeamVizzy as they like to be called, hit it off right away and appear to be huge front-runners in Paradise. We discussed the drama surrounding her decision to wear a onesie when meeting Ben, plus Izzy gave us her take on everyone you want to know about this season. Enjoy!
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Welcome to Paradise
This week we recapped the first two episodes of Bachelor in Paradise with our friend, comedian Justine Marino (who you've seen on NBC's Last Call with Carson Daly, Jenny McCarthy's Dirty Sexy Funny, MTV and E!). Our conversation included a discussion about JoJo's decision, Chad's explosion being more of an implosion, Lace and her drinking, Nick vs Josh, Justine's love for Wells, our assumptions about the Fergie Twins and their sex life (#DTF) and much more.
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Special Edition: Interview w/ Leah Block
Leah Block is best known as the "villain" from Season 20 of The Bachelor (with Ben Higgins) because she told Ben that Lauren Bushnell, his eventual choice, was a different person when Ben wasn't around. Well, we chatted with Leah for over forty minutes and she cleared all that up so we could spend time talking about her favorite memories from Ben's season, cooking, dogs, her friends from the show, Bachelor in Paradise (which we'll be recapping as well) and also a HUGE tease about a certain top bachelor who she may be very, very involved with...listen to find out.
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