Bachelor Happy Hour - Goodbye Joe & Serena, Hello... | Happy Hour

Episode Date: January 13, 2026

Today on “Happy Hour,” we have a major announcement: Joe and Serena are leaving “Happy Hour”! After almost three years on “Happy Hour” and five years of Joe hosting... podcasts, the time has finally come for our incredible hosts to depart. In their final episode, they tell us everything from their favorite moments on the podcast to what led to their decision. There’s a new chapter on the horizon and we’re giving you all the details! Plus, we couldn’t leave you hanging, so if you wanna know who your next “Happy Hour” hosts are, be sure to listen! Tune in now and make sure to subscribe so you never miss an episode! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Starting point is 00:02:41 Listen to next question with me, Katie Couric on the Iheart radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Hey, everyone, welcome back to Bet Your Happy Hour. I'm Joe. And I'm Serena. And we are here with you guys one last time. How'd that sound? Sounded great. Did we get the sound bite out of that? I think so.
Starting point is 00:03:04 Sounded crazy to hear you say that. I know. For all our listeners, we're kicking off 2026 saying, see you guys later. We're leaving. See you soon. Sianara. See it.
Starting point is 00:03:15 It's been a while, but we've decided to stop doing Happy Hour as the host. And we're going to intro the new host pretty soon, pretty soon. Yeah, hold your horses. not done with us quite yet. Yeah. We got a few more minutes of this episode to milk. But it's been a crazy two and a half years on Bachelor Happy Hour. Joe and I are obviously married.
Starting point is 00:03:39 We've been working together. And it's been a great ride. We were married when we started this podcast, obviously. Were we married? No. No, man. Yes. I can't keep track.
Starting point is 00:03:51 But when I started the Bachelor Nation podcast, which the first one was clickbait, we didn't know each other. We did. That was 2020. Yeah. And I was in quarantine to go on The Bachelor. That's how long ago it was. Quarantine was still like an active part of our lives.
Starting point is 00:04:09 Okay. Correction, we weren't married when we started this podcast. But we are married. Our producer just jumped in and was like, no, guys, you weren't married yet. Solely engaged. So since being on this podcast, we got married. We had a wedding. Two.
Starting point is 00:04:22 Two weddings, basically. Yeah. And so many other amazing memories together. Yeah, yeah. What, man, yeah, we're not going to be doing Taylor Frankie Paul season. What was your favorite season? My favorite season to recap, to recap? That we covered.
Starting point is 00:04:37 Do you have one? I mean, this past season of Paradise was fun just because it's nostalgic, and they did try so many new things with it, that it was fun to kind of break down and give our opinions on what was working, what wasn't working, who we were rooting for, what we liked, all the things. What about you? Oh, my least favorite was probably charities. I didn't enjoy. I did not enjoy that season. No, no, I'm joking. I actually, I have probably charities.
Starting point is 00:05:04 I did enjoy her season. Well, I think that that's a great way to tee up what's next, which is, you know, as much as this is sad, we're saying goodbye to you guys. This feels so right for Joe and I to part ways with this chapter of our lives. And we're excited for whatever comes next. But we know what comes next on this podcast. And that is two new hosts that we are going to announce today. and we are beyond excited to be passing the torches off to them.
Starting point is 00:05:30 Yes. So everyone, please welcome your new hosts of Bachelor Happy Hour, Charity and Rachel. Hello. I'm like everybody welcome, but, you know, there's only us on this podcast. It's weird. Hi, guys. So excited. Hi. Thank you guys.
Starting point is 00:05:52 How are you? We are splendid, spectacular, truly. Okay, so we have not chatted with you guys prior to like basically the moment. So walk us through. We've known for a bit that we were parting ways, but tell us about when you guys found out you were going to be hosting the podcast when they approached you. What did you think? I mean, I'll start off. I just remember like being approached and asking to do a little mock interview with Rachel. And I was like, oh, I'm so ready for this. Because I was like, Rachel's my girl. We obviously have like a friendship outside of the show. But like to be,
Starting point is 00:06:31 be doing podcasting and hosting together incredible so I was definitely excited I obviously did not know how I was going to go but because like I said we already had this built-in like friendship and just like already like off-the-rip banter I was like I'm fine we're going to be great no I'm so excited and I was actually shocked because for a little bit I thought I was like blacklisted by The Bachelor because I did another show I'm like oh my God they're never going to ask me to do anything again and when I got the call. It was so excited and even more excited that it's with charity, but a little scared. You guys felt like. What are you worried about? I know. I have seen charity talk. I mean, if I were you guys, I would be really excited for the upcoming
Starting point is 00:07:21 season because that's going to be, you're going to have like, I feel like you're going to have so much to talk about with that season. No so much. Without a doubt, that's, I think that's what I'm excited for. I'm like we're coming in really at like the perfect timing because there's going to be so much. Yeah. Taylor's going to make it easy. Exactly. Well, and I don't know if you guys know this, you might, but prior to Joe and I being on Happy Hour, it was always two bacheloretts that hosted this podcast. So I feel like with you guys were like really going back to the roots of that and you'll have so much personal experience to share when covering her season. For sure.
Starting point is 00:08:01 We do. It's funny. Wait, I had to say something. Joe, my very first podcast I ever did was on clickbait. I wasn't there. Were you not there? Yeah, I'm pretty sure. The only person I remember being there was Natasha because she was like calling me out left and right.
Starting point is 00:08:18 And I was like so terrified. So it's crazy. You only interviewed with Natasha? That's the only person I remember talking to me because she just had so many points that she wanted to say I was like oh my god I remember yeah I remember you because I remember you were getting a lot of screen time on your season you were one of the more like you were one of the bigger gets one of the bigger interviews and I remember just I wasn't there where are you sick no I think I was gone gone where I don't know I think I was like doing something like I had to take I had to take the
Starting point is 00:08:55 podcast off for like a couple weeks and I think Rachel ended up being there like a week I wasn't that. I swear you were there. Maybe it's because I listened to clickbait so much that season. I just like assumed you were there. Yeah. A decade ago, I was on the trail of one of the country's most elusive serial killers. But it wasn't until 2023 when he was finally caught. The answers were there hidden in plain sight. So why did it take so long to catch him? I'm Josh Zeman. And this is Monster, hunting the Long Island serial killer. The investigation into the most notorious killer in New York since the son of Sam, available now.
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Starting point is 00:13:23 Tina Brown on the year's scandals here and across the pond. the president has upended everything from pardons to the press so we're covering it all listen to next question with me katie currick on the iheart radio app apple podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts you guys are such a good pairing you were in a lot of ways like for us when we were thinking about who would replace us i said you two you were our obvious choice and i didn't even know you guys were friends you were exactly who we thought they would go with like when we were speculating it was like I we were both just like it's going to be Rachel and Charity like I oh I love that you were like top of mind right away and Charity you've been on this podcast a lot you're always such like a fun guest you've also co-hosted with Joe so like it's so amazing that one episode that was actually that was insane that was like I don't even know how we aired that
Starting point is 00:14:21 no no it was no it was no it was no it was just and there was a lot I think like spencer or someone else was on. I think we had like three people on. I hated that. I hated that. I hate that. I just kept like chiming in with like jokes that weren't like didn't land. They were inappropriate.
Starting point is 00:14:39 They were inappropriate. I was like we can't talk about this. I'd be like all right. Didn't Jeremy have some like funky background too? Yeah. He like came out with like a shirt off or something. It was like he was like teeing up paradise. He had like a little paradigm like palm tree setting.
Starting point is 00:14:56 I was like okay. Like we get it. You want to go to the beach. No way. Well, he would come on with no shirt and a Paradise background to tell us like he didn't want to go to Paradise. Exactly. He's like, no, no, I'm not going. I'm just, you know, I'm just seeing what happens. I'm like, okay. Classic last words. I said the same thing too. We're glad he went and we're glad that you went Rachel. Rachel, I don't know. No, I can't talk about that.
Starting point is 00:15:19 You are always one of our most chaotic interviews. Like when you come on trying to rein you in to say things that we can air is so hard. out here being like my season was a failure okay everyone um it was we could go into that but like hopefully i could do this a little bit better and hopefully i can bring it in a little bit that's why you guys are a perfect stay that stay that way because keep it authentic keep it yourselves those attributes are great for a podcast they stay unhinged it's it's good for everyone perfect you know that was a game plan. Before we part ways, is there anything you guys want to ask us? Any questions you have? Oh, I feel like I have a list. Like, hello. Where should we start? Charity? I got a list. One question each. Not one. No, I have like, I have like four. But like, I do want to ask because
Starting point is 00:16:14 obviously like this episode is about like as much as it is about you guys introducing us. It's about you guys too. And like I'm so curious because you guys have done this for so long. How do you guys feel like podcasting together has like I guess changed if it's changed for the better y'all's dynamic as like in relationship like I'm very curious I feel like so when joe and I got off the show we were pretty intentional about keeping our businesses separate as much as possible um like we had a conversation about it I was like I don't want to be up in your stuff I want you out of my stuff so it was kind of the first time we really like merged in a big way yeah I feel like it kind of honed our skill on how to work together.
Starting point is 00:16:56 Like, I don't think it changed our relationship, but I would say it changed that facet of our relationship in like how we communicate and how we take like criticism from each other in a business capacity. Because we do have very different styles. I think like people may be surprised, like I'm a little bit more intense than Joe is
Starting point is 00:17:14 when it comes to business stuff. Oh, I'm not surprised at all, at all. But we, I think we just, I think it's just, we kind of just gel well. And it's just, it's pretty easy. And also, like, we both, for the most part, when it comes to work, we have thick skin. Like, like, we can get done with a podcast and I will critique like something Serena did. Yeah, or like, you weren't X, Y, Z today.
Starting point is 00:17:41 Yeah. Or like, or vice versa. Yeah. I think with a lot of couples, like, if you start doing that shit, like, that could be an issue for people. Right. And we're pretty good about keeping, like, podcast bucket, podcast bucket. Yeah.
Starting point is 00:17:54 And then like personal. I do think like you can be married and in a happy, healthy relationship and not be able to work with your partner. I think that's like totally possible. We're just. For sure. We also can work with. But we're not going to like, we're not going to get into like, you know, a fight about, you know, whatever. Something that we fight about.
Starting point is 00:18:11 And I'm not going to be like, well, you know, two weeks ago, you suck on that podcast. Like we keep, we keep it separate. Yeah. No, I think that's really like, honestly really beautiful because I do feel like that's rare. Like not everyone can do that, but I'm like, you guys obviously have managed and done it so beautifully. Oh, thank you. Thank you. I can't look you guys are leaving.
Starting point is 00:18:32 Like, it's crazy whenever I think about Happy Hour, I just like picture you guys. I know. What's next though, actually? You guys going to have your own podcast because I need it. Right now we're just like starting off 2026 parting ways with this. You know what I mean? Like it just felt like more than like anything. It just felt like the right time for us.
Starting point is 00:18:53 to close the door on this chapter. I just couldn't, you know what? I couldn't do one more. So how did you get on the show? You know, I've probably, I've probably done like 85 of those, maybe more, maybe 100. So tell us, how'd you get on The Bachelor?
Starting point is 00:19:09 How'd you get out of the Bachelor? And then the answer, the answer is always this. Well, I didn't, like, I never even heard of the show. That's a lie, a lot. It's classic. Yeah. Yeah.
Starting point is 00:19:21 So it was really less about what, next and more just about like it was the right time for us to like close the door on this season of life and this opportunity which we were so grateful for but yeah we were just ready to part ways with it you're the snake is ending so like we're leaving we're leaving this and you're the snake and what is it what is it you're the firehorse it's coming up come on now i'm excited about that oh my gosh okay i do have another i have like two more but just bear with me okay so obviously I think y'all's first season was my season, was it not? You know what's crazy?
Starting point is 00:19:58 So the first episode of Happy Hour we ever did prior to doing your season charity, which was our first season of recapping, we filmed at like 6.30 in the morning because Joe was flying back from something and we were supposed to record it like that night. Do you remember this? Yeah, I didn't even sleep. You got stuck somewhere all the way overnight. He got in a cab with like three random guys,
Starting point is 00:20:19 drove like four hours back to New York and then jumped on and recorded it. I was on a flight home from Vegas and oh my god not Vegas my bachelor my bachelor party on top of it and the weather was really bad. I'm so sorry what? Yeah, the weather was really bad so we couldn't land so then they rerouted us to Baltimore and we didn't get they didn't give us our bags to like 12.30 at night and then me and like four random guys they're like you guys want to just take an Uber back. I was like something like a girl could just. just never do. I'm like, I'm so sorry. I would have never, you would have never seen me record that day.
Starting point is 00:20:58 Like that's, you would have caught me on a bus. Correct. Correct. So to re-correct our producer, to re-correct her, we actually were married when we started this podcast. Yes, we were married officially at the courthouse, but it wasn't. We were legally married.
Starting point is 00:21:13 We didn't have our wedding. We didn't have our, our South Carolina wedding. And our first season was charity, so we got all the facts in line now. Yeah. A decade ago, I was on the trail of one of the country's most elusive serial killers, but it wasn't until 2023 when he was finally caught. The answers were there, hidden in plain sight. So why did it take so long to catch him?
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Starting point is 00:23:48 Follow Sacred Lessons with Mike Delo Rocha and start listening on the free IHeart Radio app today. Hey there, this is Dr. Jesse Mills, director of the men's clinic at UCLA Health and host of the mailroom podcast. Each January guys everywhere make the same resolutions. Get stronger, work harder, fix, what's broken? But what if the real work isn't physical at all? To kick off the new year, I sat down with Dr. Steve Polter, a psychologist with over 30 years' experience, helping men unpack shame, anxiety, and emotional pain they were never taught to name. In a powerful two-part conversation, we discuss why men are.
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Starting point is 00:25:38 Tina Brown on the year's scandals here and across the pond. The president has upended everything from pardons to the press, so we're covering it all. Listen to next question with me, Katie Couric on the IHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Wait, okay, I actually love that because this is like incredibly full circle moment. Like, you guys are patching the torch off to me. I know. That actually is very poetic. Yeah.
Starting point is 00:26:11 But, okay, my season wasn't really controversial. I don't think, I'm trying to think who really was. I don't maybe, like, not even. Like, I feel like it's kind of been very mellow the past few seasons. but I do have a feeling that Taylor's season is going to give us a lot of great things. So my question is, as host, whenever you guys are interviewing maybe contestants, whoever leads, how do you guys like handle maybe something that might be incredibly polarizing or if it's controversial and you guys decide you guys want to talk about it?
Starting point is 00:26:45 How do you guys navigate conversations like that? I think for us it's kind of We're just here to ask questions Remembering it's not a yeah it's not a conversation in a way Like it's just we're just here to ask questions To allow people to share whatever parts of their story they want And then pulling on the threads that they give us Because usually people want to come on
Starting point is 00:27:09 They want to clear the air They want to talk about the controversial moments Because they want to share their side and their perspective So people are usually willing and it's just... Yeah, the thing is, here's the thing. If they want to share, they will, and if they don't, it's not really, you know, it's not our job to pull it out of them.
Starting point is 00:27:28 Correct. If you're uncomfortable, you're uncomfortable, so you're just not going to share. But usually, usually people say yes to a podcast because they want to talk. And they want to talk about what happened. Yeah, and if they don't want to talk, good luck, because that's hard. And that happens. You've had people not want to talk at all. Well, you get people that are, and I have a lot of sympathy for,
Starting point is 00:27:47 this because I used to be like this, but you do get people that are nervous. Oh. Or more short with their answers. Yeah. Yeah. Like the, so how'd it go? Good. You get, and I used to do that.
Starting point is 00:28:04 And you're like, good. That could be tough. Plus, plus, plus. But see, I also think, and not that you guys did a bad job. I could feel like, if anything, Serena, you're really good at this. Like, it's the type of questions you also ask. Like, not close into questions. Totally.
Starting point is 00:28:15 open-ended, yeah. Yes. And sometimes if we ask a question and you get a good, sometimes it's on you to be like, okay, how can I think of a more dynamic question? How can I think of something that they have to expand on? Or just like a follow-up. Like, good. Okay, why?
Starting point is 00:28:31 Why was it? Why was it? Tell us more. Tell me more. Tell me everything. Who is your favorite interview that you guys have done? That's so hard. We're actually talking about this today.
Starting point is 00:28:44 And don't say me in charity because I'm, Obviously, do not. I wasn't. No, joking. I honestly, I don't know. Like, it's too hard. When you really think about it, it's just like, there's just been so many. Yeah, the happy couples are always fun.
Starting point is 00:29:01 Charity, you were our first happy couple and you were our first in-person interview ever. We remember we recorded. Wait, I do. Was that like my, yeah, after my finale? No, it was the day before. You came in. Wait, really? Yeah, remember we set up like a studio at our producer's house.
Starting point is 00:29:15 Oh my gosh, it was the day before. Please, enough. Yes. And that was, my memory is failing. The happy couples are fun because you really get to see and know the couple in a way, even just like chatting before and after especially. Like you feel like you're getting an inside look into a relationship that you've only seen like parts of on TV. And you kind of leave being like, oh, I feel like I know this couple. I want to go back.
Starting point is 00:29:40 I wish. I want to go back to happy couples. I don't. Any chance you get to record in person, that's the best, in my opinion. That's the best because you could actually get like a feel, like you could get a better feel for someone. Even like just going back to like meet saying people get nervous. Yeah. People ease more into it when you're like sitting next to each other.
Starting point is 00:30:07 Yeah, it's just more intimate. Yeah. Yeah. But we've been so happy to come on and chat with you guys. And honestly, the best part about leaving is just like passing this off to you guys and being excited for you guys to take over and be the new host. Like we know without a doubt you're going to kill it. The listeners are going to be so excited listening to this and hearing this announcement
Starting point is 00:30:27 that you guys are taking over. So, yeah, we just want to wish you guys the best. And if you ever need us, you have our numbers. Oh, for sure. You will get a ring ring for me. I was going to say you will be helping me out. Absolutely. Thank you guys so much.
Starting point is 00:30:40 Oh, no. So sad, but exciting. It's bad. Bitter sweet. Bitter sweet. No, we're so happy for you guys. And to all our listeners over the past years and people that crossed over from Clickbait, love you guys.
Starting point is 00:30:55 Thank you so much. This podcast wouldn't even be around if it wasn't for you. So thank you. Yes. Thank you guys so much for listening. This is Joe and Serena signing off for the last time. And we're wishing you guys all the best. Peace.
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