The Ben and Ashley I Almost Famous Podcast - Farmer Braden & His Final Woman!

Episode Date: June 10, 2026

Farmer Braden is in the hot seat talking about his final decision and the dramatic exit of his runner-up! We get all the details on where the couple stands today and what life has been like since filming wrapped. Plus, we get to the bottom of what Carsyn allegedly said off camera that caused all the drama! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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It's a little bit famous here on, of course, the almost famous channel of goodness. It's Bob Guinea with Super Producer to the Stars, Heather Mundy. And we are chiming in, of course, on Farmer wants a wife. The finale episode. Spoiler alert, guys. If you haven't watched, shut it off right now because we are going to talk about it. in detail. Well, right now we're talking to a farmer and their winners. So this is like, yeah, this is your alert. I think it's important that Heather, I'm going to, I'm going to seed the mic.

I'm going to give off the mic right now so that Heather can tell you all in her own words, how she feels about my prediction. I was so wrong. I was so wrong and Bob was so right. I mean, I got one right out of the bunch. You are very right. And I feel... Three for three. Three for three. I honestly feel slightly embarrassed how much I gave a phrase to the edit.

But I do love this outcome. I think it's adorable. So we're talking to Farmer Braden and his winner. Hold. Turn it off if you don't want to hear it. Turn it off. This is your warning. Bob's prediction all season long. ladies and gentlemen.

And is the beautiful and lovely Casey. Yes. My favorite. My favorite the whole season. I mean, honestly, God, guys, watching at home, I fell in love with Casey. You all did as well. I knew she was going to be our winner. I loved Brady.

And here they are. I loved Casey. Oh, yeah. Hi, guys. What's up, guys? We're so excited to have Farmer Braden and his winner, Casey. Oh, my gosh. And I'm going to be really shocked.

and say this right now. Together, guys. I know you guys can't see as you're listening to this podcast, but they are actually sitting together in person together. They're not coming in on separate zooms. I love this.

You guys, hi, welcome to the pod. I'm sorry to interrupt real quick. Would you mind please telling Braden and Casey, you know, who saw this coming? Who predicted it? We were just talking about this, guys. I was so wrong. I was so wrong.

I fell prey to the edit. I was thoroughly. happy, though, to see this love connection be the final thing. But Bob has been predicting Casey was the winner the entire. Since literally, I think as long as Braden was, because when Braden was saying, like, man, I knew it from the second. I mean, I'm like, I knew it. I knew it. I'm like, Casey, I knew it too. I knew it too. I'm telling you guys, I'm so happy about this. I, I just loved the two of you together. I loved that it, you know, that it was, it was innocent and it was, sweet for so long. And then, you know, then all of a sudden as it started getting more romantic and I was

watching that, I'm like, of course, Heather Mondi, she's a super producer of the stars. What did I do? I mean, I handed out flowers 20 years ago. What do I know? But, you know, my experience on The Bachelor taught me something. And I see real love when I see it, man. And I was watching you guys and I'm like, I'm telling you, this is my couple. And I just love, I do love that you guys are on the air with us together because that doesn't always happen. And so congratulations to the two of you. And we are so myself especially, I'm so excited to see the coupling here. Tell us where you guys are coming from. Are you currently in Braden's home state or are you in Casey's home state?

Where are you guys? We're currently on the farm in Illinois. We're on the farm. Wait, I love this. Okay. So before we dive into your guys' story, which we love, we kind of got to rewind a little bit and talk about the whole season. So what were those kind of? of first initial thoughts on day one.

When you're meeting everybody, Braden, what do you think the second you meet Casey? So I actually do have a funny story about this. So when we first walked into the barn, you're so nervous walking in. And we go back, we meet the girls, we see all of them. We go back into holding and the wardrobe team is in there.

And, you know, they dressed all the ladies along with us. And they kind of, they ask, so who do you, who do you have your eyes on? And I was like, whoever was in the brown dress, I don't even think that girl needs to open her mouth. Like she's coming back to the farm for sure. So there's an instant attraction for sure. Casey, same question.

What did you think? Yeah, walking in, obviously we saw a video and that was about it. And at first, just walking in and seeing Braden, I was like, wow, he is so cute in person. And then we just got to talk a little bit with him and he's cutting jokes. So I was like, okay, good. He has a good sense of humor. He's funny.

And he smelled so good. So I was like, this is a win-win all around. So I was like, what's your scent? What's that? I'm glad I shower that. A little old spice body wash or something, right? Well, you know, I will say this, you know, you guys had such a cute connection right up front. And I mean, you know, from my experience of many years ago, being in The Bachelor

guy, I will tell you, it is, it is a weird experience for the guys. And I know that, you know, obviously, Casey, you know, your, you know, your feelings of being there in one of, you know, five or six or whatever it was on that first night. But it sucks. And it really does. Like, I, because I was on The Bachelorette. I was at Trista's season of the Bachelorette before I was the Bachelor. And oftentimes people say to me, like, you know, which when did you enjoy better? And I'm like, I actually kind of like to be in one of the 20 guys on the Bachelorette better because I wasn't going to hurt anybody's feelings, right? That's the hardest part, I think. And And Braden, we saw you going through it too.

You know, I mean, we'll get there, obviously, to talk about it. But you could tell you're a sensitive guy and you, you obviously had this attraction with Casey, but you almost have to, like, bury it to get through the show because it's kind of part of the job, right? And then you get to the end and you're like, you're still hurting someone who hasn't done anything wrong. And that's hard, right? It's like, it's a hard experience. But yeah. And I'm glad you said that because they're, I think so in all honestly, we have listened to y'all's podcast.

And I will say, I do think y'all, y'all are one of the better recap shows because it's so, like, refreshing. You know, you'll both coming from the kind of reality TV world where I'm like, they get it. They get it. You know, they understand it. And like there's, you guys have good takes. But I remember you said something along with what you said now is like, there's a lot of times you've got to send somebody home honestly for no reason. You know, and I remember when I sent camera. home, which both of us are still great friends with Cameron, and she was just so fun, brought the

vibes every day. We had a blast, and I was so bummed to see her go, and I really just didn't want to do it. And it really, I mean, what you saw is what, and honestly, I say with all the girls, what you saw is what you got as far as sending them home. I mean, they did a great job of kind of showing that as is. And, you know, with Cam, that was a really hard goodbye, but it was a really good goodbye. But it was one of those moments where I'm like, man, like, she hasn't done anything wrong. She's actually done everything right.

It's just, you know, with Cam and I'm like, I think we both wanted it to be there, but it just wasn't quite there. And I knew, especially with Casey, I just had this, you know, very strong connection with her. It was undeniable watching the two of you. I had the whole time. I mean, I know Heather, you know, it's magical, though, and you see that, you know, you see that between people. And Casey, I mean, it says so much about you because these shows are, you know, these shows are what they are, right? And it's like, it's essentially like a dating game show. I hate to make it sound that way, but it gets to that point in your level of maturity to go through something like that and stay positive and sweet to the end and never, you never took the bait.

You know what I mean? Like these are easy, they're easy baits to take where you can turn. it and say something negative about somebody or whatever you never took the bait i loved you for that i just i really thought this show i mean hather knows i felt i fell in love with this show molly walker and i are new best friends i mean it's crazy but uh molly doesn't know it molly doesn't know it but we are but i but i mean i see it in you guys and i saw it you guys it had to be tough i had to be on casey's side too to see you know these other girls are really into you and they're basically trying to get this time as the thing is kind of coming down to the end i mean case

obviously, you know, you're a young woman. My favorite thing to say about all these dating shows, I say about The Bachelor, I say about this, people that go on these shows, they don't need help finding a date, right? I can tell you right now, my boy, Braden with the baby blues, that dude is not ever hurting, right?

Casey, Casey's never been hurting for a guy to be interested in going out with her. And it's like, the two of you together were like just handling it so kindly with one another. and I thought that that was such a sweet thing to see on television. And I was just rooting for you guys. And so, you know, it's not that I made a $5 bet with Heather and I won. It's more about the fact that I knew you guys.

I just knew you guys were right for each other. And I'm so happy that it turned out the way it was supposed to in my mind. You know, so I'm happy for you guys. I appreciate that a lot. Yeah. Of course. Pride is like love. You feel it in your heart.

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Yeah. And I do want to preface. There are no hard feelings there. you put a lot of girls in one house dating the same guy. There's going to be drawn. It's going to be stuff. So I do want to say that. I think I was a little shocked to hear.

She was shocked because we did have a conversation off camera, me and her. And I told her exactly what I said to Brayden. I told her the conversation. And I even apologize for talking to or talking about it on camera to Braden. So I was a little shocked to hear her come on and say that. But yeah, there were just a few comments made about, and she might have hinted at this a little bit, but saying how she wouldn't have come on the show if she was matched with Brayden. She told me that. And there were some things. There was a clear shift when he was around and then when he wasn't around. So that's all I'm

going to say. Again, no hard feelings. But I was. was a little shocked to hear her say that she was caught off guard by us talking to him because I did have a conversation with her in the house off camera. We hugged it out. And so I actually got intel from one of the other farmers that told me that you girls talked when you guys all met up at the races. and another farmer's girls actually heard about the things Carson was saying. And a farmer actually went to Braden and also kind of tipped him off before you girls actually

had those one-on-one conversations with him. That's pretty cool, actually. Is that true, Braden? And did that also kind of reassure that what the girls were saying to you one-on-one was accurate because you also heard it from another farmer? Right. And I'll say this to, that is true to answer your question, you know, and he'd be okay with me saying this.

Yeah, Brett, Brett did come to me. Had to be Brett. Look at Heather. She's blushing. She's, yeah. Oh, gosh. Yeah, you know, Brett and I are always, you know, we. You guys seem like boys, man.

I loved it. Yeah, I loved it. We're very good friends. Yeah, we talk about every day just about nothing. I think they talk more than me. but no so Brett you know at the mixer was kind of like did I you know and just kind of what he was saying was you know Carson did and again I don't have any hard feelings with Carson you know we had a good goodbye we had a conversation off camera you know she's been kind to me and you know

I really don't have, neither of us have anything bad to say about Carson, but yeah, I, you know, she would tell me, you know, how much she loved the farm. And then she was telling Brett and his girls how much she didn't like the farm. So like, you know, there was kind of some writing on the wall. Yeah. But like I get it. I live in Homer, Illinois. It's not the most glamorous place. I'm not going to fall anybody for that. You made it so clear, Braden. You can't move the farm. You made it so clear with everybody that that was, you know, and I think right, some of our other farmers might be a little bit more open to moving, even though Brett said he's not moving.

You know what I mean? But like there is maybe a little bit more wiggle room in those two farmers lives. But you made it so clear throughout the season like that that's not happening for you. Like this is your life and this is a part of it. I am a little bummed. We didn't see more singing because I, do know that you're a talented singer and that is also a little side passion. I found that online. I liked it. Yeah. They left that out. They left that out. That was a bummer. That should have

been saying. But it's on my social media. So if you want to see a very nervous me singing to Casey, then you can see that on my social media. My girl, Molly Walker, my girl Molly and I'm going to hook off for some of that video. We'll have it exclusive, I think, you know. I will say this, you know, actually said, I said this to Heather after one episode when, I can't even remember her name right now, but when the one lady left, left the farm to go to Braden's farm. What was that? Lauren. Lauren, thank you. And I loved that you, as a gentleman, which you very clearly are, go to Brad. You're like, hey, are you okay with this? And he's like, man, this farmer is going to find a wife.

I'm fine with it. I love the way Brett talks. That's a pretty good impression, friend. That was about spot on. I love that. I love that guy. But I love that you, you know, you did that. And I even said it at that episode. I was like, you know, I love this.

I love the obvious friendship between these guys. And I love the fact that, you know, it was like, look, if you, if you have any problem with it whatsoever, she's out. But if you're okay with it, I want to see where it could go. And just to make sure I'm, because, I mean, this is. It's a once in a lifetime experience. You all have to make sure you're doing the right things for each other, you know? And I was going to say something else. Homer, Illinois, by the way, I have been through Homer Illinois before, P.S.

And I will say this. It's a true story. And I will say this. You know, one of the beauties of, you know, marrying a farmer, I'm just going to say this, Casey, is, you know, these guys, you know, they have the ability when they want to. They can probably whisk you away and take you anywhere where the rest of us got to use a charge card. You know, these dudes are land barons, man. And they are, you know, I'm a big fan. of traveling, you know, a zip code can't make you happy.

I don't care where it is. And my wife and I, I moved her from sunny Southern California to Michigan, where I grew up. And she's never been super stoked about it, but we travel our asses off in the wintertime because it's cold here in the winter. And so, you know, we have a great time going to the sunny places in the winter and we make the most of it. So love is an amazing way of making a zip code okay, is all I'm going to say. That's the truth. Yeah.

Funny enough, too. and I wish it was showed more on the season. My family's from Illinois, so very familiar with cold winters. Yeah, my parents both went to University of Illinois, which is 20 minutes away in Champaign. So very familiar with how cold it gets. And it's kind of a full circle moment.

Small world. How is she anywhere perfect? I don't forget, Braden. She just keeps, every time I find something, I haven't found any flaws. I really have. I mean, and we say this all the time, and I will, you know, I'm not just saying this because we're on a podcast, but like I, I legitimately went into this process. I mean, this whole opportunity found me. And, you know, I did have some reservations just being who I am. And I, to be honest, I thought I would kind of breeze through it. I'm like, you know, I'm open. I'm very open to finding somebody and I want that. very badly but I'm like the odds of that happening on reality TV you know or slim and you know I thought

it was going to be a lot easier it became very real especially when I met Casey I'm like well this is going to be a lot harder than I thought now and but no I I'm blown away by her and you know we're always hanging out we haven't gone more than two weeks without seeing each other and honestly the distance has been so easy and there's so many times we're just hanging out and I'm like we met on a TV show like this is nuts and I say I'm like this wasn't supposed to happen like it wasn't supposed to happen this way but God God has a plan and I'm not one to you know judge how he he's doing it but this is the path he put on and I'm truly blown away It's amazing. And Bob and I, even though, I mean, I've never been on the other end of the camera, but and it didn't, you know, end that way for Bob. We know people that are living proof of that it can work for some people. So it's amazing. I do want to talk a little bit about the breakup with Brittany because it was, it was hard. As a viewer, it was hard to watch. So I cannot imagine.

imagine being in your position, Braden, and you handled it with a lot of grace. And I could tell in watching it that you were also emotional when she came back to confront you and to kind of talk things out. Your eyes looked a little, you know, red. And so I just want to know since that situation, where do you both stand with Brittany? I mean, Casey, were you close to her in the house? Did you build a relationship with her. Braden, have you heard from Brittany since that moment? So I felt like we all became, especially the last three, we did become very close and we have a lot of fun together. You know, when it gets down to the final two, you know, vibes kind of change and it, it gets very real at that point. And so emotions are high. And with Brittany, you know,

at the time, you know, I really thought Brittany was a great girl. And, you know, it was hard because I was like, you know, but I had my mind made up. I did. And I, you know, I'm not sure if it looked that way, but like. It fooled me, Braden. No, just kidding. It was great. Didn't fool me. Didn't fool me. I knew the whole time. Bob knew. It gets you, Bob. I had Casey, the whole time. That's right. I did like, it was way in on me because I didn't want to hurt Brittany and I didn't I think I said I don't know if they threw this in but I said you know it's a shame I had to go through a girl like Brittany to meet Casey because you know I don't that's a nice thing to say yeah that's a nice thing to say but

you know I wish Britney handled it better and I get I mean I understand how emotional this process is and but you know I do have a clear conscience and I know I never lied through this process. I you know I can confidently say that. I went through it not knowing what I was doing the whole time I didn't know what I was doing and I was just like I I'm just going to be me I'm not going to lie I'm just going to do to put my best foot forward and just try to figure it out. Figure out how to date five women at the same time. It's not easy. You can do.

None of you have ever done this before. You know what I mean? But have you spoken to her since filming ended? Have either of you spoken to her? I have not spoken to her. You know, I think she took that pretty hard. I'm, you know, I'm not sure how she feels. But, you know, we did have a conversation off camera.

she was not happy with me at all and felt like I, you know, led her on. And, you know, I tried to and lied to her. And I tried to tell her that I never meant to do that and that I didn't lie to her ever. You know, I, there was a part of the process where, you know, I did have feelings for Brittany. And I was trying to explore that. but, you know, like Bob you were saying with Casey, it was just undeniable. I mean, it's just meeting somebody who checks every single one of your boxes. And so, but yeah.

Yeah, and I'll say I got extremely close with Brittany throughout filming. And I have talked to her since. I gave her a day after that. And then I checked in on her. Just wanted to make sure she was okay. me, her, and Cam got extremely close. We have a group message. We'll still text in it.

And I know she's happy right now and, you know, living her own little life. So we do still stay in touch. We were obviously closer once filming concluded. But obviously, life kind of moves on. You don't always stay in touch the way you were with someone. But, yeah, we still will stay in touch. That's good. That says a lot about you.

I love that. Exactly. it does change and it has to change right because at the end of the day that relationship changes but actually you know for brayden i mean people used to always ask me after the season you know will you keep in touch with so and so i'd be like you know i do check in but out of respect for i respect for casey you're not going to be blowing up brittany i mean and so it's like and i get that right you're putting your energy into the relationship you have and you have

to do that and i think that you know it is it is such a weird process and very few people understand it and it's like you get to this end and it's like I what I happen to happen to really like about the finale was I think um you know in the in the first kind of run through because uh have you guys even gotten to see the finale yet you probably haven't right so so we we got to watch it okay so I'm just going to say this without spoiling it for you all Bob spill it here we go here we go I hope Molly doesn't you know Molly and our best friends I don't want her mad at me over this but uh on the first uh they kind of almost break it up a little bit that like, you know, you kind of are trying to essentially break up with her.

And you're being kind, but you're also, you know, you're being a little more like, listen, I know you're really into your career and you're, you know, and I don't want to, you know, and then she walks away and then she comes back, you know, and you mic back up and you're back in it. And the second round, and Heather, you know, feel free to jump in at any point. But at the second round, you're kind of like, look, it's not you. Okay. It's, I am, my heart is going somewhere else. And it was almost like you realized, okay, you know what, man, I'm trying to be nice here.

This isn't working. I have to be more direct. And so part of me was curious, you know, because I don't, you never know if you see it in real time. But part of me was curious, like, is that kind of where your head was that? You were like, okay, you know what, damn it. I'm putting the mic back on. I am sad that I hurt this person's feelings, but I got to cut the cord here, you know, because I know what I want Casey on this spot right now, you know.

Well, I think she was also being a little bit more pointed at Braden when she came back that second time. She was like, why wasn't it me? And like being just a little bit more direct. And so you had to, I think, be more direct with her in return. Yeah. I mean, that is exactly how I remember it. And funny enough, yeah, like, I was extremely upset. You know, the first time, you know, our first part of our breakup.

And because I saw how upset she was and it truly like affected me. And I tried to tell her that, that this, this is extremely hard. And, you know, like, it's just something I have to do. And, but then, you know, she walks away and I take my mic off. And I still, I remember walking to the back of my shed. And I was just like, looking out of the feeling like, that was way worse than I thought. It was me. That was horrible.

Yeah. I hated to do that to somebody. And then, you know, some of the producers kind of. back and say, you know, she wants to have another conversation. I honestly was under the impression that that conversation was going to be off camera. So I walk back in because they told me she didn't say all she wants to say. And so I walked back in and I see the cameras and I see the boom mic and I'm like, okay, this is not going to be off camera. This is going to be on camera. So you didn't put that live mic back on.

You didn't put your lob mic back on? I did not. I saw you take it off. Wow. It was the boom mic, yeah. And so I went back on. And yeah, she was a little more aggressive that time around just kind of, you know, implying that I lied to her and I led her on. And that's when I was like, look, like, I didn't want to do this.

I feel horrible about this. And I'm trying to, and I meant everything I said before about, you know, her career, you know, I didn't think she wanted to be, I wasn't, I had a hard time figuring out what Brittany really wanted because it seemed like she wanted, it seemed like she liked the idea about me in the farm rather than actually me. and so yeah that was hard and I to what you're saying Bob I did have to just kind of be like hey look it's I'm getting pulled another direction and that's just what it is and I try to do it the best way I honestly thought I could have handled that breakup better just because I was struggling a lot to you know find the words the right words to say because in that situation it's

it's hard to have those words. It's hard to tell, be like, hey, I know we've gone through this whole process, but it's not you, it's somebody else,

you know? Right. Well, from the two people on this call that have actually seen the breakup, I think you handled it with grace, and I think we could both agree on that because it's not easy at that point of,

you know, the process, but it is what everybody signed up for. Everybody has seen the show and knows that there is only going to be one person at the end. And you have to follow your guys. at the end of the day.

We kept saying it over and over again. It's Farmer wants a wife. It's your journey at the end of the day. Like, yes, it is. Casey's journey too. She was there. But you guys are the ones having to make the decisions that are best for you. I do want to end this conversation on a positive.

I have one last question for you guys because I'm nosy. I want to know, are you guys in love? I am in love with kids. Casey. I'm very in love with Casey. Yeah. I, you know, it's hard to say that publicly because, you know, I, well, I've never done any of this publicly. So, you know, but no, I, like I said, I'm truly blown away. I mean, this is very real. It got very real. It's still very real. And I mean, there's feelings have just grown so much stronger after the show. And we've been able to. spend a lot of time together. Our families have been able to spend time together. And yeah, so to answer your question, yes. Yes. Yes. I love it. I love it. I love it. Pride is like love. You feel it in your heart. IR. Radio, Canada's number one streaming app for radio and podcasts, including IHart Pride Canada, your favorite hits and must have party

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Guys, I will tell you, from a former guy who went through kind of what Braden went through, my relationship from the show did not work out. But I was very close, of course, with Trista and Ryan, who kind of set the benchmark from the standpoint of how the Bachelorette, the Bachel unfold. And we are very good friends. Trista and I do our podcast together, of course, almost famous, the OGs. But I will tell you guys that one of the things that they did that I would love to unsolicited advice, but I'm going to give it anyway, they always made sure their relationship and with energy and effort they gave to it was more important than all the extracurricular stuff that they were given the opportunity to do, right?

And so I just feel like for the two of you, you know, just from somebody who has a little bit of a track record with this thing, you know, as long as you guys put yourselves and your relationship and the love that you've already started to grow with one another first, then the show can be an awesome story you tell your friends and family about forever, right? And this is a weird way we met. You'll never believe it. And oh my God, it's on video. You can watch it, little Billy and little Debbie, you know, or whatever.

And it would be such a magical experience for you guys. But that's really the difference is it's in the details, right? And those details are putting in your relationship first. And I'm just so happy for you guys. I just, you know, Casey, I got to tell you, I have a friend. And I need to say this. Her name is Cherish Fitterer, okay? Cherish is, when I first saw you on the show, you looked to me like a young Cherish.

And Cherish was one of my wife's absolute best friends, absolutely beautiful woman, and just a great couple with her husband, and they're our best friends. And I literally called Cherish. And I was like, Cherish. I am seeing a young you on television. You have got to tune it. So she literally looked. up online and she goes, oh my God, that's the nicest compliment you've ever given me. She is

stunning. And I just loved it because it was one of those things where I was just rooting for you guys. And Braden, you know, I think you wore your heart on your sleeve, man. And I know it's hard to do in a show like this. It really is. It's hard because you're being coached to keep your feelings to yourself and you can't tell anybody how you're really feeling. You've got to do all these things because it's a TV show guys. And we got to get to the end, right? And I just thought you did a really great job of handling yourself and being a gentleman and being able to go back on that second round and, you know, and I know that was hard for you. And the way they edited the show was pretty brilliant, by the way, because as we were watching it, I didn't know who at first you were

talking to, right? Because they're going back and forth and I'm just like, oh my God, you cannot be talking to my Casey this way. What are you doing? So I, I'm just really super happy for you guys, man, not, again, not just because I won five bucks off, Heather. It's more than you. We're both happy. I mean, we're both happy that the show has produced love. And I think it's great. It's so, it was, it's been so fun for Bob and I to watch your guys's journey this whole season. And thank you guys so much for coming on. We're definitely rooting for you both. And, you know, this is amazing that you found love on TV. Yes, I love it. Thank you all so much. Yeah. Thank you so much. We've been, come on. Again, got to, got to admit, we were, we were listening.

I love it. I love it. That makes me so happy. We love it. Congratulations, you guys. We love you guys. And we're so excited for your future to get out and keep us posted. Come back whenever you want. Call us whenever. Exactly. We appreciate that. Thank you. Thanks guys. Take care of you guys. Follow the Ben and Ashley I, almost famous podcast on IHartRadio or subscribe wherever you listen to podcasts. Joy is essential and it's also elusive. But now, there's a new and exciting way to start your journey toward a more joyful existence. Joy 101. It's a new podcast hosted by me, Hoda Kot me. If you're craving inspiration, support, and useful tools to maximize your joy, tune into these candid, uplifting, and moving on-air chats. Listen to Joy 101 on on the IHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.

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