The Ben and Ashley I Almost Famous Podcast - Jenn’s Men

Episode Date: June 6, 2024

 The contestants for Jenn Tran’s season of The Bachelorette have been announced! Ben and Ashley run through the list and give their snap judgements on who we think will cause drama, who will be a breakout star, and who will go all the way to the final rose.    Plus, Ben shares how to spot a Bachelorette superstar… by the way they sitSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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This is the Ben and Ashley I, Almost Famous Podcasts with IHartRadio. It's another week, which means we have another episode of the Almost Famous Podcast. Listeners, it's an exciting time of the year. Big reason is, because we are getting back into, well, let's say, are regularly scheduled programming. The Bachelorette is around the corner, and we're getting excited for it here. So we're going to start teasing this season, talking about this season,

talking about the men that will be competing a part of, participating in this season. Ashley, myself, are here to break down all the men. This is according to the variety article. Yes. So, guys, you know how this goes? We've done it. We've probably done it.

at least 20 times now. Ben is going to give his jump conclusion as to who these guys are based on nothing. I can't believe I've never gotten in trouble. 20 times and not getting in trouble is so impressive. And yet I'm still scared to get in trouble. So I don't like to do my my jump impression to them. So I'll give some tidbits about them. I'm going to be pretty judgmental today. Oh, really? Why? Well, before we get started, Ashley, I don't know if I'm, I'm just seeing things on social media. You know, I don't know what happens on social media very well or very often. Usually about one step behind.

But I see these men posting pictures. It's the first time I think that the show has probably asked the men to post a picture of themselves. It's not the first time. They did this last season. Well, see, like I said, I'm one step behind. I'm one season behind on this happening. That's fair. But their captions are about as bad as I could imagine.

Okay. Well, it's always more cringy to see guys post on Instagram. I'm a lover boy. It's like, what are you talking about? Do your buddies call you a lover boy? Like, who's calling you a lover boy? Or I'm a hunk. Wait, do you think that they give him the captions to also post?

I think they're giving them the cat. There's no way these dudes are that bad. There's no way these dudes are that cringy. If they are, we have a really hard season in front of us. I don't believe they are. I think the show in the social media, team is saying, here's how we see you, here's the caption of the post, and they're saying whatever, I'll do it.

Yeah. I know that in the contract, they're like now required to post whatever they ask them to. What a weird switch. I mean, the show literally went from being like, hey, let's not do anything. It's all censored material. It's also that they give them. They can't post whatever they want. Okay.

Well, the men have been released. we're going to run through them the day get your list in front of you get ready for a lot of fun again I don't know these guys I'm sure they're all great I'm sure they're all very nice they're all very handsome

they're fantastic people nothing I say today is true nothing I say today is legitimate it is all coming from the top of my head and it is all me being a fan of the show and probably going to be my first impressions when they come on the show Ashley take it away

introduce the first man okay so like like Ben just said we are following the variety listing so i i think it's just alphabetical i don't know if the other listings are also alphabetical but if you do want to follow along exactly with us go to variety dot com type in gen trin bachelorette and this will come up okay first up is aaron and i feel like i have the most to say about him because he is noah ebb's brother you know Noah, as an engaged to Abigail, found love on Bachelor in Paradise. Those guys are one or, I guess, two of 11 kids.

And these two are twins. They are seven minutes apart. And Aaron is an aerospace engineer. The interesting thing about the show is the argument, you know, and I get it, of, hey, we need all shapes and sizes represented on this show. That has been a conversation now. for many years we've seen yeah they get a little better kind of sometimes wait what do you mean what they what do you mean they get a little better i think people would argue that they have they've

gotten a little worse i think that's a fair argument too i don't know i mean i'm saying that i'm not giving them credit for making it any better i'm saying it's like yeah we're talking about casting in general yes i feel like people would argue that it was our era that was best casted great I can't disagree with you. I think you're right. I don't think we can give the show any credit. My point to all of this when I entered in with this was I'm very much on board with that.

And the reason is I'm sick and tired of all these dudes having massive biceps. Like it feels like if you don't have big biceps, you're not coming on the show. Like, you're not welcomed here. And that's unfair to so many of us. Aaron has huge biceps. You know what I think of Aaron?

Aaron is the brother who made fun of Noah. for going on the show, called him crazy, called him ridiculous, said it was the stupidest thing ever. And then four years later, he's still single, and he's saying, hey, buddy, can you help me out here? And there's a reason this guy's single, mostly because his biceps are so big, and they get in the way of any relationship he wants to have.

Ben, why does he look nothing like Noah? Why do you look nothing like your sister? He's a twin. You'd think that, I mean, I know they're, I get that they're fraternal, but you think that look, I look nothing like Lauren. You should go talk to the internet who's convinced that we're twins. You look nothing like Lauren. That is so funny.

Okay, well, moving on, Austin has a mullet. And he is from San Diego, California. He's 28. He's a sales executive. And he just wants somebody to love and appreciate his mullet. he would love to be Justin Bieber just for a day I wonder why just for a day and he doesn't go anywhere without his retainers

and he's extremely terrified of snakes we won't know Austin he's gone I mean he'll walk into the house and out of the house in about 10 minutes we will never see him talk the reason is because I don't trust any man who wears has a mullet and a diamond gold chain and a picture that's going to be promoted to

the world. Ben, you're good at this. Man, I do love listening to you do this. Because you agree. I don't think he's around much, I don't think he's around very long either. I don't know. I can actually see him being around. He's got a warm face. That's what we're looking for in relationships. You know what? I want my husband? A warm face. A warm face. Ben, you're like out of the loop because you know, Mullets are very popular right now. They're very, they're very, they're very, very, trendy. You got to have a decent hairline for a mole.

Wait, does he not? He's fine. Let me scroll back up. Nancy is doing it. Okay, Brendan. He is 30 from Vancouver. He's a real estate broker.

He's obsessed with skydiving. We'll always pick dare over truth. It has one time successfully snuck into Coachella. Okay. Two things here. Wow, man. two things here yeah he's wild so skydiving okay um but always picks dare over truth like all three of these fun facts tell us that this guy yeah is woohoo um do you pick truth or dare because i always

pick truth truth i don't know if you're going to dare me to do i've got bad news i got to be careful is truth is just the safer bet and then like he's he's snuck into coachell so that says a lot about like he wants to go to Kachah that bad and I'm like not for me. Well I always pick truth too because if I you know I have a lot of weaknesses in life one of them which has

constantly gotten me in trouble since the very beginning of my days here on this earth is I'm an oversharer so I don't mind telling you anything you want to know like you just might not want to know what I'm about to tell you yeah we're probably the worst people to even answer this question

I like Brendan for a couple reasons. One, he's wearing a shirt in this picture that Jessica just bought me. I know where it's from. And I refused to wear it. I said, honey, can you imagine me wearing this? Like, I tried it on. She's like, yeah, you can't wear that. So I appreciate that he's given it a shot. Don't hate his outfit. I like him because he is wearing a watch that is probably from his grandfather. That is an old, cool, vintage watch. So he respects family. While at the same time, Brendan's, I'm joking about this. This is all tongue and cheek because everything he said in his bio makes me think he's overcompensating

for wanting to convince people he's a good time because nothing about his look says hey i'm a good time yes that is so perfectly said and again this is why i leave this up to you ben he also does not have guns his arms are definitely less big than yours let's let's not judge i don't think so i think if we took a tape measure and wrapped us around both he would still beat me here okay all right I did have an ab pop out last week, though. I did. I had an ab pop out last week. I was in a hotel room.

I was standing in front of the mirror. I was looking at my, like, looking at myself as I was drying off. And I was like, oh, there it is. Got one. Yes. I think of you as having abs over arms. Yeah. That's what I think, too.

It comes more naturally to your figure. When I see myself in my dreams, it's always abs over arms. Yeah. Okay. Brett, let's just like address the elephant in the room. Brett is one of the chubier guys we've ever seen on the show. And that's a very, very cute thing. He is a teddy bear.

People are going to love him for this, you know? He's going to probably poke fun at the fact that he's one of the bigger guys that's ever been on the show. And he's got a smile. It's also very big and warm. He is a health and safety manager from Pennsylvania. He's 28. He can do splits and do them on command. So we'll see that night one.

in action, I'm sure. What a wild irony. One of the larger men we've ever seen come on the show, who can also do the splits? Yeah. As a kid, he accidentally shaved off his own eyebrows before pictured. Heck yeah. And how does it accidentally happen is one of the questions we'll have to ask him when he comes on the podcast.

And he's never left the U.S. but would love to one day. Brett is going to be awesome I will tell you he's going to make great television he is warm and fuzzy and he seems like the guy that will protect all of the men on this season and also gin he is like the guy that you'll lean on when stuff starts to go awry

because he's a big dude and not like big in terms of weight he's like you can just tell he's like a big man he's built big he's not supposed to be thin. No, there's no way. He looks like a grizzly bear to me. That's kind of going to be like, I'll remember him by being a grizzly bear. The only thing I'll say about Brett is I can't tell with his hairdo if he is trying to do a mullet or not. It does look like he's let some stuff

hang out in the back, shaved down the sides. Oh yeah. Look at that. So he's kind of in between on his look. I like somebody that sells out goes 100% in either direction. Either you're going to have one or not. You don't like it when they have them, though. Well, you eliminate them. Some pull it off. Some pull it off. I think Brett will be around a while. I don't know if he's around the whole time.

I do think we're going to enjoy Brett. And I think he is going to steal the heart of America because I do believe he's just a good dude. Yeah, he's top 10. Next up is Brian. I have a lot to say about Brian because he is an aesthetics consultant. 33. That's a tough word.

I know. From Boatyn Beach, Florida. So there's a couple of things here that made me think. Jen is going to be a physician's assistant. I don't know she's going to specialize in aesthetics for some reason in my head she was, but it could just be because she's very pretty and I can see her going into that field. But she's also from Florida. So I was like, okay, well, this is interesting.

They may have like some. commonalities right out of the bat. But then I find that he loves Botox and doesn't care who knows it. And he's a big fan of Travis Kelsey and Taylor's relationship. And it's like, I'm like, this guy seems a little metro for me now, a little too much, you know? So Ben, being that Jess is in the aesthetics realm and at her spas, I think they even have Botox, what does she think about Botox? Now, listen, I think that there's some guys that like if you want to if you want to lessen some wrinkles okay but i think every girl agrees that guys look sexy with wrinkles as they age and they definitely don't want them frozen just looking at brian he looks like a man who wants to be frozen and and i don't want that

i know how my wife would respond she would tell me when it comes to this kind of stuff you do what makes you feel best. Like I've teased with her, like, hey, I'm going to Turkey and I'm getting hair transplants in like five years when everything falls out. Why wouldn't you just do that beforehand? Well, I might. It might be before five years. I might disappear from here, come back with a shaved head and some line marks,

and you're going to be like, oh, yeah, he did it. I have no qualms about this. I have all for hair plugs. We all, Jared and I have always talked about this. Yeah, I have no qualms with this. With Botox, I think she would say the same thing. If you want to get it, she would say you don't need it, though. I do have a great nighttime routine right now

that is eliminating a lot of the wrinkles but the wrinkles are coming from dry skin and Jessica has always said dry skin is aging skin so she wants me to keep my skin hydrated because she doesn't want my skin to go like to get bad and so if you notice right now I have a pasty white glow

and you're very white right now I'm very white right now because I'm putting SPF on my face every day no you have a very you have a zinc oxide based sunscreen that... So my wife is protecting me. She's not saying, hey, if you get wrinkles, like I don't think you're going to be as attractive. She might say you'd be more attractive,

but what she's doing is protecting me from aging early and trying to keep my skin as healthy as possible. So Botox doesn't really do that, right? You're just covering up. Wow. Well, I mean, Botox will help not age you for sure. Sure, but I'm saying there's ways to keep your skin healthy so that Botox might not have to be an option. My point to all of this is I respect

anybody that's going to get Botox that's confident in getting Botox. So if you're going to get it, talk about it. No, I'm not saying like you need to promote it, like walk down the street and be like, hey, I just got some Botox. I'm looking good. But when somebody asks you, hey, you don't have any wrinkles in your skin. What do you do? You would say, I get Botox. Like, be confident in your choices. Oh, totally. I don't want you to be lying to me. I have friends that get Botox that look, you know, 20 years old. They're lying to me because they'll never tell me, but I know because my wife tells me that's that's botox i don't respect anybody who's going to lie to a friend i just like the guy to have a little bit more i want the guy to have more wrinkles than me i suppose as we age

but i again not against a little brotox just to soften them just a bit okay ben is that is clinical sunscreen you have on right now uh i think so actually i feel i know because it's it has a very much of a white cast but it's it's highly recommended in one of jess uh one of just his favorite brands as it is my own yeah yeah she's she loads me up uh you should see my counter it's amazing what i put on my face at night i don't even know what it is i need you to talk to jared about just taking care of his skin and how you've gotten into a routine because this man he he thinks it's girly regardless at this point i have nothing to lose um here's my thoughts on this guy okay it's mostly coming from a quote he says in his bio he goes i hope to meet the woman of my dreams

partner in crime my queen that's all really cool right at the surface it's also very surface level like you are entering into an event in your life where you are potentially potentially meeting your wife and if that's all you have to say when somebody asks you what are you looking for in your partner he's or through this experience he's like I'm hoping to meet my queen let's let's talk about like a little depth so this guy is trying to figure it all out he's trying to figure out who he is what he wants in life he's trying to hold on as long as possible based on his behaviors in order to meet somebody someday. And for his sake, I hope he does.

It's not going to be the experience he meets somebody through. He's not going to be the one with her at the end. And the big reason I can say that so confidently, he has a watchtrap that matches the color of his shirt. He took way too much time. Like, cared way too much. Oh, this is just so good because Ben points out these things that I would never notice, like guys apparently pay way more attention to watches

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he is a wine expert. How do you say this? How do you say it, Ben? Somalié, he's 27, from Arizona. His fun facts include that one time he spontaneously drove to Mexico at 3 a.m. Just with the clothes on his back. So that kind of sounds sketchy to me. And then he dreams of becoming one of the very few elite,

Somalibola, whatever they are. Somaliers. Uh-huh. And he has a tattoo saying the biggest thing in today's sorrow is the memory of yesterday's joy. A lot of stuff here. One, I actually like his look. One of my neighbors here, high school kid, just did this to his hair. Bleach blonde hair, brown hair originally.

It must be a thing right now. I can see it coming up through, you know, through the ages. Yeah, I was going to say you totally had frosted tips as a kid. I tried. I put lime or lemon juice in my hair. It just mostly turned orange. And yeah, so I didn't really go all out. I tried.

I could so see sixth grade Ben Higgins being like so hot with his orange frosted tips. The acne braces and frosted tips, baby. Let's go. You know what? But like I'm down with Dakota doing this. I have a lot of respect for Somalias. It is one of the hardest professions. It's also one of the hardest things to achievements, certifications to get.

Really? That's so interesting. I would have had no idea. It's very impressive. And to become a master Somalié, like, I judge food scenes in cities based on how many Master Somaliers are actually existing in that city. Interesting. And I think Denver only has three. Like, it's a big deal to get the Master Somalié license. And so if this is his pursuit and he loves wine that much, got a lot of respect for this guy. I think he's very interesting. That's the reason I say it. Somalays are always very interesting, as long as they don't want to talk about wine all the time. they understand ag, they understand weather, they understand geography very well.

And that always is intriguing in history. So I love that. I am concerned because one of his fun facts is that he drove to Mexico at 3 a.m. with the clothes on the back. Two questions there. Why at 3 a.m. were you driving at all? Why were you not sleeping? What's happening in your life that you need to be up at 3 a.m.?

Why are you going to Mexico at 3 a.m. in such a hurry? The second part is it's not that impressive, buddy. You live in Arizona. like you're not that far it's like you know it'd be different if i was like hey i drove from denver to new york city through the night um you know just to have dinner with my family so we don't have any context here the second part is like this isn't that far to drive it's like for him it could be a couple hours so you just like decided at 3 am to drive to mexico awesome super cool don't know why you did it don't know why that's one of your cool facts especially if you're a

master sommelier my final point of dakota is like again i do you do you do you do you do think he's going to be interesting. I do think I'm going to enjoy watching him. I do think I'm going to enjoy hearing what his perspective is on different situations. I'm hoping he's not a dud. And every time they like sit down for cocktails at night, he's like telling everybody about the wine. That would be annoying. However, he seems to live in a place that I just don't understand. And the place that I don't understand is living in the past. The biggest thing in today's sorrow is the memory of yesterday's joy so do you not are you not enjoying the present moments joy like are you are you looking back always at what happened in the past and not ever being where your feet are now my question is to you

what what's going to happen in a relationship uh what's going to happen when you're a partner of somebody are you going to always be living in the past kind of manipulating the relationship by saying yeah but you remember when you remember when you remember when that is something i can't get behind it's not something that's progressive in in in nature and it's also not healthy to not be where your feet are in the present moment like right now you know my quote would be on my ribs what i'm enjoying the almost famous podcast right here right now this is my joy okay on to devon on to devon he is from texas and he is a freight company owner that sounds like a show, right?

It sounds like he's a 28-year-old. Okay, so you said it and I didn't. Yeah, he sounds like he's very wealthy. And the most interesting, fun fact about him is that he loves eating shrimp tacos despite being allergic to shrimp. Absolute psycho. So this is quite an interesting character.

Ben, you are allergic to shrimp. shellfish. Yeah. So, like, what kind of reaction do you get? I've gone into, like, I've had a seizure from this. Oh, God. Like, I've gone into the hospital and had to be resuscitated from my shrimp allergy. This guy's a psycho.

Like, he is. And he should, I want him to hear me say this. If he came on the podcast, I would tell him, you're a psycho. What are you doing? Are you just like... Yeah, but maybe he's that wealthy that, like, you know... He's like, hey, it's cool. I like, if I need to, I got an epipen, I'll just stick in my leg after every dinner.

Yeah. absolute madness like there's nothing that makes sense about this man anymore i thought i was going to like him i was like hey he's a business owner you know he he he's got a good financial base uh he's obviously an athlete because it says he ran a 200 mile relay race with his buddies super cool i don't know how many miles of that he ran he could have ran one mile but the fact that he's down to eat shrimp like this is just dangerous like i think about how like sometimes pineapple will make my mouth a little bit like sore and I'm like, and I think about that

every time I have pineapple. And that's, I wouldn't even call that an allergy whatsoever. It's maybe a sensitivity. There's a name for that. Like mango, I have,

um, like I get like a little, I get irritated. Like my whole body will get irritated with mango. And I, I know, like absolutely no. Would I go and just eat that just for fun?

Because I like the taste of it so much. And there's severities to allergies. Shellfish is a very severe allergy typically. Like you don't just like have a my, but with shrimp it is a shellfish right it's a shellfish allergy this man's this man is absolutely crazy I need to hear why I need to hear how and what has made his life so sad that he's like I'm down to risk it like give me that shrimp taco yeah I would love to I'm that interested all right that's it for him I wanted to like him I thought so I thought that's all we needed from him

okay so Dylan he is a medical student from California he's 24 or he likes wine and paint date night wine and painting date nights he hates avocados he will be surrounded by them in the bachelor mansion everybody is eating avocado toast all the time it's where i think i have my first avocado actually and i also don't i think they're highly overrated so thank you dylan and this is not that fun of a fact but he's never stepped foot in a traitor joes maybe there's just not one around him but i like him and i always will like a guy who's in medical school. Hmm. Ashley really missed on her husband choice. She liked a guy in medical school. Yeah, I mean, I think he's probably going to be great.

The issue is here. He's never stepped foot in a Trader Joe's because he hasn't spent that much time here on Earth. He's only 24 years old. I know. He's so young. I'm like, are you really going to be a doctor? Yeah, you don't.

I mean, but you don't go to a Trader Joe's until you're in your, you know, mid to late 20s. and then all of a sudden you're like, this is the best place on earth. Wait, that is such a good point. I don't think I went to a church until about 24. Yeah, I mean, so it's cool that you haven't been, but there's a lot of things you haven't done, man. You're 24 years old.

Like, you're young. You got a lot of life to experience. I hadn't gone in these things at 24. You're going to be a nice guy. You're going to do great here. I'm sure you're around for a bit. But life experience-wise, I would not continue to tell people what you haven't done. I would just talk about what you have done

because there's going to be a lot of things that a guy at 34, which we have that age on the show, has done compared to you. You do not want to start highlighting your age. Okay. Yes, I agree. Grant is next,

and he is, he's cute. He's a 30-year-old day trader. He's actually a former pro basketball player who's now really passionate about his new career as a day job. trader and he hopes to provide for his family he he also hopes to visit every country in his lifetime just like maybe a little over the top he is an avid salsa dancer and he wishes that he could live to the year 3,000 to see what technology is like not to see if the Jonas brother's song

is true um couple things one he is wearing my favorite color shirt of all time this this this shirt right here like that's my that would be my thing um love the color second uh very accomplished man in life so far professional basketball player um wants to travel a lot super cool i based on the past in the history of the show and i i want listeners to pay attention to this um day trading is a very very umbrella term you can be a day trader for for an institutional trading. That's an incredible job. But a brokerage firm,

some type of financial services form, some type of wealth management firm, you could even kind of do it for private capital. A lot of ways to day trade, right? Most of the time on this show, when we've had somebody tell us they're a day trader,

it means they're doing it from their desk on their own, with their own money, and they're just trying to make it day by day. That typically, statistics will tell us, is not a great path in life. Very few actually make money being a day trader on their own.

So based on the past and based on what people have told us and they think it's a very like sexy job title, I am concerned. Until we find out who. Yeah, like your job is your hobby and this hobby is incredibly risky. Very few do it well.

And so I want to know who Grant works for or if he's just doing it on his own. That would be my big. question here. Other than that, I like a shirt, and I can't see what watch he's wearing to match it. So, I'm in. Okay, great. My boyfriend's professor is way too friendly, and now I'm seriously suspicious. Well, wait a minute, Sam, maybe her boyfriend's just looking for extra credit. Well, Dakota, it's back to school week on the OK Storytime podcast, so we'll find out soon. This person writes, My boyfriend has been hanging out with his young professor a lot.

He doesn't think it's a problem, but I don't trust her. Now, he's insisting we get to know each other, but I just want her gone. Now, hold up. Isn't that against school policy? That sounds totally inappropriate. Well, according to this person, this is her boyfriend's former professor, and they're the same age. And it's even more likely that they're cheating. He insists there's nothing between them.

I mean, do you believe him? Well, he's certainly trying to get this person to believe him because he now wants them both to meet. So, do we find out if this person's boyfriend really cheated with his person? professor or not. To hear the explosive finale, listen to the OK Storytime podcast on the IHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcast. What would you do if one bad decision forced you to choose between a maximum security prison or the most brutal boot camp designed to be hell on earth? Unfortunately for Mark Lombardo, this was the choice he faced. He said you are a number, a New York state number, and we own you. Shock incarceration, also known as boot camps, are short

short-term, highly regimented correctional programs that mimic military basic training. These programs aim to provide a shock of prison life, emphasizing strict discipline, physical training, hard labor, and rehabilitation programs. Mark had one chance to complete this program and had no idea of the hell awaiting him the next six months. The first night was so overwhelming, and you don't know who's next to you. And we didn't know what to expect in the morning. Nobody tells you anything.

Listen to shock incarceration on the IHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. My name is Ed. Everyone say hello, Ed. From a very rural background myself, my dad is a farmer and my mom is a cousin. So, like, it's not like... What do you get when a true crime producer walks into a comedy club?

I know it sounds like the start of a bad joke, but that really was my reality nine years ago. I just normally do straight stand-up, but this is a bit different. On stage stood a comedian with a story that no one expected to hear. On 22nd of July 2015, a 23-year-old man had killed his family. And then he came to my house. So what do you get when a true crime producer walks into a comedy club?

A new podcast called Wisecrack, where stand-up comedy and murder takes a stage. Available now. Listen to Wisecrack on the IHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Get fired up, y'all. Season two of Good Game with Sarah Spain is underway. We just welcomed one of my favorite people and an incomparable soccer icon, Megan Rapino, to the show, and we had a blast. We talked about her recent 40th birthday celebrations, co-hosting a podcast with her fiancé Sue Bird, watching former teammates retire.

and more. Never a dull moment with Pino. Take a listen. What do you miss the most about being a pro athlete? The final. The final. And the locker room. I really, really, like, you just, you can't replicate, you can't get back. Showing up to locker room every morning just to shit talk. We've got more incredible guests like the legendary Candace Parker and college superstar AZ Fudd. I mean, seriously, y'all. The guest list is absolutely stacked for season two. And, you know, we're always going to keep you up to speed on all the news and happenings around the women's sports world as well. So make sure you listen to Good Game with Sarah Spain on the IHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Presented by Capital One, founding partner of IHeart Women's Sports.

Have you ever wished for a change but weren't sure how to make it? Maybe you felt stuck in a job, a place, or even a relationship. I'm Emily Tish Sussman, and on she pivots, I dive into the inspiring pivots of women who have taken big leaps in their lives and careers. I'm Gretchen Whitmer, Jody Sweeten. Monica Penn. Elaine Welteroff. I'm Jessica Voss. And that's when I was like, I got to go.

I don't know how, but that kicked off the pivot of how to make the transition. Learn how to get comfortable pivoting because your life is going to be full of them. Every episode gets real about the why behind these changes and gives you the inspiration and maybe the push to make your next pivot. Listen to these women and more on She Pivots, now on the IHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcast. All righty. So next up is Hakeem. Hakeem has a very interesting pose going on. He's got one finger by his cheekbone. He has a watch visible. I'd love for you to tell us what this watch means. He is from Illinois. He's a medical sales rep. He's 29. He can fully clap with one hand, which is. absolutely confuses me. I don't. Okay.

We'll have to see this night one too. That'd be the wildest limo. Did you imagine? He's like, Jen, look at this. Flicking his hand. So sexy. He takes dating, this is concerning to me. He takes dating so seriously that he spent over $5,000 on a dating coach.

So that makes, does that make you feel? a little bit weird? It does. Like he might be too over eager. Like he's going to be that guy night one that's going to try to be like that VH1, whatever his name was. Remember that dating guru on VH1 and he like thought he knew all the moves to like win over a lady?

I, there's there's two ways that goes here. One, he recognizes his weaknesses and he recognizes maybe that he's a little socially awkward, that he gets a little anxious on dates, nervous on dates and he can't be himself and he bought he got this coach. to help him, you know, get over that fear or that burden or that boundary. I would respect that. The second would be, I want to know all the right things to do to win over a lady. There was an old Instagram account back when I was like,

probably right out of college I would follow. And it was giving tips on dating. And there's a podcast to go along with it. I was listening to it all the time. Yeah. Like I've done that. Like I did like a Matthew Hussey thing, like a $100 like Matthew Hussey tutorial. And I think, and so like there is a level here where all of us, as we've talked about, have issues with dating.

We talked about that in the almost good advice episode that just came out. You should listen to it. So if he did just get overzealous and he's going to go out there and try to like swoon with all the right lines and being like this robot, then I have massive concerns. Because my advice to anybody that asks any dating advice, I don't have great dating advice. But my dating advice to them would be, hey, you ultimately at the end of the day, one of the five, find a partner that you can be your best self around and your most genuine self around. And so any type of coaching or teaching, if it's going to the level of like saying the right things and doing the right things to swoon them over to almost trick them, it feels like in my mind

is the word I want to use, step away from it. Be yourself. You're going to find somebody. If you're a nerd, you're going to find somebody loves nerds. If you're like a super like swoonie, cool dude, you're going to find somebody that's looking for that. But ultimately at the end of the day, if we're looking for a partner for life, you've got to find somebody that knows you for you and loves you for you. Your awkwardness, your weirdness, whatever. So we'll see with Akeem.

My initial reaction here, my thought is that he did this because he felt like he was continually like being awkward on dates and he just needed pushed over the... This guy just, that's like the sum up. He looks like, he appears awkward. But like $5,000, goodness, grace.

Yeah, $5,000 at the age of 20, See, that seems like something you would do of your upper 30s. Yeah, that seems like, well, good for him. Next guy stood out to me as being a total frontrunner. Jahan. Okay, he's from New York City. He's a startup founder.

He's 28. And, I mean, this is the writing of the Bachelor producers, I think. It says he's extremely smart and the successful guy. He's one of Forbes 30 under 30s. that's a big deal he he wants to challenge you

in a game of chess you're most likely going to lose he's out of commission if he's hangary and he wants to learn how to fly a plane I think this guy

is going to be impressive but not in like a cocky way actually are we still into the butt chin yeah I thought I will always be into the butt chin I just love the Butchen.

You always like that. And now Dawson has one. Yeah. So, yeah, Ben Affleck. I just, I love it. Yeah. What is it about it that you love? It's masculine to me.

It's just, in its character. And Henry Cavill, like, yeah, Butchins are great. Okay. Yeah, this guy, this guy is, I mean, I don't have a lot to say about him because being in 30 under 30,

like, that's impressive to me and probably so many. He looks like he is used to taking pictures like this. He's very comfortable in front of the camera. Yeah, he's 28. So my concern with this guy is he has so many women to choose from. No, not at all. I doubt he does.

I bet he has worked really hard up until 28. If he's made 30 under 30 by 28, that's really impressive. I would say my concern will be with him when you have typically, not everybody. but when you have success it's a young age your ego can really take over everything else and so where does his ego lie

like how cool does he think he is that will be the thing I'm watching because it could be very he could very easily slip into I'm better than everybody else or he could not but if he stays humble if he keeps perspective

if he lets his ego not control everything then this guy is a front runner yeah he can be a frontrunner or he could be a villain fine line all right uh we have jeremy next he is also from new york city he's 29 he's a real estate investor he's had long term relationships in the past but has been unlucky in love ever since he wants to live abroad someday he loves getting eight hours asleep and his ideal meet the family date would be inviting a girl over for Passover dinner.

What's up with these knitted shirts these days? Are these in? Like, Jess, this is the stuff Jess was buying me and she's like, it looks, it's cool. Jared hates a knitted sweater. I feel like my nipples would pop out. Right? Like, when did they show through? I guess you may want to wear an undershirt with it.

Well, then what's the point of wearing the shirt? If I'm wearing an undershirt, why do I wear a two shirt? shirts they just make jared feel like a grandpa he hates them he all they always hit the donation pile well i'm i'm a big grandpa guy oh yeah you love being grandpa but like these these i just couldn't pull off confidently like i don't feel like i could pull them off confidently i feel like everything would be showing underneath all the time i feel like i'd be cold when i shouldn't be like a long sleeve shirt that's knitted you think they have holes enough in them yes i do um i don't like blankets like this like this isn't my thing like if i want a blanket it's gonna

It's not getting air from the outside end. Yeah, yeah, yeah. And I also wonder how he's never worn this shirt. The reason I say that is because anytime I wear a shirt like this, no matter how much I try, I come home and there's like the threads pulled out, right? Like I've snagged it on something. So he's never worn this shirt because he looks like a snagger. Like he looks like a guy that's going to snag it very quickly and easily.

He's risking a lot by wearing the shirt. And maybe that's the only thing I have to say about this guy. He's a risk taker. He wears knitted shirts. He's confident enough to wear knitted shirts. I respect anybody that's able to admit they want to get eight hours of sleep. It matters when those eight hours of sleep are happening. Are they happening from midnight to eight?

Oh, here comes Ben and his judgy, his judgy morning. He's a morning riser guy. I'm a morning riser. He's a freaking judgy morning riser, man. Well, there's a reason we call it morning. There's a reason the sun comes up. because we come up with it. I don't know why we would sleep any later than when the sun wants us to wake up.

This is where Ben and I, you know, we could not, we could never have been together. No, no. We would never see each other. We literally never see each other. I'd be up moving. I'd be asleep by the time you wake up for the day. We've gone far off the beaten back now. Jeremy, Jeremy's like a second weeker.

That's my take. Okay. I can get behind that. Got another one of these knitted shirts here. What's going to? on this is not a knitted shirt this is but this is like the exact same shirt that what's his name was wearing earlier man they all wear the same thing it's like this is like a stretchy like um this is a stretchy material i don't know um people can't see this so we're going to move

on he's also a medical student he's 25 he's from florida so that's good for jen and again commonalities medical student physician's assistant student from florida I like this for them. Already have things to talk about. He's obsessed with all things Christmas, which is, I think, a good sign. He once stayed awake for 36 hours plus playing ping pong. So he has a little force gump in him.

And stamina. And stamina. And he's learning Spanish. He seems sweet. I like this guy. My honest take. Yeah. He wins.

Really? I do. I just see it. How old's Jen, though? She's 36. six, so he's only a year younger. Yeah, I just think he, I mean, he's final four for me. No question.

Yeah. I mean, and kind of just how his bio is written from the producers, it makes, it points to him being around a while. Like, heart of gold, athletic stud, like, he's smart. Like, they're seeing things for us to celebrate him. He also, unlike people previously, his quote is, he's hoping his future wife is compassionate, honest, and ambitious. Look, that is different.

Yeah, it's better than being like, I want to find my queen. Yeah. Come on. I think John's around a while. I just think we should definitely book him into the top four. Okay. Cool. I like it.

Jonathan Jay is next. He is a creative director from L.A. He's 27. He's funny. He calls himself not a short king, but a medium king, which I kind of think that he might be a short king. and he wants to move to Hawaii for a year. He says that I treat every girl the same way

that I would want to see my mother and sister treated. So that's sweet. It's always good to have a guy with a sister. Calling himself medium-sized, any of my buddies who call themselves medium-sized or not medium-sized, he also, though, has another butt chin. Ashley's real into it.

It's a masculine thing. So if Gin's into it, she's got many options. Jonathan, at the end of the day, he's cute i don't think he's gonna be around for a while yeah he's he's good looking stud not gonna be around that long yeah okay so kevin's next he's from denver you i wonder if you've ever fallen into the same circle he's 35 he's your age huh a financial analyst i should know this man this is going to not impress you because he's been skiing over 200 times and you're like yeah welcome to Denver. Yeah. You get up 30, 40 times a year. That's a few years. Yeah. Oh, he wants to own

his own barbecue restaurant so you can go into business with him after this. We need more of those. We don't have a lot of good barbecue here in Denver. Okay. And then he doesn't like bugs. Well, that's good that you live in Denver then. Other than the moss and spiders, we don't have a lot of bugs here. I should know this guy. And it almost concerns me that I don't. He lives, he works in the same industry I worked in. He lives here in Denver. Well, he doesn't work in the restaurants yet. He wants to.

Well, he was. He works in finance. I was in finance for five years out here. That's what it was. You were in finance when you were writing the tiny booklets? Yeah. Well, that's what I was doing? Oh, nice man.

Probably, you know, going to go far. He's very clean-shaven. He's too clean, though. Yeah, he's very clean. That hair says Robbie Hayes. Oh, does it? It kind of does, doesn't it? He actually looks a little bit like Robbie.

Yeah. And, you know, I guess if you're going to be clean, you can't wear it. I don't think you can wear a denim shirt, right? Like, that's a cowboy look. No, now you're really reading into his style. What else am I doing here? I know nothing about any of these men. All right, continue.

Okay. Marcus is next. He is from Raleigh, North Carolina. He's an Army Ranger veteran, and he is 31. The producers say he's a real life superhero. The military veteran and Harvard alum is excited to meet Jen and hopes that she's... I don't like him because he has so much going for him. The superhero thing actually works when you put both of those things together.

He hopes that she's kind, honest, and humble. the kind of woman that she's been searching for. He loves to binge watch New Girl. He hopes to be an astronaut one day. Wow, he is ambitious. And his shared flower is the Edelweiss because it's a symbol of dedication. And it's a great song from The Sound of Music. I want to know when he's planning on becoming an astronaut because he's 31 years old.

At this, you know, right now NASA is recruiting kids that are a lot younger bringing him up through the system. So he might have missed his chance there, but who am I to tell somebody not to pursue their dreams? I wonder what he studied for him to want to go into that. I mean, something very smart. He went to Harvard. The big thing on this guy is he does have a lot going for him. I just don't know why he's sitting the way he's sitting.

He literally is just framing his crotch. With white pants on. And the camera person was like, hey, take that one piece of your shirt. the corner of it, just lay it over so it covers it up. But like, what a weird way to sit. I can't believe the things you pick up on. Isn't that weird

though? Doesn't it kind of look uncomfortable? No, you're totally right. Like, he probably can do the splits. Like, you know, forget about the guy earlier. This guy's doing the splits in his photo. Well, wait until you see the next photo. Look at Marvin. His whole hand is covering his junk.

It's just a weird way to do a close-up. If his hand wasn't there, would definitely be able to see an outline. Yeah, it's just a weird way to take a close-up photo. So it's not as much on these guys as as much on the photographer. But like, why do we need to see what's happened? Like, just show us, you know, from chest up. But whatever.

That's so true. We just need really, we do just need chest up. I'm a big fan of this guy already. You want to know why, Ashley? Yeah, why? Love the T-shirt jacket combo. I think it's so underrated. I think it's such a smooth, good look, and I think it can be traveled in.

I think it can go to meetings in. I think it shows confidence and it shows comfort. He can slip those pants off, put on some athletic shorts, and go for a run within two minutes. And I am all about efficiency. So I like what he's doing here. Well, he's probably all about that efficient life because he's a luxury event planner. He's 28. He's from Santa Monica, California.

He's the CEO of his own company. He loves things that are luxurious in life. He's always down to be like you. have noticed a GQ ready, but he's also down to go camping and explore nature. So he's ready to get those shorts on. How did you know this? He was born in Cameroon, Africa. He speaks French fluently and he dreams of buying a beachside mansion in Balibu. I hope he does it one day. I hope he does everything he dreams of. It's a lofty goal. It is. I think as we we get older in life, those kind of things become less and less important because it seems like

it pushes me to pursue things I don't necessarily feel as healthy for me or my relationship. For him, he might be able to do it all. And I hope this man does. Again, I like him because I think in a rose ceremony, he's going to rock this same look, and I'm going to respect it. It's better than the sweatshirt jacket combo they have me in as The Bachelor. I think a T-shirt, so much better, so much easier to go. he's probably around a while

because I do think he probably is charismatic but I still am not picking him in my top four I think he's a top sixer Okay I would say top eighter Moving on to Matt Matt has an interesting look He pretty much has a handlebar mustache

Then has not continued with the goatee He just has a sole patch on his chin. He also has short dreads. And he is an insurance executive, 27, from Atlanta, Georgia. Climbing Mount Everest is at the peak of his bucket list, pun intended. And he really wishes that he could teleport. He's also the only person in his family that has red hair.

Ben? This dude would be so handsome without the handibar mustache. I will just like let's see what he looks like without the facial hair. Yeah, because like he's a stud. I think he's a good time. Mike, my take is he is going to be a good time. He is going to make a lot of people happy.

He's going to be very friendly. Zen and no drama. That's just tough as you pursue a relationship. I'm all for the no drama, but having just like a Zen household that can be accomplished. Does that freak you out? It freaks me up. me out. I don't know how we do that. I have one of the sweetest, nicest wives ever, and there's

just no possibility of us ever functioning in like a zen environment. Conflict is necessary. Well, also just like, I think a little bit of chaos is comforting. Yeah, it just feels weird to me. All right. We have Mosei next. He is from Albany, New York. He's an algebra teacher. He's 25. And he speaks Spanish fluently. He played football professionally in the XFL. And of course, he can't date you if you have a pet tarantula. So he's not narrowing down his dating pool very much. Yeah.

He, you know what? Impressive that he did the XFL thing. I think athletes kind of always have an advantage on this show because of the competitive drive that they have. you know. I'm interested to learn more about this guy. He's giving me a very joyful vibe right now. But here's the thing I wonder in his life. So he's an algebra teacher now.

He played in the XFL. I was going to question what has been his life since the XFL. But honestly, it feels like he's kind of settled into a good place. We don't see a lot of male teachers on this show. I have a feeling we're going to really enjoy our time with Caleb. And I think we're going to really like him. I think I'm going to like him too. My boyfriend's professor is way too friendly and now I'm seriously suspicious.

Wait a minute, Sam. Maybe her boyfriend's just looking for extra credit. Well, Dakota, it's back to school week on the OK Storytime podcast. So we'll find out soon. This person writes, my boyfriend has been hanging out with his young professor a lot. He doesn't think it's a problem, but I don't trust her. Now, he's insisting we get to know each other, but I just want her gone.

Now, hold up. Isn't that against school policy? That sounds totally inappropriate. Well, according to this person, this is her boyfriend's former professor, and they're the same age. And it's even more likely that they're cheating. He insists there's nothing between them. I mean, do you believe him? Well, he's certainly trying to get this person to believe him because he now wants them both to meet.

So, do we find out if this person's boyfriend really cheated with his professor or not? To hear the explosive finale, listen to the okay. Storytime Podcasts on the IHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcast. My name is Ed. Everyone say, hello, Ed. From a very rural background myself, my dad is a farmer, and my mom is a cousin. So, like, it's not like... What do you get when a true crime producer walks into a comedy club? I know it sounds like the start of a bad joke, but that really was my reality nine years ago.

I just normally do straight stand-up, but this is a bit different. Onstage stood a comedian with a story that No one expected to hear. The 22nd of July 2015, a 23-year-old man had killed his family. And then he came to my house. So what do you get when a true crime producer walks into a comedy club? A new podcast called Wisecrack, where stand-up comedy and murder takes center stage. Available now.

Listen to Wisecrack. on the IHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. What would you do if one bad decision forced you to choose between a maximum security prison or the most brutal boot camp designed to be hell on earth? Unfortunately for Mark Lombardo, this was the choice he faced. He said, you are a number, a New York State number, and we own you. Shock incarceration, also known as boot camps, are short-term, highly regimented correctional programs that mimic military basic training.

These programs aim to provide a shock of prison life, emphasizing strict discipline, physical training, hard labor, and rehabilitation programs. Mark had one chance to complete this program and had no idea of the hell awaiting him the next six months. The first night was so overwhelming, and you don't know who's next to you. And we didn't know what to expect in the morning. Nobody tells you anything. Listen to shock incarceration on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.

Get fired up, y'all. Season two of Good Game with Sarah Spain is underway. We just welcomed one of my favorite people and an incomparable soccer icon, Megan Rapino, to the show, and we had a blast. We talked about her recent 40th birthday celebrations, co-hosting a podcast with her fiancé Sue Bird, watching former teammates retire and more. Never a dull moment with Pino. Take a listen. What do you miss the most about being a pro athlete? The final.

The final. And the locker room. I really, really, like, you just, you can't replicate, you can't get back. Showing up to locker room every morning just to shit talk. We've got more incredible guests like the legendary Candace Parker and college superstar AZ Fudd. I mean, seriously, y'all. The guest list is absolutely stacked for season two. And, you know, we're always going to keep you up.

to speed on all the news and happenings around the women's sports world as well. So make sure you listen to Good Game with Sarah Spain on the IHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Presented by Capital One, founding partner of IHeart Women's Sports. Hello, Puzzlers. Let's start with a quick puzzle. The answer is Ken Jennings' appearance on The Puzzler with A.J. Jacobs. The question is, what is the most entertaining listening experience in podcast,

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All right, Ricky, he's from Miami, Florida. He's a pharmaceutical rep, 28. A guy like Ricky is every girl's dream. dream, the producer's right. The former pro baseball player is looking for a deep emotional connection and is tired of the superficial dating scene. He was born and raised in Puerto Rico before moving to Florida. And he learned English as a teen by writing poetry and watching rom-coms.

Oh, my. Ooh, very, lots, another Spanish speaker. You're doing exactly what he wants you to do. You're swooning over this, which makes me concern for this guy. He's trying. Here's one thing that's super interesting. He never celebrates his birthday. I don't really either.

I'm not a big birthday person. You know, go to dinner. I don't think too much of it. But like, what do you mean? Like, you don't celebrate it? Like, do you just pretend like it's a normal day? Try to. You do?

I have people in my life that kind of force me not to. I prefer not to. I mean, it's nice, I guess. It's nice to be, like, told happy birthday. I'm appreciative for you being alive. But I'm not somebody who's going to throw myself a party, unless it's like 30, 40, and even then it's going to be tame.

Yeah. You know what? I am not the best person to be breaking down these people because here's what I always just have a hard time with, is anybody that feels like they're trying too hard. I want you to try hard. I want you to care. I want you to be intentional.

I want you to fight for this relationship that you're going to care about so much. but anybody that comes and says all the right things within the first five minutes have typically been people who are covering up all the wrong things that, you know, are hiding. Now, Ricky, if he truly is this guy, if he truly is the compassionate former professional athlete who now has a great job and loves writing poetry and watching rom-coms with you, goodness gracious, absolute madness. Like, this guy is going to swoon every human on this.

earth um but it almost sounds a little too good to be true okay sam m is going to go far he's got the look of um he's just got this look that gets bachelorette's going he's got the Denver tattoo i don't i don't know i've seen too many people have this tattoo what tattoo is that it's like pine trees on your wrist area it looks cool when you see it like for the first time but so many people out here get it. I mean, that's kind of like the thing. So it just... He's from Myrtle Beach, too.

So he's a beach guy, not a mountain guy. He's 27. He's a contractor. He has never been to the West Coast until he got on the Bachelorette. Same. Really? I was on the West Coast, but I had never been to L.A. He was homeschooled growing up.

When he isn't working and contracting, he loves to ride motorcycles, golf, and watch sons of Anarch. so he's like a biker dude well i kind of i kind of see him being the sons of anarchy type of guy yeah like he looks like he could be in the show yeah and like my buddies who have that like love the show it's a good show i like that show but the the people that really get into it like usually have a little like anger you know underneath them like the little fire little spit and vinegar do you say spit in vinegar yeah what's that mean i don't know it's like an extra Russian.

It's one I made up. But Sam, like, so that would be my concern. That would be what I watch out for with Sam. He's either going to be a frontrunner or he's going to be a villain. And maybe not villainous in, like, how we usually view villains, he's going to get way, like, angry way too soon. So we just got to watch to see which way that goes.

Okay. Next up is Sam. Oh, another Sam. and Sam N he concerns me okay because this is all I need to read

Sam N loves getting his eyebrows threaded to keep up with them hashtag on fleek well he is Persian and my my buddy married

a woman who's Persian and I will say like the hair can get out of control and so it's fair yes but you're saying that your buddy does the threading? No, she goes and gets threading.

But, I mean, if he says it's on fleak, then automatically this guy. It's the on sleek and the fact that he like gets excited about doing it. If he says that he keeps his eyebrows on fleak, then this man will last no more than 10 minutes on this show. I know. This expression on flea is so outdated that even I as a millennial who like, on fleak is something that Gen Z would make fun of millennials for saying six years ago. But, like, we even know that that is really embarrassing to say now. So this guy's, like, eke. How old is he?

He's 25. He is a Gen Zier. Interesting. But he is from a big Persian family. I understand that you're going to have to do something to your eyebrows. Get it. You're going to have to clean them up. You're going to have to pluck them.

You may even have to, like, go to the professional. But I don't know that I want a guy to get excited about going to get his eyebrows done. That's all I got to say about him. You're like a rough and tumble man. I want a manly guy. I want a manly guy who keeps up with himself, though. All right, Spencer's next. Spencer's cute.

Spencer, okay, okay, Spencer. Your pet portrait entrepreneur. He's 30. He's from Dallas, Texas. He, his entrepreneurial work is centered on pets and inspired by, it was inspired by his adorable dog, Routes, it could be rocks, but spelled really fancy in like a French way.

We've got to know more about this profession. He's that guy that, like, does pet portraits. That's hilarious. He has hiked 47 miles through the Grand Canyon for 27 hours straight. He loves watching The Office. And he's run two ultra-marathons in the last year. what's an ultra marathon uh it's a long long ways i don't know how far it is it's just like running a lot i don't think we spent a ton of time on this guy i don't think he's around very long i do

want to know how to decide between people who are um standing and sitting seems like a seems like a weird weird vibe there um i think this guy's going to be likable i just don't think he's going to be around very long i think he's like uh going to be like a very friendly like nerdy kind of just goofy guy who walks in and he's he for reading his bio it reminds me of a lot of people who come and go very quickly okay Thomas N he's from Georgia he's a retirement advisor at 31 um he's from a big Vietnamese family he's very proud of his family's culture and heritage and Jen is also Vietnamese so this could be something here he loves watching guys grocery games i love that so do i and he is a former professional swimmer

yeah being a professional swimmer is a massive undertaking i mean it takes so many hours in the pool looking down at a line and just grinding and i respect that i think if he spent any portion of his life training for professional swimming he has some grit determination and he knows how to be bored, which I think is a very underestimated character in somebody that you are looking for in a life partner, somebody who is willing to be bored and knows how to be bored and can sit in that boredom without like making it everybody else's problem. When you're a swimmer, you spend a lot of time being bored. There's not a lot going on. Really? I never think about that. I think that is like running. Would you be bored too? Think about swimming. You're literally staring at a bottom of a

pool. Yeah, I guess you're right running. You're at least getting new environments. And you're like doing it for three, four, five hours a day. Every day. Awful. I mean, just a, I mean, I was a big swimmer. Love swimming. So hard to keep engaged with. Did you see any of those Diane Nyack documentaries or movies?

No. She's the lady who, in her 60s, swam from Cuba to Florida. I watch both the movie and the documentary. I'll check it out. It's wild. It's impressive. So I like this guy. I think he's around a long time.

I think they connect on a deep level. I think he should be in our top four. So far we've only said two people and I'm confident being the top four. I think he is in the top four. I like this guy. Yeah, me too. Okay.

So Thomas A is going to be our last guy. We've gone from them all. He is a physiotherapist from Ontario. What is a physiotherapist? You're asking me questions. I don't know. What is a physiotherapist? A physiotherapist works with patients to help them manage pain, balance mobility, and motor function.

He's like our little jeopardy that comes in. All right, cool. So he enjoys driving with no specific destination and mind. He has gone ice skating thousands of times. Okay, he live in Canada. And he dreams of snowboarding in the Swiss Alps. He also plays hockey. You know, he's got a, he's part of a running group.

this is a guy who likes to keep active honestly we just i can't give this guy much credit yet why it's also the pose isn't it it's the pose i mean like the poor picture that they posted to him gives him no justice like it is literally he's fighting against the photo yeah he might have a good face but like we can't really yeah like he might look really good on tv he might he's going to be maybe the sleeper pick here because because right now they may I mean, this is just... He looks like a nerd bomber. They wildly, like, messed him over here in this picture.

Because everything we read in his bio makes him seem like just like a normal good dude that likes to have fun, that likes to do, that likes to compete, that's athletic, all these things that, you know, we kind of look for. He's not saying anything super cringy here. But goodness gracious, his photo makes me think he doesn't ever even show up to the mansion. He doesn't even get out of the car. My gosh. Okay.

So earlier in the episode when we were looking for Devin and I said I was going to DM Devin, I couldn't find his Instagram profile. Yeah. But I found this Reddit thread that has all the other guys' Instagram profiles. There's only a few missing. And I'm looking at Thomas now. And he's really cute. See?

I told you. That's why I said I can't even go deep into this because I just feel like they really messed him over with this picture. No way. Like he would be the guy that walks out of the limo and I go, that could be. Like, this guy's my type. I'd be like, that is a guy I can't wait to talk to. That's shocking based on this picture. Yeah, they messed him over.

Well, that's the guys from this season. We've ran through them all. Do this in parts. It's very long, obviously, very drawn out. But you at least get a picture and idea of who these guys are. our first impressions, none of them will ever be true of each of them. This is our annual breakdown, the men or women that are announced going into whatever respective season is coming in front of us.

Jen season is right around the corner. She has a group of men now. What? This is why this game that we just played for the past hour means absolutely nothing. Because I'm looking at this guy's profile right now. And I'm like, if only we looked at every guy's Instagram profile. It wouldn't be as fun. Well, I know.

Should we do that next time where we just go through the Instagram? Because that would be more authentic. Look at this guy. He's a totally different dude than what we just analyzed. Yeah. Authenticity is not what this episode is about. This episode is about everything inauthentic in the world, which probably makes it one of the most unhealthy episodes we record all year,

every year for the last 20 seasons. Goodness gracious. well we hope that you share your opinions on each person's first picture and then we'll be excited to watch these men actually compete or involve themselves in this Bachelorette season. I think she'll have a great group of guys. I think there's a lot of nice guys here. A lot of guys with a lot of different personalities and I'm excited to see them mix and mingle. They say don't judge a book by its cover.

I think what means even more is don't judge a man. based on his Bachelorette profile picture. Please don't. Every year we're like, ugh, ugh, ugh. And then they see him on TV and you're like, oh, cute. Or you go to their Instagram. You're like, oh, man, okay, okay. She does have a selection.

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