The Ben and Ashley I Almost Famous Podcast - Off the Grid

Episode Date: September 19, 2023

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Hey, everyone. We're back in the two of us, the Almost-Famous Podcast, which is great. So we wanted to talk about Ben's trip to Italy. You went with Jess and then both sets of parents, which is really nice. Is that the first trip you guys went on with both sets of parents? Like, you know, a vacation vacation. No, we've done Christmas now together two years in a row. Oh, yeah, duh.

So, I mean, first off, it's good to be bad. It's nice to be here. Thanks, Ben. We're so happy. We're happy to have you. Yeah, you were busy when I was gone. I was. We had quite a bit.

You're pumping out some great episodes. soes. Make sure you go back and listen to those. But I am, I'm happy to come back and hang out with you and be with the team. So we've done Christmas together a few years in a row. We do it because because your in-laws get along so well. Isn't it nice to have that? My parents get along really well with your parents. It is. And I'm an only child. So that's a big piece, right? So, you know, I think for me, there is obviously the desire, the want to spend holidays with my family. However, You know, we aren't going to be able to do that forever where we go on vacation for a holiday because kids will come in the play. And, you know, just as parents are about to become grandparents here in about, I don't know, a week.

And so we wanted to take advantage of the time that we had. Italy was for a few things. One, my mom just turned 60. Her dad, Justice's dad just turned 60. Her mom is Italian, has never been to Italy. and my dad is retiring soon. And so this was kind of a last year when Jess and I were like,

there's so many big things happening in our family's lives. What could we do with them to like celebrate it and to make a memory together? And so Italy was the obvious choice because it's Italy. And so we went to Rome.

We went to Florence. We went to Pompeii. And then we went down to the Amalfi Coast and spent five days in the Malfi Coast doing like a lemon tour with an incredible company. If anybody wants any limit to her recommendations, it was amazing. That is awesome.

I've been all those places. I've been Italy three times now, which is crazy. I know. Well, once for a wedding, once for our honeymoon, and then once we did a Mediterranean cruise with my family, so we like hit all those little spots. So all those little spots, you know, like realm. So of all the places, where did you think was the best food?

I think the best food that we had had to be in like on the Malfi Coast. Oh, really? Okay. So are you a seafood guy? Well, I'm allergic to shellfish. Oh, that's right. But I like, I mean, I'm obviously a huge fish fan. I just can't have the, you know, shrimp and lobsters and clams.

I think Rome, everybody when I was going to Italy kind of said, hey, Rome is a big city. Like, it's just a big city. It's going to be hectic. You know, there's things to do. but it's just a big city. I loved Rome. I personally found Rome to be very exciting. Around every corner, there's history.

There's obviously so much of our kind of Western civilization was kind of like built there, like the foundation of it. And then, you know, obviously as somebody who is a Christian, like there's so much biblical history in Rome with, you know, Paul and Peter and then obviously the Roman Empire. So for me, I was just kind of infatuated the whole time with Rome. We had great food in Rome. We went to some restaurants there in Rome and a little neighborhood. I'm going to say it wrong.

Jessica would say it right. But it's called Traverse. I think it was the name of it. And it was full of good food and good drink. Here's what I'm going to do, Ashley. I'm going to upload. I have the whole, because I plan this trip from my family. It's kind of like something I wanted to do.

That's so cool. I love that. I'm going to upload kind of our agenda. I have it rent down. And so everybody can see it. And if they're going to Italy soon, I got a lot of messages on social media that people are like, hey,

I'm going to Italy next year or next week or whatever. I'll just upload it. And if people want to kind of follow it and know where we ate and where we stayed, we stayed in Amalfi Coast in a little town called Maori, it's way down south. We did it because it's less expensive and it has a port. So we could get around the Malfi Coast by, boat. And I would recommend staying in a little town called Minori, which is right next to it,

less expensive, doesn't have the hustle and bustle of other places, has amazing food, very local. So I'll just upload it if people want to follow it. Cool. That's a great idea. I agree. I mean, I like to Rome's, I even like Rome's food the most. Yeah, that was great. I was obsessed with just the architecture there and just walking around the little alleys. I can just do that all day and just be in all. of just like what every building looks like. It's just gorgeous. Yeah. I have a little bone to pick with the U.S. coming back from Rome. Yeah. Why don't we put effort into our buildings the way that they put effort in their beauty? So I live obviously in Denver. Here's like my

opinion. I would love for people to argue with me on it. It's just because I think it's one I want to learn more about. And I think I learn more when people kind of come back with other sides. You know, Rome, Italy in general has buildings that are thousands of years old. Some of these buildings are still standing. Some of these buildings have been refurbished and are being used as amazing condos and apartments and restaurants. Well, in the U.S., obviously, I work in the restaurant world, and I obviously have a coffee company and coffee shops. In the U.S., all of our licensing to get any type of food prep, you have to have cleanable walls and ceilings, which means you can't have brick like walls in a kitchen. I get that there's issues to that.

I get that like there's some sanitation issues. However, there has to be a good medium because I want to see our 100 year old buildings, 150 year old buildings, still be used here in the U.S. because there's something special about sitting in the basement of like a thousand-year-old building and having dinner and breaking bread where people have done it for like years and years. It's very sacred. It's very special. And I miss that here. I don't want everything to be sterile here.

I kind of want to have some grease on the walls, I guess, personally. Yeah, yeah, I completely agree with that. Do you feel like this is another thing with America? Like, I believe me, I am an American girl. And every time I go abroad, I am so excited, honestly, to come back to America. You know, you just, like, miss the conveniences and, like, you know. But, like, it's great to go there and experience it. And then it's also great to know that you can come home.

So, but my big thing is just, like, it's crazy the way that their food over there digest so much better. Did you find yourself to be, like, able to go walk around and be comfortable after a huge meal? and then the next day your stomach be like flatter than ever yeah no i i i 100% felt this i also felt this with the wine uh you know we got a bottle of wine at dinner every night and i would have you know two glasses of wine and if i have two glasses of wine like i am a cocktail a night kind of guy or at least a cocktail every couple nights just one kind of like it's my thing i watch the sunset um but that's about where i can stop i don't i don't over drink in my life jessica knows this because it I hate the feeling and I don't like losing control.

That's not why I do it. I've had moments. Obviously, you've seen it. But not. It's very rare. I, after two glasses of wine, like, I felt great. Like, I felt like, fine. There's just a, yeah, the food and the drink over there just felt like it digested easier.

I think if anybody's traveling to Italy, you're going to find that too. You can eat a bowl of pasta or a whole pizza to yourself and get up and be like, I feel pretty good. Like, I'm rocking and rolling. Yeah. You can just tell that. there's like nothing toxic in the food and your body knows exactly how to process it. Whereas like at home, you know, we don't know really what's in it. But like I do think that there's some sort of guideline or whatnot that like each restaurant needs to source their all their ingredients from a certain radius around them to ensure that it's as fresh as it can be.

In Italy, you think? Yeah, I think I've heard of this. I mean, you know, remember a few years ago where the shop local. trend became very popular and it was kind of a big push uh not only from like kind of our generation it was it was maybe eight years ago i still think it's a very popular thing to do but the shop local became very popular i think that's i think it's a really amazing solution if it's uh sustainable because you're getting fresh ingredients because you're supporting your local farmers and i do think you see that right you have produce sitting out um like in the kitchen that you can just tell has been

that day. We did that lemon tour, like I said, and understood kind of how the lemon industry works, but also the struggles that Italy is going to have with the lemon industry here in the next few years because young people aren't entering into farming. And so, you know, these small farms are no longer maybe sustainable for the lifestyle that the younger generation in Italy wants to live. So to go back to Italy, I don't know if listeners are going to be intrigued with all the details. But here's the things I said from our trip that I would recommend what we did. I think Pompeii is very much worth it. If anybody told you it's not. Yeah, it is, you get a ton of history. And obviously last year we went to Israel. The ruins at Pompeii are in the best shape of

any ruins that we've seen through Israel and Italy. I also think the Amalfi Coast is 100% worth going to. The Amalfi Coast is definitely the most beautiful place I've ever been. It is shockingly pretty. And here is the question that everybody wants to ask. How did the trip go? Like, how did the six of us get along? We got along really good. I cannot imagine it going better.

There was no arguments. Everybody had enough freedom to do their own thing, but we had a ton of time together. We agreed on stuff. We had a lot of fun together. It was an amazing trip. One that I know when I'm, you know, it's crazy when you're in these experiences.

And you're like, When I'm 65 years old, I'm going to look back and remember this trip. Like, I'm going to still talk about our trip to Italy with both in-laws. It's going to be something that is a pivotal piece of my life. And so it was great. I feel very, I want to say blessed because blessed is over. I just feel very fortunate, grateful that we were able to do that with both sets of parents and have those memories together.

I will say the jet lag was real. My dad suffered really bad with it. like really bad getting there um getting there it was really hard and then uh getting back has kind of been a transition but you know eight hours is enough to really shake you up a little bit last question for you yeah what's your take on lemoncello love limoncello uh i cannot say that i i am not a oh my gosh i'm craving limoncello type of person we did did though find that the place that we went had melanchello had like cream cello had chocolate cello cool there's a lot of different cellos in there lemon cello though done well which they did do it well is is fantastic um but it's not

something i crave lemon cello yeah they would always give us a shot of lemon cello because we were on our honeymoon yeah and well jared would not like could not and then i was like super keen too sweet too tart um sorry but i also cannot deny a free drink so i took them all yeah i can't deny it either maybe we should have said we were on our honeymoon you okay craziest story from the trip outside of all the other things i come from a town of 4,500 people we're sundayana you saw it aired on the bachelor we are in maori or minori Italy going to dinner one night. It is right next to our hotel walking down the street. And there's my old neighbors from Warsaw, Indiana, walking down the street as well. Wild. As wild as that. Okay, that's the most

wild because it's Warsaw. But I always feel like when you're traveling abroad, you somehow find one person that you've met before in life. And it's weird. It's very weird. It makes you, you know, back when you're a kid and your parents used to say, like, you got to behave because you never know how it's going to come back around. And I was like, yeah, right. Well, it does. It comes back around. You got to keep your stuff together as you get older because your circle gets bigger. Ashley, I want to transition this conversation. Again, I will upload our itinerary from Italy. I think that could be interesting to anybody going over there. And it may be helpful. I'll give some tips and stuff like that. Here in a week, you and I are going to be together.

We're going to be together at Dean and Caitlin's wedding. Okay. Obviously, we just had Dean. and Kaylin on our podcast and they gave some details around their wedding and some of the fun things they've been doing to lead up to their wedding. Dean and I play golf this week

weekend together. They're out here. We had dinner with them and they're very excited for this wedding. I am personally very excited for this wedding. People are coming to Colorado

who have never been to Colorado or maybe never experienced real Colorado. And this is obviously a place I live and I love and I want people to see an experience. So Dean and I are talking on the golf course

and Dean is, is very excited for this, as I said. But he did mention to me, he goes, you know, the thing that's going to be semi-shocking for people is, one, this wedding is not an Aspen. I think all of us have been saying it's in Aspen. It's not an aspect.

It's very far from Aspen. Yeah, it's an hour. It's over an hour. Yeah, you're not going to, you're not going to just jump down the mountain and go to Aspen. The second piece is it's a very rustic, very rustic venue, where we're staying at the venue. There's not like hotels around, right?

So these are cabins. not super well insulated. They will have... Oh, that's good to know. Yeah. So Jessica and I will be bringing blankets for everybody from our house. We'll drive up with a whole pile of blankets. What do I dress like?

Is it going to be pretty darn cold? It could be a little chilly. Yeah, it could be a little chilly. I would definitely prepare for it to be in the 50s, maybe high 40s. And then there is... And this is where I want to talk to you about it. Because I personally find this to be amazing. Okay.

Okay, I think I know what you're going to say, and it's going to freak me out. Are you going to say there's no cell service and Wi-Fi? There's no cell service, but I do believe there's Wi-Fi. Okay, because as a parent, that's not fun. You know what I mean? It's a whole different thing. Like, I used to love actually going on The Bachelor and them taking my phone away. I mean, like, yes, human connection.

But now it's like totally not okay to be out of the coach. Okay. So here's what I was laughing with Dean about. you're going to have a bunch of people who spend most of their time and living, influencing, posting and sharing different things. There's not really going to be that availability. Do you think people are going to have freakouts or do you think most people are going to really enjoy the disconnection from the hustle and bustle of the world? I think it comes down to whether you have kids or not. Okay. So those that have kids might be a little nervous. Yeah. I'm going to be honest, Jared doesn't do well.

I wouldn't do well either Yeah, I don't know Because he also has his other child Which is Audrey's So it's like he's like already stressed That he has to run it from like being You know, not there present And then yeah

Well, I do think there's Wi-Fi So I think like overall You're gonna be able to make it work When you need to make it work But I don't think you're gonna be walking From cabin to cabin And getting like the ability to text And so I do think that will be eliminated

but I do think he'll be able to FaceTime and do all the things that you can do on Wi-Fi. I don't, this isn't like in the middle of absolutely nowhere. There is a town there. There is a town? Okay. So Jared also has anxiety. And I understand because I have like extreme rural anxiety. I'll just always remember when I went to James Madison University, which is Harrison,

Virginia, which is a very well-developed city now with the college. But if you go like 10 miles out, it's just pure dark. Like, you could be on a country road and not see any lights left to right for miles. And that freaks me out. Yeah. And Jared also has, like, this anxiety because he just feels like he wants to be independent. Like, he wants to be able to go grab a coffee whenever he wants to. And if he doesn't have that freedom, that stresses him out.

Yeah. Well, I think it's just... You'll see. He'll mask it well with you, but I'm sure he'll be freaking out. Yeah. Well, I personally really love this because I love getting out of my comfort zone. And there is a comfort. That's the anti-Jarred. Yeah.

He loves his comfort zone. So we will be attending this wedding in a few days. It's going to be a great celebration. There's going to be more Bachelor family than I expected to be there. I'm so excited for Becca and Tanya to be there. I consider Tanya to be an honorary Bachelor nation member. I forget that she wasn't a part of the show. Yeah, I know.

We've always wanted her to be on, but now we are so excited that our I-Heart family member, Tanya Rad, is engaged to the love of her life, Robbie. So good. So good. So anyways, it's going to be a wild experience. I can't wait to share the stories with you. I am so excited to see you all. I'm very excited to see everybody, including myself, get out of their comfort zones and into the mountains for a few days to celebrate the love that Dean and Kaelin have for each other. it's going to be great and there's no way you get this many people in one place without

some great stories that come out of it yeah i'm seriously like so excited to have like a little bachelor nation reunion but also you're right it'll be nice to like not have everybody on their phones and we can actually feel like it's a bachelor reunion you know what i mean because if we're almost on the show yeah yeah we get to talk to people and i don't feel like I'm interrupting them every time I look at them because they're texting and looking down at their phones. It's going to be great. Anyways, we do hate that. We have some Bachelor headlines. We do have a busy week of some great interviews coming up here away. We are getting closer and closer to the end of our offseason. This was our off season. It's why I was able to go to Italy. Short A.F.

It is, right? And there's a lot of press coming out about the Golden Bachelor. I saw yesterday that not, I don't think it was official necessarily, but reality Steve did release who he believes is the contestants on this season. I have no clue how he friends these people. On the contestants on Joey season. Joey season that will be coming up. But The Bachelor also did. They announced it only on their Facebook page and it is an unofficial list. There is a friend of mine on the Facebook list, but like we can't really go above and beyond and get excited because it's all kind of like a teaser. So what happened was, um, with Clayton season, they did the same sort of release, but there were like three girls from the Facebook list that didn't make the cut. So it's

very much an unofficial cast list. Well, it's getting closer. My boyfriend's professor is way too friendly and now I'm seriously suspicious. Oh, 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. 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 OK Storytime podcast on the IHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcast. Hi, my name is Enya Umanzor. And I'm Drew Phillips. And we run a podcast called Emergency Intercom. If you're a crime junkie and you love crimes, we're not the podcast for you. But if you have unmedicated ADHD... Oh my God, perfect.

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Listen to the Super Secret Bestie Club as a part of the Mycultura podcast network available on the IHeartRadio app, Apple Podcast, or wherever you get your podcast. Let's dive into headlines because there are a few. Here's the first. Hannah Godwin reveals her favorite honeymoon memory. and why her wedding was in Paris. We had this question. Now it's being answered. Mm-hmm.

Okay. So the best part of their honeymoon, she said, was having deep belly laughs about so many things and about them being in their own little world. She said, obviously the food location, just relaxing was really nice. But our favorite memories are definitely the laughs that they had. And she even has a little notes, you know, in her notes app. she put some of the things that they cracked up over, which I love that idea.

Because, you know, how many times do you say, like, what was that thing that we just cracked up over and you remember the laugh, but you don't remember what the heck you were laughing over? So she documented it so that they can go back and look at it. She also said that they decided on Paris because when they were, like, first out and able to do anything as a couple after Bachelor in Paradise,

they went to France. It was really meaningful to them. They loved it so much. But they didn't decide on having it there until actually New Year's Eve this past year. So if you guys have ever planned a wedding out there, you know that deciding on a location seven months out is actually quite difficult because the venues have all been sucked up. She goes, that's, she goes, that is why we had a Wednesday wedding. Oh, okay. So she goes, we highly recommend it.

Yeah. I mean, if you're traveling to Paris, it doesn't really matter what day you're having your way. Exactly. You're already making a week out of it. Yeah, you're making a week. Next headline is this. Katie Thurston, who we obviously announced is going to be on F. Boy Island, a creation of somebody who used to be an executive producer on The Bachelor, Along Gale. But Katie Thurston embraces the humor on F. Boy Island, season three. So she says that her experience on F. Boy Island, which does not premiere until

October 16th at 8 o'clock on the CW. She says it's like the total opposite of what she had gone through before. So she had never watched the show before being asked to do it. So she binge watched it. And she said she was truly laughing out loud, binge watching season two. She said she was pleasantly surprised by how feminist it was. She said she liked how it was satirical and comedy focused.

And so once she saw it, she was like, well, yeah, why not? This sounds like it's going to be a really fun time for me. So if you guys haven't watched F Boy Island, Kitty does explain it quite well. She goes, an F boy is someone who makes decisions, in her opinion, selfishly. You know, whether they're not taking into consideration the person that it could impact. They're doing it for their own gain, pleasure, reward, whatever that is. Whereas these nice guys are going to look at the bigger picture and assess their actions because of that, take you into consideration in terms of how it's going to make you.

feel they should be honest and how um they're always thinking about how a decision impacts everybody else she just said that like being on the show was the antithesis of the bachelor in tone because everything is kind of like you can have humor with it it's lighthearted nobody's necessarily looking for their soulmate on f boy island um she said that she was able to have conversations like full in her uninterrupted conversations where nobody was like okay okay guys let's get more serious let's talk about marriage and like if you guys both want to be parents one day. She said she was able to just like have straight uninterrupted conversations. And it was just a more comedy based.

She also liked the fact that there was like a sisterhood element because she was alongside two other women the entire time. And she was like worst case scenario. If I don't leave with money, I have some new sisters. And Nikki Glazer is obviously the host of this and probably brings a massive amount of humor to the show. And it's going to be, you know, it's an intriguing watch, I think, and it's an interesting concept. It's, it's great to hear Katie be so positive about a reality television experience.

That's not something we're used to, right? I mean, she obviously had a really great experience and she trusted the team because I don't think she had any interest in doing reality television necessarily again after her time. I don't think she loved her time as the Bachelorette, at least from what she has said. So she obviously trusted the team and went on and then came off. of it and it's like hey this is really great yeah so good for her love that for her yeah this is a big one one that we've kind of been speculating um for a bit just doesn't have the answers uh but today we do michael a has officially confirmed his breakup with daniel mulby this one hurts deeply actually

very deeply this is very sad um yes very assumed let me pull it up and read it directly which it was about time to be honest because like what are you to do just like fade your relationship into obscurity with the fans that have followed it from the very beginning like you know you know you start a relationship on TV you kind of have to if you're if it's going to end you kind of have to discuss it do you agree with me on that I do I mean I think I think at some point you just have to confirm that it's no longer um a relationship because if not then I mean I think everybody is probably in your comments and in your messages making assumptions and then what happens when you get seen on a date with somebody else yeah it lingers

longer than it needs to yeah okay yeah so he actually said it on jason tardick's podcast the episode was released today september 18th he says it's not what we plan we both threw a lot into this relationship and it's awful when it doesn't work out you mourn the loss of not just that person um and friend in your life but also the future that you had envisioned that's so true a lot of it is like the death of the dreams of the relationship that hurt the most in my opinion he said and it's to no fault of hers she poured everything into this we're still you know working through some things and trying to stay close but the last few months have been really rough he's ended the conversation by saying that starting over again is always frightening i know that time will heal because i've

felt that before but it doesn't make this anything any less difficult And he just said, yeah, yeah, that's basically all he said on Jason's podcast. But we'll have to listen to that, too. My boyfriend's professor is way too friendly, and now I'm seriously suspicious. Oh, 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 OK. Storytime Podcasts on the IHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcast. Hi, my name is Enya Umanzor. And I'm Drew Phillips. And we run a podcast called Emergency Intercom.

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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.

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Everyone say, hello, Ed. Hello, Ed. I'm 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. 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. crack on the iHeart radio app apple podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts this is an interesting headline for me i obviously know people still working on paradise working within paradise i don't know what he's talking about me neither okay i'm so glad you said this i feel like i'm pretty i don't know any of the spoilers for paradise i just refuse but i i do always like to hear about

the kind of some of the characters. I like to hear about some of the like the vibe of Paradise and kind of how it plays out. That's kind of where I liked it because Paradise intrigues me. I've never been. So it's kind of like this mystery place. But this is the headline. Jesse Palmer promises unique twist for Bachelor in Paradise season nine. This according to Yahoo. I don't know what this twist is. I have no idea what he's talking about. Okay. So here's the quote. There's going to be something really special and unique about this season. Something to celebrate. I think all Bachelor Nation is going to be really, really excited about it. Everyone on the beach will be two. I really cannot wait to see what happens and where this goes. Now, before I continue, I just want

to say that like this sounds different than last year's twist, which was separating the cast and adding more in while the girls were gone. Nobody like that. Nobody like that. So Jesse says that everybody's going to be excited about it. However, Wells does not share this sentiment. He says, I imagine, Wells says, I imagine that there will be things that people are not expecting to happen and they're probably going to be very angry about it. He says, I'll be fine because I'll be making drinks and just watching the dumpster fire happen in front of me. So I was so interested about this headline that I texted Jill, because I knew that her best friend, Rachel, Rechia, was on this season.

And I go, what is this about? And now, of course, like, she knows for sure, and we don't like to spoil things on the show. But later in this article, it does touch on something that Jill did touch on in the text that she responded to me. She brings up the truth box. So we see the truth box in the teaser.

And I think, like, I don't know whether the truth box is, like, you put secrets in there about people, and then at some point they're read out loud, or whether it's kind of like one of those things where you take a question out of the truth box and like you're sitting around some campfire and it's like an activity where, you know, you pull it out and you need to like answer honestly.

It's like who is the troublemaker in the clan or who is the one to most likely steal your boy? If this is the twist that's getting publicity, then they're really hurting because that is not a huge twist. That's like a campfire game. Swiss. I would love, though, if it was my first explanation or guess where, like, you just put in your little thoughts. And then at some point, somebody has to read all these secrets out loud. Yeah. Here's my problem with that, Ashley. Obviously, I have a problem with

stuff. And that's good for me as a viewer. Not for me as part of the cast. Well, it feels like social media to me. You can hide behind something. Like, if you're able to put in a body, something about somebody else that maybe isn't positive, then it's almost like social media because you're hiding behind a screen, you're hiding behind this, nope. I don't know, obviously, we're speculating everything. But if there is the ability to call somebody out

but not have to do it to their face, then I don't think it's healthy. Like I think one of the things about Paradise that is most... Ben with health, you know? Yeah. Well, I think one of the things that makes Paradise great is you have to confront these things, right? Think about the Blake Hortzman stories.

The Dean stories, the love triangles, the breakups. The thing that we love about Paradise is that you can't run away from this stuff. Like, you can't hide it and just get eliminated. You have to confront it at some point because you're counting on this partner or you're counting on this dynamic to get you to the next week. So maybe possibly you can find your forever person. I like that about Paradise. I like that you're on a beach isolated in one area, men and women living together, trying to figure it out.

I don't want that to go away. I don't want it to be buffered. okay totally see where you're coming from I just have to say don't you think that if there's a truth box and these secrets come out that like immediately people are going to be like it's that person who said it and then you're going to have to confront it anyway yeah maybe

it's an easy way to bring up arguments yeah it's definitely helping helping people get better at being mean that's exactly what it's doing you're so right but I don't even know that that's what it is I actually don't even think that's what it is I think it like brings up questions and then you guys have to like discuss it.

Yeah, it's great. It's like going back to high school around like when you sit around you're like, you know, what is the game when you put down one finger? You raise a finger. Yeah. Oh, you mean never have I ever? Yeah, it's kind of like that like never have I ever like but it's a different kind of game where it's bringing truth out.

It's forcing conversation. It's helping people share things or talk about things that maybe they wouldn't. And so if that's the case, I could get behind it. get behind that. I just don't know if that is a big enough twist to be promoting, uh, publicly. Certainly. Certainly not. But they do this to this every year. I know when I first saw the headline, I was like, oh, what are they going to do? Are they going to tell everyone that like, there's no need for engagements or something? No. Or there's going to be no engagements or like, I don't know. I thought big. You know what? I'm excited for this season. And I think the cast is going to be a really good cast with some

big characters that we've known and watched, I always get excited for Paradise. Now this year, I kind of get the double whammy with the Golden Bachelor. Which we will be better about. I'll be watching with just anger. Breaking news, Ben never went on the show. It's done, it's done filming. It's done filming. Yeah, I've never there. Never there. You won't see it. I thought. They had other, they had other alums there. I thought for sure, at least I would get a phone call to, you know, be like, this is actually happening come be a part of this with us uh you wanted it you wanted to be a part of it so bad i don't know what else to do anymore i'm kind of like i felt like i for the first time kind of went out of my comfort zone and publicly said yeah and asking and so and that was kind of the

advice that everybody gave me that you know uh is around me and they said just ask like if you ask like they're gonna have to like consider it they want to consider maybe they just don't think about you anymore um and so i i did i asked and then yeah i don't know backfired or something i don't i never got a phone call so what are you going to do you did get a phone call but but i'm just going to sit at home and enjoy it i'm okay you're going to enjoy it we have to put it behind us and just enjoy now my life stay my life continues on like it always has it just means less time away from my wife less time away from my dog less time away from Colorado a place that i love there's so much good to it. It's just a little frustrating. But here's what I'm thinking, Ashley.

Think about this a lot. You're going to be the host of the season two of the Golden Division. Let's give it another shot. Let's go right back and let's start another petition. As we said, we have a big week of content coming your way. Some very exciting things coming up. We are ending our offseason on a high note. I think it's been a great off season. We will be breaking down next week. I mean, I'm so excited to break down Dean and Kalin's wedding with Ashley. I think both of us are going to have maybe different perspectives, but different things that we have participated in.

I'm very excited to see Ashley in person and Jared in person. You excited to see me participate in, like, field games? I am very, I always love seeing you participate in the field games. There's one of my, one of my favorite activities to seeing you get competitive. It's, it's fantastic. I'm mentally competitive,

like with trivia, but never physically because I know I cannot. You're referring to winter games when you just saw the worst of my athleticism. Yeah, you and my wife have a very similar kind of way of going about cold weather. You bundle yourself up to look like a marshmallow. Like, you put on as many layers and many hats as possible and your arms are just kind of stuck because you can't move. My electric socks. Yeah, your electric socks. It's a sight to be seen. Obviously, this won't, well, it's going to be cold. But we're going to break down everything here on the Almost Famous podcast. Tune in this week for

some more episodes popping your way. But until next time, I've been Ben. I've been Ashley. See you later, guys. Follow the Ben and Ashley I. Almost Famous Podcasts on IHeartRadio or subscribe wherever you listen to podcasts. Hi, my name is Enya Yumanzoor. And I'm Drew Phillips. And we run a podcast called Emergency Intercom. If you're a crime junkie and you love crimes, we're not the podcast for you. But if you have unmedicated ADHD,

Oh, my God, perfect. And want to hear people with mental illness, psychobabble. Yes, yes. Then Emergency Intercom is the podcast for you. Open your free IHeartRadio app. Search Emergency Intercom and listen now. I just normally do straight stand-up, but this is a bit different. What do you get when a true crime producer walks into a comedy club?

Answer, a new podcast called Wisecrack, where a comedian finds himself at the center of a chilling true crime story. Does anyone know what? show they've come to see. It's a story. It's about the scariest night of my life. This is Wisecrack, available now.

Listen to Wisecrack on the IHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. In sitcoms, when someone has a problem, they just blurt it out and move on. Well, I lost my job and my parakeet is missing. How is your day? But the real world is different. Managing life's challenges can be overwhelming.

So what do we do? We get support. The Huntsman Mental Health Institute and the Ad Council have mental health resources available for you at loveyourmindtay.org. That's loveyourmindtay.org. See how much further you can go when you take care of your mental health. I'm Simone Boyce, host of the Brightside podcast, and on this week's episode, I'm talking to Olympian, World Cup champion, and podcast host, Ashlyn Harris.

My worth is not wrapped up in how many things I've won, because what I came to realize is I valued winning so much that once it was over, I got the blues, and I was like, this is it. For me, it's the pursuit of greatness. It's the journey. It's the people. It's the failures. It's the heartache. Listen to the bright side on the IHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. This is an IHeart podcast. Thank you.