Wow! This is definitely not an objective podcast. They hate: men, rich people, white people, people who eat well done steaks… I lost count. The truth is: Andrew was respectful and a really good bachelor, and Jen was a sweetheart. It was a great season. I listened to this season because it’s my favorite bachelor season. But I won’t be listening to any more of this show.

This podcast is the best in depth historical analysis of not just the Bachelor franchise but reality TV as a whole. It feels crazy to me this podcast isn’t more well known because it is so fantastic, funny and well researched. I will often replay episodes to relax because the pacing and structure is just so satisfying! They really take you back to the year of each season in context politically and culturally, it really feels like you’re reliving each season but in retrospect - it’s like the the way back machine but for the Bachelor and society. I am so grateful you are both back and happy we get to experience both of your expertise through the lens of the Bachelor. Love this and thank you for your work!!

I simply love this show and Carrie and Annemarie. Feminists, humorists and trash tv pedants (but like in a complimentary way). I’m so down for more content so definitely start monetizing, ladies— get your bag. Update: are you guys planning on coming back?

I love this podcast. I’ve been a listener for years through Spotify but hopped on Apple Podcasts just to rate them a 5 and write this review. I love the unique perspective they take on recapping The Bachelor/Bachelorette seasons (I need to go back and watch Bachelor Pad and Bachelor Winter Games now!). My favorite thing about it is how clear it is that Carrie and AnnMarie like each other, and I enjoy when they crack the other up or laugh at themselves. Really makes me think they are happy to be doing the pod, and it makes me feel like I’m just listening to friends chat very smartly about a part of pop culture that interests me.

I found this podcast through another favorite, Love to See It. The central subject matter may be light, but I learn something new about culture, politics, and history every episode.

Amazing review. Similar to what you did with Liz from Andrew Firestone’s season, we would love an interview with Tina Fabulous. Please! :-)

I love this unique take on recapping Bach franchise shows—different from anything else in the pod universe. Anne-Marie’s academic analysis, placing these seasons in their historical context, is fascinating, and Carrie’s clever comedy quips often make laugh out loud. Highly recommend this duo and their pod!

Rereleases just make the feed confusing.

This podcast is the perfect mix of humor and history. I am a current bachelor watcher who hasn’t seen many older seasons, but Carrie and AnneMarie paint a great picture of seasons with insight and humor. I love the nicknames they give the contestants (Jesse Broadway), they’ve made me laugh out loud multiple times, and made me look at how I would have thought of the show at the time. The podcast has a great concept and is well organized and thought through, while still making it fun. Carrie, never stop singing!

As an OG Bachelor fan, I love this concept so much! Most Bachelor podcast hosts are unfamiliar with any season prior to 2015-ish, so this is such a diamond in the rough. It is fascinating to re-hear some of the dialogue and reactions and reconsider my own perspective through a modern lens. Was thrilled to find this!

I’m obsessed, you will be too.

So funny; it feels like you’re listening to two of your funny friends chat about a show you all watch. Love it.

I’ve never heard such bitter cranks. You are so racist against white people. You are so obnoxious. Stop trying to push your political beliefs on us. This show is the bachelor, the least serious show on television. Wanted to post an update after listening to this weeks episode. You are lying about Frances’ LinkedIn. That is not what it says. Stop trying to spin things to fit your narrative.

I’m not even a big Bachelor fan, I watched a few seasons many years ago, but I stumbled upon this while looking for an update and Wow! Such interesting insight into what was going on at the time and what contributed to the distorted perceptions (which I was guilty of). It has been enlightening but is also entertaining, so not too heavy. Great work, ladies!

What a great political/feminist Bach podcast in both concept and execution! It’s almost like Carrie and AnneMarie designed it specifically for individuals who care about these things! Good at job!

Perfect pod for anyone who likes the bachelor or is curious about early/mid 2000s culture and media. Can’t wait until they get to Winter Games

This is a great podcast if you like feminism, pop culture history, and humor. If you don't like those things, maybe Joe Rogan is for you.

You guys are awesome! Keep it up! Looking forward to March 3rd!!

By far my favorite podcast.

Love love love the pod!! The hosts make me laugh so much. I love their analysis, drawing on tv and media expertise and using feminist and academic analyses. Dramatic re-enactments, parables, and politics—they’ve got it all.

Such a smart, interesting, and FUNNY show, I have been devouring every episode since I first heard them on Love to See It. I giggle. I gasp. I cringe. I travel back in time. Also, and this is in response to no other review in particular, but I hope the DO continue to be political, as the bachelor is the most serious show of our time. Obviously and duh.

These ladies are so funny and never fail to make me laugh out loud. I wish I could be as funny as them!

I love the dynamic of the hosts and the deep dives into the time and context of the past seasons. Highly recommend!

I just recently discovered this podcast and I love it so much. The hosts are SO funny and have me cry-laughing, “I’m not rich or I’m not poor I’m just Doug”😂😂😂

Found this podcast by accident and loved it from episode one! Smart, funny and interesting. Will recommend to all of my friends

Smart, insightful, and funny! Can't wait until they get to more recent seasons!

You wanna get nerdy about the Bach franchise? Here it is! This is so funny. I am listening to a season I never even saw because I find these two both so hilarious and incisive. Shout out to these friends. No idea if they’re making money from this, but seems like a fun way to keep up a long-distance friendship. Also love the sound effects.

Absolutely love listening to this pod! The hosts have great chemistry and I feel like I’m hanging out reminiscing on old Bach episodes with a couple friends. Love their feminist takes and their humor. I’m enjoying reliving the older seasons through this podcast!

This podcast is a DELIGHT and has quickly become my favorite Bachelor podcast. Anne Marie and Carrie are both so so so funny, their humor just speaks to me and I literally laugh out loud at every episode. I love how much they (deservedly) poke fun at the men and male leads. Carrie’s song about Doug still makes me giggle every time I think about it. Keep it up you two!!

I am devouring these episodes! I love all the takes! Is Brad okay?? Loving the coverage of Emily’s season so far!

I love this podcast. I love the hosts’ friendship, analysis, and humor. I’m bummed I listened to them too fast and caught up on all the episodes and now I have to wait for new ones. Thank you, Annemarie & Carrie for making me laugh during a deeply sad time in the world. Never stop making this podcast!

I have been a bachelor fan from the beginning and listen to several bachelor adjacent podcasts. I’m also a pretty big pop culture person (and old enough to have experienced a lot of changes). Not only does this podcast bring back a lot of great memories with a modern take on what was going on at the time, they provide so much great commentary on the social, political and entertainment dynamics and how they related to each season and the people in them (and how they were portrayed). Jake Pavelka being on the precipice of the alt right movement! I love it! Thanks for putting together such a unique take on a show I have loved and contemplated from a social experiment perspective for so many years!

I found this podcast from your appearance on Love to See It and love it! Your coverage of Ben Flajnik’s season is hilarious. I think you’re the only people who can make a man so completely devoid of personality funny. I love every minute of these episodes! P.S. I remembered disliking Ryan, but Ryan in 2024 is just…oof.

Found via Love to See It, and now I’m obsessed. I started with Jake’s season bc I watched it with my best friend in college. Affirmed all of our feelings then, and makes my love for the bachelor make sense.

I found this show after Carrie and Annemarie appeared on Love to See It, and I’m so glad! I love the smart and silly take on classic Bachelor seasons as well as the conversations about what this very unserious reality show can tell us about the cultural moment is reflects.

I’m a bachelor analysis junkie, and this has quickly become my favorite podcast. Now that I’m caught up on the backlog, I look forward to every new episode drop! The hosts are intelligent, funny, and have a great friendship. They’ll quickly make you feel like you’re one of the gang. And bonus! As a millennial who was at a very impressionable age as the Bachelor rose to prominence, the cultural analysis is teaching me about the ways in which society shaped me and helping me reflect on my own personal growth through the last decade. So that’s cool.

Good bachelor recaps and commentary!

This show owns. I’ve been listening to it non-stop since they did a cross-over episode with Love To See It — if you love that show, you’ll love this one too! This show is so funny, so smart, and so enjoyable to listen to. Come for the thoughtful discussions of how and when reality tv becomes feminized, stay for impeccable content like “Bachelor Mouse: Here For the Right Cheeses.” Start with Jake Pavelka’s season, like I did, and you’ll be instantly sucked in!!!!

I’ve been watching the Bachelor for years, and I find this podcast to be among the funniest and most informative out there. Such a pleasure to listen to!

Smart, funny, feminist analysis of old seasons of the Bachelor franchise. The hosts bring a much needed perspective to the Bachelor Nation podcast universe. More than witty and snarky recaps, they situate the Bachelor in historical, sociopolitical, and cultural contexts. Yes! We need this show!

I immediately hit download every time a new episode drops and save it for a time when I can focus and enjoy it! This show strikes the all-important balance between providing traction and information to the listener and the sense of listening in on a fun (and funny) conversation between people who know each other well. The segments keep me engaged throughout the whole episode even though they're satisfyingly long! I'm learning so much about the history of the bachelor as someone who started watching in 2021 with Ali and Jillian's seasons and then jumped ahead to the contemporary ones without seeing how the show got from point A to point B or tracking the differences between eras. Knowing the nuances around storied moments like the end of Jason's season and Jake and Vienna's breakup is so important to me as a consumer of the show.

…but I got to the Frank screenplay, specifically the moment where Laura Palmer’s theme starts playing, and I knew I had to do this. You are both delightful, and your takes and research are gold. I didn’t think I had time in my life for another Bachelor podcast, but I was wrong. I am so glad that this pod exists and is doing such vital work.

Smart and funny commentary The Frank screenplay bit had me laughing so much

Always looking for more intelligent bachelor content and these women deliver!

Love the recaps of a show I’ve been watching since day one. It’s so fun to be reminded of what we were doing in 2010 and beyond and how this show goes hand in hand with the culture.

I love your podcast and have already recommended it to all the bachelor fans I know. Except in your episode 1 of Bachelor Pad, in the what aged the best segment , you talk about Jake sending Elizabeth home, but at the end of bachelor pad episode 3, Gia was sent home and Elizabeth is still there-confused, but again, love the show

This podcast, looking back at early seasons of the Bachelor and the Bachelorette, is smart and funny and also manages to be important. The contrast between 2000s Bachelor and today is one of the few things recently that has made me think that humans are getting better. This is thoughtful and entertaining. Highly recommend.

I’ve never watched The Bachelor, but I’m hooked on this pod! The co-hosts are really likable and witty, I love giggling with them, and having an academic and a TV writer as co-hosts means the analysis is so sharp. I definitely feel like I’m getting one of the smartest takes on this era of media.

Please OH Please don’t tell me that this podcast is over!!!! It has been my absolute favorite Bach Pod BY FAR!!!! You two are so intelligent & your insights are spot on! PLEASE CONTINUE THIS!!!! 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

Carrie & Annemarie are so funny & insightful. This is way more than just another bachelor podcast. It’s a rundown of how pop culture has changed in the social media age, how feminism is & is not represented in pop culture, the cultural earthquake that is Gen Z… and so much more. You will be laughing out loud with every episode. Give it a listen!