On our second and also last episode of the season we celebrated Katie's Finale of Season 17 of the Bachelorette by talking about Greg a whole bunch even though we didn't really want to talk about Greg. Anyway, we are pumped for Paradise and will be doing a medium-better job of recording episodes about it!

Pretend like that title rhymes better and is clever. Pretend like we made/talked about snacks and that Mal was here. Pretend like these show notes are helpful at all. There, that's better. Behind the facade I just had you create lies the truth, which is that Hillary and Jill sleepily ran through episode one of Katie's season of the Bachelorette and her remaining 23 suitors and then made no kind of promises about how, when or if there will be more episodes of this podcast going forward. It's just for fun! Anyway we did make cookies but the recipes have been on the blog forever because they're old faves.  http://www.snackmondays.com http://www.instagram.com/snackmondays  

Wow, Matt James’ season is over. Somehow both nothing and everything happened during it? The ladies spend a few minutes reminiscing about the start of Quarantine this time last year - they were but young and oh so naive. They spend a little time clearing up some snack adjacent confusion and then honestly just kinda jump right in to talking about The Bachelor of all things!  Jill did a very good job editing the first 30 minutes of this episode and then didn't look at it for 3 days and then decided to upload it because realistically it's getting published unfinished or it ain't gettin published. Sometimes it just do be like that. Anyway thanks for joining us on this super bummer of a season and we look forward to coming back for the Bachelorette with a better format AND better attitudes (no promises tho lol)! Recipes as always at http://www.snackmondays.com Follow us on Insta at https://www.instagram.com/snackmondays 

As usual Hillary is the only person worth a dang on this production team and manages to walk Mal and Jill through the important pieces of the Women Tell All as well as the Semi-Finals aka the Fantasy Suites. Just to get this out of the way, Hillary snacked on leftover asparagus, mushroom and artichoke risotto. Mal had a blueberry muffin, Indica Nut-Balls (lol nut-balls amirite?) and coffee with a lil Baileys. Jill had the wrong brand of string cheese and a satsuma! Thought we should start with that since you can hear Hillary feasting but no mention of snacks is made at any point during the episode. We've only been doing this for three years! Anyway the title of this episode was going to be Tillamook: Rhymes with Palahniuk kind of and then Jill looked it up and learned that Chuck Palahniuk pronounce his own last name as "Paula-Nick" so daggum it all to heck anyhow.  Dat Recipe Blog - http://www.snackmondays.com Dat Email Addy - [email protected] Dat Insta Handle - @snackmondays

Just a quick check in to let all everyone know we're taking the week off from recording. Everyone is healthy and doing fine, just busy and the Women Tell All seemed like a great episode to skip. We'll be back March 14th with Fantasy Suite coverage and intend to do the Finale on March 21st. In the mean time, we can recommend some other stuff to listen to and some other ways to get your Life's a Bach adjacent content: Visit our recipe blog: http://www.snackmondays.com Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/snackmondays Listen to Jill's other podcast https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/fetch-a-pail/id1534989718  Listen to Mal's other podcast https://open.spotify.com/show/67TMIKjxCzgZX8txeZgK3M?si=uEa3hg2STLaMcnt15ARM-Q  Listen to a different bachelor podcast Game of Roses - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/game-of-roses/id1469113217 2 Black Girls, 1 Rose - https://www.patreon.com/2blackgirls1rose Chatty Broads - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/chatty-broads-with-bekah-and-jess/id1441571050 Date Card Pod - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/date-card/id1389628122  

First order of business, we will be recording on Saturdays for the duration of Matt's season so new episodes will be coming out on Sundays (probably). This means you get to listen to us yell about stuff you watched 6 days ago just in time for none of it to be relevant anymore. Or! It's like a good opportunity to freshen up on what happened last week so you're mentally and emotionally prepared for the new episode. You're welcome? Also, since there's such a quick turnaround Jill is not able to spend as much time editing out the sounds of Hill snacking and Mal taking bong rips. So you're also welcome for that fresh, hot, AUTHENTICITY. Anyway, this episode is about hometowns, but only kind of. There's a strong possibility we will continue to do a version of this podcast in the future that is no longer about The Bachelor due to the franchise's consistently problematic treatment and portrayal of people of color, especially Black people.  Jill talks about a salad she ate last night, Mal eats a cheese bagel AND THEN cake and ice cream and Hill enjoys Sushi in a bowl which explodes Jill and Mal's tiny brains. Snack Recipes at http://www.snackmondays.com Email us! Questions, comments or whatever you want - [email protected] Follow us on Instagram! https://www.instagram.com/snackmondays/

Jill uploaded this episode without a name as brought to her attention by Hill, but at this point it feels too hard to come up with something. Mal has too many pictures and videos on her phone, neither Mal nor Hill trust the "cloud" with their cherished memories, and both of them think that Bri got sent home this episode. Whatever is the opposite of a spoiler alert: she did not. Somehow in the course of a couple weeks the ladies have gone from really liking and being impressed with Matt to not really caring about him and thinking everyone on this season (except Rachael) is too good for him. Jill has no memory of an ice skating and fake snow situation, and Mal went from not trusting Pieper last week to Pieper being one of her favorites and also thinks Michelle is too serious even though she did pushups in her evening gown and made Bri spit Zhampagne out on her back from laughter. Bottom line is no one seems to actually be watching this show anymore, except maybe Todd and Jill's mom. Your gals spend a significant portion of this episode "flexing their woke muscles" as first time listener long time caller Jackie would say. But! Considering how much of Bach Nation doesn't give a shit about anti-racism or are outright racist, it feels necessary.  Snacks! http://www.snackmondays.com Fire Chris Harrison! https://www.change.org/p/abc-remove-chris-harrison-from-the-bachelor-franchise

The ladies start to give MJ a hard time about being “afraid” of chickens but pretty quickly realize they are all maybe afraid of all birds? This conversation also reveals that Jill doesn’t believe that any geese are white and she thinks all Geese are Canada Geese. Watching more of Matt’s season is making everyone even more aware of how shitty and low budget Clare & Tayshia’s season was. And honestly all the Bachelorettes compared to their male counterparts. SMASH THE PATRIARCHY. Speaking of the patriarchy the ladies attempt to dissect some of what was wrong with Chris Harrison's behavior during a recent interview with Rachel Lindsay regarding the racism of a contestant on the current season. The short version is #firechrisharrison and for the long version the gals recommend an episode of Game of Roses which plays the interview in full and goes deep into each problematic aspect. Link below! Jill snacks on delish Shortbread Cookies that Hillary made for V-Day and Mal describes what feels like the saddest snack of all time. Recipes as always at http://www.snackmondays.com  Something they didn’t remember correctly and couldn’t be bothered to Google during recording was that Colton jumped the fence in Portugal.  Game of Roses - The Racist Face of Our Beloved Game https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/game-of-roses/id1469113217?i=1000508595627  

Mal is back this week! Then ladies maybe set a record for how long it takes them to start talking about The Bachelor, but they make up for it with tales of accidental booze brownies, customer service voices and very compelling arguments for and against turtlenecks. This episode was recorded at 12:30pm but Jill sounds like she just woke up (she did) and keeps talking about breakfast like it's not lunch time. Some tea regarding a history of cultural appropriation and allegations of racism are spilled on Rachael who "has never been treated like a princess" Also some troubling accounts from Matt's former roommate make it difficult to believe he's as perfect as he's portrayed on the show. Hillary is the only one with a real snack and DANG GIRL, that Bailey's Chocolate Cheesecake sounded heavenly. Recipes for your snack times at http://www.snackmondays.com

Jill and Hill gave Mal the week off, and as always her presence was sorely missed. To make up for it, there is a clicking noise that Jill doesn't notice until about 20 minutes in and then doesn't address for another 5. After editing the episode she realizes it was happening for.... pretty much the whole show up to that point. Believe it or not, about half of the clicks were successfully removed, so you're welcome! They also throw in an entirely new segment with no context or introduction! But that's kinda the whole point. It's called "Can I steal you for a sec?" and features a special guest! As far as anyone can remember, 3 people got sent home this episode but 4 people were added to the cast. Once again we end without a rose ceremony and no one can keep track of really anything that's happening. Jill snacks on Sbux and Hill enjoys a mocktail to wash down her delish pesto pasta din din. Recipes as always (eventually) at http://www.snackmondays.com