Bachelor Nation Newbies
A Los Angeles mom and her two teenage/young adult daughters (21 and 19) are the Bachelor Nation Newbies. The Newbies discovered The Bachelor during the pandemic in Spring of 2020 when watching the 2009 Jason Mesnick Season on Netflix.
Each week we're sharing both our newbie Bachelor Nation perspective and glimpses into our family dynamics during an unedited conversation about life, love and everything in between as we use The Bachelor/The Bachelorette as a conduit for a fresh, mom/daughters conversation. Perfect for a Bachelor fix on your daily dog walk or while folding laundry. Whether you're new like us, a veteran BN fanatic or just interested in topics like love, dating, mom/daughter relationships, moving away to college, feminism, reality television, life with a Husky, an old Chihuahua, and much more - join us as our bachelor journey continues to unfold.
Episodes
69 episodes
Episode 5: Finally! The Newbies Gather on a Spring Sunday to Discuss the FINALE OF JOEY'S Love Journey!
The Newbies have been living their boss ass bitch lives and have not had much time to discuss the time suck that is love reality television. BUT the girls just had to gather to celebrate the end of Joey's love journey because of the life-...
Episode 5: The Newbies Discuss The Fact that the Younger Generation are Back On the Traditional Relationship Grind; Joey's Polar Plunge Adventure; and Timing in Love
It's a Sunday and the Newbies gather to discuss the last two episodes of Joey's love journey as he round the final turn towards hometowns. The expert tear wiper is primed and ready to go for hometowns visits with four amazing women - one of who...
Episode 4: The Newbies Discuss Whether or Not Joey is Actually AI-Generated; Why Lea Ruined the Word "Peep"; and Whether or Not Insecurity is Ever Attractive
Despite the absolute time suck of watching this week's FOUR HOUR BLOCK of Joey's European Love Journey, the Newbies share this week's pod in a semi-timely fashion. This week's topics include fake eyelashes; the confusion of the dum...
Episode 3: The Newbies Have a Late Night Discussion about The Utter Confusion of the Mrs. Right Pageant and the Value of "Intimacy Accelerators."
The Newbies battle through some Monday night low energy to discuss the nosedive that Joey's love journey took during Episode 3. With Bachelor producers struggling to make BIG drama between Maria and Sidney when it's really NO drama is all...
Episode 2: The Newbies Get Cozy on a Rainy Day and Discuss The Myth of Romantic Love but Who Cares Because Joey and Daisy are Perfect.
With rain falling in epic proportions from Southern California skies, the Newbies have a cozy afternoon girl chat about all things romance and love. Topics for this week's episode including whether or not any romantic moments in re...
Episode 1: IT'S JOEY'S TIME FOR LOVE! The Newbies are BACK for their Fave Bachelor's Love Journey!! Season 8 on BNN!!
It's hard to believe the Newbies missed the cultural moment that was The Golden Bachelor, but sometimes life demands other endeavors. BUT the Newbies couldn't miss the opportunity to add their mother/daughter commentary for what wil...
It's the FINALE of Charity's Short But Emotional LOVE Journey! The Newbies Discuss Heartbreak, BreakUps, Sad Tears and Happy Tears Too.
The Newbies are in three separate locations as the girls are settled back in college - Phoebe for her sophomore year and Claire for her senior year!! Where are the time gone. BNN started in January of Claire's freshmen year. CRAZY!!! ...
Episode 6: The Hometown Episode Where The Newbies Chat about Deep Life Shifts; Claire's Desire to Be a Farmer; and Charity and Dotun's Inevitable Engagement
As the Newbies try to catch up to Charity's blistering fast love journey, the discussion per usual starts on an extreme tangent surrounding Claire's new life farming dream that started on her Pinterest board in 5th grade. Th...
Episode 5: The Newbies Discuss Everything EXCEPT Charity's Love Journey Including The Absolute Uselessness of Paper Mail and Leane's Hot Take About How Women Are Generally More Interested in Finding Love than Men.
The Newbies discuss all kinds of topics that barely include Charity's love journey based on the ratings free fall that this season is inspiring. Perhaps that is because of locations like Stevenson, Washington and the lack of "trashy love" that ...
Episode 3/4: The Newbies Have a Summer Reunion to Discuss TWO Eps; Brayden's Departure; More JOEY; and Whether True Love Requires Knowing ALL of Someone
The Newbies are back together in person for a TWO EPISODE discussion that includes topics like the Titan submersible disaster; group man noises; Phoebe's 19th birthday; their love for Dotun and this season's dark horse, Tanner; and of course ho...
Episode 2: The Newbies Discuss JOEY!!!! What More Needs to Be Said?? Oh and They Also Discuss War.
In Episode 2 of Charity's Love EXTRAVAGANZA, the Newbies talk about Joey and the longest kiss with Joey and Joey's smile and just Joey!! Here's to LOVE with Joey! Rate and review wherever you listen!!
Season 7: Episode 1 - It's Charity's Summer of LOVE! The Newbies are Back to Discuss Why Charity's Men are the BEST; Knitters Vs. GymRats; and Whether or Not We Want to Wear the Pants!
Your fave dog-walking, laundry-folding, running errands podcast is back for your 4th of July weekend! After some deep contemplation, the Newbies have decided that they simply can not stay away from Charity's search for LOVE. ...
Episode 9: It's the FINALE of Zach the Snack's Love Journey!!! Join the Newbies as They Discuss Bachelor Role Playing; How Fun it Is to Be Messy in Love and MORE!
The Newbies can NOT believe that Zach's journey is over and that he and Kaity are happily skipping off together into the Austin sunset! The season has been more fun than the Newbies ever expected and we're sad to see Zach's wacky journey come t...
Episode 8: The Newbies Gather After a Week Off and Discuss Zach's Truly Fascinating Decision to Abstain from Sex during Fantasy Suites and Then Reveal His Decision to Have Sex with Gabi
Oh Zach the Snack. The Newbies discuss Zach's inner need to tell the truth ALWAYS no MATTER WHAT. Even when it makes no sense whatsoever to tell the truth. The Newbies reconvene after their week off due to some sad family news and ...
Episode 7: The Newbies Discuss Whether or Not "Getting Butterflies" Is Important in Finding Love; How Poetic Girls in Bathtubs Are; and More!
Phoebe is on Spring Break so she and Leane are together at home recording the old school way with Claire still at her undisclosed location. Phoebe and Leane had an "emotional" time watching the Bachelor together on a chilly LA day and Cla...
Episode 6: The Newbies Reunite to Chat IN PERSON and Discuss Love Languages, Their Love for Ariel, and BDSM? WHAT?
It's Phoebe's Spring Break and after a harrowing trip to Claire's undisclosed college location to see Claire in a super fun production of "Puffs!", the Newbies host a rainy afternoon Monday BNN session. The topics are wide and var...
Episode 5: The Newbies Chat All Things London and Beg the Bachelor Producers to NEVER EVER Do a Virtual Group Date/Rose Ceremony Again!!
Claire is beyond busy in her tech week of her college play so the Newbies are late to recording this week but they gather on a Sunday afternoon to discuss all things London like High Tea, Double Decker Busses and Snogging - but also dig d...
Episode 4: The Newbies Discuss Bachelor-Adjacent News (i.e. Carpet Beetles and Raw Doggin' It Meaning); Zach's Well-Groomed Chest Hair and FINAL FOUR Predictions!
The Newbies love their slow Saturday mornings to sip coffee and discuss all things Bach related and much more! With Zach's season being SO LOW in drama, the Newbies tend to ramble about plenty of adjacent topics. Leane finally learns what...
Episode 3: The Newbies Discuss the Ball Zachs, What it Means to Be A Perimeter Chick and GIRL code!
It's only Episode 3 but the Newbies are in deep on Zach's journey towards love. Topics on this week's conversation include:Is this a kinder, gentler bachelor mansion scene with how much the girls seem to love each other; why Genevie was...
Episode 2: The Newbies Gather on A Saturday Morning and Discuss What it Means to Be A BAD BITCH and Do Bad Bitches Fart or NOT?
The Newbies are fully embracing their BAD BITCH vibes to discuss all of the important themes from the Week 2 episode where Zach nodded awkwardly as the women tried to show their bad bitch energy to him to prove that they are wife material. What...
Episode 1: BNN is BAAACK for ZAAAACH! The Newbies Reunite and Discuss Why They Can't Seem to Stay Away from this Podcast!
Two years ago, the Newbies set out on a journey they had no idea would last this long! After some contemplation, this mother-daughters trio decided to keep the conversation alive despite their busy schedules and general confusion as to wh...
Episode 10: The Newbies Discuss the Absolute TIME SUCK of the FINALE Episode of this Historic Bachelorette(s) Season!
The Newbies experienced some technical difficulties after this episode so the audio quality is a little whacked but we have finally posted our FINALE episode which may very well be our swan song to this BNN experience. Because how could we poss...
Episode 9: The GirlBoss Newbies Are Reunited As a Trio and Discuss Back Sweat, Zach's Hi-Pitched Voice and The Real Possibility that Gabby and Rachel Didn't Really Find True Love
After Leane's trip to Mexico last week, she's back with her girls to jump back into the fray of this season's messy Bachelorette's love journey! The trio discuss all the unfolding love drama including:How Mexico makes everyone sweaty; w...
Episode 8: Jealousy, Tennis, and Why Gabby is the Dopest Girl I Think I Ever Hung With
Hey everybody! Welcome to a short(er) episode of Bachelor Nation Newbies, where we discuss this double episode week before the finale of Gabby and Rachel’s season! This is Claire typing this since Mom is girlbossing in Mexico, so I’ll keep it s...
Episode 7: The Newbies Chat on a Friday Evening to Discuss How The Universe is Not Favoring Rachel and Aven; Opinions about Food and Sex; and Farting.
For the second episode in a row, the Newbies broadcast from three separate locations! It's a Friday evening -- a perfect time for a lively discussion about the Newbies' favorites bachelorettes with topics that include:The disastrous Lov...