It's the penultimate episode of Catching Kelce, and we're saying farewell to some beloved faves, as Travis narrows the women down to a Final Four - plus, a visit from a country-pop superstar, and a surprise overnight date.

If that weren't enough - we also give our first impressions on Taylor Swift's brand-new The Tortured Poet's Department, and the 2023 documentary Kelce - plus, we finally figure out whether Xavier is smarter than a 5th grader. (Spoiler: results inconclusive!)

The marriage between the first ever Golden Bachelor couple, Gerry Turner and Theresa Nist, has ended. We rushed to the mics to debrief in this emergency minisode.

Back to Kelce next week. We'll get through this together.

Party Rock is on the pod tonight?! This week, we're joined by LMFAO expert Lauren Guerrera for a discussion of an unexpected high point for Catching Kelce - a trip to the Party Rock Mansion. As Travis himself gets slightly lost between the cracks, we find joy in an impassioned defence of Violet Beauregarde, a meticulously detailed research dossier, and a new game called Two Fooths and a Lie.

Beep boop! This week Travis Kelce enters cyberspace, and drags several women into the digital world with him. While some women receive a high-tech kiss, others barely escape with all their bits intact. We consider what lessons Catching Kelce may have learned from GamerGate (if any), bone up on the history of the touchdown dance, and eagerly anticipate a more exciting episode next week.

This week, Catching Kelce begins a somewhat awkward transition from its cut-throat beginnings to the more character-focused, relationship-based show it will become. Max intrigues Xavy with tales of butt fumbling, banana baseball, and lingerie football, while Xavy offers thoughts about the Catching Kelce theme song, a discussion of Mop Guys, and a new game called What Dog. All this, plus an extended Fabio deep-dive courtesy of past and future guest Dr. Jodi McAlister.

We're back for Catching Kelce episode 2, and joining us in the huddle this week is musician, pop culture journalist and BoH all-star Eilish Gilligan!

The personalities and storylines of this season are starting to take shape - we've got an potential frontrunner, we've got a big weird conflict, we've got whatever "BBBs" are. Who better than us three himbologists to discuss Travis' delicate balance of hot and ick, uncover a conspiracy around a secret message, and try not to fall into a great big toilet.

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The whistle blows, and regular season play begins - in week 1 of Catching Kelce, Travis narrowed down his pool of fifty women to just fifteen in a brutal round of cuts. We analyse the plays made on the first episode to determine which women deserved a touchdown, and which deserved to much-frown (due to not being picked).

We're lucky enough to be joined by Travis Kelce as a special in-studio guest - plus, Max lists all the dud states, Xav recounts a bird-related mishap, and we learn to mix liquor with alcohol.

Go long! (We sure did). The Bachelor of Hearts podcast is back with a new mini-series, in which we'll be covering the 2016 E! reality series Catching Kelce, which follows Kansas City Chiefs' superstar tight end Travis Kelce's attempt to find love from a pool of 50 women. In this preview episode, we cover the 25-minute preview special, and set the scene with all the necessary context (who's Taylor Swift, anyway?) - what the world looked like in 2016, what a tight end is, and of course, a detailed and exhaustive ranking of all of Taylor Swift's albums. Plus - who's Stink?

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It's time to sit down and have a think about where things are going. On this episode, our second-ever 'State of the Nation' address, we take stock of where the world of The Bachelor AU is right now - hanging a little delicately, perhaps, but not without hope. We suggest some ideas to help the show back on its feet, and pitch some new reality shows of our own.

We also take an exciting look at what's ahead for BoH, including some rough plans for the rest of the year, and the announcement of the next show we'll be covering!

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