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  • Bleak
    • This week’s guest is Dr. Adrianne Finlay. Professor of English and the Program Director of Creative Writing at Upper Iowa University in Fayette, Iowa. 
    • Question: What is something that other people are into that you could live without?
    • Episode in a word
    • The episode begins with snippets from each of the women reflecting on their relationship with Matt as well as their thoughts on the fantasy suites. 
    • After the women reflect on the week ahead, Matt and his dad have a personal and difficult conversation. 
      • Danielle’s XC on Engaged Fatherhood and race.
      • Do we know Matt James?
    • Michelle gets weird with food
    • Bri Pitches a tent
      • Bill’s XC: Family patterns, attraction, and relationship patterns
    • Rachael cries...
    • Rose ceremony. Bri doesn’t get a rose. 
    • Episode in a sentence
    • Adrianne shoutouts? 


    57 min
  • Not Filler
    • Guest: Megan Vogt-Kostner UNI Alumni, Employee and all-around great person. 
    • Question of the week: What irreplaceable skill would bring to a group during the Zombie apocalypse?
    • Episode in one word?
    • Pre-Recorded Episode - Emmanuel Acho - "Uncomfortable Conversations with a Black Man" will host after the Final Rose
    • MJ & Jessenia 
    • Victoria (hail be thy queen)
      • Danielle XC - Language and gender
    • Katie says girls are getting karma (not sure this is how Karma actually works)
    • Brittany & Anna 
    • Abigail
    • Pieper gets blindsided
    • Serena P.
      • Bill’s XC - Anatomy of a breakup
    • Matt
      • Didn’t know you close your eyes when you kiss????
      • Pancake eating, beer chugging, bug/ring searching, Kit’s poor hide and seek skills, and egg drinking skills
    • Predictions? Who does he choose? Does he choose anyone?
    • Episode in a statement?
    • MVK shoutouts


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    54 min
  • Tayshia's intern did it better
    • Guest Host: Kim Hannai
    • Show Guest: Emily Jensen
    • Question: If you were to plan an Iowa hometown date, what would you do?
    • Episode in one word. 
    • Chris tells the remaining girls that there are people there for them. 
    • Michelle’s date! They are wearing identical outfits. :) 
      • Bike ride
    • Rachel
      • Sky-diving
      • Danielle EC on the history of the asking for a fathers hand in marriage or maybe on expectations and marriage. 
    • Bri
      • Off-roading
    • Serena
      • Tobogan is a hat. I’m dying.
    • He goes to visit Serena.
    • Rose ceremony.
    • Episode in a sentence
    • Next week:  women tell all.
      • Matt’s beard. Hell,  no. 


    1 hr
  • Another 5 bite the dust...
    • Guest Chris Madigan - UNI alumni in Family Services, a graduate student Oregon State and a top notch dog-sitter. 
    • Question of the week: What is your favorite food combination you love, but also are kind of ashamed to let the world know about?
    • Episode in one word.
    • Processing Rachel K and Chris Harrison’s actions and comments
    • Heather gets her 5 minutes (TV time) of fame.
    • Rose ceremony
    • Serena throws a tantric...
    • The group date - sitting on a couch?
    • Jessenia’s date - Fast and the Furious 27- Upper Pennsylvania Drift!
    • Finally rose ceremony - Pieper goes home. 
    • Episode in a statement
    • Chris shoutouts?


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    55 min
  • Bachelor-ing Intensifies...
    • Guest: Dr. Briana McGeough (Aunt B) - Assistant professor at University of Kansas in Social Work. 
    • Question of the week: If you could carry out the most epic prank ever, what would you do? Or what’s the best prank you’ve done?
    • Episode in one word.
    • Jessenia and MJ drama 
    • The rose ceremony. Who went home?
      • Magi, Ryan, Brittany 
    • Serena C and Kaite.
      • Danielle XC: social drama, victimige, mortification, and scapegoating. 
    • Heather shows up in a white minivan, 
    • Pieper gets a one-on-one. 
    • Heather quarantining and dancing with pizza. 
    • Group date: They go bowling
    • Tyler shows up. They play pool. 
    • Katie has the one-on-one. 
      • Bill’s extra-credit - The friend zone..fact or fiction..
    • Heather pulls up to the hotel in her minivan. 
    • One sentence takeaway from the episode. 
    • Briana, any shoutouts, last words. 


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    1 hr
  • Own Your Sh!t!
    • Guest: Dr. Kristi Marchesani, Director of International Recruitment & Admissions at University of Northern Iowa
    • Question of the week: If you owned a boat, what would you name it?
    • Describe this week’s episode in one word.
    • Coming in hot! Matt starts by addressing mean girl drama - thoughts on his monologue?
    • Rose ceremony 
      • Danielle EC on emotional economy, reality tv, and mean girls
    • Rachel gets the one on one
    • Green Acres date…
      • Abi and Matt talk about the genetic likelihood she would have children who are deaf.
      • Bill’s XC on deaf culture
    • Matt confronts MJ and she goes after Jessenia
    • Kit is famous!?!?!?!?!?!?!!?!? (was that the point of that date?)
    • Jessenia and MJ receiving a ransom note...or date card...or something
    • Episode in a sentence or your take away in a sentence.
    • Kristi any shoutouts? Last words?


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    57 min
  • Violence Begets Violence
    1. Guest - Nikki Harken, Instructor in the Department of Communication and Media
    2. Question of the week: If someone were to catch you doing something you shouldn’t be doing, what would it be? 
    3. Describe this week’s episode in one word.
    4. Matt expresses his disappointment in Sarah leaving 
    5. Chelsea talks about black women and hair
    6. Victoria and Kaite: “Expressing yourself and name calling are two different things”
    7. Group date rose goes to Chelsea. 
    8. Anna/Victoria Who gets to see Matt first? 
    9. Chris Harrison interrupts Matt and Victoria
    10. New girls are introduced…
      1. Brittany from Chicago. She sucks his face.
      2. Michelle from MN
      3. Ryan 
      4. Kimberly
      5. Catalina Ms Universe- Victoria takes her crown. React] Bill’s EC
    11. The girls are not happy. 
      1. Danielle’s XC - Territory
    12. Anna recognizes Brittany
    13. Rose ceremony: who went home: Khayla, Kaili, Kim (new). 
    14. Ben Higgins? 
    15. Group date
    16. Michelle date
    17. Anna suggests that Brittany might be an escort. 
    18. Group date.  Boxing...
      1. Bill’s XC - intra-sex compitition 
    19. Katie lets Matt know what the girls in the house are like. 
    20. Who are your front runners? Predictions?
    21. Episode in a sentence or your take away in a sentence.
    22. Nikki any shoutouts? Last words?


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    1 hr 5 min
  • Fainking
    • Guest: Dr. Elaine Eshbaugh! Elaine 
    • Would you rather be a reverse centaur or a reverse mermaid/merman (Explain your reasoning)? 
    • Episode in one word.
    • We pickup with Sarah’s fainting spell
    • Who goes home? 
    • Erotic fan fiction date, first off who ordered the book?
      • Danielle XC on women and romance novels
    • After erotica, drinks
    • Serena P. date
    • Sarah (out of order, but I think we should just discuss Sarah as a whole)
      • The date card comes and Sarah tries to mend fences with the girls...it doesn’t go well.
    • Dildo girl comes to Sarah later and talks with Sarah about the girls and how being in the house has impacted her, also mentioning her dad. 
      • Elaine XC on caregiving for parents 
    • Sarah goes to tell Matt she is going home because of her Dad AND the girls are mean.
    • Episode in a statement? 
    • Elaine any shoutouts? You get the last word….


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    59 min
  • The Queen Doesn't Go Home
    • Guest: PhD Student and Popular Culture Extraordinaire, Cecilia Cerja. 
    • If you were on the Bachelor, what would you do for your limo entrance? 
    • Episode in one word.
    • The episode begins with the first one-on-one. Bri is the lucky lady
      • Victoria “I’m the only one being real.” (Danielle has some general thoughts on realness). 
      • Bri and Matt dump it on the 4 wheelers. Matt reacts by apologizing to Bri’s mom.
      • What do you think about his and Bri’s connection?
        • Bill’s XC - Religion in romance
    • They announce the group date. There are 18 girls on the group date.
      • Wedding dress photoshoot with Franco.
      • Cut up dresses then play capture the flag/balloon fight/cake fight. 
      • Evening portion of the date. 
    • Sarah is chosen for the next one-on-one. They fly and then have a date in the woods.
    • Cocktails before the Rose ceremony: 
      • Marylynn cries. He gives her an orchid 
      • Marylynn/Victoria drama
        • Danielle XC - Mean Girls, communication, and moral panic.
    • Rose Ceremony
      • Sarah almost passes out at the rose ceremony
    • One sentence take away from the episode
    • Cecelia shoutouts 


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    58 min
  • Bold
    • Guest: Micah Webb - UNI Alumni - 
      • Graduated from UNI in ‘15 & ‘17 with MSW.  Clinical Social Worker at Mayo Clinic in surgical ICU
    • Question of the day: If you had to plan a wedding for yourself, what would be on the menu (money and your partner’s opinion doesn’t matter)?
    • Episode in one word:
    • Matt James:
      • Thoughts on him being the first African American Bachelor?
      • Thoughts on concerns he shared with Chris? 
    • Rapid fire thoughts on each lady: 
      • Bill’s extra credit: Pick-up lines
      • Danielle’s extra credit: Beauty work, physical appearance, and first impressions
    • Who went home?
    • High School Yearbook game….who is:
      • Most likely to crossover to Catfish
      • Most likely to win the hunger games
      • Most likely to start a fight/center of drama
      • Most likely to say I love you by episode 3?
      • Most likely to be on BIP? 
    • Predictions
      • Who will be in the Hometowns?
      • Who will he end up with?
      • Who would you want to rob a bank and end up on the lamb with?
    • Episode in a statement?
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    1 hr 8 min

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A Bachelor podcast so educational it could be a college course... Actually, it is hosted by college professors and employees with expertise in dating, communication, and pop culture. Every week…