Ep. 195: Amy Kaufman (‘Bachelor Nation’ Author, Part 2)
The E & G Podcast
Ian Gulbransen
4.8 • 637 Ratings
🗓️ 30 March 2018
⏱️ 55 minutes
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Summary
Special Edition: Conversation w/ Amy Kaufman, Author of ‘Bachelor Nation: Inside the World of America's Favorite Guilty Pleasure’
On this part 2 episode, we're wrapping up our special edition, deep dive, behind-the-scenes look at #TheBachelor franchise with our guest Amy Kaufman, author of the NYT best-seller, 'Bachelor Nation: Inside the World of America's Favorite Guilty Pleasure'. Topics of conversation include: whether producers have an ability to control which contestants stay/go, type casting, 'The Bachelor' vs. 'The Bachelorette', Mike Fleiss IRL & his influence on the franchise, Bachelor contestant contracts, the pressure placed on 'the lead' to propose during their finale, the financial risk/reward of appearing on reality TV, what Amy found most interesting via her research, advice for anyone who's thinking about applying, Bumble pickup lines & much more. Shout-out Arnold Schwarzenegger! #NotPeter #TwitterFeud #Part2
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| 0:00.0 | The L.A. Times Amy Kaufman, author of the new book, Bachelor Nation, Inside the World of America's Favorite Guilty Pleasure, is spilling the secrets. |
| 0:12.4 | Strike up the band and make the fireflies dance, silver moon sparkling. |
| 0:23.7 | So kiss me. |
| 0:26.0 | Oh! |
| 0:26.2 | This is Jorge from Bachelor in Paradise. |
| 0:41.4 | You're listening to my favorite podcast, ENG, Bachelor Nation favorite podcast. |
| 0:52.4 | Welcome back to the E&G podcast, The Hate Free, and always in good, fun destination for you guys to get the latest and greatest on what's happening in Bachelor Nation. |
| 1:06.2 | And who better to speak to than Amy Kaufman. |
| 1:10.4 | This is part two. And so it stands to reason. You've heard the |
| 1:13.9 | first part of this conversation. We don't got to get into the huge pitch one more time about what we |
| 1:19.0 | discussed. But Amy was fantastic. I had a great time getting to know Amy towards the end of this |
| 1:24.1 | podcast as well. So certainly stick around for that. We catch up on what her current dating status is and what it's like to be out there on |
| 1:32.2 | the apps these days. |
| 1:33.8 | And we share our love for someone like Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. |
| 1:36.2 | And so there's a little tease for you. |
| 1:38.0 | And before we get into it, Jeff, do you want to just give everybody an update on where |
| 1:41.4 | we're going to be coming into this episode? |
| 1:44.0 | Yeah. So this episode jumps in, you know, we talk a lot more before we get into Amy's |
| 1:48.1 | personal life, like Ian said, which was a lot of fun. |
| 1:50.2 | We do talk a lot more Bachelor stuff and inside the behind the scenes of the production, |
| 1:55.3 | everything. |
| 1:55.8 | So this one, this part two will jump in. |
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