Going for the Gold with Kathy Swarts and Susan Noles
The Ben and Ashley I Almost Famous Podcast
iHeartPodcasts
3.8 • 14.2K Ratings
🗓️ 28 September 2025
⏱️ 22 minutes
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Summary
Fan favorites from The Golden Bachelor season 1 Kathy Swarts and Susan Noles are hanging out with Ashley before the Jonas Brothers concert in San Francisco!
We hear Susan and Kathy’s take on the premiere episode of the new season of The Golden Bachelor, with a behind-the-scenes perspective.
Plus, are some of the contestants on Mel’s season not as “golden” as we expected?
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| 0:00.0 | This is an I-Heart podcast. |
| 0:04.8 | This is the Ben and Ashley I almost famous podcast with Iheart Radio. |
| 0:10.2 | Hey, everyone. |
| 0:11.2 | Welcome back to the almost famous podcast. |
| 0:13.6 | It is Ashley here today. |
| 0:14.9 | We are in San Francisco with the I-Hart team here for a Jonas Brother concert. |
| 0:18.5 | That is how Amy Sugarman got me here. |
| 0:20.9 | She knew. |
| 0:22.9 | Amy's like, actually hasn't been to the West Coast. |
| 0:25.6 | So our podcast producer Amy Shogerman, who our listeners have been aware of for a long time, she doesn't fly. |
| 0:32.5 | She hasn't flown since 1999. |
| 0:34.3 | We love us. |
| 0:34.8 | So we, so we know. |
| 0:36.9 | So we drive. So we, she drives and we have to do like all of our things on the West Coast. And then she was like, man, Ashley, mom of two hasn't been to do this for quite some time. How do we get her to come? Jonas brother brought her. And I was like, yes, 1,000 percent quickest yes, she's ever gotten. |
| 1:01.3 | And I am now joined by two of everybody's golden favorites, Susan Knowles and Kathy Schwartz. |
| 1:05.1 | You guys, well, you know them from the Golden Bachelor. |
| 1:09.8 | You know Kathy from, well, being a Golden and Bachelor in Paradise. |
| 1:11.1 | And they both host the Golden Hour podcast. |
| 1:13.5 | I know you guys just finished |
| 1:14.9 | wrapping up your recap |
| 1:16.7 | of the first episode of the Golden, |
| 1:19.7 | the new Golden. |
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