Mel Is the Problem on ‘The Golden Bachelor’ and You Should Watch ‘Squid Game: The Challenge,’ and More!

Bachelor Party

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🗓️ 10 November 2025

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Juliet and Callie are back to break down all of your favorite reality TV shows! First, they get into their new favorite watch, ‘Squid Game: The Challenge’ (00:48). They talk about the family dynamics among the contestants and break down some of the challenges, like the seven-minute counting challenge. Next, Callie gives a brief update on ‘Love Island Australia’ (24:00), and they catch up on ‘Selling Sunset’ news and marvel at how far Chrishell has come now that she is leaving the show (28:40). Finally, they discuss the fantasy suite episode of ‘The Golden Bachelor,’ in which Mel continues to give us nothing even though the women ask him to share his emotions with them (33:59). Hosts: Juliet Litman and Callie Curry Producer: Olivia Crerie Theme Song: Devon Renaldo Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	A wise man once said in this world, nothing can be certain except death taxes and your boy Johnny Bananas.
0:07.2	Welcome to the brand new Death Taxes and Bananas channel where we'll be recapping season 41 of the challenge every week with all your favorite cast members.
0:15.7	I'm going to dive deep into the drama, get every side of every story, and tell stories about behind the scenes on set
0:22.8	antics. So, follow Death Taxes and Bananas on Spotify, where you can watch every episode
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1:05.4	Sign up for your $1 a month trial at Shopify.com'm Juliet Littman. I'm here with Callie Curry. Callie, hello.
1:23.3	Hello, Juliet. How are you?
1:25.7	I'm great. I am fired up to be here because I, on your recommendation, watch Squid Game the challenge.
1:32.3	And boy, did I love it. I'm shocked. I haven't watched Skid Game the original.
1:36.5	So I didn't really know what I was getting into at all. And I'm like really interested.
1:42.2	So I'm very excited to talk about it. We're also going to talk about Golden Bachelor. Still going on case you didn't know and some other odds and ends. Can we start with Squid Game the Challenge?
1:52.1	Yeah. Wait, please tell me you're watching season two. Yeah, season two. Okay. That was going to be. Season one is also good. So you can watch that like in stay time later.
2:02.9	But it is a weird show for me to recommend.
2:06.2	Like I know when I tell people to watch it, they're kind of like,
2:09.5	probably not watching that.
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