So we're here to talk about Bachelor of Paradise. And honestly, it feels a little silly to be

even talking about it right now for a lot of our listeners who live in Houston or the Gulf Coast

area that's affected by Harvey or who have loved ones who are down there. Our hearts go out to you,

our thoughts are with you. We know this is just a really devastating time and unfortunately we

are here to talk about something much more frivolous which is four more hours of paradise. But

and we do encourage everyone to you know stay tuned into what's happening to find local charities

that are recommended to donate to donating money is really good. It's easy, it's efficient.

And these organizations on the ground are doing incredible work and need your help. I'm just a few

the Hurricane Harvey relief fund, the Houston food bank, the South Texas Blood Intissue Center,

and the Houston Humane Society, as well as the Texas Diber Bank. Those are all organizations that could

use a little bit even a small donation right now. So yeah stay safe everyone.

Welcome to Here to Make Friends, a half post podcast about the Bachelor franchise where we lovingly

snark on the Bachelor and Bachelor adjacent shows. Whether you love the Bachelor or love to hate it,

we're here to break down every single delicious moment with you. I'm Emma Gray and I'm Claire Fallon.

So in the midst of all this we did kind of hope that

Bachelor and Paradise would be something of a refuge as we move past the scandal portion.

Spoiler alert, it was not. It was in fact four hours of

triggering reflections of what could be one's worst middle school experience,

both in relationships and friendships. So thank you ABC for that. Yeah really it wasn't even

high school. It was too immature for high school and these are grown adults here. We're joined to

talk through all of this by Jada Yuan who writes for New York Mag and Vulture. Thank you so

much for joining us. Thanks for having me and created travel.

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