Hello everybody, welcome back to another episode of Batcher Happy Hour.

It is me, one of your hosts, Becca, who's going to take the mic for a few minutes and chat

through a few things because I'm sure if you have been keeping up with the headlines

or are on social media and just part of Batcher Nation as a whole, you know that a lot

has gone down within the past week.

And we're going to be doing things a little bit differently with this episode and I need

to start first by saying what you're about to listen to, the episode that you're about

to hear today was recorded prior to a few things.

It's going to probably seem a little bit choppy, a little bit out of context because since

we recorded Rachel Kirknell, who is a contestant on Matt's currencies and has released a statement

in which she apologized for past racist actions and it was also recorded prior to Chris

Harrison's statement both with an apology and also with the news that he will be stepping

aside from the franchise for after the final rose and potentially beyond.

It's a lot to comprehend in Batcher Nation, at least for me, but I can only imagine for

my co-host Rachel, it's just been even more so, even more of a load, even more of a

burden to take on, which is why I am hogging the mic for a few minutes.

Now if you having had done so, I highly recommend checking out Rachel's episode on her other

podcast, which is called Higher Learning.

It came out last week and it includes all of Rachel's feelings on her conversation with

Chris as well as her initial reaction on Rachel Kirknell's statement that she put out there.

But I don't want to keep having her have to relive this, what I can only assume was one

of the most extremely difficult conversations she's had to have.

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