The Golden Hammer (Bachelor Mansion Takeover S1E1)
The Ben and Ashley I Almost Famous Podcast
iHeartPodcasts
3.8 • 14.2K Ratings
🗓️ 3 March 2026
⏱️ 50 minutes
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Summary
Ben and Ashley are recapping the premiere episode of HGTV’s Bachelor Mansion Takeover! We hear some of their memories and honest thoughts on the iconic TV house, and what it’s like watching it change on screen.
Find out who Ben and Ashley think will have the most trouble getting along with the other contestants, and which Bachelor alum they’re most excited to watch swing a hammer.
Plus, one important detail could have sent Dean home on the first week!
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| 0:00.0 | This is an IHeart podcast. |
| 0:02.6 | Guaranteed Human. |
| 0:04.7 | This is the Ben and Ashley I almost famous podcast with IHartRadio. |
| 0:10.0 | Hey guys, welcome to the almost famous podcast. |
| 0:12.7 | It's been forever since we've had something to recap in Bachelor Nation. |
| 0:15.7 | And we are very excited that this week, the new HGTV renovation competition show with 12 Bachelor alumni has premiered. |
| 0:23.6 | And we're going to break it all down. |
| 0:25.4 | Give us, give you our honest thoughts. |
| 0:28.7 | Ben, my, my honest thoughts are I loved the first half of the episode. |
| 0:36.5 | I smiled through it. I loved seeing so many familiar |
| 0:40.9 | faces. This is kind of what I've always wanted them to do, some sort of spin-off competition show |
| 0:47.6 | so that we could see our favorites again in a more competitive environment where love isn't |
| 0:52.6 | necessarily involved. |
| 0:54.9 | I did think it was too long, two hours. |
| 0:57.6 | I thought it may have been even a half an hour, just thinking HDTV show. |
| 1:01.6 | And I was like, oh, no, you know, a lot of HGTV shows, maybe an hour. |
| 1:04.5 | When I saw it was two hours, I thought that was too much. |
| 1:07.7 | And I think it turned out to be, what were your takeaway thoughts? |
| 1:12.6 | I want to start by saying if you have not watched this episode of the renovation show when they renovate the Bachelor Mansion, I would stop this podcast right now. |
| 1:23.5 | Because there's going to be a ton of spoilers. We're going to break down who went home, how things went, what we thought. |
| 1:28.8 | If you have no interest in watching the episode but listening to our podcast, and I would say, |
| 1:32.5 | keep this podcast going. |
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