To Mel and Back with Joan Vassos (The Golden Bachelor Season 2 Episode 4 Recap)
The Ben and Ashley I Almost Famous Podcast
iHeartPodcasts
3.8 • 14K Ratings
🗓️ 9 October 2025
⏱️ 60 minutes
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Summary
Ben has a Golden expert joining him to recap this week’s episode of The Golden Bachelor, when the first Golden Bachelorette Joan Vassos stops by!
Joan shares her honest thoughts on why viewers are having trouble connecting with Mel Owens, and we hear why Nicolle's behavior is making this feel like a non-Golden season of The Bachelor.
Plus, find out what a contestant said that left Joan speechless!
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| 0:00.0 | This is an IHeart podcast. |
| 0:07.0 | The murder of an 18-year-old girl in Graves County, Kentucky, went unsolved for years, |
| 0:14.0 | until a local housewife, a journalist, and a handful of girls came forward with a story. |
| 0:20.9 | America, y'all better work the hell up. |
| 0:22.9 | Bad things happens to good people in small towns. |
| 0:32.5 | Listen to Graves County on the IHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcast. |
| 0:38.9 | And to binge the entire season ad free, subscribe to Lava for Good Plus on Apple Podcasts. |
| 0:47.0 | Teamsters president Jimmy Hoffa once promised to break both of Bobby Kennedy's arms. |
| 0:51.9 | Bobby, JFK's attorney general, wanted to take down the mob, starting with Hoffa. |
| 0:56.1 | Like, no one gives a shit about Bobby, right? |
| 0:58.4 | So this is Bobby trying to get the world to care about him, which I think explains all this |
| 1:04.1 | passion and anger going into this, even though it's all kind of ineptly handled. |
| 1:09.7 | On United States of Kennedy, |
| 1:11.1 | we dive into the hidden stories |
| 1:12.6 | fueling our cultural fascination |
| 1:14.3 | with the Kennedy dynasty. |
| 1:15.7 | Listen on the IHeart Radio app, |
| 1:17.1 | Apple Podcast, or wherever you get your podcast. |
| 1:20.8 | From NBA champion, Stefan Curry, |
| 1:23.1 | comes shot ready, |
| 1:24.5 | a powerful, never-before-seen look |
| 1:26.2 | at the mindset that changed the game. |
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