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Introducing Beyond the Bachelor with Susie Evans · The Ben and Ashley I Almost Famous Podcast

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  Speaker 1: This is the Ben and Ashley I Almost Famous podcast
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  Speaker 1: with iHeartRadio.
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  Speaker 2: For twenty two years, the Bachelor franchise has thrived and survived.
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  Speaker 2: Eight years ago, a new kid was born, the Almost
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  Speaker 2: Famous Podcast where we sat down and talked about the
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  Speaker 2: beautiful and the intelligent and the dramatic aspects of this
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  Speaker 2: incredible franchise. And today we have a new announcement. We
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  Speaker 2: have a spinoff with one of Bachelor Nation's absolute favorites hosting.
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  Speaker 2: It's called Beyond the Bachelor and it's with Susie Evans. Susie,
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  Speaker 2: Welcome to the Almost Famous podcast family. It's growing, it's welcoming,
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  Speaker 2: and we're happy to have you, and it's dramatic.
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  Speaker 3: If you can, I wouldn't quite tell.
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  Speaker 4: Also, I feel like that made it feel like you
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  Speaker 4: were introducing me as like a little baby, Like I'm
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  Speaker 4: like you are. I'm like the baby of the Almost
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  Speaker 4: Famous podcasts.
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  Speaker 3: They definitely are like one age wise the youngest, and
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  Speaker 3: two been part of the franchise the least because we
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  Speaker 3: have like Trista and Bob. You now, like Trista has
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  Speaker 3: been around for twenty years.
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  Speaker 2: Bob's been around for what nineteen?
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  Speaker 3: Then? Yeah, I guess you're right way he was on
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  Speaker 3: her season, so maybe they're tied there.
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  Speaker 4: The long time.
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  Speaker 2: Susie. You you are new to so many people, but
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  Speaker 2: you're familiar to so many people as well. You are
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  Speaker 2: a favorite, You've been around now. I feel like at
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  Speaker 2: this point you understand the ins and outs of the
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  Speaker 2: show and kind of the aspects of all the characters
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  Speaker 2: that come from the show. So you're perfect for this
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  Speaker 2: because you're not only likable, but you're a great question asker,
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  Speaker 2: which I found out in person a few times. Tell
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  Speaker 2: us about beyond the Bachelor, Like why can listeners get
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  Speaker 2: excited about this new venture?
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  Speaker 4: That's a great question. I feel like if you watch
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  Speaker 4: the show, there's all these people that are either associated
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  Speaker 4: but they didn't sign up to be on the show,
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  Speaker 4: and sometimes they might actually be like the main character,
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  Speaker 4: but their show and like their stories being told elsewhere
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  Speaker 4: and it's just not being aired on live television like
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  Speaker 4: The Bachelor. So to me, I think it's cool because
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  Speaker 4: we're gonna seek out those people that kind of stole
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  Speaker 4: the show, like the people that maybe should have been
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  Speaker 4: on the show, or that people wish would be on
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  Speaker 4: the show, and we're gonna get to interview them and
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  Speaker 4: chat with them and discuss all the things that drew
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  Speaker 4: us to them in the first place.
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  Speaker 3: So you're gonna have Kelsey's dad on?
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  Speaker 4: I was literally just thinking, I mean, there's no confirmation
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  Speaker 4: I know of that we're going to have him on,
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  Speaker 4: But that is like the ideal person of somebody that
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  Speaker 4: kind of steals the show where you're like, oh my gosh,
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  Speaker 4: who is this person? I want them to be on
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  Speaker 4: the show, or even if you don't want them to
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  Speaker 4: be on the show, just somebody that's interesting and is
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  Speaker 4: just like has that star potential.
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  Speaker 3: We've never had Peter's mom, Barb on the show, and like,
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  Speaker 3: how crazy is in that we have a Barb? But
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  Speaker 3: she is such a Bachelor figure.
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  Speaker 4: Right, She's iconic, Like she's the dream guest to have
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  Speaker 4: on this Bachelor. So hopefully we'll be able to get
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  Speaker 4: yeses from all these people and I'll get to chat
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  Speaker 4: with them and ask all the hard hitting questions.
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  Speaker 2: Well, I mean, one of the exciting things is I
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  Speaker 2: can think back on like some maturity siblings. You know,
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  Speaker 2: people were freaking out about them. You have Kelsey's dad,
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  Speaker 2: you have Barb, you have Sean Lowe's dad, who made
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  Speaker 2: a big appearance. You obviously have these people who have
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  Speaker 2: been on television who people have been intrigued by, but
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  Speaker 2: we typically only get to see them for let's say
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  Speaker 2: I'm most twenty men on a Monday night. And what
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  Speaker 2: you're saying, Susie is you're gonna take these incredible people
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  Speaker 2: who do have stories themselves, who have in their twenty
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  Speaker 2: minutes of fame, absolutely drawn the audience in, and you're
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  Speaker 2: gonna sit down with them here at Beyond the Bachelor
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  Speaker 2: and get to know them better and hear their story
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  Speaker 2: and actually get to understand what it is about them
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  Speaker 2: that makes them different Exactly.
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  Speaker 4: You summed it up perfectly.
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  Speaker 3: So you're basically interviewing people who are Bachelor adjacent. So
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  Speaker 3: they haven't been on the they haven't been on the
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  Speaker 3: show as a contestant, but they are very they have
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  Speaker 3: very close ties to somebody who has.
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  Speaker 4: Exactly Yeah, and I don't even think they have to
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  Speaker 4: be on the show, Like I feel like there's people
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  Speaker 4: that have I feel like even Matt James before being
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  Speaker 4: the Bachelor.
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  Speaker 3: I was gonna say Matt James before he was a Bachelor.
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  Speaker 4: Yes, like people like that who just kind of swoop
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  Speaker 4: in in.
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  Speaker 2: The spotlight, like Whitney Fransway's sister is obviously a huge
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  Speaker 2: TikToker massively for really big big name, like really famous
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  Speaker 2: on TikTok. I think her name's Jacqueline. And then you
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  Speaker 2: have people like Amanda Stanton's sister, and you have obviously parents.
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  Speaker 2: And Ashley hasn't stopped thinking about Kelsey's dad since the
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  Speaker 2: moment is on our television, which is wild, and we
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  Speaker 2: gotta get him before he becomes the next Golden Bachelor.
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  Speaker 4: I know everyone's talking, everyone is talking about it. I
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  Speaker 4: was interviewed today and somebody was like, who do you
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  Speaker 4: want for the next Golden Bachelor. I'm like, I don't
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  Speaker 4: want to say too much. I don't want to put
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  Speaker 4: too much pressure on him. And without me even saying it,
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  Speaker 4: she then prompted me, like, what about Kelsey's dad? I
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  Speaker 4: was like, yeah, okay, I figured that's who you were
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  Speaker 4: crying to see if I knew anything, But we'll see.
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  Speaker 3: I have a ton of suggestions now that we are
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  Speaker 3: starting this brainstorm. Joey's uncle who was kind of polarizing,
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  Speaker 3: and we didn't see him again this time around, but
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  Speaker 3: we saw on Charity season because he was the one
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  Speaker 3: who was like, joe you're not being yourself and then
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  Speaker 3: I would love to see you interview Joey's dad who's gay,
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  Speaker 3: and they didn't talk about that on this finale, but
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  Speaker 3: they did briefly mention on charity season, so true.
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  Speaker 4: Yeah, those are all things that it's like unanswered questions.
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  Speaker 2: Susie. Obviously, this I think is going to be a
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  Speaker 2: massive hit. I think it's gonna be really interesting, and
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  Speaker 2: I think what is actually going to happen is this
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  Speaker 2: is going to go be like I think, if we
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  Speaker 2: lean too much as an almost famous family into the
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  Speaker 2: Bachelor aspect, the show won't do as well as we do.
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  Speaker 2: If we lean into the stories that will be far
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  Speaker 2: bigger than the Bachelor. It's going to be one of
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  Speaker 2: those tell us, you know what you've learned along the
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  Speaker 2: way experiences. But I get I've gotten to know you,
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  Speaker 2: and I really like you. I like my time with you.
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  Speaker 2: I get excited when I see your name on any
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  Speaker 2: type of event we're doing. You know, I get excited
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  Speaker 2: when I get to see you and your wonderful boyfriend
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  Speaker 2: in the mornings before you get in an uber ride.
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  Speaker 2: There's so many things about you Susie that I just
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  Speaker 2: think are terrific. But what makes you well equipped to
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  Speaker 2: be the host of this new show?
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  Speaker 4: I don't know that I am. I'm gonna be honest,
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  Speaker 4: but I'm gonna give it my best shot. And the
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  Speaker 4: one thing I will say that I can give myself
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  Speaker 4: credit for is that I love people like I've always
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  Speaker 4: loved hearing people's stories. I feel like so often we
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  Speaker 4: forget even like our parents or our grandparents, they lived
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  Speaker 4: whole lives before us. And I'm always been that person
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  Speaker 4: that's wanted to, like ask my parents detailed questions about
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  Speaker 4: their life because I'm always so curious, like what their
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  Speaker 4: lives have taught them, or what experiences they had before
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  Speaker 4: I was alive or before I was old enough to remember.
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  Speaker 4: So I think just being a really curious person that genuinely,
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  Speaker 4: I feel like I'm pretty non judgmental and just I'm
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  Speaker 4: just curious. So I think that I, if anything, I'm
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  Speaker 4: just qualified to be a non judgmental person to listen
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  Speaker 4: to whatever somebody wants to say. And I feel like
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  Speaker 4: everyone's so interesting, so I'm just going into it with
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  Speaker 4: an open mind and lots of questions.
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  Speaker 3: And you're a great visual storyteller and we already know
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  Speaker 3: this through your wedding videography and just your Instagram reels.
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  Speaker 4: Really, thank you, thank you so much of course.
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  Speaker 2: Well, Susie, this is an exciting time for the Almost
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  Speaker 2: Famous podcast. We are pumped and just so excited for
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  Speaker 2: you to be a part of it, you personally, and
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  Speaker 2: then to hear kind of the people and understand the
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  Speaker 2: people that you bring on along the way. So with that,
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  Speaker 2: tune in too Beyond the Bachelor. It's going to be
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  Speaker 2: on the Almost Famous stream wherever you can listen to
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  Speaker 2: the podcast. So when you see Beyond the Bachelor from
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  Speaker 2: the Almost Famous family pop up, you just click on
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  Speaker 2: it listen to it. It's gonna be Susie Evans along
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  Speaker 2: with some incredible guests who maybe you don't know their
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  Speaker 2: names right away, but after listening to the show, I
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  Speaker 2: believe you're gonna love them just a little bit more. Susie,
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  Speaker 2: thanks for joining us.
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  Speaker 3: Thanks guys, what's your sign off gonna be? Because ours
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  Speaker 3: is I've been Ashley and I've been Ben So you're
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  Speaker 3: gonna have to come up with some creative way to
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  Speaker 3: wrap a show, so creative to say something weird, like
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  Speaker 3: I've been yeah, okay.
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  Speaker 2: Something so revolutionary like I've been that off every single guest.
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  Speaker 3: It makes them feel weird before they leave.
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  Speaker 4: Perfect. I'm open to suggestions, but you'll have to think
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  Speaker 4: about that. What my sign off should be?
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  Speaker 3: Highline?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, well, Susie, we'll be listening till then.
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  Speaker 1: Follow the Ben and Ashley I Almost Famous podcast on
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  Speaker 1: iHeartRadio or some wherever you listen to podcasts.