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Norman Buckley returns to the pool house with Rachel Bilson and Melinda Clarke to discuss Season 4, Episode 4, “The Metamorphosis.” Norman directed this episode so he gives some great insight on the storylines and he also discusses the music choices for this episode.  Norman also tells a very funny story about the naked singing Che scene. The Metamorphosis synopsis:  Summer soul-searches during a...

Scott Krinsky joins Rachel Bilson and Melinda Clarke in the pool house to discuss Season 4, Episode 3, “The Cold Turkey.” Many of you know Scott as Jeff Barnes in the hit TV series, Chuck, but he guested on The O.C. first playing the lovable and much needed comic relief character, Daryll!  Scott talks about how he got cast on The OC, and tells a very funny OC joke from his stand-up routine!  The t...

Beloved OC editor Jeff Granzow returns to the pool house with Rachel Bilson and Melinda Clarke to discuss Season 4, Episode 2, “The Gringos.” The trio discuss why they wish people still use landlines, their love for Wayne’s World, and Jeff breaks down that infamous Seth and Steve-O scene.  Melinda shares a funny story about being lost in Mexico! The Gringos Synopsis: Seth and Ryan travel to Mexico...

Josh Schwartz returns to the pool house with Rachel Bilson and Melinda Clarke to discuss the season 4 opener, “The Avengers.” Josh talks about the season 3 finale, Marissa’s death and the start of season 4.  They also discuss the casting of “Che” played by Chris Pratt and Josh also tells a funny story about Adam Brody and the movie, “Looper.” Leave the OC bitches a message at https://www.speakpipe...

Dynamic duo, Ryan Haley and Mike Gravagno have returned to the pool house to join Rachel Bilson and Melinda Clarke to break down the top moments of Season 3  of The O.C. They discuss how wild season 3 is with a colorful group of characters and moments, including Gus, Johnny, Dean Hess, Charlotte, Volchok,  Taylor Townsend’s  “end of Summer” comment and does anyone have a moist toilette?  You can l...

Mischa Barton joins Rachel Bilson and Melinda Clarke in a special bonus episode of Welcome to the OC, Bitches!  The ladies breaks down the top Marissa Cooper moments and of course talk Marissa’s iconic fashion choices.  Plus, Mischa answers several fan questions!  You can check Mischa out in her next film project, Invitation to a Murder, coming soon.  You can leave a message for the OC Bitches at...

Fan favorite Michael Cassidy returns to the pool house with Rachel Bilson and Melinda Clarke to break-down the heartbreaking Season 3 Episode 25 finale, “The Graduates” The three go into great detail about the episode and discuss how they are still traumatized by this episode and how hard it was too rewatch.  Michael gives the girls a shout-out on their performances in this episode.  They also dis...

We are nearing the end of season three of The OC and Rachel Bilson and Melinda Clarke are here to break down Episode 24, “The Man of the Year.” They talk about Lucy Hale’s appearance, Marissa’s ode to “Brittany Spears” look, Seth’s trouble with weed and Rachel tries to convince Melinda to do Dancing with the Stars or The Masked Singer!  The Man of the Year Synopsis: Sandy is voted Man of the Year....

Michael Lange joins Rachel Bilson and Melinda Clarke in the pool house to discuss, Season 3, Episode 23, “The Party Favor,” aka The Goonies themed Senior Prom!  Michael directed this episode so has some great behind-the-scenes moments to share including a hilarious story about Rachel wanting to do Summer’s infamous fall after winning prom queen. They also discuss Ryan and Volchok's epic fight scen...

We have a very exciting announcement. We will be giving you more content every single week! We’re recording bonus episodes and releasing all future episodes ad-free as a subscription only on Kast Plus! Also, you’ll have exclusive access to every episode of seasons one and two of Welcome to the OC, Bitches, which are now available exclusively on the subscription. Don’t miss all of this bonus conten...

It’s just Rachel Bilson and Melinda Clarke in the pool house today as they  break down Season 3, Episode 22, “The College Try.” Rachel and Melinda discuss college visits, the return of Anna and why can’t Seth just tell the truth! The ladies also take a deep dive into Marissa Cooper’s favorite movie, The Sound of Music, and find interesting comparisons to the O.C.   The College Try Synopsis:  Ryan...

Editor extraordinaire, Jeff Granzow joins Rachel Bilson and Melinda Clarke in the pool house to discuss Season 3, Episode 21 “The Dawn Patrol.” Jeff talks about how Norman Buckley mentored him and brought him up in the editing world.  He also discusses how Josh Schwartz and Stephanie Savage took a shot on him and he has been working with them ever since.  Jeff edited this episode so he gives a uni...

It’s just Rachel Bilson and Melinda Clarke in the pool house today as they break down Season 3, Episode 20, “The Day After Tomorrow.”   Rachel tells a story on how she relates to Summer’s character, wanting to follow Seth to Brown as she went through something similar.  The ladies also discuss Mexico trips and Norman Buckley sent Melinda some great behind-the-scenes moments from the episode.  And...

Rocking a “Never Forget” Marissa Cooper t-shirt,  Costume Designer, Robin Lewis West joins Rachel Bilson and Melinda Clarke in the pool house to discuss,  Season 3 Episode 19 “The Secrets and the Lies” Robin joined The OC, season three and discusses how Production Designer and fellow podcast guest, Thomas Fichter helped connect her to The OC team.  She also talks about her favorite moments from th...

Bad-girl "Jess Sathers" played by Nikki Griffin is in the pool house with Rachel Bilson and Melinda Clarke to discuss Season 3, Episode 18, “The Undertow.” Nikki discusses getting the role of “Jess” and when she decided that acting wasn’t for her and that she now prefers to work behind the scenes.  Nikki also talks about filming the infamous pool scene in Season 2 and how she was brought back for...

It’s just Rachel Bilson and Melinda Clarke in the pool house today to discuss Season 3, Episode 17, “The Journey.”   It’s Ryan’s 18th birthday and the ladies break down the ending of Ryan and Marissa, making mix cds and Sadie and Ryan’s chemistry.  Melinda also talks about fainting spells and Rachel discusses her time on Buffy the Vampire Slayer and 8 Simple Rules.  The Journey synopsis:  The Cohe...

In 2014, Dutch friends Lisanne Froon and Kris Kremers disappeared while hiking a jungle trail in Panama. Two months later, investigators found their remains, as well as a backpack with a digital camera filled with photos that hinted at a darker story. What happened to Kris and Lisanne? In this investigative series, journalists Mariana Atencio and Jeremy Kryt retrace the last steps of the doomed wo...

CG Mirich aka Melinda Clarke’s daughter  joins Melinda and Rachel Bilson in the pool house to discuss Season 3, Episode 16, “The Road Warrior.” CG talks growing up on set while her mom worked on The OC, her favorite set memories including one that involves a pink scooter and Adam Brody.  The ladies also discuss the big break-up between Marissa and Ryan, how you can taste the actor’s make-up during...

Rachel Bilson’s BFF Lea Griffin joins Rachel and Melinda Clarke in the pool house today to discuss Season 3, Episode 15, “The Heavy Lifting.” Lea talks about Rachel getting the role of the Summer for The OC, and all of the old memories from OC events that she attended, including one story involving a homeless woman randomly walking into Rachel and Lea’s house! Oh, and she shares some throwback pic...

Ryan Haley and Mike Gravagno have returned to the clubhouse to join Rachel Bilson and Melinda Clarke to break down the top moments of Season 1 of The O.C. Hear the duo's iconic list and  Melinda provides some additional bonus content by breaking out her favorite Julie Cooper quotes from Season 1. You can learn more about Ryan and Mike and their podcasts at https://www.popfilter.com Leave the OC bi...

Rabia Chaudry and Ellyn Marsh, both well known names in true crime podcasting, will bring their separate audiences, experience, and unique talents to tell you all of the things you might not know about some of the most famous true crime cases. This bi-weekly true crime talk show will ask why celebrities are obsessed with true crime, and also will examine some of the most infamous cases they are ob...

Beloved OC editor, Matt Ramsey joins Rachel Bilson and Melinda Clarke in the pool house to discuss the pivotal Season 3, Episode 14, “The Cliffhanger.” Matt gives exclusive behind-the-scenes tidbits on editing this episode and how they had to pick up a lot of shots of Johnny’s death scene.  He also talks about The OC music and how the Artic Monkeys passed on being on the show!  He also tells a hys...

Rachel Bilson and Melinda Clarke are joined by cast members and celebrity fans of The O.C. to do a charity table reading of the infamous, Season 2, Episode 13, "The Rainy Day Women". Proceeds from today's event go to the charity, No Kid Hungry. ​​ No Kid Hungry is a nonprofit working to solve the problems of hunger and poverty in the United States and around the world. After 25 years of successful...

Today Rachel Bilson and Melinda Clarke are joined by Billy Lunn and Charlotte Cooper from the band, The Subways.  The Subways performed in the Baitshop in Season 3, Episode 7’s “The Anger Management.”  Billy and Charlotte talk about what it was like to be on set,  filming that particular scene, and meeting Ben McKenzie in the trailer!  They also talk about what's next for The Subways. Later, Rache...

Rachel Bilson and Melinda Clarke are joined today by Fox TV Executive, Deborah Hasen-Klein, to discuss Season 3, Episode 12, “The Sister Act.” Deborah breaks down what being a TV Executive entails, how much of an OC fan she was while growing up, and also tells a crazy story about how she first met Melinda!  The trio also discusses how phenomenal the actor who played Johnny Harper, Ryan Donowho act...