Pop Culture Diner

Rose Plate Special: The Zachelor, Week 6 Loyal listeners, oh my gosh! I'm so sorry this got to you so late. But guess what? The next episode will be coming out in a flash, so let's pretend you are binge listening. This season is so boring, but we are trying our darndest to include interesting tidbits along the way. All we can say from this week is Justice for Jess and all the women deserve better,...

Rose Plate Special: The Zachelor, Week 5 We'll level with you. If Sammi wasn't hurtling toward Spring Break with more work than she has time to do, she probably would have edited in the beginning and end theme songs. But that's not reality, so here we are. You probably like it more anyways, right? That lo-fi quality has a certain charm, doesn't it? Anyway, enjoy our episode, complete with some sid...

Rose Plate Special: The Zachelor, Week 4 Sammi & Steve are on opposite sides of a debate...at first. Who is Team Anastasia and who is team Kylee? That's...that's all we got.

Rose Plate Special: The Zachelor, Week 3 We're both busy, so here are some quick notes: Christina doesn't really seem like a villain. Brianna will be on Paradise for sure. Genevie is so badass. Kaity went on the best date ever. Zach may be a cyborg. The end.

Rose Plate Special: The Zachelor, Week 2 Bear with us, dear listeners, as we get everyone's name right. At least we know we REALLY like Gabi, and we miss Cat and Madison already. It's gonna be a long season and we need all the bright spots we can get. Tune in next week to see if the villain edit is compelling or not, and whether Zach will get fed something else by Gabi (golly, I hope so).

Rose Plate Special: The Zachelor, Week 1 We're back! No Jilly Box sponsorship yet, but we persevere. Week 1 with a scandal already is kind of the fastest we've ever moved on something like that, right? You can really tell we were just happy to be back as we bounce around the episode. We promise, we've been doing this for long enough. It'll take shape again. Just let us brush the dust off. Sammi ap...

Rose Plate Special: Bachelor in Paradise Season 8, Week 9 (Finale) It wasn't until after recording that I realized we didn't talk about all of the things missing from this reunion. Like, nothing from Jessenia? Nothing from Ency? What's going on with Flo? We didn't even hear from the other Australian! All this time for content and you left so much out, how? BTW, Aaron's "my truth" Instagram story w...

Rose Plate Special: Bachelor in Paradise Season 8, Week 8 How has so much and so little happened on the beach by this point? We don't know, but one thing we do know - there was nothing explicitly '90s about that Sadie Hawkins dance. We talk about Week 8, a few rumors out in Bachelor nation, and Connor's thirsty end-of-days tweets.

Rose Plate Special: Bachelor in Paradise Season 8, Week 7 Well, we finally learn what all the crying was about. Lots of talk this episode about Rodney being the perfect Bachelor pick, Sammi empathizes with Eliza, and Logan continues to skate through weeks garnering interest. Who will he entice next?

Rose Plate Special: Bachelor in Paradise Season 8, Week 6 Another week on the beach, another shakeup. While there was barely any drama with just one man going home, there was more than enough with the Eliza/Justin/Rodney love triangle, plus the conflict between Genevieve and Aaron (surprisingly, we didn't get much with Alex like we thought. More to come?). Anyway, the sound is a lot better on this...

Rose Plate Special: Bachelor in Paradise Season 8, Week 5 Apologies for the lateness on this episode, loyal listeners. Once again, we ran into some really weird technological stuff. Stay with us and you'll get to hear Sammi's really spicy take on white people doing Ayahuasca. Enjoy!

Rose Plate Special: Bachelor in Paradise Season 8, Week 4 I guess life IS a beach, after all - that is, if you're one of the "solid couples" about to go their separate ways on the Bachelor in Paradise beach. We hope that next week, the women have more fun. We just want to see them all have more fun in general, but ESPECIALLY next week. Pay extra special attention around the 20-minute mark, where S...

Rose Plate Special: Bachelor in Paradise Season 8, Week 3 Wow, what a chaotic week, and we don't even mean in just our own lives, either! Was this the shortest stint anyone's had on The Bachelor...twice? Maybe. We see Salley's suitcase, we see Salley arrive, and then we see Salley leave. We really wished she had stayed around to share all the dirt, but alas. Perhaps that is another story for anoth...

Rose Plate Special: Bachelor in Paradise Season 8, Week 2 On this week's episode, we find out that Sammi missed half of this....week's episode, but not to worry - Steve filled in perfectly! The best thing Romeo is doing right now is self-owning on Twitter. We are definitely team Jill! We are also team anyone but Victoria.

Rose Plate Special: Bachelor in Paradise Season 8, Week 1 We're back, twice in one week! Did you miss us? As Sammi anxiously awaits Aaron's arrival on the beach, it's time to check out the other contestants and what they bring to the table. First up for most unlikely love triangle, we have Romeo, our data scientist, at the center. I guess he doesn't know the equation for a perfect match...yet. The...

Rose Plate Special: Bachelorettes Gabby and Rachel – 2-Part Finale If I had one nice thing to say about this season, it would be that I'm happy Gabby & Rachel are still so close. I really like their friendship and I didn't want to see a show like this tear them apart. If I said more nice things about this season, I would speak highly of guys like Nate on the show. Am I excited about the next B...

Rose Plate Special: Bachelorettes Gabby and Rachel – Episode 8 (Weeks 8 & 9) If you're seeing this first, we want you to know something important - there is a video for the first time ever! You can check it out on YouTube . Boy, did we have a lot of catching up to do. This week we cover both Weeks 8 & 9 on Gabby & Rachel's Bachelorette journey. We talk about the fantasy suites, the men...

Rose Plate Special: Bachelorettes Gabby and Rachel – Episode 7 We made it to hometowns, and boy, was it a whirlwind. Even though it seemed like a good idea to have two bachelorettes, the fact that they get so little on-screen time as a result with each man is turning out to be kind of lousy. Our general consensus - most of the families are amazing, but let's save the grilling for some burgers.

Rose Plate Special: Bachelorettes Gabby and Rachel – Episode 6 We're already at the episode before hometowns! 20 minutes in, Sammi wanted to boycott the entire episode, take her ball, and go home. But we persevere. You tell us - is the surprise twist with Logan legit or not? We dive into it all this week.

Rose Plate Special: Bachelorettes Gabby and Rachel – Episode 5 Waffles, chocolates, and fish slaps, oh my! We're in Bruges and it's a lot more of the same for Rachel and Gabby - Gabby is having a grand old time, and Rachel is having a bummer time. Will fortune smile on both of them? Or will the hands of fate turn against Gabby? We'll have to tune in next episode to see. But I think we can all agre...

Rose Plate Special: Bachelorettes Gabby and Rachel – Episode 4 Everyone's in Paris, the only city where saying "If you can't find love" here makes the most sense. We have some strong frontrunners for Gabby, but what's going on with Rachel's side? Who are these milquetoast bro losers? Luckily, we have Tino leading the pack, and a couple other good eggs, but geez louise. Tune in next week to see ano...

Rose Plate Special: Bachelorettes Gabby and Rachel – Episodes 2 & 3 By the time you see this, we'll be about an hour away from recording week 4 - oh, what a couple weeks it's been! We are truly seeing history in the making, a very interesting season, but these men, I mean...some of them bring something to the table, but the others? We are solidly in Team Meatball and Team Nate territory at thi...

Rose Plate Special: Bachelorettes Gabby and Rachel – Episode 1 One of the best parts of a new season is getting to see the Bachelor or Bachelorette's actual personality, and in this case (unlike Clayton), we actually get to SEE personalities! We have more contestants than ever, not a ton of standouts from the beginning, but we'll see where the season takes us. We also open the episode with some li...

Bachelor Nation - A Very Special Episode Our little rose plate specialists! We miss you so very much! To let you know we haven't gone anywhere, and in fact, we'll be back as soon as Daddy Bachelor calls us to the mothership, we're going to do a few "Very Special Episodes" about Bachelor or Bachelor-adjacent topics. Tune into this episode if you'd like to hear Sammi talk about a book, but really ju...

Rose Plate Special: Bachelor Clayton Echard – Episode 10 What a long, strange trip it's been, with the Bachelor we didn't necessarily want and the host we didn't necessarily need. I'm not sure what it'll take to get the show to understand that we don't care about things looking the same every season. We WANT people who are interesting, and messy, and not the prototypical "Bachelor"-type. Rodney wo...