We're back before Paradise with some special episodes!! You loved our Season 1 recap of the Secret Lives of Mormon Wives, so all summer, we're gonna give you a recap, two episodes at a time.

Here are some of the videos and channels Sammi mentioned during the episode, for people who like deep dives into Mormonism and Christian fundamentalism: 

 * Fundie Fridays [https://www.youtube.com/@FundieFridays] - honestly the best channel on YouTube
 * How Mormon Doctrine Created Crumbl Cookie [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x2tOMSZWWoU] - Sammi's just started watching more Alyssa Grenfell and the videos are great, all from an ex-Mo perspective 
 * Jordon and McKay [https://www.youtube.com/@JordanandMcKay]- also ex-Mormon with fantastic videos 
 * We also talked about Free Jinger, a forum that covers many figures in Christian fundamentalism 

Rose Plate Special: Secret Lives of Mormon Wives, Season 2, Episodes 1-2

Nights like this don't come around too often! We are locked in and ready to talk about the Bachelor finale. How did we feel about Litia's parting words? What's our take on the upcoming Bachelor in Paradise season? Tune in to find out!



Some resources from the video: The Vulture article [https://www.vulture.com/article/the-bachelor-finale-recap-season-29.html], attachment styles video [https://www.tiktok.com/@ecktok_13/video/7485773383909575982], and Grant's guilty counts [https://www.tiktok.com/@eatsleeprealitytv/video/7486386218452782379]. Enjoy! 

Rose Plate Special: Bachelor Grant, Finale

Listen, this episode is more unhinged than normal. Sammi's got a cold and just finished speaking for four hours straight, only to come to this jam-packed episode. We've got The Women Tell All, the Fantasy Suites, and a very delayed JILLY BOX! You won't want to miss Sammi's coughing fit as Steve throws her for an absolute loop when suggesting what nail designs she should get next. 

Rose Plate Special: Bachelor Grant, Weeks 7-8

We're in hometowns already, and there were some clear standouts, and one...not so much. We take a lot of off-ramps on this episode, including warning our audience against accidentally falling into alt-right pipelines, how Sammi was right about Hannah Berner (VINDICATION), and teasing a fturue store review! 

For those following along at home, the Jilly Boxes are still delayed in transit. Sniff. 

Here's an article on Grant's music [https://www.thethings.com/the-bachelors-grant-ellis-music/]. Also here's the take on Hannah [https://www.tiktok.com/@emmaaaaoh/video/7477760513267535147] that Sammi was talking about on the episode. 

Rose Plate Special: Bachelor Grant,  Week 6

We're in Scotland! Adn the outlook is perhaps dreich (am I using that right?). The women are focused on their enemy of the last two weeks, Carolina, but we think she's 100% in the right. Controversial opinion? Maybe!! But at least she isn't promoting her music career. 

Check out the video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WPujIV2irvs 

Rose Plate Special: Bachelor Grant, Week 5

This week, we get confirmation from Sammi's mom about all of her wild stories, plus we talk about this week's episode, I guess. It was a frustrating watch for both of us, mainly because we can't figure out what the drama is about, exactly. Carolina being honest? We just need a villain, huh?

Anyway, go follow us on Bluesky [https://bsky.app/profile/popculturediner.com] so we have more than 3 followers, k love you byeee

Rose Plate Special: Bachelor Grant - Week 4 

Is there drama in the house, or is everyone just tired and dealing with GI issues? Someone will have to write a tell-all like Courtney for us to know for sure, but what we DO know is that for these women, emotions are running high. 

We talk about kid logic, appendectomies, Daytrader, and you know, whatever else we want, like normal. Stick around until the end for our take on Tyler Cameron's latest kerfuffle.

And while the Internet Archive still exists, you can learn more about Day Trader Here [https://archive.org/details/wst-2001.7z].

Check out this great TikTok for solid detective work [https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZT2SC9EBP/] on the Rose / Carolina situation. 

Rose Plate Special: Bachelor Grant, Week 3 

Are they crisis bangs or just cute bangs? You'll have to watch our video to know for sure! On this episode, we talk about the one-sided beef between Allie Jo and Zoe, the continued domination of Chloie and Zoe, and how Grant is maybe the best singer so far in Bachelor Nation!

Rose Plate Special: Bachelor Grant, Week 2

We are SO back! This may be the very first season with all unique first names, no last initial required, and we are loving it! In this episode, we talk about Insomnia Cookies, our ongoing beef with Illinois, body glitter, and the Jane Goodall of hot girls. 

Here's an old Jane Goodall of Hot Girls article [https://variety.com/2023/shopping/news/esther-povitsky-la-hot-girl-gift-guide-1235827466/], and the Tell the Bees take [https://www.tiktok.com/@tellthebeees/video/7465145789774417195?lang=en] on the Matt & Rachael breakup. (Also, to be fair, we hadn't watched that ANNOYING fry video, but also, let's not act like an immature man is the Antichrist). 

Our favorites so far? Gotta be Chloie and Zoe. And, of course, Parisa for channelling Sammi's love of PowerPoints. 

Rose Plate Special: Bachelor Grant, Week 1

Before we hit the next season of The Bachelor, we give you one more bonus episode: Season 1 of the Secret Lives of Mormon Wives.

First off, for more great LDS commentary, check out Jordan and McKay [https://www.youtube.com/c/jordanandmckay], the best in the game.

In this episode, we talk about the season, Nickelodeon, weird Wisconsin stuff, our desire to try Swig, and more. Are we team Whitney or team Taylor? You probably already know, but you won't know for sure unless you listen!

If you want to see us do more bonus episodes on other topics (books, TV shows, movies), let us know in the comments of wherever you're seeing this or email us at popculturediner@gmail.com. We're here for you and we'll see you next week!

Rose Plate Special: The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives, Season 1

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