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Welcome to the OC, Bitches!

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Welcome to the OC, Bitches!

Kast Media | Rachel Bilson and Melinda Clarke

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Join the original OC bitches, friends and co-stars Rachel Bilson and Melinda Clarke, for a trip back to the early 2000s. Zip up your Juicy Couture tracksuits and grab a seat by the pool while they deliver the ultimate OC-rewatch podcast. Each week they'll take you back to a particular episode, share behind-the-scenes scoop, and interview guests who were part of the OC experience.
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Fear & Malding

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Fear & Malding

Kast Media | Hasan Piker & Will Neff

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On Fear & Malding Hasan Piker and Will Neff look at recent events from a left-leaning, satirical point of view. In an era where real life events transcend any comedic writing, Fear & Malding attempts to make sense of the senseless mania by looking at the material reasons behind actions, and offers historical perspective when necessary. Hasan and Will refuse to shy away from asking important questions like "Are democratic politicians intergalactic space vampires?", "Does Nancy Pelosi smell li ...
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Bunked

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Bunked

Dustin Knouse

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Bunked is a podcast written by and starring Dustin Knouse. It’s goal is to bring truth to popular myths that affect people’s day to day lives. Most fears we have developed in our society are based on half truths or even out and out lies. Dustin will take on popular memes, wise tales, and even information given by “professionals” bringing you nothing but the facts. BUT.... Don’t take his word for it. Research it yourself.
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We asked some of our guests from Season 4, what did The OC mean to them. Enjoy our final clip of the podcast. Thank you so much for listening and joining us on this journey! The end is not over for our OC gals, please support and subscribe to their new Patreon, https://www.patreon.com/byebitchesfor exclusive OC content and live events! In fact, Rac…
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Dynamic duo, Ryan Haley and Mike Gravagno, from The OC Disorder podcast have returned for the FINAL episode of the Welcome to the OC, Bitches podcast with Rachel Bilson and Melinda Clarke. They break down their favorite season four moments! Thank you to the OC Fans for going on this epic journey with us, we could not have done it without you. Thank…
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It’s Part 2 of The OC Series Finale, “The End's Not Near it’s Here." Rachel Bilson and Melinda Clarke are back to recap the series finale with The OC, creator, producer, and writer, Josh Schwartz. We wanted to thank our incredible team at Kast Media, Colin Thomson, Harris Lane, our producer Katie Curtright and editor, Parker Flores for helping us p…
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The end is near- Rachel Bilson and Melinda Clarke are recapping the last episode of The OC series. Today the ladies are joined by Ben McKenzie and Josh Schwartz for a special two-part episode of Season 4, Episode 16, “The End's Not Near, It’s Here.” The End’s Not Near, It’s Here Synopsis: Six months after the earthquake, everyone makes decisions th…
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We’ve heard your fan requests about keeping The OC content going and well, your wish is our command. We’ve decided to start our very own Patreon page!! ...And in addition to the Patreon page, Melinda "Mindy" Clarke and her daughter, CG Mirich will be launching their very own podcast, Bye, Bitches! Mindy and CG will rewatch and react to iconic Movie…
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Stephanie Savage joins Rachel Bilson and Melinda Clarke in the pool house to discuss Season 4, Episode 15, “The Night Moves” aka the infamous earthquake episode of The OC. We are counting down to the end of the series! The Night Moves Synopsis: In the aftermath of a major earthquake that cuts off power and communication between the Cohens and their…
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Autumn Reeser is back in the pool house with Rachel Bilson and Melinda Clarke to discuss Season 4, Episode 14, “The Shake-Up.” The Shake-Up Synopsis: Taylor prepares for her birthday celebration but frets over the fact Ryan has still not told her that he loves her. Even more concerning is that she applied to and has been accepted to Berkeley. Summe…
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Willa Holland joins the Welcome to the OC, Bitches podcast today! Willa discusses how she got on The OC, the advice Peter Gallagher gave her and some of her favorite Bullit moments. Then later, Melinda Clarke and Rachel Bilson break down season 4, Episode 13, “The Case of the Franks.” The Case of the Franks Synopsis: As Valentine’s Day approaches, …
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Gary Grubbs aka Mr. Gordon Bullit himself joins Rachel Bilson and Melinda Clarke to discuss his time on The OC. BANG! Gary discusses his OC audition, how he got his start in Hollywood and some of his fondest on-set memories of The OC. Then later, Rachel and Melinda break down Season 4, Episode 12 “The Groundhogs Day” with some of Gary’s input as we…
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Director Patrick Norris joins Rachel Bilson and Melinda Clarke in the pool house to discuss Season 4, Episode 11, “The Dream Lover.” Patrick directed this episode so he gives unique insight and details to the episode. They also discuss spirit animals, Adam Brody and Chris Pratt’s chemistry and Patrick also discusses The OC earthquake episode, The N…
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Editor Timothy Good joins Rachel Bilson and Melinda Clarke in the pool house today to discuss, Season 4, Episode 10. “The French Connection.” Timothy is currently editing on “The Last of Us’ and discusses some of the techniques he learned on The OC, that he is using today on the hit HBO series. Timothy also breaks down the scenes from an editing pe…
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This week, Rachel Bilson and Melinda Clarke are discussing Season 4, Episode 9, “My Two Dads.” Rachel and Melinda discuss being Team Sandy, Summer and Seth’s dysfunctional engagement storyline, and Kaitlin’s storyline with Chris Brown. Then later, they are joined by two super fans to answer questions about this episode and their overall experience …
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Norman Buckley is back for his last appearance on the podcast to discuss Season 4, Episode 8, “The Earth Girls Are Easy” with Rachel Bilson and Melinda Clarke. Norman noted that his first appearance on the podcast was S1, Episode 14 “The Countdown,” a New Years Eve episode and his last appearance on the podcast is today’s episode, which is also abo…
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It’s one of the craziest episodes in The OC history, Season 4, Episode 7, “The Chrismukk-huh?” Rachel Bilson and Melinda Clarke are joined today by not only the writers of the episode, JJ Philibin and John Stephens but drunk Santa himself, Craig Susser pops by as well. Spoiler alert, Craig actually played four different characters in “The Chrismukk…
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Michael Lange is back in the pool house with Rachel Bilson and Melinda Clarke to discuss, Season 4 Episode 6, "The Summer Bummer." This is Michael’s last episode of The OC, he directed and he gives some great insight and behind-the-scenes content from the episode, including a hilarious blooper with Pancakes, the bunny. Rachel also reveals her favor…
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Brandon Quinn joins Rachel Bilson and Melinda Clarke to discuss Season 4, Episode 5 “The Sleeping Beauty.” Brandon discusses what iconic TV show made him want to be an actor, and tells a very hilarious story about how he got the role of Spencer Bullit on The OC. The trio also discuss their love for bunny rabbits, and Gary Grubbs aka Gordon Bullit! …
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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 Metamo…
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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 ver…
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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…
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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 …
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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 an…
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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. …
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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 t…
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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 t…
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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. The…
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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…
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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 compariso…
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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 s…
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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 be…
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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. Sh…
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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 sc…
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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…
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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 J…
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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 Ry…
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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 …
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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 podc…
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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 e…
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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 …
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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 …
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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 a…
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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…
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Rachel Bilson and Melinda Clarke are joined by the original OC Production Designer, Thomas Fichter remotely today as they discuss, Season 3, Episode 11 “The Safe Harbor” aka Free Marissa! Thomas discusses what a Production Designer job entails and some of his favorite set builds on The O.C., including the Cohen house and the Bait Shop. He also disc…
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Rachel Bilson and Melinda Clarke are joined today by OC superfan and podcaster, Ryan Drake from the Keeping up with the Cohens to discuss S3 Epi 10 The Chrismukkah Bar Mitz-vahkkah. The trio breakdown Johnny’s surgery and question the costs, Ryan also has some questions for Josh Schwartz regarding the Season 1, “Countdown” episode, that Josh answer…
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Audrina Patridge drops by the pool house today to discuss with Rachel Bilson and Melinda Clarke her new book, “Choices”, becoming a podcaster, Misha Barton’s time on The Hills, and how Laguna Beach and The Hills resonated with The O.C. Later, Rachel and Melinda break down S3, Episode 9, “The Disconnect.” The ladies discuss SAT scores and tubas. The…
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Tate Donovan is back in the pool house! This time to discuss his directorial debut on The O.C, Season 3, Episode 8, “The Game Plan.” Tate discusses what it's like to move from being an actor to a director, and how directing has made him fall in love with the acting process again. He also gives some great behind-the-scenes scoop from directing this …
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Rachel Bilson and Melinda Clarke are joined by superfan and YouTube influencer, Dylan Matthew aka Dylan is in Trouble. Dylan discusses his love for The OC and his love for Cam Gigadent which is echoed by Rachel and Melinda. We also learn that Cam’s character Kevin Volchok was actually named after a friend of Adam Brody and Josh Schwartz’s. They als…
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It’s just Rachel Bilson and Melinda Clarke in the pool house today as the breakdown of Season 3, Episode 6, “The Swells.” Later Taylor Lord, creator of the website, https://www.everythingtheoc.com/ , and Shari Weiss from Teen Drama Whore, https://teendramawhore.substack.com/ join the ladies live to ask some burning fan questions! The Swells Synopsi…
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Eric Mabius aka the infamous Dean Hess joins Rachel Bilson and Melinda Clarke in the clubhouse to discuss Season 3, Episode 5, “The Perfect Storm.” Eric talks about how his dad got him into acting and speaking of dads, OC Alum, Alan Dale plays Eric’s dad in “Ugly Betty.” Eric and Melinda also discuss how they both have a connection to the Olympic L…
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Kayla Ewell aka “Casey” from Newport Union joins Rachel Bilson and Melinda Clarke in the pool house to discuss, S3 Episode 4, “The Last Waltz” The trio talks about LA traffic, motherhood, and being podcasters, Kayla has her own podcast, “Directionally Challenged”- check it out! Hear about how Kayla got the role of Casey, what other character she au…
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Rachel Bilson and Melinda Clarke are joined by Script Supervisor turned Director, Kellie Cyrus. Kellie worked as a Script Supervisor on The OC from the beginning and is now directing iconic tv shows like "You", "Vampire Diaries", and "The Flash." The trio will be discussing S3 Ep 3, “The End of Innocence.” In addition to breaking down the episode, …
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