Ben Higgins of The Bachelor: From Final Rose, Full Disclosure, and a Franchise in Freefall | Up+Adam

Up+Adam for March 30, 2026 Sponsored by PortabidetIf you've ever felt like there has to be more to the story, yours, someone else's, or the one playing out on your screen right now, this episode is for you. Adam sits down with Ben Higgins, the man America met on Season 20 of The Bachelor, and what unfolds is something far more interesting than a rose ceremony recap. Ben opens up about what vulnerability actually taught him on national television, how imposter syndrome doesn't care how famous you are, and why the moment fame stopped filling him up became one of the most important moments of his life.They get into Ben's podcast If You Can Hear Me, a show built on the belief that the secular and the sacred can sit in the same room and have an honest conversation, and what he has learned from guests walking through grief, loss, and the kind of pain that doesn't have a clean ending. Ben also pulls back the curtain on Generous Coffee Company, a business where every dollar of profit goes straight to social good, and why radical transparency is the only way a purpose-driven brand earns real trust.And then there is The Bachelor franchise. Ben was there when the show was about love. He watched it become about drama. And now, with Taylor Frankie Paul's Bachelorette season pulled just days before its premiere amid multiple domestic violence investigations, the conversation about what the franchise has become and what it cost is one Ben is uniquely positioned to have. This one goes there.Ben Higgins on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/higgins.benIf You Can Hear Me Podcast on iHeart: https://www.iheart.com/podcast/1119-if-you-can-hear-me-319562960Generous Coffee Company: https://www.generouscoffee.com*********PORTABIDET: UP+ADAM IS AN OFFICIAL SPOKESPERSON FOR PORTABIDET - USE THIS LINK FOR UP+ADAM LISTENERS TO LEARN MORE AND GET YOURS!*Timbre Event with Cal Poly EIM Students Info HEREListen to Up+Adam with Adam Montiel:Official Website: adammontiel.comApple Podcasts: Up+Adam on Apple PodcastsSpotify: Up+Adam on SpotifyiHeartRadio: Up+Adam on iHeartRadioYouTube Music: Up+Adam on YouTube Music********CHECK OUT OUR WOODS HUMANE PET OF THE WEEK!********ADAM’S TEDX VIDEO IS HERE!********FOLLOW ADAM ON INSTAGRAM*********Sincere Thanks to the current supporters of Up + Adam. Please take a moment and visit them and thank them for supporting local broadcasting, and valuing what we do here. Thank you for supporting them!Life ElementsCity of SLOWoodsHumaneSocietyTin City DistilleryOriginal Music by Dan Curcio and Moonshiner CollectiveMoonshiner on Spotify HEREPlease Rate, Review, and Subscribe to the podcast, and learn more at AdamMontiel.com©2026 Up+Adam with Adam Montiel / LoBro Studios, All Rights Reserved.