CBS Radio Launches New Podcast with Olivia Caridi

RADIO ONLINE | Tuesday, April 11, 2017

Olivia Caridi

CBS Radio launches a new podcast hosted by controversial reality star Olivia Caridi, a season 20 contestant on the ABC reality show "The Bachelor." On each 45-to-60-minute episode, Caridi will welcome actors, friends and fellow reality TV and Internet stars to talk about love, relationships and navigating the ups and downs of being single and dating. The podcast will become available each Tuesday on Play-it.

"Olivia's outspoken, honest and witty personality coupled with her background in journalism, make her the perfect podcast host," said CBS Radio Executive VP of Digital J.D. Crowley. "During each conversation, Olivia's own relatable yet quirky tales of dating and relationships engage guests to open up and even dish on the people, situations and trends driving today's pop culture scene."

Caridi added, "I've worked in broadcast media for a long time, and podcasting is the one thing I've never done, so I'm so excited to be launching Mouthing Off with so much support behind me. Obviously my mouth was a big deal on 'The Bachelor,' so I'm thrilled CBS Radio helped me to develop a show idea around it and was totally in tune with my vision. Now everyone gets to listen to my interviews with various celebrities and reality stars and hear me put my big mouth to good use."

Caridi attended Texas Christian University in Fort Worth and graduated Cum Laude with a degree in Journalism with a broadcast emphasis and a minor in English. During her college years, she was very involved in TCU's news operations. She served as the Director of TCU News Now, the university's weekly television program. She was also the Executive Editor of TCU360, the school's online digital news source. Caridi also interned at WFAA-TV Channel 8 in Dallas and at Fox Sports Southwest in Irving.

After graduating college in 2014, Caridi landed her first job as a general assignment reporter at WCYB/WEMT-TV in Bristol, VA. The station, which serves the Tri-Cities region, is the top-rated news source for both the NBC and FOX affiliates. In just two months, Caridi served as the weekend morning anchor position and then the main anchor of the weekend evening news at NBC, and then as the main anchor for FOX, and then returned to NBC. After 18 months, she landed on "The Bachelor."