RHAP: We Know Survivor - Survivor 47 Draft

Episode Date: September 17, 2024

Get ready for the Survivor 47 pre-season draft! The Rob Has a Podcast crew is back again for another heated battle with bragging rights on the line. With microphones at the ready and Survivor expertise in abundance, the podcasters set out to select their champions from a fresh batch of castaways! Rob Cesternino, Chappell, Liana Boraas, Pooya, Shannon Guss and Taran Armstrong are back to draft their favorite castaways from Survivor 47.

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to speak to an advisor free of charge. BetMGM operates pursuant to an operating agreement with iGaming Ontario. Hey everybody, what's going on? Rob Sestranino back here with the Survivor 47 preseason draft. It's a huge night. So much anticipation as we will draft the 18 players participating in Survivor 47. As now we are but 48 hours away from the premiere of survivor 47 and of course

you are in the right place for all things survivor as we will kick off our coverage live after the episode what is it two hours on wednesday night and we're looking at a two-hour premiere so we will be live right after the episode. Omar Zaheer and I will recap it all coming up on Wednesday night. Make sure you check it all out by going to our URL, weknowsurvivor.com.

Check that out, okay? All right. Let's welcome in the drafters. We're here with a team of Survivor experts to talk about who will get taken in this Survivor 47 draft. Of course, last season, I was the winner of the Survivor 47 draft and will be the leader of the festivities here tonight. But more on that to come let's welcome in the panel that needs no introduction but i'll give a short one for each of course uh that uh listen i'll be i'll control the comments on the screen okay all right that

was weird yeah all right taking a break from talking about uh Brother, of course, is Taron Armstrong. I'm doing great. Listen, you know, as the unofficial winner of the draft last season. Very unofficial. Having chosen the winner of the season, you know, I'm feeling good about this. And also the

grenade. You know, can you say I chose the grenade given that there were one of two options left at that point? I don't know. It's debatable. No, not fair.

You picked Jelinski. Was Jelinski the 18th pick? No. There were two picks left and I had met Jelinski in person. I felt really bad to not pick him. I was like, I'm not going to let him gaslight us. He had a choice.

Also, back with us once again, Puyi Zabikili. Puyi, how are you? I am great. I'm excited. This is one of my favorite sporting events of the year. It's when we all throw down in this arena known as the draft. And it's going to be a fun time. I already know it. Yep. It should be a great night. Of course, a woman that I spoke with earlier today for me,

it was yesterday for her, about the big news about Australian Survivor versus the world, our chief international Survivor correspondent, Shannon Goss. Yes, Rob, thank you. I'm already a winner. You know, it's a really Tony and poverty on Australian Survivor. That's my win because I don't think this one is coming. So that's the win I'm taking within these couple of days. But, you know, I'm excited to see if, you know, something changes. Who knows what that will be?

Hoping, praying, wishing. That's all I got. Do you want to draft a u.s survivor versus the world or australian survivor versus the world tonight these players and we all get one sure no one could lose in that yeah i'll take anyone i don't know who to go uh earlier tonight i just got done podcasting uh with this man over on the slop it's chappelle yeah let's be very clear i'm picking shiny okay just just i'll take three i'll take her beam okay all right now that that's out the way i'm i'm happy to be here rob i love the draft it's so much fun talking to this panel um you know give or take one person who may or may

not be listening to this very intently but yeah i love it here and i'm very excited to try try again to choose the winner it's been a while it's been a minute okay and then of course back here from science uh that she is as a uh new preview up of survivor 47 in our survivor podcast feed it's leona boris thank. I'm doing amazing. I did get the opportunity to talk with Mike Bloom on the B&B. We had some laughs. We talked about stabbing. It was so fun. I highly recommend you check it out. Yeah, you have to listen to the B&B.

You'll find out. Oh, my God. Okay. That's the tease. Yeah, exactly. But look, the preseason would not be complete without this draft. Very happy to be here. Okay.

All right. So very excited to be here live on Monday night. The chat is chatting. So looking forward to a very fun, interactive night. The way things are going to work, we're going to draft all 18 of the Survivor 40 several players. Each person is going to end up with three players on their team. The rule, the win condition, draft the winner.

There's only one wrinkle. Don't draft the first person to be voted out from the show. First person eliminated from the show, I'm sure there will be several, and by that I mean at least seven, debates about what that entails. Hopefully we have that after now. This is, I believe, our severalth draft that we have ever done. I think we should understand the rules by now. The winner, the official winner of last season's draft was me.

And I will get to by, and I don't know if I got a cameo. Did anybody remember to get me a cameo? Rob, wait, wait. Before we go any further, Sam, drop a beat. Drop that beat. Get in here. Spin that shit. Oh, a surprise for me.

Ah, Jimmy Mug. Hey, Rob. Charlie here. Congratulations on your draft victory in the 1946. Rob has a podcast about the draft. You've set a high bar for yourself, one for one. Everyone should be thanking you that you didn't participate all these years. But let's talk about that high bar. Do you really need one? Let's go through the competition. We've got Taryn. Have you thought about what your excuse will be this year if you lose and they publish the pet peeves? Because if that's gone, what's left? Chappelle,

you pulled off a miracle one year. But let's not forget, you're still the king of drafting grenades, so try not to do that this year. And Shannon, are we still going to be talking about average draft placement or are you finally going to be the seventh person to win a six person draft tell you what i will even send you some extra te voodoo since i am drinking out of the chissy mug as is so i do owe you for that but everyone good luck rob try to go easy on him this year. Maybe easy is all you need, though. Good luck, everybody. Can't wait to watch the draft.

Now, hold on. Hold on. No, but... Hold on. I figured that you'd be mine for free. Hold on. No, Liana, where was Pouya's roast? I'm perfect.

Yeah? You're perfect. Yeah. Yeah. All right. Well, also where's the cameo from the winner of the season? The winner? No, the first.

The winner of the draft. Are we disrespecting Kenzie like this? You disrespect him. You did by picking Jolinski. That's what happened. Let me just thank Charlie. Did you give him Jolinski? Thanks Charlie for taking the time to make that.

Also, congratulations to Charlie, a podcaster himself, one of the new co-hosts of the On Fire podcast. I was thinking of this earlier tonight. Should the rule be can you get your grenade undone officially if they become if you draft the new host of On Fire? It's only the rules, rules rob and you're the one trying to change it yeah okay immunity that's an interesting podcast strategy who would be most likely to podcast very very difficult on this season where it feels like they cast a season to get an on fire co-host with all the broadcasters that they have so it's interesting maybe for the future okay well don't don't don't mess with the rules rob all right seven seasons in come on now of course uh

this is a beloved tradition here in uh the podcaster draft the winner going back to all of the big brother drafts that we've done uh with uh taryn and the big Brother podcasters over the years of getting to, the winner getting to pick the draft order the following season. Wait, I also have something. I'm going to let you finish. But Sam, I also have something. Wait.

I have just for your consideration, for your consideration, before you decide the draft order. You're going to play an idol? Please don't let it be a PowerPoint presentation, powerpoint presentation please an excel sheet oh my god this is a podcast so let me explain what's going on shannon has shared a document that says why i should get asia on my draft team for survivor 47 okay well Okay, well, I was going to, if I could have finished, I was going to

potentially open up the door for why people should have. Okay, great. Shannon has jumped the gun and gotten there. So she has shared this PowerPoint document of why I should get Asia

on my draft team for Survivor 47. Okay. A presentation by Shannon Guss. And the reason is? There's many. One, everyone will have to root for my team, which will be funny. That will be funny. Subpoint, Chappelle would have to root for my team over even his own. Imagine how that will

destroy him. Point two, if I win the draft with Asia, her Survivor win would far overshadow my first draft win, which people, I feel, would enjoy. Point three three if she loses which you probably won't but in case in the small chance she gets royally screwed over by something and it's not her fault we can all blame me it's okay i will take one for the team that because i drafted her is why she lost it could never be on asia point number four she said she

didn't want me to draft her rob you want you get to choose you show her who's what i don't want shannon to drop it you decide and point number five i cared enough to make a powerpoint did anyone else care enough to do that thank you for your time okay that's it all right shannon path uh and uh has made a very convincing power presentation. Did you like it? Yeah. Now, I'm coming in. This is a live tribal council, okay? Okay.

My mind is not made up about this. Well, then, how could it not be? What did you just witness? Five excellent points. Yes. Well, I feel like I've got a good point to make. What is it, Taryn? I think we're all fans of Asia.

We all want Asia to win. Now, I'm no mathematician, but statistically, the winner is more likely to be on my team than anybody else's. I have picked more winners than everyone else here. So if you want Asia to win, you probably want her to be on my team. You know, I don't need you to beat Asia for Asia to win. Asia will win because Asia is great. She doesn't need your, if anything,

I think she could get through the curse of me. That's how much I believe in her. Shannon, if she loses, you're going to think about this. You're going to think about what if she just needed that little bit on Taryn's team. She's good enough to get past the curse. Yes, I want to hear what Pooja has to say. Okay, so the two people that are in the

screens underneath me, they've already been chosen by the chosen one. They don't even need to make an argument. They've been told this is who I want. I'll make the last case here. As the only person who has drafted the winner with the number one pick overall,

you give me the number one pick, I'm most likely to pick the winner with that pick. Okay. And the crowd goes mild. Damn. Where's the PowerPoints? I didn't have ten minutes to do three slides, Shannon.

Allow me. Well, it had lots of different animations. This is tough. I was not expecting to have to. I mean, you don't want Asia to lose, right? I certainly don't want Asia to lose. Yeah. Okay.

All right. So I've heard some convincing arguments. I can't believe you guys think that we can influence whether Asia is going to win or lose. She's going to win. It actually doesn't matter which of us pick her. Listen, I just want to do my duty as her friend and do everything in my power. You know?

You didn't even wear red to the draft, Taryn. You're not even supporting the right colors. What is this? Yeah. You think I know what the tribe colors are? I think we should respect Asia's wishes. I think the pal or I should get it. No.

Yeah, but that was past Asia. Can I just say, if she wanted to influence the draft, she shouldn't have ditched the draft to go play Survival. Yeah. No, no. No, y'all all said draft spark. I think Liana's right. I think that you should respect the wishes of our survivor legend, Asia.

So, you know, whatever. Okay. If you want to disrespect Asia, that's on you. Well, Rob, to back their point, if you don't do that for Asia, she might ditch us and go to the on-fire next season. We don't want that. We want to keep Asia. Totally will anyway.

Yeah, we want Asia here. And that's a special draft requirement, though. That would be kind of fun. Okay, boy. It would be upsetting. Do you think they they're dropped on on fire though so she could still draft with us i feel like we've really reached an impasse here and i have five of my beloved podcasters uh here with us uh you know taryn uh came to us was uh just just a young lad uh before he i've watched him grow and become uh the most respected name in all of big brother and win many drafts win

many drafts puya the nipple king uh that his uh his dedication is unquestioned, the king of traitors. Shannon, from just being a lowly intern, you know, helping out Nick Iadanza with some podcasting on the side, has become the face of international Survivor and chapelle i mean uh all all of the accolades has really uh in the last uh four years has come out and just says like lightning in a bottle on any podcast you ever throw him in and of course liana made made an honest man out of pooh yeah of course a real one from science uh a real one uh a person who of course has brought uh so much joy to listeners over the years between the bnb and the drag race for hop up and uh and so on and so forth this is like asking me to pick my favorite child. That was so sweet. And who is that person? Rob, you're giving it to yourself, Rob.

You're picking first. You literally just said the last four years have been the best four years of your life and you don't know what you were doing before me. So, I mean, pick it between your favorite kids. Stop it. Listen, this isn't about us. It's about Asia.

You're right. No, it's about us. It's about Asia's favorite child. Karen is right. It's very much about us. Karen's right. This is about Asia. And i am only in this draft but for the reason that asia went out on survivor so if anything there is no better representation I am basically drafting for Asia, thus must take her spot in the draft and be number one.

Bill, Bill, Bill. I hear you. But wouldn't it be a conflict of interest if you, Asia, picked Asia for the draft? No. I don't think so. I don't think so. I don't think so. It sounds like insider trading. Potentially.

But I feel like that Asia, as she was going to forge her own path, I think that it would only be fitting to have the person who's filling in for her in her draft spot. Counterpoint. Counterpoint. She knew you would be doing this

and she still said Chappelle or Liana. Asia knows best. She didn't know who was winning the draft when she said that. But she knew Rob would be drafting in her place, Pouya. That's what I'm saying. Correct. So please respect my wishes. I will give myself the first pick.

No! No! You choosing your favorite kids and you are not my favorite. I give myself the first pick. No. No. No. No. No. No. You were choosing your favorite kids and you are not my favorite parent. Is there anybody that supports what I have done? No.

No. I support it. I support it. Taran's support? Pouya's support? Wait, wait. Was the nice thing you said about us all just the buildup to doing that?

Or did you mean what you said? I meant what I said. This is the Ainsley curse. Rob, I would follow you off a cliff. You deserve this pick. Okay. Alright. Also, second point. Asia didn't have a work thing. That was all a ruse. That was work. Wait, what? It was just a

business trip, y'all. We have actual work to do. Okay. What just happened? Alright. I think we have our draft order. Okay. So Rob won. I'll take last.

I'll take last. You can pick four. It's so much more fun for the listeners when Shannon drafts this. Sorry, Shannon. I tried. And I'm a content creator. I got a load of points about why it would be good content for me to get Asia.

You did not have that PowerPoint ready, Shannon. Wait, I saw the PowerPoint of why it should be last picks. Yeah, start the PowerPoint. It's wild to me that you would want Asia to go fifth in this draft. That's what I'm trying to understand. Why would you make her fall to fifth when I could have just gone first?

Fifth. So without further ado... So am I a least favorite child? Is that how you ordered it? I mean... Listen, I can't... Look, you can't ask a parent to pick a favorite child, okay?

Even though he just did. He picked Aaron. Y'all suck. He picked himself. It was weird. You can't love yourself. It's not Luanna's fault that we

read the situation quicker than you guys did. Okay? Definitely. Y'all picked up on it quick. Let's jump in. We got a lot to get to here tonight. It should be no surprise with the first pick, I am going to choose Asia with the first pick, I am going to choose

Asia with the first pick in the draft. Asia, of course. Listen, can we pinch ourselves here for a minute? I mean, I don't believe it. A person who's supposed to be on this podcast, drafting

with us, is on the show. And I don't even get to be on this podcast drafting with us is on the show. And I don't even get to be on a team. It's surreal. It's surreal. It's incredible. If she wins, as Shannon pointed out, I take no credit. This is her win. If she loses, blame me.

Honestly, Rob, this is so dope. I think that Asia getting a chance to follow in the footsteps of somebody who she probably considers a mentor and a boss and a friend. This is just such a full circle moment. You know, you were a super fan who went on the show

and now you have a super fan who's going on the show, basically due to a lot, largely due to your contribution. So I think that it's fitting that you have Asia. You definitely should have respected her wishes,

but I do think this is an incredible moment. Yeah, listen, this was don't be humble asia you know uh it's incredible uh that she did this uh frankly like i thought that uh her her being a podcaster might have only heard her chances to be on the show uh they still said, we want her. And here she is, a triple threat, certainly somebody who can, knows the show, somebody with an incredible social game, somebody who really, didn't put in a lot of work in the gym to be somebody who is a physical player also. So I think the only real issue I see here is, is she one of these people in the new era that we see that says, well, that person's got to go.

That person is a big threat to win. And so how does she decrease her threat level when the time comes for people to start looking at the threats yeah asia's a great pick that's what's upsetting about it it's not just the extreme bias like she's actually a great pick when she told mike that i shouldn't draft her then when the interview came out she very kindly messaged me like hey shannon just letting you know i think you're amazing and i thought it's that social game that makes you want to go against your wishes and draft you. Asia's so nice. Yeah. So level-headed easily would do the best on Survivor.

I think of the five of us, Rob's already done very well. So I'm leaving him out of that. Liana actually also would do very well, but other than that, I think Asia will be great on Survivor. I think she's a really, really great first pick. And I'm so jealous and also sad. The reality is if I had seen all the cast and I genuinely didn't think Asia would have a shot or a really good shot, I wouldn't even consider picking her first. I was considering picking her first regardless.

Like she definitely I feel like just knowing how driven she is, having been there from when she got her start on the, on the pods, like she, if she wants to accomplish something, she goes ahead and does it. Just hearing about how the, the regimen she's put together to get ready for this, knowing how sociable she is. When you go to one of these live events, we all go, Asia's the one that has photos with every single one of us, has talked to every single one of us and has caught up with every single one of us. We all can't say the same. I've been to events and I'm like, oh, yeah, we were both there, but we didn't talk. Asia will make sure she gets FaceTime with everybody. And I can only see that translating to good things for her on that island. I think this cast is full of people who are social threats and Asia is no exception to that. threats and Asia is no exception to that. What I think sets her apart, at least from listening to all the interviews was a quote, which I absolutely love from her, which is a day without laughter is a day wasted. And I think that that take on just enjoyment, like trying to enjoy the experience,

be happy, laugh. I think that that is really going to help to set her apart from a lot of the other social threats that are here. The number one outcome for this is for Asia to go out there, win this thing, and then reclaim her spot in the draft as the winner of the draft. What a gag. She won the 45 draft

and then immediately went out to play. And then if she wins Survivor right after that, we can't talk smack anymore. She won. What can you say at that point? She's going to be a terrible drafter. Yeah. Maybe she was new in the last season or two. Asia was one of our drafters.

I didn't draft. She was going to go be a part of Survivor. She thought it was a good idea to not be on the draft last season. I stepped in and took her place. And then when Asia comes back, she will retake her place amongst the drafters. And I will go back to not drafting. So if she could do that as the winner of the season,

all of the better for her. And for me, I would imagine a two-time winner of the draft and then just drop the mic and leave. Oh my God. All right. I need you to throw. That would be that's such big energy because you're going to still be on the on the draft podcast as the moderator.

So to do that, to come in, do it twice, win both and then be like, all right, dummies, talk all your smack. I don't care. I've done this. Nice. We could we could listen to Rob or we could listen to a Survivor winner and listen to Asia. I'm just saying. Oh, Asia takes over Rob's spot. Rob becomes

the draft pick. We can cross that bridge when we get there. Okay. Number two. Now, this is where... Can I really quickly? Man, Asia, I know you probably listen to this, but you know I'm so proud number two. Now this is where Can I really quickly? Yes. Can I?

Man, Asia, I know you probably listen to this, but you know I'm so proud of you, man. I'm so happy that you get to live your dream. This is so cool.

All this stuff, the jokes aside, we all hope and wish for the best of you. If you don't win it, whatever, you still won in our hearts. I know people hate to say that,

but we were going to root for you anyway. Everybody made such good points, but I don't think this could have happened to a better person. I'm so proud. Yes. Okay. Beautiful. Everybody made such good points, but I don't think this could have happened to a better person. I'm so proud. Yes.

Okay. Beautiful. All right. All right, Taryn. The intrigue begins. Number two goes to you. Now the draft starts, Taryn. The draft begins at two tonight.

It's been a while since I've had a choice here. You have been in the coveted fifth pick. I'm used to listening to you guys talk about people and then read up on some bios. Here's the thing. Age is actually not the only person I know on this cast. There you go, Taryn. All right. Let's talk about it. Yes.

Man, there's actually, you know, no is maybe a strong term, but there's one person I've met, and that is, of course, Baby Andy. Okay. Who was in New York a couple of years ago, had the chance to meet him and thought that he was a very personable guy. Struck up conversation with me. We were out late with Chantel, just trying to find bars that were open and talking about fantasy books.

Like it was a good time. And this is this is your pick. You're not just saying that, you know, baby. Because I don't know that I'm just bragging. That's so mean to Andy if he doesn't. Having met him, I'm not going to. This is the. Having met him, I'm not going to pick him.

In addition to having met him, he did have one of my favorite pet peeves. Top three pet peeve from Andy, which was, wait, it's different on this website. Oh, they changed the logo. Well, oh, this is interesting. Okay, so on parade.com with Mike Bloom, his pet peeve was grammar Nazis. And in parentheses, in linguistics, we call them prescriptivists and

I say all Nazis Rob don't discriminate to be clear on the record so EW that I'm looking at here as well cut out the grammar Nazi part just

put language prescriptivists not my How about the grammar Nazi part? Just put language prescriptivists. Which honestly makes this even funnier to me. Because the idea of a pet peeve being like a, like somebody who's like really specific about grammar and word choice to then explain that as a linguist, yeah, we call them prescriptivists. I just thought that was funny. And it's even funnier that it just goes straight to prescriptivists

in the EW version. But then that's not all either. He also dislikes people walking directly behind him. Very annoying. And cherry-picked statistics. dislikes people walking directly behind him very annoying uh and uh cherry picked statistics which i never do definitely not yeah i didn't like that peeve as a grandma nazi oh i think you meant as a uh look i don't think andy likes me which is kind of sad to think about that because we talked for i think quite a long time when i met him in boston i hope i didn't correct his grandma or talk about

my average draft placement it feels kind of personal but andy is a great pick and this is upsetting to lose him he talks about morality votes he he said the winners he was most like ferris and hayley from Australian Survivor. Real. Come on. He's a patron of the podcast. He's a big fan. He's also got enough physicality to him

that makes me like not super worried about like being an early boot. Although, tell that to Jelinski. You know, so, you know, the knowledge, the personality, the physicality, good pet peeves. He's checking a lot of boxes here. Yeah, I mean, speaking

of a linguist, he definitely comes across as a cunning one, and I think that the charm and disarmness is also very appealing for a pick. Just add him to the number of super social outgoing players. I love the fact that he also has an obsessive personality as someone who also has one. I relate to that.

And I do think that that's going to help him because in the game of Survivor, you have to be so focused on what you're doing. This is such a quick game now. And I think that that's going to help him. Very likable guy, super charismatic. He's the kind of person that when he's around, you can't help but smile. Similar to Asia, somebody who really, I think, has strengths in all three facets of the game. I just think that exactly the same as Asia. How does he manage that threat level? How does he manage that threat level? And is it just a case of now there are so many people that have all of these things that make them threats to win?

Are there enough of them that either of these people can hide long enough to get to the end and win a challenge or two when they need to? And for what it's worth, I think as somebody that I think either would definitely recognize or definitely did recognize I haven't watched the interviews Asia I would assume that he would want to work with her and I would assume that Asia would want to work with him whether or not she recognized

him, I think that he would not come across in a way that would make her, that would put her on edge. I would assume that's two people that might want to work with each other that are also both going to be probably good at the game.

So you want to know testaments to these people's social games. Why do they know they have the same birthday? Why? Why is that something that stuck out to you? You got to the beach and you saw somebody was like, hey, we have the same birthday. He knew that already.

I couldn't tell you what Asia's birthday is. And I think it's two days before mine. It's not the same birthday as yours. I think that that is something that if like, I could tell you a bunch of celebrities that have the same birthday as me because they have the same birthday as me. There is not one patron who I know

has the same birthday as me. That is a fact. I just don't know. So maybe again, do you know any famous people that have the same birthday as me. That is a fact. I just don't know. So maybe, again, this is what Aja and Andy- Do you know any famous people that have the same birthday as you? Yeah, but Aja, Aja's not,

she's not famous famous. She's patron famous. You know what I'm saying? She's us famous. Wow. Okay. I mean, famously,

Aja has taught, because she's, her birthday is one day before mine. So we've talked about it on the podcast a few times. So like her birthday is out there i think more than most uh and so you could see why somebody with the same birthday would hear it and be like ah yeah i just thought it was very impressive that they remembered that or at least andy

remembered it and was able to instantly make a connection like that oh i can use that or that's another reason why i can work with asia we already have so many things in common whereas that for somebody like me a bit of an airhead it would have went right over my head i know who's birthday though yeah shannon and i found out we have the same birthday and now we don't forget that ever right yeah okay all right anything else on baby andy great pick number two i feel bad for andy i feel like in any other season he's probably first pick you know like oh andy like he's like hugely connected to the podcast in any other season with isn't a drafter on the season you know i feel like he's going to be okay with being in the top like three i think he's gonna be all white by the way crazy yeah yeah i don't know if he doesn't expect to be there for a while he's

doing some sort of experiment but it was all white in the game oh yeah rob can you unlock some lore for potential listeners who may not know why andy is being repetitively called baby andy or you want to check out my story only only real ones you gotta listen to the podcast. That's not my story. Only real ones. You got to listen to the podcast. You can earn that one. Although, again, if maybe white is not the right choice. If it is. All right. Pouya, number three pick.

Number three pick on the board. You know, Asia was like, you do you, Pouya. And I said, OK, Asia, Iouya. I said, okay, Asia. I'll do something for myself. Rob, you talked about how I was made an honest man out of my lovely person, Liana. I'm going to pick a name neighbor to Liana.

I'm going to go with Tiana. That's so rude. I told you I wanted her. I wanted her too. Wow. I wanted her. Well, I wanted her too. Wow. I wanted her three. All right. Hashtag Liana was right.

Here we go. All right. Let's talk about the aspiring pilot from Hawaii, Tiana. Yeah, her energy was immediately infectious in the interview. I was immediately drawn in. I love that. I think a big thing that I heard Mike talk about, which I really, really got my brain going is the, the whole like playing play. Like it's your second time. Fiona being someone who was an

alternate going all the way close to the starting line before not starting. And then Mike saying that he felt like there was a more calm demeanor there. I like that. I feel like you got all the jitters out the way. You had a year to marinate, to sit there, to think about it some more. Why is that? Why is that a bad word? It's like when you kiss somebody on the forehead early in the morning and in that crockpot.

Oh, you just were on the slob. I just was triggered from we just did the slob. You were on the slob. I just was triggered from we just did the slob. You were on the slob. My bad. I should have been more sensitive to this. And we uncovered some new recipes on the slob too, but I'll leave that for the listeners. I cannot wait. But no, I really, really liked what

I saw and I'm very excited to see Tiana play and I feel like Tiana is going to do great. It'll be a good time. And also the people that Tiana play and I feel like Tiana's gonna do great it'll be good time and also the people that Tiana felt like she was vibing with uh one of them's gonna be on her tribe and I feel really good about her tribe as well so that's another plus as well okay all right any other uh strong feelings about Tiana I was also very high on her as uh you can tell Pouya I you know how Shannon you know how you were like when when asia the asia interview came out she messaged you and said she loved you well you know what asia said to me said

well you and liana are the same so i kind of picked you by picking liana so you know what liana what's mine is yours what's yours is mine tiana's on your team as well technically breaking up marriages her power i i think i think she's she's a flight attendant i think that that is a profession that requires you to be on and to be able to be social but sometimes in a performative way when maybe you're not in the best of moods you got to be able to still sort of turn it on. And I think that that's going to be super helpful for her. She seems pretty athletic. And I did mention this on the BNB, but it really stood out to me. She, at the end of the interview with Mike said, I'm so thankful for this opportunity. And I just love that kind of attitude from people coming into the game that they're not, they're there to experience survivor and to have a good time.

And I think that might take some of the pressure off of her shoulders might not be overthinking They're there to experience Survivor and to have a good time. And I think that might take some of the pressure off of her shoulders. Might not be overthinking some of those decisions. I think this is a really great pick. Yeah. She's got some gems in the pet peeves as well. Oh, what do you got? Yes.

People who don't use their blinkers. Legal. Terrible people. Trying to get me killed. People who make others feel lame for caring about things. As reality television fans, I think we all have that theme.

How dare you? And really those two. Those are two gems. She's got some more generic ones, but those are some great ones. These are my first three picks in order. I'm

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Okay. Oh, man. Sorry. Damn. I, I really, really just enjoy the interview. Like I just really enjoyed listening to teeny talk. And I think that if I feel that way, maybe other people on the Island are also going to feel that way. And I'm hoping that the, you know, another person who mentions their strength is social relationships. If everyone's strength is social relationships, then it's no one's strength.

But I really do believe that teeny is someone who can connect to other people who are out there. I mean, if you can connect with your tech store neighbor, you can connect with anybody. So I'm really feeling good about teeny. Have you ever connected with your tech store neighbor? I haven't.

Although I did hear the ending of Mike's experience and I don't feel like doing it. Oh, what happened? I've connected with mine. You'll have to check out the bmv to find out okay all the plugs we got a lot of plugs yeah wow stabbing and the text on ava story i hope those two things didn't go hand in hand

um leona i love the pic i'm so excited to see teeny play survivor because teeny's uh bio and the interview told me that they're going to be such a good personality in the confessional as well. They're going to be able to tell this story. I think they said they were a writer and so I'm like, okay, that's cool. But then also comparing themselves to like Courtney Yates, Elaine, Evie.

These are people that I live for in the confessional. And so I'm like, all right, Teenie's going to be out there and it's going to be such a fun game to watch. And so I'm like, all right, Teeny's going to be out there and it's going to be such a fun game to watch. And so I'm also thinking that Teeny might know somebody that we know. You know what I'm saying? So it would be great if Teeny and Rob's draft pick could potentially

work something out to where they can stick around for a little bit. That's all I'm saying. So great pick, Liana. Good job. Oh, go ahead, Taryn. Teeny's another big fan. I think probably a patron of Rob as a Podcast. Definitely would recognize. Well, here's the thing.

Because Teenie's a name that I recognized. I've seen them on Twitter before. Definitely a super fan, yeah. Had interactions with them. I think, like, at one point they asked me how to watch big brother australia and i told them that that uh if you're a patient you can find wait now i'm wondering if i was asked a lot of people ask me how to watch things from australia it's fine yeah i'm a patron we'll make it very easy for you um so i i mean you know i i I always got good vibes and very excited to see Teenie on the cast.

And I would assume that they're going to do very well because just the experience, the knowledge, the personality, I think it's there. I think for Teenie that there is a little bit of a danger in the very early stages of the game. And I think that Teenie's probably on a good tribe for them, but I think that there is the danger of, okay, well, I'm not sure that Teenie, as the name dictates, is not the biggest person. But I do think that at a certain point that that starts to become an advantage.

And even just like the name Teenie is a good name to have going further into the game where it's like, I'm not worried about it. Like, it's Teenie. I'm not worried about Teenie. I got issues with it. It's just Teenie. Yeah, name strategy is fascinating.

You know, like, let Teeny get to the merge and watch out. Like, I think that you could be in a lot of trouble. Teeny doesn't like people that are constantly late. Oh, God. Why are you not a patron? Right.

We started at seven-ish, eight-ish,ish eastern you know what I'm saying ish I don't think I would have fared well in this season based on how the peeves are going so yes matter of fact never mind anything else about teeny

I really liked that so obviously teeny is very much they are very much in the space they have played in orgs. I while I agree, orgs are not a one for one comparison to the real thing. Definitely. I think it is a good practice ground to talk with people that you do not expect to talk to and mingle with people with the thought of trying to progress yourself further in a game. with the thought of trying to progress yourself further in a game. Also, if I remember correctly, teeny is the one who they would put themselves in situations where they're hanging out with people they wouldn't hang out with. Right.

I think that's a very fun way to practice for survivor. I really do. Right now. Yeah. I do. Right. When we talk about the super fans, I think they get sort of like painted with the broad brush of sort of like

the game bot of like, Oh, like kind of like Spencer early the broad brush of sort of like the game bot of like oh like kind of like um spencer early in his survivor career like second chances spencer oh the game bot doesn't know how to interact with humans but i do think that uh we teeny is one of the fans who sure knows the game stuff but it that that's maybe not the most interesting thing about survivor to teeny and so that uh the personalities the people i think that that is something that is really appealing about this show and i think that's definitely the right skill set that you need to succeed at this game didn't teeny say they specifically would not be great at like the hyper strategic stuff and it's more like about relationships and people and comparing to like thai as an example yeah yeah

look relatable content yeah yeah okay all right yeah good pick liana is on the board with number four and we get to chapelle uh with pick number five a lot of great people have come off the board but i do have a pick. I was thinking about this person because when I heard their interview, they basically answered Mike's questions exactly how I would answer them. And that happens very few times because as you know,

I would not do great at this game. However, it just really felt good to find somebody who was looking at it through the same lens that I looked at the game. And so after listening to their interview and really going over their bio, which is basically just the interview again, I'm going to go with, for the first time ever, I'm drafting a Sam on Survivor.

Okay. Let's go with Sam Fallon. First Survivor, Sam, which is unbelievable that 40-some seasons in, this is the one we're getting um but yeah we got sam he's a uh writer i believe a reporter for the tennessee titans um but you know like he comes off what's that rob you about to say something uh that i think he uh reports on the tennessee titans not uh for the tennessee titans ah yes i'm sorry uh you know titans not uh for the tennessee titans uh yes i'm sorry uh you know prescriptivist or whatever anyway so you got um you got sam who is a reporter on the titans uh not on the team but he reports you know about the team anyway he he comes off like a guy who you would think would be more like

uh athletically minded you know he talks about football obviously he looks like he's pretty good shape but everything that he said in his bio was very much like more, more like emotional and like, uh, like, yeah, like more like a personable as far as what I would consider from this, uh, archetype of player. Right. He compares himself to Michelle Fitzgerald, which we know is that's a social game that's out of this world. And for you to look at all the opportunities on the board, all these people who have played survivor before you and say, I'm more like Michelle, then you probably know that you're pretty likable, pretty agreeable, and can play probably with anybody.

I also loved how when he talked about being a reporter, how a lot of times he's talking to athletes and he knows how to stroke their egos and talk to them in a way that it makes them want to give up information. Athletes are a lot of times not the most talkative people, you know, strong, silent types, but being able to pull that information out of them and knowing kind of how to deal with different personalities like that, I think that's going to work great in the game. So

if I had a small issue, just because he's kind of young, I feel like if he's a little bit older, but he's 24, he read a lot older than that. I think he was even talking about like, yeah, I applied years ago, but now I know myself much better. And I was like, what? You're 24. You don't know anything. But at the same time, he knows that. And so I'm a big fan. I loved it. I have very high hopes for Sam. I'm glad you took Sam because otherwise I think I would have been tempted into taking another buff guy. And I was tempted. guy and i was tempted well i was tempted now i do not and i'm glad i can't take him because i'm trying to fight that urge but she wanted to

the fact that it's not working the fact that i keep getting roasted about it even asia before she went out on the island was like wow i gave you first pick and you picked a pick that's not been winning um and i was like you picked brandon anyway but I didn't say it because I didn't want to unsettle her before she went out to play about her drafting strategies. But Sam's a good pick because, as you said, his interview was, like, so unexpected. Like, comparing himself to Michelle Fitzgerald as a winner in his archetype was unexpected.

And I'm sorry to, like, politely golf clap all the picks. I know people don't like when we do that, but genuinely I feel this cast is so good. And so many of the picks are, like, really with maybe like one drawback like for sam like he is a big strong guy that might get taken out but has so many good qualities like i honestly feel like almost his entire cast are like concerningly solid as pigs to the like it's blurring to me how difficult that is so he's another great pick but so many of these people are yeah chapelle his uh celebrity loved one he tells mike bloom harvey specter was the person he would

most want to have come out and give him a pep talk was he not talking to me like i really felt like this man was saying exactly what i would have said you know i definitely would have made a suits reference if i asked that question and so yeah it was like i was listening to Mike's interview and one by one he was saying these things. And there were there were certain moments where I'm like, oh, he would be better at this than me because he talks about being emotionally aware. He's like, I'm probably going to cry. Those are things that I know will just lock me up. I'm not winning the game because when it's time to connect emotionally, it's just not something I can do all the time. But for him to be able to say that, I was like, cool. And then he says, I'm repping Harvey, too. I said, oh, man, this guy the best of both worlds so i had to i had to pick sam especially because

i couldn't get you know who asked for me to pick them rob i i think sam is a really great pick i also like the fact that he mentions that he was a theater kid as well so not only is he able to talk to athletes but also he's been involved in other social groups and i echo bolton yes oh my god he's gonna he's gonna get his head in the game i think that he's just ready to break free and i'm excited to watch him do so yeah i think for me the thing that I find fascinating with Sam is something that happened with me seeing his interview and what I know will happen on the island is I definitely miscalculated him upon first glance. And as I was getting through the interviews, I was like, all right, here comes the jock. And once he started talking, oh, I was so wrong.

And I think it's going to be instant. This isn't one of those, oh, I misjudged this person. They're going to know right then and there they did. I really do. And I think it's going to allow him to make a lot more connections than what people may have expected at the beginning. Are we concerned about his patience, though? Because his first pet peeve, when someone leaves the door open too long, entering the sauna and wastes the heat. No doors.

No doors on the island. No sauna actually as well. A very bougie pet peeve. I thought you were going to say just any door open. And yeah, that would be fun. But the sauna, come on, Sam. It makes sense if you think about it. Pet, peace aside.

It's going to be great, y'all. He's going to be soaring. He's going to be flying through this game. It's happening. There's not a star in heaven that he can't reach. You can tell. Because the door is open. I'm just imagining like, you know, like they're in the shelter and somebody's like moving the palm fronds away

to go out into the rain. He's like, can you close those, please? You're letting them out. You brought them out, Sam. Put it in a bud. Someone else is bopping to the top. He just can't handle it. I can't, I can't.

But this is the start of something new for him. So yeah, we've got, I think we did the whole first movie. Are we going to move on to the to the sequels now i don't dance he has to go his own way which is on to survivor you can bet on that oh yeah i think we're done that's enough we're done that's enough and we're gonna duet now it's fine we'll do it we'll keep going all right get your powerpoint shannon with the lyrics let's go i don't need the lyrics believe and a little duet. No, it's fine. We'll do it. We'll keep going. Alright. Get your PowerPoint, Shannon, with the lyrics. Let's go. I don't need the lyrics. Believe me, I can do that

one off the top of my head. Alright. We're on to pick number six. Everyone's wondering if Shannon will Corbin Blew It again. Just when you thought Rob was out of it he was right there the whole time prepping that whole time looking up the act in the high school musical

on it Shannon okay okay all right first of two picks for Shannon I'm not gonna get this sack F wrong. Okay. It's been so long. It's been an hour before I'm getting to pick. You know? Just been stewing on this with the difficulty of there are so many good picks. You get two of them.

I know, and I want more. You can give me one of them if you want. I'm still looking. Are you still looking? Because you did no prep, Taryn. Like, not one. It's not any different than a normal draft, Shannon. I know, and that is actually not the compliment you think it is.

Well, I mean, I still picked more winners than everyone else. Okay. Then Shannon. Then Shannon. Yeah, Taryn counts Big Brother as his like winners, win totals. No, this draft only I've still picked more winners.

Taryn, get over it. You didn't win the last draft. Let's all get along. This is a nice this only happens twice a year our draft night. And you love it. Let's try to enjoy it. I am enjoying it. I love being last

pick. There's a lot of buff guys left. It's a buff. It's a buffet. Buffet is great. Well done, Chappelle. I'm going to pick one buff guy.

Okay. I'm going to pick one buff guy okay really one guy hold on woman you're gonna pick a woman first i was gonna pick asia okay i was gonna pick tiana yeah i'll pick the woman first so that it's in it's confirmed that that we always have that we look back at that there's a lot of good people but i'm gonna pick another super fan someone who was also an alternate like tiana tiana by the way the 45 alternate the only person who could have been actually upset that hannah quit whenever we the only one person to be upset about that it actually was her but this person could be less upset because they avoided the dumpster fire that was 46 it's rachel i'm gonna pick all right nice

pick all right tell us about rachel lamont rachel is a listener of the podcast as well um huge fan talked about like her journey as we said getting on was out there in fiji with mike doing the interview for 46 and came back here for 47 um yeah really big fan she seems really really smart which i love um she i guess being in like kind of the nerdy woman woman with glasses archetype that could go badly it could be some grenade potential just on perception but i think if you let her get a run in she'll kind of be able to outplay everyone i enjoyed her interview she said the winner she was most like was dino who i know is a friend of hers and dino has talked her up to me since before she played which means nothing because

dino was just like effusive in his praise like it's actually completely meaningless but if she's one one hundredth of as great as dino's friends um in like a survivor fan group oh so yeah a big fan and yeah dino was an awesome pick as like the winner that she gave to Mike. And I love international survivor. And so I was like, after getting it's due and I love Dino getting his due. And I've picked Rachel as my first pick for that and many other reasons. So the first thing I want to bring up, because I know everyone in this panel has had somewhat of a connection and a friendship with the person that Rachel names as her non-winner pick in Omer. Yes, good pick. Red flag.

I was going to say, what do we think about that pick? A lot of people said Omer. So many people said Omer. I was like, this guy loves Omer. Okay. You guys met Omer? Now, why do you say it as a red flag, Pouya? What? Have you met Omer? Liana said red flag. I didn't say anything.

But we know him. That she does not know him. She only knows TV Omer. Which is good. I really were on red flag. I was just doing my annual dig at Omer is really what I was doing. As you should. So many good things.

She has a rapid fire way of thinking. Yes, I love that. Word vomits and overreacts. Yes. Yes. Rachel. I love that. Word vomits and overreacts. Yes. Yes. Rachel. How good is that? What are her pet peeves, Taryn? Hot oil splattering on her while cooking. I hate that.

I don't cook. It is annoying. But who doesn't hate that? You know what I mean? That's real. This is the better one. Balloons popping, especially intentionally. I hate that. You know what I mean? That's real. I don't hate that. This is the better one. Balloons popping, especially intentionally. Nah, I'm okay. I don't mind that. I don't like when people like massage it and make the rubbery noise.

Oh, no, that's my favorite. What? I love the like, like you're rubbing two pickles together. I love that. What? What? What? Rubbing two pickles together?

Did you hear what you just said? Does the type of pickle matter? Oh, I see. I think it really matters. Does it have to be a gherkin or can you do some bread and butter action? I think it has to be bread and butter. It's a texture thing. No worries. Just eat the pickles. What are you playing with them?

Listen, that's not the point. The point was the sound that the balloons make. I understand. I was relating to you. This is my social game. That's your social game? Dis yeah well then disarmed give them the millions do the best of us except leona yeah leona also would be my first pick the rest of you make a noise if you rub them together why don't you rub them together and find out get a test different ones i'm just saying they might make different sounds science speaking welcome to an experiment guys right trolls somebody people say if anybody tries

this send me send a video, okay? The chat. Don't Google search it, though. Just to be safe, search on. Definitely do not Google that. Y'all are filthy. Slap those jerkers together and send Rob a video. Ain't nothing wrong with that. That's slapping.

What you're talking about. Yeah, you're getting a splat there. It's different. You don't need signs to know about. Yeah, you're getting a splat there. It's different. You don't need signs to know that. So Rachel, look, I really enjoyed her interview, especially snacks. I'm up for anyone who coins nicknames for other players in the game. I think that that is very fun.

I think that she'll be fun. And that gives me a little bit of a taste of what she'll be like, a little snack, if you will, of what she'll be in confessionals. And I'm hoping that that also translates out to the island. My concern for her is already been mentioned the fact that she is, you know, the maybe a smaller sort of nerdy ish archetype. If they end up going to tribal early, I think that that could potentially put her in hot water. But I'm feeling OK about the people who are on her tribe that she can make connections and hopefully survive the pre-merge.

Yeah, she and Andy could definitely get along based on their super fandom. They might even already know each other. So hopefully, yeah, there's some connections there. Also, what is something we would never know from looking at you? I can house the majority of a Costco watermelon in a single sitting. That's winter stuff right there. That's Jackson Mickey behavior. I can house it. I could eat it. I assume that's what

it means, right? Eating it in one sitting. I've done that. Relatable. No, you didn't finish it. He said the majority of a watermelon. I did the majority of a watermelon. You did not do the majority of a watermelon. You did have maybe half.

Why does it have to be a Costco watermelon? It's not like that. Are they bigger? You get a bigger watermelon at Costco. You don't know that. It's just a good deal. It's saying I get the watermelon and I'm wise with the money. Yeah, it is important that if you buy anything from Costco,

you specify that it was from Costco. I'm not sure. If you go to Costco, you stay in Costco. I don't know. This one we could Google. Rob, you're taking a bone of contention with all these food references, and I just feel like it's getting problematic. Yeah, you don't want to be

anti-Costco, Rob. I'm not anti-Costco. I just don't think that you get a... You're buying a watermelon in bulk at Costco. Anti-watermelon, anti-Costco. It was at least half the watermelon, though, that I ate a, like you're buying a watermelon in bulk at Costco. It was at least half the watermelon though that I ate. Why are you lying? Okay, from full watermelon to majority to at least half.

You have 51% of the watermelon. It is the majority of the watermelon. Chappelle and I saw a woman break the world record for eating watermelon on Netflix a couple of weeks ago. Was it Rachel? Right. This is child's play. No. Rachel could never. Not the way this woman did it. She was insane. She broke the world record. It was

crazy. Was it Joey Chestnut's daughter? Do you think that eating the watermelons is a way of getting over her fear of balloons? Real. No one could possibly think that. It has nothing to do with those things. No, hold on, let them talk. You said nobody could possibly think of it, but I literally just did.

Yeah, I think that again is an indictment on you. Don't be doing wrong, Shreya. The kind of thing that would be like on like the New York Times connections, it's like balloons and watermelons, it's like two things that are round. It's like, those things aren't that similar. That is nothing.

It's the same size though. I feel like we lost the plot a long time ago. I think we just passed the hour mark, and we just got through round one. All right. 57 hours for the premiere of 47. You guys, we're doing it. All right. There you go.

All right. So Rachel becomes pick number six, and we are through round number one. Shannon, you will kick off the second round with the seventh pick overall. Because I picked a woman, I get my like the first. You really wanted to pick first. I got one out of the way. Because you knew you had the next day. Yeah.

She ate her broccoli, so now she can have her fun treat. Is this really fair that Shannon is going to have two people when the rest of us only have one? Yeah. What's up with that? Yeah. Rob, what if I trade you all my picks for Asia? Hmm.

That exponentially increases your chances. I'll consider it. No, there's no bartering in the rules. Stop that. Since when? You'll wait to see what your three team is, Chappelle, first. See what the team you put together is. Oh, yeah. He hated my team last time.

He doesn't trust me. He doesn't trust my judgment. I think we should get the rules in shrine so that you guys can stop messing with them because they'll be in shrine. At least pretty much. Trade offers have always been on the table. No one's ever accepted one. That's the only difference. It's definitely not on the table. There's no, is that allowed?

I'll trade for Asia. I just said that. We trade at the end. Yeah, finish the draft first. We're trading. It'll be five hours into the podcast. By the time we're trading, we're not. Okay. A lot of great picks.

Some of them, I mean, many of them still available to me. Could go many different ways with it, but I'm going to go with TK. Now, his name is actually Taron. I see why you picked him. Yeah, he's my favorite Taron. I see why you picked him. Yeah, he's my favorite Taron. I don't even know him. Oh my god. I really like this Taron too, but I really like TK.

He looks likable. Yeah, TK. Why TK? Well, first I'll give my one con. First I'll give the negative. Oh, you're open with the negative. He's gonna play too hard so i hope that that like because everyone else in the cast was like everyone 46 is playing too hard i don't think you need to make big moves i'm gonna chill i'm like this could actually be a

pretty stagnant season based on the way they're going tk is not feeling that way tk wants to push it and i just had q and q wanted to push it and i felt really burned by that but other than that tk's story is amazing tk is a sparkly person you could hear him winning mike bloom over although much like dino that's nothing mike loves um he's overawed by everyone but tk just seems like a sparkly special person he's definitely not the grenade seems just really likable and i think it is a good pick and does anyone have i agree i i agree i i like this pick i think he's also someone he went to a pwi so he's you know have had to talk to a lot of different kinds of people i think also just his gratefulness from having this kidney

disease and then being able to bounce back is so evident in the joy that is in his voice when he speaks. And I totally echo the shiny person comment. I, I do have the same reservations though about the playing too hard, especially in a cast that is very cautious, just saw people turn on their allies too soon. So I'm hoping that that doesn't get him into trouble i do think that the blue tribe seems pretty stacked so i'm hoping he will

be able to contribute to that as well and be able to be safe for at least the first couple rounds yeah the line that really stuck with me from his interview with mike that um i wrote down was that he felt like that Caleb in Survivor 45 played too passively. Yeah, that was wild. Caleb was a guy that everybody had eyes on the whole game. And now again, maybe there's like a counterintuitiveness to it where it's like, hey, and we saw a little bit with Q of in a game where everybody's sort of playing kind of tight, maybe there is some competitive advantage to playing looser and more aggressively. But I just think that probably the tallest guy out here from a height perspective looks like a great athlete.

Is he the tallest? I feel like Kyle is super tall. Maybe Kyle's taller. But certainly, you know, I think that he was the person come out and be one of the hardest players out here or certainly playing with a little bit more on offense. That's what gives me a little bit of pause. Yeah, it is a concern. But in St. Counterpoint,

he already has an alliance name with Asia. Sure, but he's not on her tribe. Yeah, but if they can make it together. And TK's on the same tribe as Tiana, right? Yes. Yeah, they're both going to be fine, I feel like. I feel like they're both going to end up getting drawn in together. I feel like they, to me, seem like the strongest of the tribes.

I feel good about tk's longevity odds which to shannon's point yeah not the grenade you're safe yeah i mean i none of this of what you're you guys are saying surprises me he's number one pet peeve on the board unmotivated people which i think says a lot about tk and you guys just explained all of what i assumed based on that yeah you don't even need to do the prep you know you guys just explained all of what I assumed based on that bad meme. Yeah, you don't even need to do the prep. You know, you can just surmise from those couple of words.

Okay. Alright, anything else on TK? This is a golf, polite golf clap for my picks. I think they were both, they were good picks. Shannon, due to Shannon. Alright, let's go back to Chappelle. Chappelle they were both good picks. Shannon, due to Shannon. Alright, let's go back to Chappelle. Chappelle has pick number eight overall.

Yeah, I'm nervous. So many great picks went early. There's still good ones, man. You're still fine. There's still many good ones. It really is. Here's the thing. I'm going to get one of the last two picks, though, so I'm trying to see if I can

get maybe a pick for cheaper. You know what I'm saying? I don't necessarily want to get stuck with the, you know, you know, a grenade, if you will. So, uh, time. No, it wouldn't. But this might be the first time you win. Anyway, so no, maybe not. So I think I'm'm gonna go with somebody who i think will work well with the people on their tribe annika is that how you say her name i believe that's her annika annika yes annika is who i'm going with i wanted to make sure i got her name right i think she's gonna do fine i remember listening to rachel's interview and rachel said

oh yeah uh i would really like to work with the Indian woman. I think she's on my tribe. And I was like, oh, this is cool, because I feel like even in the first impressions, she was warm enough to where she's already bringing people in. I loved her bio and I don't I just don't think she's going home first. And I even liked the player that she identified the most with being Sarah Lucina, just because her Game Changers game was one of those games that people were like transcended, right? It was like you didn't expect that

to come from Sarah Lucina because of how we saw her play the first time. But in Game Changers, I mean, nobody had a negative thing to say about her until they did. And it was too late. And so I think that for like Annika to point that out,

I think Annika, I'm sorry, to point that out, I think that she's going to do fine. I think this is going to be a good season for her. And hopefully she will align with Asia at some point and then they can run the game. Top two. Not everyone can be top two with Asia. No, just Annika.

Rob wins. He gets the grenade though. And then I win because I have Annika. Okay. Could happen. Interesting strategy. You'll see it. She would have beenika. Okay. Right. Could happen. Interesting strategy. You'll see it. She would have been my next pick. I really enjoyed her interview.

I, you know, obviously there's a little bit of hesitation when she says, look, I can't hide my emotions. I'm very expressive. Yes. So that's a little bit of a red flag for me. But that being said, I just, again, again got really good energy i feel like this cast is so stacked and she's one of the people that i really just enjoyed listening to my biggest concern for her is the pre-jury and the pre-merge because i'm just a little bit nervous if yellow

ends up being our disaster tribe as yellow can be want to do, or, you know, even if they just struggle a little bit early, I'm really hoping that she can forge those social connections that will keep her safe and that she won't end up getting the boot too early. You know, about her saying that she couldn't hide her facial expressions. The last player that I remember saying that was Tiffany from last season. And she was great. So, you know, no, she didn't, but she had a good chance at it, you know, and I remember saying that was Tiffany from last season and she was great. She didn't win. No, she didn't.

She had a good chance at it. I'm hoping that this person has a good chance as well. Really good pet peeves. What was it? She does not like people who aren't spatially aware in crowded spaces.

Very annoying, but even better. This is a top tier pet peeve. Slow drivers in the left lane. Oh, the worst. I feel like that might be me too. I think, aren't y'all on my side more? Don't y'all drive? Well, yeah.

Do you even drive? Well, on the left to you. In the same way? No, I don't. Yeah, I think you're on the other side of the... Yeah, I just don't drive slow. Whatever she's saying, I think that I'm doing it. You go into the fast lane

and you drive slow. I don't know if we do. We have fast lanes? I'm not in the fast lane, I don't think. I live life in the fast lane. No, I don't. I live life a quarter mile at a time. Am I right? All right. La Familia.

Okay. Anything else on Annika? No. Good pick. Collide Golf Club. Another one. This draft. Okay.

Another really good pick because this whole cast is good. I actually think every single person in this cast has something that is a positive let's see how you feel when you get to your final pick i honestly think i'm like it might go okay but i'm just famous let's see all right uh let's go back to liana okay okay include the top half of this draft? I'm going to pick a person that I normally would not pick on these drafts. Someone who I think is either going to do super well

or flame out super quickly. Okay. They got a Matt Chat quote in the sneak peek that was published on the Survivor CBS account on YouTube. And that is Gabe.

Gabe. He's the person who everybody in Ponderosa was like, he's giving me nothing. You've had good luck picking Gabe's before. Exactly. Just chop off a couple of letters and we're good to go. So I'm hoping that this four letter boy can help me get another win. We're going Gabe. I think he's so intense and I almost love that intensity because I think again, in the short game, you got to play fast.

You got to play hard. I'm really hoping that he's able to do well. I'm so nervous for him, but simultaneously very excited. I just want to see what he's going to bring to the table. Yeah. Radio show host. Yeah. And he talks

about the Baltimore Ravens, which is why I couldn't pick him. Honestly, the Ravens have let me down so much in the last two weeks that I just cannot have that. I cannot have another one. I cannot have another one on my conscience. Prove me wrong, Gabe. Prove me wrong. How many radio or radio adjacent players are on that? Everybody.

More than on this podcast, I think. More broadcasts than a draft. That's what the collective term for podcast is. It's a draft of podcasters. There's a draft of broadcasters on this season. Yes. Okay. So, Liana, this was such an interesting pick because there is a ton of variance here with Gabe.

Like he could be really, really strong. And, you know, either way, super fun to watch. But also in the way that he has a reverence for Russell, like you could see him potentially being a little too bold out of the box and getting himself into trouble. Exactly. That's the thing. To me, he's so high variance. This is someone who could be shot out of a cannon and immediately crash and burn or goes the distance.

I just don't know which one it is. And at this point, I'm willing to take the risk. He says he's good at selling himself in job interviews or jobs he's underqualified for. He says he's good at selling himself in like job interviews or like jobs he's underqualified for. He'll like get those job interviews. But I feel like that's not a super transferable skill to Survivor. Like the world of selling yourself for a job interview, maybe it gets you into an alliance, but I feel like that's not the energy that people want in an ally. Rob, didn't Sue Hawk say something about corporate America in the bush?

Yep. This is not corporate. We're not out here in the corporate America. We're out here in the bush. Yeah. Also, his pet peeve was passive aggression. Say what you mean, which I guess is fine. What do you mean

by that? Yeah, say do you mean by that? Yeah. Say what you mean. So he has the NFL connection to TK. That's a lot of, he does NFL stuff. Well, TK and Sam as well.

And Sam, there's a lot of NFL things. Now that's hard for me as someone who I was going for Rob's jets until recently, until I feel like, like, you know, now I'm with the Chiefs. But I don't know anything else. The NFL connection is very loose in that, like, I have an NFL connection because I like a team and you like a team and you like a team. Like, it's a little bit, it's not exactly like, you know are like for both former nfl players like like i think that

we work in nfl but but uh he doesn't like he hosted a radio show right what does tk do i don't think i understand tk from what i understand i think he works in putting together deals i actually think that maybe tk and sam i think they've both played football I actually think that maybe TK and Sam, I think they've both played football. And I think that there could be some kind of a bond there. Gabe talks about football on the radio. So sure. I just think that,

you know, it's a shared passion, but I'm not sure necessarily like if I, I mean, an alliance with somebody because the NFL is so popular. And for what it's worth like uh one of Sam's pet peeves is overly confident sports fans so if anything this feels like more of a minefield than a connection point well that is that is concerning but I don't know you get that Gabe and TK on the same tribe you get talking about might be one of the first conversations you have now you're getting along now your friends now your

allies you know that's how it happens I don't know the one of the first conversations you have. Now you're getting along. Now you're friends. Now you're allies. You know, that's how it happens. I don't know the popularity of the NFL. It seems like I think it's it's it's pretty big. It's pretty big. It's like Shannon, like imagine imagine like another big fan of Survivor. You meet up with me like, oh, we're going to get along great. And then they say, yeah, I hate Seri.

She's my least favorite player. Wow. But no one would say that. No one would advise someone out there. Well, there's someone that person. I wrote Seri. She's my least favorite player. Wow, but no one would say that. There's probably someone out there. Well, there's someone. I hate that person. I'd vote them out. I see what you mean. Fair points.

Intentious. Anything else about Liana's pick of Gabe? Go Ravens. I'm sure that Chappelle, I don't know if you've had the radio on today. I'm sure the Baltimore Sports Talk radio is lit today. Why would that be? I don't know. I can't imagine why. I don't know. Nothing of note has happened.

No, not me. Definitely haven't turned on the radio at all. Delete my Twitter. All that good stuff. It's okay. Let's get to the 10th pick overall. That's going to be back to Pouya. Pouya, you went with Tiana with your first pick? Yes. Who you got for your second pick? See, now this is interesting because this is someone who's in my top six that's still not picked.

Okay. And I'm a little bit in a situation where I'm like, I'm like, either y'all are sleeping on this person i or you're wishing it comes back to you or i've just got a misread on them okay but i want them on my team i thought of a couple jokes to make i do not want the crowd goes mild moment again so i'm just gonna make my pick like a regular person i'm gonna pick rome rome it's going r Rome to me. Yeah. I just,

I, the interview with, with Mike was so fun to listen to. I could listen to this guy talk for hours. Also, he did one of the most relatable things on earth to me, which was the dude found and consumed all of survivor in four months. As someone who watched all of the boys and the spinoff of Gen V within the span of like three days recently,

like this is energy that I can get on board with. I understand. Also, I like, you know, I know that a lot of, because a lot of these players in the new era, they found Survivor during the COVID era. So Rome found it April of 2023 by july of 2023 he's finished the whole thing now granted i don't coast on all of his takes let's get that out the gate he is a big fan of ozzy but i understood it more after i heard him explain his pov i got what

he saw because when i first saw the headline i was like rome no but also i was like i think that might knock you down on the draft board which is not bad for me um he seems fun he seems fun and i i like fun so there we go fun he's an esports commentator yeah yeah there's another one he's yeah this is the entire cast is in it's all a giant audition for On Fire. Yeah, it's all broadcasters. Everybody's a podcaster. Every last person. Storytellers.

Oh, yeah, that too. Going to be some good confessionals. You know what happened in 2020? You know, in 2020, everybody had a podcast. You know, I think those residuals are still just hanging out. I do hate broadcasters. I think it's going a fun a fun season with good confessionals i feel like i had red flags with rome what were your red flags um he's so fun

i think he'll be a great character but from a draft perspective i just felt like he was just like so shot out of a cannon like even with some of the other talk picks we've just spoken about like tk and gabe who also like might be a bit too much but seem really really fun and rome falls into that category i feel like even more than that like yeah like someone who can like consume all of survivor in three months and he's apply and like it's it's just it was a lot i felt too much that's why gabe barely eked out r Rome when I was trying to decide who I was going to pick Rome. I want to be friends with him.

Like to be clear, he seems like so much fun. My nervousness is what Shannon mentioned, the shot out of a cannon thing. But my hope for him is that being sleep deprived and hungry, maybe it'll like tamper it down a little bit, you know, like be a little bit more chill.

Tell me like be less of yourself, everyone likes to hear you know he's got a 34 inch vertical super impressive so he could be you know the strong person that they need on their tribe on red early maybe him maybe Saul could be those people that are sort of holding it together physically in some of the challenges and maybe that he has that going for him, which could help to keep him safe early. Yeah, I really like Rome. I was starting to get excited that I thought Rome might be available to me when I pick after Taron. And so I think he is a real steal to have fallen this far into the draft. And yeah, I definitely see what, you know, is being said about Rome. That might be a little too overly exuberant,

but, you know, definitely seems like a super, you know, charismatic guy who is athletic and, you know, has a strategic mind. So there's a lot to like with Rome. Yep. I love Rome. I thought about picking him second I was gonna wait till he came I was hoping I was hoping like maybe they don't see this but I think the reason why I felt like he could fall to me again is because I think Rome can't hide I think that the same thing we all saw like some some would say intensity or whatever but charisma whatever it is

it's going to be jumping off of his body the entire game and I think it benefits him that it's a faster game now, because maybe he can get away with some things and get to the end a lot faster. But I definitely think around the merge, people are going to be saying, why are we letting Roman run everything? You know?

And so I think that people are going to be looking at him, potentially somebody who's gaming very hard. And I'm just afraid it might catch up with him. He's their Roman empire. They just keep thinking about him. You know? They only mind. Got condos in their heads.

Yeah. Okay. All right. Anything else on Rome? Darren, do you tell us the pet peeve? He does not like it when you order food with somebody. And then when we get the food, they still want some of his fries or what he got. If you wanted some, order some.

Liana, why are you reacting weirdly in that corner? What's going on with you? I've never done that before. I don't know what you're talking about. Yeah. Quickly, how much watermelon did he eat? Go. Okay.

Less than half. Less than half. I'm sorry to doubt if he even ate watermelon. There is a stream that documents my journey. This is a thing that's on the internet. If I can find it. There's a stream that documents your journey to eat just barely over half of a watermelon. First of all, it was mostly the watermelon.

Second of all, yes, it was my third stream ever. It was a challenge. It was fun. We vibed out. Yeah. Okay. All right. Taryn.

Which person left of these final eight has the most interesting pet peeve? Well, luckily for me, my number one pet peeve on the board. Yes. Yes. And that is Genevieve. Oh, no. Oh.

She, listen, I'm going to say this. This might be a cast full of podcasters, radio hosts, commentators. It's a pretty weak pet peeve cast. Yeah. Oh, my God. Damn. They didn't perform super well. Nobody is reaching the heights of Mariah.

You know what I mean? She couldn't jump. Exactly. reaching the heights of Mariah. You know what I mean? However- She couldn't jump. She's no Rome. Genevieve had the best- Very rich though. Pet peeve, according to me, because there was some theming going on. It was well-crafted.

It was all, you know, it was really painting the picture of somebody that was particularly aggrieved. And so she says, my pet peeve, airports, or rather the combination of airports and people,

which is exactly the problem with airports. People who line up at the gateway too early as if the plane is going to leave without them. If they don't storm the boarding gate. People who hog the armrest or take off their shoes, then put their feet up. Yuck.

Yeah. Yeah. Taryn. Taryn. Do you storm the boarding gate? I don't even know why you'd ask me that question. Taryn. Do you storm the boarding gate?

Taryn, are you people at airport? I don't know why you're asking that question. I don't think we've ever been on a plane together, Chabelle. Rob, do I storm the boarding gate? Yeah. Not that I can recall. Yeah, see? You got to know, he is boarding group A.

He's tearing it to the front of his heart. Listen, I might strategically stand in the shadows, awaiting my opportunity to jump in, you know? But I'm not getting in people's way, you know? I might be, if they call group A and I'm group D, you know, I'm might be if they call group a and i'm group d you know i'm standing up when they call group a because before they know it d is coming you know what i mean uh it's just like 20 minutes i gotta be i gotta be prepared one i i i don't i don't want to be i don't want to be getting losing out on uh overhead space. That's what it really comes down to.

It's the overhead bin space. I want to be first in line for my group. That's what I want. Literally last week, I heard a story of someone who was at the gate and missed the flight. So maybe it's good to storm the boarding gate. That is wild. It was a crazy story. So maybe that's good.

I also think, though, like airplane based pet peeves. Like, is she a comedian in the 90s? Like, what's the deal with airplanes? Wow. This isn't a Roche, Shannon. Well, I just as a pet peeve, it's like, I don't know. The airplane thing's been done. But I do love.

We're all going to the same place. She's the only one that she can't start themed. They can't start tribal without us. Rob Seinfeld impression, I assume, coming out. Um, yeah. She truly painted a picture though, you know? Uh, like I felt like I was, I was in my mind watching her go through an airport. Because that's you. You could see it because it's you.

I don't storm. I sneak into the castle like an assassin. That's not good either. That's not good. I don't siege the little tape. Here's my positive about Genevieve, aside from Taryn's

compulsion over there. I also like her. She's a lawyer. Wow. You nailed it. She likes video games. She's Canadian and the Canadians have done extremely

well in the new era. It's insane how well they do in the new era. I think people like Genevieve and people that we've seen in the past might have just been waiting on their turn to come dominate a game. I think this is a great pick despite her and Taryn having, well, her having, you know, issues with Taryn specifically. I was really hoping, I guess in a delusional way,

that she might fall to me at the end because I thought people might have the red flags that like, because she said, I can't make fire. And like, that does feel like a little bit of a concern. Just like, I didn't practice that one. I'm like, we might be talking about this in about 25 days, but I love Genevieve's interview. Like I literally, I've messaged Mark. I'm like, we might be talking about this in about 25 days, but I love Genevieve's interview. Like I literally, I've messaged Mark. I'm like, oh, I love Genevieve. She was so funny. She was sarcastic and self-deprecating. She sounds like poverty. Like

I just had such a great time with her. I really enjoyed like all of her answers until she was like, but I can't make fire. But I also kind of liked that. I found her relatable, but then I was concerned about the relatability. I was like, maybe then she won't do well, but she also kind of like that. I found her relatable, but then I was concerned about the relatability. I was like, maybe then she won't do well, but she's one of my favorites on the cast. And I was really hoping that she would fall to me because I think she could be a bit of a sparkly person as well. So I think she's a great pick.

Okay. Well, if you watched my Twitch stream, like Chappelle clearly did, you would have known that I was going to pick her. I saw it coming and it was, again, that was very depressing. I think she's a great pick, Taryn. I was just busy listening to the interviews

and prepping for the draft. Okay. We'll see what's more effective. All right. Really, Mike puts a lot of effort into the interviews, okay? That's very effective. I'm sorry that I'm a horrible billboard for it. Well, how have they treated you? they get me pretty good average draft placement so lost they get me

all right the final pick of round number two, the 12th pick overall. I am chuffed to bits right now to make my selection here at number 12. Because, Taryn, you're not going to believe this. There happens to be another famous podcaster. No! On this cast. I can't believe. No! That you all let John john love it fall to number 12 what's wrong with you all

rob just creating a team of podcasters yes i guess that's every team asia and john these podcasters can't be stopped no in all seriousness that i look now i think that there is there is some risk here i could get grenaded there is a non-zero chance that john is the first person out of this season on wednesday night and then asia goes on to win and then uh look what i've done okay uh sure there's there is some risk here but i think that there is a ton of upside here for John, who I's somebody who is a very savvy political operator. And the last time I checked, that's the name of the game here on Survivor. That went really well for the political operator that we had in Australian Survivor. But this, hey, look, this is cutthroat U.S. politics, baby.

Watch out for his final speech. I wouldn't drop a lot of those people either. He's a professional speech writer. Wrote speeches for Barack Obama. Yeah. That's a great pick. He does impressions. Sneaky, physical player also that

I think does CrossFit. I hoped he'd fall to me. I hope that everyone would be like, John Lovett, he's such a big name. And like, maybe he like stands out and he's so self deprecating as well that he was like, I'm not going to do well here. Like, what am I doing here? I thought maybe he would fall to me. I'm really upset. He hasn't. I think he's so funny. Um, loved his interviews,

loved his answer about strength and weakness, which he like others said, is the same thing, which I often say. And he said that his intensity can bring people along and turn people off. And I was like, yes, John, love it. I love it. I really, really wanted him for me. I love it. I made the exercise wrong. I know he does. He, I believe is more physical, does, does a exercise routine that is maybe it's not CrossFit.

Are you walking back crossfit i don't know i'm not sure he's worked out before he went out he did workouts in hot environments also that was something else that i thought was a very specific way to prepare which i totally love and the other thing that i really like about john is that he mentions it's about how you manage yourself your own frustrations. Right. And I think that that's something that stood out to me where you have a lot of people talking about, oh, it's how I relate to others. It's how I relate to others. And he's like, look, I got to get myself in check. OK, I got to make sure that I'm in the right headspace.

So I really like that. I think he's going to be a fantastic narrator. I think if he can survive early, he could actually make a really deep run he gives me very mike white energy yes mike white david right cochran like all players who have done exceptionally well in this game uh mike uh in the chat john said i work out a lot and i like to do it he even likes it yeah that's weird that's impressive actually i didn't get a lot of david right from him because i felt like david right like his like i say this in a way that it was relatable like his anxiety and his insecurity that's such a big part of his storyline and you got you and mike discussed this but with john love it i didn't feel like he was above it i feel like he's like this is an important

yeah you know opportunity he loves the show he's given obviously some important time to be here but he also felt like he has kind of like in like an inner confidence you know like this guy commands many important rooms not that david wright also wasn't so successful but i feel like he was petrified at one point i was petrified and there's no fear here for john i think that he feels like a little bit like there's like a looseness of like i'm out here on survivor if i lose i lose like i'm here to like uh to do the thing and you know i'm going to you know uh have the best experience that i can have and it goes horribly i'm gonna go back to my podcast tomorrow either way he's going back to the podcast and as

you said like he has some important stuff going on like and i don't feel like he was dismissing it or putting it down or was above it but i I do feel like realistically for John Lovett, like this is one of many like important things we'll do this year alone. You know, for a lot of other people that are overawed by the experience of like, fair enough, it's the coolest thing they'll ever do. And I don't begrudge them that, but for John Lovett, it's simply not true. And I felt like that kind of like inner confidence came through.

I've got big Mike White energy. And that's high, high. As someone who just started the first episode of White Lotus, I'm finally getting to that. I agree. Yeah, I'm getting on to it. Yeah. John Lovett might be my enemy. Why?

Because John Lovett spent more time telling me how great his pet peeves are and how many he has than he did actually telling me his pet peeves. Yes, what did he say? He said his pet peeves are and how many he has, then he did actually telling me his pet peeves. Yes, what did he say? He said, pet peeves, too many to count. Later saying, I'm constantly annoyed.

I'm like a gay Larry David and I'm like, oh, here we go. This is, I'm, I am seated. I am prepared. What do you got for me? John Loveless. He says, phones at stoplight, people who cut a line and then act confused. Give you a teaser.

Give you a little teaser. It's like he's got a word count. People who cut a line and then act confused. Okay, they're fine. Those are fine. But then he goes on. I'm constantly annoyed. And it's like, constantly annoyed at what, John?

Tell me. Give me more. Open your heart to me. Constantly annoyed at what, John? Tell me. Give me more. Open your heart to me. I thought it was pretty cool that in the interviews that I heard,

for this to be one of the most famous people we've ever seen on Survivor, I don't think a lot of people even said they knew John Lovett. I think more people know who Asia is. I have a community that so many people knew Asia and no one mentioned John Lovett. I love that. It's further wild that Chappelle called her not a celebrity earlier, but we know.

And honestly, so relatable. Because I sat here and I remember watching the big thing or whatever and they show the, like, this season, 47. Here's what we got.

And I see people doing like, there's a John Lovett podcast. I'm like, who the hell is that? So I'm these people. I would not have recognized this man. I don't know him, but I definitely would have recognized Asia. like there's a john lovett podcast like who the hell is that um so i'm these people i wouldn't i would not have recognized this man i don't know him but i definitely would have recognized asia maybe he will too maybe they'll work together that's my win condition i need them to work together okay all right anything else on john love it i think that if asia has any big competition

for the on fire gig it might be john love it so that's a good one if that's stipulation okay all right so that was me with pick number 12 the end of round two and now we will kick off round number three and i will do so and make my third and final pick yes and uh it was getting dicey because uh I was running out of good picks. But the last of my people that I wanted is here. I will take with the first pick in the third round. Give me Sierra. Okay. Okay.

Okay. Okay. That was a lot of okays. we all okay yeah are you all okay okay here's sierra great photo uh by the way here for sierra and uh i feel like that uh sierra is somebody who you know uh seems like uh she is uh potentially another triple threat here in this cast. Somebody who certainly has a feistiness, can bring it, I think, in the physical aspect of the game. Really great social instincts.

She's going to rely on her intuition. social instincts. She says she's going to rely on her intuition. She feels like the type of bubbly personality that is going to be easy to get along with. Taryn, she has also

done some news reporting. The Illuminati is here. Yeah. She was a former Miss Delaware We love a Pageant lady She's a hard worker Like that about her

You're reading it in the moment we can see you reading I don't even know what you're talking about Yeah Alright He's also like a nurse yes a nurse yeah yeah like i knew that yeah he knew that okay i felt to me sierra sierra just in her interview kind of came across to me as a little young and she's not like she's 27 you know which is still young but like compared to the cast like yeah 27 that's fine but it didn like, she came across as a little young to me.

The thing that got me was like, she was like, oh, I can be a little gullible. And then Mike was like, oh, so you can be gullible. She's like, no, people will think I'm gullible. I'm like, are you gullible? All people think you're gullible. I feel like you couldn't. She said gullible is my middle name.

And I said, minor deduction. Yeah, but then she was like, people will suffer for thinking I'm gullible. I'm like, you just said you're gullible. Which one is it? Your middle name. Right. Exactly.

If she's not gullible, gullible is just literally her middle name. Her parents were mean. Sierra Gullible-Wright was named after her grandma. Sierra Gullible-Wright. Golly. I think 12 years of experience in the service industry goes a long way. Literally, you know, we talk about one of the big things being, being able to talk to any type of person in any type of environment.

People are, I'm going to, I'm going to say people are dicks. Service workers. Like I, you know, I've worked many a night shifts at the bagel shop. And let me tell you, I've seen great people. I've seen challenge accepted i'm about to be the worst person you've ever met so if you're able to to go through the those motions keep a happy face through it out i think you're gonna do well in this environment i will say though her hot take of the live reunion uh needs to come back that is not a hot take i

feel like that is a nice school they these A lot of the players missed the hot take assignment. Rob said earlier this summer that people don't know what a hot take is and he didn't want to do the hot take off because mostly they just aren't hot takes. And I think that this was the hot take off and he was right. Yeah. Liana, can you vouch for that? Yeah. Yeah.

100% agree. I mean, we have to discuss it every time. Never a hot enough take. You know what I mean? Ice cold. Yep. A hundred percent agree. I mean, we have to discuss it every time. Never, never a hot enough take. You know what I mean? Yeah. Yeah. It hurt me to bump Sierra down my rankings because that gullible comment, but I'm not going to let that go because the moment she started getting snowed, I'll be like, she told us that she was gullible. But I really thought she could do well as a person who could just like, like kind of charisma her way through the game. You know, like she didn't seem overly strategic, but she felt like she was going to be physical enough to where, who's coming out to Sierra? Why would you?

You know, she seemed like a nice enough person. And if she gets to the end, I can see her winning it. So I thought even though, you know, you could get blindsided a few times and still win the game. You know what I'm saying? It's not all about a resume. It's about who you sit next to at the end. And I wouldn't want to sit next to Sierra at the end if it was me.

Okay. My draft here is done. Asia, John, Sierra. Now let's let the grown-ups talk. All right, Taryn, pop off the draft. Taryn, before you draft, I'm just going to, because I know you didn't do any prep, I'm going to let you know. There was one person who we're talking about bad hot takes. Mike asked for a hot take. He gave pet peeves. So if you want that person who went out talking about bad hot takes. Mike asked for a hot take. He gave pet peeves. So if you want that person who went out of his way to give a pet peeve and he was asked for a hot take now, maybe that's my pet peeve.

Maybe bad hot takes is a pet peeve. Well, then, Taryn, let me before you even look it up. Is this Shannon trying to get you to pick someone that she gets left with a better person at the end that she thinks is better? I honestly just when I heard it, I was like, he's speaking to Taryn. He's giving a pet peeve and no one asked for one. What even was the pet peeve? Who is this person?

Sol said, when Mike asked for a hot take, he was like, it's my pet peeve when people say you can't play the game of Survivor. I'm like, that's not a hot take,

but it is a pet peeve in case Tara wants to know, which he doesn't because I know he's done no prep. All he's doing is watching and covering Big Brother, which seems pretty chill. What's with Karen Niki's pic?

I guess either complimenting him, helping him, or roasting him. It's all three, Pouya. That's the Shannon Gutt experience. A triple threat. Well, here's the thing. I was looking at Saul, and I could tell for the audience, the people left are,

in alphabetical order, we got Caroline, Kashawn, Kyle, Saul, and Sue. There's some great picks left as well. It's a deep cast.

Well, listen, my initial judgment is different than this, but the addition of additional pet peeves. It sounds like Saul is full of peeves. Ghosting at the seams with peeves. Which I do like. And the chat seems to really want me to pick him. But, man, that's...

See, that's... You know what? Shannon? I don't... Okay. You've been mean to me all night. I'm not going to trust your judgment. I'm going to go with Kyle. Not on purpose.

So you've been mean to me all night. Is it because I said that TK was my favorite Taryn? I mean, that was the start of it. Look, as the person who normally gets bullied by Shannon, I totally understand Taryn and I get it. And you go, King. Have I not been bullied you hell enough? It's not my turn anymore.

It's Taryn's turn. Tell us about the friendly contractor, Kyle. He just seems like a nice guy, you know? Just a chill, nice guy. I really, what I appreciated about Kyle's pet peeves is that he doesn't blame people

for them. He just, people sneezing around me and hearing people chew food, those two things drive me absolutely bonkers. He's just a man existing in the world going like, and I love that for him, you know? Yeah. The sneezing thing is unfair. People sneezing around you, like that's an involuntary, like,

involuntary response to be like, I hate that, but not their fault it's not my fault we're all just existing in a world of misery you know genuinely like he just he seems like he seems like a nice guy he's there for his family I think he's gonna be like a lovable character I think that I think that like he'll fit in

well to to like a small tribe I think he's gonna be looked in well to to like a small tribe. I think he's going to be looked at as like an asset to the tribe. And who knows? He could he could sneak his way in there. My favorite thing about Kyle is this pose. He's giving that. Thank you.

Yes. I might have Lytle. Yeah. Is this Kevin James shrug? Yeah. Can we get the King of Queens? I might have seen the lure advantage. My eyes are getting weary.

My back is getting tight. Liana, as the Kevin James expert, do you agree? I agree. I co-sign it. I've been obsessed with Kyle's cast photos since i saw it and the this comparison makes me so much happy so much happy so much happy so cool they're like it's he looks like a nice guy and he's got like his thumbs and it's like hanging out i was like oh this is perfect man great super long t-shirt that makes proportionally him look so weird.

I love it. I like, I'm obsessed. I love it. And I think that Kyle is, I mean, first of all, he's going to be super physical. I think that he'll be able to contribute to the individual immunity challenges. I think that's super. Yes. We need you to identify the differences

I might vote you out at the tribal knowledge might be power Kevin James did compete in last year's Brandt Steel at the end of the year all in Rob how do you do I How do you do? Yeah.

I don't recall. I don't think he won. Oh, all right. Well, go off, King. Yeah, definitely put in a shift, though, I will say. Yeah. Well, I think Cocaine Bear won. As he should have.

That makes sense. How did that look? King. How did Showmance with Travis Kelsey? Mother. The way they mother. I know Travis. Rob, how did you so perfectly identify she picked Kevin

James from this? Because it's so perfect and you just got it so right. Did Chappelle say it? What did Chappelle say? I literally said he's giving the Doug Heffernan and then you said, yeah, Kevin James. I was like, do y'all not know who Doug Heffernan is? I heard Rob say it. Oh, you went with his

TV government name, Chappelle? That's too much. That was literally a picture who Doug Heffernan is? I heard Rob say it. Oh, you went with his TV government name, Chappelle? That's too much. That was literally a picture of Doug Heffernan. That was from King of Queens. Really? Was it? I just heard Rob say it. Corbin blew it again. I just found out that he didn't go by Kevin James on King of Queens.

His name was Doug Heffernan. Kyle seems like a really, really, really nice guy. Like just too nice. Hearing his inner interview, I just went through the feelings for him and hearing the journey he has had to get to where he is. He's 1000% motivated by the money, which I love to see in a player.

Going for gold always, but I don't know. It's like, I'm hearing all the right things, but I don't necessarily know if Kyle is going to be able to pull off the things he needs to pull off to get there. He talks about how nice he is and how hard of a time he has when others are sad. I get that feeling. So if you have to vote someone out and they're sad, are you going to not vote them out? Maybe I'll vote you out. I don't know.

Like, I don't know. Yeah, I feel I obviously feel burned by the Q pick from last time and i feel really burned by the hunter pick like i picked the nice guy and i found that the nice guys finish ninth and we're trying to pick first i think now so we're trying to pick first right yeah is it first or sixth what are we trying we're trying to get first yeah see that's my concern i think carl is the tallest guy yeah look how long he is he's definitely the he's really this is a tall man right so yeah i think he's just a little too nice maybe he doesn't have the killer instinct that one would need that's so that was my concern for him he even talks about how he doesn't want to hurt people right that that's something that could be his

potential kryptonite in the game that does make me nervous but i mean he just seems so likable right and that could carry him quite far will he be able to make the moves that he needs to in order to win at the end that's where i'm a little bit more sus but we love someone who's tapped into his emotions he dislikes people who you know aren't giving that i really appreciate that and uh yeah appreciate that. He seems so nice. He's willing to eat garbage. That is true. I didn't like that, though. No one asked.

Why are you offering that? Not no one asked. You got to do what you got to do. You know what I mean? Maybe he does have it. Clearly somebody in his life has asked. Right. I've been asked before. Down to four. All right.

Down to four. All of these are good picks. I honestly like, there's pros here across the board. Okay. This is a very good cast. All right. Pouya.

Yes. Okay, four picks are left. Caroline. Yeah. Kashan. Saul and Sue I have a couple of directions

I can go one thing's for certain I'm I'm ruling somebody out because we'll get to it later that leaves me with two and I kind of don't know

which direction I want to go here but I think I'm going to take the I'm going to take the cast word for this one. This is somebody who most people in their interview, not only loved, but wanted to work with. I felt like in the interview, there was some good positive energy there.

There's some, there's some desire to play the game there. So there's a reference. Not many people will get though. I'll give you, give me one. Cristiano Ronaldo scores a a goal give me sue on my team sue okay yeah okay yeah um yeah i just a lot of people were were were into her energy which i think is good. I also feel like she is on a good starting tribe for her at the moment. I feel like there's a very strong tribe.

A lot of people want to work with her on said tribe. So what could go wrong? Hmm. I don't know. I feel good about this. OK. Yeah. She's the anti-gay, right? Everybody was vibing with Sue. Everyone feel good about this. Okay. She's the anti-game, right?

Everybody was vibing with Sue. Everyone wanted to be friends with Sue. And I am hoping that that translates into the actual game, not just the Ponderosa vibes. I also agree, hopefully the Blue Tribe will be able to keep her safe because that could be a potential risk for her.

She felt almost the most authentically herself that she wasn't giving sort of these canned answers. I don't know. I just, I felt like she was really being herself. And I appreciate that. She calls herself a Sigma female. Sigma. That's good.

On that grind set. Yeah. That's interesting. They're like side. Yeah. That's interesting. They're like the lone wolves archetype. She's independent. She kind of moves at her own, the beat of her own drum, that kind of thing. I think that's what she means. Her game is not

skibbity. It's very Phantom Tax. Yeah. She steals your vote.'s phantom tax oh no it's enough gen alpha slang for today thank you very much

that's why I wasn't understanding it my old ass was like no he's the Rizzler it's fine yeah she's she might have too much Rizz she also says she's a badass. I'm a badass. Yeah. Everyone was

very high on Sue. Like, I can't imagine she's an early pig and she seemed great in the interview. Do you see the stance in the picture? She's like a superhero. If you just saw her, you'd be like, I'm pretty high on her. She's going to be fine. You know, you're sitting there in Ponderosa. You can't talk for uh like a week and you're like i gotta know what

the deal is with this lady like uh everybody's uh dying to know what what she's all about and maybe they start talking to her and she annoys the hell out of people but as of right now they can't wait to find out what she has going on superhero pose she's killing it well and i think the tenacity to you know become a flight school owner like that's it was such a such a cool experience for her to live her life that way she seems super buff also um uh yeah i'm here for for sue the fact that she's on a tribe the col Corbin Blue tribe, with Tiana, who is a flight attendant who wants to become a pilot, and Sue is a pilot who has a flight school. The synergy is clear now. I hope that, like, if they ever end up on the tribe with Genevieve, they aren't annoying in that way.

Although maybe they all bond. Maybe they also all hate those annoying people on flights, considering they're on a lot so i think sue's a very very good pick and i think that if people love her as much in the game as much as they do pre-season she she's one like they she was like the main character in a very positive way i mean i feel like i i'm sorry to break the news to all of us but she definitely hates us all. Oh, yeah. Oh, you mean because of the peeves, right. One-uppers. People who talk too much about stuff that no one cares about.

Oh, wow. Don't stop. People who are only negative and complain all the time. I'm safe there. Shannon, you're done. Oh, my God. I'm so sorry, Sue. Who hates me more, Sue or Andy? I don't know. I'm going to correct the grammar as well while I do it.

I'm not surprised that Sue doesn't like me. Yeah. Honestly, she made some points. That's fair. Not a shock. She's entitled. We're down to three picks left. It'll be Liana, and then Chappelle will decide his and Shannon's fate. Waiting around for Chappelle to tell me.

Oh, that was evil of you, Ro. Not just who me last, but to have Chappelle decide who I get. Hey, I did it on the fly. Oh, yeah. You just said that you're such a nice guy, and you are cruel. MSM workshopped this months ago. We've been screwed. It's ridiculous.

Okay. Liana. Yes. cruel and then msm workshop this months ago we've been screwed it's ridiculous okay okay liana yes okay all right caroline kishan and saul i am very surprised this person fell to me i am so intrigued by them it is saul saul give me the deep brain stimulation sales person on my team also if I'm trying to relive the past in my glorious heyday that was survivor 43 he says he relates to Gabler you know so we're just sticking with the Gabe Gabler

theme here today by the way the Issa look winner Saul the look Bryce that he has been very on with the it's a look picks, I believe, including Kenzie last season. We love that. Yeah, it was a little hard on Asia, though. A little hard on Asia. If you go listen to it, put some tomatoes in the comments.

So you let them know that he messed up. She don't got to show. She can show them. It's okay. Oh, you mean Bryce? Bryce was hard on Asia. Yeah. I was like, what's wrong?

You know, I'm like a watch dog now. You know, if this is involving Asia, I'm right there. I'm trying to make sure she's good. Okay, so Bryce, don't get carried away. Yeah. Anyway, so so Saul I feel I feel he he really intrigues me there's so interesting he's so interesting don't you just want to get to know him I want to know more about him especially because you know there is I think Rob you and Mike talked about this a

little bit of a disconnect between what he's saying and then sort of the energy that maybe we're feeling in the interview so i want to peel back those onions i want to know more i am i'm really intrigued by him also he looks like a powerhouse so i think that he'll be super useful in the challenges and yeah i'm i'm all i'm here for the the soul power yeah yeah i will the only negative i had and i do feel like the positive, like you've got soul, but you're not a soldier. The Wandos write themselves. Exactly. My one concern was like, when he's like, you know, I have soul power and Mike was like, like soul power.

And he was like soul, because my name is soul. Not like, cause my name's not Will. He over explained the joke, which to be fair, I don't hate, but I just, that that interaction i was like we get it so we know you and i feel like mike would be like yeah i know your name is so it's on the chart um you introduced yourself at the beginning of this interview he's also like nobody explained uh he says what's something you'd never know about you i used to live with international pop sensation ryan cabrera i'm sick and tired of this world and it's only It just feels weird to me to say international pop

sensation before the name of a person you lived with. Maybe she was his publicist. I think we'd know if that would true. Like to me it implies that you need to explain that it's a person that matters in which case should you be saying. If it was a real international pop sensation you wouldn't have to say it. No one's like

international pop sensation Taylor Swift you shouldn have to say it. No one's like international pop sensation Taylor Swift. You shouldn't just say Taylor Swift. I guess he didn't clarify that for his loved one, who was Matt Damon. He didn't specify that, which also then I think comes with Ben Affleck for free. So maybe you get a little bit of a two for one deal. Saul also mentioned that he wants to use idols as weapons. I'm so curious. Like physically?

Yeah. That's what i'm saying look the thing is is that this i don't know i don't know how sol is gonna do but i'm intrigued and i'm hoping that he gets enough air time so i get to learn more about him which is really why i'm here yes all right so it look it could go either way i think that uh if he doesn't give them enough uh that maybe they feel like they're not connecting with him but also uh maybe they want to keep him around and learn more about what's going on with saul that's what i'm saying the mystery okay all right there are two players left chapelle you'll control the board you'll pick one person for yourself and one person for

Shannon you will choose either Caroline or Kashawn one will be yours one will be Shannon's would you like to tell us who your pick will be or would you like to tell Shannon who her pick will be wow I would like to know who

Shannon would like I like both of these people like it's not upsetting to me because i genuinely like there's so many positives in this cast as i'm saying um yeah there really wasn't anybody yeah there wasn't like that was like oh not that i really agree with you in a way that was like i mean i guess good for me as of last pick but like when I was listening to the interviews it was hard to pass out when they're all so like good in their different ways and like have maybe like one or two things you could be concerned about but otherwise like yeah I see it um Caroline I think is great like honestly would be really happy with Caroline she's smart she she I really liked her interview She's a strategy consultant who just got an MBA.

My childhood best friend, my maid of honor, is exactly that. So now I have to think about would I draft my best friend? And that became a whole different kettle of fish. But I thought maybe Liana would take her. She compared herself to Emily, who Liana had a lot of success with in her first pick. It went poorly. Then it went very well. Also Tori.

So like like you know some concerns around some of the picks but i i see it really positively um and i really like caroline and kishan is a doctor like it was so disrespectful like he's an er doctor out there saving lives we're putting him to the last pick like clearly a really intelligent person he seemed really nice as well like i don't really know why either a fallen other than the fact that it's a very even draft board. So who was last on your board, Shannon? I didn't have last. I did. I couldn't do it. I felt like maybe I wasn't really vibing with like Sierra.

Kyle, I thought was a bit too nice. Rome, I thought was a bit too intense. So like the three of them, I would have, I was kind of a bit lower on, but like most people just I had positives and even with them I could have seen Something in it so You wanted me to be upset well I'm not Chappelle you make your pick And I'll be okay

Okay sounds good I'm going to go With Caroline Oh no it's fine How do you feel Ch. It's fine. How do you feel, Sherilyn? It's fine. Good picks, but I would have liked Caroline because I did just say she was exactly like my best friend, but it's fine.

You do you. I wanted you to lean in either direction so I could give you who you wanted, but then you didn't. So I just took Caroline. Okay. What kind of one Caroline now? I mean, how bad? Not that bad, but I guess I kind of took Caroline. Okay. Okay. What kind of one Caroline now? I mean, how bad? Not that bad,

but like, I guess I kind of, nevermind. All right. I'll give you Caroline, but you have to trade me someone else. No, I'm not trying.

That's fine. It's whatever. I just, now I've got two men and people will talk about it. It was the last pick and I had no choice. See, I did that for you. Uh,

Chappelle, tell us about your pick of Caroline. We heard what Shannon said. What do you think about her? Yeah, we really did. Yeah, I know, right? See, Caroline was someone who was on my radar, but also, like, there were so many, as Shannon was saying,

good people who, like, really stood out. And I just felt like, for me, the reason why I'm actually kind of surprised that I got her was because I think she's going to do great. I liked in her bio. Let me pull it back up because it just exited. But yes, Caroline was great. I think that as like as far as like her interviews and stuff goes, I was listening and I was like, OK, there are other people who stand out more to me as like people who would be threats, people who I thought would do well in the game. They will be very obvious. And I thought she could fall under the radar.

I also thought that her like on a tribe, I thought that there could be issues with her maybe being kind of small. And I'd like the athletic more types when it comes to these smaller games, these quicker games, because, you know, you don't want to be a detriment to your tribe. And so there were definitely reasons why I didn't go and jump out and get Caroline. But I'm definitely interested to hear why y'all didn't want Caroline, because I'm really surprised that this is the pick I got. OK. I agree. To me, I think she did stand out as maybe the smallest on her tribe. So if blue does end up going to tribal council, I think that that could be, you know,

a potential issue for her. I of course love the bluntness as Shannon mentioned, someone who talked about Emily being one of her faves. I totally, totally relate to that. I think she also was someone who was like, look, I don't want to play too early.

You know, this whole big move itis thing. This is a problem. Like I loved everything that I was hearing, look, I don't want to play too early. You know, this whole big move itis thing. This is a problem. Like, I loved everything that I was hearing from her. I think it is just a situation where everyone is so competitive. And she just ends up falling through the cracks a little bit because maybe she didn't give like one or two answers that I really wanted to hear. She had a pet peeve that was people who ask you to complete something

by a deadline and then send a follow up before the deadline. I got a little confused by that. It took me a second. What is she saying exactly? They're asking are you doing the thing I asked

of you to do? No, it's like, hey, reminder, this is due on this date hmm have you done this yet it's like I know Tuesday and Friday yeah like like like if I got a message from like Rob right now saying

hey have you done the survivor draft yet no yeah no that would be like survivor draft. No, that'd be more like if Rob said, hey, have you figured out what we're doing for the Big Brother finale? You're like, it's a month out.

No. So have you figured it out yet? Yeah, so did you figure it out? You're like, bro, it's a month out. We're fine. We actually have big plans for the Survivor finale Pouya did I say Survivor? I meant Big Brother I meant Big Brother

we do have big plans for the Big Brother finale we don't have any plans for the Survivor finale yet okay I'll check with you tomorrow Rob check in tomorrow it's not a pet peeve of mine yeah okay

let's talk about Shannon's pick. Well, not my pick. My team member. Your team member. Wow. I don't get to pick when I'm given to it in last. Shannon, either one is fine for me, but now kind of disavowed.

Yeah, no, it's fine. It's not about Keyshawn or Carolineoline or even chappelle it's about the fact that rob would put me last knowing that then i would have to wait around for an hour to not to just hear who chappelle tells me i get and i like who i get it was a team effort shannon we all made picks for you to get landed there it was a team and i literally asked you i was going to give you whoever yeah but who knows your mind games if i were were to say something, you'd probably take them. Then I'd have to think, should I tell... You're right.

You know yourself. Then should I take the person I don't want? No, I'm just agreeing with you. And I'm going back and forth. Yeah. Okay. Don't do that either. Don't get in my head.

Tell us about... Keyshawn. Yes, your pick. He our doctor. Why are we so low on Keyshawn? Why is he the last pick? Oh, I know why I didn't pick him. Okay, tell me.

Why? He said he was getting bad vibes from somebody with the initials A.W. Oh, that will... And if you don't think that Asia can win him over in less than a second, then you don't know Asia. I don't think that's my worry.

His pet peeves was Asia. Right. Like, excuse me? Broadcasters? What is it? It was Asia. Like, they can't net? No, what was his actual...

Like, yes. Like, specifically got bad vibes from Asia. But what about his actual pet peeves? Oh, his actual pet peeves were fine. They were slow walkers, which is a great one. Two people. One of Taryn's favorites. Yeah.

And then thinking salt and pepper are seasoning. What are they? No, I understood what he was going with there. He was like salt and pepper yeah he wasn't talking about Asia's dog right yeah when Taran he was talking about Asia's dog

I thought that was funny not for nothing to what Liana just said it's Asia and Teenie and they're both on his tribe. And those two know each other. They know each other.

Yeah, so that just makes me a little bit nervous, right? Like he could immediately end up on the outs. Shannon, you say they'll be fine. We're worried about Keyshawn. They're all nice people I'm sure in like all of these get them asian get them for me

it takes 10 minutes of actual conversation he's asia's first he's her first victim bring it home asia yeah well that's the thing shannon you said you were worried about rome if this tribe was to lose i think he is in danger not r Rome. You're saying Rome is in danger, not him. So we have a fun showdown. No, no, I do think from a physical perspective, like, obviously Rome would be fine. Which then gets you this. I feel like I'm scared for him because if... Maybe they won't

lose. If they won't lose, you're safe on grenade watch. Genevieve, I think, could possibly be in trouble as much as I love Genevieve. She could maybe be in trouble. Ooh, Taryn. I don't know. I don't think this tribe will lose. So yeah, final six, everyone.

Like, you know. Oh, wow. I don't know. I think it's okay. I feel incredibly, like, I felt like this was a really hard draft. I thought they were all really good. And I don't feel like I felt specific about things. I'm sorry. I don't feel like this would be a win for i thought they were all really good and i don't feel like i felt specific about things i'm sorry i don't i don't feel like this would win for me but we'll see

go team we'll see all right maybe maybe it was i don't know with that the draft is locked the winner has been selected a grenade has been selected let's see if uh there's any fun ways in which those two overlap. Let's take a look at our teams one more time. I got things started with Asia and rounded out my draft with John Lovett and Sierra. Then Taryn has a team of Andy, Genevieve, and Kyle. Puya has Tiana, Rome, and Sue. Liana has Teenie, Gabe, and Saul. Chappelle has Sam, Annika, and Caroline.

And Shannon has Rachel, TK, and Kashawn. Yeah, and I don't mean to insult my team by saying I don't feel like I've won. It's not that I could have won. I feel like any of us could have won. There are so many good picks. It's a strong year. I think everyone can look at teams and feel good about their team. Yeah. Well, Rob picked the winner.

I just hope he picked the grenade as well. Look, it's possible. The beauty of this format, everybody has a chance. Okay? And then, just to restate it for our new listeners, even if you get grenaded, there's still a way

out. One chance. Where if you end grenaded, there's still a way out. One chance. Where if you end up having the first player voted out of the game, you can still win if you have the winner on your team and another person who makes it to the final three. And if you say, that's impossible, well, it happened. We call it the Chappelle Clause here. You know what I'm saying? The Chappelle Clause. In Survivor 42, it happened. We call it the Chappelle Clause here. You know what I'm saying? In Survivor 42, it happened to Chappelle. And he has not

talked about it ever since. Oh, I don't have to talk about it because it's named after me. Just to restate the rules, in case of any sort of medical evacuation or in the first episode,

we are looking for the Medical evacuation or quit. In the first episode, okay, we are looking for the player who goes out from tribal council. Even if they quit. Even if they quit, though. If they quit out of tribal council, that's still the first move. That's still the first move. If they make the decision to go,

but what if they get injured and it's kind of like a medical quit, like Matthew or like Dana? They get injured at Tribal? You get injured at all. And they cancel the first Tribal Council? Then they gotta go. Or maybe they just quit at Tribal.

They have to be voted out either by themselves or the Tribe. Even if they're hurt. Even if they're getting voted out because they're hurt. Yeah, if they're hurt and they're making it too tribal to get voted out, they still got voted out and not medevaced. Look, Asia's not drafting, so everybody should be

fine. Yeah, we're all safe. No one's getting medevaced. That was so kind of her to go on this season to make sure there'd be no medevacs because she wouldn't be drafting. Everybody can live their dreams. Thank you, Asia. All right. We have a very busy week coming up, okay? We are going to, as far as Survivor goes, we've got a whole bunch of stuff for you to check out. By the way, we've done a little bit of a facelift over at RobHasAWebsite.com. You should check it out, see some of the new things we've did uh our goal try to make it easier for you to uh find the shows and subscribe to the podcast and you can do that uh so easily at robinsonwebsite.com

for all things survivor go to weknowsurvivor.com on wednesday night i will be back after the episode with omar zaheer to break it all down in our post-game show. And then on Thursday, it'll be the return of Survivor Know-It-Alls. And I'll get to speak with the first player voted out of the game. Whoever is the grenade, I will talk to them coming up on Thursday. So be on the lookout for that. Okay, Liana, you have the B&B coming up. Yes, the B&B is going to be going strong all season. We're kicking things off for the very first

episode with Gabby Pascuzzi. Oh, fun. I can't wait to get all of her takes on this cast and, of course, talk about everything from the first two hours of Survivor at 47 Roll. Okay. All right. Liana, great job tonight. Chappelle, you and I just got done on the slop over on

the patron feed. Almost two hours with the mess magnets. Yeah. And if you like the slop club, condo is back to baby. So next week you'll have twice the slop. You'll have Rob and I talking about club, talking about club condo and survivor.

And then the next day you'll have the slop on Tuesday, as opposed to our normal Monday viewing time. So make sure you subscribe, make sure you're a patron so you'll have the slop on Tuesday as opposed to our normal Monday viewing time. So make sure you subscribe. Make sure you're a patron so you can see the slop. But also tune in for Club Condo as Rob and I talk about the silly stuff that we might have caught outside of the Survivor game. Perfect way to close out the Survivor week on Mondays on RHAP. Yeah, it's a good time. Okay, great job tonight, Chappelle.

time. Okay. Great job tonight, Chappelle. Shannon and I did an emergency podcast this morning to talk about the news we got about Australian Survivor versus the world. That is up in our Survivor podcast feed. Shannon, any other news that you've learned since then? No, I was asleep. I did that podcast and I went to sleep and now I'm here. But that was it. That was fun. I mean, we were, I was not chill. Cause Tony poverty, sorry.

I don't know if you guys heard the Australian survivor. It's the best thing that ever happened to me. I've seen some buzz today that people are suspecting that Brenda low is a rumored name. You buy that or no. I actually was rereading the press release. We were saying, are there,

is there another U.S. person? But having read the article like again after, I did that before I went to sleep. It was like the U.S. will be represented by, and then it said the three. It didn't say like players including. It said those three. And that made me think that those are the only three U.S. players,

as you thought would be the case. So, yeah. Also, the chat is saying about the website. I know I just went are the only three U.S. players, as you thought would be the case. So, yeah. Also, the chat is saying about the website. I know I just went to the website. That looks amazing. The website redesign looks so good. We've been working hard on it.

Probably still a work in progress, but we're trying to get it a little bit more fresh and clean for the new season of Survivor. Amazing. The chat said I look sad. I'm not sad. I was just looking at the website. It looksor. Amazing. The chat said I look sad. I'm not sad. I was just looking at the website. It looks amazing. Yeah, things I'm plugging, follow me at Shannon Gates covering Survivor 47. First guest for the premiere will be Caroline Cordes

from Titans V Rebels. Super excited about that. We did the emergency podcast, as you said. We did an off-season Global Survivor podcast about the defining moments of international survivor which is really really relevant to the fact that those people will go out to play against you know u.s survivor legends as we've heard and and more and then they'll be also in the world tribe as they said from new zealand and south africa as well

unfortunately we did not talk about survivor norway but we did that we did a little bit about survivor norway well no but on the international defining moments, I haven't watched Survivor Norway. 17 seasons, 1999, before the US even had Survivor. So that's, yeah, we talked about that in the podcast that I did with Rob. We also did global defining moments. For the Sydney-siders, there will be a watch party

for Survivor 47 for the premiere at the Agincourt Hotel, which I will be at. So hope to see many of you there. And that's all I have. Thank you all for a fun draft. I've spent an hour trying to think of a Vanessa Hudgens pun. I can't. Ashley Tisdale.

Do we have Ashley Tisdale? Can someone help me out here? We can come back to you on that. We can come back and think about it. Okay. All right. Pouya, what's coming up for you? Well, the 90-day season, the before the 90-day that's going on right now,

episode three this week, we're having a good time with that. Honestly, the season is a whole new cast, but they are, I don't even know what to describe them, Rob. I cannot wait to convince you to join us for one of these because it's been a lot. And then myself and Taryn are talking the circle. We're going to be talking about the second batch of episodes this week. So that should be fun. So far so good.

Can't complain. And then myself and Liana, we're going to be talking mass singer when that drops. So can't wait. Always a delight. What Liana? Why would you, would you look at me like that?

It's a big deal. Check out the premiere of the mass singer podcast you're gonna want to check out the premiere oh okay what a tease again leona's plugs have been so on point i'm intrigued about all of your content i will say the chat absolutely delivered uhisdale the season. Hopefully no one shop pays for their picks. That's what we're getting from the chat. All right. Taryn, what's coming up for you? I'm just reading up on the Sigma female. 0.1%.

No, no, no. The rarest female on earth. I thought you were going to say you're reading up on the car. Why did you have that Googled? What are you researching? I've been researching ever since I saw Sue call herself a stigma FEMA.

She's not the type to seek the spotlight, but her presence is always felt. Her confidence is quiet yet powerful, drawing others to her without any apparent effort. The enigmatic nature often leads people to want to know more about her, yet she only reveals what she chooses to, maintaining a sense of mystique.

Yeah. You like that, don't you? Yeah, what a stigma. Such a stigma. I mean, I'm just curious to see Sue as the rarest female on Earth. I mean, that's how Sue sees it. Yeah. And I wouldn't glee.

I would do the pun. Don't make me. All right. yeah and i wouldn't glee i'll do the puns don't make me all right uh join taryn tomorrow morning for a another uh interesting uh day i'm assuming taryn i think that i just saw that the veto ceremony was late tonight see this is the trick if you don't plug yourself you force rob to do it for you yeah i'll do my best, but... Listen, it's been a good season of Big Brother. If you're just tuning into Survivor

and you're like, yeah, Big Brother usually sucks, not this year. Yeah. Not this year. You should be tuning in. This is the year. Join Taryn live, 11 a.m. Eastern, and then the roundtable on Tuesday night as well.

So busy Big Brother Tuesday coming up tomorrow. And then of course, Taryn and I are still getting together every weekend now for the BB Q&A, one of the shows that we do for the patrons. And then I will be back taking questions from our patrons coming up on Friday at 3 p.m. Eastern

for the return of the Survivor 47 Q&A. And so be there on Friday afternoon after you watch the premiere to call in and I'll answer your questions live coming up on Friday. If you want to be part of the fun, rob is the website at com slash patron. Thank you so much. Thank you, drafters, for, I know,

a lot goes into putting the draft together. Appreciate everybody's hard work and research. It's going to be another fun season. Good luck to everybody. Take care. Have a good one. Bye. Who knows what's about to happen?