Tuesday, November 28, 2017

Survivor 35: Cole Slaughtered -- Episode 9 Recap/Analysis


Safely home in Old England and New England respectively, Dom and Colin are finally back together to dive deep into the latest Survivor action, plus waste plenty of time on outdated action they weren't able to debate when it was relevant. As always you can listen below, here, or on iTunes here.

Tuesday, November 21, 2017

Survivor 35: Episode 8 & Quantifying Edits with Amanda Rabinowitz

With both Colin and Dom's microphone out this week, this episode comes to you via two cans on a string from another dimension (aka England). The audio quality may be bad but the content is good, as psychologist Amanda Rabinowitz drops by to discuss the backlash against Chrissy, the new twists springing up every episode, and an interesting approach to quantifying edit analysis. As always you can listen below, here, or on iTunes here.


Sunday, November 19, 2017

(repost) Restoring Sanity: Life After RTV

Some listeners reported problems listening to this episode on iTunes and other platforms, so hopefully this will do the trick.




Tuesday, November 14, 2017

Survivor 35: Merge Recap/Analysis with Austin Trupp and Casual Anna


With Dom out looking for new ways to avoid England, Colin is joined by Survivor: Maryland creator Austin Trupp to break down the merge dynamics and talk through each player's story thus far. Plus, another haphazard Edit Zone monologue and a bonus interview with a living/breathing casual fan when you listen below, here, or on iTunes here.

Austin -- 2:04
Anna -- 1:24:30
Edit Zone -- 1:47:45

Tuesday, November 7, 2017

Big Brother All-Stars: Week 6


As Janelle excels herself expelling Marcellas, we're here for another week of BB7 discussion. With Season 6 nominally regaining power after the fall of their leader (again), was there any chance of them regrouping? How does Marcellas being crowned mayor of the jury house affect the future jury dynamics? And just how does Chilltown keep getting away with it? All this and more on this week's episode, available below, here, or on iTunes here.

  

Monday, November 6, 2017

Restoring Sanity: Life After RTV



Last year's episode on RTV fans ignoring boundaries covered just one aspect of the confusing, complicated, and often lengthy process of readjusting to life after reality TV; this follow-up takes another dive into that broader topic. Poker pro and TV veteran David Williams and Big Brother contestant and commentator Jordan Parhar share their experiences as contestants and then alumni, while Big Brother Canada's official psychologist Dr Steven Stein explains his work from the other side of the curtain preparing contestants for what comes next.

As always, you can listen below, here, or on iTunes here. If you want to give feedback, feel free to reach out via the links on the sidebar!

01:45 - Steven Stein
27:00 - David Williams
1:00:45 - Jordan Parhar

(Music: Strangers - Passenger)

Other links:
Jordan Parhar - Why I'm Retiring
David Williams - Masterchef Blogs



Survivor 35: Merge Preview with Lita Brillman


While Dom is off vigorously breastroking the English Channel to make it to America in time for Know-It-Alls, Colin is joined by RHAP fixture Lita Brillman to take a look at where everyone stacks up entering the always electric #Survivor merge.  Plus, was Ali's blindside a satisfying episode or just blatantly dishonest editing? Which combination of haphazard duos might come together to form a new majority? And after a tumultuous couple of rounds, is Ryan's star beginning to fade? All that and more below, here, or on iTunes here.