Survivor 28: Premiere Review with Ian Terry

Despite Jeff Probst's noticeably curbed enthusiasm, Survivor returned to our screens on Wednesday with guns fully blazing and today we're back to break down all of the spyshacking, rice dumping, idol hunting, and blindsiding with Big Brother 14 winner Ian Terry.  Listen to all of our HOT SURVIVOR TAKES on the player below, find the direct link here, or find us on iTunes here.

Survivor 28: Extended Preview

With the Survivor: Cagayan premiere only hours away, we're back for a typically brief and cursory look at the players gracing our screens for the next three months, who are hopefully bold and definitely beautiful. We break down what Tyler Perry production had in mind when they installed the bevy of twists found on this season, debating what effect these might have on the game, and act as wholly unqualified judges of character for this season's cast. You can listen below, here, or on iTunes here.

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Survivor 28: Cast Preview with Andy Herren

In celebration of Survivor's return to our screens we took our three favourite things (hyperbole, tardiness, and technical problems) and combined them into one glorious package. Our recording software decided to upgrade Dom into Andy Herren, who drops by to give his take on the beauties and beasts of Survivor: Cagayan. We return to our regular programming with a more in-depth look at the season's tribes and twists, which will be up shortly; meanwhile, you can listen below, here, or on iTunes here.

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Reflections with Richard Hatch

Thirteen years after being crowned the first winner of Survivor, Richard Hatch stands tall as the franchise's most iconic figure and leading authority. We are honoured to be joined by him for an extensive conversation about his experiences in life and on the show, including many topics he has rarely - if at all - spoken about publicly. As the original Survivor mastermind he gives his perspective on what happened in Borneo, addressing long-held misconceptions about the first season, and waxes lyrical on Survivor as both game and cultural phenomenon. You can listen below, here, or on iTunes here.

Survivor 27: Season in Review

After 39 hard-fought days and nights, Tyson Apostol finally received the proverbial man-tiara he'd so long been dreaming of, and now that adequate time has passed to forget about how dreadfully clear the outcome was (as well as to forget the entire boot order), we're back to break down the finale, evaluate Tyson's gameplay, give our parting thoughts on the cast, and much more. Hear three hours worth of last words on Blood vs. Water by listening on the player below, find the direct link here, or find us on iTunes here.

Dan Gheesling Discusses "Clean Your Own Mirror"

A couple of weeks ago we did our first live Google Hangout broadcast in which we were joined by Big Brother legend Dan Gheesling to discuss his new book, "Clean Your Own Mirror" (which can be purchased HERE). In it we discuss Dan's six necessary duties for leading and influencing others as well as how he applied those tactics within the BB house. It took us a fortnight to figure out how to embed it into a blog post, which turned out to be literally a 10-second procedure, and perhaps someday we'll figure out how to clip the audio to send it through to iTunes as a podcast, but probably not.  In any case, you can watch the video of our conversation on the player above.

Programming note: we'll be back "soon" for our final thoughts on Blood vs. Water.

Survivor 27: Quick Hits with Gordon Holmes

Blood vs. Water is officially in the books, but before we give our final HOT TAKES on the season, we check back in with Xfinity's Gordon Holmes to discuss his time on location as the game was just beginning, hear his first hand insight after interviewing each of the pairs, and get his take on how things played out after he left the Philippines. Plus, Gordon gives us his opinions on each of the 2013 inductees to his own baby, the Survivor Hall of Fame.  Listen to this episode on the player below, find the direct link here, or find us on iTunes here.