Survivor 34: Season Preview -- Nuku Tribe

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Having already forecasted the Mana tribe here, we're back today to break down the mish-mash group of fan favorites and "fan favorites" that make up Nuku as we conclude our Game Changers preseason coverage.  Use the provided time chart to skip around and see if we said anything incendiary about your favorites! As always you can listen on the player below, here, or on iTunes here.

Andrea - 3:30
Tai - 19:30
Debbie - 30:15
Sarah - 44:25
Cirie - 52:20
Zeke - 1:03:35
Ozzy - 1:16:30
Sierra - 1:27:15
Brad - 1:41:30
JT - 1:52:30
General thoughts - 2:19:30

(music: Josh Rouse)

Survivor 34: Season Preview -- Mana Tribe

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After inadvertently turning our cast preview into a double album, we're back today to draw more names from the hat plastic basin as we talk through the formidable Mana tribe. The particularly variance-averse can skip around to their favorites using the time chart below. Listen on the embedded player, here, or on iTunes here.

Game Changers as a theme - 7:30
Tony - 25:00
Caleb - 40:45
Troyzan - 49:15
Varner - 56:45
Michaela - 1:08:15
Ciera - 1:21:20
Aubry - 1:33:45
Malcolm - 1:44:45
Hali - 1:59:15
Sandra - 2:06:20

(music: David Bowie)


LINKS
Find our S34 auction draft here
Josh Wigler here
Dalton Ross here
Gordon Holmes here
Inside Survivor here

'The Genius' Coverage Master List

WHERE TO WATCH

The Genius S1-S4

WHY TO WATCH

Why everyone should watch The Genius

THE GENIUS 1: RULES OF THE GAME

Part 1

Part 2

THE GENIUS 2: RULE BREAKER

Food Chain analysis with Myles Nye

Part 1

Part 2

Part 3

THE GENIUS 3: BLACK GARNET

Part 1

Part 2

Part 3

Part 4

THE GENIUS 4: GRAND FINAL

Auction Draft with Kos

Season Preview

ID Exchange

(ID Exchange: Two Year Anniversary with Mike Bloom)

Horror Race with Jay Fischer

Today's Menu

Fish Shop with Mike Bloom

Loyalists and Rebels

Garnet Thief

Seed Poker with AJ Mass

Minus Auction II with Lauren Las

Horror Race II

Cooperative Holdem with Ian Terry

How Much

Finals + Season in Review with Kos

OTHER

Society, Games, and Society Game with Myles Nye

Digging Deep Into Survivor (and The Genius) with Josh Wigler

The Genius: Season Three in Review (Part 4)

After (gradually) working our way from Fruit Stand through Chain Auction here, here, and here, we're back to close the book for good on our seasonal Genius coverage as we break down the final two rounds of Genius 3 and offer parting thoughts on the cast and season as a whole. Listen to our our takes and doubt them aggressively on the player below, here, or on iTunes here.

(music: Zomboy)

The Genius: Season Three in Review (Part 3)

After discussing the first seven episodes of The Genius: Black Garnet here and here, we're back to break down Investment and Donation, Middle Race 2, and Chain Auction, all while vying to be the most miserly. Truncate the decimals to make a perfect 10 when you listen below, here, or on iTunes here.

SPOILER ALERT: Events from the beginning of TG1 through the end of TG3 are talked about openly. Nothing from TG4 other than the cast.

Watch the Monorail bonus match here.
music: Idiotape

Survivor 33: Season in Review

Our New Year's resolution was to release episodes in a more timely manner and we've given that our usual level of commitment; all the Millennials may be senior citizens by now but the takes are still fresh out of the oven. This is one of our longest episodes of all time, which is saying a lot, so see the breakdown below for individual segments. As always you can listen below, here, or on iTunes here.

05:13 Start of finale discussion through F4
1:02:00 Final Tribal Council
1:36:10 Race/gender patterns in casting/voting
1:46:43 Thoughts on the cast in order
2:46:30 David and the psychology of returning players
3:08:45 Adam as a winner (see our interview with him here)
3:19:07 Thoughts on the season as a whole
3:30:00 Portraying mental health on Survivor
3:33:28 Brief S34 thoughts and 10-dimensional RHAP chess

(music: if you don't know by now, be ashamed!)

Adam Klein Examines Millennials vs. Gen X

Fresh off his million-dollar win, Survivor champ Adam Klein joins us to revisit Millennials vs. Gen X and discuss all the critical decisions along his incredible path to victory.  What really went on during the early days at Millennial beach and how did he turn things around after a rocky start? Did casting so many superfans change the dynamic within the game and how might it impact the show going forward? What's the best way to handle Jeff Probst? And how does he feel about getting such an unconventional #WinnerEdit? All that and more below, here, or on iTunes here.

(music: The Black Keys)