The Challenge: S34 Wrap + S35 Draft with Matt Liguori, Brian Scally, and Haley Strong

Recorded just prior to the finale, the gang is back with real-time reactions to the War of the Worlds 2 results and the official draft of season 35 (draft starts at 30:30). Listen below, here, or on iTunes here.

The Challenge 34: Reunion Recap with Matt Liguori and Brian Scally

Matt and Scally return to discuss the War of the Worlds 2 reunion and offer final thoughts on the season as a whole. Listen below, here, or on iTunes here.

[repost] Survivor 40: Must-Win Auction Draft with Domenick Abbate and Kos (5/21/19)

(Originally published 5/21/19) As a group of iconic winners (plus your least favourite) fly out to Fiji to wrest Sandra's title from her hands, we're joined by our local gambler and controversy dispenser Kos as well as a man who came oh so close to being on that flight - Domenick Abbate - for our biennial exercise in putting our money where our mouths are. Listen below, here, or on iTunes here.

[unlocked] Survivor 40: All-Time Winner Draft (4/20/19)

Originally released as a Patron exclusive in April 2019, we've unlocked our epic Survivor 40 all-time must-win draft, recorded the day after we found out the season was confirmed. Listen below, here, or on iTunes here, and for immediate access to six more S40 podcasts, become a patron here.

Survivor 39: Exit Pressed -- Episode 13 Recap/Analysis

After yet another tumultuous week in the Survivorverse, we're back to break down the defining moment of Island of the Idols and offer final thoughts before tomorrow's finale, reunion, and red carpet revelations. Listen below, here, or on iTunes here.

The Challenge 34: Finale Recap/Analysis with Matt Liguori and Brian Scally

Matt and Scally return to break down the thrilling(?) conclusion of War of the Worlds 2 and offer a forecast of next week's reunion. Listen here, or on iTunes here.

Survivor 39: I'm Not Good -- Episode 12 Recap/Analysis

Love is in the air on Island of the Idols, and with only eight days to go before the finale, we're back to lock in some last-minute predictions now that the endgame is finally coming into focus. Listen below, here, or on iTunes here.

Survivor 39: The Spirit of Karish-mas -- Episode 11 Recap/Analysis

It's the most wonderful time of the year, and while Dean may be making a list he hopes no one checks twice, Karishma could prove to be the one with all the best toys. But Sandra Claus is coming to town, so who are the favorites now that we're only an advent calendar away from the finale? Find out below, here, or on iTunes here.

The Challenge 34: Episode 14 Recap with Matt Liguori, Brian Scally, and Ali Lasher

This week Matt and Scally welcome RHAP legend Ali Lasher to relive the drama from the latest round of eliminations and talk through each team's chances entering the final. Listen below, here, or on iTunes here.

The Challenge 34: Episode 13 Recap with Matt Liguori and Brian Scally

Matt and Scally are back to break down a dramatic purge and another thrilling elimination in the latest War of the Worlds 2 podcast below, here, or on iTunes here.

Survivor 39: Karishmagic -- Episodes 8-10 Recap/Analysis

After putting it off for as long as humanly possible, we're back to break down the various highs and remarkable lows that have been redefining Survivor over the last few weeks. Listen below, here, or on iTunes here.

The Challenge 34: Episode 12 Recap with Matt Liguori and Brian Scally

Matt and Scally are back to break down the latest War of the Worlds 2 drama now that the money is within reach and all eyes are set squarely on the final. Listen below, here, or on iTunes here.

Survivor 39: Idol Hands -- Episode 7 Recap/Analysis

Dom is back from [UNDISCLOSED JOURNEY #148] to join Colin for a deep dive on Kellee's latest shocking gambit, the state of the game entering the merge, and CBS's first attempt at addressing the elephant in the shelter. Listen below, here, or on iTunes here.

The Challenge 34: Episode 11 Recap with Matt Liguori and Brian Scally

Cuffing season is underway and wedding bells are ringing as Matt and Scally return to talk through the latest ups and downs on The Challenge: War of the Worlds 2. Listen below, here, or on iTunes here.

Survivor 39: Blocked and Reported -- Episode 6 Recap/Analysis with Domenick Abbate

British Dom is sitting this week out and has been shipped off to Rob and Sandra for irrelevant life lessons, but Colin is back with Ghost Island runner-up Domenick Abbate to talk through the latest Island of the Idols blindside and break down how best to approach the perpetually awkward phase between the swap and the merge. Listen below, here, or on iTunes here.

The Challenge 34: Episode 10 Recap with Matt Liguori, Brian Scally, and Haley Strong

Matt and Scally welcome Bachelor recapper slash Challenge draft also-ran Haley Strong back to the show to catch up on War of the Worlds 2 and life itself. Listen below, here, or on iTunes here.

The Challenge 34: Episode 9 Recap with Matt Liguori, Brian Scally, and Mike Bloom

This week Matt and Scally are joined by RHAP/Parade veteran Mike "The Bliz" Bloom to break down the latest War of the Worlds 2 action and take an early look at The Challenge 35: Untitled Johnny Bananas Project. Listen below, here, or on iTunes here.

Survivor 39: Line Change -- Episode 5 Recap/Analysis

In keeping with Applebee's grand tradition of serving America the finest cuisine money can buy, Jeff is back with a tray full of buffs to offer the Survivors a new outlook on the game. Listen below, here, or on iTunes here.

The Challenge 34: Episode 8 Recap/Analysis with Matt Liguori and Brian Scally

While recovering from a severe lack of sleep over the past few days, Matt and Scally attempt to stay awake long enough to recap the latest action on War of the Worlds 2 as things go from bad to worse for Team UK. Listen below, here, or on iTunes here.

Survivor 39: Terrapin Trials -- Episode 4 Recap/Analysis with Kelley Wentworth

With a swap around the corner in Fiji, Colin swaps Dom for Cambodian Khaleesi Kelley Wentworth to break down the latest action on Island of Idols and reflect on the evolution of the game in the five years since her first season. Listen below, here, or on iTunes here.

Survivor 39: Ash Wednesday -- Episode 3 Recap/Analysis with Austin Trupp

With Dom out low-crawling his way through the greater Midwest region, Survivor Maryland creator Austin Trupp joins Colin to offer cast evaluations through the first three episodes and discuss how the Island of the Idols theme is landing thus far. Listen below, here, or on iTunes here.

The Challenge 34: Episode 7 Recap with Matt Liguori and Brian Scally

This week Matt and Scally learn to be careful what they wish for with respect to Turbo's airtime, the UK continues to fall apart, and Roooogan begs for his life. Plus, updates on the wild world of Challenge social media and and the latest news on season 35 below, here, or on iTunes here.

Survivor 39: I Can't Seem to Find Molly -- Episode 2 Recap/Analysis

Today, like Rob and Sandra before us, we return to our intercontinental spyshack to criticize a fresh batch of marionettes and pronounce the word "Harvard" weirdly. Listen below, here, or on iTunes here.

The Challenge 34: Episodes 5 + 6 Recap with Matt Liguori and Brian Scally

Colin makes his heroic return from the Redemption House to recap the last two weeks of Challenge action alongside Matt Liguori and Brian Scally in our latest War of the Worlds 2 podcast, available on the player below, here, or on iTunes here.

Survivor 39: Boston Brawlers -- Premiere Recap/Analysis

It's time for a new Survivor season and with it some reliably unsuccessful prognostication. We try to make our mentors proud as we dive into a premiere that promises great things for the next few months. How should Elizabeth have handled her bizarre predicament - and did she have any choice at all? Why are we back here wondering once more why poker players are so bad at Survivor? And does dabbling in cryptocurrency really let you understand life on the factory floor? Some of that and more on this week's show, available below, here, or on iTunes here.

The Challenge 34: Episode 4 Recap with Matt Liguori and Brian Scally

Matt and Scally are back to talk about the reunion of Bear and Georgia, the shocking turn of events for Ninja Natalie, and the latest Proving Ground blindside on The Challenge: Bloody Hell (...or War of the Worlds 2). Listen below, here, or on iTunes here.

The Challenge 34: Episode 3 Recap with Matt Liguori, Brian Scally, and Will from America

With emotions running high and Grizzly Bears on the loose, Matt and Scally round out this week's tribunal by bringing in Will from America to recap the latest episode of The Challenge: War of the Worlds 2. Listen below, here, or on iTunes here.

The Challenge 34: Episode 2 Recap with Matt Liguori and Brian Scally

With some shocking early departures leaving Colin disappointed, Matt Liguori and Brian Scally return to recap episode two of The Challenge: War of the Worlds 2. Will this be the season Kam takes full control and powers through to a win? What really happened with Faith? And will the UK ever get it together? All this and more below, here, or on iTunes here.

The Challenge 34: Premiere Recap with Matt Liguori and Brian Scally

Turbo is back on our TV screens and back in our hearts, which means Colin is back with Matt Liguori and Brian Scally to recap the premiere of The Challenge: War of the Worlds 2. Listen below, here, or on iTunes here.

Bachelorette: Tilting at Windmills with Melissa Sullivan

It's hot take summer and our messiah Tyler Cameron being tempted by a Gigi Hadid-shaped devil has Bachelor Nation in a tizzy. That's not all though, as Luke P and Jed misbehaving soured many on the season and sparked debate over the type of contestants cast and chosen on the show and all of modern dating, apparently). Back with Dom again to break down all of that and more is the indefatigable Melissa Sullivan. As always you can listen below, here, or on iTunes here.

Australian Survivor 2019: Eps. 1-8 with Dan Liebke

In the midst of a welcome hiatus from the stellar social strategy programming currently on offer from CBS, Colin heads down under with real-life Australian Dan Liebke to break down all the blindsides and shenanigans from the first three weeks of the unrivaled crown jewel of the modern Survivor landscape. Listen below, here, or on iTunes here.

Survivor 40: News Round-Up

[Rick Devens voice]  Breaking news! This just in! Survivor 40 is doomed! ...Or is it!?!? Plus -- Are Probst Bucks the next hidden immunity idol or just the next Medallion of Power? And -- You've heard of the loved ones challenge, but what about...the loved fours challenge? All that and more on the player below, here, or on iTunes here.

Survivor 40: Fewest Votes Against Draft with Matt Liguori

After another hectic week of game-changing developments, Matt Liguori bravely pulls himself away from the Big Brother live feeds to join Colin for a closer look at who may be running S40 from behind the scenes. Listen below, here, or on iTunes here.

Survivor 40: EoE Reactions + Zero-Vote Finalist Draft with Brian Scally

Existence is a burden, optimism is ignorance, time is a flat circle, and death awaits us all. With that in mind, newly-famous podcaster Brian Scally joins Colin for initial thoughts on the latest Survivor 40 news, plus the first ever Zero-Vote Finalist draft, available below, here, or on iTunes here.

TAR 31: Season in Review

A year removed from our Amazing Race 31 draft/preview podcast, the results are in, and today we're back to offer parting thoughts on the season as a whole through the outcome-oriented lens we've always dreamed of staring through. Listen below, here, or on iTunes here.

Word Wars (2004)

The cutthroat world of competitive Scrabble is much more exciting and bizarre than it sounds (or possibly exactly as exciting and bizarre as it sounds) and it's the subject of one of our favourite documentaries, Word Wars. Listen along below, here, or on iTunes here as we delve into high stakes competition in a seemingly trivial pursuit.

Defrocking Fleabag with Amy

¡HOT PRIEST!

Now that we've got your attention, join Dom and fellow Phoebe Waller-Bro Amy for a sermon about a show that has people losing their minds and finding religion as well as the mysterious mind behind it all. Join the congregation below, here, or on iTunes here.

Links:
Hair is everything
Sian Clifford on playing Claire
Alan Sepinwall's review
Fleabag's fourth wall
Sex and power in Fleabag

BB21: Cancellation Draft with Kirsten MacInnis

Just when we thought we were out, they pull us back in, as today we return for the first time since 2016 to the bona fide hellscape known as modern Big Brother. But rather than picking winners, losers, and showmances, Kirsten MacInnis joins us to forecast how the summer will play out within the healthy, thoughtful, and supportive environment of BB Twitter as we kick off Boy-Bye Season 2019 in style with our first annual Big Brother cancellation draft. Listen below, here, or on iTunes here.

The Challenge 34 Draft with Matt Liguori, Brian Scally, and Haley Strong

This week Colin is back with the full Challenge crew to preview the cast of "Unnamed War of the Worlds Sequel" before Jemmye and Shane spoil everything on Twitter. Listen below, here, or on iTunes here.

Survivor 38: Rickroll'd -- Season in Review

Having made its presence felt like no other twist in history (twistory?), Edge of Extinction is officially behind us, and today we're back to break down everything that went right for Chris, what his shocking win means for the state of the game going forward, and how his path to victory affects Survivor's waning status as a game of social politics. Listen below, here, or on iTunes here.

Survivor 40: Casual Anna Connect Four

With the ultimate battle for Survivor bragging rights officially underway, Colin brings in real-life friend Casual Anna to find out which former champions left a lasting impression on the average fan their first time(s) around. Plus, casual thoughts on the Edge of Extinction finale and the latest Challenge champion below, here, or on iTunes here.

Survivor All-Winners Auction Draft with Domenick Abbate and Kos

As a group of iconic winners (plus your least favourite) fly out to Fiji to wrest Sandra's title from her hands, we're joined by our local gambler and controversy dispenser Kos as well as a man who came oh so close to being on that flight - Domenick Abbate - for our biennial exercise in putting our money where our mouths are. Listen below, here, or on iTunes here.

The Challenge 33: Season (Mostly) in Review with Matt Liguori and Brian Scally

Only a two-part finale and month-long reunion separates the next Challenge champion from their crown, and today Colin is back with social media moguls Matt Liguori and Brian Scally to catch up on the back half of the season, celebrate/mourn the most recent elimination, and handicap the remaining field as they enter the home stretch. Listen below, here, or on iTunes here.

Survivor 38: A Rick and a Hard Place -- Episode 13 Recap/Analysis

The end is nigh, and while the range of outcomes may seem limited, the path to Final Tribal Council has never been less clear. Does a re-enterer exist who could take priority over Devens? Might Rick, Julie, and the lucky ex-Edger join forces? Or -- God willing -- is it possible we have an historic challenge beast on our hands? Find out below, here, or on iTunes here.

Survivor 38: Ron Weasel-y -- Episode 12 Recap/Analysis with Matt Geoghegan

This week Matt Geoghegan sits in for Dom to break down another chaotic vote, mourn the loss of the season's true hero, and award the 2nd Annual Aunt Patti Memorial Loved One of the Season. Listen below, here, or on iTunes here.

Survivor 38: Casualties of Wardog -- Episode 11 Recap/Analysis

With current dynamics as indecipherable as characters in a Game of Thrones battle scene, we're back to make what little sense we can of this week's shocking blindside, plus, first reactions to the S39 news and five inexplicable minutes on Vladimir Guerrero Jr. below, here, or on iTunes here.

Survivor 38: Veterans Day -- Episode 10 Recap/Analysis with Kos

With Dom consumed by The Great Airport Tour of 2019, respected chinguya Kos is back to offer his thoughts on the all-winner news that's been hijacking the headlines, plus some eventual Edge of Extinction discussion sprinkled in for optics. Listen below, here, or on iTunes here.

Survivor 38: The Too-Live Crew -- Episode 9 Recap/Analysis

Will Smith wasn't the only genie back out of his bottle this week as the spirit of JT Thomas graced Tribal Council once again and brought with it the most chaotic vote of the season. Today we're back to make sense of the mayhem, offer our haphazard predictions about where things go from here, and touch on some minor rumors that may be generating a bit of buzz in the Survivor ether. Listen below, here, or on iTunes here. 

Survivor 38: The Pesky Kama Splice -- Episode 8 Recap/Analysis with Kirsten MacInnis

This week we've replaced our usual blonde Canadian with someone slightly blonder and drastically more Canadian as Kirsten MacInnis joins Colin for a closer look at the latest thrilling episode of Edge of Extinction. As always, listen below, here, or on iTunes here.

[unlocked] TAR 31: Cast Preview + Draft (June 20, 2018)

Originally released as a Patron exclusive in June 2018, today's podcast sends us back in time to draft and preview the star-studded cast of The Amazing Race 31, and with the teams now officially public, non-Patrons can finally access the podcast below, here, or on iTunes here. For future season previews like this one plus weekly bonus episodes dissecting classic CBS reality, become a Dom & Colin Patron here.

Survivor 38: Rick or Mortis -- Episode 7 Recap/Analysis

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With Rick risen from the dead (like a phoenix??) and his former friends doing their best to bury him again, the first phase of Edge of Extinction has come to a whelming end. How scared should his opponents and the viewers be of his free idol adding to the two already in play? Whose edit is looking good - or looking at all - at this crucial juncture in the game? And was Joe right that voting him out was a terrible mistake? All this and more on this week's show, available below, here, or on iTunes here.