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Jaime made us laugh through Survivor 44, sometimes with her and sometimes at what she was saying because while she believed it was true, we knew it wasn’t. But funny, contagiously-happy Jaime wasn’t her whole game. Throughout the season, there were hints that more was going on, even if it didn’t show up on TV. Now with additional information, David Bloomberg and Jessica Lewis look back and put tog...

Danny said he didn’t want to be a coulda, woulda, shoulda kind of player. But as the old saying goes, those who do not learn from history are doomed to repeat it. And the best way to learn is to look back at what has happened previously to see what people coulda, woulda, and shoulda done differently. Indeed, it’s kind of the point of what David Bloomberg and Jessica Lewis discuss each week on this...

Episode 10 had a lot of people running around just to end up with what was seemingly the obvious outcome. But David Bloomberg and Jessica Lewis often note that just because the outcome was obvious doesn’t mean the reasons for arriving there were. Yes, everybody thought Frannie was a threat. But why was she a threat? How did she get to that point? Did everybody think that for the same reasons, beca...

Survivor 43’s Lindsay Carmine joins David Bloomberg and Jessica Lewis this week as they delve into Kane’s game – and a number of other topics including underwear, sandwiches, and even a debate about something that happened on Lindsay’s season (stay to the very end for that one)! For Kane’s adventure, he thought he had a good group of warriors and wizards on his side so he could slay his enemies. B...

Last week there was a lot of discussion about how Brandon said there’s always a way out of a situation, even if you are put there by bad luck. This week he was idoled out of the game! So did he have a way out in in the lead-up to this situation? In short, yes! Which is why David Bloomberg and Jessica Lewis are here dig in to find out what he should and shouldn’t have done as they determine Why Bra...

Matt left Survivor without a million dollars, but with what hopefully turns into a great relationship worth more than that. But David Bloomberg and Jessica Lewis are here to focus on what happened inside the game. Yes, it was a game with a lot of twists that impacted Matt’s ability to play it, and those are of course discussed, but Matt was still the one making moves and trying to play around all...

Survivor 41's Dr. David Voce returned as a special guest to join David Bloomberg and Jessica Lewis so he could discuss what happened with a fellow surgeon in the game! Josh has accomplished a lot in his life and seems to be a very nice guy outside the game. Inside the game, people had a lot of concerns about him. Josh said in his final words and then in his postgame interviews that he was seen as...

Survivor 43 Runner-Up Cassidy Clark joins David Bloomberg and Jessica Lewis for this week’s Why ___ Lost episode! In this particular case, we already know Matthew had to leave due to medical reasons. Jessica could’ve warned him to stay away from rocks! But there is still plenty to talk about from his game so far and how it looked like he was set up if he’d stayed. Plus they cover other topics from...

It would be very easy to say that Sarah just got screwed because she was on a four-person tribe and two of them had idols. Indeed, David Bloomberg and Jessica Lewis have some things to say about all of those. But there are other factors that explain why Sarah, specifically, was voted out. After all, only one person played an idol, meaning two others were vulnerable besides her. Even if Carolyn had...

Some people have claimed that Claire didn’t even play Survivor because she sat out of all three immunity challenges. But challenges are not Survivor and Claire certainly did play the game. It was also suggested that sitting was the reason she was voted out, but that doesn’t cover the situation either. David Bloomberg and Jessica Lewis agree with what Frannie said on the show, that this vote was a...

Helen basically predicted her own blindside during Tribal Council, though of course she didn’t realize it at the time. Earlier, in her pregame interviews, Helen said she planned to hide her strategic side with her friendly and bubbly personality. She wasn’t quite as prophetic there. Now David Bloomberg and Jessica Lewis are here to figure out what happened! Was she targeted because her strategic s...

We said an early goodbye to two people in very different ways in the first episode. While Jessica Lewis was unable to be here for this episode, David Bloomberg is joined by guest host Dr. Amanda Rabinowitz, who is not just a podcaster and Survivor fan, but does clinical research on concussion and brain injury – which was unfortunately of great importance in discussing Bruce. As for Maddy, she wasn...

In the third and final part of the Why ___ Lost Survivor 44 preview, David Bloomberg and Jessica Lewis cover the Tika tribe! This group is filled with fun and exuberant people we’ve already seen glimpses of in promos, but many of them also say they’re going to hide a strategic side. How do David and Jessica think that will all work? Who do they believe will do well? Who may get voted out early and...

In Part 2 of the Why ___ Lost Survivor 44 preview, David Bloomberg and Jessica Lewis discuss the changes & additions to David’s Survivor Rules for this season and the players on the Soka tribe. Who do they think will do well? Who may get themselves in trouble by overplaying and be voted out early? How will they get along when half of them know to avoid searching for idols/advantages while the othe...

Survivor 44 is coming, so it’s time for the Why ___ Lost team of David Bloomberg and Jessica Lewis to take a look at the new players and the game itself. In this first part, they discuss those who will be on the Ratu tribe as well as their thoughts about what we might see in terms of twists and advantages and overall game play in the new season. Who do they think will follow David’s rules and do w...

Survivor 43 is over and it’s time for the Why ___ Lost season wrap-up! David Bloomberg and Jessica Lewis welcome back special guests Tiffany Seely and Dr. David Voce from Survivor 41 to answer listener questions and look back at the season. As you’d expect from these guests, the podcast jumps from lighthearted to more serious discussions and moves around various topics, including how production ha...

The Survivor Finale is done and we have a winner! We know you have questions, but luckily David Bloomberg and Jessica Lewis have answers! They look at the winner and the rest of the final five to examine and compare how they played their games, looking over the entire season leading up to Final Tribal Council. What was the jury looking for and why? Were they right to consider factors like firemaki...

When Cody was voted out, the look on his face conveyed his devastation. He believed he was on top of the world with Jesse and going to the end. But did Cody put so much trust in a man who had backstabbed the entire rest of his original tribe? What made him believe their relationship was so different? What mistakes did he make because of this trust? And was any of his loss actually due to a sugar-...

Sami said at the beginning of this week’s Survivor episode that he dug himself a hole and it was hard to see how he’d get out of it. And, well, he didn’t! It seemed like he’d been doing well up to that point, so what changed? How did he find himself so deep in that hole? How long had he been digging without even realizing it? And why couldn’t he find a ladder when he needed it? David Bloomberg and...

Noelle said in her final words that she wanted to play the hardest and that’s what got her voted off. Was she right about that? If so, which part of her play had the most impact? Overcoming the odds to win challenges? Leading the charge to blindside James? Trying to make a move on Cassidy and Karla? Or was it something different altogether? And why did she keep trusting Jesse, who targeted her all...

The games James and Ryan played couldn’t have been more polar opposites. One played hard, was heavily involved in decisions, and had a lot of social connections. The other… fished. David Bloomberg and Jessica Lewis have a lot of ground to cover in explaining what each did or didn’t do well and should have done better. Was there a reason each of them went at this particular moment? Did the other pl...

Jeanine had a rough few days, culminating in getting voted out after she was given a glimmer of hope that things might be OK. How did a flip that looked likely end up fizzling out? Why would the majority alliance target someone who had already been so beaten down? Were there actual reasons they claimed she was a threat to them? And what outside factors could have significantly impacted the choices...

Dwight looked like he was in a pretty good position. He wasn’t really standing out, he didn’t seem to have made enemies, and he was part of what appeared to be a majority alliance. He knew he’d be getting votes from the other side, but he never expected two of his original tribemates to flip on him! Should he have seen that coming? What could he have done differently to change this outcome? David...

Elie was clear in her interviews that if there was one person to blame for her boot, it was her! David Bloomberg and Jessica Lewis like someone who takes responsibility for their actions, but it still leaves the question of what exactly she did wrong, because it wasn’t only her actions from this mergeatory episode. Elie had been trusting the wrong person and unknowingly digging her own Survivor gr...

It might have seemed pretty clear why Geo was voted out of Survivor this week, but there are always nuances and additional pieces of information for David Bloomberg and Jessica Lewis to delve into. In this case, there are even statements from Geo’s interviews directly contradicting some of what we saw and heard from him on the show! They work through the logic and present all the evidence step by...