Survivor B&B RHAPups

Welcome to the RHAP B&B! Mike Bloom and Liana Boraas play a series of segments and games around the merge episode of Survivor: Heroes vs. Villains. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

David and Jessica look back at Survivor: Micronesia and the vote against Eliza Orlins in the infamous effing stick episode. In this episode, there was little doubt who was getting booted. The question is what happened to put Eliza into this position. How much of her fate was due to bad luck and how much was related to her strategic attempts, personality, or threat level from her first appearance? ...

Welcome to the RHAP B&B! Mike Bloom and Liana Boraas play a series of segments and games around the merge episode of Survivor: Micronesia. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

David and Jessica look back at Survivor: Philippines and the vote against former baseball player Jeff Kent, who swung for the fences but ended up striking out. The official CBS episode description says this was “one of the most complicated and entertaining Tribal Councils ever.” Does that mean it was a live Tribal Council, or was everything carried out like it had been previously set? How did Jeff...

Welcome to the RHAP B&B! Mike Bloom and Liana Boraas play a series of segments and games around episode 8 of Survivor: Philippines. This week's charity shoutout is Survivor's initiative this past spring to support research and treatment for ALS. Every donation made is split amongst The ALS Association, The Sean M. Healey & AMG Center for ALS, and Compassionate Care ALS. Go to alsa.org/survivor to...

This week David and Jessica look back at Survivor: Cagayan and the first appearance of Sarah Lacina. In her final words, Sarah said, “I don’t know why Kass flipped,” but she really should have because in many ways she was the cause of Kass flipping. At the same time she turned her Cops R Us partner Tony against her. How did she go from such a great position to a snuffed torch in just one episode?...

Welcome to the RHAP B&B! Mike Bloom and Liana Boraas welcome "This Week in Survivor" co-host Jordan Kalish to play a series of segments and games around the merge episode of Survivor: Cagayan.   This week's charity shoutout is the Calvary Fund of Calvary Hospital, which helps support a wide range of programs such as bereavement counseling for adults, teens, and young children, wellness programs fo...

David and Jessica are looking back at Survivor: Cook Islands and a double-Tribal Council. It might not have been immediately obvious, but Cao Boi and Cristina had a lot of similarities. They both behaved in ways that annoyed their tribemates, and both came into the game not planning to play strategically. How did these commonalities get such different reactions in their tribes, but still end up in...

Welcome to the RHAP B&B! Mike Bloom and Liana Boraas play a series of segments and games around the sixth episode of Survivor: Cook Islands. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week David and Jessica are looking back at Survivor: China and an episode that many people felt epitomized a player being swap-screwed. But were there good reasons Aaron was targeted that were within his own control? Were there actions he took or failed to take that could have changed the outcome in his favor? David is once again able to use the information he gathered many years ago, includi...

Welcome to the RHAP B&B! Mike Bloom and Liana Boraas welcome Ali Lasher to celebrate their 100th (we think) episode of the B&B and play a series of segments and games around the fifth episode of Survivor: China. This week's charity shoutouts are: Detroit Justice Center Brennan Center for Justice ACLU PLAY THE B&B DRINKING GAME: Pick a group of rules and take a drink of your beverage of choice any...

David and Jessica once again went back in time, this week to San Juan Del Sur and a Survivor episode that featured the self-destruction of Drew Christy. There are many questions about why Drew was voted out – was it because he was delusional? Oblivious? Overconfident? Arrogant? Of course, he thought he was basically a badass, but that was definitely not the case. Even though the reasons for the vo...

Welcome to the RHAP B&B! Mike Bloom and Liana Boraas play a series of segments and games around the fourth episode of Survivor: San Juan Del Sur. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Hunter came into the game with all the tools he would need if he were ever stranded on a deserted island. But this island wasn’t quite deserted, as he had to get along with his fellow tribemates. David and Jessica look back at his situation and put it into both the context of both today and at the time. Where did he go wrong? Was he right to call the others “knuckleheads” or was he just not playin...

Welcome to the RHAP B&B! Mike Bloom and Liana Boraas are joined by Akiva Wienerkur to play a series of segments and games around the third episode of Survivor: Marquesas. Black lives matter. If you can afford to, consider donating: https://secure.actblue.com/donate/ms_blm_homepage_2019 https://secure.actblue.com/donate/bail_funds_george_floyd https://secure.everyaction.com/zae4prEeKESHBy0MKXTIcQ2...

Welcome to the RHAP B&B! Mike Bloom and Liana Boraas play a series of segments and games around the second episode of Survivor: The Australian Outback.   Black lives matter. If you can afford to, consider donating: https://secure.actblue.com/donate/ms_blm_homepage_2019 https://secure.actblue.com/donate/bail_funds_george_floyd https://secure.everyaction.com/zae4prEeKESHBy0MKXTIcQ2 https://secure.ac...

Kel came into Survivor: The Australian Outback from the military and had studied the first season so he believed he was ready for the game. But clearly something was missing. David and Jessica have a heated debate about beef jerky and look at the whole situation to see if those accusations were the only reason he was voted out or there was more to it. And David delves into his old articles and int...

Twenty years ago, Survivor aired its first episode and we said goodbye to the first person ever voted out. David’s Survivor rules weren’t written yet, but he and Jessica go back in time to look at Sonja’s game using all the information available to them, including David’s highlighted copy of Mark Burnett’s book. Was it simply the first case of voting out the older woman? Or was there more to it th...

Welcome to the RHAP B&B! Mike Bloom and Liana Boraas welcome Survivor Global host Shannon Guss to play a series of segments and games around the premiere episode of Survivor: Borneo. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Survivor: Winners At War may be over but David and Jessica are back once again for a special Why ___ Lost Postseason Q&A Show! They answer listener questions about various aspects of game play from Winners At War, how the players improved (or didn’t) since their previous seasons, what people could’ve done differently, how David’s rules came into play at several points throughout the season, whethe...

David and Jessica are here with their Survivor finale podcast! Tony came into this season almost universally expected to go out early as a big threat, yet he didn’t receive a single vote against him the whole season. How did he do it? What did other players think of his game? And how did the other members of the final six do in their own attempts to come up with the $2 million prize? It’s time to ...

Welcome to the RHAP B&B! Mike Bloom and Liana Boraas welcome Gabby Pascuzzi from Survivor: David vs. Goliath to play a series of segments and games around the finale of Survivor: Winners at War. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In Live Update style, Taran Armstrong recaps all the actions of the Survivor: Winners at War castaways in the FINALE. This week, Taran is joined by Canadian actor Brendan Meyer and a special guest! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jeremy and Nick played different games but had a lot of overlapping similarities, a big part of which was named Tony. Why did both of them fall prey to him? What did they each do that contributed to him turning on them? David and Jessica discuss both of their games in light of what’s gone on this entire season, and look ahead to predict what will happen in the finale as they figure out Why Jeremy...

Welcome to the RHAP B&B! Liana Boraas and guest host Pooya Zand Vakili are joined by Jenny Autumn and Phil T to play a series of segments and games around the most recent episode of Survivor: Winners at War.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices