Escaping Reality

It was inevitable...and now it's hear for your listening pleasure: Our Survivor Zaddy Episode! If you listen to our pod, you know we never shy away from admitting which Survivor players we are undoubtedly (and sometimes embarrassingly) attracted to. So, we figured it was time to properly round them up and categorize our choices.  We're breaking it down into different rounds of qualifying HUNKS --...

We've got a fun episode for y'all today! As we were watching the 40 seasons of Survivor, a conversation that came up a lot was: who was the best to ever do it, even if they didn't win? And, we debated this a lot. So, we decided to actually hash it out and decide who we think probably could have (or should have) a win and potentially why they never will. The clearest example of this is the goddess/...

Hey Escaping Reality Fam -- we're back with the final installment of our Survivor re-watch mini-series. This week, our listeners voted for us to re-watch Survivor S15: China. Truly iconic, thank you for choosing such a great one for us to dive back into! We had so much fun reassessing the players & asking the hard hitting question: why was this season so strong, yet so many after it were not? Them...

THE FINALE of RuPaul's Drag Race Down Under is upon us and Agie and Nick are here to break it down with you. We're having lots of feelings about the season in general and we invite you on our journey to figure it out together. We're talking about how the edits and overall storylines for each queen affected how we enjoyed the season and we want to hear what you think! Other than our reflections on...

Hey Escaping Reality Fam -- Happy Summer! As we conclude our host-picks for this re-watch series, Nick takes us all on a second round of Survivor Samoa. We're exploring what happens this season when you're not absolutely blinded by Russell Hantz & can attempt to pay attention to the real events going down!  We're rehashing whether or not we gave Natalie fair criticism, and highlighting some other...

It's time for a Talent Show Extravaganza and the queens of RuPaul's Drag Race Down Under are definitely doing...something. Shout out to Art Simone for the funniest 5 minutes with absolutely no context for what her talent actually is ❤️. We're breaking down the talents, Raven and RuPaul's critiques of them, and how they all went down in front of the judges. We're also reflecting on the season as a...

Hi Escaping Reality Fam! I hope you have been enjoying our rewatch series -- we have been having so much fun hearing your thoughts and engaging with you all about each season. For Season 17: Gabon this week, we had SO many Fans Have Spoken comments that we tried to incorporate all your comments into the show. If you submitted, make sure you listen to hear your comment or question during today's ep...

HAPPY PRIDE MONTH QUEENS!! Episode 6 is up next on our recap series of RuPaul's DragRace Down Under, and Nick and Agie basically just gush over the joyful werk room full of gay rubgy players and the remaining queens. Just want to give a quick note. The sound on this week's episode is ~busted~ so just make sure you turn up the volume so you can hear us! 😉 This week's episode, we're discussing the...

We may have watched all available seasons of Survivor, but we had some unfinished business. In this mini-series of episodes, each of our hosts has picked a season that they feel deserves a 2nd look! Whether we were too harsh, too chaotic, or too distracted, there are a few seasons that, with some added perspective, we could dive into even deeper.  It's Stacey's week to pick & she had us revisit se...

Can you believe we're basically halfway through the first season of RuPaul's DragRace Down Under? There have been conflicting reports about how many episodes there are this season with the return of Art Simone, but we're assuming this is the halfway point. And, Episode 5 DID NOT disappoint.  We've got the "Library is Open" Reading Mini Challenge AND a comedy advertisement maxi challenge in the sam...

We may have watched all available seasons of Survivor, but we had some unfinished business. In this mini-series of episodes, each of our hosts has picked a season that they feel deserves a 2nd look! Whether we were too harsh, too chaotic, or too distracted, there are a few seasons that, with some added perspective, we could dive into even deeper.  Anna is up first and she picked (shocker): S10, Pa...

We have another special surprise for you Escaping Reality Fam -- another interview with a past Survivor contestant! We had the absolute pleasure of sitting down with former Survivor player Sabrina Thompson Mitchell. Sabrina, owner of Kuu Productions, is a self-proclaimed story teller and it shows. In one of our most riveting conversations yet, you can absolutely see how Sabrina is both a story tel...

Episode 4 is up next and RuPaul brought us a good one with a design challenge full of op shop goodies. We also have a SPECIAL GUEST Joe Lee ( @joeleegreengiant ) to help us unpack the SHOCKING return of one of the previously eliminated queens, Art Simone. We don't know about y'all but we were SHOOK to our cores and had very mixed feelings about her return (mostly excitement but also confusion).  W...

Welcome back for another extra special episode of Escaping Reality! This week we're sitting down with fellow podcaster David Yontef, host of Behind the Velvet Rope, to hear all about his podcast, his famous guests, and his reality tv perspectives.  Behind the Velvet Rope is a Pop Culture Podcast dedicated to Real Housewives, Bravolebrities and other relevant icons. Host David Yontef asks his guest...

We are so excited to bring you our recap of Episode 3 of RuPaul's DragRace Down Under and this time, WE BROUGHT FRIENDS. Escaping Reality fam, you know and love Stacey, and she's HERE to chat (finally!!). We are also so excited to welcome Agie and Stacey's friend from college Jessie! She's an AVID DragRace fan and joined us to share her feelings about this new season of DragRace.  Episode 3 is all...

This just may be our favorite episode to date...  We had the absolute pleasure of sitting down with former Survivor player & absolute content queen, Lauren Ashley Beck! And, y'all, she had us reeling with stories about her time on the island & what she's been up to since. In this episode we're talking: what you didn't see on the island & how Survivor struggles to accurately depict strong social st...

The ✨audacity✨ of RuPaul and Michelle Visage to give us "Snatch Game" on episode 2. We're honestly still recovering. That being said, wow what an episode. We're breaking down the entire episode and, let me just say, we had a LOT to say. We start with a discussion of how every queen is bringing a different type of drag to the table, so how can the judges actually compare them and then we ask if w...

After 40 seasons and a multitude of podcasts and side conversations, we decided to sit down and discuss our various ideas for Survivor themes and twists! We're joined by Anna's brother Joe (Survivor fan & future lawyer) to chat through our season pitches and their possibilities.  We're covering the logistics of our proposed twists, the tribe divides in our suggested seasons, and the returning play...

The first official episode of RuPaul's DragRace Down Under came out this week and Nick and Agie are breaking down the entire thing for you!  We're talking the difference in ~sparkle~ between DragRace in the US vs. Down Under and breaking down all the drama these queens are stirring up immediately. We have some poignant moments and confessionals from queens talking about their experiences with both...

Escaping Reality Fam -- we appreciate you all so much as we are transitioning into our summer full of fun Survivor and RuPaul's Drag Race Down Under content. That being said, we had a member of the pod out with her fam this week celebrating her sister's graduation (we miss you Stacey) so we don't have a true Survivor "episode" this week but rather an audio version of our Instagram Live from 2 week...

G'day Escaping Reality Fam! Are you so excited to join us on a new journey in conjunction with Survivor? I hope so because we are so excited to be able to watch a show in real time with you and discuss. And, you guessed it, we're starting with RuPaul's DragRace Down Under, airing on Wow Presents+ starting on May 1st! In our first episode, we're looking at the trailers, the Q&As with the queens, an...

The moment you've been waiting for...the perfect cap on our 40 season watch-through of Survivor: we're sharing out definitive rankings! We're walking you (and each other) through our season order from bottom to top. And we're stopping all along the way to fight about it. Give it a listen & be sure to let us know if our rankings line up with yours. Do you agree with one of us over the other? Did we...

Escaping Reality Fam -- can you believe that we made it to 40 seasons? We're out here watching 40 seasons in a year. Thanks for coming on this journey with us, let's dive on in. We're using this episode to give justice to every single winner and dig deep into our feelings on almost every single one who played (we're looking at you Adam Klein, narrator extraordinaire). At the end of the day, we lov...

It's time to draw some lines! As we approach the (at the time of this podcast) final season of Survivor, we wanted to take a hot minute and let you know our feelings on all the past winners.  We're walking you (and each other) through our definitive ranking of Survivor winners, complete with individualized criteria for how and why we made the choices we did. And some of us made some...choices.  Gi...

Thanks for coming back for Part 2 of our discussion of Season 39: Island of the Idols. As mentioned in part 1, there were many, many social, political, and personal issues raised by the cast of Survivor Season 39 and, because of that, we wanted to ensure we found the time to discuss each of them.  *TW: sexual assault/sexual harassment/inappropriate touching* (see Dan/Kellee section in the time bre...