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Why ___ Lost: Survivor 49 Ep 5  Jason said in an interview that he might have lost Survivor 49 because he wanted to maintain one particular relationship. Was he right or were the cards so stacked against him that it wouldn’t have mattered? James Jones joins David Bloomberg and Jessica Lewis this week as they also discuss many other things that happened in both tribes this episode. Jason’s game cam...

Why ___ Lost: Survivor 49 Ep 4  Matt chalked up his Survivor 49 loss to picking the wrong buff in the tribe swap. And it would be easy to just shrug and agree with him. But that simply wasn’t the case. He also said there wasn’t much he could’ve done and he went out swinging. But is any of that true? If you’re guessing the answer is “no,” you’re correct. Survivor 43 runner-up Cassidy Clark joins Da...

Why ___ Lost: Survivor 49 Ep 3  Jake was taken out by a snake! While that’s not uncommon on Survivor, it’s usually a metaphor! Meanwhile Jeremiah was not in as good a spot as he thought he was, even before Jake was gone. How did each of them do in the lead-up to getting taken out? And what would likely have happened this week if Jake had stuck around? Survivor 43’s Lindsay Carmine once again joins...

Why ___ Lost: Survivor 49 Ep 2  Rob Cesternino returned to join David Bloomberg and Jessica Lewis on the podcast he and David started 10 years ago this week! They got a classic downfall episode of Survivor to discuss. It began with Annie saying she was in absolute control of the tribe and ended with a complete blindside. How could she have believed she was the one directing everything? And why did...

Why ___ Won (and the Others Lost)   Ashley was almost voted out of Big Brother 27 in the first week. Vince wanted her gone all season because she didn’t “deserve” to be there. Morgan was convinced she’d be easier to beat than Vince. While Vince and Morgan played (partially) good games of their own, neither had any idea what lurked below the surface of Ashley’s game. But in the Finale, Ashley showe...

BB27 Why ___ Lost Week 11  It’s the first episode of the Why ___ Lost 10th anniversary season! David Bloomberg and Jessica Lewis welcome special guest Chappell to discuss what happened to Nicole’s Survivor 49 game. It may seem obvious that she was voted out just because she was weaker in challenges. But we’ve seen players in similar situations make it through in the New Era, so there must be other...

Why ___ Lost: Survivor 49 Premiere  It’s the first episode of the Why ___ Lost 10th anniversary season! David Bloomberg and Jessica Lewis welcome special guest Chappell to discuss what happened to Nicole’s Survivor 49 game. It may seem obvious that she was voted out just because she was weaker in challenges. But we’ve seen players in similar situations make it through in the New Era, so there must...

Why ___ Lost 10 Year Anniversary  The Why ___ Lost podcast celebrates its tenth anniversary as David Bloomberg and Jessica Lewis are joined by Rob Cesternino! They discuss the history of the podcast and the concept itself, including when David and Rob first met way back in the days of Survivor: The Amazon, how the concept originally came about, the birth of the podcast itself, how Jessica joined,...

BB27 Why ___ Lost Week 10   Never miss a minute of RHAP’s extensive Big Brother coverage! LISTEN: Subscribe to the Big Brother podcast feedWATCH:  Watch and subscribe to the podcast on YouTubeSUPPORT:  Become a RHAP Patron for bonus content, access to Facebook and Discord groups plus more great perks! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Why ___ Lost: Survivor 49 Cast Preview  Survivor 49 is coming so it’s time for the Why ___ Lost preview as David Bloomberg and Jessica Lewis take a look at all the new players in a focused review of how they predict each will do in terms of David’s rules for winning Survivor and in the game overall. Who do they think will do well? Who may be voted out early and why? And who does each choose as the...

BB27 Why ___ Lost Week 9 Part 2  Will was probably the most likeable person in Big Brother 27. Indeed, he said that was the reason they voted him out. But was it really that simple? Or were there other complicating factors that led to Will heading off to be the second juror? David Bloomberg and Ovi Kabir answer these questions by looking at Will’s overall game to see what he did right and where he...

BB27 Why Rachel Lost Week 9  Many have asked and YES, there is a Why Rachel Lost podcast! Everyone of course knows that a horrible production decision to undermine the rules of the game is what took her out, but there was a lot of her game that deserves discussion. Chantele Francis joins David Bloomberg in this special edition of the podcast to look at how Rachel managed to stay around as long as...

BB27 Why ___ Lost Week 8 Mickey has believed she was running the Big Brother house since she took Rylie’s HOH. She thought she would win the vote 6-1! But reality being the opposite of what Mickey believed was a big part of her brand. How did she get everything so wrong? What did she do to turn her allies into enemies? Was it strategic mistakes, social missteps, or a combination of both? David Blo...

BB27 Why ___ Lost Week 7   Never miss a minute of RHAP’s extensive Big Brother coverage! LISTEN: Subscribe to the Big Brother podcast feedWATCH:  Watch and subscribe to the podcast on YouTubeSUPPORT:  Become a RHAP Patron for bonus content, access to Facebook and Discord groups plus more great perks! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

BB27 Why ___ Lost Week 6  There was much rejoicing when Rylie was evicted this week! But the reasons viewers wanted him out and the rationales of players who did it were not necessarily the same. David Bloomberg and Ovi Kabir focus on the latter but the former are definitely still at the forefront of their minds and there is plenty of overlap, even in ways that aren’t immediately obvious. At RHAP,...

BB27 Why ___ Lost Week 5 The reason for Zach losing might seem obvious – because he didn’t use his special $10,000 Veto power to get off the block! But as David Bloomberg and newlywed Ovi Kabir discuss, there is much more than that. How did he end up nominated to begin with? Why was he the target after Keanu saved himself? And was there any validity at all to his reasons for not using his Veto pow...

 BB27 Why ___ Lost Week 4 Special Guest Cliff Hogg from Big Brother 21 joins David Bloomberg as they discuss what caused Mickey and Morgan to turn on their tight ally, Jimmy. For his part, Jimmy told Rachel on live feeds that he’d been playing well but got sloppy. That actually raises two questions: WAS he playing well and was being sloppy the reason for his eviction? Cliff and David answer both o...

BB27 Why ___ Lost Week 3 Special guest Chappell joins David Bloomberg as they discuss Adrian, who said pregame, “in my head, I am the greatest Big Brother player this world has yet to see. I’m ready to prove it.” After his eviction when Julie asked Adrian why the others voted him out, he said, “Because they’re a bunch of chickens!” He blamed a lot of his exit on other people. While he acknowledged...

BB27 Why ___ Lost Week 2   Never miss a minute of RHAP’s extensive Big Brother coverage! LISTEN: Subscribe to the Big Brother podcast feedWATCH:  Watch and subscribe to the podcast on YouTubeSUPPORT:  Become a RHAP Patron for bonus content, access to Facebook and Discord groups plus more great perks! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

BB27 Why ___ Lost Week 1  Zae came into Big Brother 27 saying he didn’t have any set strategies and wanted to be adaptable. The problem was that he essentially didn’t know anything about ANY strategies while he was simultaneously very sure of himself! Was that what did him in? Was it his fight with Rachel, as we were led to believe on the TV episode? Or were those things more related than they mig...

BB27 Why ___ Lost Cast Preview   David Bloomberg and BB21’s Ovi Kabir are back to cover Big Brother 27, starting with a preview podcast! The cast was just announced, so it’s time to hear what David and Ovi think about them, going beyond the basic information we have so far and trying to read into how they will play the game and who will do well – or not so well – in terms of David’s Big Brother Ru...

Why ___ Won (And the Others Lost) Survivor 48   LISTEN: Subscribe to the Survivor podcast feedWATCH: Watch and subscribe to the podcast on YouTubeSUPPORT: Become a RHAP Patron for bonus content, access to Facebook and Discord groups plus more great perks! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Why ___ Lost: Survivor 48 Ep 12 with Sam Phalen  Shauhin had said he was in control of the tribe and IF he could maintain it, he'd win the game. How did he lose control? Or did he never truly have it? Did he fly too close to the sun, as he suggested in this episode? Or was Kamilla right, that his demise came because he fed Joe? Survivor 47 runner-up Sam Phalen joins David Bloomberg and Jessica Lew...

Why ___ Lost: Survivor 48 Ep 11  Mary had a rough go in the early stages of the game. Even following that, she said in her interviews that there wasn't anything else she could have done to stay in the game. David Bloomberg and Jessica Lewis agree she seemed out of options, but were there things she could have done, or not done, to change this outcome? Plus, what do they think of the moves other pl...

Why ___ Lost: Survivor 48 Ep 10 with Chappell     LISTEN: Subscribe to the Survivor podcast feedWATCH: Watch and subscribe to the podcast on YouTubeSUPPORT: Become a RHAP Patron for bonus content, access to Facebook and Discord groups plus more great perks! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices