During the Survivor off-season, Rob creates a number of podcasts that discuss certain facets of the Survivor genre as a whole. This includes countdowns, drafts, and events/games involving Survivor alumni and members of the RHAP community.
Jeff Pitman of "True Dork Times" talks with Rob about the similarities between Game of Thrones and Survivor in preparation for the second season premiere.
Rob talks with Joel and Kathy from Survivor: Micronesia about their season 5 years after it aired, plus their thoughts on "fan-turned-favorite" Erik Reichenbach, currently on Survivor: Caramoan.
Josh talks about his recently-published article on Vulture of what he believes are the "Top 10 Strategic Survivor Moves of All-Time". Rob and Josh then went on to cast a Survivor season with characters of Game of Thrones, simulating how the season would run.
Judy presents to Rob what she believes are the nine most disgusting moments in Survivor thus far. At the end, Rob attempts to rank the nine moments from most to least vile.
Curt reveals the updated rankings for the Top 20 Survivor players as voted on by the fans. Kos, who did the ranking in 2011, provides color commentary.
In response to the top 20 players being revealed in the previous off-season podcast, Rob brings together Josh, Antonio, and Malory to each draft teams of "underrated" players who fall outside of the top 30. The listeners were then encouraged to vote for who they thought had the best drafted team at the end of the podcast.
Mike tells Rob about eight Survivor seasons that come off better on a rewatch. He includes: The Australian Outback, Marquesas, Thailand, Vanuatu, Guatemala, Exile Island, Gabon, and Nicaragua.
Trivia: The results of the fan vote of who had the best draft from the previous off-season podcasts were revealed at the very end of this podcast.
Rob and Myles Nye, a former consultant for the challenge department, sat down to discuss the ins and outs of Survivor challenges, including some of Myles's favorite challenges, challenges where contestants outsmarted the game, and the different array of combat challenges that have come about.
Catherine, an RHAP blogger, discusses the 15 types of jury questions that she categorized after watching every Final Tribal Council, as well as the best answers to give for each type of question.
Jason brings his findings from a summer-long Survivor research project, using statistical analysis to answer a number of questions, including: "Is the founder of an alliance more likely to get voted out than the other members?", "Are players who sit out during challenges at increased risk of being voted out?", and "Is the player who wins the game more likely to come from the first tribe to get fire?"
Fairplay talked with Rob about his recent appearance on "E! True Hollywood Story: Life After Reality," which focused on the post-show lives of several pertinent reality stars.
Rob talks with Ken Raskoff, who formerly worked on Survivor casting, on the casting process and the trials and tribulations that casting faces every season.
Survivor author and host of the "Survivor Historians" podcast Mario Lanza talks about his new book When It Was Worth Playing For and his thoughts about the current state of the show.
Tim Ahlin from "The Tribe" podcast (also known as "Shut Up, Tim," songwriter for RHAP) and Ryan Elder, professional composer and co-host on the "Snakes, Rats, and Goats" podcast (songwriter for RHAP) count down the most musical moments from Survivor on the fictional TRUQ 108 radio show.
Paul Asleson from "The Tribe" and "Survivor Historians" podcasts joins Rob to talk about the different ways a Survivor season premiere portrays its winner.
Jason Somerville uses statistical analysis to once again answer thirteen questions about Survivor such as: "Does the opening sequence spoil how well Survivor players do?", "What careers have the highest probability of winning Survivor?", and "What is the optimal strategy concerning the Hidden Immunity Idol?"
Rob and Kos look at several pivotal moments in Survivor history and discuss the repercussions of what would happen if said moments went another direction.
Rob and Curt officially kick off the survey for the RHAP audience to rank the first 30 seasons of Survivor, in preparation for the rankings to be revealed before the beginning of Survivor: Cambodia.
In celebration of the finished release of The Evolution of Strategy, Curt reveals the season rankings from the first 30 Survivor seasons as tabulated from the RHAP audience. In addition, Rob revealed his own personal season rankings and how they compare.
Akiva Wienerkur, co-host of the Seinfeld podcast on Post Show Recaps and the "32 Fans in 32 Days" sports podcast, casts a Survivor season with NFL quarterbacks.
Rob and Eric discuss which Big Brother players from the past 17 seasons would do well on Survivor, in line with the casting of Big Brother 16 player Caleb Reynolds.
In line with their other casting podcasts, Rob and Gordon cast a season of two-time players to fill a fictional "Third Time's a Charm" season, which was discussed heavily in coverage of Survivor: Cambodia.
David Lay, a sociology professor at the University of Mississippi, discusses the role of sociology on Survivor, including some of the things that players tell us about the way they see the world, what Survivor can tell us about society, and much more.
Guests: Eliza Orlins, Stephen Fishbach, Sophie Clarke, Courtney Yates, Brian Corridan, Max Dawson, Jenn Brown, So Kim, Mike Holloway, Tyler Fredrickson
Members of the "Wine and Cheese Alliance" square off against members of the "Dirty 30" AKA the Survivor: Worlds Apart cast in a Survivor-themed version of Family Feud.
Rob talks with Molly Shock, an editor on such shows as Project Runway, Top Chef, Last Comic Standing, and Survivor, on how a reality show undergoes post-production.
Rob talks with Mike Botta, an expert on negotations, for a closer look at three of the most important principals of a negotiation strategy and how they apply to the Survivor game.
Rob is joined by Jordan to discuss why a Survivor fan should give Big Brother a chance for the first time. On this episode, Rob and Jordan will discuss:
What are the rules of Big Brother and how does the week play out?
Does a viewer need to watch all 3 episodes a week?
What are the major differences from Survivor?
What are some selling points about why somebody SHOULD watch Big Brother at all?
Do you have to watch the live feeds?
What kind of coverage does RHAP do for Big Brother and how is different than Survivor?
Rob welcomes back Mike for a countdown of Survivor’s most iconic 6-person tribes. They rank 15 tribes across 5 seasons with 3-tribe formats (with a brief mention of the 6-person tribes used in Survivor: Cambodia) using the following criteria:
Rob welcomes Matt Pavlovich to the studio to discuss the live Survivor games he has created. He most recently uploaded "Survivor: Brooklyn Season 4" which features Sophie Clarke and Andrea Boehlke as players and introduces us to one of the contestants who will be appearing on Survivor 33.
Matt discusses how he starting creating Survivor games to play with friends, the challenges that goes in to filming a Survivor season in a day and what we can expect to watching Andrea and Sophie play in the same season.
In every Survivor season, there comes a critical junction where the tribes become one and the game becomes individual. The first vote after the merge is typically a good predictor of which group will make it to the end of the game. Colin Stone from the Dom & Colin podcast joins Rob to discuss all the parts of the equation that lead a side to decide to make the decision on who to vote for.
Rob is joined by Survivor: Cambodia Finalist Spencer Bledsoe, Survivor: Cagayan’s Alexis Maxwell and Survivor: Kaôh Rōng’s Darnell Hamilton to discuss behind the scenes happenings from their respective Survivor seasons and answer questions from the sold out audience at DePaul University in Chicago during the first every RHAPCon.
Rob is joined by RHAP Historian, Megan Ziemianski to share her countdown of 25 sound clips made popular by "The Evolution of Strategy". These new clips will be added to the RHAP sound board for future use on the podcast.
Rob is joined by Myles to discuss some of the most successful strategies used (or that could be used) by the players on Survivor in notable challenges past.
Rob is joined by Angie Caunce, Curt Clark and Sarah Freeman to draft teams of players to find the winner of the a survivor season cast with all the first boots.
Rob is joined by Wunderman CMO, Jamie Gutfreund to discuss the fundamental differences between Millennials and Gen X’ers, in anticipation for the premiere of Survivor: Millennials vs. Gen X. In addition, Jamie will try to predict how this season of Survivor may unfold by discussing the ways millennials view the world and how millennials and Gen X’ers interact.
Mario Lanza, author of the Survivor Funny 115 and creator of the Survivor Historians podcast, talks to Rob about the release of third edition of the Funny 115, including the process for his choosing and creation of entries.
In preparation for the third edition of the "Survivor Think Tank," Rob re-posts the second edition, which he recorded with Stephen back in 2014, where they dissected more twist ideas for Survivor submitted by the listeners.
Trivia: This podcast was originally posted on September 6, 2014 and was previously an exclusive to patrons of Rob Has a Podcast.
Randy Bailey and Ken Hoang discuss their Survivor: Gabon castmate and friend, Dan Kay, who tragically passed away this past week. The guys share some of their stories from playing Survivor with Dan.
In the third edition of the "Survivor Think Tank," Rob and Stephen take suggestions from the listeners as to twists for the 35th and 36th seasons of Survivor.
Rob is joined by "So You Think You Can Podcast" contestant Jon Krause to countdown 10 of Survivor 's funniest moments involving contestants who had too much to drink.|
In the first part of the podcast, Rob speaks with ET Canada's Erin Cebulla about her pre-game experience on the beach during the upcoming Survivor: Game Changers. In the second part, Rob talks with Gillian about her annual Reality Rally event in Temecula, CA from April 6-8.
Rob and Josh look back on the Heroes vs. Villains chapter of The Evolution of Strategy, while also touching upon some new game rules for Survivor: Game Changers that came to light in Josh's recent Survivor articles.
In honor of the March Madness tournament, Rob has a special two-part podcast episode to determine the greatest Survivor winner of all-time. In part 1 of this podcast, he reveals the official Best Winner Tournament bracket compiled by Randy Knuppel, using the combined winner rankings he received from Rob, Akiva Wienerkur, and himself.
In a follow-up to the previous podcast, Rob, Akiva, and Randy take a look at the results of each matchup, and the final statement on the greatest Survivor winner of all time.
Trivia: The Survivor Supreme Court to determine the winners of each match-up consisted of: Shirin Oskooi, Spencer Bledsoe, Dawn Meehan, Mike Bloom, Dom & Colin, Megan Ziemanksi, Aaron Robertson, Alli Giancola, and Christine Radice.
Rob talks with Lindsay Wilson, previously the Sarah Lacina correspondent for the Survivor: Game Changers pre-season, talks about her top 20 most awkward moments from the various Survivor reunion shows.
In an off-shoot of the "Hot Take Off" done on Akiva's "32 Fans" podcast, he, Rob, and Liana break down Survivor "hot takes" submitted by the listeners. They each scored the take on a scale from 1-10, and the person with the highest cumulative score would receive a podcast spot during the next season.
Rob welcomes Mike Bloom back to the podcast to reveal his countdown of his favorite non-playing characters and animals from the 34 seasons of Survivor.
Josh, Rob's co-host on the Game of Thrones coverage on Post Show Recaps and Jon, host of the Nerdrotic podcast, cast their own season of "Heroes vs. Healers vs. Hustlers" with characters from the show, and simulate a season.
Rob and "Hail Satire"'s Vic Shuttee count down the greatest (and weirdest) things Survivor players have done AFTER being on the show, using a variety of clips.
Rob and Mike cast an entire season of people who served as loved ones in previous seasons, and talk through a generated simulation of how the season played out on BrantSteele.net.
Rob is back together with Josh to recreate a new (and fake) Survivor season based on the stand outs from THE EVOLUTION OF STRATEGY in , Survivor: TEOS All-Stars. In this episode Rob and Josh will report on every vote through 39 days of this fake season simulation that was run on BrantSteele.net
Rob Cesternino is joined by one of the original Survivor castaways, Dr. Sean Kenniff. Rob talks with Dr. Sean about his experience getting on to the show, his time in that historic first season and some of his life lessons learned after the show.
Rob is back together with Josh Wigler and Mike Bloom to create a new fake Survivor season based cast with the most memorable first boots in Survivor history.
Rob Cesternino is joined by Survivors Kellyn Bechtold & Bret Labelle along with Survivor fans Megan Ziemianski & Aaron Robertson to play the Survivor $100,000 PyRHAPmid. Myles Nye serves as judge and jury as the fans team up with the Survivor favorites
Longtime RHAP contributor, Ryan Pappola, takes a break from his work at WWE Digital to discuss his love of Hallmark Holiday films and specifically, “Karen Kingsbury’s: The Bridge”. “Karen Kingsbury’s: The Bridge” (Parts 1 & 2) stars Wyatt Nash (formerly Matt Elrod from Survivor: Redemption Island.
Rob and Ryan discuss Hallmark Holiday films as a genre, Wyatt Nash’s performance as the film’s lead and much more in a full recap of the 3-hours of adaptation of Karen Kingsbury’s work.
To end the year, Rob and Mike simulate a fictional Survivor season that pits ten iconic Christmas characters against ten of the biggest characters from Survivor: Ghost Island and Survivor: David vs. Goliath.
Trivia: This podcast served also served as the 2018 iteration of the annual RHAPpy Holidays show.
Rob is joined by Entertainment Weekly Survivor writer Dalton Ross to discuss his new 14,000 word essay on what he called the greatest Survivor moment ever: when Erik Reichenbach was fooled into giving up individual immunity at the final five of Survivor: Micronesia – Fans vs. Favorites, a moment that aired 11 years ago today.
Rob and T-Bird catch up with Survivor: Thailand castaway Helen Glover about her experience on her season, what she has been up to since then, and her feelings on modern Survivor.
Trivia: This served as the premiere podcast for "Talking with T-Bird," where Rob and T-Bird will habitually talk with old school castaways.
Rob is joined by Survivor and Big Brother YouTuber Peridiam to talk about his latest and longest video series, entitled “The Most Ingenious Moves by Survivor Winners” where he goes through many of the greatest moves that led former players to win the game. Rob and Peridiam talk about his many videos in the series, discuss the moves, and much more..
Guests: Stephenie LaGrossa Kendrick, Teresa "T-Bird" Cooper
As part of the "Talking with T-Bird" series, Rob and T-Bird catch up with Stephenie LaGrossa Kendrick from Survivor: Palau, Guatemala, and Heroes vs. Villains about what her life has been like since her time on the island.
As part of the "Talking with T-Bird" series, Rob and T-Bird catch up with Gretchen Cordy from Survivor: Borneo about what her life has been like since her time on the island.
As part of the "Talking with T-Bird" series, Rob and T-Bird catch up with Kelly Goldsmith from Survivor: Africa about what her life has been like since her time on the island.
As part of the "Talking with T-Bird" series, Rob and T-Bird catch up with Judd Sergeant from Survivor: Guatemala about what his life has been like since his season.
As part of the "Talking with T-Bird" series, Rob and T-Bird catch up with Sean Rector from Survivor: Marquesas about what his life has been like since his season and his thoughts on the franchise today.
As part of the "Talking with T-Bird" series, Rob and T-Bird catch up with Scout Cloud Lee from Survivor: Vanuatu about what her life has been like since her season.
As part of the "Talking with T-Bird" series, Rob and T-Bird catch up with Robb Zbacnik from Survivor: Thailand about what his life has been like since his season.
As part of the "Talking with T-Bird" series, Rob and T-Bird catch up with Rodger Bingham from Survivor: The Australian Outback about what his life has been like since his season.
As part of the "Talking with T-Bird" series, Rob and T-Bird catch up with Ami Cusack from Survivor: Vanuatu and Micronesia about what her life has been like since her season.
As part of the "Talking with T-Bird" series, Rob and T-Bird catch up with Frank Garrison from Survivor: Africa about what his life has been like since his season.
Rob Cesternino is finally back with Josh Wigler and Mike Bloom to bring you another fake Survivor season simulation on BrantSteele. Since Josh and Mike are in the midst of their LOST re-watch podcast called LOST: Down the Hatch over on Post Show Recaps. The podcast follows a fake season of Survivor featuring characters from the first season of LOST.
Guests: Shii-Ann Huang, Natalie Bolton, Teresa "T-Bird" Cooper
As part of the "Talking with T-Bird" series, Rob and T-Bird catch up with Shii-Ann Huang from Survivor: Thailand and All-Stars and Natalie Bolton from Survivor: Micronesia about what their lives have been like since their seasons.
As part of the "Talking with T-Bird" series, Rob and T-Bird catch up with Vecepia Towery, winner of Survivor: Marquesas about what her life has been like since her season.
Rob Cesternino is back together with Mike Bloom to create a new fake Survivor season based around the cast of Survivor: Winners Not at War. We’ve got the 18 Survivor winners not chosen plus million dollar recipient Rupert Boneham and a Pearl Islands only edition of Sandra Diaz-Twine in SURVIVOR: WINNERS AT PEACE.
Two weeks before the premiere of Survivor: Winners at War, Rob Cesternino brings you a fun bonus podcast where they play a game of The Masked Singer, the hit FOX series, but with a twist. The big twist is that instead of singers, our contestants are all former Survivor players. To predict who is each of these masked Survivor players, Rob was joined by the co-host of “Rob and Akiva Need a Podcast” Akiva Wienerkur, Big Brother live feed updater and co-host of the Love Island RHAP-up Kirsten MacInnis, and Big Brother live feed updater and co-host of The Masked Singer RHAP-up Pooya Zand Vakili.