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Podcast Host Wells Adams
Faithfuls and traders welcome into another episode of by order of the Faithfuls, Survivor Edition. Wells Adams alongside Dolores Catania. This is part two of our recap of episode two and we are joined once again by Survivor legend Steven Fishback. Let's get into episode two. I mean, we pick up at Kyle being evacuated on day four. Sucks that you have to go out that way. Nice to see that people really cared about him and were upset. But. Or do you think that that is gameplay of like I want people to think that like I have a heart and I really love these people.
Survivor Legend Stephen Fishback
I think that's genuine. I mean I've been on a season when someone, actually both of my seasons, someone was pulled from the game the first time for medical reasons and the second time he had to go home for a family emergency. And you really, you know, your heart goes out to these people because you know that they are suffering as much as you are, you know, you know that also just to get here they've put themselves through so much, you know, going through the casting process and putting their lives on hold and like their families, you know, creating space in their families to like for you to go on this advent so for that to just be over by some freak occurrence, you know, how can you not empathize with these people? And especially like, especially too when you are like literally all shivering, shivering together at night when you are all starving, you know, you just like have so much empathy. I think for the most part people have so much empathy. There are some sociopaths out there, but for the most part we all have so much empathy, you know, for someone going through it and then to see them pull just like you feel awful for them.
Podcast Host Wells Adams
Yeah. In the challenge, it's taking place in the middle of the ocean. This is a. I thought was a really cool challenge. Two tribes will have the chance to win campus improvement kit, which everyone seems like they need. This early in the game, everyone finds out that Kyle was pulled from the game. Camila, who was his closest ally in season 48, she gets emotional. And before the challenge, Coach and Ozzy go at it with one another. I loved this fight between Coach and Ozzy. I'm wondering, as someone from Survivor, what did you think?
Survivor Legend Stephen Fishback
I. I totally agree. And that's so much what I love about this season, Survivor 50, where there's so much history. You know, you're bringing these contestants back who it was like, it truly was like 15 years ago or even more, that they were competing against each other. And the fact that that bad blood feeds into this rivalry that they have. And what I love about it too, is that there's still this question of, like, behaving honorably, you know, and like, what a strange idea in this world of reality tv, you know, for there to still be people who are out there saying, I behaved honorably. Like, no, you didn't behave honorably. The idea that that would be a part of their.
Podcast Co-host Dolores Catania
Their self, even in their vocabulary, the word honorable, you're lying, you're cheating, you're stealing, you're doing everything dishonorable to win, and it's. It's okay. So what is honorable there? It's a whole different meaning.
Survivor Legend Stephen Fishback
I totally agree with you. You know, it's like the audience expects you to act dishonorably. You know, that's what you're there for, that's what they want. And the fact that they're still clinging to this idea of like, I'm noble, I'm a warrior, I'm honorable. It's just like, so wonderful. What I love about bringing back some of these old school players. The other great thing about that moment was literally, to your point, Wells, it was on the heels of everybody, like, weeping about God.
Podcast Host Wells Adams
Yeah.
Survivor Legend Stephen Fishback
And you can see Jeff Probst kind of winding them up, you know, like Ozzy, what do you think? Oh, Coach, you were there too.
Podcast Co-host Dolores Catania
See, that's when my type of reality show kicks in, when the old shade from 15 years ago comes back to play. When you think it's gone, you've shook hands over it. You've been to events and talked over the years, but it didn't go away. So you can never trust anybody. That you screwed over one time in a game.
Survivor Legend Stephen Fishback
How much of that is, like, you like, to some degree, you're kind of the fact that the cameras are there, like, makes you feel it more intensely.
Podcast Host Wells Adams
Right.
Survivor Legend Stephen Fishback
I'm not saying you guys are playing it up, but, like, just the very fact that it's on camera, like, brings these feelings to the surface in some way.
Podcast Co-host Dolores Catania
No, we're talking about women, Steven. They do not let things go. Grudges are in our DNA. And. No, I mean, maybe for other people. Is it, like, because it's front of the cameras, we're going to get more mad about it. I see that. I've met a lot of the housewives off camera, and that holds true off camera as well.
Podcast Host Wells Adams
Yeah. The one thing that I learned when I went on Traders and got away from this bachelor world and was around a bunch of housewives was in. In on my show. And I imagine on Survivor as well, when the cameras kind of go down, everyone kind of stops. Stops, like, being crazy, you know, like, we're not going to waste our energy on that. I notice that the housewives, they don't give a crap or down.
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That's awesome.
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Podcast Host Wells Adams
Yeah.
Survivor Legend Stephen Fishback
Honestly, like, I mean, that's. I love that. And then you.
Podcast Co-host Dolores Catania
There's.
Survivor Legend Stephen Fishback
There's a few survivor seasons that are like that or like, the cast of Survivor gabones still all, like, hates each other with a passion.
Podcast Co-host Dolores Catania
You know, I do know of them. I've heard them talk about each other. They.
Survivor Legend Stephen Fishback
And that's. I love that. That's authentic. I feel like that means it's like more real human nature.
Podcast Co-host Dolores Catania
Right?
Podcast Host Wells Adams
Yeah. I want to get your thoughts, being a writer yourself, your thoughts on Mike White thus far in the game, because I've been really impressed with him.
Survivor Legend Stephen Fishback
Yeah. I mean, I don't know. I mean, Mike White in his original season played a fantastic strategic game. Of course, like, he was already very famous, but his profile, of course, was not then what it is now. But, like, the fact that he was able to make himself so unobtrusive his first season. He really kind of, like, played this game in some ways. It's what, similar to how Christian is playing now. Kind of like, oh, stumbling. I'm awkward. Like, what am I doing here? But as a result, he was able to run kind of strategic circles around the people that he was playing with. And some people say the scuttlebutt is that he kind of threw the end that, like, Mike would have won that season, but he basically said, like, don't Give it to me, you know. Yeah, I have enough.
Podcast Host Wells Adams
Like, I don't need money.
Podcast Co-host Dolores Catania
Oh, that. Yeah, that shows a lot of character.
Survivor Legend Stephen Fishback
Yeah, but I think he might. Yeah, I mean, but like, you know, then I think afterwards he was like, why did I do that?
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Podcast Host Wells Adams
Like his business manager was like, what?
Podcast Co-host Dolores Catania
Yeah, I just want him to get a tan at this point.
Podcast Host Wells Adams
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Survivor Legend Stephen Fishback
I mean, on top of those abs.
Podcast Co-host Dolores Catania
That's what I'm saying. They would show a lot more. We're impressed with his physique, I have to say. So impressed. Where does he find the time to have that workout with what he does all the time? But Mike.
Podcast Host Wells Adams
Mike White needs to turn into Mike Tan because it's getting a little.
Podcast Co-host Dolores Catania
Mike White is too. He's too. I like him, though. I like him. I have to say.
Survivor Legend Stephen Fishback
He's able to seem so vulnerable, even though he's like by far the most successful person, you know, out there. By far the most. The richest, by far the most powerful. And yet, like, he's there and he kind of has this like, meek, almost like shy attitude, you know, where somehow I think that's like, very endearing and, like, probably puts a lot of these people at ease when they might feel intimidated by him, naturally.
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Podcast Host Wells Adams
Let's get through this first challenge. You know, Sela and Callo win. Sila is first, and Callow is second, I believe. Interesting moment at Callow. And Jonathan's fishing, and Coach decides to join him. And then I. Okay. Do you remember the Leonardo DiCaprio film, The Beach? Oh, yeah. With, like, the shark that I. I was like, oh, my God, he got bit. Like, something is, like, very, very wrong. It just ended up being a cramp. But is that something that happens a lot? I mean, is there water readily available, or are you.
Podcast Co-host Dolores Catania
Yeah, that's what I was wondering.
Survivor Legend Stephen Fishback
I mean, that's.
Podcast Host Wells Adams
That's.
Survivor Legend Stephen Fishback
That's a great point. Yeah, it's like. There's just. Like, there is water, but, like, it's typically a walk away from camp. You know, you have to make. You have to be purposeful about it. It's obviously super hot. It's super humid, which dehydrates you faster, so, you know, you. Yeah, I mean, it's just, like, you have to, like, always be vigilant about it, and, you know, your body, which might be, you know, a totally normal thing to go for a swim, you know, when you're back home in the ocean, you don't even recognize that your body, like, is not totally functioning when you go out there and then you cramp up. And what I love about Coach is that he's both so over the top, where he's, like, screaming and, like, prone, and you think he's dead. And then he also kind of, like, is able to have that again, that vulnerability where he says, oh, I just. I wanted to be, like, the tough guy, but, like, I don't have it anymore. And, like, the fact that he's able to, like, have kind of both sides of that, I think is what makes him such a rich character.
Podcast Co-host Dolores Catania
Does he really believe that, though, or is he just trying to make people
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like him play it off? Yeah, there's probably something there where I'm sure that wounded his ego. You know, for a guy who's so all about honor and integrity, I'm sure that kind of was, like, a little bit of an ego here for it.
Podcast Co-host Dolores Catania
I'm coming off a trader, Steven. I trust no one anymore. I think everyone's lying except for Wells. Yeah. And I'm just not by. I'm not buying Coach's humbleness.
Survivor Legend Stephen Fishback
Yeah.
Podcast Co-host Dolores Catania
Yeah.
Survivor Legend Stephen Fishback
I think that's fair. I think that's probably a fair. A fair bet. Yeah.
Podcast Host Wells Adams
Well, I'll tell you who's Also not buying coaches humbleness is Ozzy back at Celia. Ozzy pitches an alliance with Devins and Savannah and he says he wants Joe in as well. Joe sees Savannah whispering something to Devins before they get some, they get to the water. This causes a huge blow up.
Podcast Co-host Dolores Catania
No, I.
Podcast Host Wells Adams
Is this a mountain out of a molehill or is this something he actually should be concerned about?
Survivor Legend Stephen Fishback
Yeah, I'm so curious about your guys perspective on this because again like I'm really good friends with Rick and so like my like is, you know, you're watching your friend on tv you're like obviously I'm on his side. But that said, you know, from Joe's perspective he literally is coming off this season where his number one best ally or so he thought was had this secret side deal with this younger woman and then like they ended up bamboozling him and you know, of course he feels suspicious of that. If I saw someone whispering with someone else right before I walked off for a conversation I would absolutely be curious what that was about and I would also think to myself like why are you being weird about it?
Podcast Co-host Dolores Catania
He's a part of it.
Survivor Legend Stephen Fishback
Yeah.
Podcast Co-host Dolores Catania
He has a great point by saying well if I'm a part of that conversation why wasn't I privy to it? He's not wrong. And he also says like I said before, he's carrying over the baggage from the last time he got screwed over in the last Survivor. So yeah, I mean I am totally in agreeance with everything he feels and not to mention these games breed paranoia. Your bet it could be your mom standing there and you're going to start to question her. So this is. He's right. I'm sorry. He's right. If he was in on it, they should have told him.
Survivor Legend Stephen Fishback
The only thing I'm thinking is that my guess is that what happened is Rick doesn't want to like sign up for an alliance with Joe, Savannah and Ozzy who he knows are the three people who are up for elimination.
Podcast Host Wells Adams
Yeah.
Survivor Legend Stephen Fishback
And then when he votes one of them out and you know, I think probably at this point they already know it's going to be Savannah. Then like Joe, Mr. Honor and Integrity is like you broke. You broke our alliance. Like why did you make an alliance with me and then break it literally the next day. Like I think like the risk of telling Joe there about the alliance might be greater in his and Rick's mind.
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Than the risk of not telling him. What do you guys think?
Podcast Co-host Dolores Catania
It's true. But Joe, I'm, I'm not Saying they were wrong. I'm saying Joe had the right to feel that way. That's all. It's both. I see both sides.
Podcast Host Wells Adams
Heights.
Survivor Legend Stephen Fishback
Yeah.
Podcast Host Wells Adams
Yeah. Christian's wandering the jungle and talking smack about Joe and then he stumbles across an idol. This seems like one big giant Easter egg hunt. Are you guys, like, when things like cameras are down or like nothing's going on, are you guys just walking around looking for stuff?
Survivor Legend Stephen Fishback
Oh, totally. Totally.
Podcast Host Wells Adams
Yeah.
Survivor Legend Stephen Fishback
All the time. And I think that's what Christian was doing, right? He was sort of like, just like keeping his eyes peeled. He was like providing banter because that is his way. You know, as he went, he was sort of like given. Given context and. But then, I mean, the fact that it's kind of crazy, actually, that he was giving content that was like, both related to the episode and stumbled on an idol at the same time. Like, he might have been like talking about a math problem, you know, but it happened to me that he was talking about the Joe stuff and found the idol at the same time. That was.
Podcast Co-host Dolores Catania
That's crazy. It was. It was. Yeah. That was crazy.
Podcast Host Wells Adams
Do you believe that Billie Eilish is actually a fan of this show or do you think they're just using her. Her fame in these. In these boomerangs?
Survivor Legend Stephen Fishback
I assume she was out there hiding them.
Podcast Host Wells Adams
No. Yeah.
Survivor Legend Stephen Fishback
Is that not what's going on?
Podcast Host Wells Adams
She was in the Easter bunny costume. She was jumping around.
Survivor Legend Stephen Fishback
Exactly.
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So for today's immunity challenge, players will retrieve a 200 pound survivor snake, bring it back through a series of obstacles. This looks so difficult. Once all three snakes were successfully retrieved for their tribe, three players will work to maneuver. This also looked incredibly hard. Maneuver a ball across a winding sn track.
Survivor Legend Stephen Fishback
I.
Podcast Host Wells Adams
Okay, this is one of my thoughts. Right. So you had to go around in like this snake thing. Right. And you had to. Everyone had to pull the right way. Can you cheat the system? Because I was like, well, why don't you just go to the edge and then it's just a straight line down and then over to the end.
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Survivor Legend Stephen Fishback
They usually give you a course. Like, there's usually some kind of, like, places you have to go, you know, with this kind of thing. That's interesting. Go around and then over. That's. Honestly, I don't know. They might just not have been thinking about it. You. Yeah, that's smart.
Podcast Co-host Dolores Catania
But the thing in there would have was they really had to communicate as a team.
Survivor Legend Stephen Fishback
Oh, yeah.
Podcast Co-host Dolores Catania
And that was very telling on how the team is going to do better. I think moving forward because they really weren't communicating too well.
Survivor Legend Stephen Fishback
Yeah, no, absolutely. And some of it, too, is just like, who's, you know, what are the. Like the teams that. What are the duos that you're sending out there? Like, it did seem like just some of it was just like in getting, like groups, like getting really stuck in that, you know, with that snake. So do you send, like a strong person and a weak person or two people who are about the same? Like, so, you know, it's always interesting, the strategy of, like, who's running when.
Podcast Co-host Dolores Catania
Yeah.
Podcast Host Wells Adams
Vaatu wins first immunity callow and second immunity, Sila going back to the tribal council once again. Over at Sila, they start talking strategy. Okay, this is where. This is where I want to ask you, like, the behind the scenes because they make it seem like it probably isn't going to be Savannah now. You know, it probably is going to be Joe now that everyone's going to
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Podcast Host Wells Adams
Yeah. Or it might go to Ozzy, you know, so it's like, oh, my God, who are they going to choose? And I'm sitting there being like, it's going to be Joe. He's. He's bitching to everybody and, you know, he's complaining. But then, you know, you get to the end of the episode, the tribal council, and everyone votes for Savannah. So was that all just trying to make it seem more.
Podcast Co-host Dolores Catania
You mean like the editing?
Survivor Legend Stephen Fishback
Yeah, I think so. My guess is that they pretty. Were pretty decided they drove people off. Honestly, the Joe stuff, I think if they knew there was going to be a swap, they would have voted out Joe here just because they were all tired of working with him. Obviously you have this antagonism that's building there and like, if you know there's going to be a swap, you don't want to go into a swap with someone really pissed at you. Right. Like, yeah, Joe swaps to a different tribe and he's like spreading, you know, then suddenly he's with that group. Or maybe you swap onto a tribe with Joe and he's like, f Rick, let's get him out of here. But I do think after losing two immunity challenges, your number one thought is, how do we've got to win the next one? Like, we can't come back here, so we can't vote out Joe in this spot. And then. And, you know, we've got to give ourselves a chance.
Podcast Host Wells Adams
Why? Because. Because he is good at challenges and. Yeah, but is he that much better than Savannah is Yes, very true.
Survivor Legend Stephen Fishback
But I think especially in the early stages of the game, typically the immunity challenges are like more strength based. Honestly, it's only those like first three challenges that are strength based really at all. And then it becomes like much really like puzzle based or endurance based and
Podcast Co-host Dolores Catania
savannah, by the way, energy left, you're not eating, you're dehydrated. So they have to kind of switch up the challenges physically. Right? I mean, that's exactly it.
Survivor Legend Stephen Fishback
That's exactly it. Like they have to. Like they have to. You can only do these really intense physical challenges in those early days because by, you know. But once you've like lost all your, you know, your muscle mass by, by day 15 or whatever.
Podcast Co-host Dolores Catania
Exactly. There's nothing left. Well, I have to tell you, I get very brain fog when I'm hungry. So yeah, I'd rather. Yeah, I don't even know what to say. I'm not going to be good at this game. Don't ever ask me to do it.
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Savannah gives a long winded diatribe about her being vulnerable and everyone seems to be like, oh, yeah, totally, I get it. Even though I just voted for you.
Survivor Legend Stephen Fishback
Yeah.
Podcast Host Wells Adams
What were your thoughts on her closing arguments there?
Survivor Legend Stephen Fishback
Oh, I don't know. I feel like Jeff's like, yeah, like, we know you're leaving. We need the juice. You know, give us the juice. Give us this, like, key emotional moment. And it's funny, like, before I went back my second time, another returning player, Courtney Yates had said, like, watch who Jeff asks the first question to because, like, that's often the person who goes home film. Now, I don't know if he still does that or if, you know, maybe they do and it's edited around but. Or maybe he stopped doing that because it's become a known thing.
Podcast Host Wells Adams
Yeah.
Survivor Legend Stephen Fishback
But, like, definitely you could see that at least the person who Jeff was focusing the conversation on, like, that person had a better shot at going home because, like, they've got to get the material. You know, he's got. As a producer, he's got to get the juice for, like, to justify that person's exit.
Podcast Host Wells Adams
Okay, we have to talk about this. Christian, like, hiding the. The pouch that had the boomerang in it. Okay. I'm not as familiar with survivors. Obviously you are. Stephen. What. Explain to me what the hell they're doing. Like, is. Is this gonna trick someone into thinking something's happened or what's gonna happen here?
Survivor Legend Stephen Fishback
Yeah. So they are. So. So Rick and Christian, like, have what? Basically, there's very little on Survivor that is, like, verifiably from production and that you can use to, like, really fool someone. And one of the few things is like, a piece of parchment and specifically a parchment from an immunity idol. Right. Because there's no way you can replicate that. So in the past, people have, like, made these sort of fake idols and the two uses for them are, like, one, to trick somebody else into thinking they have a real idol and, like, both, like, causing them to misplay but also, like, maybe embarrassing them in the process. And then two, to kind of like yourself, come on it and then use it for leverage. And I think that's what Rick and Christian are thinking is if I can, when we are at Tribal council, maybe it's a hot moment. I can find this idol and play it up, and suddenly I can throw everything into disarray. So if I get into trouble down the line, I can find this, I can, like, put it on, and then all of a sudden I can be changed safe or I can redirect the vote somehow, you know, in a really. In a way that gives me kind of control of that moment. And what I love it about it is, you know, when you're in the tribal part of this game, right, all three groups are on different beaches, so you don't know where you're going to be tomorrow. You know, they could get swapped or they could move to a different beach when they merge. They could go anywhere. So if they just buried this idol at camp, it wouldn't work because, like, they might be at a different camp in a day. Tribal Council is, like, the one place that is consistent throughout the whole season. You know, regardless of whether you swap, regardless of whether you merge, you're always going back to Tribal Council. So hiding it at Tribal Council, I think is just so brilliant and inspiring. Fired, because then if they're ever in trouble, they know exactly. Like, they've got, like a, you know, a pocket.
Podcast Co-host Dolores Catania
Okay.
Podcast Host Wells Adams
All right. That makes a lot of sense. Can you not go to the Tribal Council set just, like, in the day? Because I'm like, well, why did you have to stage this fall thing? You could have just come back tomorrow morning and hit it there.
Survivor Legend Stephen Fishback
Yeah. I mean, that's what's cool about Survivor. Like, the answer is no. You know, you are in the jungle. Like, you have to get, like, driven or, like, put on a boat. It might even be, like a different island. You know, you get taken out by boat to, like, Tribal Council. So, you know, it's far away. And. And you have no idea, too. You guys are. I mean, you know, you're not blacked out. You know, they black us. Like, they just put us blindfolds. They black out, like, the transport. We don't know where we are, you know? Yeah. If one of us, like, we literally could not flee and, like, flee the jungle, we were stuck there because we have no clue where we are.
Podcast Host Wells Adams
Would you believe Christians fall?
Survivor Legend Stephen Fishback
I think so. You just never even think that. You know, again, like, you're so in the moment. You just. And, like, he played it off, you know, he's.
Podcast Co-host Dolores Catania
He followed it up with acting dizzy and walking to the left to remember when they were walking back and he was totally. And Siri was like, you're you. Okay, I'll take the lead.
Survivor Legend Stephen Fishback
Yeah.
Podcast Co-host Dolores Catania
And just stand behind Me. So he kind of, like, followed it up, like, really, like. But nobody saw what he. Where he hit it, so.
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Survivor Legend Stephen Fishback
That was so great. And he said, like, oh, I meant to do that, you know, and that's sort of like awkward, like, nerd. Like, oh. Like, you know. Yeah, obviously he had, you know, I think like, the pants pooping kind of paid off here.
Podcast Host Wells Adams
Yeah.
Survivor Legend Stephen Fishback
Because, like, he's just had this, like,
Podcast Co-host Dolores Catania
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Survivor Legend Stephen Fishback
He's like, oh, Christian's a mess. Like, what's going on with Christian these days? Know, it kind of like sets it up a little bit.
Podcast Host Wells Adams
Or is it, like, Machiavellian where, like, he thought about that all and he. His pants on purpose because he knew he was gonna trip.
Survivor Legend Stephen Fishback
Oh, man. That. That would be Christian. The most strategic pants in Survivor history.
Podcast Host Wells Adams
All right, so I'm gonna. My pants. So no one. Everyone believes my fall later. Oh, my goodness. So next week we got a sneak peek. The tribes will be swapping, which will change the. The dynamic immensely.
Survivor Legend Stephen Fishback
What.
Podcast Host Wells Adams
What are your thoughts on the super tease of episode three?
Survivor Legend Stephen Fishback
I mean, I. I love a good swap. I mean, it's something we've missed in past seasons is there haven't been a lot of swaps. And I think it really is. Adds a lot of fun. You know, we've kind of, like, gotten to know these tribe dynamics already and so, like, getting to see it mixed up a little bit.
Podcast Co-host Dolores Catania
Yeah.
Survivor Legend Stephen Fishback
Is. Is really going to be. Going to be exciting.
Podcast Co-host Dolores Catania
It's definitely shaken up now.
Survivor Legend Stephen Fishback
Yeah, exactly. And, you know, you sort of already know who's kind of in control of their group and, like, who's on the outs. And so, you know, it's fun to see people who are in control suddenly lose power and people who are in the outskirts get. Get an opportunity at a second life.
Podcast Host Wells Adams
Stephen, who's gonna win?
Survivor Legend Stephen Fishback
Oh, gosh. I mean, I gotta, like, I think Rick's doing really good. Although I guess the Joe stuff is not so hot. Christian, let's give it to Christian. You know, I think Christian could be, you know, he's in a great spot. He's so strategic, but he's also not even the biggest threat in his alliance. Like, I think aligning with siree is brilliant for Christian because as, like, amazing as siree is, everyone is threatened by her. Like, you can't let serie get to the end.
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Survivor Legend Stephen Fishback
And I think, like, for Christian, when he played his first time, everyone was so hyper focused on Christian. Like, Christian's the super strategist we got to get out Christian. And now he's got, like, a kind of a nerd shield, you know, sitting next to him.
Podcast Co-host Dolores Catania
But he also has a lot of attention.
Podcast Host Wells Adams
That's true.
Podcast Co-host Dolores Catania
Which isn't good.
Survivor Legend Stephen Fishback
Not good. Yeah.
Podcast Co-host Dolores Catania
I would pick somebody who's more very strategic, sitting in the background, staying under the radar until the end.
Survivor Legend Stephen Fishback
That's a good point. Who do you guys like?
Podcast Host Wells Adams
Because I have this theory, and I'm usually right about my theories, is that the way the reality TV shows work is the people who win are never on the show in the beginning. It's all so. So you say Christian. No way. He his pants in episode two. He's gone so fast. Colby's on my TV screens way too much. So I didn't know Charlie Davis was on the show. I don't know that. I didn't know that Chrissy Hoffback was on the show. I think they're going far because they have not been in the first couple episodes.
Survivor Legend Stephen Fishback
Yeah. I will say Survivor likes to give, like, you enough of a thread, like, some kind of emotional story for somebody. So, like, for me, like, Chrissy and Charlie, too, actually, because they're, like, they're. They're so thin. Like, I. I think you're right. Like, it's not one of the huge characters. It's not going to be. You're probably right. It's not going to be Christian. It's not going to be Coach. You know, it's going to be someone who's there in the background. Yeah.
Podcast Co-host Dolores Catania
Emily hasn't said one word since.
Survivor Legend Stephen Fishback
Right. But she's there enough. That's interesting.
Podcast Co-host Dolores Catania
I've seen her face quite a few times. They pan to her face. So you kind of, like, think she's there, but never really around or involved in something. So I'm waiting for her to kind of come out. I could be wrong.
Survivor Legend Stephen Fishback
Yeah. What about Genevieve? Is she viable?
Podcast Co-host Dolores Catania
No, she cries too much. I don't like criers.
Podcast Host Wells Adams
Yeah. The other one I'm surprised Stephanie isn't getting more screen time for.
Survivor Legend Stephen Fishback
Yeah.
Podcast Host Wells Adams
And so that makes me think, okay, she's going to go far because they want to use a lot of her stuff later. But, like, I look at, like, the Rizzos, the Aussies. Joe, I think Genevieve is crying a lot. Colby, I think is gone. Christian, Coach, like, that. I'm like, I'm getting so much of you in these first couple episodes that I'm not sure if I'm going to get a lot of you at the end.
Survivor Legend Stephen Fishback
Right.
Podcast Co-host Dolores Catania
Let's see.
Survivor Legend Stephen Fishback
That's Very fair. Yeah.
Podcast Host Wells Adams
Stephen, thank you so much for coming on. By order of the faithful, Survivor edition, before we let you go, what do you want to promote? Where can people find more about you? And where can people get your book Escape?
Survivor Legend Stephen Fishback
Yeah, I guess just once again, the book escape, you can buy it at any bookstore or any of your online book ordering platforms.
Podcast Host Wells Adams
It's available everywhere and on Audible.
Survivor Legend Stephen Fishback
Listen, you know, let me know, let me know. We'll send you an autographed copy of the audiobook. I will figure it out. Yeah. Thank you, guys. This has been so fun. Finally get to really dig into, like, how people poop on Survivor. It's been a pleasure.
Podcast Host Wells Adams
Yeah.
Podcast Co-host Dolores Catania
That's awesome.
Podcast Host Wells Adams
Thank you for answering.
Podcast Co-host Dolores Catania
Wow. Inquiring minds. Yeah.
Podcast Host Wells Adams
Yeah, we had some shitty questions. I apologize for that. Steven, you rock, man. Thank you so much. And please come back on anytime you'd like.
Survivor Legend Stephen Fishback
Oh, I would love to. Thanks so much, guys.
Podcast Host Wells Adams
All right, see you, buddy.
Podcast Co-host Dolores Catania
Bye.
Podcast Host Wells Adams
He was awesome. I'm. You know, I. I feel bad that I had to ask the. That we were asking the poop questions, but no one could answer it better than Stephen, the guy who Christian was referencing with the gastial intestinal issues in episode 10.
Podcast Co-host Dolores Catania
No, no, I. I think it was right. And people want to know. People just starting the show or even people that watch the show, they want to know there are things behind the scenes, like, it's not normal behavior to have to go shit in the ocean. And don't tell me it doesn't wash back up on chart.
Podcast Host Wells Adams
Yeah, come on. Are the fish eating it? And then you're eating the fish. I don't know what's happening, guys. No, I'm just surprised.
Podcast Co-host Dolores Catania
He doesn't know what's happening. I don't want to know what's happening. It's just really bad.
Podcast Host Wells Adams
There isn't enough Purell in the world to keep them all clean, I think, but.
Podcast Co-host Dolores Catania
And they have dirty fingernails.
Podcast Host Wells Adams
They do. They do have dirty fingernails. Everyone out there, thank you for listening to by order of the faithfuls, our survivor recap. If you're not following us on social media, please do. We're at, by order, the faithfuls on Instagram ds Any questions or concerns or guests you'd like us to have on? And Dolores and I will be back again next week recapping episode three. Bye, Dolores.
Podcast Co-host Dolores Catania
Bye.
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Podcast: Two Ts In A Pod with Teddi Mellencamp and Tamra Judge
Hosts of this Episode: Wells Adams & Dolores Catania
Special Guest: Survivor legend Steven Fishback
Date: March 6, 2026
Episode: Survivor Recap — By Order of the Faithfuls (S50E02 Recap)
This episode features a deep-dive Survivor Season 50 episode 2 recap with Survivor veteran Steven Fishback joining Wells Adams and Dolores Catania. The trio unpacks the emotional fallout from a contestant evacuation, old school rivalries reigniting, paranoia-fueled drama, strategic idol plays, and the shock blindside at tribal council. The conversation highlights core Survivor themes—honor, alliances, distrust, and adaptability—while comparing insights from other reality series (notably Housewives and The Traitors). The hosts and guest bring energy, fun banter, and significant Survivor expertise.
[03:06 – 04:30]
Insight: Most contestants display genuine empathy, but Steven admits there are “some sociopaths out there.”
[04:30 – 06:48]
Insight: Whether reality TV or Survivor, old wounds and personal history drive drama—sometimes more authentically than game mechanics.
[06:42 – 07:47]
[07:57 – 09:22]
[13:23 – 14:49]
[15:19 – 17:39]
[17:47 – 18:42]
[18:51 – 20:22]
[20:22 – 22:40]
[27:02 – 27:46]
[28:01 – 31:13]
[31:56 – 34:11]
Steven Fishback:
"Your heart goes out to these people because you know that they are suffering as much as you are... how can you not empathize?" (03:43)
"You're bringing these contestants back... 15 years ago... and that bad blood feeds into this rivalry." (05:02)
"He's able to seem so vulnerable, even though he's by far the most successful person... very endearing." (09:22)
"Tribal Council is... consistent... hiding [the idol] at Tribal Council is just so brilliant." (29:31)
Dolores Catania:
"We're talking about women, Steven. They do not let things go. Grudges are in our DNA." (06:48)
"He has a great point by saying, well, if I'm a part of that conversation, why wasn't I privy to it?... games breed paranoia." (16:29)
"I get very brain fog when I'm hungry... Don't ever ask me to do it." (22:40)
"After you poop your pants, you're capable of anything." (31:24)
Wells Adams: "The one thing that I learned... is that the housewives, they don't give a crap if the cameras are up or down." (07:07) "The people who win are never on the show in the beginning." (33:18)
The episode blends sharp Survivor analysis with breezy, fun banter typical of the Housewives universe, delivering inside baseball for fans and entertainment for casual listeners alike. The recurring theme: whether Survivor, Housewives, or Traitors, the game is shaped as much by personality and history as by strategy.
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