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Ori’s hometown of Spring Valley, New York, has no noteable features or mottos so here are some facts about New York–For a start, there is more to the state than just New York City, with everything except New York City and Long Island being referred to as Upstate New York. Stan Lee’s catch phrase of Excelsior, meaning both the most highest aim and a brand of packing material to protect fragile items during shipping, is based on the motto of New York. He popularized it because that man was New York (City) through and through, but the state came first.

Alexis is from Atlanta, Linnea is from Jersey City. I can only talk about one city so I’m going to tell you about the second capital of Georgia, after moving from Milledgeville in 1868, the great ATL, the A, The Gate City. Burnt to the ground for the sins of slavery, Atlanta re-emerged as a center of Black culture and excellence in the 20th century. It is the home of the Civil Rights museum and, across the plaza, the World of Coke in which you can try the infamous New Coke formula from 1982 that, honestly, wasn’t that bad in the first place.

Founded in 1832, Toledo, the home of Jenna who was voted out this week, is on the furthest west end of Lake Erie. It was the subject of a border dispute between Michigan and Ohio that led to the “Toledo War,” which had no casualties but was ended when Ohio lost and was forced to take Toledo into its state. The victorious Michigan was given the Upper Peninsula from Wisconsin because the Badger State always catches strays.

Founded in 1790, Washington DC has many nicknames. The most boring of which would be The District, the most fun of which would be Chocolate City, and the most esoteric of which would be The City of Southern Efficiency and Northern Hospitality. Established as a compromise between Federalists and Jeffersonian Democrats our nation’s capitol is nominally a southern city, but that never mattered and is now considered a yankee domain. The less said about Rob the better.

Toronto, from the Mohawk word meaning “Place where there are trees standing in water,” is the largest city of Canada. Originally called York, it was renamed in the 1800s to avoid confusion with New York and the original York in England. It is sometimes called The Six (or The 6ix, if you’re nasty) or The Queen City, a nickname it shares with Charlotte, North Carolina. Ask Ana and she may say it’s called The Center of the Universe.

Rhode Island, formerly Rhode Island and Plymouth Plantations, is the smallest state in the union but punches above its weight culturally and economically. Its state beverage is coffee milk and its state bird is the Rhode Island Red Chicken. Can YOU name all three Rhode Islanders in this season??

Nick is gone on an adventure to nobody-knows-where, but that won’t stop Andy and Brian from doing their draft. We recorded this just one week ahead of episode 1 airing, but there’s still no word on tribes. Plus Brian didn’t do a lick of research. So we basically just picked people at random and made snap judgements based on their faces. A triumph of reality television podcasting.

Also, #Linnea4President2027

A couple weeks late, sorry! But, to be fair, it’s not like anything happened since Aubrey won now did it? See you in the autumn!

Listen as we once again nearly come to blows over how an episode title is scored.

The Fantasy season is pretty much over for Andy, who will be screwed next?