You might know RHAP podcaster Jacob Jones, but do you know Heir (@heir_sounds)? Watch as Jacob joins Matt Scott on Pod Friends to discuss his new career in music (including the song Caught Up In U), how he decided to “go for it”, the lessons that others can learn about just getting started, and a very wacky, empowered, zany, motivational, ASMR-heavy, nasty, nonstop conversation. If you don’t stream Heir’s music after this, what are you doing? Go to https://linktr.ee/heir_music for links to Heir on Spotify, SoundCloud, YouTube, Tidal, and Apple Music.

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Owen Knight (@TheYoungKnight) is a Survivor 43 favorite, a lover of the outdoors, a champion of New Orleans, a trans-racial adoptee, a former Orange Theory coach, and someone who has described his existence as “Charlie Brown” having the football pulled away. Watch this real-life conversation with Matt Scott (@MattScottGW) about all of that and more on this week’s episode of Pod Friends.

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Dr. Amanda Rabinowitz (@DrAmandaR) has been part of the Rob Has A Podcast and Post Show Recaps communities as they’ve evolved, as a listener, as a podcaster, and as a cheerleader for all this community is. Amanda studies brains and brain injuries but is also a mom, a cook, and someone who WILL beat you in an eating contest. Hear her lively conversation on Pod Friends with host Matt Scott (@MattScottGW) to get to know Amanda and learn from her experience about how to navigate the game on the show Survivor, how growing up Jewish in Catholic school left an impression on her, and what this community and adjacent communities – Brice and Wen Present, Survivor Philadelphia, etc. – mean to her.

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Frail Mary is everything. She’s a podcaster (on RHAP and on Kowskicast), a marathon runner, a live reality game player, a software developer, a Craig Benzine fan, a writer of fan fiction, a rec sports league athlete, the subject of a song called Spelling with Mary, and so much more. Mary Kwiatskowski is a long-time RHAP mainstay with an incredible history and even brighter future ahead, and this conversation with Pod Friends host Matt Scott (@MattScottGW) is the perfect encapsulation of the humor, wit, brilliance, passion, tenacity, and relatability that you get anytime you hear from Mary. Enjoy the conversation – including the world premiere of Spelling with Mary – and get to know yet another pod friends.

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For the season premiere of Pod Friends (@HeyPodFriends), Brice Izyah (@BriceIzyah) joins host Matt Scott (@MattScottGW) for a powerful conversation between two people you’re bound to see at Survivor watch parties, and two young Black queer podcasters on the RHAP network. Brice is the cofounder of Brice and Wen Present (with past Pod Friends guest Wendell Holland), the creator of the Purple Pants Podcast, a Survivor fan favorite, a Survivor Philly LRG finalist, and an RHAP legend. Brice is also a proud Black, gay man, someone who has had countless careers in his life, a son, a brother, and a phenomenal friend, a musician, and so much more.

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Nick Iadanza (@NickIadanza) is a Survivor legend, known for his performances on Survivor Australia and Talking Tribal, but did you know he’s a dad to 3 (including 1 on the way), a high school teacher, a book lover, an adventurer, a griever, and a filmmaker, celebrating his family’s legacy in The Life They Made documentary? Sit down with Pod Friends host Matt Scott (@MattScottGW) and Nick for a heartfelt, vulnerable conversation about all of these things and more, including masculinity, vulnerability, grief, and creating things that help you celebrate where you’ve been and where you’re going.

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This week’s Pod Friends guest is a renaissance man, a storyteller, a sportsman, an educator, a music connoisseur, a husband, a father, a friend to you and me. You know Akiva Wienerkur (@Keev26) from Rob And Akiva Need A Podcast (RAANAP); New Girl, Old Guy (NGOG); 32 Fans, etc. Get to know him more as he takes you, the listeners of Pod Friends, and host Matt Scott (@MattScottGW) on a ride through his journey – from growing up in New York and finding a career and community he loves, to moving to Israel and navigating life wearing many hats. In this conversation, Akiva talks about “plenty of money” and covers plenty of ground, including: growing up, being a sports fan, Modern Orthodox Judaism and representation in media, his career in teaching, music, and not taking yourself too seriously.

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Do you know AJ Mass (@AJMass)? He’s an ESPN fantasy writer, a New Yorker, the former New York Mets mascot, a two-time author, the son of a mother who battled with manic depressive bipolar schitzophrenia, a father of a son going off to college, and the self-described elder statesman of RHAP. Hear his conversation with host Matt Scott (@MattScottGW) on this week’s episode of Pod Friends.

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From RHAP listener to the latest champ of Big Brother Canada. From sales engineer to now helping make virtual therapy better for kids. From someone who faked a marriage to now being engaged to the love of his life. From a self-described “villain” to someone who’s more than meets the eye. Listen to this week’s Pod Friends with host Matt Scott (@MattScottGW) to learn about Kevin Jacobs (@KevinTedJacobs) beyond the screen, and how and why it’s so important to “read between the lines”.

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A prolific podcaster, a former boxer, a mom, an epic traveler (but admittedly not fit for the Amazing Race; talking to you, Phil Keoghan!), a person with ADHD, a writer, a former game show contestant who gained valuable perspective through the experience, and someone who has learned to embrace the label of “scatterbrain”. Get to know Jessica Liese (@HaymakerHattie) on this week’s Pod Friends with Matt Scott (@MattScottGW).

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