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Rob & Akiva Need a Podcast #178: Rob & Akiva Are Extra

Rob Cesternino (@robcesternino) and Akiva Wienerkur (@keev26) need a podcast and every week, Rob and Akiva spin a wheel of listener-submitted podcast ideas, and whatever the wheel lands on is what they podcast about next. This week, after a slight detour into non-canonical territory, Rob & Akiva are back with the 5 Spot, watching 5 episodes of the hottest celebrity and entertainment news program, Extra, and sharing their takes on the latest in pop culture.

After Rob and Akiva catch up on the latest celebrity news, they went through the mailbag to hear what new ideas should be added to the wheel directly from the listeners and then spin the wheel to see what will be coming next week in episode 179. The mailbag begins at 1:33:00.

For the link to the spreadsheet that Rob and Akiva use to compile ideas, check it all out here: Rob and Akiva Need a Spreadsheet (compiled by the great Will from America).

To submit an idea for a future episode of “Rob and Akiva Need a Podcast” to be discussed on the mailbag, submit it on this form: Rob and Akiva’s Mailbag Form.

Past Episodes of Rob & Akiva Need a Podcast

* Rob & Akiva Need a Podcast #1: Perfect Strangers | Season 3, Episode 7 Recap – August 18, 2018

* Rob & Akiva Need a Podcast #2: Calling Patriots at Jets in Madden – August 25, 2018

* Rob & Akiva Need a Podcast #3: Watching Music Videos from 80’s, 90’s & Today – September 1, 2018

* Rob & Akiva Need a Podcast #4: Top 10 or Trash? – September 8, 2018

* Rob & Akiva Need a Podcast #5: All About May 22, 1998 – September 22, 2018

* Rob & Akiva Need a Podcast #6: Wife Swap Quiz – October 12, 2018

* Rob & Akiva Need a Podcast #7: Watching “Leprechaun” – October 20, 2018

* Rob & Akiva Need a Podcast #8: Doing it “Backwards” – November 3, 2018

* Rob & Akiva Need a Podcast #9: Your Tweets are Trash – November 10, 2018

* Rob & Akiva Need a Podcast #10: Dad Advice Know-It-Alls – November 16, 2018

* Rob & Akiva Need a Podcast #11: The Wizarding World of Rob & Akiva– November 22, 2018

The Summer of Robots is News AF – June 9, 2022

Rob Cesternino, Tyson Apostol and Danny Bryson talk about the summer of robots and all the most outrageous news from the first week of June!

What’s the craziest story you heard this week? Share your opinions with us on Twitter by tagging @RobHasAPodcast and using the hashtags #RHAP and #NewsAF! And while you’re at it, follow the News AF team: Rob (@robcesternino), Tyson (@TysonApostol), Danny (@dannybryson).

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Survivor South Africa: Return of the Outcasts | Kick-Off Special

Survivor South Africa RHAPup co-hosts Mike Bloom and Shannon Guss are here to kick off Survivor South Africa season 9 by overviewing the cast and giving exclusive viewing details around production and scheduling. Note: the first part of this podcast is explicitly spoiler free for new Survivor SA fans and includes old binge guides and series information.

Subscribe to RHAP’s International Survivor feed to stay up to date on all Survivor South Africa coverage!

Don’t forget to follow @RobHasAPodcast on Twitter, as well as your hosts @AMikeBloomType and @ShannonGaitz.

The Pride Has Spoken | Episode 2: Zeke Smith & Lyrsa Torres

The Pride Has Spoken is all about celebrating LGBTQIA+ Survivors. Each episode, Evvie Jagoda (they/them; @EvvieJagoda) will have conversations with LGBTQIA+ Survivors to talk about their experience on the show. We will also hear from RHAP podcasters along the way.

This episode, Evvie chats with Zeke Smith (@zekerchief) from Survivor: Millennials vs. Gen X and Lyrsa Torres (@Lyrsa) from Survivor: David vs. Goliath.

Get your #ThePrideHasSpoken merch at robhasawebsite.com/prideshirt. All proceeds will go to support Gender Bender, an organization that provides advocacy, education and support for trans and gender non-conforming people in the Southern United States. You can find more information here: https://genderbenders.org/

PATRON POST UNLOCKED: Survivor Academy | What We Learned From Season 42

On our brand new patron-only podcast, your personal Survivor instructor, Rob Cesternino, will be examining the lessons that future Survivor players should be taking away from Season 42 and how future players should look at the game. This week, we are joined by guest lecturer, Taran Armstrong, to discuss everything we learned from Survivor 42.

Follow your hosts on Twitter @RobCesternino and @ArmstrongTaran and tag @RobHasAPodcast #RHAP to share your thoughts!

Subscribe to the RHAP Patreon for access to future episodes of Survivor Academy plus other patron-exclusive podcasts and more!

Survivor 42 | Winner Maryanne Oketch Deep Dive

Next up in our post-season coverage, Rob Cesternino is joined by the winner of Survivor 42 Maryanne Oketch! A 24 year old Canadian with a larger-than-life personality, Maryanne stood out from the very beginning of the game. Hear Maryanne discuss in-depth her winning journey from start to finish in a super-size interview, granting listeners a behind-the-scenes view into Survivor 42.

Stay tuned to RHAP’s Survivor Feed for more upcoming post-season coverage of Survivor 42.

Nothing But Netflix #36: The Floor is Lava

Welcome to the newest throwback podcast on Rob Has a Podcast: Nothing But Netflix! Each week, your hosts Rob Cesternino (@RobCesternino) and Chappell (@Chappells_Show) log in to their streaming service accounts and find something new to check out! This week, Rob and Chappell are joined by great friend of the podcast, Dr. Amanda Rabinowitz (@arabinow)!

After the “RHAP Rewind” ended, Rob and Chappell had to find something new to podcast about each week, and thus, Nothing But Netflix was born! This week, Rob, Chappell and Dr. Amanda talk about the reality game show on Netflix: The Floor is Lava. They visited the series that originally premiered in June 2020. Contestants on the show compete in rooms filled with “lava,” avoiding booby traps with the goal to traverse the room to safety.

Have you seen the full series before? Head on over to Twitter to let us know by tagging @RobHasAPodcast and using the hashtag #RHAP.

Past Episodes of Nothing But Netflix:

* Nothing But Netflix #1: Seinfeld with Akiva Wienerkur – October 2, 2021

* Nothing But Netflix #2: Squid Game with Josh Wigler – October 11, 2021

* Nothing But Netflix #3: The Great British Bake-Off with Haley Strong and Curt Clark – October 18, 2021

* Nothing But Netflix #4: You – October 25, 2021

* Nothing But Netflix #5: Night Teeth – October 28, 2021

* Nothing But Netflix #6: Shameless with Nicole Cesternino – November 8, 2021

* Nothing But Netflix #7: Red Notice with Pooya Zand Vakili – November 15, 2021

* Nothing But Netflix #8: Tiger King 2 with Brice Izyah – November 22, 2021

* Nothing But Netflix #9: Sexy Beasts Season 2 with Jenny Autumn – November 30, 2021

* Nothing But Netflix #10: Selling Sunset Season 4 with Aysha Welch and Geneva Guadalupe – December 6, 2021

* Nothing But Netflix #11: Twentysomethings: Austin – December 13, 2021

* Nothing But Netflix #12: The Princess Switch 3: Romancing the Star with Kirsten MacInnis – December 19, 2021

* Nothing But Netflix #13: Don’t Look Up with Phil Thompson – December 26, 2021

* Nothing But Netflix #14: Tick, Tick…BOOM! with AJ Mass and Sam More – January 2, 2022

* Nothing But Netflix #15: Hype House with TikTok Nicole – January 9,

Rob & Akiva Need a Podcast Bonus Episode: Rob & Akiva Ask Me Anything

Rob Cesternino (@robcesternino) and Akiva Wienerkur (@keev26) need a podcast and every week, Rob and Akiva spin a wheel of listener-submitted podcast ideas, and whatever the wheel lands on is what they podcast about next. This week, they bring the listeners of “Rob and Akiva Need a Podcast” a bonus episode where Rob and Akiva host a question and answer period for the fans.

Because this was a bonus episode of RAANAP, there is no mailbag segment this week. Next week, Rob and Akiva will be back for episode 178.

For the link to the spreadsheet that Rob and Akiva use to compile ideas, check it all out here: Rob and Akiva Need a Spreadsheet (compiled by the great Will from America).

To submit an idea for a future episode of Rob and Akiva Need a Podcast to be discussed on the mailbag, submit it on this form: Rob and Akiva’s Mailbag Form.

Past Episodes of Rob & Akiva Need a Podcast

* Rob & Akiva Need a Podcast #1: Perfect Strangers | Season 3, Episode 7 Recap – August 18, 2018

* Rob & Akiva Need a Podcast #2: Calling Patriots at Jets in Madden – August 25, 2018

* Rob & Akiva Need a Podcast #3: Watching Music Videos from 80’s, 90’s & Today – September 1, 2018

* Rob & Akiva Need a Podcast #4: Top 10 or Trash? – September 8, 2018

* Rob & Akiva Need a Podcast #5: All About May 22, 1998 – September 22, 2018

* Rob & Akiva Need a Podcast #6: Wife Swap Quiz – October 12, 2018

* Rob & Akiva Need a Podcast #7: Watching “Leprechaun” – October 20, 2018

* Rob & Akiva Need a Podcast #8: Doing it “Backwards” – November 3, 2018

* Rob & Akiva Need a Podcast #9: Your Tweets are Trash – November 10, 2018

* Rob & Akiva Need a Podcast #10: Dad Advice Know-It-Alls – November 16, 2018

* Rob & Akiva Need a Podcast #11: The Wizarding World of Rob & Akiva– November 22, 2018

* Rob & Akiva Need a Podcast #12: TV’s Greatest Characters Play Survivor – November 30, 2018

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Talking with T-Bird: Taj Johnson-George

The time has come for the return of “Talking with T-Bird.” Each episode, Rob Cesternino (@robcesternino) and Survivor: Africa‘s Teresa “T-Bird” Cooper (@tbirdcooper) will catch up with a former Survivor player and talk about anything and take listener questions. In the forty-eighth episode of “Talking with T-Bird,” Rob and T-Bird’s guest is fourth place finisher from Survivor: Tocantins, Taj Johnson-George.

Tamara “Taj” Johnson George began the game on the Jalapao tribe, eventually forming one of the season’s strongest alliances, The Jalapao 3 along with Survivor Know-It-All Stephen Fishbach and the eventual winner of Survivor: Tocantins, J.T. Thomas. Well-liked for her bubbly personality, Taj was also able to set up a cross-tribe alliance on Exile Island. Although her alliances were strong, Stephen suspected she would take J.T. to the final two over him, and thus convinced J.T. that they must vote out Taj at the final four. Taj only played in one season of Survivor, yet remains one of the most likeable and memorable characters of the series’ 20+ year run.

You can check out Taj’s statistics on the Survivor Wiki from her Survivor career here: Taj Johnson-George’s Survivor Wiki Profile.

Get your hands on some custom Talking with T-Bird merch! 

Past Episodes of “Talking with T-Bird”:

* Talking with T-Bird: Helen Glover – May 30, 2019

* Talking with T-Bird: Stephenie LaGrossa Kendrick – June 20, 2019

* Talking with T-Bird: Gretchen Cordy – July 2, 2019

* Talking with T-Bird: Kelly Goldsmith – July 11, 2019

* Talking with T-Bird: Judd Sergeant – July 22, 2019

* Talking with T-Bird: Sean Rector – July 29, 2019

* Talking with T-Bird: Scout Cloud Lee – August 3, 2019

* Talking with T-Bird: Robb Zbacnik – August 13, 2019

* Talking with T-Bird: Rodger Bingham – August 18, 2019

* Talking with T-Bird: Ami Cusack – August 25, 2019

* Talking with T-Bird: Frank Garrison – August 31, 2019

* Talking with T-Bird: Shii-Ann Huang and Natalie Bolton – September 19, 2019

* Talking with T-Bird: Vecepia Towery – January 19, 2020

* Talking with T-Bird: Tom Westman – June 6, 2020

Survivor 42 | Omar Zaheer Deep Dive

Rob Cesternino (@RobCesternino) is back once again for post-season coverage of Survivor 42! Today, Rob sits down with the 6th member of the Survivor 42 jury, Omar Zaheer! Rob and Omar recount his time on the island, weaknesses and strengths, and his relationships with his fellow castaways.

Stay tuned to RHAP’s Survivor Feed for more upcoming post-season coverage of Survivor 42.