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Talking with T-Bird: Ghandia Johnson

For everyone who wanted more T-Bird in the Survivor off-season, your wish has been granted as we once again start up the series “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 thirty-fourth episode of “Talking with T-Bird”, Rob and T-Bird’s guest is none other than Ghandia Johnson.

Rob and T-Bird speak with Ghandia Johnson, a castaway from Survivor: Thailand. On Survivor: Thailand, the fifth season, Ghandia started out on the Chuay Gahn tribe, struggling early in the challenges, but escaped the first few boots. Unfortunately, on the night of day 6, she was the victim of unwelcomed grinding during the night by fellow contestant Ted Rogers, Jr. After she confronted him about it in the morning, he apologized but after Ghandia felt his apology was disingenuous, she told of the incident to other members of her tribe. After Ted lied denied everything to his tribemates, he caused a major fight between the two, and because the tribe believed Ted over Ghandia, she was ultimately voted out on day 12, ending in thirteenth place.

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

Check out the YouTube video of Ghandia’s appearance on “Talking with T-Bird” here: Ghandia Johnson on “Talking with T-Bird”.

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: ...

Rob & Akiva Need a Podcast #118: Am I the A-Hole?

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, the wheel landed on “Am I the A-Hole?” which resulted in Rob and Akiva going through popular anonymous posts asking if the poster is at fault with the co-host of the 90 Day Fiance podcast and The Masked Singer RHAP-up Pooya Zand Vakili (@Pooyaism).

After Rob and Akiva decide who the a-hole truly is, they go through the mailbag to hear what new ideas should be added to the wheel and then spin the wheel to see what will be coming next week in episode 119.

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).

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

* Rob & Akiva Need a Podcast #13: Dinosaurs | Season 3, Episode 7 Recap – December 8, 2018

* Rob & Akiva Need a Podcast #14: Kids Shows are Trash – December 14, 2018

* Rob & Akiva Need a Podcast #15: Explaining STAR WARS to Akiva – December 23, 2018

* Rob & Akiva Need a Podcast #16: Judging Judy – December 31, 2018

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RHAP Rewind | Kid Nation Episodes 11-13 Finale Recap

Welcome to the RHAP Rewind! Each month, we’ll be popping in a new VHS tape to take a look back at some shows from the reality tv archives. Whether it’s a particular season, a full series, or anything in between, we’ll be rewinding the tapes and hopping to a new series each month.

To kick off 2021 with a bang, we’re spending the month of January in Bonanza City for the Kid Nation rewatch! Once again, Rob Cesternino (@robcesternino) and Phil Thompson (@listenupphilip) are rewinding the tapes and establishing their own society as they dive into episodes 11-13 of Kid Nation. Today, the one and only Chappell (@Chappells_Show) joins the panel to talk about the final 3 episodes of Kid Nation. We take one last trip to Bonanza City to RHAPup the series and give our final thoughts on this train wreck show.

Kid Nation is an American reality tv show featuring 40 children between the ages of 8 and 15. Similar to Survivor, the children establish their own governing rules and society with little adult supervision. Each week, the town council elects gold stars to one child. Kid Nation ran on CBS for one season.

Are there any shows you’d love to see covered on the rewind? Did you originally watch Kid Nation when it first premiered? What are your final thoughts on this show looking back? Send us a gold star and share your Kid Nation thoughts with us on Twitter by tagging @RobHasAPodcast and using the hashtag #RHAP!

Check out the full collection of Kid Nation podcasts in this YouTube playlist

Subscribe to the RHAP Rewind podcast feed

Rewind to these recent episodes on the RHAP Rewind:

RHAP Rewind | Kid Nation Episode 1

RHAP Rewind | Kid Nation Episodes 2-4 Recap

RHAP Rewind | Kid Nation Episodes 5-7 Recap

RHAP Rewind | Kid Nation Episodes 8-10 Recap

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Survivor All-Time Top 40 Rankings | #37: One World

Welcome the the Survivor All-Time Top 40 Rankings podcast. Rob Has a Podcast reached out to thousands of dedicated Survivor fans on the ultimate quest to compile the definitive ranking of Survivor seasons. Each week, Rob Cesternino will be joined by a panel of guests to countdown the top 40 chart. Along the way, we’ll take a look back at each season and highlight some of the standout moments, players, and moves.

The rankings are afoot, and this week Rob is joined by an all-star RHAP panel to discuss the 37th best season – Survivor: One World. Joining Rob to recap this season is host of the Drag Race Rucap, Aman Adwin (@AmanAdwin) and RHAP Class of 2020 standout, Sarena Foster (@SarenaFoster).  From the Manono tribe’s big no-no of sending themselves to Tribal Council to Kim’s dominant win, we talk through the highs and lows of One World.

Is this season where you expected it to fall? Is it too low? Too high? What season will we discuss next week? Share your Top 40 tweets with us by tagging @RobHasAPocast and using the hashtags #RHAP and #SurvivorTop40!

For even more Survivor history, check out The Evolution of Strategy, where Rob Cesternino and Josh Wigler take an even closer look at each season.

Catch up on all of our top 40 rankings with this YouTube playlist.

Looking for more Survivor coverage?

Survivor All-Time Top 40 Rankings | #38: Thailand

Survivor All-Time Top 40 Rankings | #39: Redemption Island

Survivor All-Time Top 40 Rankings | #40: Island of the Idols

News AF | Chatbots for the Deceased are News AF – January 26, 2021

As the longest month ever continues to churn on (it’s still January?!) the News AF team is back to bring you this week’s most interesting news on January 26, 2021. Rob Cesternino, Tyson Apostol, and Danny Bryson, are back to talk about robots, more robots, target monkeys, and balloon boy. Today’s cover story comes from IndieWire about deceased people living on as AI chatbots. As life begins to turn more and more into an episode of Black Mirror, does this news really surprise you? Grab some coconut milk, talk to your AI chatbot, and get ready for this week’s News AF update!

Would you want to live on as an AI chatbot? Are there any other outrageous stories from this week that we did not cover? 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).

Show Links:

Can Microsoft turn deceased into chat bots?

Mass robot rollout is coming

Jetpack guy

Ballon Boy Pardon

Woman stabs husband after finding picture of him with another women (it was her when she was younger)

Most Jealous states

Target sells coconut milk made with forced monkey labor:

Need to catch up on more Actual Factual news?

News AF | Gwyneth’s Explosive Scented Candle is News AF – January 19, 2021

News AF | Relief Bill UFO Report is News AF – January 12, 2021

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News AF | Best of 2020 News AF

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90 Day Fiance | Season 8, Episode 8 Recap | Mari Forth

A brand new season of 90 Day Fiancé is among us, and Pooya Zand Vakili has a new co-conductor on the Hot Mess Express! Rob Cesternino jumps on the 90 Day Fiancé podcast train to bring you the ultimate season 8 coverage. Rob and Pooya will be back each week to recap new episodes and break down all of the craziness.

This week, host of the brand new Wrestling RHAPup, Mari Forth (@MariTalks2Much), leaves the wrestling ring to join Rob and Pooya in their 90 Day Fiancé discussion. Today’s recap centres around season 8, episode 8.

Share all of your 90 Day Fiancé thoughts with us on Twitter by tagging Reality TV RHAPups @rhapups and using the hashtags #RHAP and #RHAPups!

Follow these hosts on Twitter for more 90 Day Fiancé fun: @robcesternino @Pooyaism

This season’s cast includes: 

Stephanie and Ryan

Jovi and Yara

Tarik and Hazel

Andrew and Amira

Mike and Natalie

Rebecca and Zied

Brandon and Julia

Fill your day with more 90 Day:

90 Day Fiance | Season 8, Episode 7 Recap | Lauren Ashley Beck

90 Day Fiance | Season 8, Episode 6 Recap

90 Day Fiance | Season 8, Episode 5 Recap

90 Day Fiance | Season 8, Episode 4 Recap | Liana Boraas

90 Day Fiance | Season 8, Episode 3 Recap

90 Day Fiance | Season 8, Episode 2 Recap | Hannah Shapiro

90 Day Fiance | Season 8, Episode 1 Recap

Talking with T-Bird: Kelly Wiglesworth

For everyone who wanted more T-Bird in the Survivor off-season, your wish has been granted as we once again start up the series “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 thirty-third episode of “Talking with T-Bird”, Rob and T-Bird’s guest is none other than Kelly Wiglesworth.

Rob and T-Bird speak with Kelly Wiglesworth, a castaway from Survivor: Borneo and one of the 20 voted onto the cast by the fans for Survivor: Cambodia – Second Chance. On Survivor: Borneo, the first ever season, Kelly started out on the Tagi tribe, quickly putting herself in a good position, aligning with many on her tribe. She made it through the merge and then helped take out each Pagong tribe member one by one, winning four Individual Immunity challenges in the process. Kelly made it to the first ever Final Tribal Council, losing to Richard Hatch in a 4-3 vote.

15 years later, she was voted onto the cast of the show’s thirty-first season, Survivor: Cambodia – Second Chance, where she was placed on the Ta Keo tribe. Throughout the pre-merge, she laid low while having some very bad luck throughout two different tribe swaps, but managed to make it to the merge. Early in the post-merge, her strong challenge performance and likability turned her into a jury threat, and resulted in her blindside on day 24, leaving her as the third member of the jury in eleventh place.

You can check out Kelly’s statistics on the Survivor Wiki from her Survivor career here: Kelly Wiglesworth’s Survivor Wiki Profile.

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 – Septembe...

Rob & Akiva Need a Podcast #117: 2021 Hot Take Off

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, the wheel landed on the “Sequel Mechanism” which resulted in Rob and Akiva revisiting the “Hot Take Off” from episode 57 with the co-host of the RHAP B&B and The Masked Singer and RuPaul’s Drag Race RHAP-up Liana Boraas (@LianaRHAP) and the co-host of the Love Island RHAP-up Kirsten MacInnis (@kirstensaidwhat).

After Rob and Akiva go over all the hot takes, they go through the mailbag to hear what new ideas should be added to the wheel and then spin the wheel to see what will be coming next week in episode 118.

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).

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

* Rob & Akiva Need a Podcast #13: Dinosaurs | Season 3, Episode 7 Recap – December 8, 2018

* Rob & Akiva Need a Podcast #14: Kids Shows are Trash – December 14, 2018

* Rob & Akiva Need a Podcast #15: Explaining STAR WARS to Akiva – December 23, 2018

* Rob & Akiva Need a P...

The Hustler | Figuring Out The Hustler

Have you heard of ABC’s hit new show The Hustler? And no, we’re not talking about Survivor: Heroes vs. Healers vs. Hustlers! Whether you’ve watched the show, read about it on Twitter, or know nothing about it, Rob Cesternino (@robcesterino) and Taran Armstrong (@ArmstrongTaran) are here to break down everything you need to know.

The Hustler is a trivia game show with a twist. As five contestants compete in rounds of trivia, an imposter, known as “the hustler” is prompted with the answers ahead of time. As the competition progresses, the contestants must identify who “the hustler” is in order to receive the cash prize.

If you’ve spent hours playing among us or love to test yourself with trivia, this is definitely the show for you. Rob and Taran explain the premise of the show and get you caught up to add this new series to your rotation.

Have you watched The Hustler? Do you think you’d be good at The Hustler? Head on over to Twitter and share all of your Hustler thoughts with us by tagging @RobHasAPodcast and using the hashtag #RHAP!

Once you’ve identified “the hustler,” catch up on these recent podcasts: 

Survivor | Outwit, Outplay, OutLIST | Most Memorable Jury Speeches

Survivor All-Time Top 40 Rankings | #38: Thailand

90 Day Fiance | Season 8, Episode 7 Recap | Lauren Ashley Beck

RHAP Rewind | Kid Nation Episodes 8-10 Recap

Welcome to the RHAP Rewind! Each month, we’ll be popping in a new VHS tape to take a look back at some shows from the reality tv archives. Whether it’s a particular season, a full series, or anything in between, we’ll be rewinding the tapes and hopping to a new series each month.

To kick off 2021 with a bang, we’re spending the month of January in Bonanza City for the Kid Nation rewatch! Once again, Rob Cesternino (@robcesternino) and Phil Thompson (@listenupphilip) are rewinding the tapes and establishing their own society as they dive into episodes 8-10 of Kid Nation. Today, Mike Bloom (@AMikeBloomType), steps away from arbitrary and reductive rankings on Outwit, Outplay, OutLIST to join the Kid Nation crew. Next week, we’ll be wrapping up our Kid Nation rewind and taking one last look at this hot mess of a show.

Kid Nation is an American reality tv show featuring 40 children between the ages of 8 and 15. Similar to Survivor, the children establish their own governing rules and society with little adult supervision. Each week, the town council elects gold stars to one child. Kid Nation ran on CBS for one season.

Are there any shows you’d love to see covered on the rewind? Did you originally watch Kid Nation when it first premiered? What are your thoughts on this show looking back? Send us a gold star and share your Kid Nation thoughts with us on Twitter by tagging @RobHasAPodcast and using the hashtag #RHAP!

Check out the full collection of Kid Nation podcasts in this YouTube playlist

Rewind to these recent episodes on the RHAP Rewind:

RHAP Rewind | Kid Nation Episode 1

RHAP Rewind | Kid Nation Episodes 2-4 Recap

RHAP Rewind | Kid Nation Episodes 5-7 Recap

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