A new season of Survivor is upon us and with it comes a new version of this podcast! We are officially taking on a new show here at Challenge Historian, and will be transforming into Survivor Historian every week throughout Survivor 45s run. And for the first time in the history of this podcast Jacob will be joined by a permanent co-host, the one and only Tony Lantz!

You may recognize Tony from The Challenge Fandom podcast where he co-hosts on all of their incredible Challenge coverage. Being the lifelong Survivor fan and all around wonderful human that he is, Jacob just knew Tony would be the perfect co-host to bring in for the season to fill the role of a true Historian of the franchise. 

In this inaugural episode, Tony and Jacob start by going over their individual histories with the Survivor franchise, then cover some thoughts on the biggest changes that have come with the modern Survivor game, before doing a cast member by cast member breakdown of Season 45, high level thoughts and hopes for the season, and finishing it out with a whole bunch of predictions.

Yes, it’s nearly three hours long, but it’s three hours well worth it if you are a Survivor die hard like us. We will be back every week of Season 45 to break it all down, so make sure to subscribe or follow so you don’t miss an episode (and no, the recaps won’t be three hours long lol)!

If you want to read the Entertainment Weekly Cast Bios that we are working off of, you can find it here.

Chapters:

Intro (00:00)

History of our Survivor Fandom (02:20)

Thoughts on Modern Survivor: 39 Days to 26 Days (14:10)

Thoughts on Modern Survivor: Fiji Every Season (23:30)

Thoughts on Modern Survivor: Idols and Twists (31:10)

Survivor 45 Cast Breakdown (40:05)

Austin Li Coon (46:47)

Dee Valladares (52:48)

Brandon Donjon (56:26)

Emily Flippen (01:01:42)

Brando Meyer (01:05:00)

Hannah Rose (01:10:35)

Bruce Perreault (01:13:05)

Janani Krishnan-Jha (01:19:55)

Drew Basile (01:26:33)

Julie Alley (01:30:18)

Jake O’Kane (01:36:00)

Katurah Topps (01:39:15)

Kaleb Gebrewold (01:46:16)

Kellie Nalbandian (01:50:05)

Nicholas “Sifu” Alsup (01:53:20)

Kendra McQuarrie (01:57:50)

Sean Edwards (02:03:20)

Sabiyah Broderick (02:10:50)

90 Minute Episodes and the Need for a Villain (02:15:30)

Season Predictions (02:36:40)

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