# SEASON 51 DRAFT!

An episode of [Making The Merge - Survivor Podcast](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1770945758), 18 Sep 2026, 31 min.

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The 8th Jodie Newell draft is upon us and it's the toughed draft yet thanks to how little we know about these Survivors. Find out who Chase, PD, and Bran select and join the Patreon to lock in with who you think is taking home the trophy. Patreon:https://www.patreon.com/cw/Survivorpodcast

## Transcript

[0:00] Speaker 1: What a pink substance! This is Making the Merge. We
[0:06] Speaker 1: can very well win this thing. I'm a dog person now.
[0:10] Speaker 2: I'm making the f * * * ing merge, baby!
[0:11] Speaker 1: If your dog was sick, I'd say, I'm coming over.
[0:16] Speaker 2: I'd crack open a coconut and eat.
[0:18] Speaker 3: It and cheer for you. You're either in or you're not.
[0:24] Speaker 1: Big mistake.
[0:26] Speaker 2: It's not about the million dollars.
[0:30] Speaker 1: All I want to do is win a million hearts.
[0:34] Speaker 2: Hearts, hearts, hearts, hearts, hearts, hearts, hearts. Welcome to the
[0:38] Speaker 2: first ever three-person Making the Merge draft.
[0:43] Speaker 1: We've never done it before. That's not true. We've done two.
[0:45] Speaker 1: We've done four. We've never done three.
[0:47] Speaker 4: Yeah.
[0:48] Speaker 1: We've lost.
[0:50] Speaker 1: We've lost a couple people over the years.
[0:52] Speaker 4: Yep.
[0:53] Speaker 2: Both of them married to each other. Jonathan and Kristen
[0:55] Speaker 2: both have wins.
[0:56] Speaker 1: I'm joined.
[0:57] Speaker 2: They both have....
[1:00] Speaker 1: Kristen. Jesus. Who is that?
[1:03] Speaker 4: I don't know.
[1:03] Speaker 1: It's just some random sound.
[1:07] Speaker 2: I don't think it's okay, dude. That didn't sound like
[1:10] Speaker 2: a chorus effect. What was I saying?
[1:14] Speaker 4: Okay. Yeah.
[1:15] Speaker 2: Jonathan and Chris. Kristen had two wins in our draft.
[1:17] Speaker 1: Jonathan had one.
[1:18] Speaker 2: Chase has one. Bran has won. Chase has been around
[1:21] Speaker 2: from the beginning, so he shouldn't only have won. Bran
[1:24] Speaker 2: has not been here very long. He got to win quickly.
[1:27] Speaker 1: I'm not good at this. That's true. I did win,
[1:29] Speaker 1: didn't I?
[1:30] Speaker 2: Yeah, and I have three wins because I'm the best
[1:31] Speaker 2: at this.
[1:32] Speaker 1: A lot of people say my win, it's like the
[1:37] Speaker 1: championship in the NBA bubble. It's like, does it really count? Right,
[1:41] Speaker 1: does it really count because we knew that Savannah was
[1:44] Speaker 1: going to be in 15? So you're hungry to prove yourself.
[1:46] Speaker 1: I'm hungry to prove that that was not a fluke.
[1:50] Speaker 1: that I can win a normal, regular season of making
[1:54] Speaker 1: the merch.
[1:55] Speaker 4: Yeah.
[1:55] Speaker 1: Now, if I win this year, does it not count
[1:58] Speaker 1: because we're down to three people? No, no, no, this counts.
[2:00] Speaker 1: This counts more than ever. This is full-bodied.
[2:03] Speaker 3: Yeah, this counts more than ever. I would say probably
[2:05] Speaker 3: the biggest wins we've had so far... PD winning 50
[2:09] Speaker 3: was a big one. That's a big accolade.
[2:11] Speaker 1: 50 is the biggest.
[2:12] Speaker 3: That's a big accolade because we all knew all the players.
[2:14] Speaker 2: And y'all all shit on me for Aubrey for like
[2:17] Speaker 2: half of the season.
[2:18] Speaker 1: But then I tried to trade all my players.
[2:21] Speaker 4: Yeah.
[2:21] Speaker 1: You didn't come around. There was a click. There was
[2:23] Speaker 1: a switch that happened. Yeah. Whenever a player gets super depressed,
[2:29] Speaker 1: like episode two... Something to keep an eye on. It's
[2:32] Speaker 1: a signal. They're either going to crash out quick and
[2:35] Speaker 1: they're going to be gone next episode or they're going
[2:37] Speaker 1: to make it all the way.
[2:38] Speaker 2: So while we're drafting today, we need to keep in
[2:40] Speaker 2: mind who's the kind of person who would get depressed
[2:42] Speaker 2: around episode two and turn it all around.
[2:44] Speaker 1: What is that? Four days into the game? Yeah. Guys,
[2:48] Speaker 1: I'm bad at this. Historically. Notorious.
[2:51] Speaker 3: The only time I've ever won, I accidentally won. I
[2:54] Speaker 3: didn't even want Rachel. I just got stuck with Rachel.
[2:56] Speaker 2: Yeah, we've been drafting since season 40, 44, and Chase.
[3:00] Speaker 1: Only has one win. Were you high? Was anybody high
[3:05] Speaker 1: on Rachel heading into that season?
[3:06] Speaker 3: I don't think so. She didn't get much screen time
[3:08] Speaker 3: until Merge. I know.
[3:09] Speaker 1: It was very fascinating, but what I say, I'm bad
[3:12] Speaker 1: at this.
[3:13] Speaker 2: She was a third round pick. We didn't think Rachel
[3:15] Speaker 2: was going to go far.
[3:16] Speaker 1: Right, yeah.
[3:17] Speaker 3: I'm bad at this, so I've changed up my strategy
[3:20] Speaker 3: because I am.
[3:21] Speaker 1: A new Chase. I'm enlightened. You're enlightened, Chase. New Chase,
[3:24] Speaker 1: new strap.
[3:25] Speaker 3: Yes, and so what I've done is I've actually, if
[3:30] Speaker 3: you watched our preseason extravaganza episode, you'll know that I
[3:33] Speaker 3: looked into the Zodiac sign.
[3:35] Speaker 1: Of every player.
[3:35] Speaker 2: Yeah, Chase took it very seriously. Did a lot of
[3:37] Speaker 2: hard work.
[3:38] Speaker 3: I'm going to say this now because you guys don't know,
[3:41] Speaker 3: but I did some research. I found the Zodiac sign
[3:44] Speaker 3: for every winner. in Survivor history, I found which Zodiac
[3:50] Speaker 3: has the most wins, and.
[3:51] Speaker 1: It's a lot.
[3:52] Speaker 2: And that's how you're doing your draft.
[3:53] Speaker 3: And there's only one person on this season that's that
[3:56] Speaker 3: same Zodiac sign, and that's who I'm drafting first. So
[4:00] Speaker 3: let's spin this wheel and find out if the universe
[4:03] Speaker 3: is on my side.
[4:05] Speaker 1: I hope that you get the number one pick, and
[4:08] Speaker 1: then you have to draft Rob or something.
[4:10] Speaker 2: I hope they're the first boot, honestly. With a pink substance!
[4:16] Speaker 2: Jax asked me if I was nervous about this, like
[4:20] Speaker 2: following up my big win at 50. And I'm like, no,
[4:23] Speaker 2: all the pressure's off.
[4:24] Speaker 1: That's true. Why?
[4:25] Speaker 2: I just won the Super Bowl. I'm going to do
[4:27] Speaker 2: my best to win this one. But it's kind of like,
[4:29] Speaker 2: you know.
[4:29] Speaker 3: But here's the thing, PD. If you win this one.
[4:33] Speaker 3: I mean, you'll go down as the greatest of all time.
[4:35] Speaker 2: Yeah, but I feel like I kind of need one
[4:37] Speaker 2: of y'all to win it because then I'll be hungrier
[4:40] Speaker 2: the next time around.
[4:41] Speaker 1: So you're just giving up? No, I'm not giving up.
[4:43] Speaker 1: I want to win. I'm going to try.
[4:45] Speaker 2: But I just think narrative-wise, I think I might try
[4:48] Speaker 2: harder for 52.
[4:48] Speaker 1: Now, there's only three of us. Right. So we get
[4:53] Speaker 1: seven players each. We get seven players. This is the
[4:55] Speaker 1: first time drafting before the season because mathematically we were
[4:58] Speaker 1: able to.
[4:59] Speaker 3: Right.
[5:00] Speaker 1: That means one of us is drafting the first booth.
[5:03] Speaker 3: And it's historically going to be me. I did it
[5:05] Speaker 3: last season.
[5:06] Speaker 1: Chase, are you playing to win or are you playing
[5:08] Speaker 1: to not lose? Will you be happy with second place?
[5:13] Speaker 3: No.
[5:14] Speaker 1: No, I want to win. I want to win so bad.
[5:16] Speaker 2: With four people, second place was something that you could
[5:19] Speaker 2: kind of hang your hat on.
[5:20] Speaker 1: With three, not so much. Here's the thing.
[5:23] Speaker 3: I just got a text that said, poor PD.
[5:27] Speaker 1: When he walked in the house, I screamed. She does
[5:30] Speaker 1: that a lot. She was like, what are y'all doing
[5:34] Speaker 1: out here? What was I saying?
[5:39] Speaker 3: Oh, it doesn't sit right with me that out of
[5:42] Speaker 3: the three of us that are on this show, most
[5:44] Speaker 3: of the wins aren't even.
[5:49] Speaker 1: Here anymore.
[5:50] Speaker 3: I have three of them, and y'all both have one.
[5:53] Speaker 3: There are three wins for former hosts of the show.
[5:56] Speaker 2: Yeah, that have retired.
[5:57] Speaker 1: We only have one win each.
[5:59] Speaker 3: We need to boost our numbers.
[6:00] Speaker 1: I mean, imagine PD wins this season. Anybody but PD.
[6:04] Speaker 1: If PD wins this season, what would that be?
[6:05] Speaker 3: Four wins for you?
[6:07] Speaker 1: Four wins. We'll probably have to just hang it up.
[6:09] Speaker 1: It would take us three seasons.
[6:12] Speaker 3: In order for us to even tie with him.
[6:14] Speaker 1: Here's the thing. I've been good at the way we've
[6:17] Speaker 1: done it. Right, this is different.
[6:19] Speaker 2: 50 was a little different, but I had tape, extensive
[6:22] Speaker 2: amount of tape and interviews of all these people.
[6:24] Speaker 1: Yeah, we did talk about it a little bit in
[6:26] Speaker 1: the preview show, but this is the first time drafting
[6:29] Speaker 1: with literally no game tape. I've never been this blind
[6:33] Speaker 1: in a draft before. We haven't seen anybody at Tribal.
[6:35] Speaker 1: We haven't seen anybody do a challenge. We've seen a
[6:37] Speaker 1: couple of clips of people jumping off a boat, but
[6:39] Speaker 1: how much is there to tell from that? Right, we
[6:41] Speaker 1: didn't even get the Mike Bloom interview. Which sucks. Got nothing.
[6:45] Speaker 3: So it's like really a toss-up this season. Except for me,
[6:48] Speaker 3: because I know they're Zodiacs.
[6:50] Speaker 1: I'm so fascinated at what that Zodiac sign is and
[6:53] Speaker 1: who it is. But let's go ahead and spin that wheel.
[6:55] Speaker 2: You might think I'm checked out, but I need to
[6:58] Speaker 2: point out before we start, I'm not nervous. I'm extremely confident,
[7:02] Speaker 2: because I did a pink substance before I got here.
[7:04] Speaker 1: That's exactly right.
[7:05] Speaker 2: Okay, now let's spin it.
[7:06] Speaker 1: See, here's the thing, man. Here's the thing. When a
[7:08] Speaker 1: pink substance.
[7:09] Speaker 3: Petey has started the season off by going, oh, I
[7:12] Speaker 3: don't even care. So that way if he wins, it
[7:14] Speaker 3: looks effortless. And if he loses, oh, it's whatever. I
[7:18] Speaker 3: just came off of a historic 50 win.
[7:20] Speaker 1: I asked Chase if he's playing to win or to
[7:23] Speaker 1: not lose. Are you playing to not lose? I'm always
[7:28] Speaker 1: playing to win.
[7:29] Speaker 4: Okay.
[7:29] Speaker 1: Will you be okay with second place instead of third?
[7:33] Speaker 4: No.
[7:34] Speaker 1: Okay.
[7:34] Speaker 2: Because second place is okay if there's four people. Now
[7:38] Speaker 2: that there's three people, second place doesn't feel as good.
[7:40] Speaker 1: Oh, yeah. It's like you're almost a loser. I think
[7:42] Speaker 1: it will depend on how close two and three are.
[7:45] Speaker 1: Like if third place is Chase and he loses his
[7:47] Speaker 1: first seven players in seven weeks, that's a different level.
[7:51] Speaker 1: That's a different level of third place. And now it's super.
[7:54] Speaker 2: Embarrassing if you don't have somebody in the final three.
[7:56] Speaker 2: I've always had one player at least in the final three.
[7:59] Speaker 1: That's true. I rarely do. That'll be an interesting bet
[8:04] Speaker 1: for the folks on Cal sheet. Will we each have
[8:10] Speaker 1: one person represented in final three? What do you think?
[8:14] Speaker 1: You're going no? I'm going no. Yeah. I bet PD
[8:17] Speaker 1: has all three.
[8:18] Speaker 2: That would be amazing. That's when we end the show.
[8:21] Speaker 1: I really might quit.
[8:22] Speaker 4: Yeah.
[8:23] Speaker 2: I came close last season.
[8:25] Speaker 3: I really might quit if something like that happened.
[8:27] Speaker 2: All right.
[8:28] Speaker 1: Let's see what happens.
[8:29] Speaker 4: All right.
[8:29] Speaker 1: Spin that wheel. Spin that wheel. The first drafter.
[8:33] Speaker 3: Brand.
[8:36] Speaker 4: Yes.
[8:37] Speaker 1: Brand gets a draft first. That's awesome.
[8:39] Speaker 2: Every time we've done a wheel, Chase has been last.
[8:41] Speaker 2: We did not do a wheel for 50, and Chase
[8:43] Speaker 2: got the first pick. So will it happen again? I.
[8:48] Speaker 1: I mean, I think it's already been well documented that
[8:51] Speaker 1: I am very high on jelly. I think jelly is...
[8:57] Speaker 1: the perfect survivor player going into it. So you're, she's saying,
[9:01] Speaker 1: I'm picking jelly.
[9:02] Speaker 4: Okay.
[9:02] Speaker 1: She's, she says all the right things. She has a
[9:04] Speaker 1: great energy about her. I got it. I'll write it down. Um,
[9:08] Speaker 1: but I'm going jelly with the number one overall pick
[9:12] Speaker 1: in the making the merge season 51.
[9:14] Speaker 2: I think the sociology thing is very strong.
[9:17] Speaker 1: I agree.
[9:17] Speaker 2: And that is like reason alone to pick her in
[9:20] Speaker 2: that high of a spot.
[9:21] Speaker 1: That's a first. That's a really good first. She seems
[9:24] Speaker 1: very likable.
[9:25] Speaker 3: It would be really frustrating if I draft last and
[9:27] Speaker 3: someone drafts my Zodiac player.
[9:29] Speaker 1: I'll be furious.
[9:31] Speaker 2: Well, let's find out. Spin that wheel.
[9:34] Speaker 1: Come on, baby. Come on, baby. Give it to me. No,
[9:37] Speaker 1: give it to me. Yes! Fuck.
[9:41] Speaker 4: Yeah!
[9:42] Speaker 1: Finally, the streak is broken! All right, so you're about
[9:47] Speaker 1: to tell us your big news.
[9:48] Speaker 4: Yes.
[9:49] Speaker 1: Guys, I'm so excited to tell you about this.
[9:51] Speaker 2: Who did the stars decide will win this season?
[9:54] Speaker 1: Capricorns. Your boy! Have the most winners with nothing.
[10:00] Speaker 3: Nine now that's interesting nine survivor winners out of.
[10:04] Speaker 1: 50 now i've always been like i don't know if
[10:06] Speaker 1: i have what it takes to win survivor but you've
[10:08] Speaker 1: just given me my last nudge i'm gonna sir i'm
[10:11] Speaker 1: gonna i'm gonna apply do.
[10:12] Speaker 3: It there is only one capricorn On this cast.
[10:17] Speaker 1: And who is it? Well, actually, there might be two
[10:21] Speaker 1: because no one can find Maggie's birthday. That's crazy. So
[10:25] Speaker 1: if Maggie is a Capricorn, then I've messed up.
[10:27] Speaker 3: But the one Capricorn on this season, Ori.
[10:31] Speaker 2: Okay, wow. Ori in the first round. We usually don't
[10:35] Speaker 2: take the big physical threats that early. But the stars
[10:39] Speaker 2: told Chase.
[10:39] Speaker 1: He had to. Now, can I ask you this? Yeah.
[10:41] Speaker 1: How do you honestly feel about Ori? With your first pick.
[10:45] Speaker 3: I wouldn't have made that pick if I did not feel.
[10:48] Speaker 1: But you are leaning all the way in. Yeah, yeah, yeah.
[10:51] Speaker 3: I do think that it's fun that he's the only
[10:53] Speaker 3: Capricorn that has the most winners. But I will say,
[10:56] Speaker 3: I'm big on him for.
[10:59] Speaker 3: Basically, when he said the thing about wanting to work
[11:02] Speaker 3: with the women of Survivor because they traditionally win, they've
[11:05] Speaker 3: won like five of the last seven seasons.
[11:07] Speaker 1: I'm like, he.
[11:07] Speaker 3: Obviously knows the game. And that makes me feel, he
[11:11] Speaker 3: could be a more competent Q.
[11:13] Speaker 2: And that makes me feel good because who caught on
[11:15] Speaker 2: to that quicker than anybody in our draft?
[11:17] Speaker 1: Yeah, you.
[11:18] Speaker 4: Yeah, yeah, yeah.
[11:19] Speaker 1: Yeah, you.
[11:19] Speaker 2: I like Ori for that reason.
[11:20] Speaker 1: All right, let's spin the wheel one last time.
[11:22] Speaker 3: Spin that wheel.
[11:22] Speaker 1: Who's it going to be? Oh, I hope it's P.D., Oh,
[11:27] Speaker 1: I hope it is. It is me again. No, it's me.
[11:30] Speaker 1: All right, PD, who are you taking?
[11:32] Speaker 2: I get the person that I wanted in this spot.
[11:34] Speaker 4: Wow.
[11:36] Speaker 2: And that is the Canadian voice.
[11:38] Speaker 1: Actress, Anna.
[11:41] Speaker 2: I'm taking Strawberry Shortcake first overall. I really like her personality,
[11:46] Speaker 2: and I think she's going to be good at this game.
[11:49] Speaker 2: All right.
[11:49] Speaker 1: Awesome. Very good. We're snaking it?
[11:53] Speaker 2: Oh, yeah. So I get the next one, too. God.
[11:55] Speaker 1: I didn't even think about that. Let me look at
[11:56] Speaker 1: that cast list. She's also right behind you. Everything's right
[11:58] Speaker 1: behind you as well.
[11:59] Speaker 2: I'm just going to close my eyes and point to one.
[12:01] Speaker 1: That'd be a fun way to do that. That'd be
[12:03] Speaker 1: so funny.
[12:04] Speaker 2: This shows you how little thought I put into it.
[12:07] Speaker 3: He's just rubbing it in our faces, Bran.
[12:11] Speaker 1: You know what? Linnea. Wow. That's a good pick. That's
[12:18] Speaker 1: a good pick, yes. Our sex shop owner. That's right.
[12:22] Speaker 2: And I'm going to send Jax there to do an
[12:24] Speaker 2: investigative report.
[12:26] Speaker 1: Maybe Jax and Justin. A woman on the street interview.
[12:29] Speaker 3: So then does it go to me then?
[12:31] Speaker 1: That does go to you. Okay, this is cool. This
[12:33] Speaker 1: is cool. I'm going to pick someone that I like
[12:37] Speaker 1: a lot.
[12:38] Speaker 3: It's a risky pick because I don't know how well
[12:40] Speaker 3: they'll do. But I'm going to take the risk here.
[12:44] Speaker 3: I'm gonna take Lewis.
[12:45] Speaker 1: Wow.
[12:47] Speaker 2: He is like, he's like Christian. If he wasn't a
[12:49] Speaker 2: nerd Christian in the, the sense that I think he's
[12:53] Speaker 2: so likable.
[12:54] Speaker 4: Yeah.
[12:55] Speaker 2: It's a problem, but you don't see it as a problem.
[12:58] Speaker 3: I just, there's, it's been a while since a truly
[13:01] Speaker 3: chaotic player has won. And I just feel like maybe
[13:05] Speaker 3: it's time the open era. They've really leaned into the
[13:08] Speaker 3: twists of this season. And I've been keeping this to myself.
[13:11] Speaker 3: I think they might do a final two instead of
[13:13] Speaker 3: a final three this season.
[13:14] Speaker 1: You think so? It is the open era. Anything's on
[13:17] Speaker 1: the fucking table. Anything's on the table.
[13:20] Speaker 3: And I think that they've really been emphasizing that for
[13:22] Speaker 3: this season particularly, starting off with two tribes, even though
[13:26] Speaker 3: Jeff has made it clear he does not like starting
[13:28] Speaker 3: with two tribes.
[13:29] Speaker 1: Jeff is just wrong about that. Yeah, he is.
[13:32] Speaker 3: Right, right, right.
[13:33] Speaker 1: Some things are a little like, okay, you can think that.
[13:37] Speaker 1: Two tribes is... Absolutely better.
[13:41] Speaker 2: And this season's going to be better because of it.
[13:43] Speaker 3: But the final two is a problem for a lot
[13:47] Speaker 3: of seasons. And if they do not, if they are
[13:50] Speaker 3: all planning for a final three, that's fair. And they're
[13:53] Speaker 3: taking chaos with them to the final three. And then
[13:55] Speaker 3: it's a final two and it's Lewis and someone who,
[13:58] Speaker 3: who burned the jury. Lewis could win it all.
[14:01] Speaker 1: That's interesting. So I'm just, okay. He's a wild card.
[14:04] Speaker 1: I think that they would have to, unless Lewis becomes
[14:07] Speaker 1: a challenge beast later on in the season, he'd have
[14:11] Speaker 1: to basically win out in my mind, like starting with like,
[14:16] Speaker 1: six or five people left. I think at that point
[14:19] Speaker 1: people start voting them out. Like, yeah, I think, I
[14:22] Speaker 1: think you just have to be careful.
[14:25] Speaker 3: Yeah.
[14:26] Speaker 1: I said as a risk, it's a risk. All right. Um,
[14:29] Speaker 1: I get to go next. I am going with, I'm
[14:33] Speaker 1: going Carter. With my number two pick.
[14:37] Speaker 3: I really wanted him, man. I almost took him instead
[14:40] Speaker 3: of Lewis.
[14:40] Speaker 1: I really like Carter. I think he is a great
[14:43] Speaker 1: like every man, but is also really bright, really sharp
[14:47] Speaker 1: and could go very far. And I get to go again,
[14:51] Speaker 1: which I really like because I am picking Kristen with
[14:55] Speaker 1: my number three pick. Where's Kristen at? Where's Kristen at?
[14:58] Speaker 1: He's on the right-hand side. Right there. Right there. I
[15:01] Speaker 1: got a couple of brainiacs over here. I got a
[15:03] Speaker 1: couple of people that can really get into your psyche.
[15:06] Speaker 1: I'm going, Kristen, with number three. Okay. I like it.
[15:11] Speaker 3: So then that goes to me.
[15:13] Speaker 4: Oh, wow.
[15:14] Speaker 1: Okay. You didn't see that coming.
[15:15] Speaker 3: Yeah, it's throwing me off with just having three of
[15:18] Speaker 3: us here. I feel like I've taken two guys. I
[15:21] Speaker 3: need to take a female contestant.
[15:23] Speaker 4: Yeah.
[15:25] Speaker 1: I'm going to.
[15:27] Speaker 3: I really wanted Linnea. So that's a bummer. I'm going
[15:32] Speaker 3: to take Pat.
[15:33] Speaker 1: Yeah. I like the Jag.
[15:35] Speaker 2: The first woman in her family.
[15:37] Speaker 3: The first woman in her family. The first woman in
[15:38] Speaker 3: my draft.
[15:39] Speaker 1: Yeah. That's a clip. That's the clip I needed to pull.
[15:43] Speaker 2: I just like her name.
[15:46] Speaker 1: Yeah. Pat Canaday.
[15:47] Speaker 2: It feels like she should be a news anchor.
[15:50] Speaker 1: Yeah, that does feel like a news anchor.
[15:52] Speaker 2: I'm Pat Canaday, and here's all the people who got murdered.
[15:54] Speaker 4: Yeah.
[15:57] Speaker 1: All right, PD. I'm back up. Let's see who we
[16:00] Speaker 1: got here. I do love that Chase finally doesn't get
[16:05] Speaker 1: to pick last, but because there's only three of us,
[16:07] Speaker 1: it feels like you are constantly waiting the longest.
[16:10] Speaker 4: Oh, yeah.
[16:11] Speaker 1: Because we're getting our snakes. Because we're sandwiched in between snakes. Okay,
[16:15] Speaker 1: so I got another snake here.
[16:16] Speaker 2: Okay, who am I going.
[16:20] Speaker 4: To go with?
[16:20] Speaker 1: I'm going to make.
[16:22] Speaker 2: Some interesting choices first. I'm going to start with Tanan.
[16:28] Speaker 3: Okay.
[16:29] Speaker 1: Yeah, I like that pick.
[16:30] Speaker 2: I want the horned frog, and then I want the
[16:33] Speaker 2: child of Joe and Devin's.
[16:36] Speaker 1: Give me Devin.
[16:37] Speaker 2: Give me gay surf week in Costa Rica.
[16:40] Speaker 1: That's awesome.
[16:41] Speaker 4: Wow.
[16:41] Speaker 1: That's awesome.
[16:42] Speaker 2: Gosh.
[16:44] Speaker 1: All right. That's back to you, Chase.
[16:47] Speaker 2: Dang.
[16:48] Speaker 1: All right.
[16:49] Speaker 3: Back to me. There's someone that's calling to me. And
[16:55] Speaker 3: my body is saying, don't do it. But my heart
[17:00] Speaker 3: is saying, you gotta stick with your roots, Chase. I'm
[17:04] Speaker 3: going with the pro wrestler, Brady.
[17:07] Speaker 1: Brady Brody Bodie. Off the board.
[17:11] Speaker 3: And I actually do have a bit of a strategy
[17:13] Speaker 3: to this. I don't think it's a coincidence that Rizzo
[17:16] Speaker 3: has done so well in Survivor because he's a super
[17:20] Speaker 3: wrestling fan. I think that Wrestling and Survivor have a
[17:24] Speaker 3: lot of crossover for a reason. I think that he
[17:26] Speaker 3: could actually go really far.
[17:28] Speaker 2: I mean, there were two actual WWE wrestlers on Survivor,
[17:32] Speaker 2: now a third. And maybe he'll go the farthest out
[17:35] Speaker 2: of all of them. Because it's... It's Ashley Massaro, rest
[17:38] Speaker 2: in peace, and John Morrison. And don't forget that the man,
[17:42] Speaker 2: the myth, the legend himself wrestled for TNA as a manager.
[17:46] Speaker 1: Grandma. Grandma. I don't remember.
[17:51] Speaker 3: The guy who said his grandma was dead. Announced Jonathan's
[17:54] Speaker 3: News last season for us. Lives in Jonathan's hometown.
[17:58] Speaker 1: Oh, Johnny Fairplay. Thank you. Johnny Fairplay wrestled for TNA.
[18:02] Speaker 1: That's true. Okay, I am going... I'm a little unsure now.
[18:12] Speaker 1: I'm going to go with Jenna... our wedding photographer with
[18:17] Speaker 1: the claws. I think that, uh, clearly she's a fan
[18:21] Speaker 1: of the show, but also seems like she could be
[18:24] Speaker 1: fun and maybe not as imposing as some of the
[18:27] Speaker 1: other people are. And then I'm going to take a
[18:30] Speaker 1: flyer here. Um, Yeah, I'm going to go for it.
[18:34] Speaker 1: I'm going to draft Kilby. I'm going to draft Kilby.
[18:36] Speaker 1: I was thinking about that. I'm not sure if the
[18:40] Speaker 1: Super Fandom, the Brainiac game developer, is going to play
[18:46] Speaker 1: in his favor or against him, but I think it's
[18:48] Speaker 1: worth it with a fifth player, right? Yeah. Just go
[18:52] Speaker 1: with Kilby. So, yeah. All right. That's back to you, Chase. Awesome. Okay.
[19:00] Speaker 1: Do you want me to give you the rundown of
[19:01] Speaker 1: who's still on? Yeah, why don't we... Yeah, so here
[19:04] Speaker 1: is who is still on the board. We have Alexis.
[19:08] Speaker 1: We have Aliyah. We have Eric. Sharonda. Maggie. Rob. Christian.
[19:18] Speaker 1: With a pink substance. Christian. And Mike. Hmm.
[19:24] Speaker 4: Yeah.
[19:28] Speaker 1: I need.
[19:30] Speaker 1: I need another female. What a pink substance. Remind me
[19:35] Speaker 1: a little bit about Alexis. Who is Alexis again? I'm having.
[19:38] Speaker 2: Wasn't she one of your players to preview?
[19:41] Speaker 1: Yeah. But anyway. Shows how much.
[19:43] Speaker 2: Work Chase did.
[19:44] Speaker 1: I know her sign, her Zodiac sign. During the blind draft,
[19:48] Speaker 1: I drafted her.
[19:49] Speaker 2: Was she the photographer?
[19:51] Speaker 1: No, no. I already drafted the photographer. That was Jenna, yeah.
[19:55] Speaker 1: I was high on Alexis in the blind draft. Oh, Atlanta.
[19:58] Speaker 1: She's the criminal defense attorney from Atlanta. Yeah. What was
[20:05] Speaker 1: her fun fact that she said in the video? I
[20:08] Speaker 1: don't know. Okay. Okay. I'm going to take Alexis. Fair enough.
[20:15] Speaker 2: Is it because you feel bad about that you were
[20:17] Speaker 2: supposed to research her and didn't?
[20:19] Speaker 1: Well, I did.
[20:21] Speaker 3: There was nothing for the people I was supposed to get.
[20:25] Speaker 3: I could have read you the same things that were
[20:26] Speaker 3: in the parade article, but you guys read the parade article.
[20:29] Speaker 1: All right. Hold on. Hold on. Hold on. Let me
[20:35] Speaker 1: just give you a second of Alexis. Maybe this will
[20:39] Speaker 1: remind us of who she is. Maybe.
[20:46] Speaker 3: No?
[20:47] Speaker 2: All right.
[20:49] Speaker 4: In Survivor, I came here to win, and that's what
[20:51] Speaker 4: I'm going to do. Before Survivor starts, people should know
[20:54] Speaker 4: that I have been sober for 10 years. Back home,
[20:57] Speaker 4: I have my husband and my daughter, who is 14
[21:00] Speaker 4: months old. I am in a period of my life
[21:03] Speaker 4: where all I care about is my family and our future. Yeah.
[21:08] Speaker 1: I feel good about this. I feel good about my pick.
[21:10] Speaker 1: She's going to be playing. She's playing for her family. Yeah.
[21:13] Speaker 1: And their future. All right. I like that. All right, PD.
[21:17] Speaker 3: Woo.
[21:17] Speaker 1: Let me turn back to the monitor.
[21:20] Speaker 2: Yeah.
[21:21] Speaker 1: So as you can see. We've got two more. Yes. Aliyah, Eric.
[21:26] Speaker 1: Fuck you.
[21:27] Speaker 2: You're on the Yankees.
[21:30] Speaker 1: Gosh.
[21:31] Speaker 4: Okay.
[21:31] Speaker 1: Yeah. I'm trying to remember. Maggie's still available? You previewed Maggie.
[21:36] Speaker 1: You know what? She could be a Capricorn. You know what?
[21:38] Speaker 2: Since I got two left. Give me Sharonda and Aaliyah.
[21:44] Speaker 1: And Aaliyah. Yep.
[21:46] Speaker 3: That's a good pick. I almost took Aaliyah instead of Alexis.
[21:50] Speaker 3: What was Aaliyah's deal?
[21:52] Speaker 1: Was she mine? I think she was. She's like a
[21:56] Speaker 1: bold personality. She's a Taurus. She's a Taurus. She's a
[22:01] Speaker 1: metal snake. No, I didn't have Aliyah. I did. Oh, great.
[22:06] Speaker 1: I just told you everything you need to know about her. Okay,
[22:08] Speaker 1: fair enough.
[22:08] Speaker 2: Yeah, Chase had her, so it means we know nothing
[22:11] Speaker 2: about her. But I think she's a strong personality. She
[22:14] Speaker 2: has two A's in her name. And who else is
[22:16] Speaker 2: a strong personality?
[22:17] Speaker 1: Arne Anderson. Double A. All right, whose turn is it?
[22:24] Speaker 1: It's yours. Okay, my turn. I'm going to be taking... Mike. Oh,
[22:30] Speaker 1: New York Yankees.
[22:31] Speaker 3: Now, what's interesting about this is I watched a YouTube
[22:34] Speaker 3: video from Idled Out. He's a Survivor YouTuber. And he
[22:37] Speaker 3: did his season 51, like, power rankings. And he actually
[22:43] Speaker 3: picked Mike as his winner pick.
[22:44] Speaker 2: Whoa.
[22:45] Speaker 3: Now, I took a lot of stock in that because
[22:47] Speaker 3: I'm like, well, this guy's obviously very intelligent. So then
[22:49] Speaker 3: I was like, but wait. Who did he think was
[22:51] Speaker 3: going to win in previous seasons? I went back to 48.
[22:55] Speaker 3: He was so off. I mean, he was so incredibly wrong.
[22:58] Speaker 2: Do you know who he picked for 48?
[22:59] Speaker 1: Do you remember? Do you remember when I said Bran?
[23:01] Speaker 1: We were talking about before PD got here. Oh, it was, gosh,
[23:04] Speaker 1: what was her name? No. It was someone who was
[23:07] Speaker 1: gone immediately. Not first out, but within the first few weeks. Yeah,
[23:11] Speaker 1: I can't remember her name. In 48?
[23:13] Speaker 3: So this is a risk, but since that guy saw
[23:16] Speaker 3: something in Mike and he's still available to draft, maybe
[23:20] Speaker 3: it's a sign from Saturn that I'm supposed to pick him.
[23:22] Speaker 1: Okay.
[23:23] Speaker 2: Mike is off the board.
[23:25] Speaker 1: All right. These are my last two, right? One, two, three, four, five, six, seven. Yeah.
[23:34] Speaker 1: I am drafting Eric. All right, so that means Will.
[23:37] Speaker 2: Our vampire, Will, will be locking in with you.
[23:40] Speaker 1: All right, Will, come on over. And I think I'm
[23:43] Speaker 1: going for it. I think I'm doing it. Someone has
[23:46] Speaker 1: to do it. Why the heck not me? What a
[23:48] Speaker 1: pink substance. I'm going, Rob. I want to be able
[23:51] Speaker 1: to cheer for him. I don't want Rob.
[23:53] Speaker 3: There's a new Boston Rob in town, okay?
[23:56] Speaker 1: His name is Rob. Antonson.
[23:59] Speaker 3: Antonson.
[24:00] Speaker 1: Rob A. Rob A. Rob A. I like that. Oh, man.
[24:06] Speaker 1: All right. Two more picks left. Christian still on the
[24:09] Speaker 1: board and Maggie still on the board. It goes to Chase.
[24:14] Speaker 3: So Christian and Maggie?
[24:16] Speaker 1: Christian and Maggie. Christian with the laugh. Maggie with the overalls. Okay.
[24:22] Speaker 3: So this is interesting here because Christian could be a Mitch, right?
[24:27] Speaker 3: where he goes way farther than you think.
[24:28] Speaker 4: He's going to go.
[24:29] Speaker 1: But remember, we're not playing for fars. We're playing for wins.
[24:32] Speaker 3: I don't want Christian. I think he's going to be
[24:34] Speaker 3: the first boot. I'm going with Maggie.
[24:36] Speaker 2: I mean, first boot is dependent on so many factors
[24:40] Speaker 2: that are out of their control.
[24:43] Speaker 1: I could be wrong. He could be a Mitch and
[24:44] Speaker 1: make it super far into the game.
[24:46] Speaker 2: So you're taking Maggie?
[24:47] Speaker 4: Yeah.
[24:47] Speaker 1: And that means I have Christian?
[24:48] Speaker 4: Yeah.
[24:48] Speaker 1: And that's the last option?
[24:50] Speaker 4: That's it.
[24:50] Speaker 1: Okay. Okay. That means my team is Jelly, Carter, Kristen, Jenna, Kilby, Eric, Rob. Boy,
[25:02] Speaker 1: that's a strong team, fellas. I guess. I don't know
[25:04] Speaker 1: these people. We really don't know. I don't know these
[25:07] Speaker 1: people at all.
[25:08] Speaker 2: But my team's a strong team because it's full of women.
[25:10] Speaker 1: That's true. Chase has Ori, Lewis, Pats with two Ts, Brady, Alexis, Mike,
[25:19] Speaker 1: and Maggie. I feel good about my team.
[25:21] Speaker 3: Even if they don't do well, I think I'm going
[25:23] Speaker 3: to like them, and I'll be okay with rooting for them.
[25:26] Speaker 2: Yeah, I would never say something like that. That's loser speak.
[25:29] Speaker 2: You're the one that gave up at the beginning. I
[25:31] Speaker 2: never gave up.
[25:32] Speaker 4: He gave up.
[25:33] Speaker 1: I never gave up. And PD has Anna, our strawberry shortcake. Mm-hmm. Lenia,
[25:41] Speaker 1: our sex shop owner. Nice. Tian, Devin, Sharonda. Tanon. Tanon.
[25:51] Speaker 1: What did I say?
[25:51] Speaker 2: Tian?
[25:52] Speaker 4: Yeah.
[25:52] Speaker 1: So stupid. I hate myself.
[25:53] Speaker 2: God, dude.
[25:54] Speaker 1: Sharonda. Sharonda, Aaliyah, and Christian. I'm excited about my squad.
[26:01] Speaker 3: I have no idea who ended up with the best draft.
[26:04] Speaker 2: There's really no way for us to know.
[26:07] Speaker 1: Yeah, this is so crazy. Until week one or two. Now,
[26:09] Speaker 1: let me ask you guys this. What are your thoughts on...
[26:14] Speaker 1: I know we batted it around last season. What are
[26:18] Speaker 1: our thoughts on traits? I think trades are interesting now
[26:22] Speaker 1: that there's three of us and that we're drafting ahead
[26:26] Speaker 1: of time.
[26:26] Speaker 2: But there has to be like a strict deadline that's
[26:28] Speaker 2: early in the season.
[26:29] Speaker 1: I think it's like by week two. Week two. I think.
[26:32] Speaker 3: So after we watch the first episode, we can make
[26:35] Speaker 3: some trades.
[26:35] Speaker 1: Yes.
[26:35] Speaker 2: Do you want to implement an official trade?
[26:38] Speaker 1: We can make trades on episodes one and two. Okay,
[26:42] Speaker 1: trade deadline? On the show. After episode two. On the show.
[26:45] Speaker 1: We can't talk about it off air. Got to bring it.
[26:47] Speaker 3: You had to bring it up on air.
[26:49] Speaker 1: On air and decide by.
[26:50] Speaker 2: And this doesn't mean it's going to happen.
[26:52] Speaker 1: Yeah, it could be.
[26:53] Speaker 3: Because I don't foresee a world where someone is like, hey,
[26:56] Speaker 3: I really want your player.
[26:57] Speaker 1: And then you're like, well, no, it's my player. I'm
[26:58] Speaker 1: not giving it to you.
[26:59] Speaker 2: Like when Bran tried to take... Aubrey in exchange for
[27:02] Speaker 2: his entire team now let's.
[27:05] Speaker 1: Add some rules to it I don't I don't think
[27:07] Speaker 1: we should be able to trade future draft capital I
[27:10] Speaker 1: think there's just too much uncertainty I think it has
[27:13] Speaker 1: to be players for players yeah but I I am
[27:16] Speaker 1: personally fine with if you want to give up two
[27:19] Speaker 1: of your players for one of them one that's a
[27:21] Speaker 1: risk that you can take what do you guys think
[27:25] Speaker 1: Should we throw it out there to the patrons and
[27:27] Speaker 1: let them decide, and then we'll give a full rundown?
[27:29] Speaker 3: Yeah, we'll put a vote up. So we're going to
[27:31] Speaker 3: put a poll up on the Patreon as this episode airs.
[27:34] Speaker 3: If you're one of our patrons, you can vote for
[27:37] Speaker 3: how that works. I guess the options will be no trading,
[27:41] Speaker 3: trading just players, individual.
[27:44] Speaker 1: One-to-one.
[27:45] Speaker 3: One-to-one, or trading as many players.
[27:47] Speaker 1: As you want to.
[27:49] Speaker 3: Yeah, as you want.
[27:51] Speaker 1: I don't know if it's actually ever going to happen.
[27:53] Speaker 3: I can't because I immediately foresee a world where I
[27:56] Speaker 3: lose two players in the first episode and I go, hey, PD,
[27:59] Speaker 3: what can I give you for Aaliyah? And he'll say,
[28:04] Speaker 3: I'll take three of your players for Aaliyah.
[28:07] Speaker 1: And I would have to go, no.
[28:08] Speaker 2: I mean, it's not going to be easy to negotiate
[28:10] Speaker 2: with me.
[28:11] Speaker 1: Oh, yeah, I know. I kind of like it, though.
[28:13] Speaker 1: It throws a little bit of a curveball. Especially with
[28:16] Speaker 1: us not seeing any play. Yeah, for sure. I think
[28:19] Speaker 1: once we've watched episode one and two, it is enough to...
[28:25] Speaker 1: inform what we would have done. Start to read the
[28:27] Speaker 1: tea leaves a little bit. Read the tea leaves and
[28:30] Speaker 1: decide where to go from there. Just leave the reading
[28:32] Speaker 1: of the tea leaves to me. Absolutely. You're a new man.
[28:35] Speaker 1: You're a new man. I'm enlightened. We did it. Yes,
[28:38] Speaker 1: this is our draft. Woo! Survivor 51 premiering next Wednesday.
[28:45] Speaker 2: Whales, whales everywhere.
[28:46] Speaker 1: That's exactly right. And we will be back the next day, basically.
[28:51] Speaker 1: Recapping this sucker. So come on back for that. Join
[28:54] Speaker 1: the Patreon.
[28:55] Speaker 2: And if you want to lock in with one of
[28:57] Speaker 2: the teams, you got to join the Patreon to do that.
[28:59] Speaker 1: Lock in. Okay, bye. Bye. This is making the merch.
[29:07] Speaker 1: I don't have the other one. This is making the merch.
[29:10] Speaker 2: Doing my best cigarette radio voice.
[29:12] Speaker 1: Good enough. There we go. Goodbye. You're about to hear
[29:16] Speaker 1: some ads that help keep the lights on here in
[29:19] Speaker 1: the old studio. Thanks for listening or don't listen. It's
[29:23] Speaker 1: really up to you at this point. It's at the
[29:26] Speaker 1: end of the show. I mean, you're listening to me. Hi,
[29:29] Speaker 1: but here they come. I promise they're coming.
[29:31] Speaker 4: Yep.
[29:32] Speaker 1: Here they are. Happy day.

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