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            <description><![CDATA[In contrast to Survivor: Marquesas's editorial concealment of its future winner for much of the season, Survivor: Fiji's king is omnipresent in its first two episodes. In fact, the season does an outstanding job of building compelling, three-dimensional characters out if its contestants ... as long as they're men.<img src="https://www.truedorktimes.com/s14/images/e1/e1-pitman.jpg" alt="e1-pitman"/>]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[Survivor: Marquesas's final episode has a lot of big reveals: A purple rock, the season's victor, and the fact that this winner — Vecepia — had a season-long strategy that was almost entirely edited out, in favor of 'honesty and integrity' or something. Luckily, the jury (narrowly) pulled the correct rock.<img src="https://www.truedorktimes.com/s4/images/e13/e13-pitman.jpg" alt="e13-pitman"/>]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[The penultimate episode of Marquesas is a bit of a cautionary tale: against intentionally starving the contestants, against winning a car (with no food), and apparently against playing Survivor, which alleged hero Paschal views as diabolical.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[After the fall of the Rotu Four, Marquesas lags a bit as the remainders of that alliance are slowly dispatched. There are still some bright spots, but the lack of character development for the departing contestants removes any real sense of connection.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[This is it, one of the most important episodes in Survivor history, in which a ragtag group of underdogs assembles across original tribal lines to finally topple a dominant majority alliance. And the person the show gives the bulk of the credit to is, of course, the actual villain of the season, who almost blocked it. Also, despite being a key part of the plan, the ultimate winner was for some reason excised by the editors.
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            <description><![CDATA[The last pre-merge and merge episodes of Survivor: Marquesas show an interesting juxtaposition, with consecutive boots of someone loudly not playing the game, and someone aggressively overplaying. The latter clearly establishes the model for future Survivor  gameplay, but in retrospect, did his later win really change anything? Or was it just a more successful version of what stopped him here?
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            <description><![CDATA[In these three episodes (Marquesas, Episodes 3-5), we see Boston Rob's first Big Move (blindsiding Hunter), a big move by production (a swap that Probst swears was already planned), and the beginning of the implosion of the previously unbreakable Rotus. There are some bright spots, some questionable choices, and one really ugly confessional by the guy CBS promptly annointed as the face of the franchise. ]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[Now that the king of Survivor has been crowned, Andy Baker looks ahead to what shape the future of Survivor will take, if or when it continues. Which parts of the game need retooling, what twists should stay, and, wait ... teenagers?]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[Dan Otsuki is back with his end-of-season assessment of Survivor: Winners at War, praise for the winner of winners and the runners-up, and hopes that the show can fix some its current flaws during its downtime.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[The Winners are finally no longer at War, and the season finished on a high note, and one surprisingly steeped in emotion. A solid finale that reaffirmed the core Survivor game, with a well-earned win from an entertaining winner who somehow played an even better game this time around.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[The War of Winners ends on a high note, in what could be the last Survivor finale for a while. Ryan celebrates the season's emotional end and its embrace of its past champions, with hopefully more to come. A finale that was grand, even if it's not the grand finale.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[As the dawn of the Survivor: Winners at War finale approaches, Andy Baker casts his gaze on perceptions: How these contestants are viewed by themselves, their competitors, the jury, and the audience, and what that means for their respective chances at a $2 million victory.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[With Edge of Extinction and fire tokens both (mostly) ending this episode, Jeff takes this pre-finale opportunity to assess their impact, what should be kept (hint: only one), and potential improvements in their execution. Hopefully leading to a bright, distraction-free conclusion to Winners at War.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[Now that Winners at War has reached its (initial) final five, Brent  Sullivan assesses each of their games and chances of becoming the re-winning Winner. Plus a bonus look at some other contenders.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[The end of Survivor: Winners at War is nigh, and this week, Ryan Kaiser is turning the episode's penultimate steps into a pathway to that end for the remaining five players, plus the two thousand jury members/people on the Edge.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[There are still two big episodes to go, but Andy Baker is calling his Winners at War shot now: We are watching a virtuoso performance by a unicorn, someone who uniquely combines different Survivor talents, then shapes and performs them in a fiery, string-bending anthem. Andy runs through the many movements involved.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[After an unplanned hiatus, Pat returns to speed through some catch-up communication theory takes on (and praise for) the season so far, then to assess the state of the game looking ahead for the final seven (and Edge players).]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[This episode featured a stark contrast between a grueling Edge of Extinction task and a spectacularly short 'endurance' immunity challenge. That probably wasn't by accident, and was probably intended to boost the audience's opinion of the Edge. Sigh.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[As the game churns on and tensions mount, Brent Sullivan is here to break down the key connections, disconnections, and question marks in Episode 12 of Survivor: Winners of War.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[It was a bittersweet week, as the war between winners not only claimed a fan favorite, but also as the fantastic tale of the spy nest fell well short of expectations, like a nocturnal avian projectile. Ryan finds other reasons to cheer, though. So... relax and let him carry you through the forest?]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[It was a huge [expletive deleted] episode for Winners at War, and Andy [expletive deleted] Baker is here to tell you all about it, from the good, to the bad, to the [expletive deleted] great.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[Tony Vlachos dusted off the old  Cagayan songbook, got the old band back together (with ongoing auditions for a new Woo), and cranked the amp all the way up this week, Episode 11 of Winners at War. Jeff Pitman looks at this, a potential SurvivorAUcomp, and two people challenging a record that may surprise you.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[After 10 long episodes of biding his time, the old Tony Vlachos came bursting through the trees to shake this episode up. Brent Sullivan celebrates this development, and the other key events in Episode 11 of Winners of War.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[Ryan Kaiser revels in an all-Tony episode, as the show focuses almost entirely on his idol-finding, extortion-complying, immunity-winning, vote-flipping antics. Verdict: Time well spent (unless you don't like Tony, in which case, better luck next week).]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[Andy Baker stakes his hot takes claim with a Baker's dozen of potentially unpalatable views about the state of the game and the fates of the players, from kids on Survivor (nay?) to Tribal whispering (aye?) and many hills to die on in between.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[The many, many loved ones took up a lot of time, but they were worth it. Was it also worth it to intentionally trigger an advantage avalanche in the same episode? Jeff explores that, some potentially prophetic editing, and more.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[As Brent surveys the key events of the family-heavy Episode 10, the same names pop up frequently: Tony, Sarah, Sophie, Sarah, Sophie, Tony. Original Dakal drives the action, laden with advantages and necklaces.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[This week's episode was overstuffed with love, tears, kids, and confusion. Ryan Kaiser wouldn't cut a second from the first three, but wishes there was room to better demystify the last part. Still, here's his guide to what (maybe?) happened after the challenge and at Tribal.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[This week, as the Winners antipate the iron-clad reassurance of their loved ones visiting, Andy Baker turns his attention to faith: Which players have it in which other players, and most importantly: Should they?]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[What was once Survivor's shiny new toy — the alleged 'Live Tribal' awash in whispering — has become a narrative crutch, deployed seemingly at random to give the illusion of an up-in-the-air conclusion. They rarely actually are, leaving the audience with little more than unintelligible confusion. Please stop.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[After Episode 9's dramatic and chaotic Tribal Council, Brent Sullivan  evaluates where the divisions are and who has become a target on Winners at War, including a new divide that has become apparent at Edge of Extinction.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[Winners are at war, and they're coming you, apparently. So get ready to whisper, listen to changes of plan every five minutes, and/or pin your hopes on a podium idol. Or, you know, just flip a coin. Ryan has the guide to all your Episode 9 options.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[Andy Baker tackles the Winners at War merge with literary analysis: poring over the words of our dozen unreliable narrators, looking at what was said (and not said), and how the action proceeded, in order to discern where this season is headed.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[The Winners at war are now battling against each other on one tribe, and how that changes the game at large still feels like an open question. The merge episode raised a lot of questions overall, actually, which in some aspects is a good thing. Jeff explores those questions here.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[Dan Otsuki is back (not from Edge of Extinction) to evaluate the state of Winners at War at the merge. With a focus on their edits this season, who are the contenders for the two million, and who are the also-rans?]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[Australian Survivor All-Stars has crowned its winner, and Mike takes a look back at the final three episodes that led to the (not so) surprising victory. A super-sized season with a strong winner, who was presented in all his oversaturated glory. A strong win, but maybe too much of a good thing?]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[The merge and Edge return produce a surprising shuffle of various alliances, as Brent focuses in on key threats, prime targets, and the balance of power in the post-merge scrambling.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[Ryan Kaiser takes you on a safari excursion to observe the lions and hyenas of the Winners at War merge menagerie. Who has the main mane? Who is lurking in the bushes, waiting for the scraps? Who is the Tiger Queen?]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[Survivor: Winners At War's third episode had some memorable shark-eating hijinks, and a tragic loss as the losing tribe got down to the business of eating its own. Brent Sullivan highlights the top five moments of this week's feeding frenzy.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[Mike votes himself out of Week Three of SurvivorAU: All-Stars, but don't worry! It was only a trip to Exile. Now a swap and... whoops, now he's voted out again... but wait, he made fire and he's back in! Whew! All these twists upon twists are really opening a Pandora's Box of convoluted game logic. With too few narrators. ]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[Ryan mourns the loss of his Danni Girl, gone too soon. But he's excited about the exploits of noted aerialist Tony Vlachos and a freshly devilish Sophie G. Clarke, and is anxiously anticipating escalating tensions in the looming Boston Rob - Sandra war.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[Strong, beloved characters and fierce competition made the Winners at War premiere a huge success, albeit one that could be watered down substantially by the season's twists. But until then, Jeff looks at the many Survivor records that can and/or will fall this season.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[Taking note of the tactics Sandra deployed to successfully shield herself in the Winners at War premiere, Andy dissects the opener and evaluates which scenes and themes were true, false, or unclear portents of the future.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[In his revisiting the three episodes of week 2 of Australian Survivor: All-Stars, Mike tackles the big stories: the prevalence of strength-based challenges and its effects on tribal numbers decisions, the fall of Zen Hen, the big double-boot twist that ended the week, and, oh yeah, Vakama was occasionally shown, too.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[Mike revisits the first three episodes of SurvivorAU: All-Stars, from the magnificent spectacle of premiere week's third Tribal Council to the more mundane winner disposals preceding it, to the glorious return and intermingling of multiple fan favorites. Grab a cookie and let's dig in.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[Mike Bloom welcomes you to the Bloomerang(!), with a complete introduction to all things Australian Survivor. All the backstories, backstabbings, and awkward, smiling politely, back-of-the-truck rides you will need to prepare yourself for the upcoming SurvivorAU: All-Stars.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[Dan Otsuki is ecstatic to see the long-awaited All-Winners format finally come to fruition, but now all fans have to ask: Who will win? Dan assesses the chances of each returning winner, while also highlighting the ones he's most excited to see play again, win or lose.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[After a troubling season produced hopefully helpful new procedures, Jeff takes a close look at what's working (and a lot of what's not) with Survivor's core game, which mostly boils down to: Too much heavy handed production in some areas, too little in others.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[After Elaine's heartbreaking boot and the dark cloud of another dispiriting Dan card, Ryan Kaiser tries to take a fresh look at the remaining five Island of the Idols players, and assess their standing heading into the finale.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[Jeff makes the case that this episode's chaotic, largely rudderless Tribal Council was emblematic of the season as a whole: seemed fun at first, but ultimately a letdown, with no discernible guidance from production.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[Loved ones visit Fiji, but only for the powerful. Noura gives a rant for the ages. An underdog alliance goes up in flames as Dean leaks the plan, and Karishma's ninth life is finally snuffed. And Ryan Kaiser attempts to sift through the wreckage for signs of life.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[Dan makes a brief return to examine how this season, with its diverse cast, emphasis on character stories, and strong female casting, has changed the overall arc of the two decade Survivor meta-narrative. Plus a post-merge power ranking.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[As more time passes, it's becoming clear that the optimal role of Island of the Idols is not instruction, but rather entertainment, and maybe that was the plan all along? Either way, Jeff Pitman is totally fine with that. (Also, the vidcap gallery returns.)]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[This week's Island of the Idols segment took on a larger role within the episode, and Jeff makes the case that at least in this instance, it worked, because it gave us a chance to meet Vince in greater depth before he left. Even if it may also have contributed to his leaving.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[Ryan Kaiser revisits another episode of Survivor: Island of the Idols where the women did everything: start fires, find idols, win idols, yell at their tribes, fall off ladders, arrange coups, and of course, get voted out. And always twirling, twirling, twirling towards freedom.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[Pat Ferrucci dives into the Survivor: Island of the Idols premiere, specifically how the sociology concept of paradigm repair corresponds to Elaine's successful argument that it's dumb to vote someone out on Day 3 simply because they're likable.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[The premiere of Survivor: Island of the Idols bounded with depth and energy from its new cast, even if the central twist for which it's named was a bit of a mixed bag. Jeff Pitman looks at what worked and what could use improvement with the new season.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[Come, stare in slack-jawed wonder as Ryan Kaiser replays for you the events of the season premiere of Island of the Idols. Events you have seen before, but will still amaze you in their level of Janet stanning and Idol (mostly Sandra) worship.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[Jeff Pitman attempts to sort the consistently compelling new contestants of Survivor: Island of the Idols into tiers of likelihood of winning. Which turns out to be pretty difficult, because they're all really good this time.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[As the premiere of Survivor: Island of the Idols approaches, Pat Ferrucci has once again perused the cast bios, and ranked the new contestants' chances of winning based on this (and solely this) information. Who will climb to the top of Pat's highly scientific hierarchy?]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[Chris Underwood carved an impressive course through the Edge of Extinction finale to win the million dollars, so why was he virtually invisible for the entire rest of the season? Jeff explores this question, along with a final verdict on the Edge format, a Survivor records update, and a peek at next season.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[Well, it finally happened. Edge of Extinction is finally extinct. So it's time to put a tiny Wardog cap on the season, as Ryan revisits Chris's 5-day march to victory, and the ultimate irrelevance of the 13 episodes that preceded it.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[Dan Otsuki returns from being in law school isolation since Episode 4 to weigh in on the out-of-nowhere surprise ending of Edge of Extinction. Is Survivor still Survivor when a winning game is played over four episodes?]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[Ben asks whether it's fair to compare Rick Devens's idol- and immunity-strewn end-run in Edge of Extinction to Ben Driebergen's miraculous saved-by-an-idol streak in Heroes v. Healers v. Hustlers, and explores how the show needs to adjust to re-balance the importance of the social game.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[In which Jeff explores how Rick Devens is the latest example of a larger-than-life Survivor character who presents the editors with a dilemma: Show more of him, and risk irritating fans by overexposure, or show less of him, and worry the show becomes less entertaining to watch?]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[Ryan Kaiser recaps a tear-soaked episode of Survivor: Edge of Extinction: From the tear at the bottom of Ron's advantage menu, to the contestants' tears of enduring Probst's talk-show questioning with their loved ones, to the salty splashes on the loved ones in the challenge, to Ryan's own tears at the Reem vs. Wardog showdown at the Edge being cut for time.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[As another big character joins the field of bodies burning, Jeff looks at the uneven characterization of the season as a whole. With four episodes left, all but two or three of the remaining contestants are relatively unknown. Does their newfound prominence presage imminent victory or doom?]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[It's a somber time, as Ryan reflects on the errant swims, the missed rings, the mud baths, the rice wars, and cheeseries that led to the Wardog's slipping to Extinction. Although at least there was a lot of Reem and Kelley to soften the blow.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[While it wasn't great to lose both David and Kelley in a single episode, at least Survivor presented the twin evictions in an exciting new way, by using a critical flashback explaining how Wardog struck early to set up the episode-ending blindside. Jeff explores this and other (less great) storytelling choices the show has made in depth.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[Ryan Kaiser has survived a mountain of pizza and dodged falling balls to bring you this grim report of two returnees felled in a single episode, all thanks to ... dammit, Wardog.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[Ben Martell looks at the implicit majority-vs-minority dynamics and the behavior of 'caught' mafia players in online mafia games, and finds parallels to the implosion of the Kama majority in Survivor: Edge of Extinction Episode 9's chaotic live Tribal Council.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[Pat Ferrucci talks about how the collapse of Julia's game can be explained by the 'swift trust' organizational theory: as in, while trust is necessary in Survivor, rapidly-acquired bonds are more easily broken, as the younger Kamas did in the previous episode by blindsiding Eric.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[Jeff Pitman reflects on a fun date with a mostly silent Probst at Tribal, some fun date-related data in making this one day an episode, the eerie silence about the larger game at Edge of Extinction, and some fun facts on challenge performance rates.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[Amidst the turbulent waters of Tribal Council, one calm, half-idol-wielding chap provides the landing lap for people jumping ship. No, it's not Wardog. Ryan navigates the all-Tribal episode, and recaps its high points and low blows, like hiding the person who has (allegedly) been running the show.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[Jeff Pitman takes an extended dive into trying to read the edit, wondering whether we're seeing a turning of the tide in the season-long editorial disdain for the Wardog, what we're supposed to make of big moves from invisible players, what's up with the extra vote expiration, and more.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[Ben sifts through the episode's plethora of gameplay, finds which contestants played well or poorly, then tackles the larger question of when it's ideal for a member of a large group to make a move against their allies, with historical precedents.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[Ben Martell argues against the perception that Edge of Extinction is failing, highlighting four key points in which he feels the season is a success. Among them: It will be new and interesting to see how Wardog's strategic machinations will fare following the looming return from Extinction.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[Pat hits pause on the theory this week, to present a new, emerging hypothesis: Is Edge of Extinction the worst Survivor season?]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[Dan Otsuki takes a literal spring break from law school to describe how this season is like a Survivor spring break: lots of beaches, filled with lots of people you don't know, and so on.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[Everything is different and yet pretty much the same, as Ryan surveys the aftermath of the tribe swap: Some madness, some sadness, and some acceptance that maybe The Wardog is running this asylum, after all.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[Pat Ferrucci takes a look at the concept of stacking — a form of stereotyping, especially in sports — as it applies to Survivor. Specifically, in the Manu tribe's unsupported assumptions in selecting some of its 'weaker' players.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[Through the first three episodes, character development, something Survivor did so well during David vs. Goliath, appears to be teetering on the Edge of Extinction. How has the show's ability to present three-dimensional (or even one-dimensional) characters vanished so rapidly?]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[If you were hoping Ryan Kaiser wouldn't be able to get through his Episode 3 recap of Survivor: Edge of Extinction without addressing the giant chicken in the room, you're in cluck. (Not sorry. Totally Wentworth it.)]]></description>
            <pubDate>Fri, 08 Mar 2019 09:49:14 -0800</pubDate>
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            <description><![CDATA[It's a bleak week in Pitman recap-land, as Jeff points out the competitive balance flaw hanging over the season, a potentially hazardous twist, and a potentially unfair editing choice. At least nobody has died yet?]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[Ben Martell asks if Edge of Extinction's Episode 2 cliffhanger was really a cliffhanger, if the women-and-idols narrative is perhaps a multi-season storytelling arc, and if the Wardog is actually playing the Warthog... and more.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[Revisit the revelry (also the recriminations?) of Episode 2 with Ryan, who loved Reem on Redemption, er, Extinction, and mostly tolerated the rest of the episode's idol talk and returnee-hating.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[Dipping into his communication theory background, Pat Ferrucci looks at the cognitive process of stereotyping, and asks whether that played a factor in Reem's semi-exit in the premiere of Survivor: Edge of Extinction.]]></description>
            <pubDate>Tue, 26 Feb 2019 12:22:14 -0800</pubDate>
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            <description><![CDATA[Jeff Pitman looks at the limitations of a shorter Survivor premiere, ponders the ramifications of crafting the edit towards setting up the Edge of Extinction twist, the host as unreliable narrator, and more short takes.]]></description>
            <pubDate>Sun, 24 Feb 2019 13:26:28 -0800</pubDate>
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            <description><![CDATA[After the premiere, Ben runs through the surprises of the first episode: From David Wright's solid debut as a returnee, to the Wardog's fulfilling his as-advertised restraint, to the underdog edits on Manu (and the relationship to Extinction), and the challenge beastliness on Kama.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[With a (mostly) new cast and a new twist, there's a lot for Ryan to recap, from the Joes to the cobras to the reeming. But don't worry, Reem could extend her life on this show. Who will join the Debbie-Natalie pantheon this season? Could it be... clothes?]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[Jeff Pitman takes a quick run through the Survivor career record numbers that could fall this season, courtesy of Edge of Extinction's four returning players (with some also potentially crackable by the newbies).]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[As the new season nears the True Dork Times writers (Ben Martell, Dan Otsuki, Pat Ferrucci, Ryan Kaiser, and Jeff Pitman) gather to draft fantasy teams of three players. Whose prediction skills will drive their team to extinction? Whose prognostication will give them an edge and a victory?]]></description>
            <pubDate>Sun, 17 Feb 2019 12:38:30 -0800</pubDate>
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            <description><![CDATA[As is his custom, Pat Ferrucci has restricted his predictions exclusively to CBS bio-related information, and has a forecast for Extinction at the ready. Read on to discover whose chances to win he sees as most likely, possible, unlikely or impossible.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[In a surprise-laden journey, Jeff Pitman sorts the newly official Edge of Extinction contestants into tiers of win probability (Likely, Possible, Unlikely, Impossible). Okay, you won't be all that surprised. But you might be.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[Ryan Kaiser runs through his first impressions of the Edge of Extinction cast, then comes up with an approximate bootlist. Which, in the context of a poorly explained brand-new twist, may not end up meaning much. But it's here!]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[Ben Martell weighs in on the Edge of Extinction central twist, and argues that, if played optimally, it creates an incentive for someone to deliberately be voted out early post-merge, return, then reap the jury rewards. Which really would reinvent how the game is played, since it's the opposite of the concept for the first 37 seasons.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[Jeff Pitman's data-based investigation of why men have built up a 4:1 edge over women in finding hidden immunity idols in Survivor. With far more stats, tables, and graphs than you really need for reality TV analysis.]]></description>
            <pubDate>Wed, 23 Jan 2019 06:48:41 -0800</pubDate>
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            <description><![CDATA[Jeff celebrates the successes of the David vs. Goliath season, then looks ahead to see how to replicate that triumph: examining new trends in jury voting patterns, the role of luck in the success of a Survivor season, some good international twists to add to the whiteboard, some new-ish twists to avoid Pagonging, and uh ... well, it's a lot.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[Ryan bids a fond farewell to a great season, and makes as many fireworks as possible, as one should. Chief among them: His choice for Player of the Season, which is of course 100% correct. Deal with it.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[With six players remaining, three True Dork Times writers (Pat Ferrucci, Ryan Kaiser, and Jeff Pitman) unite to forecast the outcome of the Survivor: David vs. Goliath jury's vote on the final three. Who will win the million? And more importantly, will we out-predict Survivor scribes from other sites?]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[As the sun sets on the scrappy little season that overcame the oversized skepticism surrounding its theme, Jeff Pitman ponders which of the six remaining Survivor: David vs. Goliath contestants has the best chance to win, now that Christian has joined the jury.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[Ryan Kaiser negotiates his way through the twists and turns of a convoluted but ultimately shocking final boot before the Survivor: David vs. Goliath finale. Chock full of tricks, frenemies, revenge, God, and of course... balls.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[As the season finale looms, and the winner's landscape now lacks Christian's Goliath presence, Pat tries to discern which of the six David vs. Goliath contestants remaining are the frontrunners to win, might have a chance, or have no chance.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[Jeff Pitman looks at how, idols and immunities aside, a constantly shifting jury size and final vote schedule makes discerning the correct time to make a move nearly impossible, even for the most game-aware players. Plus the role of idol plays in jury votes, and strategy vs. emotion.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[Ryan Kaiser ponders the relative merits of going Big (Move) AND going home, crapshoot (lack of) movement to win reward, not moving at all to win immunity, and hiding your movements so as not to become a target, as seen in Episode 12 of Survivor: David vs. Goliath.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[Pat Ferrucci finds similarities between Gabby's big (attempted) move and the concept of image restoration theory, and finds it applies generally to the recent emphasis on making Big Moves, not just in Survivor: David vs. Goliath.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[Survivor's two-hour double episode didn't really have a unifying theme, apart from a whole lot of focus on Christian. Which is fine, we'll run with that: Is Christian winning this season, or will he be the tragic hero who falls just short?]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[Ryan Kaiser looks back on two hours of David vs. Goliath that delivered in so many ways: yoga, tips, dunks, drunks, Godfathers, drunk Godfathers, eggs, and dings. Or possibly bings, depending on your perceptions.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[While Survivor: David vs. Goliath has at times teetered on a flimsy barrow, carried by blindfolded drivers, through moments of darkness and misery in its first four episodes, there have also been flashes of brilliance, of lightness, of fun. Those were thankfully more abundant in Episode 4, as Jeff Pitman celebrates them.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[Pat applies Darwin's theory of evolution to Survivor strategy, and questions the inverse correlation between pre-merge swaps and survival of the goats. Plus a look at who else benefits from the upcoming swap.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[Ryan Kaiser relishes every hair-flipping moment the title bout of Episode 3 of Survivor: David vs. Goliath -- No, not Mason-Dixon vs. Gabby, or Bi vs. her knee, but Goliath vs. Goliath, a.k.a. Natalie vs. Jeremy.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[Jeff Pitman exalts the opportunities that could arise from having easily fake-able idols this season, one player who seems to be faking everyone out, (and another who clearly is not), and other late-forming takes on Episode 2 of Survivor: David vs. Goliath.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[Ryan surveys the damage of two storms that swept through Episode 2 of David vs. Goliath: Elizabeth's high-powered flipping of the votes on David to save Lyrsa, and Natalie's cyclonic path to deepest reaches of his heart.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[Pat Ferrucci explains how Talcott Parsons's social systems theory relates to the key strategic decision in Episode 2 of Survivor: David vs. Goliath - Lyrsa and Elizabeth's targeting of Jessica instead of Carl.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[Jeff Pitman finds there was a lot to like, and a fair amount to lament, in the Survivor: David vs. Goliath season premiere. An interesting new cast, and more time to meet them, but also some darkness.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[Ben Martell returns from his blogging hiatus to look at the Survivor: David vs. Goliath theme, which of the two tribes might contain the winner, and to take a deep dive into which of the contestants showed the most winner potential in their first-episode edits.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[Ryan Kaiser basks in the extended space of the Survivor: David vs. Goliath premiere, exulting in the extra time to meet and greet the new contestants, from the John of many names, to the Davids of many sad backstories, to sad back story of Pat, to the force of nature that is Natalie.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[The True Dork Times writers (Ben Martell, Pat Ferrucci, Ryan Kaiser, and Jeff Pitman) come together to draft fantasy teams of David vs. Goliath contestants, in an attempt to win eternal* glory by having the team containing the winner. (*Offer expires roughly one month after the season ends.)]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[Jeff Pitman sifts through the bios and the FOOs (and little else) to try to project which of the David vs. Goliath contestants have winning chances that are Likely, Possible, Unlikely, and Impossible.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[With just over a week until the premiere, Ryan kicks off our Survivor 37 coverage with his impressions of the new contestants of Survivor: David vs. Goliath, some of whom actually have some pre-season content beyond their written bios!]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[A somewhat belated look back at the Survivor NZ: Thailand finale, what Lisa Stanger's win means to her fellow Survivor superfans, and what the success of NZ: Thailand and other international Survivor seasons mean for fans around the world.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[As Survivor NZ sprints to its conclusion, Jeff takes a look at the final three contestants, and evaluates their individual chances of winning. With one key variable remaining: How bitter the jury turns out to be.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[As Survivor NZ's colorful villain heads to the jury, Jeff questions whether (in 2018) reality TV still needs to be going overboard with in-confessional trash-talking. Or if at least some editing restraint might be welcome.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[A deep dive into the shocking, game-changing blindside in Episode 12 of Survivor NZ: Thailand. Comparing Lisa's move to Cirie's in Panama, Dave's decision to Blood vs. Water, and Matt's performance to those in the elite player ranks.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[As the numbers dwindle on Survivor NZ: Thailand, two numbers remain: Matt and Dave. Does their having been friends before playing Survivor give them an unfair advantage? (Answer: Yes, duh, but maybe not as much as you think.)]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[As two superfan strategists become the final two Survivor NZ: Thailand pre-jurors, Jeff assesses the events of Episode 7. Some sparks of superfan life, an actual villain, an unfair idol find, and a questionable decision.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[A major blindside seemingly tilts power away from the (now smaller) Khang Khaw tight five, and gives Chani new life, as Jeff reviews Survivor NZ: Thailand's big Episode 6. Also: Pizza and tarps highlight a new vidcap gallery.]]></description>
            <pubDate>Fri, 01 Jun 2018 10:29:37 -0700</pubDate>
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            <description><![CDATA[Jeff Pitman takes a final look at Survivor: Ghost Island's thrilling final vote, the winner, the runner up's missed fire-making decision, and gives a final verdict on the Ghost Island format.]]></description>
            <pubDate>Tue, 29 May 2018 11:06:37 -0700</pubDate>
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            <description><![CDATA[Ryan Kaiser looks back at the highlights of Survivor: Ghost Island's finale and season, from the challenges to the champion(s) to the curses. He also crowns several winners of various prizes, even though the show (quite dramatically) had just one.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[Dan Otsuki praises the nail-biter Survivor: Ghost Island jury vote and the final three, while taking to task lingering problems with the Final 4 firemaking, the Ghost Island format, and next season's theme.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[In its fifth episode, Survivor NZ: Thailand hits the swap, producing two tribes with outnumbered Chanis. Yay. But one has an idol, which gets played... incorrectly. Yay again. But wait, there are also some minor head injuries.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[With the finale of Survivor: Ghost Island rapidly approaching, Andy offers free advice to the six remaining players, the host, the titular island, and to casting. And closes with a final prediction.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[The True Dork Times writers assemble once more to project the jury votes, while doing battle with scribes from other Survivor sites: InsideSurvivor, A Tribe of One, Purple Rock Podcast, and the RHAP bloggers. Who can boast the most votes noted for Ghost Island?]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[With a season built on smoke and mirrors slowly revealing its hype to be little more than a mirage, Jeff Pitman has: some complaints about Ghost Island and the post-merge narrative, a mini vidcap gallery, and... a proposed twist that could actually shake up the game.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[Jeff Pitman explores how the Malolos still managed to snatch twin defeats out of the jaws of a golden opportunity for one or more successes, how an unseen player is somehow racking up big advanced scores, and how the numbers of votes, challenges won, and idols this season stack up historically.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[Formerly live from Boston, Ryan retraces all the curses reversed, Doms hmmmed, Tribals lit, helicopter highs, and (surprisingly few) Malolo lows of Ghost Island, Episode 10.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[Jeff Pitman offers a plea to see Survivor: Ghost Island jury members for more than one episode, some analysis of how Desiree's boot changes the game strategically, plus continuity errors and looming starvation. Hooray!]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[Pat Ferrucci notes Angela's strategic and challenge-dominating breakout episode, and finds traces of agenda-setting theory in her efforts to target Michael: Not in directly calling for his ouster, but in framing the conversation around him.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[It's Episode 9 of Ghost Island: Peel your eyeballs away from the tacos and margaritas and towards Ryan's tale of guts, slugs, tongues, gags, and Game Changing power plays that would impress even Survivor's new marine biology expert. Stick around, something or somebody might get played.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[Jeff Pitman praises the thoroughly entertaining Survivor: Ghost Island merge episode's storytelling, explores the new Ghost Island curse, counts the historical happenings in Chris's boot, and looks ahead at future factions.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[Pat Ferrucci looks at the strategic choices made following the Survivor: Ghost Island merge, and uses the concept of self-efficacy and perceived access to power to explain the decision to target Chris.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[Sifting through the fallout of an explosive Ghost Island merge vote, Andy Baker identifies the clues in the story we've been told so far, and uses them to piece together (maybe) the story remaining for the post-merge game.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[Survivor: Ghost Island rolls out a rollicking merge episode that brings together 13 people who are content to make the episode entirely about Chris and Domenick. How does Ryan Kaiser work in three Survivors who aren't actually in the episode? Through the magic of recapping.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[With Survivor: Ghost Island the season half over, Ghost Island the island has been a bit of a dud. So far, at least. Jeff Pitman offers four suggestions to dramatically improve it. Plus a fun dive into the numbers on the gender disparity in idol finds.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[With a Baker's Dozen worth of players remaining, Andy Baker re-projects the boot order of the 13 Survivor: Ghost Island contestants left. Who will emerge victorious in Domenick vs. Chris, and in the game as a whole?]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[In an abbreviated Story, Dan Otsuki dispatches a few swift thoughts on Episode 7 of Survivor: Ghost Island, ranging from the sudden flood of idols to the changes in the gameplay with the merge approaching.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[With seven Survivor: Ghost Island episodes in the books and the merge approaching, Pat Ferrucci takes a break from the theory and updates his pre-season contestant evaluations. Which player is now the most likely to win?]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[As Survivor: Ghost Island's pre-merge ends in Episode 7, Ryan Kaiser tries his best to cope with the sudden loss of Bradley's bitching. Luckily, items have been maturing over the last decade to ease various people's pain. Sadly, none are the Immunity Willard.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[A random swap placed the six remaining Malolos in the worst position possible on all three new tribes, and unsurpisingly, the Malolo purge continued. Fittingly enough, on the new Malolo tribe. Bradley was right about the squalor!]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[Pat Ferrucci finds support for Robert Putnam's concept of different types of social capital - bonded and bridged - in Angela's big decision between James and Naviti in Episode 6 of Survivor: Ghost Island.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[Andy Baker offers some alternative takes on Episode 6 of Ghost Island, including criticism both of blindfolded challenges and of mocking Chris, and wait... who does he see as the Colby who could win?]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[After six episodes of searching, Ryan finally finds his Wanner wannabe, and it was good. Better, at least, than the luck of the Malolos, the fortunes of various blindfolded women, and the ghosts of Ghost Island, who were forced to find new... accommodations.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[As Survivor: Ghost Island swaps from two up to three tribes, Dan looks back at how both the gameplay and editing compares to recent seasons where that happened, and projects the success of the main characters going forward.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[Andy Baker explores the many different ways his surprise at being surprised by Episode 5 of Survivor: Ghost Island ended up being a good thing, then looks ahead to how he might not be surprised by the upcoming swap and merge.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[Jeff Pitman reviews Michael's dramatic idol play in Episode 4 of Survivor: Ghost Island and discusses Kellyn's big decision. Don't forget the vidcap gallery.]]></description>
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