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Applying Mathematical Game Theory Principles to Survivor Mar 19, 2021

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Survivor Global host Shannon Guss (@ShannonGaitz) talks to international Survivor theme song writer and maths genius Jacob Sager Weinstein (@jacobsw) about applying mathematical game theory principles to playing Survivor, analysing Survivor, manipulating loved ones and avoiding fiery car crashes. They discuss Backwards Induction, Zero Sum Games, Nash Equilibrium and Games With Multiple Equilibriums as they dissect the show at large.

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Survivor South Africa: Champions | Episodes 16 and 17 RHAPup Mar 16, 2021

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Survivor South Africa RHAPup co-hosts Mike Bloom and Shannon Guss discuss the penultimate week of their Survivor SA Champions watch, in what was possibly the most exciting week of the season. They discuss the beauty of the idol play, the rich strategy of the final 4, predictions for the final tribal council and the journey of Mark Fish's genie spirit as it lives in the Salvation Cup, buried in the South China Sea.

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Survivor South Africa: Champions | Episodes 14 and 15 RHAPup Mar 08, 2021

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Survivor South Africa RHAPup co-hosts Mike Bloom and Shannon Guss discuss the good, bad and ugly of Survivor SA Champions episodes 14 and 15, including a season highlight blindside, the longstanding rice wars, loved ones, finger rigging and much more.

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Survivor South Africa: Champions | Episodes 12 and 13 RHAPup Mar 02, 2021

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Survivor South Africa RHAPup co-hosts Mike Bloom and Shannon Guss talk about three major votes in Survivor SA Champions over episodes 12 and 13. They discuss this week's super villain origin story, intent versus action in sticking with allies, the end game moving forward, the very cool coconut challenge and the problem(s) with the Salvation Cup.

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Survivor South Africa: Champions | Episodes 10 and 11 RHAPup Feb 22, 2021

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Survivor South Africa RHAPup co-hosts Mike Bloom and Shannon Guss discuss the Survivor SA Champions merge. This vote consisted of two episodes, idols, strange twists, rogue votes, split vote mechanisms, many swing vote options, and the Salvation Cup, and Shannon and Mike break it all down seven years later. Remember, whatever they say is canon and what you must believe.

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Survivor South Africa: Champions | Episodes 8 and 9 RHAPup Feb 15, 2021

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Survivor South Africa RHAPup co-hosts Mike Bloom and Shannon Guss discuss episodes 8 and 9 of Survivor SA Champions, as they reach the halfway point of the season and end of the pre-merge. They talk about the pros and cons of the plans this week, possible post-merge dynamics, cursed idols and, importantly, what fruit are you?

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Survivor Global | The Anatomy of The Survivor Flip Feb 11, 2021

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Survivor Global host Shannon Guss talks to social strategy expert Taran Armstrong about the Survivor flip, including the criteria for what makes a flip good or bad, the important role of perception and identity in these moves and the answer to the age-old question, do flippers never win?

What are some of the most important flip votes in Survivor history? What flip vote is the most memorable?

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Survivor South Africa: Champions | Episode 7 RHAPup Feb 09, 2021

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Survivor South Africa RHAPup co-hosts Mike Bloom and Shannon Guss discuss episode 7 of Survivor SA Champions, particularly its unique and very cool swap mechanism, the next chapter of idol stealing and how these swapped tribes have shaken up for the short and long game of the season.

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Survivor South Africa: Champions | Episodes 5 & 6 RHAPup Feb 01, 2021

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Survivor South Africa RHAPup co-hosts Mike Bloom and Shannon Guss talk about 3 big votes in Survivor SA Champions, episodes 5 and 6, including all time great voting confessionals and final words, an underwear waving interaction for the ages and 'sports star or pirate: which one are you?'. Please note: next week's recap will only cover episode 7.

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Survivor South Africa: Champions | Episodes 3 & 4 RHAPup Jan 26, 2021

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Survivor South Africa RHAPup co-hosts Shannon Guss and Mike Bloom discuss episodes 3 and 4 of Survivor SA Champions, including the more important tribe dynamics we've seen play out in these episodes, the idea of stealing idols and continuing questions around the dual sports/pirate theme.

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