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Survivor 48 Pre-Game Day 1: Bianca Roses & Eva Erickson

Survivor 48 Pre-Game Day 1: Bianca Roses & Eva Erickson
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Survivor 48 Pre-Game Day 1: Bianca Roses & Eva Erickson
Mike Bloom (@AMikeBloomType) is here to share with the listeners their reactions to the cast reveal of Survivor 48! Join us to learn a bit about the 18 new castaways to be tested on the islands of Fiji
Survivor 48 premieres Wednesday, February 26th at 8pmET/5pmPT with a jam-packed two hour episode. Join us at 10:15 pmET/7:15 pmPT following the episode for the first Survivor post-game podcast LIVE!
Join Mike Bloom as he kicks off the Survivor 48 preseason interviews with two dynamic contestants, Bianca Roses and Eva Erickson. This episode offers a sneak peek into the minds of these players, revealing their backgrounds, strategies, and what they hope to achieve on the island. With a mix of excitement and anticipation, Mike delves into the personal stories and game plans that could shape the upcoming season.
In this episode, Bianca Roses, a PR consultant from Arlington, VA, shares her lifelong passion for Survivor and how her career has equipped her with the skills needed for the game. She talks about her preparation, including fire-making and puzzle-solving, and her strategy to downplay her PR background. Meanwhile, Eva Erickson, a PhD student and hockey player from Providence, RI, discusses her unique experiences and how they prepare her for the challenges ahead. She highlights her physical strength and adaptability, while also planning to conceal her intelligence to gain an edge.
Mike, Bianca and Eva discuss:
Bianca’s journey from Survivor fan to contestant, and her strategic preparation
Eva’s insights on balancing her PhD work with Survivor training
The contestants’ thoughts on forming alliances and navigating social dynamics
Strategies for dealing with the new era of Survivor, including twists and advantages
Eva’s perspective on how her hockey experience parallels Survivor gameplay
As the contestants gear up for the challenges of Survivor 48, will Bianca’s PR skills or Eva’s athletic prowess give them the upper hand? How will their strategies unfold in the face of unexpected twists and alliances? Tune in to discover the potential game-changers and get ready for an exciting season ahead!
Never miss a minute of RHAP’s extensive Survivor coverage!
LISTEN: Subscribe to the Survivor podcast feed
WATCH: Watch and subscribe to the podcast on YouTube
SUPPORT: Become a RHAP Patron for bonus content, access to Facebook and Discord groups plus more great perks!
Mike Bloom (@AMikeBloomType) is here to share with the listeners their reactions to the cast reveal of Survivor 48! Join us to learn a bit about the 18 new castaways to be tested on the islands of Fiji
Survivor 48 premieres Wednesday, February 26th at 8pmET/5pmPT with a jam-packed two hour episode. Join us at 10:15 pmET/7:15 pmPT following the episode for the first Survivor post-game podcast LIVE!
Join Mike Bloom as he kicks off the Survivor 48 preseason interviews with two dynamic contestants, Bianca Roses and Eva Erickson. This episode offers a sneak peek into the minds of these players, revealing their backgrounds, strategies, and what they hope to achieve on the island. With a mix of excitement and anticipation, Mike delves into the personal stories and game plans that could shape the upcoming season.
In this episode, Bianca Roses, a PR consultant from Arlington, VA, shares her lifelong passion for Survivor and how her career has equipped her with the skills needed for the game. She talks about her preparation, including fire-making and puzzle-solving, and her strategy to downplay her PR background. Meanwhile, Eva Erickson, a PhD student and hockey player from Providence, RI, discusses her unique experiences and how they prepare her for the challenges ahead. She highlights her physical strength and adaptability, while also planning to conceal her intelligence to gain an edge.
Mike, Bianca and Eva discuss:
Bianca’s journey from Survivor fan to contestant, and her strategic preparation
Eva’s insights on balancing her PhD work with Survivor training
The contestants’ thoughts on forming alliances and navigating social dynamics
Strategies for dealing with the new era of Survivor, including twists and advantages
Eva’s perspective on how her hockey experience parallels Survivor gameplay
As the contestants gear up for the challenges of Survivor 48, will Bianca’s PR skills or Eva’s athletic prowess give them the upper hand? How will their strategies unfold in the face of unexpected twists and alliances? Tune in to discover the potential game-changers and get ready for an exciting season ahead!
Never miss a minute of RHAP’s extensive Survivor coverage!
LISTEN: Subscribe to the Survivor podcast feed
WATCH: Watch and subscribe to the podcast on YouTube
SUPPORT: Become a RHAP Patron for bonus content, access to Facebook and Discord groups plus more great perks!
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Hi everybody and welcome to RHAP's Survivor 48
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Preseason Interviews
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Day 1
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My name is Mike Bloom
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And it's official
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The Survivor 48 cast is out there
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We have 18 new castaways eagerly awaiting to hit the sand
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Ready to play a 26 day game full of twists and turns
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And hopefully emerge at the end of it
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A million dollars richer
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And I had the express pleasure of getting the chance
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To talk with them mere days before that game began
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I got the chance to fly out to Fiji
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To the set of survivor and talk to all of these castaways
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In the preseason
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Today we're going to hear from two of them
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We're going to start off our interview series with the Lagi tribe
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They are the purple tribe but they are far from purple right now
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As I'm bringing them into the forefront
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You're going to be listening to my interview with Bianca and Eva
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Without further ado, let's get into my first interview here in the Survivor 48 preseason
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Let's talk about Bianca Roses
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Bianca is 33 years old
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She's originally from West Orange, New Jersey
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She currently lives in Arlington, Virginia
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And she is a PR consultant
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Take a listen to everything Bianca has to say as to
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Where she came from, what brought her to Survivor
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Why she thinks she has what it takes to win and let us know your thoughts about how she is going to do
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Before Rob and I get together in a few days time to talk about her and her other Lagi tribe mates
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But for now, here's my interview with Bianca
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Are you doing right now?
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I'm good
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This is like literally one of the last days of my life
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Oh my god, well there's 26 more to come
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I know, I love it
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My name is Bianca, I'm 32 years old and I'm a PR consultant
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Okay, interesting, and if that's something that you've always done
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Yes, the business of people management
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A thousand percent, since I was born out of the womb
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Was managing my two younger brothers but I've been in PR for over a decade
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And yeah, it's a lot of the skills that I'm going to take with me on the island
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It's relationships, strategy, blind sighting, sometimes
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Blind sighting?
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No, I'm joking
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But like, you know, spending a story and doing what you have to do in order to make a headline and get some good news
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I mean, that's the thing is that there's, you know, the positive side of things with tier-point is making a headline
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There's also maybe the other side, which is...
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Where are you from?
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Oh no, something happened, I'm going to have to query a bit of favor, build a bit of bridges
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So yeah, it feels like a little bit of a PR to SUR, the IVOR bridge
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I love that, yeah, that's good
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So then what brought you on to Survivor then?
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I've been watching the shows since I was eight
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So all 24 years of it, my first screen name no joke was Survivor Freak 850 in because my birthday is August 15th
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Okay, well I'm sure that attracted a lot of interest to me
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When I tell people that was my screen name at eight years old, it's like, I look back on it and I'm like, that is like not okay
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That feels like...
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That was very...
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Yeah, it feels like there's levels of fandom where it's like fan, superfan, super duper fan, now there's like survivor...
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The freak fan
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That's survivor freak
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Yeah, at the right age of eight, so I've just been watching the show my whole life and I have always thought in the back of my head like I can do what I want to be on it
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And then I finally applied and I am so grateful, like I cannot believe I'm here still
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Yeah, so was this your first time applying, had you been sick in multiple times or?
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Yeah, no, it was my first time applying
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So then what for a lifetime of fandom, what made you decide this was the time?
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So I was kind of... okay, so I had been watching it forever, but you know it's like you grow up, you're no longer the eight-year-old
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You are becoming that adult with like the walls and the tough skin, and hello PR person, very tough skin
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Have to be able to get told no a thousand times a day
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I lived in New York for ten years, people in New York, you know, you just walk down the street, don't talk to me, don't breathe on me, don't look at me
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Don't even, don't even...
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You know, so I just had those walls up and I was very... in my head about how everyone on Survivor was different than me and like deserved it more
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Like I don't know, just something that imposter syndrome that kind of peeks out
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And I was just like I never really thought like oh like I could be on it
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And like oh these are just all like regular awesome people
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And I could be one of those regular awesome people
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But it just took me a while, and then I was going through this kind of like change in my life, I quit my agency job after almost eight years
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I started my own company, I moved to Virginia with my boyfriend from New Jersey, which is like the motherland
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And I was just like...
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Quite literally the land of your mother probably
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Yes, the land of my mother, the land of my entire like huge Italian Catholic tribe
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And I was like you know what, like I'm not going to let myself quit my job and start, I had already been like you know putting all the motions in place to start my business
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But I was like I'm really not going to let myself do that, which is a way bigger risk than just applying for Survivor and just seeing where it goes
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So I kind of just applied on a whim in my parents' Jersey Shore house kitchen
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It was raining and I was like y'all got, today is the day, get it done
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Yeah, you're going to experience a lot more rain hopefully
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Yeah, I hope not actually
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Well that being said through your near lifetime of Survivor experience, give me a non-winner and a winner who you identify with the most
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Love that, I think Dee, I know she's very recent, but she's super top of mine for me, just like a hustler and entrepreneur
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Someone that is very very deeply committed to her family, had them at the forefront the entire game
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That's absolutely what I'm going to be doing, what I've even been doing so far
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So Dee for sure, non-winner, I have to go staff like OG
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I just, another Jersey Italian, like growing up, I just, she's like the greatest of all time
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I think she played great games, like she was just so badass
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Like not that women weren't badass, then I feel like she just made like a huge impression in such a different way
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And I just, I'm obsessed with her
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Yeah, what's your favorite moment in Survivor history? Was it a Stephanie moment?
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Favorite moment ever, no, you know what?
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My favorite moment, Michelle, another amazing Jersey girl winner
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When she, I think it was winners at war, yes it was winners at war and she was talking to Boston Rob about her controversial win
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And Rob was like, you won, he was like, if you win, you win, he was like, there is in controversy, like, you won, you won
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And that's it, and he kind of just like squashed in the butt
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And I was just like, I love that realness of Survivor, like him lifting her up and her sharing her vulnerability about her win
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Which is like, you won, like you're still being vulnerable, being like insecure about that
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I mean, there's a million amazing moments, I love when Jeff, like, I love the banter between Jeff and the tribes and like, there's just so many good things, but I loved that moment
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And that like really stuck out in me where I was like survivor, not that my whole life I didn't know it was more than a game, but I was just like, wow, like, there's some life lessons here
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From Boston Rob, I mean, he wrote a whole book about it
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I mean, he's the best, I love him
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Like, if I wasn't, I was wondering if, like, I had an implication, it seems like I was correct
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Let's just say I have had a few sex dreams about Boston Rob, like it may or may not have happened
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What, when?
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Like when I was a virgin, when you're survivor for a game of five
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In the rewatches, in the rewatches
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What is one life experience you feel has prepared you the most for this? Is it career based, like you said, or something else?
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No, it's 100% career based, and definitely last year starting my own business
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I, you know, I persuade people for a living, I persuade the founders of multi-million dollar companies to let me do their PR and be my clients
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I persuade journalists all day long to write about my clients, like, I love them all and they're great, but, you know, some of them aren't super sexy
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And I get them in Forbes, Fast Company, Time Magazine, New York Times, Wall Street Journal
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So my entire livelihood is based on relationships, people skills, persuasion, communication
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And I'm bringing all that here
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Are you going to tell people that you work in PR?
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No
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Absolutely not!
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What's your cover?
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I work in events, I work in corporate events
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I work with tons of different companies, helping them with anniversary parties, launches, you name it
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What is, even from a preparation perspective, again, your job seems to be something that's part and parcel
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But, once you found out you were coming out here, what was the prep process, like physically, mentally
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Yeah, yeah, so my boyfriend is amazing, he became my trainer immediately, my survivor coach
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Like, literally he had my ass outside making fire every single night for a month before I came out here
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Wow
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He immediately ordered me, like, the pull-up bars, the little grippy thing
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There's the number one thing
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Yeah, thanks to Charlie
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A ton of puzzles, Flynn, Kindling
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I started going in the pool more in swimming, I grew up on the Jersey Shore, I'm a super strong swimmer
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But I never like swam as a sport
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Yeah
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Working out more for sure, I actually did a lot more like yoga to work on balance and core strength
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I stopped eating as much as I do, I'm Italian, I'm basically a human trash can
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Like, everything, everything?
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You were a child from the clean plate class
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I asked that was in percent, so about two weeks out, I definitely like cut all of my meals in half
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What else did I do?
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Mentally, just like really, I journal every day, but like really locked it in, like up here, like checked in with like my positive mindset, my intentions, affirmations every single day
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My family came, the week I'm before, we did like a whole party for me, my boyfriend did the sweetest thing ever
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He got everyone in my family and my two best friends to write me pre-game letters from home
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Oh my god, I'm gonna cry just thinking about it
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He read it to me before I left, and I was like a mess, bawling like a baby
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And these were intended to be plain letters for me
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And we were like, no, absolutely not, I'm not reading these on the plane, I'm gonna be a hot mess
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So I read them all, you know, just before we came out here, but not on the plane
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And it was just amazing, like so moving, and that like really gave me, if I didn't already have all the motivation, just like, let's go
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Let's do it
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Well, I think it's also a great reminder for you, I mean that's why the loved ones letter work so well
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On the island is like, it's a great reminder to take your head out of the situation your day to day
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Like, oh yeah, there are people back at home that you've got that experience before you've become a big face
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I can't even imagine what love letters is like when you are starving, tired, having eaten, haven't slept
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Like all these things, and then you're getting them like, I was happy and full when I was reading those letters
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And I was still a mess
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What would you say is your greatest superpower and your greatest piece of kryptonite
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That you think you're gonna bring into the game
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Okay, superpower is my positivity
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I am a happy, go lucky person
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I'm a very level-headed person, but I really try to bring brightness to every situation
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Especially like dark and annoying and like uncomfortable situations
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So I really do think that's my superpower
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I think the way that I can make people laugh and make people feel comfortable and it goes back to my social skills as well
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But being positive above all else, I really think that that's something that I'm proud of
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And I hope to bring to the tribe kryptonite
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So like you're saying like, what would just like absolutely destroy me?
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Or like a quality of yours that you know you have that may be something to hamper your game
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I'm really impatient, like super impatient
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I worked at a PR agency for seven and a half years, shit has to get done very quickly
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Well good news, it's a 26 day game
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Works perfectly for you
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I even growing up like all this of the fam I have two younger brothers
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Just like everything was on Bianca time, like very much like in order of what I wanted to be doing
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So I know that I can be super impatient
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But listen, I'm not gonna let you know me not having like a chicken parm every single night ruffle my bad there
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It's like I'll be okay
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Yeah, so then when it comes to impatience, is it why are you not getting this done?
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Sooner or later, I need to tell someone about this item
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Honestly, I think the first like okay, like why isn't the shelter done yet?
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Like what are we doing here?
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We're just getting on someone, like if I feel like I'm a natural born leader, like I know how to direct the crowd
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But like I don't want to be Bruce, so like I gotta like you know, temper that a little bit
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I don't think I don't run my mouth, like I work in PR
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There's a lot of things that I'm a vault, like I can't talk about it
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I've probably, I've signed so many NDAs in my lifetime, like I know how to keep a secret
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So I don't think I would get impatient of like oh I have to like run until this person something
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I actually talked to my family about not telling anyone ever
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If I win, win, I do find an exactly, do you find an item?
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So I don't think it would be that
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So obviously you're in the business of image management
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How do you think you're gonna be perceived?
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I know, this is crazy, it's a big role reversal now
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Like I worry about myself in my image because now I'm the founder of a company
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And like I'm running a business, so I do want people to see me being you know on top of my game
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An expert knowing what I'm doing
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But what's really fun for me is like I left the corporate-ish world and like I curse a lot
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I curse on the unzoom calls with my clients, like that's just me
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And I like letting myself shine through in that way
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And I found like at the end of the day
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You can't just monitor yourself all day long or you're not gonna be yourself
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I'm gonna come out here, I'm gonna be myself
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I do worry, I guess like one of my biggest fears is like
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Oh no, is America gonna hate me for some crazy reason?
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And then you have to think back to Michelle and that Boston Rob conversation right?
00:18:11
Right, it doesn't really matter as long as and when I win
00:18:14
Exactly, I don't give a fuck anyway
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So you wrote in your bio that you are the catch-up queen
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Oh yeah
00:18:20
And just like everyone is coming to you
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What is it in your opinion that makes that role happen?
00:18:25
Yeah, I think it, I'm definitely the catch-up queen
00:18:28
Like I talk to my brother every single night when we both and work
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I talk to my mom, my aunt, my goddaughter
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My whole family just calls me all the time
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I don't even have time to talk to them
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But I put them first
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And I think it's just my ability to just connect with anyone honestly
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Like I am, I credit my grandmother who has always been so inclusive
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And so all loving and just like always set an amazing example
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And my grandfather of just like connecting with people because people are good and serving them
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So I think I just like provide a friendly atmosphere and an outlet for people to come to me
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And listen, like I even at work, like I have a lot of two people coming to me
00:19:14
Talking shit about the other, like even my aunt and my mom who are sisters and they know this
00:19:20
Like I have to manage a lot of that, you know, those conversations that happen too
00:19:25
So let's talk about hopefully some of these people that will make you the island catch-up queen
00:19:29
Let's get into the competition a little bit
00:19:31
Because I'm sure you've been sitting around for a little while
00:19:34
A little while
00:19:35
I'm sure you've been reading some people
00:19:37
So let's start with the positive side of things
00:19:38
Describe to me some people that if you hit the beach with them day one, it's the best-case scenario
00:19:42
This is a ride or die that you could invest in
00:19:45
Ooh, okay, I have been observing but I think the one thing we haven't found out about each other is our personality
00:19:54
And like that's how I vibe with someone
00:19:57
So this is a very hard question
00:19:59
I think it's really hard for me to answer that right now
00:20:06
Like I need to see a little bit more of like does this person have really good work ethic?
00:20:10
Does this person have a communication style that fits with mine?
00:20:14
Yeah
00:20:15
Is this person someone that I can laugh with?
00:20:17
Like forget trust, I'm throwing trust out the window but like can I have fun with this person?
00:20:21
At the end of the day I'm here to win but I'm also here to have a good time
00:20:24
Uh-huh
00:20:25
So yeah, I feel like there are some people like I've shared a look with or a smile and a laugh
00:20:32
And it's like oh like I want to get to work with you
00:20:34
But I don't know at this point
00:20:37
Is there anyone on the other side of things though?
00:20:39
Has there been anything where you're like oh that's a red flag?
00:20:41
No, there hasn't, there really hasn't
00:20:44
I'm even looking at like is anyone like having three plates at lunch?
00:20:48
Like they really haven't prepared or like is anyone just like super bossy or like you know sitting at the front
00:20:55
Or like raising their hand first for every single thing
00:20:57
Like everyone's doing a great job, everyone is playing it neutral
00:21:01
Well it talks to me about what you value in an alliance
00:21:04
Because you talk about that sense of humor but what will you say is like the core quality you want
00:21:09
And that number one ally
00:21:11
I think it's vibes
00:21:13
Like it just is, I think it's I think it's again like work ethic, communication, ability to have fun together
00:21:21
Yeah
00:21:22
And I think it's just vibes, like I vibe with you, I'd go out for a coffee or a drink with you
00:21:26
Let's do it, how much I'm a Jersey boy as well so we'll do it
00:21:29
So I really just think that's what it is
00:21:32
And listen that's me saying this now ahead of the game
00:21:35
Like who knows what could happen day one where it's like oh no I need to, I'm a short grump, I do
00:21:41
Like maybe I need to ban myself with someone like really physically fucking strong
00:21:45
Like there's so many things and so many scenarios that run in my head where it's like right now it's a blank slate
00:21:51
I really don't know anything, I would say vibes first but things can change
00:21:55
Well let's talk about something that might help you in that scenario
00:21:57
The DNA of the new era is a lot of idols, advantages, journeys
00:22:01
Yeah
00:22:02
And what are you looking for those in finding those?
00:22:05
Oh 1000, I didn't come out here to sit on my ass
00:22:08
Let me tell you
00:22:10
Oh I'm gonna be looking, I'm gonna be looking discreetly, not anything crazy
00:22:15
But yeah, also like an alliance partner, someone that's creative
00:22:20
Like someone that listen, it's the new era, you have to earn everything
00:22:25
Like we're not being get, we are not being, and nothing's getting handed to us
00:22:30
So I actually said earlier like creativity is huge in this game because every single second could be something else
00:22:38
And like sure maybe we've all watched all 46 seasons at this point but like you got to be creative
00:22:44
Because Jeff is gonna be throwing curveballs every which way
00:22:47
And you have to think on your feet, you have to be able to improvise and you have to be able to like understand that what happened 10 minutes ago
00:22:53
Is just maybe not the case for the next day, three days, whatever it is and spin on it
00:22:59
So I feel like the past you know 45, 46 these seasons feel it took us the new era even a brand new step
00:23:07
Yeah
00:23:08
As you've been prepping for this, I'm sure you've been you know looking back on those couple seasons with one eye
00:23:12
What are the main takeaways from 45 and 46 that you plan to bring into your game?
00:23:16
Yeah, yeah, oh they were so good like such epic even like to follow that
00:23:22
Um, main takeaways, social, for sure, social game, I mean you look at even earlier than 45 and 46 but like you look at Dee, you look at Kenzie, you look at Mary Ann, you look at Jam Jam
00:23:34
Like these are just like social beings to their core, effervescent, people that own themselves are themselves fully
00:23:41
So I am glad to see that what I thought might be my greatest you know weakness at certain times just like being overly friendly
00:23:50
Or overly jovial is really working these people's favor in these recent seasons and I think you know not that strategy goes out the window by any means
00:24:00
But I think maybe it's a lot harder now like sure it's shorter it's 26 days but like we aren't being given rice
00:24:07
We aren't being given beans like we're being given nothing
00:24:10
So you need people around you that are gonna lift you up, keep you going, make you laugh, keep you positive
00:24:16
And I do think that that social game personality vibes connection really is becoming more and more important in order to win and last long
00:24:26
What is your hottest survivor take? What is your most controversial opinion about a season, a player of the show?
00:24:33
My hottest survivor take, I did not think about this, what is my hottest take? Such a lame answer, I mean I was gonna say why can't they eat fish raw?
00:24:49
Like I just don't understand. I never heard that before, I thought you said lame it would be like "oh here's something about final for firemaking"
00:24:58
I mean that's like all I could think about like "why can't they eat fish raw?" There are so many times where a tribe doesn't have their fling yet and they earn the reward and it's fish and it's raw but they can't eat it
00:25:09
And I'm like it's sushi like I would be just shoving that fish down my throat scales and all I don't care just like nying into it
00:25:17
Like I mean it's fresh fish out of the Fiji and sea
00:25:20
So that's just a question I've had at the forefront of my mind, I don't know if that counts as a hot take because I would like to eat the fish raw
00:25:30
That is maybe where the hottest takes I've ever heard and my life let alone not survive or related
00:25:37
So I'm gonna throw a scenario out for you
00:25:40
If you could bring a celebrity or a fictional character out as a loved one
00:25:45
I know family's important for you but I'm gonna give you the chance to bring someone else into the family, who are you picking and why?
00:25:50
Okay, see immediately my mind just goes to like celebrities that I think are hot but like if we're tough
00:25:57
If we're tough
00:25:59
If we're talking like "hey he could cook that fish"
00:26:03
I was gonna say like chef get out here
00:26:06
Okay celebrity like a family like someone that would comfort me
00:26:11
Okay, Jenny Slay, a thousand person because like I feel like she's my soul sister
00:26:18
So like if she came out here she would just like run with it and we would be sisters
00:26:23
And I don't even have a sister so she'd be the sister I never had
00:26:26
You could grab a shell, do you Marcel the shell, but she's my partner
00:26:29
Yeah, absolutely and she's just like the best human ever, she's so funny, she'd be great to have out here
00:26:36
Even if it was like we won you know the day if she comes back to the camp and it's not like the fancy spa reward or whatever
00:26:42
Like would love to have her I'm like yeah
00:26:44
Last thing I want to ask obviously me know 50 is right around the corner
00:26:48
How are you gonna make your mark on 48 so we're gonna be having a conversation a year later
00:26:52
Ooh, I like that
00:26:53
Chef told us not to focus on 50
00:26:56
Okay
00:26:57
He's like focus on now
00:26:59
I think I'm just gonna play hard like I came out here to play and listen if that means I go down swinging
00:27:08
Like then I go down swinging and I know in order to get asked back like it doesn't matter how long you lasted
00:27:14
It's what you did in the time that you lasted so listen I told you once I'll say it again
00:27:19
I didn't come out here to sit on my ass like I want to play this game
00:27:23
I want to find idols I want to make alliances I want to blindside I want to backstab
00:27:28
I want to do all the things I want to eat the fish raw so I'm just gonna play my little jersey hard out and hopefully you know that'll be like a 50
00:27:37
Well, I'm glad you sat on your ass right now to talk to me at least this was this was such a fantastic time
00:27:42
It was fun
00:27:43
It was a very good time and I'm so excited to see what you're gonna bring
00:27:46
Thank you
00:27:47
Like you said you were gonna put your full self into it from day one to hopefully day 26
00:27:51
Oh yeah
00:27:52
That's gonna be such a great time
00:27:54
I'm excited
00:27:55
Alright there you have it be hunka roses my first survivor 48 praises an interview and it was a wild one very
00:28:04
Excitedly so has me
00:28:06
Chomping out the bit to talk to these people like a raw fish
00:28:10
But we're actually gonna take a short break right now
00:28:13
But when we come back I'm gonna be talking with the next survivor 48 contestant Eva Erickson
00:28:22
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Next up on our loggy interviews is one of the youngest contestants of the season Eva Erickson
00:28:59
Eva comes originally from Egan, Minnesota but currently lives in Providence, Rhode Island where she is attending Brown
00:29:06
She is a PhD candidate going for her PhD in fluid engineering and she is 24 years old
00:29:14
Safe to say that Eva is both a brain and a brawn as she is balancing a an education
00:29:21
Vying for a degree in engineering with a passion for hockey one that has her
00:29:27
Breaking the ice and gender norms along the way here's my interview with Eva
00:29:33
Give me your name your age and your occupation. I'm Eva Erickson
00:29:38
I'm 23 years old and I am a PhD student in engineering and fluid and thermal science
00:29:43
You talked to me about what exactly that involves
00:29:48
So my research for my thesis is on how seals use their whiskers to locate objects in water and how that can be implemented in sensory tech for the Navy
00:29:58
I feel like I'm like here's an explaining sentence. I got an even more creative experiences from it
00:30:05
That is incredible. What does that involve for you? It is all research. It's a hands-on experience with the seals
00:30:10
Unfortunately, I don't work with live seals, but I do a lot of experiments
00:30:15
I have a big scaled up seal whisker model that I put in a very large water flume
00:30:20
It's like 2000 gallons and I do different experiments to see its vibrational profile in response to disturbances
00:30:26
So I'm basically creating a fake fish
00:30:29
Flapping and then have my seal whisker respond to it by vibrating in different ways
00:30:34
So we can ultimately create a sensor that's very sensitive to different types of disturbances
00:30:39
How on earth did you find your way into this?
00:30:43
Obviously science I imagine is your passion, but is this a part of science you've always wanted to work in?
00:30:47
Not specifically seal whiskers, but every pop really
00:30:52
Yeah, exactly. Well, my previous research was also in centipede locomotions
00:30:56
So I mean, I feel like I'm gonna step up from bugs now, but overall I wanted to study physics when I was an undergrad
00:31:03
Because I loved nature, which sounds really contradictory, but growing up I loved animals so much and I was really good at math
00:31:11
So I was like, how can I combine those two things? And so I wanted to go into physics of living systems
00:31:16
And so that's what I studied at Georgia Tech, and then from there I was able to get involved in really cool research that allowed me to do bio-inspired robotics
00:31:24
Wow, so then what's the end goal here, if any, or is it just kind of like keep your head down, get through the seals and then see what happens next?
00:31:30
I mean, there's a lot of different pathways I can take, I'm getting a really elite degree from a great school, brown is an Ivy League school
00:31:38
So I feel very lucky to have this opportunity, so there's a lot of opportunities for me to do things in aerodynamics or fluid dynamics
00:31:45
Going in those pathways may be continuing in military research, but something that I've thought going forward that I might be interested in transitioning to is instead of doing animal research, doing more about humans
00:31:56
And specifically sports equipment, I love hockey so much, that's a huge passion of mine
00:32:01
So I can combine that
00:32:03
You have that as like a side job, right? You're an official for gifts?
00:32:06
Well, I've played hockey my whole life, I'm still playing hockey, and then I also am an official, I'm an NCAA Division I hockey official, so I'm a linesman
00:32:15
And I also do a ton of USA hockey national tournaments, they bring me around the country
00:32:20
So that's like my side gig as well as my PhD
00:32:24
How much did it kill you to be out here for game seven in the Stanley Cup?
00:32:27
Oh my god, I couldn't believe that I made it to a game seven
00:32:32
And after the first three games were all to Florida, I was like, oh, I'm going to see the end of this
00:32:38
No, of course, then the Oilers come back, bring it to a game seven, and I'm like, I'm going to miss it
00:32:43
I cannot believe I'm missing it, so my dad said he would tell me the
00:32:47
I was going to say, do you want to know what I'm saying?
00:32:49
I do know, I was talking to all the crew that's been around
00:32:53
Yeah, yeah
00:32:54
Asking people, I've been wearing, I wore an Oilers shirt the first day, so a few of the guys were asking me
00:32:59
The curse remains, yeah
00:33:01
Yes, oh my gosh, I was so sad, you're Florida of all places
00:33:05
I did not want Matthew Kitchock to get a cup, but here we are
00:33:11
Let's talk about what's bringing you from the ice to the heat of Fiji Y Survivor
00:33:16
I mean, so many reasons, first off, it's a crazy adventure
00:33:20
I mean, we're out in the most beautiful place I've ever been, and just getting to be in nature, that's crazy
00:33:26
That's so cool, I love the outdoors, so that's a big experience, and then I'm so competitive
00:33:32
I've been an athlete my whole life, I'm always been so driven, and this is the biggest competition I'll ever be a part of
00:33:39
It's such a unique experience where I'm competing and living, again, with people I don't know
00:33:45
When I'm battling the elements, as well as these people, and it just brings together to this huge sporting event to me
00:33:51
That I'm like, I want to win
00:33:53
Yeah, how long have you been watching Survivor? What's been your history with it?
00:33:56
I'm pretty new to Survivor actually, I only started watching it in college
00:34:00
Because my teammates at Georgia Tech created a Survivor Drinking Game
00:34:04
Where we played Survivor, but with drinking game challenges
00:34:08
So like flip cup and pong, fend the castle, all these classic drinking games
00:34:13
But we had tribes, we're playing against each other
00:34:16
And then if your tribe lost, you voted someone out, same as Survivor
00:34:19
We hit an idol around the house, we had an idol
00:34:22
Yup, we had tribal council, we were having someone be Jeff asking questions
00:34:26
And so it was a big thing, we did this several times, and the first time that I played it with my teammates, I won
00:34:32
And I was like, you know what? Maybe I could do it in the real game too
00:34:35
How long did this last for? Was this a one-night thing?
00:34:38
We would make a whole night of it, like it was like a big thing, we'd start at like 5pm, and then we had like all the challenges mapped out
00:34:45
And they'd like break down of tribes and everything, it was very, very fun
00:34:49
That's interesting, because I'm not sure if you know, but there are these sort of like live reality games where people will go play Survivor for a day
00:34:55
Yours is the most unique person
00:34:57
I have ever heard in my life, I mean like, you won't win a million dollars, but maybe your like BAC level might be like a million dollars
00:35:04
Oh yeah, well the last challenge for our building fire to be part of the final three was everyone had to take a breathalyzer and whoever was most sober was out
00:35:12
Oh!
00:35:14
Oh!
00:35:15
Yup!
00:35:16
It was great, it was so much fun
00:35:20
And I, those guys are the best they had, we all watched Survivor together then as well, we kind of binge-watched during finals
00:35:26
Gotcha
00:35:27
And watching this, we would all be like throwing out our commentary and the guys knew way more than I did
00:35:32
And we'd be seeing all these challenges where the female characters were so weak, these were really old seasons
00:35:37
Yeah
00:35:38
I didn't like these female characters they had cast in and the guys were all like "Oh my gosh, they're so dumb, they're so weak"
00:35:43
Even you're so much better than them, you could kill everybody in this game and I was like "Yeah, I should do that"
00:35:48
And so they're really the ones that encouraged me to go try and do this
00:35:52
Well speaking of looking back, across Survivor history, if you could give me a winner and a non-winner who you identify with the most personally strategically, who would that be?
00:36:01
So the two characters that I think I really identify with were Denise, she won, she was from Minnesota like I am and she was a challenge beast
00:36:09
That woman, she was small but she was so strong and fierce
00:36:13
And so I really liked her, I thought she was super cool and I was like "You know what, I want to be like that woman"
00:36:17
And then someone more recent is Lindsay
00:36:20
And she also was a very strong competitor and she had a good alliance with Jonathan I remember throughout
00:36:26
And who were two very strong players and I thought she was really cool and she also played football
00:36:32
And I'm a woman on an all men's hockey team, she was a woman on a men's football team
00:36:37
And so I also identified that with her as well
00:36:40
Yeah, talk to me about that because ground breaking is probably putting it mildly
00:36:44
But what was that experience like for you kind of breaking into that environment?
00:36:48
It was, I mean, it was crazy at first because I was really nervous and I was like "I've been playing girls hockey all growing up"
00:36:54
I'm from Minnesota so there's just as much girls hockey as boys and it's very high level
00:36:59
Best hockey for women in the country
00:37:01
And then I went down to Georgia Tech for college going there because I want to go to a great school, not for hockey
00:37:07
But I found out they had a men's hockey team
00:37:09
I was like "Well, I don't want to give up on my passion of hockey, I'm going to try out, we'll see where I land"
00:37:15
And I did, I made the team and they do cut people
00:37:19
So it wasn't that they're just, "Oh, we have to let her on" I made the team and at first the guys were kind of on eggshells a little bit
00:37:26
They didn't really know how to like handle having a girl playing with them
00:37:29
Like "Can we hit her? Can we joke around the same?"
00:37:32
It feels like the plot of like a Disney Channel movie in 1996
00:37:35
Oh, for sure
00:37:36
And so, but I really showed them that I'm like "I'm here to play, I'm going to grow as a player"
00:37:42
And I can shoot the shit with them just like they can with anyone else
00:37:45
And so, quickly, I like earned their respect and become one of the boys
00:37:49
And it was funny because one of the guys on the team, he was talking to me about how he can't talk to girls
00:37:54
And I'm like "Well, I'm a girl, you're talking to me" and he's like "You don't count"
00:37:57
Like, he's like "No, you're one of us, you don't count at all"
00:38:00
And so, I know that I'm just one of them and they were the best support
00:38:04
They're great guys and anytime that other teams often would target me
00:38:08
'Cause they'd never played against a girl, they'd see me, they're like "You don't belong"
00:38:11
They would try to blow me up, they'd say terrible things to me
00:38:14
My teammates would always have my back and they'd go fight them for me
00:38:17
If I wasn't already fighting them myself
00:38:19
Oh my god, yeah, penalty box is just stuck with people
00:38:22
They're there for the right reasons
00:38:24
So, then if I were to ask you what's one life experience you feel that has prepared you most for this?
00:38:29
Would it be that or would it be something else?
00:38:31
Honestly, I feel like that is a big thing that has prepared me
00:38:34
Because that also has grown my confidence in myself a lot
00:38:37
And I've always been, everyone says I'm a very confident person
00:38:40
And I know I'm very authentically myself all the time and that comes from a lot of my autism
00:38:45
That is something that's very important to me
00:38:48
And it's because I don't change who I am for other people
00:38:51
Because I don't recognize the social cues to do that
00:38:54
So I'm just always me and I think I've grown even more into that as I've gotten older
00:38:58
'Cause I just accept that and go about what I want to do
00:39:02
And so, joining men's hockey team, I was like "I like hockey, I'm gonna go do that"
00:39:06
And everyone became my friends and then when I did the same thing when I started my PhD going to a new school
00:39:11
I have to start all over with new guys
00:39:13
I was even more ready for it this time because I'd done it before
00:39:16
And I was like "I know I can show up to this situation and I can thrive"
00:39:19
And I've thrived so much that they've selected me as their captain for the next season
00:39:23
Congratulations!
00:39:24
Oh my God
00:39:25
Yeah, being a girl captain of a men's team when everyone on the team was like "Yes, 100% you're who we want"
00:39:31
There was no doubt that it was going to be anyone but me and that felt amazing to know that they all respect me and all see me as one of them
00:39:39
So then when you find out you're coming out here, what was your prep process like?
00:39:43
'Cause I imagine you're keeping things busy with the seals but how much were you able to get ready for whatever this was?
00:39:50
As much as you could in whatever way?
00:39:52
Yeah, I mean it was a big balancing because I had a lot of lab work to do
00:39:55
I mean I'm taking time off from my PhD which is a very rare thing, it's a year-round thing, it's fully funded, I'm a fellow with the National Science Foundation
00:40:04
Wow
00:40:05
And so I have a lot of work to be doing and luckily my advisor allowed me to take this time
00:40:10
But I did have to submit a manuscript to him before I left
00:40:13
So that was a lot of work to get this put together
00:40:16
But then in addition to that I was training, I was building fires in my backyard all the time
00:40:21
And my little apartment in Providence, I'm building a fire, my neighbor's probably think I'm crazy
00:40:26
I was training every morning, I've always trained every morning, I'm huge in the lifting, that's for hockey
00:40:31
And so I just kept up that workout plan, changing it to adapt to different things that I started fasting
00:40:38
I started limiting my food intake a little bit to prepare myself to have less
00:40:42
Still having enough to maintain my muscles and be strong
00:40:45
But knowing that I was going from having four meals a day as an athlete where I eat lots of protein, lots of food
00:40:51
Knowing this is to fuel me to then shrinking that down a little bit, smaller time frame
00:40:55
Now I was down to having only two meals and one of those just being a smoothie before I came here
00:41:00
To prepare myself to know, okay your body's got to have to function on nothing
00:41:04
So it's going to dwindle it down a little bit
00:41:07
How do you think you're going to be perceived in this game?
00:41:09
Because it's clear like athleticism runs in your blood, you were just voted into this leadership position
00:41:14
How do you think people are going to look at you in the terms of how you fit into a tribe?
00:41:18
I definitely want to be seen on my tribe as an athlete
00:41:21
I do not want them to know that I'm also very intelligent
00:41:24
That's something that I'm going to keep hidden because otherwise I'm going to be too much of a threat
00:41:28
So are you just like doing the generic answer? Oh I'm a student
00:41:30
No I'm going to say I'm an NCAA hockey official
00:41:33
So you're fully steering into the hockey of it all, interesting
00:41:37
Because you take one look at me, you can tell that I am very fit
00:41:40
I've got huge muscles especially for a woman and that's just my personality really shows that
00:41:46
And so I can really lean into that and nobody's going to look at that side of my life
00:41:51
Be like oh she plays men's hockey, she's an official
00:41:54
She also is probably really smart and goes to an Ivy League school
00:41:58
Nobody's going to think that
00:42:00
So if I really lean into this one aspect about myself
00:42:03
I think I can hide the other part and keep that to my advantage
00:42:06
So I am being strategic, I am working on different things
00:42:09
But hopefully they just see me as a physical competitor
00:42:12
What would you say is your biggest superpower and your biggest piece of kryptonite that you're bringing from your life into the game?
00:42:18
Definitely my autism for both of those
00:42:20
Interesting, double sword
00:42:22
Yes exactly and that's the thing with autism is that a lot of people think autism is being something bad
00:42:27
And that it's a big roadblock to success
00:42:29
But I believe that I would not have been as successful in my life without having my autism
00:42:33
Because I know it's provided me with so much drive because I get these fixations on things which can be very bad
00:42:40
But I've learned in my life to channel that towards my goals
00:42:43
And using my fixated mindset to achieve what I want
00:42:47
And sure there's also a lot of downsides
00:42:49
So that's where the bad part comes in
00:42:52
That yes there are times when I get super overwhelmed and overstimulated
00:42:56
And that can have a very large physical effect on me
00:42:59
As well as there's other things with autism like my inability to recognize social cues
00:43:04
I'm a very social person, I have a ton of energy, love talking to people
00:43:08
But I don't pick up on the small social cues that everyone else does
00:43:12
And so this game where everyone's lying to me
00:43:15
A lot of that's going to go over my head
00:43:17
So that's where I have to really make sure I'm building strong alliances
00:43:20
With people who I can trust to tell me the truth
00:43:22
Well on that note let's talk about some people that hopefully you can trust in
00:43:25
Because I'm sure you've been sitting around, you've been making eyes, you've been picking up vibes
00:43:29
Let's start on the positive side
00:43:30
Who are some people that you feel great about?
00:43:33
That best case scenario you're hitting the beach on day one
00:43:35
This is someone I could write to the end of the game with
00:43:37
Yeah, I mean knowing myself and that I'm an athlete
00:43:40
And I look at everyone else in the view of an athlete
00:43:43
This is a competitive physical game as well as a mental game
00:43:46
I see people who look athletic
00:43:48
And I'm like that's someone that I think I could work with
00:43:51
Because oftentimes people who are very strong and are built, they're hard workers
00:43:55
You put in a lot of time and effort to get those muscles
00:43:58
And to have that strength and sports gives you lots of different morals that people who don't play sports don't have
00:44:04
About hard work and teamwork and many things in general
00:44:07
So I saw two guys over the last couple days that I think I'd really like to work with
00:44:11
One of them, he's a black guy who looks very strong, great smile
00:44:16
I think I was wearing a lacrosse shirt at one point, lacrosse is pretty close to hockey
00:44:20
That's someone that I think I could get along with
00:44:22
That would be a great ally to have
00:44:24
As well as there's an Asian man who looks about my age as well
00:44:27
Also looks muscular, another guy who's smiley
00:44:29
I like the happy people you know
00:44:31
And so seeing him too, I think he looks like someone who I could get along with
00:44:35
He just seems like a fun nice guy
00:44:37
And so those are two people that I'm hoping I could get one of them on my tribe
00:44:41
What's the biggest thing you value in an alliance partner?
00:44:44
Somebody that I can trust, like I said I'm not going to recognize lying
00:44:48
And so I want to have someone that I'm solid with that I feel like I can trust
00:44:52
And can look to my teammates
00:44:55
Because my teammates are like brothers to me
00:44:57
And I want to find someone who I can have that connection with
00:45:00
Because especially at the beginning of this game you are a team
00:45:03
And sure it's a very complex relationship but at the ground root of it
00:45:07
You want to get further in the game and that's their goal too
00:45:10
So how can we do that together?
00:45:11
Yeah I mean how much do you anticipate you know conflict with that
00:45:14
This idea that you are coming from this team sport background where everyone is working together towards
00:45:18
Literally a common goal
00:45:20
Is that going to butt up against this idea that only one person is going to make that power play at the end of the day?
00:45:25
I mean ultimately in sports too there's a lot of competition that happens outside of just your team playing for to win a game
00:45:33
Uh huh
00:45:34
There's also the competition to make the team
00:45:36
There's we're all at triodes together and not all of us are going to make it so I've gone through that with the people that were teammates
00:45:42
We've been teammates but also we're all competing for limited spots on a team or for to be on the first line
00:45:49
There's different little aspects of competition within all of it that you're not always working towards that one goal together
00:45:56
You all have your individual launch as well but it's just being able to balance that
00:46:00
Because you can't be the asshole who's just being a dick to the rest of your teammates
00:46:03
And because you want to be on the power play you know like you still have to be a team so you can all work together
00:46:08
So let's look on the other side of things
00:46:10
Let's talk about maybe these assholes or dicks or whatever your other body parts you're perceiving
00:46:14
Is there anybody that you you're picking up smile they're not good vibes from or you can't read in particular any red flags
00:46:20
You're getting from people
00:46:21
I mean there's people that I just think are annoying
00:46:23
Please describe them to me
00:46:25
There's this black woman who she just has been we're supposed to be quiet right and she's just often been like making little comments
00:46:32
They're doing little extra things that I'm just like dude chill like and it's just been kind of getting on my nerves
00:46:38
So I'm like that's someone that I'm kind of like I don't think I would want to work with her
00:46:41
Interesting
00:46:42
There's also been a few people that I've still seen them wearing makeup and ear like big hoop earrings
00:46:47
And we're we're out already sleeping intense every night we're in the wilderness a little bit already
00:46:51
And I'm like why are you still getting ready to look nice like what like it just seems very contradictory to my thoughts on this game
00:46:58
So these are people that I know that I'm very different from so I don't think I would be working with
00:47:03
When it comes to your thesis on survivor I mean the new era is a lot of to reference in terms of idols, advantages, journeys
00:47:10
How much are you incorporating that into your your own sort of manifesto?
00:47:14
Yeah, I'm not going to finding things I'm definitely not going to find an advantage like I am the worst at looking for stuff
00:47:21
I like I always whatever it's like oh like where did I put this thing and I spend forever looking for it
00:47:26
And then it's like the first place that I looked that I just didn't see and I'm like
00:47:29
So I really doubt that I'll be able to pick out a tiny little idol hidden somewhere in the forest
00:47:34
So I'm kind of discounted that for my thoughts on what I'm going to be able to do
00:47:38
So I feel like I have to rely more on the rest of my gameplay instead of all these little additional things that you could find
00:47:44
Would you ever like volunteer to go on a journey which is less about seeking but more about decision making?
00:47:50
I mean the hard thing about volunteering for something is that it does put a target on you
00:47:56
Like then you see that time and time again so I'm like I would not volunteer for a journey
00:48:00
However I think if we lost the first challenge and it's doing sweater savvy I would volunteer for the sweat task
00:48:06
Because of two things one then I get to show that look I'm a physical player I'm showing that I'm physical by going to do this big physical thing
00:48:14
And two the other person who would go with me on that is also probably another strong player
00:48:19
That's true
00:48:20
So it gets me an opportunity to talk to someone who is going to be a potential ally because they have those characteristics that I look for
00:48:25
Well Q and Jolinsky said that as well though I do feel like season 45 and 46 definitely felt like definitive step from the first four seasons of the new era
00:48:36
I'm sure as you were finding out you were coming out here you probably had one eye on those seasons
00:48:40
Trying to find some takeaways to incorporate into your own game what would some of those takeaways be?
00:48:44
Play your idol definitely play your idol
00:48:47
So you won't be finding them but you'll be telling people to play him
00:48:50
Oh my gosh I can't believe so many people went home with idols in their pockets that is ridiculous
00:48:56
I mean that's for sure a thing that I'd want to do because it's all just about like the little steps to get to the next thing
00:49:02
Because to me I kind of think here's going to be a big hockey analogy
00:49:05
But for the beginning of the game when we're in our tribes that is like regular season
00:49:11
The regular season you're playing games you want to win and stuff but it's not if you lose it's not super bad yet
00:49:17
But once you hit the jury once we merge there's the jury there now all of a sudden you're in playoffs
00:49:24
And you're playing for the Stanley Cup so here's where you're really kicking into gear
00:49:28
And in hockey when it hits playoffs all of a sudden everything's way more physical
00:49:32
It's way more intense everyone wants it that much more
00:49:35
And so the regular season is just we got to get ourselves in a good position to make it to the playoffs
00:49:40
And then you really kick it into gear so to me that's what I'm thinking about
00:49:43
That I'm like I have to make it through the regular season, like stay with my tribe hopefully I can make it through there
00:49:49
And then once we hit the merge then it's really game is on I'm playing for the Stanley Cup
00:49:54
What is your favorite moment in survivor history?
00:49:57
A lot, a lot that you have
00:50:00
I mean I think my favorite moment is kind of like a heartwarming one
00:50:06
Okay, and when Noel who she had one leg and she had to go across a little balance beam
00:50:13
And she could not do it over and over just kept falling off it and she got so frustrated and you could just see it and I just felt so bad
00:50:19
I really liked her and I was like oh my gosh like she got to do it everyone else is way past that part of the challenge
00:50:24
They're all throwing their bigs by now and finally she gets across that beam she goes up
00:50:29
She throws her bigs like one after another lands all of them and she won the challenge
00:50:33
And it was just like the biggest comeback story and it just showed like so much heart and grit and dedication that she didn't give up
00:50:40
And that's how I want to play is I want to be that person who doesn't give up
00:50:43
And like you're gonna get knocked down and I see that and I'm like she got up and she had one leg to get up on and she still did it
00:50:49
I think she's so cool and I want to be like her
00:50:52
What is your hottest survivor take? What do you think is your most controversial opinion about a player, a season, the show in general?
00:50:59
I think that you should not be allowed to ask what someone's gonna do with the money in the final tribal council
00:51:04
Okay
00:51:05
I think that that should have no that's no indication of how someone played the rules are to out-wit, out-play and out-last
00:51:12
And that's what the jury should be making their decision based on not on who needs the money the most or who do you think is gonna use it the best
00:51:20
Like no it should be based on your gameplay not outside factors
00:51:23
Yeah I mean it's always tough because you obviously get to know people out there and everyone has a reason to vote the way that they do
00:51:28
But it sounds like you're gonna be more gameplay are you gonna be checking the resumes that type of juror?
00:51:32
Yeah definitely like looking at like what did you actually do for this game not like who's the most likable?
00:51:37
I think it should be like how did you play I'm checking the boxes did you win challenges did you make big moves like not like
00:51:44
Oh you were really nice to everybody I think that that's that's just like a plus that keeps people from voting you off
00:51:49
But I don't think that that should be a reason someone should win
00:51:52
Let me throw an odd scenario in front of you if you could bring a celebrity or a fictional character out as a loved one for a loved one's visit who would it be and why?
00:52:02
Oh I get to meet like any celebrity any celebrity you want to yeah while you happen to be on survivors
00:52:09
Yeah while I happen to be on survivor are they competing with me in a challenge or that I just get to meet them
00:52:13
Listen blank canvas you can do whatever you want with them
00:52:15
Oh I think I would I would love to meet Wayne Gratsky I mean he's the greatest hockey player of all time I mean at least for his era
00:52:24
There's been now the hockey players have definitely changed but he is amazing and I would love to get the opportunity to meet him
00:52:31
I think that he's just like a very cool guy to get to meet so that would be someone I'd want I'd want to bring out here for sure
00:52:38
But if someone was gonna be competing in a challenge with me I think I would bring Connor McDavid
00:52:42
I feel like he's a crazy athlete I mean just one the cons might without even winning the cup
00:52:46
Yeah so I'd love to have him alongside me as my loved one to help do win a challenge as I used to do
00:52:51
I mean the question is like you know how deadly are they without skates on though
00:52:55
Oh they're powerful people yeah I mean Wayne Gratsky's old now but in Connor McDavid that man trains like a water buffalo
00:53:02
I don't know you guys crazy
00:53:05
Last thing I want to ask is that obviously 50s in the back of everyone's head we know it's return ease
00:53:10
How are you gonna make your mark this season so that we're gonna be having a conversation a year from now for Survivor 50
00:53:16
I'm gonna win
00:53:18
That's very simple yeah
00:53:20
That's the game plan I win and you want me back
00:53:23
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00:53:29
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00:53:37
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00:53:44
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00:54:00
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00:54:05
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