Digging For Idols

Not much has changed in the twelve years since Survivor: One World. Bill Posley is still doing stand-up and Taylor Swift is still writing songs about ex-boyfriends. In this episode, we look at the multi-talented Bill's brief appearance as a burger joint manager in the obscure 2017 teen romcom "Vikes", which also stars a pre-Euphoria Sydney Sweeney. Plus, which Tortured Poets Department lyrics remind us of Survivor?

Taylor and Christopher find themselves marooned on the Hallmark Channel this week while braving the 2016 fall-in-love-with-your-comment-section-troll romcom "Hearts of Spring" starring Lisa Whelchel of Survivor: Philippines (among other things).

Take shelter from these troubled times with this episode covering Survivor: Tocantins castaway Candace Smith's performance as a social worker in the 2013 Vanessa Hudgens pregnant teen drama "Gimme Shelter". Plus: Christopher and Taylor spin the Tocantins makeout wheel after hearing a clip of Candace running down who she'd kiss on that season.

In this DFI mini we forego the usual song and dance to discuss Survivor tattoos: who's got 'em, who should get 'em, and which Survivor quotes would we most like to see inked?

Taylor's birthday pick has us going (out)back to the early aughts to behold 3-time Survivor Jerri Manthey's performance in the 2005 island creature feature "Komodo vs. Cobra."

2022's Babylon is manic and relentlessly abrasive. A perfect vehicle for Survivor: Panama's Shane Powers! This ep we are covering his wild Survivor stint and his brief but prominent role as a security guard in Babylon. Plus: which Oscar winners do we want to see on Survivor?

Christopher's birthday choice of covering uncredited parkour stunts by Frosti (Survivor: China) in the pilot episode of Chuck spirals into a nesting doll of birthdays and intrigue. Will our hosts uncover the details of Frosti's involvement in time?

DFI is thrilled to welcome our first ever guest on the show, the extremely interesting and multi-talented Rita Verreos! Rita joined us for a marathon chat about her fascinating upbringing, her current gig as Jewelry Television's first bilingual host, and of course, Survivor: Fiji.

Music is in the air with the 2024 Grammys this week and DFI is double dipping on castaways as we cover Survivor: South Pacific's favorite showmance Whitney & Keith joining forces in the music video for Whitney's 2021 song "Lightweight". Plus: pairing Grammy Song of the Year Winners with Survivor players!

In light of CBS dropping Season 46 cast auditions pre-season, Taylor and Christopher pause their usual subject matter to each recap and rate a variety pack of five Survivor audition tapes. Who will be awarded the coveted 5 out of 5 fish score?

Listener discretion advised for this very special and very adult episode in which Taylor and Christopher slither into the grossest recesses of the internet to find The Virgins of Sherwood Forest,  the pre-Survivor adult film starring eventual Survivor: Thailand winner Brian Heidik. Plus, which Survivor episode titles sound the most like the names of adult films?

From one social experiment to another, this episode we follow Rita Verreos from the snake-infested sands of Survivor: Fiji to a racism-infested episode of What Would You Do? that pits a character played by Rita against a restaurant full of outraged San Antonians. Plus: Taylor names a Survivor: Fiji boy band.

We've got a fever and the only prescription is more Cao Boi! DFI’s hosts are NOT splitting the votes this week in their appraisal of Cook Islands’ Cao Boi Bui and his performance in the 2017 futuristic sci-fi short film “The Last Fisherman,” but what rating will they agree on? Plus: who will direct the movie version of Cao Boi’s "Plan Voodoo" dream and who would you cast on an all-twins edition of Survivor?

In our first attempt at a "mini" ep during a holiday week, DFI goes on a side quest to investigate a mysterious and extremely elaborate alternate universe / fanfiction Survivor wiki that was found while investigating an earlier episode.

Jefra Bland Hines appeared in a handful of music videos around the time that she was cast as a member of the Beauty tribe on Survivor: Cagayan, most notably the Shooter Jennings music video anthology "The Other Side." Will her work as "The Wife" earn her a  Digging for Idols tiara and sash or will she be left on the southern rock pageant jury?

You may recall learning about the denizens of wrestler John Hennigan's "Slamtown" during Survivor: David vs. Goliath, but did you know he was also brochachos with a burping pig named Arlo ? Leave your table manners back at camp because we're going to sanctuary this week to overindulge on John's performance as Tommy the painter in the family film Arlo: The Burping Pig (2016).

Fill your elephant dung canteens with boiled amoebic dysentery and cow blood! We're headed back to Survivor: Africa to talk about the extremely dehydrated Jessie Camacho and her equally dehydrated character in the 2010 crime/adventure flick "Treasure of the Black Jaguar."

It was never a question of "if," only "when." DFI is on a Sugar high and digging through the center of the earth to Stars Hollow for the deepest of dives into the nexus of pop culture where Survivor and Gilmore Girls overlap: Sugar Kiper (Gabon, Heroes vs. Villains) and her performance as Shane in the s3e07 episode, "They Shoot Gilmores, Don't They?"