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Jack Vita Show: Entertainment | Reality TV | Survivor | The Traitors | Big Brother | The Challenge

Join published journalist Jack Vita each week for coverage of your favorite reality competition shows, including CBS" Survivor, Big Brother, The Amazing Race, Peacock"s The Traitors, NBC"s Deal or No Deal Island, and MTV"s The Challenge. Featuring weekly recaps, analysis, exit interviews and longform interviews with reality TV contestants new and old! Guests include Stephenie LaGrossa, Cirie Fields and Rachel Reilly. This is the podcast feed for all entertainment content on the Jack Vita Show. For

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01:22:08

Danni Boatwright Talks 'Survivor: Guatemala’,...

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2024/07/19

From May 3, 2023 — Survivor winner, longtime Kansas City sports radio host and NFL wife Danni Boatwright visits the Jack Vita Show for the first time! Danni is someone that Jack has wanted to have on his show, since before he ever had a podcast! After five years, Jack has finally hunted down the white whale. In the year 2005, Danni won the 11th season of Survivor, Survivor: Guatemala. She is the first Survivor winner to appear on the Jack Vita Show! Danni defeated our very own Stephenie LaGrossa

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01:10:37

Survivor's Stephenie LaGrossa Kendrick on The...

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2024/07/19

From February 13, 2023 — Our very own Stephenie LaGrossa Kendrick returned to reality television in 2022 on USA Network's Snake in the Grass, after 13 years away from competing! Now, she's out of retirement, and back with her first multi-episode show since Survivor: Heroes vs. Villains. Stephenie competed on Peacock's new hit reality show, The Traitors. Stephenie visits the Jack Vita Show for the SEVENTH time; this time to discuss her experience competing in Scotland on The

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00:43:24

Big Brother's Rachel Reilly, Survivor's Stephenie...

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2024/07/18

From January 11, 2023 — Big Brother legend Rachel Reilly Villegas joins Survivor legend Stephenie LaGrossa Kendrick and average podcaster Jack Vita for a fun conversation on the Jack Vita Show, discussing their time on USA's Snake in the Grass, and previewing their latest adventure: The Traitors, airing on Peacock beginning January 12, 2023.Rachel won Big Brother 13 in the year 2011. She has also won Fear Factor and Snake in the Grass, and competed on The Amazing Race three times, placing third

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01:19:29

Gervase Peterson Talks Survivor: Borneo, Philadelphia...

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2024/07/17

From February 6, 2023 — Survivor legend and longtime Philadelphia sports fan Gervase Peterson visits the Jack Vita Show to preview Super Bowl LVII, talk Philly sports, and reflect on his time on reality television.Back in 2000, Gervase competed on the first season of Survivor, Survivor: Borneo. It was a national phenomenon. 53 million people tuned in to the show's season finale, where Richard Hatch was awarded the million dollar prize. The show was such a huge success. It laid the groundwork

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00:59:17

Former Oakland A's Pitcher Ryan Dull Talks Survivor,...

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2024/07/16

From January 3, 2023 — Former pitcher for the Oakland Athletics, New York Yankees and Toronto Blue Jays and current MLB free agent Ryan Dull visits the Jack Vita Show to discuss his life in baseball, his Christian faith, and his love for the long-running reality television show Survivor. Ryan pitched for the A's from 2015 to 2019. He set a Major League Baseball record for stranding the most consecutive inherited runners. His jersey is in Cooperstown at the National Baseball Hall of Fame and

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01:53:59

Dr. Sean Kenniff Dishes on Survivor: Borneo, Alphabet...

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2024/07/14

From November 23, 2022 — Dr. Sean Kenniff is a neurologist and was a castaway on the first season of Survivor, Survivor: Borneo, on which he finished in fifth place. On the latest episode of the Jack Vita Show, Sean joins Jack to discuss his time on reality television and share what he has been up to in the 22 years since he appeared on Survivor's first season. The first season of Survivor, which aired in the summer of 2000, was a national phenomenon. 53 million people tuned in to the show's

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01:24:43

Survivor Stephenie LaGrossa Kendrick TELLS ALL on USA...

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2024/07/13

From September 14, 2022 — Three-time Survivor star and wife to World Series champion Kyle Kendrick, Stephenie LaGrossa Kendrick, recently came out of retirement to compete on a new reality competition show called Snake in the Grass on USA Network. It was her first appearance on reality television in over 12 years. Stephenie was thrust into the jungle of Costa Rica with fellow Survivor legend Cirie Fields and Big Brother icons Rachel Reilly Villegas and Janelle Pierzina DeSanto. The four women

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02:01:55

Brittany Baldi Talks The Challenge: Battle of the...

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2024/07/12

From September 9, 2022 — High Point Rockers emcee and former MTV Challenger (The Challenge: Battle of the Exes II) Brittany Baldi visits the Jack Vita Show to reflect on her time on reality television and discuss a wide variety of topics including how the media and reality television have changed, life as a baseball WAG, how potential rule changes coming to Major League Baseball have functioned while being tested in independent league baseball, and much more! Brittany made her reality television

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01:43:10

Jessica McCain France Talks The Challenge, Real...

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2024/07/11

From July 2, 2022 — Minor league baseball wife, former The Real World: Portland cast member, and four-time Challenger (on MTV's The Challenge) Jessica McCain France (@TheMTVJess on Instagram) visits the Jack Vita Show for a very in-depth conversation covering a wide variety of topics.Jessica's husband, J.P. France, is a AAA pitcher in the Houston Astros' farm system. J.P. was named the Sugar Land Space Cowboys' player of the month for the month of June. Jessica tells the story of

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01:40:28

Survivor: Africa's Clarence Black Talks Detroit...

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2024/07/10

Survivor: Africa contestant, army officer and sports radio veteran Clarence Black visits the Jack Vita Show to talk Michigan head coach Juwan Howard swinging at Wisconsin assistant Joe Krabbenhoft and Howard's five-game suspension handed to him from the university, the MLB lockout, the Detroit Tigers' exciting future, memories from the 2004 Detroit Pistons' championship season, former Lions' quarterback Matthew Stafford collecting a Super Bowl ring, Clarence's love for America

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01:16:33

Clay Harbor Talks NFL Career, Time on 'The Bachelor'

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2024/07/09

From December 27, 2021 — 9-year NFL tight end and The Bachelorette, Bachelor In Paradise contestant Clay Harbor visits the Jack Vita Show to recap NFL Week 16 (2021) and discuss Matt Nagy's future with the Chicago Bears, Nick Foles' impressive performance in Seattle, and what changes may be coming soon for the Bears, Russell Wilson's future with the Seahawks and in the NFL, the Cincinnati Bengals taking over the AFC North, Clay's time playing for the Philadelphia Eagles, Jacksonville

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01:05:05

Brad Culpepper Talks Survivor: Blood vs. Water,...

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2024/07/08

From December 20, 2021 — Former NFL defensive tackle, Florida Gators football great, two-time Survivor contestant and current trial lawyer Brad Culpepper visits the Jack Vita Show to discuss Urban Meyer receiving the boot from Jacksonville Jaguars (and why Urban didn't stick in the NFL), his time playing in the NFL under coaches Tony Dungy, Lovie Smith and Herm Edwards, his thoughts on Florida hiring Billy Napier as its next head coach, how college football and the NFL has changed since he

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00:55:35

Jodi Wincheski Talks The Amazing Race, Survivor, and...

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2024/07/07

From December 10, 2021 — Jodi Wincheski, contestant on The Amazing Race 14 and longtime reality TV casting producer visits the Jack Vita Show to discuss her time on The Amazing Race and tell stories from behind the scenes of casting and working on reality shows!Jodi worked as a casting producer for over ten years, casting for shows such as Survivor, Big Brother and The Amazing Race! Jack and Jodi discuss how reality television has changed over the past decade, what casting producers are looking for

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00:53:17

Teresa "T-Bird" Cooper Talks Survivor: Africa,...

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2024/07/06

From October 26, 2021 — In this special episode of the Jack Vita Show, longtime Atlanta Braves fan and Survivor: Africa contestant Teresa "T-Bird" Cooper calls in to celebrate the Braves' first National League pennant since 1999. T-Bird attended the Braves' NL pennant-clinching game 6 of the NLCS at Truist Park in Atlanta Saturday night. T-Bird tells us of her experience at the historic game, her 40-year friendship with Brian Snitker and Snitker's wife Ronnie, and her favorite

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00:40:06

Golf Pro Garrett Powell Answers Listener Questions...

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2024/07/05

From June 21, 2021 — In this episode, fifth-place finisher of Hannah Brown's season of The Bachelorette Garrett Powell returns to the Jack Vita Show, to dive deeper into The Bachelor franchise. In his second appearance on the Jack Vita Show, Garrett answers YOUR questions about The Bachelor franchise and chats more about his Christian faith.This is a segment from a longer conversation with Garrett, where Garrett discussed the 2021 US Open, the College World Series, Major League Baseball news

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01:13:54

Dario Medrano Talks MTV's The Challenge, Baseball

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2024/07/04

From June 14, 2021 — Dario Medrano, formerly a contestant on MTV's The Challenge and Are You The One? and a former Division I college baseball player, visits the Jack Vita Show to talk college baseball, MLB news, pitchers using foreign substances for spin rate and MLB's attempt to crack down on it, the College Football Playoff's proposed expansion and its implications, and Dario's time on The Challenge. Why did Dario decide to work with Johnny Bananas on Rivals III? Why hasn't he

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01:15:48

The Bachelorette's Jordan Kimball Talks Bachelor in...

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2024/07/03

From May 19, 2021 — Jordan Kimball, star of 'The Bachelorette' and 'Bachelor in Paradise' visits the Jack Vita Show for an unforgettable interview. Jordan tells the story of how he was cast on Becca Kufrin's season of The Bachelorette (season 14), how he was depicted as the season's villain, how he was supposed to be cast on the most recent season of MTV's The Challenge, 'The Challenge: Double Agents', how he became the Mayor of Paradise on 'Bachelor in

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00:52:54

Golf Pro Garrett Powell Spills Secrets from 'The...

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2024/07/02

From May 1, 2021 — Golf pro Garrett Powell finished in fifth place on Hannah Brown's season of The Bachelorette back in 2019. In this interview, Garrett opens up about his experience on The Bachelorette, and shines some light on some things that viewers probably aren't aware of, regarding the true reality of reality television and The Bachelor franchise. He shares his casting story and opens up about how going on television sunk him in to a season of deep depression. Yet through it all, he

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01:05:02

What If 19 MLB Players Competed on Survivor? (Feat....

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2024/07/01

From February 20, 2021 — With the help of Albert Destrade, second runner-up on Survivor: South Pacific, the Jack Vita Show creates a fictional Survivor season consisting ONLY of 19 Major League Baseball players. Jack and Albert run the simulation via Brandt-Steele. Who will outwit, outplay and outlast to claim the million dollar prize? Tune in to Survivor: King of the Diamond! Featuring: Aaron Judge (New York Yankees), Alex Bregman (Houston Astros), Chris Archer (Tampa Bay Rays), J.D. Martinez

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01:07:00

Jay Starrett (The Challenge: Double Agents, The...

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2024/06/30

From February 13, 2021 — Dubbed "The Future of 'The Challenge" in an article written by Jack last week, Jay Starrett visits the Jack Vita Show to discuss his latest run on The Challenge (The Challenge: Double Agents), his rookie season (The Challenge: Total Madness), his time on Survivor 33 (Survivor: Millennials vs. Gen X), how to prepare for reality television, what life on The Challenge is like, how it compares to life on the island, where his drive and love for competition comes

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