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Tribal Council Chat

by Bruce Heller and Brett Parnell, Reality Realm Network

Two friends and survivor Buffs having fun talking about our favorite show. Join in on the fun with us!Flagship show of the Reality Realm Podcast Network

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Episodes

  1. Pick A Buff, Any Buff

    Were opening this week with the reaction to Patt's blindside, but the new majority is short lived because everyone drop your buffs. We see Toka stay generally in tact among its former members and add Kristin as a number, Savu is split with Jelly in the middle, and our new tribe Dina sees Linnea…

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  2. Was It An Accident?

    We're back with another episode this week and it was a wild one. We start with Rob disappearing, before calling a doctor to engineer a quit the next day Then Devin and Carter get to visit the other tribe, where they get the chance to earn an advantage on the opposing beach as well as the chance…

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  3. You Can't Do That

    This week were talking about Episode 2 of Survivor 51. We open the episode with the reaction to the first tribal, Lewis' arrival, and Brady cutting off a part of his finger with the machete. We then see Ana start carelessly throwing out names with gets her into trouble with Alexis, Linnea and...

  4. World Series Chat

    We're back for our second annual world series chat. Where the hosts of Tribal Council Chat talk about our predictions for the month of October. From the LA Dodgers outspending everyone to one of the greatest rivalries in American Sports, we give our predictions from game 1 tomorrow right through...

  5. You Have Two Minutes to Get Off This Boat

    This week we start our Survivr 51 coverage starting with a marooning that is a throwback to old school survivor. We then see the new era game entering with Lewis volunteering to go on the first journey. Alliances start to form, accusations about idol hunting and misrepresentation are spreading...

  6. Survivor 51 Cast Assesment

    Join us we as break down, discuss and share what we're excited for with the Survivor 51 cast.

  7. Reality Realm Survivor 51 Draft

    This week the Reality Realm team gets together for our seasonly tradition, the fantasy draft!! tune in as Bruce, Brett, Kevin, Heather, Kyle and Steve draft their teams, along with finding out whose on the audience team and decide who has the best chance to win the draft pool this season!!

  8. Now The Power Shifts To The Jury

    This week we are talking about the best final tribal council individual performances of all time. We cover day 39 across many eras of Survvior from the original season into the modern game. We talk about when players correctly owned their game, when they played a human side, how the game was won,...

  9. Spirits and the Final Four

    We're back for one final time on the subject of rewatching Survivor Vanuatu This week we open the episode with Eliza and Twila arguing, who ever saw that one coming. We then go to final 4 immunity where the law student does not get over the bar required for safety. We then go to final three and…

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  10. All I do is Win

    This week we are talking about the best winning games in Survivor history.We each come with our top 10 list from.Hatch and Tom all the way to Dee, discuss each other's picks, and have some honorable mentions.in between.

  11. Eruption of Volcanic Magnitude

    This week we open the second last episode of the rewatch with Twila being called out by Eliza for her broken promises.We then go to reward where Julie, currently sitting on the bottom of Alinta, wins a horseback ride up Mt. Yasur and takes Chris. Will she find a way to improve her standing in the...

  12. La Reina de Fiyi

    We're back with another player profile and this week and after doing Rick Devens last month were now hosting the Dee Valladares Episode on TCC.We open the show talking about the Reba four and Dee's hold on power in the early parts of 45, before her first couple trips to tribal where J'Maya and…

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  13. A New Additon To The Reality Realm

    Reality Realm Network co-founders Brett Parnell And Bruce Heller are here with an exciting announcement! Frequent Reality Realm guest and Tribal Council Chat Drafter and Bruce's mom, Heather Heller is now officially joining the RR team as the host of a new show!! Heather and Bruce will be teaming...

  14. Now Who's in Charge Here?!

    We'e back with our 3rd from final Vanuatu rewatch episode that opens with the shock of Chris and Eliza still on the beach while LeeAnn is off having a margarita at Pondarosa and therefore its a brand new game.At the reward challenge, Eliza takes home the keys to a new car and is joined by Chris…

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  15. Reality meets Fiction

    We're back for another Tribal Council Chat Fantasy Draft but this time with a twist. Rather than past players we're drafting a tribes of fictional chatecters to battle against each other on the beaches of Fiji. From old school characters that are never forgotten like Rocky Balboa and Atticus…

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  16. Surprise and...Surprise Again

    We're back with our friend Steven aka @SurvivorQuotesX for another episode of our Vanuatu rewatch. We open with Chris who is now the last man standing, and follow with a reward challenge that turns into a loves ones visit. Eliza's mother Susan gets to come back to camp for the night, giving us...

  17. New Era Mt. Rushmore with Kevin Oliver.

    This week Pit Stop Pals and Round Table Talk co host Kevin Oliver joins us for our new era Mount Rushmore episode.We cover all the players we considered, before going into our choices for our own personal four most iconic players of the era. We also cover some other categories such as Mount...

  18. Culture Shock and Violent Storms

    We're back with another Vanuatu recap and now the season is getting spicy. We open the episode with a painful reward challenge for Eliza and Julie, leading for four players taking their pig on a trip to a local village. After a airplane accident, Cava intoxication, poor food but an amazing…

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  19. Pre Merge Second Chance

    This week were drafting tribes of 10 to compete against each other in a sim but with a twist, every player had to be eliminated pre merge across their survivor career.From old school favorites Cao Boi and Brian Corridan to new schoolers including Anna Khait and Brice Izyah to the new era with...

  20. Gender Wars...It's Getting Ugly

    This week Alinta gets back to camp and after Julie and Twila stuck with Original Yasur, the men are shocked and now have to play without Rory.Leanne and Julie go on reward together and then the battle of the semester go up a level as the girls smuggle buffalo wings back for the women but only…

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  21. The Kathy Vavrick O'Brien Episode

    This week were back with our friend Steven aka @SurvivorQuotesX to talk about his favorite player of all time, Kathy Vaverick O'Brien.We talk about Kathy's entrance onto Survivor, how the first random tribe swap and her journey with Boston Rob impacted her first game, her rising threat level…

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  22. Now the Battle Really Begins

    It's day 22, time for final or I mean the merge episode that we don't have to earn. We open this week with Julie turning on the flirt card to Sarge, along with everyone else on Lopevi.We then go to the reward challenge where Lopevi works better as a team and earns themselves a tray of sugar…

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  23. Reporting Live From Reality Realm

    Coinciding with his apperance in the Big Brother House, it's the Rick Devens episode on Tribal Council Chat. We start on Manu AKA disaster tribe and talk about Rick's alliance with David Wright, before Lauren, Wentworth and Wardog vote him out of the game. We then talk about his battle back into...

  24. Anger, Threats, Tears, and Coffee

    This week we're back with Episode 7 of Survivor Vanuatu for our rewatch series.We open with Rory frustrated as it seems like, in his view, that he contributes far more than Eliza yet as no chance to proceed in the game because of his gender. Ami in contrast explains that she feels Rory, as she…

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  25. The Open Era Is Upon Us

    We're back for another offseason episode talking about the future. We're starting to see ads for the open era during Dee and Devens' jump into Big Brother, so we put on our EP suit and decided to decide what we would like to see from the next 10 seasons. We take five game elements each that we…

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  26. Hog Tied

    This week we are back with another re watch episode for Survivor Vanuatu. We open the episode with entertaining yet brilliant strategy from Rory to keep calm and fit in with new Yasur. We have a challenge that has everyone, or at least everyone but Eliza chasing pigs in the mud. Back at Lopevi…

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  27. Holiday week Trivia

    Happy 4th of July and Happy Canada Day from Tribal Council Chat. This week we continue with our annual tradition, challenging each other to some Survivor trivia. This week Brett and Bruce ask each other 20 Survivor related questions from across 50 seasons. Time to kick back and have some fun…

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  28. Earthquakes and Shake-Ups!

    We're back again with another Vanuatu rewatch episode and the season has started to shake, literallyWe open the episode with a volcanic eruption at the real Mt. Yasur, followed by the tribes erupting as each tribe is told to select one cheif.Getting back to camp, everyone is working as hard as...

  29. Day 39 Or 26

    This week we're talking final tribal councils, and going over our lists of favorite sets of players to sit together at the end of the game. From China to 49, we're talking our favorite moments from players who were both winners and runner ups.

  30. Now That's A Reward

    This week we're talking episode 4 of Survivor: Vanuatu. We open with infighting at both tribes as Lisa voted with the older women and Sarge and Rory are well, Sarge and Rory.Lopevi can't strategically play the match game, leading Yasur to get 24 hours with local resident Da who will show them how...

  31. A Cast Of Characters

    This episode we're back doing another draft and season simulation but without any strategy involved. It's all about the characters. The most entertaining personalities over 50 seasons.Brett and Bruce will compete against each other to draft the best team of five men and five women to make the…

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  32. Double Tribal, Double Trouble

    We're back with a 3rd episode of our Vanuatu rewatch which starts with Eliza explaining her big move, along with more fights between Mia/Twila and Rory/Sarge.At the challenge we have our first twist of the season with a double tribal and an early appearance for the individual immunity necklack....

  33. World Cup Chat

    For the first time since before we started Tribal Council Chat, the world is coming together to celebrate the beautiful game. Therefore in this special episode, were bringing "world cup chat". Following our Stanley Cup and World Series traditions, we're predicting the world's biggest sporting…

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  34. Burly Girls, Bowheads, Young Studs, and the Old Bunch

    Were back with our second rewatch episode of Survivorn Vanuatu. We're opening this week with Yasur struggling in the elements despite having fire, meanwhile Lopevi struggles with each other after the first vote despite having a harder camp life. At the reward, the girls once again master balance…

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  35. The Russell Episode

    Welcome back to Tribal Council Chat and this week we're doing the character profile of one of Survivor's most infamous villains, Russell Hantz.Starting with Samoa, New Orleans or should I say Houston provides us this overconfident oil executive who is confident in his survival skills and wants to...

  36. They Came At Us With Spears

    We're starting our Vanuatu rewatch this week with the Premiere, that originally aired two days after Brett's 12th birthday.We open the episode with the tribal ceremony with many different reactions to the marooning that involved spears, a greesed pole, and the sacrifice of the swine.The tribes…

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  37. Survivor 50 Rites OF Passage

    Today we have Kevin Oliver back for our bi-annual rights of passage episdoe. We go through the cast of 50 and talk about what we remember from their games, what moments impacted the season, and make our comparisons of which players we feel like most played like compared to past seasons of the show.

  38. Fitzgerald, Lacina, Underwood, and now Champion Bracco

    This week we're talking about the finale of Survivor 50: In the Hands of the Fans. We open with a hard fought immunity challenge where one player pukes in the middle and still manages to win the necklace, followed by everyone fighting to keep their flame lit as the sun rises for a final day in...

  39. Survivor 50 Finale Preview

    We're back for our seasonal finale preview once again. In this special episode, Bruce and Brett discuss each member of the final 5. Why they will win, and why they won't.We then give our predictions of who will win (Aubry), and who we want to win (R-I-Z-G-O-D BABY)

  40. The New Generation Is Here

    This week we're back talking about our final regular episide of the season. We open the episide with the fallout of Ozzy's elimination, and then go to a classic challenge before what has seemed inevitable for weeks finally comes to fruition with Deven's exit from the game.We then go back to camp...

  41. Follow That Dream

    We're back with another epsidoe of Tribal Council Chat and this week we open with some power rankings. We then go into the epsidoe discussing the reaction to final, a memorable challenge from the 30s, and a video review. We then discuss our thoughts on the twist involving the winner of the...

  42. Double the Prize or Drop Dead

    This week, we're back talking about the most recent episode of Survivor Ft. Jimmy AKA Mr. Beast.We open with our players of the week and a draft update from our friend Kevin.We then discuss Aubry's opening confessional followed by Devens move to expose the fake idol.Then its time for an auction...

  43. Robotic Malfunction

    We're back on zoom this week after Brett's trip talking about the most recent episode of Survivor 50. We open with talk about the reaction to Coach and Chrissy's joint exit from the game. We then go to a challenge we have a new competitor, Mr. Jeff Probst. After that the players earn rice, while...

  44. Stanley Cup Chat 26

    Bruce and Brett are Back with our second Stanley Cup chat. in this special episode we analyze and break down the upcoming Stanley Cup Playoffs and make predictions through each roud including the cup Champion

  45. Double Duo Chaos

    This Week Brett is out globe trotting again, so Bruce is joined by his Pit Stop pals co-host, and roundtable talk co-host kevin oliver to discuss episode 8 of survivor 50!! we discuss the aftermath from last week, jonathan and chrissy trying to tame coach as well as the double duo twist anda very...

  46. Let the Games Begin.

    Now that the moon has receeded to sunlight and the jury has started, we are ready to let the games begin. In this special episode of Tribal Council Chat, both hosts are together in one room to discuss Rizo building new alliances, Coach playing the coachiest episode since "The Martyr Approach" and...

  47. Blood Moon Rising

    This week is a bit different. We open the episode with a discussion on the Blood Moon twist, the boomerang idols, the right to vote in survivor, and the game so far. We then go into the episode with a discussion on the merge, the return of exile, a classic challenge, and three tribals with three...

  48. You Forgive, You Forget, but You Never Let It Go

    Were back with episode 5 from Survivor 50 with some movement in the game.This week we have Ozzy and Christian, who had a falling out over Mike's Blindside, continuing to repair their on again off again allyship.However Ozzy also has a new #1 in an old school duo with Steph, setting unanimous…

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  49. We Aint Worried About It

    This week we're back talking about Episode 4 of Survivor 50.We open with the reaction to Q's blindside and Genevieve finding another gift from Billie Eilish, before the reward challenge.The castaways then come to a challenge that is a throwback to all stars, but with a twist that brings out…

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  50. You Told Me To Do This

    This week we are back and onto another episode of Survivor 50. We open with a tribe swap leading some castaways to be all alone while others are reunited with longterm friends from their previous seasons.We then see a new alliance made of the mature players at new Kalo, Emily being loose with...

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ABOUT THIS SHOW

Two friends and survivor Buffs having fun talking about our favorite show. Join in on the fun with us!Flagship show of the Reality Realm Podcast Network

HOSTED BY

Bruce Heller and Brett Parnell, Reality Realm Network

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Two friends and survivor Buffs having fun talking about our favorite show. Join in on the fun with us!Flagship show of the Reality Realm Podcast Network

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