Season Previews

Flemish with Benefits

Grab all the badass car line rider parents you know, as we are back for Amazing Race 32! Each week from now until the end of the season (and who knows when that'll be at this rate?), the "holy" pair of podcasters known as Michael & Logan will be recapping the season, alongside Michelle! However, we first have to get through every fan's favourite episode - and the episode that Racers dread - our cast preview!
In this episode, we wonder whether CBS even cares about Amazing Race anymore, Logan goes hunting for sponsors, there's a basic English lesson for one team, we find more cop-out answers, Africa isn't a country, Michael somehow makes himself the most popular co-host, Logan's three hobbies on his Amazing Race Canada bio are revealed, someone proves quite hard to Google, we give Little Shop of Horrors a 2020 makeover, Michael's berserk button gets hit, we delve back into the archives for a surprising clip and much much more.
If you want to listen to a particular team's segment (but we recommend you listen all the way through!), the time stamps are as follows:
Aparna & Eswar - 08:13-15:41
Riley & Maddison - 15:41-21:01
Gary & DeAngelo - 21:01-28:42
Jerry & Frank - 28:42-37:52
Kellie & LaVonne - 37:52-43:46
Alana & Leo - 43:46-49:06
Nathan & Cody - 49:06-53:16
Chee & Hung - 53:16-1:00:34
Kaylynn & Haley - 1:00:34-1:05:38
Michelle & Vic - 1:05:38-1:14:39
James & Will - 1:14:39-1:26:34
You can find us on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram & YouTube or you can tweet Michael & Logan directly! Thank you for listening - we will see you next Sunday for the first episode!

New Zealand: The Worst Place in the World to be a Tourist?

Michael & Logan are caught off guard, but ready to go with this Amazing Race 31 Season Preview! In this episode:
How do we decide the order of teams in a preview?
We have a quick catch-up for those of you who don’t watch the Benelux Moles.
Why is Michael spoiled?
What is going on with the pre-season information?
Who knows each other going into the season?
Who got a call for 31?
We have an exclusive announcement for the upcoming episodes.
Who’s raced in previous locations? (Be warned: location spoilers – skip to 21:21 if you don’t want to know any!)
Will Art & JJ live up to their legacy?
Should we be shocked by the Racers being the most formidable opponents?
How can we summarise this cast?
Just how long is it since Colin & Christie were last on?
Who will Art & JJ try and expose this season?
Is Podcast Host a job?
Was everyone given instructions to avoid mentioning Italy?
Will we see Double-Battles again?
Six years of practice has completely not helped our Rupert Boneham impressions.
Where does Rupert want to go?
We have a lot of fun with Rachel’s job list.
Which shows has Rachel won?
What difference does Elitha make?
What scares Logan more than flying?
Why were Rachel & Elissa cast as a pair?
Have we learnt anything from Amazing Race 28?
How did Corinne dupe Logan?
Why will Amazing Race never go to Bhutan?
Is being on the Race something to be proud of?
Michael brings tax into the podcast.
What should Floyd’s fear have been?
There’s unexpected savagery from the Afghanimals.
Jamal gets a lesson in branding.
Does Joey Covino have a link to this season?
Where is the most extreme place on Earth?
How were Chris & Bret cast?
Michael threatens to cancel the season.
Who are the Gina & Sylvia of this season?
There’s a reasonably topical joke about American Politics.
Do Big Brother Houseguests have a coffee problem?
We get genuinely excited to discuss one team.
What has happened to Colin & Christie in sixteen years?
Who will be the new Charla & Mirna?
Logan learns what reiki is.
How would they do a leg in Antarctica?
And there’s a genuine surprise for Logan as Michael gets him a present for his 200th episode.
We will be back every Sunday for our recaps!

Fake Labels & Favouritism

Michael & Logan return to preview the sixth season of Amazing Race Canada...and then announce what is happening for the rest of the season. In this episode:
Is this really a special episode?
Michael recommends another podcast.
Why are we actually back for Season 6?
Obviously, we discuss one of Logan's least-favourite people and his very shiny forehead.
What were our first thoughts of the live start line?
What is the worst thing about this season so far?
We announce what we have planned for Podcast 250 and Logan plays for an advantage.
Michael lays down the law on nicknames.
Who took Gord & Wayne's spot?
We explain the MH Rules.
A new game is introduced.
Are you automatically a hero just for being ex-military?
One team has already beaten The Amazing Race Canada.
Logan cares so little about one team he mixes them up with another one.
How unflattering can comparisons get?
We get a geography lecture.
Someone is politely asked not to share their secret sauce.
Does a comparison reveal who is a recruit?
Logan is perplexed by Michael's pre-season favourites.
We rank Big Brother Canada Final Twos.
Is one Racer a psychopath?
What constitutes a first responder?
Logan imagines strangers making out.
Michael uncovers a conspiracy.
What are the contents of Logan's video collection?
There's a surprising amount of Madonna knowledge.
Someone loses an answer.
We disgree greatly on one team.
Logan reveals BC stereotypes.
Amazing Race Canada refuses to acknowledge one country.
We have a pair of ghosts.
One team copies Entourage.
Monty invents a word.
We predict leg prizes.
The Amazing Race Canada Greatest Hits - including Superfan Alex, Skeletor, Shahla and Nabeela and bitch ex-wives - all return.
We nominate heroes of our own.
One team's comparison is so bad, it's both offensive and stupid.
Someone compares their partner to Jesus.
Michael brings up some repressed memories.
Two teams may have a pre-season alliance.
Logan learns about Pokémon.
We bust Quebecois myths.
What is our attitude going into a preview?
Logan spots some irony.
We channel a rival.
We choose some new nicknames for Logan.
And we dig the knife in before revealing our plans for the Summer.

A Look of the Flanarys

Michael & Logan return for the first time in what feels like forever to preview the upcoming Amazing Race season which begins on January 3rd. In this feature-length preview:
We date the podcast slightly by discussing Logan's love life.
CBS have been up to their old tricks of ruining everything for us.
Will we get TAR 31 in 2018?
CTV continue to shock us.
Which team is a less useless version of Shahla & Nabeela?
Some Racers get sent back to maths lessons.
Someone finally breaks the Italy curse.
We try to get a return for Mika & Canaan.
One team spoils our fun.
What may sink April & Sarah?
Team names make Michael nauseous.
We try not to spoil any unannounced locations.
Logan brings up 24.
We skirt around The Good Place spoilers.
Teams get new ridiculous fears.
Which team is most likely to get Trapped in the Drive Thru?
What is our issue with a "Champions" season?
Tim Horton's has finally come to the UK and Michael is excited.
We both have the same first boots in mind.
What is the worst country?
One team risks falling foul of the Roadblock rule.
We notice a lot of job sharing.
One team gives us Ernie & Cindy vibes.
Logan premieres a new impression.
We give some sartorial advice.
Does one team's job prevent them from becoming independent travellers?
Who is the Amazing Race version of Chris Traeger?
Logan gets caught in a lie, in a conversation that Joey Covino would love.
What is a fight strap?
Is one team a bit too...privileged?
Where has Monty gone?
How do you leave Venezuela?
We discuss the latest off-show relationship.
Why do twins never win?
One of Logan's favourite references returns.
Someone has a really crappy fear.
Logan cannot pronounce Indonesian placenames.
Michael gets corrected.
Someone gets awarded the Best Lookalike in podcast history.
And we try not to talk about one particular team.
We'll be back in January for the season recaps!

Still Fifty More Than You, Canada

Logan & Michael (reluctantly) return to preview the upcoming Amazing Race Canada Season and celebrate TWO HUNDRED PODCASTS! In this very special episode:
We switch things up for the 200th episode.
We spitball some alternative intros.
Why are we podcasting this season?
What is the current state of play for Amazing Race Canada?
There’s a yacht story!
Why are we apprehensive about the season?
We discuss our varied history with YouTubers.
Why is everyone so young?
Why is targeting millennials stupid?
Logan has been watching videos.
Michael calls out whoever edits the website.
Someone breaks the MH rules.
We forgot to do something very important.
Will the Quebec legacy continue?
Logan talks basketball.
One sponsor is a bit creepy.
What sort of things should you bring on the Race?
Why are there so many Congolese racers?
Michael has no idea about sport.
Who is the new Mel White?
Pizza Pizza gets a shoutout.
Why are some first boots forgettable?
We recap Logan’s latest trip to LA.
Has Logan had boxed wine?
What is an autobiography?
One team is so bad that they’ll finish eleventh out of ten.
Is there an obvious winner?
How do you prepare for a Race themed around Canada 150?
What is the normal reaction to a team comparing themselves to the VoldeMussolinis?
We discuss Alex Trebek’s rapping.
Logan ruins a great joke.
One Racer is a huge Big Brother fan.
Something is finally made Podcast canon.
How do you find a Saunders grave?
One Racer isn’t a Survivor fan.
Two items brought by one team are a bit sinister.
Where’s Monty?
How did one team prepare for a gross food challenge?
Logan shows off his Magic Mike knowledge.
Michael knows a hip hop song.
We outdo Sir Mixalot.
One team channels Tobias Fünke.
A walk-on song is a callback joke!
How is Amazing Race Canada like Whose Line Is It Anyway?
Who is the voice of Sonic the Hedgehog?
Lame Roadtrips.
Why does Ultimate Frisbee make Logan hate a team?
Why is one team a less-successful Kaylani & Lisa?
When is a word not a word?
Who is not a Hershey bar?
And how should you imagine Michael to be dressed while he’s podcasting?
Thank you to everyone who’s listened over the past two hundred episodes – here’s to hundreds more (just maybe not Amazing Race Canada ones…)

Knitting with Donald Duck

Michael & Logan return to preview the upcoming season of The Amazing Race. In this episode:
Why is the podcast delayed?
Everyone has odd hobbies.
CBS get criticised.
Why would Shamir hate Ted from Survivor: Thailand?
What is the new Wonderful Indonesia?
Will TAR get Season 30?
Logan is obsessed with the Balkans.
A klaxon goes off.
We talk weightlifting.
Someone breaks the MH rules.
What type of partner should you actually want?
Who is the new Hayley?
The world hide & seek champion re-emerges.
What big change has happened with the casting this season?
Why is the cast so young?
There’s some terrible Boston accents.
Michael has a new favourite.
Logan raps.
Someone wants to meet Phil’s dad.
We learn about wrestling.
Kim Possible is somehow relevant.
How big is Missouri?
We get annoyed at how good someone’s biography is.
Someone needs to learn about bottled water.
Does London play video games?
Logan refuses an impression.
Donald Duck makes an appearance.
JK returns.
Should you use emoticons on biographies?
The US hates rugby.
Michael has been ruining songs.
Logan has two degrees of separation from a Racer.
Why do casual fans hate Redmond?
And someone sets the record for the least amount of time that we speak about them.
Thank you for listening - we'll be back every week to recap the episodes!

Wu-lcome to the Fact Zone

Logan has been thawed out from cryogenic storage, so it's time to preview Amazing Race Asia 5: The Glorious Wuturn of Allan Wu! In this episode:
Why is Allan Wu in Spain and on Arrested Development?
Amazing Race Asia is already planning to outdo Amazing Race 24 and Canada.
Logan can't do maths.
We talk about visits to Africa, for some reason.
Who is the Tara Basro of the podcast?
Indonesia is both wonderful and beautiful.
Why are there so many mactors?
Who would be good at head shaving or twerking tasks?
Is Jude Law still a thing?
Logan reveals far too much about one team.
We talk about The Voice UK.
One teams gets brownie points for insulting one of Logan's least favourite Racers ever.
Why is there no age diversity?
We play a game of Hobbit or President?
No-one likes airline food.
Who compares himself to a triple threat?
#MalaysianVikings
Who appeared in SpaceJam?
Someone has oddly specific favourites.
One Racer is a reject from TAR28.
David Hasselhoff gets cast.
Logan tries to jinx it for another one of Michael's favourite teams.
Who has a voice for radio and why is it annoying?
Which team tries to be the new Frankie & Amy?
What does "banter" really mean?
Who follows the PG rules?
Someone swallows a thesaurus.
We exclusively reveal next season's prize for Amazing Race Canada.
Logan hates Elisha Cuthbert.
Whose moustache provides all his paradoxical power?
What is the etiquette for a Double Wu-Turn?
One Racer compares herself to something very inappropriate.
Should you ever trust someone who is "funny" or a "comedian"?
Who is the Tina Greene of Amazing Race Asia?
What is modern technology in Canada?
VIETNAMESE LESBIANS!
Jillian Michaels is still a thing.
And why has production been copying Amazing Race Latinoamerica?

Mrs Universe, Everyone

Michael & Logan return at the very last minute to preview Amazing Race Canada 4's cast! This week:
Casual fans still hate beauty queens.
CTV's euphemism game returns.
Why not being first can be a good thing.
Logan has never seen Scrubs.
Another question in the biographies annoys Michael.
Logan tries his hand at British current affairs.
What sort of rock & roll lifestyle does Michael lead on holiday?
Michael falls asleep.
Logan writes some Amazing Race Canada 3 fan fiction.
What does Ashley promote?
Punslinging crushes.
Confusing promo pictures.
Michael has a list of reasons why everyone should be a fan of one team.
Who is the Canadian Fonzie?
Michael is a cop-ote.
What is the worst case Big Brother Canada crossover?
The Social goes Global.
What is the worst US state?
Logan shows off his kids' TV knowledge.
Why TARC's world firsts may bode well for the season.
Logan compares lesbians.
All world trips visit Sudbury.
Michael's promise of a berating for one team goes in a surprising turn (thanks to Brexit).
We ask producers not to troll for once.
Logan starts a taxi business.
How to guess an ice hockey player.
Two American Racers visit.
Does production put exes together?
Asian Bodybreak.
Logan gets introspective.
Mermaids are real, damnit.
And one team gets the VoldeMussolini treatment.