The Mole

Vondelpark Famous

Michael & Logan return for the final time to recap the reunion episode of Wie is de Mol 2019, which Michael attended live in Amsterdam! In this episode:
Why is this episode odd?
Did Michael meet anyone?
Was there a language barrier?
Quiz performances get critiqued.
How did Michael amuse himself while waiting for the show to begin?
We get bitter about the sabotages.
Logan barks up the wrong tree.
Why did everyone groan when Sinan was mentioned at the reunion?
Why was Ron invited?
We try and work out what went well this season.
Was Colombia a back-up?
Does Merel as Mole defy the whole point of the show?
Why are there so many unanswered questions this year?
How did Sinan sabotage Michael's ambitions?
What should be in a reunion show?
Logan invokes Amazing Race Canada.
What will we see for Season 20?
Why did one old Mole drag another away?
And Michael discusses the most Sinan thing ever to happen at the reunion.
Thank you for listening all season - we'll be back every Thursday to say Dag to another Belgian Mole season!

With a Cocktail

Michael & Logan return to recap the finale of the Netherlands’ answer to the Super Bowl, Wie is de Mol. In this episode:
What happened on Logan’s pub crawl?
We obviously eulogise Sinan again.
We discuss the naked zit-covered elephant in the room.
There’s an unexpected Amazing Race impression.
Has this year’s Mole actually been that successful?
Why is America so obsessed with strigine things?
Did the boat driver deserve some danger money?
We ask for comedy sound effects.
Why are Disney songs so much more fun in other languages?
How did Merel try and complete a tower?
Why did we see so much of Niels' sabotages this week?
Michael makes a US Mole comparison.
We spot a link between Benelux Moles.
How can most assignments be improved?
Does Logan like Despacito?
We ask for a lip sync battle.
Did a piece of music tip us off to who the Mole is?
Will history be made at the unmasking?
How do you know when everyone suspects the same person?
We lock in our final predictions.
And we briefly discuss Belgian Mole.
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Ten Pin Moling

Michael & Logan return for the eighth time this season to recap another Wie is de Mol 2019 episode. In this episode:
What happened when Logan met Michelle?
Will Michael meet any of the contestants at the reunion?
Does anyone know who The Mole is yet?
What constitutes sports clothes?
Why was Niels asking everyone if they were The Mole?
What record would Niels set if he was The Mole?
Who is a secret Kelly Clarkson fan?
Logan plans a blog.
How do you easily win the burning money task?
Logan learns about the Philippines season.
Will they crack €10,000?
How will the finale work?
Why do the editors tease Sinan?
How did Sinan end up controlling the drone?
What were the motorbike rules?
Does Sinan understand irony?
Was the barrel game that bad?
Logan worries about inflation.
Why is the show *so* popular this year?
Would anyone not have opened the joker?
Did both jokers have exemptions?
Should there have been an additional risk to the Exemption Ker-Plunk game?
Can you play Exemption Ker-Plunk as a Mole?
Niels tries to find the downsides.
Who are the best characters of the season?
We eulogise Sinan.
Why is Sinan going a worst-case scenario?
We try to predict the winner, loser and Mole.
Why is the final reveal location so…desolate?
And there’s the legally mandated Belgian Mole discussion.
 
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Jij Weet Niets

Michael & Logan return to recap the seventh episode of Wie is de Mol 2019. In this episode:
Where in the world is Logan Saunders?
Michael returns to a week 1 topic.
Whatever happened to the opening jokers twist?
We lament the loss of Rick Paul and his increasingly frustrated existence.
There’s a visit from an old friend from Hunted.
There’s an unexpected impression.
Merel finally has a breakout episode.
Logan tries to guess where the final reveal will be.
What are Michael’s finale plans?
What would we have chosen in the Path of Temptation?
Where has all the pot money gone?
Michael recommends a YouTube video.
Where was the Mole during the Path of Temptation?
Who benefited from the temptations?
Why wasn’t Sarah drinking?
How could Sinan wreck the season?
Why was Sarah looking for a black exemption?
We try to bring back a challenge from last year.
Where did they find the Going Bananas song?
Michael spots a discrepancy.
How did everyone miss the third tube?
Logan tries to trip Michael up with tongue twisters.
Why was Rik so mean at the executions?
How bad was the performance in the banana challenge?
Michael is smug.
Why has Sinan got an unfair advantage next week?
Who’s on our Suspect List?
Who will be the victim of the final execution?
And we obviously touch upon Belgian Mole’s impending return.
 
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Seven Deadly Sinans

Michael & Logan return to recap the sixth episode of Wie is de Mol 2019. In this episode:
Where was Logan last week?
How badly are the team (still!) doing?
Where were the exemptions hidden in the brick factory?
Wreck-it Sinan makes a glorious return.
Is Jamie being a bit too obvious at trying to Mole?
Logan makes a sports reference.
Who was particularly enthusiastic for a strip search?
How do you win the tuk tuk challenge?
Has Sarah succeeded at anything?
Logan pays the Piper.
What odd things did Jamie do?
Did the zipline screens spell something out?
What happens if Sarah goes next?
How do you guarantee a win on the zipline?
Did the Mole sabotage the final challenge?
Are we getting a final four?
Why was this episode a bit pointless?
Who is on our Suspect Lists?
And who is going home next?
 
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Lovin’ the Klinkers

Michael returns with a surprise appearance by WIDM supply teacher, Anthony Williams, to recap the fifth episode of Wie is de Mol 2019. In this episode:
We have two very different opinions on this episode.
How much does Anthony know about coffee?
Has Michael spotted a clue?
Do Niels' actions make him more or less suspicious?
Did Niels get Evelien cut?
What do we think of the season halfway through?
Did the Mole take a backseat this week?
Michael has a problem.
Why didn't we get a maximum prize for the car assignment?
How did Sarah get to go on the scaffold?
Everyone finally asks what we've been asking for weeks.
Anthony brings back his love of etherdiscipline.
Should you focus on five letter words?
We find the one TV show that Anthony wouldn't do.
Why does no-one suspect Niels?
Should you have a lijstbondje?
How did Sarah get to keep her phone?
Why did Sinan not want to abseil?
How would we do with an abseil?
Why is Logan the new Jamie?
We critique fashion choices.
Michael forgets a word.
We try and predict the Mole.
And who will go next?

Mol-sollini

Michael & Logan are back for the fourth episode of Wie is de Mol 2019. In this episode:
Where is Logan?
Michael was right.
We find the silver lining to Nikkie going.
What was Nikkie’s downfall?
Has Logan been to Guatapé?
Rik gets fact checked.
We compare seasons.
Sinan gets another new nickname.
Someone has a confession three episodes after it would have been helpful.
Why did everyone quit cage chicken so quickly?
Is it a good thing that Evelien left?
Michael spots a potential clue.
Logan flexes his pharmaceutical muscles.
Tunnelvisie is very much still a thing.
Why are we just watching Sinan now?
How do you win the balcony challenge?
Will challenge performance improve now Evelien is gone?
Why does everyone hate each other?
Where were the women?
Did the Mole lock a tablet?
The season gets a new subtitle.
Why does no one suspect Niels?
What happened to Evelien’s joker?
Logan imagines a dictator-only season.
Does Joker-gate exclude Niels from being The Mole?
Who’s on our suspect lists?
And who will be the next to leave?
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Cleptómano

Michael & Logan return once more to recap the third episode of Wie is de Mol 2019. In this episode:
Michael is a bit grouchy.
Logan doesn’t care about feelings.
We get another update on Japan.
Should there be more non-eliminations?
Were the Spanish words really that difficult?
Someone gets a new word to learn.
Where was the Mole this week?
Logan reveals a life ambition.
Just how dangerous was Comuna 13?
Where is the mural of the cast?
Who is the new Angelina Keeley?
We find the silver lining of the clothesline challenge.
Could the Mole physically sabotage the pot?
Why was Sinan so excited to play Jenga?
Michael has a theory.
Logan has (obviously) been to Medellin.
Should Niels’ joker have contained something?
Michael gives a quick history lesson on the Black Exemption.
Does Rick Paul suck at maths?
What was Merel playing at?
Why is there so much wood?
Where was all the money this week?
Was Colombia a backup location?
Will Rik’s absence be a challenge?
Why was there a cliffhanger?
Who has jokers left?
Who was the victim of the execution?
We update our suspect lists.
And who will go next week?
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