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Painting the Town Blank

Michael returns alongside fellow Brit Anthony to recap the (slightly delayed) fourth episode of the sixth season of De Mol België. In this episode:
We try and warn people off quiz apps.
What is Anthony’s Mole legacy?
There’s two new suspects.
Did the previously have a hint?
Are we Art lovers?
What is it that we love about Belgian Mole?
There’s another classic de Coster dick moment.
Is Joke playing too hard to be the Mole?
What counts as a position where you can sabotage?
What was nearly Anthony’s intro?
How do you know the value of currencies?
We debate the logistics of an appearance by the Bomb Squad.
Michael breaks a puzzle.
Pieter gets married.
How do you sabotage the warehouse game?
Would they pick another young mole?
Why is De Mol like The Chase?
Anthony tires of riddles.
Why does Belgian Mole love paint bombs?
Can Pieter really be The Mole?
Was the luchador challenge a lost cause?
Who did we think would be executed?
Is winning more important than the cash?
Michael searches for a euphemism.
HaMerotz LaMillion taught us something about Mexico.
Is the clue that someone spotted on Reddit correct?
Did history repeat itself?
Why is context so important when discussing winners?
We eulogise the executed.
Michael really wants to find a hidden clue.
We agree on our suspect lists.
And who will be the next to be executed?

Kennis is Macht

Michael & Logan return to recap the third episode of De Mol België’s sixth season. In this episode:
Did Michael’s Grandad hear him?
Why is Belgian Mole so good?
Katrien’s old habits die hard.
Was Steve too blatant at the piñata task?
Have we finally spotted a clue?
Why did the piñata team need their own Good Janet?
Were the songs a hint?
We rule someone out.
Will they pick a young mole again?
Why do Spanish people love George Michael?
How do you tell the difference between Mozart & Beethoven?
Logan says someone looks like a serial killer.
Michael finds a way for the Mole to sabotage the tequila quiz.
Who do we want to see drunk?
We learn about Belgian STDs.
Was the sombrero task doomed?
How much is Gilles told about the identity of the Mole?
How did the Mole know who was being executed?
Where is the best place to sabotage the racing game?
Logan worries about old people and dogs.
What made them win the driving challenge?
We compare Mole pots.
The execution trend continues.
Why does the case task reveal too much about two people in the group?
Is there any logic in buying pasvragen?
Did the Mole sit back at the airport?
We suspect two different strategies in the case game.
Who is the Mole Damsel-in-Distress?
Who will win?
Who do we suspect?
And Logan asks for more ostriches.

The Rogue Padre

Michael & Logan return once more to recap the second episode of De Mol België’s sixth season. In this episode:
Michael has a visitor.
We gloat about being good guessers.
Logan is disappointed by pasvragen.
How should you always wake up?
We have more praise for the Production team.
The horses get improved.
Could anyone have actually won as the fugitive?
Was the helicopter more dangerous than we thought?
What was the point of the horses?
Is this show really about sabotage?
Jeffrey gets told to chill.
Who sabotaged in the truck?
Michael invokes the coffin argument again.
Should the Mole want to be isolated for a night?
Logan gets a history lesson.
Winnie-the-Pooh is relevant.
Where were the Mexican cowboys?
Are pasvragen really that important?
Is a hidden clue being reused?
How would Michael handle being the fugitive?
Who is the Belgian Ted Rogers Jr?
We discuss the most infamous botched hint ever.
Why was Jeffrey so clumsy?
Would anyone touch the Mole books?
Michael discusses Swedish TV.
Logan plans a pilgrimage.
Why did the Mole never reach Canada?
Should you know how many stars are on the EU flag?
How sabotaged was the baseball task?
What is Belgium’s national sport?
Logan gushes over Salvador.
Which excuses did Katrien & Jeffrey use when they got home?
Why is the pot so high already
Is a pattern forming with the eliminations?
Logan curses the Tatums.
What advantage will the Mole get next week?
Who will be the next to be executed?
And who is on our Suspect Lists now?

Rex’s and Joke’s

Michael & Logan return to recap the first episode of the sixth season of De Mol België. In this episode:
Michael is slightly excited about finally podcasting about De Mol België.
What is our Mole pedigree?
How hard is it to watch TV with subtitles?
Will Logan’s streak continue?
Michael has a bad case of the tunnel visions already.
We obsess over Gilles de Coster slightly.
Just how old is this cast?
We ask for a new recurring joke.
Was someone named after a Mole tool?
Would the Mole typically sabotage the first challenge?
What is the scariest thing in this episode?
Logan goes on boxer watch.
How many of the recognisable faces should have been recognisable?
Can you have an old mole?
Katrien needs to work on her car chat.
Logan has no sympathy for people not know Santana.
Where would we have placed ourselves in the mariachi challenge?
Does Belgium play basketball?
How did Duolingo help with the anagrams?
We discuss the long history of great animal challenges.
Why is the cliffhanger challenge a bit…on the nose?
Who is the biggest failure this episode?
Michael’s on dog watch.
Logan’s impeccable suspicions get registered.
Where should the Mole position themselves?
Why was Gilles so obsessed with mole books?
What will be the result of the cliffhanger?
Will Joke be playing for an exemption?
And who do we suspect will be next executed?

Mona Covino

Michael, Logan & Michelle return for the final time to recap the last two episodes of Amazing Race 30 and its visits to Hong Kong & San Francisco. In this episode:
Michael is in denial.
One Racer had a pretty poo-poo ending to their race.
Have Michelle & Logan learnt their lesson from last week?
What classic Amazing Race moment will Michael be recreating?
Should the driver have taken Kristi & Jen on the funicular tracks as a shortcut?
We talk Speed Bump history.
Are they writing detour names just to get onto the face cream clip?
Is it racist to claim that Henry would know Mandarin?
What do camera operators do when their teams have been eliminated?
Logan talks about finale parties and reveals how he got into the 28 one.
How do you break the briefcase task?
Should Bertram have called in a favour for the Roadblock?
What would Michael’s ideal version of this Roadblock have been?
Why are winners so important?
What would have happened if Henry & Evan had got run over by a ding-ding?
Where is the world’s largest Chinatown?
Who would you want to be against in the finals?
Two teams had an unaired connection.
One team in the alliance had a misleading edit.
Should Kristi & Jen have got a penalty at the Roadblock?
Is Michael’s brother a savant?
Michelle has smelt one of the Racers.
What constitutes an Australian food group?
Logan’s lapsed vegetarianism returns.
How did one small error cost Henry & Evan $975,000?
Why does Michael tell jokes?
There’s a celebrity cameo.
How would we have improved the baseball task?
Where did Rebus puzzles get their names from?
Logan hates fortune cookies.
Why wasn’t the final challenge a Roadblock?
We try to break the final challenge.
Michael tries to make sure that Logan & Michelle will never forget this podcast.
What is a hockey fight known as in Boston?
Impression myths get busted.
What happened in 29’s Tanzania legs?
One Racer took on a traditional Epcot challenge.
How would the final challenge be improved with a few more game show elements?
Why was 29 so much better than 30?
Which Racer from 29 is “has been known to be overserved”?
Brittany gets some advice.
We identify a recruit.
Michelle gets called out over her Amazing Race shrine.
What are Brooke & Scott like in real life?
How do you ignore a fight strap?
We make plans for our 250th podcast.
Who is a former fatty?
How would a partner swap work in 29?
We discuss a promise made during last season.
What is the weakest currency?
Why is a winners’ quote important?
Was this the most awkward top two ever?
Why is it disappointing especially that Kristi & Jen didn’t win?
Michael rants about the edit.
Where will the winners go next?
Why didn’t this season work?
How much impact does a winner have on the quality of a season?
Are they the worst winners ever?
And what will happen for Season 31?

You, Me & Daly

Michael, Logan & Michelle return to recap the ninth and tenth legs of Amazing Race 30, its visits to Bahrain and Thailand and also to celebrate Michael’s 200th podcast. In this episode:
Michelle guesses her intro.
Michael regrets his life choices.
How would April & Sarah have done with the camel milking task?
Why did these legs feel so old-school?
Why did we see such a vacuous inane opening scene?
We explain how Brittany showed her class and dignity online.
We make our choice between being nice and being smart.
Michael worries for one Race alumni if he ever has to go to Bahrain.
We recast a cult film.
Has Production been watching Amazing Race Asia badly?
Who is the Kelly & Christy of TAR30?
What happened on the flight?
We discuss our respective flight mishaps.
Why don’t we like the UAE?
Michelle hates long-sleeves.
What was the unaired task?
Production defied Phil’s guidance.
How do you argue on TV?
Why did we have to see Henry & Evan not be able to break a pot?
How do camels make everything better?
Michael uses a long convoluted WIDM metaphor to explain a point.
We try and avoid talking about penises.
Logan discusses the kids’ show he’s been watching.
We discuss terrible hashtags.
Was Leg 9 really meant to be an elimination?
We briefly touch upon HaMerotz’s latest twist.
What will Lucas & Brittany’s legacy be?
Why will Henry & Evan win?
One team is the complete antithesis to Brooke & Scott.
Why is one particular team so ignorant?
How are we celebrating the 200th episode for Michael and why is it a stinger?
Australia has a different meaning for the term “frog men”.
Michelle & Logan try and sabotage the edit.
There’s more love for Conor’s phrasing skills.
Why did no-one carry the frogs in their t-shirts?
Is there logic to choosing a fun detour in an obvious non-elimination?
What is a “boys’ detour”?
Michael explains why the difference between being passive and lacking self-confidence.
Who is the Amazing Race version of Sherlock?
How does our intro music reveal a different type of winners’ edit than what we’re seeing this season?
We tell people to stop being racist.
Why are Winter Olympians generally so intelligent?
There’s some begging for impressions.
Michael compliments something from Amazing Race Canada 5.
One songthaew leads down a wormhole of early-2000s gameshows.
Jen misses out on the coveted Quote of the Episode title.
Why have they never used San Diego?
And we make our final predictions.

Zimbabwean Fried Chicken

Michael, Logan & Michelle return to recap the seventh & eighth legs of Amazing Race 30 and its trip to Zimbabwe. In this episode:
We of course repay the favour to Justin & Diana.
The podcast gets a new slogan.
Logan gets fact checked.
Why were the departure times missing?
The chat is brought back to anoraks.
Michelle gets a challenge.
Michael thinks of Canada.
We have Family Edition flashbacks.
Who was the booby prize of the singles season?
How should Phil have woken everyone?
Mealtime at the Bush Camp gets spicy and a cameo from a Race alumni.
How would we have arranged the partner swap?
Which is faster – a horse or a car?
Why does Brittany mention the engagement so much?
One side of the first detour was a little bit Israeli.
Who is the funniest character of the season?
What is the difference between a rower and a paddler?
What were the rumours when the Inspector Gadget film came out?
Logan shows off his knowledge of Disney films.
Why does Conor hate zebfas?
Was this actually a double-length leg?
Should Evan have helped her rivals?
Michael proves himself to basically be Veruca Salt.
Logan learns what a haberdashery is.
Why were those two teams U-Turned?
What do we know about Zimbabwe?
One NPC proves himself to be a touch Probstian.
We display our Knack for terrible puns.
Why did Eric & Daniel lose?
History repeats itself at the Pit Stop.
We love Henry’s glasses.
We play an awkward game of “List each other’s achievements”.
Michelle experiences some satellite delay.
Logan reveals his next big trip.
And what will happen next week?

Circling The Drain Cover

Michael, Anthony & Michelle return for the final time to recap the final episode of the third series of Hunted. In this episode:
Did the editors fake us out?
Was this the best finale we’ve covered?
We discuss the video of Joe & Dan’s gig.
We extol the virtues of Northern belligerence.
One listener gets a shoutout for being even sadder than us.
It’s been a good week for one fugitive.
We look at what Bleks answered in his Twitter Q&A.
Michelle learns about the Legend of Ellie Lust.
Where was Alex’s scrap of paper?
How much planning did Joe & Dan do before going on the Run?
Our Musical Theatre correspondent isn’t happy with one pair.
Is it ethical for the Hunters to lie?
Why do we love Hunted so much?
Michelle invents the TV show “Wanted”.
We compare the winners’ stories.
Why did it take so long for us to see the wanted posters?
Just how close was Bob to being captured?
Our Hunted fan fiction dreams come true.
Is there any sense in fugitives betraying each other?
We meet a new slightly random NPC.
Michelle learns about anoraks.
We stereotype our listeners and one of the hunters.
Will we ever see a clean sweep?
We find the one reason that Anthony would ever be cast.
Sherlock feels our disappointment.
How do you get information on call signs?
What is the best thing in the world, at least according to one person?
We expose a feud tearing HQ apart.
Who cried at the ending?
Why was no-one on the right side of the river?
Anthony has some Gold Command intel.
Why can’t the show be rigged?
Should Bob have fallen on his sword?
We try and get Anthony out of babysitting.
And we look ahead to next series with our legendary prediction skills.
 
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