By Order of the Faithfuls: The Brains of the Operation w/ Shauhin Davari (Survivor)
Two Ts In A Pod with Teddi Mellencamp and Tamra Judge
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3.6 • 9K Ratings
🗓️ 8 May 2026
⏱️ 32 minutes
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Summary
Dolores is joined by Survivor 48 contestant, Shauhin Davari, to talk about his experience as the first Persian man to EVER play on the show!
How did psychology play into Shauhin’s strategic game? Why did he have to be hyper aware of his emotions (and what does that have to do with his beard and eyebrows)?!
Plus, he tells Dolores that there are players from his season that know more about him than his own family… How does that happen?
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| 0:00.0 | This is an I-Heart podcast. |
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| 0:04.3 | Hey, this is Robert from the Stuff to Blow Your Mind podcast. |
| 0:07.7 | Joe and I are both lifelong Star Wars fan, so we're celebrating May the 4th with a brand |
| 0:11.8 | new week of fun, thought-provoking Star Wars-related episodes. |
| 0:15.5 | Join us as we tackle science and culture topics from a galaxy far, far away, such as the |
| 0:20.3 | biology of taunons and wampas |
| 0:22.2 | on the ice planet hot, or the practicality and corporate business sense of the Sith rule of two. |
| 0:28.4 | Listen to Stuff to Bole Your Mind on the iHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your |
| 0:33.5 | podcasts. |
| 0:35.8 | Hi, everybody. Welcome to another episode of By Order of the Faithfuls, and we are so excited for this |
| 0:41.6 | guest today. |
| 0:42.2 | His name is Shaheen Davari, and he is a debate professor from California who competed on |
| 0:49.1 | Survivor 48. |
| 0:50.2 | He serves as the director of forensics at Orange Coast College, where he leads the speech and debate team. |
| 0:57.0 | Coming into Survivor, Shaheen set out to become the first Persian man to win Survivor. |
| 1:03.0 | He described himself as a logic bully and drew inspiration from Survivor alum Jonathan Penner. |
| 1:09.0 | However, Shaheen's obvious strategic skills put a target on his |
| 1:14.0 | back and he was blindsided on night 23, ultimately finishing in sixth place. Hi, Shaheen. Oh, wow. How's it |
| 1:22.7 | going? Well, yeah. No, well, listen, it's like I'm trying out for Survivor. Like, I'm, |
| 1:41.4 | I'm seeing if I could do it. I'm laying on the beach in a cabana, but I left to talk to you, so. That's all. I think it's basically the same thing, Survivor and laying in a cabana, basically the same thing. That's what, yeah, that's what I heard. If you could do that, if you're my end up. |
| 1:42.9 | Chaheen, |
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