Well, as you know, we are now full-fledged experts on traitors and dancing with the stars, but we can still acknowledge that a little outside help will only strengthen our ability to dissect and break down the intricacies of these shows.

A little.

It'll help a little.

It'll help a little.

We're kind of experts already.

And so for traders, we've called in a fellow reality TV expert, the co-host of the Game of Roses podcast, and the author of How to Win The Bachelor, which, to its credit, has resulted in a winner of The Bachelor.

You've also constantly seen him on your social media feeds as host of The Necessary Conversation,

a podcast where he and his fellow liberal sister sit with their MAGA-loving parents to talk about

the current political climate, a firecracker show that has become an internet sensation.

But since his own experiences in Hollywood as a writer

give him a little behind the scenes leg up on analyzing reality TV,

we wanted to dig deep into his feelings on this season of The Traders,

which we know includes some very hot takes.

So welcome to Podmeets Twirl Trading Places, unscripted TV expert, Chad Colchin. Hello, hello. Oh, don't we interrupting reading time? I just am grossed in this book. I would love it if it's your own book. Please tell us it's your own book. Is that a magic card? Is that a magic card? Is that a magic to gathering card? This is. Yes. Yes. Do you guys play? Of course. Yes, we play. Allow me to move three feet to the left and show you my collection. Oh, my. Oh, my God. Nice. Yes, dude. I've been collecting magic the gathering cards way too goddamn long at this point. But yeah, I've almost got a full beta set.

Ryder taught me how to play Magic the Gathering in the mid-90s in the basement of a hash bar in Amsterdam.

Yep.

And we've been playing ever since.

And do you still have some of your, those were unlimited cards.

Do you still have some of those will?

You do, right?

I still have my original deck.

That's so cool.

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