Pod Meets Twirl'd: The Traitors 409
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4.7 • 7K Ratings
🗓️ 13 February 2026
⏱️ 30 minutes
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Summary
Will and Rider have emerged from the turret and are ready for another Season 4 recap of The Traitors!
The boys think they’ve hit a turning point, taking the season from fun to phenomenal. They love the dynamic between Rob and Eric, but admit it’s tough to ignore the castle’s paranoia since Michael Rapaport’s elimination.
But even with that in mind - our hosts can’t help but admire Rob’s strategy and wonder if he’s the the undeniable favorite to win it all.
Plus, Will shares his idea to incentivize the rewards, but could it work in a castle of traitors?? Nothing is sacred on Pod Meets Twirl’d: Traiting Places!
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to Pod Meets Twirled, a podcast from two guys who had never seen an episode of Dancing |
| 0:14.2 | with the Stars, but took it on and walked away experts. So now we turn to traitors. Another show I've never seen while Will is convinced that he |
| 0:23.2 | could win it. We are Will Friedel and Ryder Strong, two best friends, one a TV expert, one a TV |
| 0:29.3 | skeptic, both dance scholars. Join us as we step into a castle full of lies, alliances, and over-the-top |
| 0:36.2 | wardrobe choices. This is Podmeets Twirled, trading places. |
| 0:41.7 | How you feeling about episode nine, Will? |
| 0:45.3 | Well, first, I'd like to point to the elephant in the room. |
| 0:48.7 | No cloak today. |
| 0:50.4 | I'm off the cloak. |
| 0:51.6 | I'm wearing it just for me, and that started to feel weird, if I'm totally honest with you. Yeah. So, uh, no cloak pants, but no cloak. So does this mean you're no longer a traitor? You're now a faithful? No, I think it just means that I don't want to wear the cloak anymore. I'll always be a traitor. That's just the way it is. |
| 1:11.4 | All right. |
| 1:12.4 | And loved episode nine, by the way. |
| 1:14.3 | I think it's my favorite episode yet. |
| 1:16.0 | I don't disagree. |
| 1:17.0 | My favorite episode yet, and here's why. |
| 1:19.8 | Because I love Eric as a bad trick. |
| 1:23.1 | He's my favorite just, dude, Sue and I were doing the impression of him just tried trying to just walk like he's not guilty |
| 1:31.1 | Yeah, it's like he's like suddenly going to be holding two mugs just to have something to do with his hands |
| 1:36.4 | I I did not realize how entertaining that could be |
| 1:41.5 | It was the best we were doing that all day but it's amazing because Chris is the only one calling him out for it. |
| 1:46.7 | I know. |
| 1:47.3 | I know. |
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