Squid Game: The Challenge

You Can’t Make This Up

Netflix

True Crime, Documentary, Tv & Film, Society & Culture, Film Interviews

4.2 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 29 November 2023

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Summary

It was the sleeper hit that became a cultural phenomenon. But many fans asked themselves how would I fare at Squid Game? Would I survive Red Light, Green Light? Capture all the marbles? Or would I choose wrong on the Glass Bridge? Now they have their chance. In Squid Game: The Challenge, 456 real players will enter the competition show in pursuit of a life-changing reward of $4.56 million. As they compete through a series of games inspired by the original show - plus surprising new additions - their strategies, alliances, and character will be put to the test while competitors are eliminated around them. In this episode of You Can't Make This Up, host Rebecca Lavoie interviews Executive Producer Stephen Yemoh. SPOILER ALERT! If you haven't watched Squid Game: The Challenge yet, make sure to add it to your watch-list before listening on. Listen to more from Netflix Podcasts.

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0:00.0	I'm Rebecca Lervoy and this is You Can't make this up is the podcast where we uncover the true stories behind
0:18.8	your favorite Netflix documentaries and films. On today's episode, we take a closer look at the Netflix reality competition,
0:26.0	Squid Game, the Challenge.
0:28.0	I need to make it through each day.
0:29.5	I'm not worried about what's next, what's down the the road I'm worried about getting through every single day one at a time I'm here to win and I'm here to take home that giant big-ass piggy bank that's why I'm here
0:41.8	Today we're talking to executive producer
0:44.0	Stephen Yemmo. It was the sleeper hit that became a cultural phenomenon.
0:48.7	Squid game was a fictional TV thriller in which people at the end of their ropes were invited to win a fortune
0:55.4	playing simple children's games. The catch, the losers were eliminated in gruesome ways
1:01.1	until a winner was determined. It became the most streamed show in Netflix history.
1:07.0	But many fans asked themselves, how would I fare at Squid Game? Would I survive Red light green light, capture all the marbles, or would I choose
1:16.2	wrong on the glass bridge? Now they have their chance to find out. In Squid Game The Challenge, 456 real players will enter the
1:26.4	competition show in pursuit of a life-changing prize of 4.56 million
1:31.9	dollars.
1:33.3	As they compete through a series of games inspired by the original series, plus surprising
1:38.0	new editions, their strategies, alliances, and character will be put to the test while competitors are eliminated around them.
1:46.0	They say they're games. They're not. Claim 299, eliminated.
1:55.0	eliminated. And I'm joined now by Executive Producer Stephen Yemmo.
2:09.2	Stephen, welcome to you can't make this up.
2:11.0	Thank you for having me.
2:12.0	How you doing? I'm great because I just
2:14.4	watched nine episodes of this series and I'm super excited to talk about it. So what was your
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