Survivor 49 Preseason Interview: Nicole Mazullo
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Survivor Know-It-All, Rob Cesternino
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🗓️ 1 September 2025
⏱️ 30 minutes
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Survivor 49 Preseason Interview: Nicole Mazullo
Mike Bloom (@AMikeBloomType) is here to chat to the cast of Survivor 49! Join us to learn a bit about the 18 new castaways to be tested on the islands of Fiji.
Mike Bloom continues the Survivor 49 preseason interview series, sitting down with Nicole Mazullo on her 26th birthday. Nicole, a financial crime consultant from Philadelphia, brings a unique blend of humor and strategy to the game. With a background in hearing loss, she plans to leverage her heightened ability to read body language and lip-read to gain an edge in the competition.
Nicole shares her Survivor fandom, citing the Cagayan season as her hook into the show. She describes herself as a “love child of Boston Rob and Shambo,” combining Rob’s strategic mindset with Shambo’s quirkiness. Nicole’s approach to the game includes:
– Using humor as a disarming tool to connect with others
– Playing up an unassuming persona while strategizing behind the scenes
– Opening any advantage she finds, regardless of potential consequences
– Voting for players who show hustle and grit as a juror
– Leveraging her financial background while downplaying her investigative skills
As Nicole prepares to enter the game, she’s ready to embrace the dramatic moments and fight tooth and nail for the win. Will her combination of charm and strategy be enough to secure the million-dollar prize?
Chapters:
0:00 Nicole’s Birthday on Survivor
4:44 Financial Consulting to Survivor Journey
7:21 Yam Yam and Cirie Inspiration
10:00 Nicole’s Unassuming Superpower
12:56 Hearing Loss and Body Language
16:43 Perceived as Fun-Loving Frat
19:21 Beware Advantages and Journeys
23:13 Hot Take: Juicy Tribal Councils
26:02 Voting for Hustle and Grit
28:01 Lady Gaga for Loved Ones
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| 0:00.0 | Sadly, I'm dead. |
| 0:01.6 | Competing for a share of a vast inheritance. |
| 0:04.2 | There's an alliance been formed. |
| 0:05.6 | How far were these 13 players go? |
| 0:08.0 | You wasn't trying to listen. |
| 0:09.2 | Can I not talk? |
| 0:10.4 | There's no conspiracy. |
| 0:11.9 | I want to play fair. |
| 0:13.0 | I feel like I'm the only one. |
| 0:14.6 | A devious new game. |
| 0:16.4 | The inheritance on Channel 4. |
| 0:18.1 | Stream now. |
| 0:35.8 | Hi everybody and welcome back to our Survivor 49 preseason interviews here on Rob has a podcast. |
| 0:41.6 | My name is Mike Bloom and today I'm bringing you my interview out on the island with Nicole Mazulo. We love a Nicole here on Rob. It's a podcast, especially one |
| 0:48.4 | coming from L.A., which Nicole Missoulo does, even though she's currently living in Philadelphia. |
| 0:56.8 | She is 26 years old, and she is a financial crime consultant. But as my interview with Nicole indicates, |
| 1:03.9 | she is no fraud. Nicole is a straight shooter, it's very jovial at the same time, gives herself quite the lineage when |
| 1:13.8 | she calls herself a love child of two certain contestants from seasons past. But don't get a |
| 1:20.9 | twist, and Nicole Mozulo is one of a kind. Now, Nicole actually grew up with hearing loss and during our chat she gets into how |
| 1:30.3 | that gave her sort of this instinctual understanding of body language and nonverbal cues that she |
| 1:37.4 | hopes to carry over to the island. Of course, if you missed any of my previous conversations with |
| 1:42.9 | the other four members of the |
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