Survivor 50 Flashbacks: Jenna Lewis
Rob Has a Podcast | Survivor, Big Brother & Reality TV
Survivor Know-It-All, Rob Cesternino | RHAP Productions
4.9 • 5K Ratings
🗓️ 7 June 2025
⏱️ 116 minutes
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Summary
Take a walk down memory lane with Survivor 50 Flashbacks, a special RHAP series re-releasing classic podcast moments featuring the Survivor 50 castaways. Before they returned to the island for the milestone season, they joined Rob Cesternino on RHAP to break down strategy, talk game, and share unforgettable stories.
This week, we’re going back to Survivor: Cambodia – Second Chances to hear Jenna Lewis discuss the premiere with Rob. The pair reflect on Jenna’s experiences from the early days of Survivor and offer insights into the evolving gameplay of the Second Chance season.
Jenna shares candid thoughts on her time in Borneo and All-Stars, including her relationships with fellow castaways and strategic decisions. Rob and Jenna analyze the premiere episode of Cambodia, discussing the old school vs. new school dynamics and the challenges faced by returning players. They also explore how the game has changed since Jenna’s last appearance and speculate on potential strategies for success in modern Survivor.
Rob and Jenna discuss:
– Jenna’s desire to play Survivor again and how she would approach the game now
– The impact of pre-game alliances and relationships on Cambodia’s gameplay
– Kelly Wiglesworth’s return and her struggles adapting to the new pace of the game
– Jeff Varner’s strategic positioning and potential to go far in the season
– The evolution of hidden immunity idols and their impact on tribal dynamics
Topics by timestamp:
0:00 Intros
07:22 Jenna’s Life After Survivor
14:33 Kelly Wiglesworth’s Second Chance
22:15 Jeff Varner’s Gameplay Strategy
29:55 Kimmi Kappenberg’s Comeback
37:42 Joe’s Fire-Making Impresses Jenna
45:27 All-Stars Pregame Alliances Revealed
53:31 Jenna’s Desire to Play Again|
1:01:32 Colleen Haskell: The Elusive Survivor
1:09:37 Jenna’s All-Stars Strategy Explained
1:17:38 Borneo’s Unexpected Challenges
1:25:44 Jenna’s Ideal Survivor Strategy
1:33:30 The Scorned: A Reality TV Movie
1:41:21 Jenna’s Survivor Winner Predictions
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | The biggest show of the summer is back. |
| 0:06.1 | Love Island USA Season 7 premieres June 3rd, and we will be breaking it all down all season long. |
| 0:13.6 | Join Carson and Scali for the challenges, recoupling, and drama. |
| 0:17.9 | Get the same great Love Island coverage on the brand new We Know Love Island podcast feed. |
| 0:24.2 | Hey everybody. What's going on? Rob, Sisterino back. And we've got a brand new series for you to |
| 0:28.7 | check out here this summer. This is the first of a bunch of interviews that we are going to be |
| 0:36.0 | bringing you from the R-H-A-P vault. |
| 0:41.3 | We've opened it up and we've brought out some great interviews with the old-school players |
| 0:47.9 | that you are going to be seeing comes sometime in 2026 in the long summer break from Survivor. |
| 0:56.1 | We are going to be bringing you some interviews with these players who are coming back from Survivor 50. |
| 1:01.8 | So each week I will bring you an interview that I've done with a cast member from the old school persuasion from the cast of Survivor 50. |
| 1:11.0 | And today, what a special treat. |
| 1:13.0 | My old friend, Jenna Lewis, actually came to my house on September 27, 2015. |
| 1:20.3 | She came by to talk about the premiere of Survivor Cambodia, the original season that was in the hands of the fans. |
| 1:27.1 | They voted back in her castmate, Kelly Wigglesworth, and it was a reunion of sorts for |
| 1:33.7 | Jenna Lewis and I who started our podcast commentary careers together when we first started |
| 1:42.6 | talking about Survivor Vanuatu in the fall of 2004 on a website |
| 1:48.2 | called The Fishbowl.com. We got reunited, and so it was great to catch up with her in this |
| 1:55.8 | interview, as you will hear, and it will be so fun to watch her play on Survivor 50 in just a few months. |
| 2:02.6 | But in the meantime, enjoy my conversation with Jenna Lewis from September 2015. |
| 2:09.1 | And then in one week's time, I'll be back with another episode from the archives to listen to |
| 2:14.4 | the time we met up with Colby Donaldson in Austin, Texas. That'll be next |
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