If you've ever played the party games Werewolf or Mafia, you know what the new reality

competition series The Traders is all about.

There's a big group of contestants, some of whom are secretly working to murder the

other players before those other players find them out.

But your home version probably didn't take place in a remote Scottish castle.

In half of your fellow players probably weren't reality TV veterans from shows like Survivor,

the Bachelor and the Real Housewives, and it probably wasn't all hosted by a

slightly sinister Alan Cumming in a nanny succession of bold tweeds and tartans.

I'm Linda Holmes.

And I'm Glenn Weldon and today we're talking about the Traders on Pop Culture Happy Hour from NPR.

Joining me in today is our fellow pal co-host Stephen Thompson.

Hey Stephen.

Hello Glenn.

Hey let's slap on some tamo shantles and get right to it.

On the Traders, 20 contestants are sequestered in a grand Scottish castle.

Half of them have previously competed on reality shows like Survivor, Big Brother,

the Bachelor and the Olympics I guess we're calling a reality show now because Ryan

Lochte is there too.

He is a reality TV veteran Glenn.

Oh okay see.

He was on Celebrity Big Brother, you didn't watch.

And he was on what would Ryan Lochte do.

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