Why ___ Lost: Survivor 49 Ep 9 with Sam Phalen
RHAP: We Know Survivor
Survivor Know-It-All, Rob Cesternino
4.8 • 1.4K Ratings
🗓️ 22 November 2025
⏱️ 152 minutes
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Summary
Alex said as he was leaving: “It’s what I get for playing both sides.” But he reversed course on that in his interviews by saying he wasn’t messy. Which was it? Who deserves credit and who deserves blame for this outcome? And why is David Bloomberg so frustrated and annoyed at some of the other players for the way this turned out? Glue guy Sam Phalen joins David and Jessica Lewis to help figure out why Alex couldn’t make things stick. At RHAP, we know Survivor, and we know Why Alex Lost.
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| 0:00.0 | If you lost Survivor and you're feeling down |
| 0:04.0 | David and Jessica will turn it around |
| 0:07.0 | They'll break down the rules and they'll show you how |
| 0:11.0 | You play in yourself and got voted out |
| 0:15.0 | This is why Blank lost |
| 0:18.0 | This is why Blank lost Oh baby this is why blind lost. |
| 0:21.9 | Oh, baby, this is why blind lost. |
| 0:32.8 | Welcome back to the 10th anniversary season of Y Blank Lost. |
| 0:36.3 | I'm David Bloomberg, and I have the perfect way to ensure that I'll be safe through the end of this podcast. |
| 0:42.9 | Look, I have an idol. |
| 0:44.4 | Now nobody will ever want to vote for me or try to flush it because it's just not something we do anymore with people who have I. |
| 0:52.0 | Apparently, that's exactly how you play the game of Survivor now. |
| 0:55.5 | So yes, 100% correct. |
| 0:58.3 | So that voice you heard, of course, is joining me, |
| 1:01.6 | joining me as my co-host, Jessica Lewis. |
| 1:04.7 | And we have returning special guest, Sam Phelan back, |
| 1:08.3 | as a fellow original Chicago Suburbanite to discuss another fellow |
| 1:13.5 | Chicago suburbanite. Alex. Oh, so sad. So sad. You know, normally I relish when a Cubs fan |
| 1:21.9 | loses, David. And that was the case for Alex this week, but did not want to see Alex go. |
| 1:29.4 | So unfortunately, have to have to get into it with a heavy heart. |
| 1:36.0 | Oh, goodness. |
| 1:37.7 | I even wore an Illinois hat, just, you know, so neutral territory there, you know. |
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