Digging For Idols

When Boston Rob issued a 30 day health and fitness challenge to followers over the summer, Christopher answered the call and unpacks his experience with Taylor in this mini.

Pregame for season 50 by turning back the clock with us to 2006 for a tantalizingly brief appearance by Survivor legend Cirie Fields in an episode of the soap opera Guiding Light. Will Cirie be "guid…

DFI breaks from its normal routine to react to the Season 50 cast announcement with an even-more-chaotic-than-usual 15 minutes of bubbly chatter.

DFI is headed back to the Tubi Sanctuary (where Flu Birds happen) to brave another infectious performance by Bill Posley from Survivor: One World. Did he take flight in his performance as a hacker in…

After a quick follow-up on DFI's letter to Santa, Christopher and Taylor dust off a mini from the vault that was pre-recorded in December 2023. In this time capsule-esque episode, they dig into the c…

After a short break, DFI returns with a wintry, year-end recap of pod-favorite Sundra Oakley's performance in the 2024 global box office smash film Bob Marley: One Love. Does this Survivor legend coo…

DFI bids farewell to spooky szn for 2024 by reviewing the no-budget 2010 Texas horror flick Apparition starring Survivor: Micronesia queen Natalie Bolton as a phony ghost hunter with a heart of gold.…

In this fun sized Digging for Idols mini, it's all treat/no trick as we devour the candy bucket of delights that is Jerri Manthey's award-winning performance in the 2005 short film, "Widowmaker."

DFI is dropping dead this week to check out a performance by Julie McGee (Survivor: San Juan del Sur) as a member of the Breaker Girls dance team caught in the crossfire of a high profile lawsuit in …

Our Baywatch Summer comes to a close with this episode... that's not about Baywatch but rather Season 3, Episode 1 of the Baywatch parody Son of the Beach that features four(!) different cameos by ca…

DFI turns one year old! As our Baywatch summer nears a close, we gaze upon the sunset of peak lifeguard TV to review Joel Klug from Survivor: Borneo and his race against Jason Momoa in in the S11E20 …

DFI sneaks back to the Brian Heidik well to talk Baywatch strategy and cover a second of his acting appearances. Will we be too hot to resist dumping on his performance in S2E2 of Baywatch Nights or …

When we go Lowe, our listens go high (hopefully). As we wade into the first in a series of Baywatch-related episodes, DFI chats about two-time Survivor Brenda Lowe and her brief appearance as a surfe…

In (arguably) the most sexually charged episode of DFI yet, Christopher and Taylor fanboy, fangirl, and fan themselves while discussing sizzling brainiac Peih-Gee Law (Survivor: China & Cambodia) and…

We've spoken on DFI before about which celebs we'd like to see on a season full of famous faces, but what about the Lisa Whelchel archetype? In this mini, Taylor and Christopher each throw out a shor…

From the darkest bowels of Tubi, this week we watched "Dennis & Henry's Post-Divorce Checklist" (2022) to answer the age-old question: can Survivor legend Rupert Boneham redeem one of the worst movie…

Daniel Lue joins Digging for Idols to talk about his experiences breaking into reality tv, wearing a speedo for Pee-wee, smelling his tribemates in the Amazon, contracting malaria, and his reaction t…

Not much has changed in the twelve years since Survivor: One World. Bill Posley is still doing stand-up and Taylor Swift is still writing songs about ex-boyfriends. In this episode, we look at the mu…

Taylor and Christopher find themselves marooned on the Hallmark Channel this week while braving the 2016 fall-in-love-with-your-comment-section-troll romcom "Hearts of Spring" starring Lisa Whelchel …

Take shelter from these troubled times with this episode covering Survivor: Tocantins castaway Candace Smith's performance as a social worker in the 2013 Vanessa Hudgens pregnant teen drama "Gimme Sh…