Talkin' Bout Alliance: Nexus Park: Recent Episodes
Ari Levin
Co-hosts Ari and Hersh give you all of the recap and analysis you need about Alliance - here's the special feed for Nexus Park. And a plethora of amazing guests join the show for extra perspectives and fun games. Plus, tune in this season to hear all of the entries and winners in the offseason commercial contest! Four seasons in, are they any better at this? That's for you to decide.
Listen to all of the entries into the offseason commercial contest, featured on the podcast throughout the season!
Fantastic Entries
- The Good Juice - writer: Wibb; voice: Penny (featured in Episode 11)
- Escape Towers - writer: Bighen1516; voice: Bighen1516 (Episode 6)
- Bird's Delivery - writer: rdt24; voice: Harpy (Episode 12)
- KidZone - writer: Huntress; voice: Harpy (Episode 12)
- Cheeze Cave - writer: Cheeze; voice: Gwin (Episode 7)
- Bird Walk - writer: Bird; voice Blink (Episode 1)
- Pombero Pack - writer: Wibb; voice: Hersh (Episode 10)
- Commercial Commercial - writer: Krystle; voice: Gwin (Episode 7)
- Scale the Summit - writer: Bighen1516; voice: DC (Episode 3)
- Wax Museum - writer: Waxler; voice: Waxler
- Footlong Wiener Stand - writer: Blink; voice: Blink (Episode 9)
- Seas of Chaos - writer: Zach; voice: Noah (Episode 10)
- Wave Pool - writer: Huntress; voice: DC (Episode 4)
Honorable Mentions
- Megacrab Fastpass - writer: Bird; voice: Paste (Episode 12)
- Middle School Dropouts - writer: Huntress; voice: Penny (Episode 10)
- Greg's Tent - writer: Cheeze; voice: Cheeze (Episode 3)
- Wax's Quack Facts - writer: Waxler; voice: Waxler
Finalists
- Seagull Announcement - writer: Bird; voice: Noah (Episode 11)
- Sports Bros Café - writer: Blink; voice: Blink (Episode 11)
- TBA Theme Verse 2 / TBTBA - writer: rdt24; voice: Jessicat
- The Crypt - writer: Bighen1516; voice: Bighen1516 (Episode 6)
- DC's Skee-Ball Challenge - writer: Blink; voice: Blink (Episode 1)
Winners (Episode 13)
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3 - Talkin' Bout Alliance PSA / New Devices - writer: rdt24; voice: Paste
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2 - Wax's Hat Facts - writer: Waxler; voice: Waxler
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1 - Nexus Shark - writer: Wibb, voice: Wibb
Hersh and Ari come back to the full public after the end of Nexus Park, talking about final tribal council and big moments from the season as a whole. Plus, don't miss the reveal of the commercial contest winners!
Commercials:
3 Finalist: Talkin' Bout Alliance PSA (writer: RDT24, voice: Paste) 5:15
Runner-up: Wax's Hat Facts (writer: Waxler, voice: Waxler) 40:20
Grand champion: Nexus Shark (writer Wibb, voice: Wibb) 1:02:33
It's finally time for the Nexus Park FTC preview episode! Our cast for this roundtable:
PeanutButter (viewer) and Jessicat (Summit - 12th) - Bird's representative (as best friends)
Shanyes (Summit - winner) - STEPHCHAP's representative (as best friend)
Brando (Discordia - 12th) - Court's representative (vocal lounge supporter)
Krystle (Nexus Park - 7th) - Jury representative (as Waxler's fiancée)
Hersh (Mojo Desert - 12th) - Judge
Ari (Mojo Desert - 6th) - Host/Moderator
Note: the first 16 minutes of this podcast are recap of the final immunity challenge and vote out.
Commercials:
Bird's delivery service (writer: RDT24, voice: Harpy) 59:19
Megacrab FastPass (writer: Bird, voice: Paste) 1:23:52
Nexus Park KidZone (writer: Huntress, voice: Harpy) 1:57:41
Hersh and Ari are here to recap the F6 and F5 votes, complete with idols and advantages and blindsides... and yet the whole thing felt rather anticlimactic. Plus, a bizarre move from Court breaks Ari's brain. There was also the Nexus Lab immunity challenge, which was very exciting. Then, we open up the TBA Mailbag to take questions from our listeners.
Commercials:
Sports Bros Café (writer: Blink, voice: Blink) 22:18
The Good Juice (writer: Wibb, voice: Penny) 32:52
Seagull Report (writer: Bird, voice: Noah) 54:24
Stark (Summit - 5th) joins the show to talk about an upcoming tribal. The Mirths make the same offer to Bird and Court... but it's not very appealing. And their responses are even weirder. We also recap the Hall of Mirrors and Haunted Hotel challenges, and the F7 tribal council. Plus, we steal "David's Rules for Survivor" and see how they apply to Alliance.
Commercials:
The Season of Chaos (writer: Zach, voice: Noah) 18:37
Middle School Dropouts (writer: Huntress, voice: Penny) 36:24
Pombero Pack (writer: Wibb, voice: Hersh) 54:01
The F9 voting round is finally over. And the F8 tribal council shakes up the game even more. Napalm (Chattern - 14th) of the edgic and power ranking team joins the show to talk about who is playing well at this point. And we compare the remaining players to both Alliance and Survivor players of seasons past.
Commercials:
Footlong Wiener Stand (writer: Blink, voice: Blink) 44:41
Hersh and Ari are feeling beat down after an emotionally draining few days. Does this happen every season? Is this one particularly bad? What even happened? Also, somewhere in there was a Touchy Subjects reward challenge, Bumper Balls immunity and a tribal council upcoming.
Lola (Chattern - winner) makes her podcast debut, and compares Nexus Park to her own season! We also recap the first two immunity challenges - Light Cycles and the Carousel, as well as the F11 and F10 tribals.
Commercials:
Commercial Commercial (writer: Krystle, voice: Gwin) 32:45
Cheeze Cave (writer: Cheeze, voice: Gwin) 58:51
Note: The first 32 minutes of the podcast are largely regarding Chattern and Lola's experiences, before we dive into the normal recap and analysis.
RDT24 (High Seas - winner) comes live from overseas to talk about skeeball! PeanutButter (viewer) also joins the show while recapping the merge and previewing the F11 tribal. Everybody only seems to care about the arcade.
Commercials:
Escape Towers (writer: Bighen1516, voice: Bighen1516) 24:07
Enter the Crypt (writer: Bighen1516, voice: Bighen1516) 37:12
Penny (Discordia - 5th) aka the Ramblin' Rummie joins the show to give thoughts on an incredibly hectic few days, complete with a double tribal council for F14 and F13 as Taylor takes a torch to the Euphoria tribe, sending Bird, Darcyyy and co. scrambling. Plus, a mistake that could hurt the Mirth tribe down the road... And stay tuned for another round of Penny's Protests!
Our two hosts are joined by Gwin (High Seas - 11th) this episode to break down some of the game's bigger factors, including what constitutes an inactive player, and how do you best account for them in the game? They recap the Space Cadets and Roller Coaster challenges, as well as the F17 and F16 tribals.
Commercials:
Wave pool (writer: Huntress, voice: Blink) 51:16
Flare (High Seas - 6th) joins the show to talk about the Ferris Wheel challenge, and a twist in the very first tribal council vote. And then SF (Dark Forest - winner) returns his betting game, now open to VIPs!
Commercials:
Scale the Summit (writer: Bighen1516, voice: DC) 17:20
Greg's Tent (writer: Cheeze, voice: Cheeze) 35:31
Hersh and Ari are joined by Krystle (High Seas - 7th)the fiancée of Waxler, to talk about the opening days and the Ferris Wheel immunity challenge.
Welcome to a new season of Talkin' Bout Alliance! Hersh and Ari are joined by the exceptional CiCi (High Seas - 10th) to preview and analyze the cast from top to bottom, and give their predictions.
Commercials:
The Bird Walk (writer: Bird, voice: Blink) 32:45
DC's Skeeball Challenge (writer: Blink, voice: Blink) 52:59