The Big Brother casuals podcast hosted by Big Brother casuals. Brett Rader and Danielle Gibson come to you Fridays during Big Brother & Survivor to make superficial judgements about strategy, showmances, Julie Chen's wardrobe choices & Jeff Probst's delicious reading of the Applebee's menu. The rest of the year they chat about TV, movies, offscreen drama between BB contestants and more. Follow us and send in your questions on Twitter @HeyJulieBB.
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Brett & Dani are back with another episode, discussing the latest on #Survivor47: Gabe's exit, Teeny's bag, how this cast (hopefully) killed the Shot in the Dark twist, two new entrants into the *Bretty All-Star* lore and, most importantly, Sol's vest. Later, Dani chats about some 90s movies including Virtuosity & The Santa Clause. Follow Hey Julie…
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Things were looking so good for Sol on Survivor. Little twerp Rome was kicked off, Dani had a crush on him. All the signs were pointing up! Then, the one true hero of Survivor 47, Genevieve got her gears turning and it was all over for our middle-aged king. Brett & Dani discuss the most recent episode of Survivor & Brett explains how the Survivor e…
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Rome falls, Sam & Tiyana have too many names in their mouths on Survivor 47, Brett meets the cast of BB26
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Brett & Dani are back after a mini-hiatus to catch back up with #Survivor47. Since we podded last, Anika, Rome & Tiyana were sent home. We chat about Rome's off-putting villainy and why it's always best to not be dropping too many names on Survivor. Tiyana was most recently the victim of that, while Sam seems to be next in line to suffer the same f…
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BB26 Finale Recap: Chelsie's overwhelming victory, Makensy's bad moves & the return of Taylor
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Brett & Dani say goodnight to Jankie, Julie & the dawgs in the crib as they recap the finale episode of #bb26 which saw Chelsie take home the prize in a powerful unanimous victory over Makensy in the final two. Also -- was Julie's finale night looks the best or worst of the season? How did #bb24 winner Taylor Hale do in her first appearance as the …
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BB26 Week 11 Recap: It's Makensy vs. Chelsie, podcasters suffer on Survivor & TV drama spoilers
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Brett & Dani are back for what is likely our penultimate #bb26 recap of the season. Yeah, Kimo went home. Yeah, Chelise is probably going to win. So what? Life is meaningless.Meanwhile on #Survivor47 -- it's rough sledding out there if you're a podcaster. Also, Dani MUST talk about 'Doctor Odyssey' and 'Nobody Wants This' and Brett struggles with h…
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Brett & Dani are back to tearfully say goodbye to one of the true iconic players of #bb26 -- Jankie. Also, fan favorites Angela & Leah were sent home on Thursday night's double eviction.Meanwhile, in Fiji, episode 2 of #Survivor46 confirmed we won't have another Lulu-losers scenario with a new mini-tribe being subjected to tribal council with Jeff.…
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Brett and Danielle are back for a new episode of HEY JULIE, where they discuss Jankie World and the untimely demise of T'Kor in #BigBrother26.Meanwhile, in #Survivor47 land, a new season of Survivor premiered! We discuss what it means for a new season of Survivor to lose its most notable contestant on the very first episode.Also, Brett tried the Co…
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Dani & Brett are back to recap one of the most unexpected eviction episodes of all time, as #bb26 continues its streak of unpredictable new developments. For the first time in BB history, Julie Chen-Moonves did not attend a live eviction; instead Hollywood legend Jerry O'Connell took the stage in Studio City. We open the show discussing Jerry's hos…
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Brett & Dani are back for a new episode as they recap pour some dirt on Joseph, who got the loser edit of the week and was sent packing, inadvertently, by two of his closest allies in Quinn and Leah. Despite the fun season, it was a pretty rough week for gameplay overall, with plenty of critiques for Joseph, Leah, Quinn and Angela. The only person …
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BB26 Week 6 Recap: Tears for Tubina, Angela's mist, Leah's strategy & did T'kor ruin her game?
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Dani & Brett are back for a new episode, mourning the death of the relationship of the summer: Tubina. We discuss whether the Tucker/Rubina relationship has any legs and what Rubina's endgame looks like. Elsewhere in #bb26 strategy, we debate Angela & Leah's chances in this game and whether either of their strategies are even real strategies at all…
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BB26 Week 5 Recap: Brooklyn can't win for the married mothers, Angela gets charcuterie revenge
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Dani & Brett are back with another episode of Hey Julie recapping the previous week in #bb26. Brooklyn goes home! Quinn & Chelsie escape by the skin of their teeth! Cam...participates?Also on the episode, Tubina consummates the relationship, Angela gets desperate and gives amazing television following a charcuterie-related breach of trust & Thursda…
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Brett & Dani are back with another episode LIVE FROM BRETT'S LIVING ROOM IN LA. The gang says goodbye to poor, young Cedric; from HOH to on-set with Julie, one of the more disastrous two weeks in recent BB memory. We also discuss Tucker's completely arbitrary gameplay, and how the cast of otherwise smart BB superfans (Kimo, T'Kor, Quinn, etc.) are…
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Brett & Dani are back to recap another week of Big Brother 26. Tucker took the spotlight from Angela, entering full chaos-mode: using the veto on Angela rather than himself and causing a full house-meeting explosion that put himself, Quinn, Makensy & Cedric in bad positions. Was it good Big Brother? Not necessarily. But was it entertaining? You bet…
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Dani & Brett react to week 2in the Big Brother 26 house. Lisa surprisingly went home on Thursday night after yet another chaotic week featuring the season's one true star/villain, Angela. We discuss this strange opening two weeks of the game, how so much has revolved around Angela, even at the sacrifice of learning why the house flipped against Lis…
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On a very special Thursday night Hey Juliei, Brett & Dani recap a momentous #bb26 week one eviction that sent Matt packing and off into the Studio City sunset and into the arms of your favorite Big Brother podcast hosts. Follow Hey Julie on Twitter and submit your questions @HeyJulieBB, our Discord server, or email us heyjuliebigbrother@gm…
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Brett & Dani are back (without the livestream) following the two-night premiere of #bb26. Who's introduction packages did we love, who did we hate? How did our impressions change between the preseason videos and now? Who is Dani in love with? And who is already spiraling out as the first HOH of the season? All questions will be answered! Back next …
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Brett & Dani react to the 16 new cast members of #bb26. Who is hot? Who is not? Who's a stud? Who's a dud? Who gets kissed & who gets dissed in our seasonal tradition of Marry/F**k/Kill?Also, one change on Paramount+ has Big Brother fans wondering if live feeds may go away for future seasons. Follow Hey Julie on Twitter and submit your questions …
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BB26's staggered premiere night plan & reviewing 'Longlegs,' 'Ren Faire' & 'The Bear' season 3
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Brett & Dani are back for their final pre-season #bb26 episode to chat about the expected two-night premiere. How will fans react to the houseguests being split into two separate groups that each get one night dedicated to their move in? How do we feel about feeds night starting until day 3 of the game? I'm sure the BB fanbase will handle everythin…
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7 archetypes we want to see on Big Brother (plus we enter the Eddie Redmayne/Cabaret discourse)
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Brett & Dani are back with more pre-season Big Brother action. Is there anything to talk about from the world of BB? No. Do we have a podcast for you anyways? Ya. In the absence of any concrete news or casting (aside from the disgusting tease from Julie Chen on Instagram), we play a game, highlighting 7 made up archetypes we'd like to see on this s…
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Dani & Brett are back in the lull between Survivor 46 and Big Brother 26 to catch up on the announced cast for Traitors season 3, which sends Dani into an explainer on 'Summer House'. Later, Brett shares his unequal disdain for 'Furiosa' and 'Hit Man' with takes that will likely get him banned from Letterboxd. Follow Hey Julie on Twitter and submit…
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Five lasagnas for Kenzie's Survivor 46 win, Q & Maria's bitter jury & Liz the maybe millionaire
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We finally have a winner in #Survivor46! Kenzie took home the prize after a tense and close final tribal counsel, eking out a 5-3-0 win over Charlie & Ben. Brett & Danielle are back for their final Survivor podcast of the season, chatting about Kenzie's win, the pasta selection at The Sanctuary, Liz's final delulu moments, the nothingness of Ben & …
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Brett & Dani are back for our second to last #Survivor46 recap of the season. Q went home with -- say it with me everyone -- an idol in his pocket! For what must be a record fifth time this season, a castaway was sent home when they easily could have saved themselves.We chat about Survivor 46's endgame, why the fanbase is so split on Maria, how the…
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Danielle & Brett are back to recap Wednesday's episode of #Survivor46 which quite unfortunately sent Venus to the jury. All good things must come to an end. What did not end, however, was the amount of drama that unfolded as a result of a reward pizza party that was only shared by Maria, Q & Ben. Has a season ever had so much fighting around food r…
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TGIApplebee's: Survivor 46's iconic meltdown, 'Challengers' dials it up & 'The Idea of You' flops
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Brett & Danielle are back for the most anticipated episode of the season. What happens when the two most important pieces of pop-culture in the same week both hinge on trips to Applebee's? Cinematic and television gold.For the first half of the show, they discuss Liz' iconic and profound meltdown after not getting selected for an Applebee's reward …
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Danielle & Brett recap the latest episode of #Survivor46 in which Hunter was sent home after a wild tribal council that included more antics from Q, the possibility of two idols being played & a tied vote. Jeff was purportedly spicy in this episode, as evidenced by the title 'Spicy Jeff,' but what propose is: Maybe he wasnt?Later in the episode, Da…
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Brett & Danielle are back to recap another episode of #Survivor46. In Wednesday's episode 8, perhaps the best of the season, galaxy-brained Q took over in a way only he could do: by inflicting pure controlled chaos on the rest of the tribe. From a strategy-soaked game of hide & seek to one of the most bonkers tribal council maneuvers in recent memo…
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Venus & Soda hit breaking point, 'Sex & the City' discourse + 'Monkey Man', 'Civil War' & 'Ripley'
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Brett & Danielle are back for another episode of Hey Julie. The pair discuss Wednesday's episode of #Survivor46, which saw Soda & Tim sent home on a double-tribal council night, while Maria & Kenzie took home the first individual immunity idols of the season. Meanwhile, our girl Venus just keeps trucking along, despite no one liking her. Master man…
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Moriah & Venus hunt for blood in Survivor 46, revisiting 'The Social Network' & Borat single??
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Brett & Dani are back to recap Survivor 46 episode 6. Moriah and Venus were front and center in this week's merge episode, with Moriah being the unfortunate victim of this week's tribal council. Brett & Dani compare Venus to one iconic Survivor and one iconic Big Brother player of yore.Later, Brett talks about viewing 'The Social Network' and 'Pani…
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Jem not quite the all-star Brett hoped, Dani watches 'Wonka' & 'Euphoria' season three's bad omen
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Brett & Dani react to Wednesday's episode of Survivor & pour one out for early favorite Jem, who was sent home by a 4-2 vote. Brett laments his early winner pick leaving so early and must address the audience after being so blatantly wrong. SAD!Later, Danielle chats about watching 'Wonka' over the week and the new Jake Gyllenhaal remake of 'Road Ho…
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Bhanu runs out of hearts on Survivor 46, Jem increases her status & encroaching franchise fatigue
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Danielle & Brett are back to talk about the most recent episode of Survivor 46. It was sadly the end of the line for our king, Bhanu. Probably one of the worst Survivor players in recent memory, if not of all time, the fourth episode of this season ended in one of the least surprising evictions ever...so unsurprising Jeff didn't even do Bhanu the i…
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Brett & Dani discuss the third episode of #Survivor46, last weekend's Oscars telecast and more on this week's episode. Randen, who we described last week as a big "WHO?!" fully lived up to his promise by being the first medical evac of the season. Randen, we hardly knew ye.Later in the show, they chat about last Sunday's Oscars broadcast in which o…
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After kicking off with some words about the state of modern pop-culture and the meteoric rise in 2024 of Sydney Sweeney, Brett & Danielle dive head-first (Bruce style) into the first two episodes of #survivor46. They break down the two tribal councils and run through the full list of castaways to get initial takeaways on who is a star in the making…
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WE'RE SO BACK. After a mini-extended New Year's break, Brett & Dani are back to podcast for the remainder of 2024. Survivor 46 is around the corner and Big Brother 26 is likely only months behind that. Today we're looking back at the six weeks of pop-culture that we missed: True Detective S4, Past Lives, Anatomy of a Fall, The Traitors S2, Mr. & Mr…
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Brett & Dani return with their second annual year-end TOPS & FLOPS list! Saltburn! The British! Movies! The Idol! Dungeons & Dragons! Will Smith! Listen to hear where they all shake out! Follow Hey Julie on Twitter and submit your questions @HeyJulieBB, our Discord server, or email us heyjuliebigbrother@gmail.com! Watch Hey Julie on You…
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Brett & Dani are back home (in your ears) for the holidays and kick things off looking back to Wednesday night's Survivor 45 finale, which saw Dee take home the grand prize in what we agree was ultimately a weak and forgettable season. Big Brother Reindeer Games also ended this week with Nicole Franzel taking home the $100k prize and title of first…
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Reindeer Games intrigue, Survivor 45's penultimate & absolutely trashing 'Leave the World Behind'
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Dani & Brett are back with some rare Big Brother content this time of year, as Reindeer Games aired its first week and gets a surprising amount of praise! They chat about what contestants are their favorites, why Frankie is unstoppable, why the altered mini-series has a welcome place in our hearts & what things a normal season of Big Brother can ta…
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Brett & Dani are back to look back at the last two weeks of Survivor 45. Dani, who was previously down on the season, has changed her mind, while Brett now is suddenly feeling bored with the whole endeavor. They also talk about the recently announced cast for Big Brother: Reindeer Games, which includes nine returning houseguests, some good, some ba…
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Becoming Bruce-pilled (or getting bored with) #Survivor45, plus November movie & TV reviews
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Brett & Dani are back to catch up with #Survivor45 after taking a few weeks off and they also chat about some movies they've seen recently, including David Fincher's Netflix's 'The Killer,' Showtime's 'The Curse,' FX's 'A Murder at the End of the World' & much more.Subscribe to HEY JULIE on your podcast app of choice:🎧https://apple.co/2Kov3oG🎧https…
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Brett & Dani convene for one final #bb25 podcast, recapping Jag's win over Matt, Cameron's surprising America's Favorite Houseguest win, the duality of Bowie Jane and whether Cirie & Felicia were justified in casting the two lone votes for Matt to win. Thank you for spending your time with us throughout the BB25 season. We love and appreciate our f…
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This is a weird one. Dani is visiting Brett in LA on #bb25 finale week for a podcast, but we're both too tired to stay up late, watch the episode AND record a podcast about it. I mean, we'd be up until 11pm or something! So, live from Brett's living room, we record a special ALL LISTENER Qs episode of the pod and barely touch on Big Brother at all.…
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Brett & Dani are back to react to this week's #bb25 final five eviction which sent Cirie packing to the jury house and a final four of Bowie Jane, Jag, Matt & Miss Felicia. They also discuss who would win in a Matt/Jag final 2, and why that choice is harder than it seems, why Cirie had such a hard road to the end during the final half of the game a…
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Happy Halloween Boils and Ghouls! On a very SPOOPY episode of Hey Julie, Brett & Dani react to this week's double eviction on #bb25 & a worm-tastic episode of #Survivor45 which saw Brando go home on an interesting episode which revealed a lot about how various relationships are progressing in the tribes. Also on the episode, three different pop-qui…
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Brett & Dani are back after Dani's long travel weekend. In a rare Monday night episode, we chat about the latest in #bb25, including Cory's demise, Jag's steamrolling of the latter part of the game & the return of Johnny Mac. Leading things off, we chat about last Wednesday's surprising episode of #Survivor45 in which Sean effectively quit due to a…
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Brett & Dani are BACK together and they're feeling things. Brett is hungover and panicked because his computer isn't working. Dani is going off no sleep and trying to eat a bowl of soup during the podcast. But after a week apart, they are back together at last, and that's all that matters. We recap the Bowie Jane HOH week in #BB25 that sent the spa…
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Terrible (or great) news for you listeners: Dani & Brett are separated this week...but we still have a podcast for you. We braved our continental divide to bring you a podcast on this MOMENTOUS week in the #BB25 journey. Brett & Dani each deliver a 30-minute solo pod with their thoughts on the eviction of Mecole, Brandon's exit from Survivor and th…
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It's been a long few weeks on Big Brother 25. Jared and Cameron have seemingly been around for weeks, despite both having been "evicted" at the last week! In a miraculous turn of events, one of them actually went home this week and the game progressed slightly closer to it's conclusion! Brett & Dani recap a week in BB25 that was boring, made very l…
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Dani & Brett are back after another exciting week of Big Brother and recap the humongous, stupendous, game-shaking double eviction that happened on Thursd-- oh wait, no one was actually evicted on Thursday night. Grodner and the BB producers got our asses again.Well, we recap what happened this week including the double eviction that wasn't & where…
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Brett & Dani are back after another week of BB25 action in which Izzy was sent home nearly unanimously and the first cracks are beginning to appear in Cirie's armor. But oh, so much more happened! Bowie Jane appears to be playing the game! The cheekiness will not stand! America & Cory finally put their words to work and flipped the vote against Izz…
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Brett & Dani are back with a new episode, and what fortuitous timing: they started taping about 10 minutes after Cameron's nominations were revealed on the live feeds -- and boy are they a doozy. Mixing things up a bit, we kick off the episode with SPOILERS about Cameron's nominations and if we're truly in for a groundbreaking shift to the #bb25 se…
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Brett & Dani are back to recap another week of Big Brother 25 (in)action. Dani is PEEVED at the events of the week & the use of the new invincibility twist to effectively make the week a complete waste of time. Brett thinks that it's just an unserious show doing unserious things, so it's actually Big Brother doing what it does best. Who is right? T…
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