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 surfer in the 2017 Olympics-related feature film adaptation.By Taylor & Christopher

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 her appearance as a partygoer in the music video for Janet Jackson's equally steamy song "Go Deep."By Taylor & Christopher

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 short list of (arguably) less household-name level celebrities that we think could or should be dropped undercover into a season alongside folks with more …

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 movies we have ever seen in our lives? Plus: enter the nexus of the DFI universe (the 2004 Teen Choice Awards).…

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 to discovering that a podcast devoted a whole episode to his 2018 performance in the show Lucifer. Lue crew, assemble!…

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 multi-talented Bill's brief appearance as a burger joint manager in the obscure 2017 teen romcom "Vikes", which also stars a pre-Euphoria Sydney Sweeney.…

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 of Survivor: Philippines (among other things).By Taylor & Christopher

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 Shelter". Plus: Christopher and Taylor spin the Tocantins makeout wheel after hearing a clip of Candace running down who she'd kiss on that season.…

In this DFI mini we forego the usual song and dance to discuss Survivor tattoos: who's got 'em, who should get 'em, and which Survivor quotes would we most like to see inked?By Taylor & Christopher

Taylor's birthday pick has us going (out)back to the early aughts to behold 3-time Survivor Jerri Manthey's performance in the 2005 island creature feature "Komodo vs. Cobra."By Taylor & Christopher

2022's Babylon is manic and relentlessly abrasive. A perfect vehicle for Survivor: Panama's Shane Powers! This ep we are covering his wild Survivor stint and his brief but prominent role as a security guard in Babylon. Plus: which Oscar winners do we want to see on Survivor?By Taylor & Christopher

Christopher's birthday choice of covering uncredited parkour stunts by Frosti (Survivor: China) in the pilot episode of Chuck spirals into a nesting doll of birthdays and intrigue. Will our hosts uncover the details of Frosti's involvement in time?By Taylor & Christopher

DFI is thrilled to welcome our first ever guest on the show, the extremely interesting and multi-talented Rita Verreos! Rita joined us for a marathon chat about her fascinating upbringing, her current gig as Jewelry Television's first bilingual host, and of course, Survivor: Fiji.By Taylor & Christopher

Music is in the air with the 2024 Grammys this week and DFI is double dipping on castaways as we cover Survivor: South Pacific's favorite showmance Whitney & Keith joining forces in the music video for Whitney's 2021 song "Lightweight". Plus: pairing Grammy Song of the Year Winners with Survivor players!…

In light of CBS dropping Season 46 cast auditions pre-season, Taylor and Christopher pause their usual subject matter to each recap and rate a variety pack of five Survivor audition tapes. Who will be awarded the coveted 5 out of 5 fish score?By Taylor & Christopher

Listener discretion advised for this very special and very adult episode in which Taylor and Christopher slither into the grossest recesses of the internet to find The Virgins of Sherwood Forest, the pre-Survivor adult film starring eventual Survivor: Thailand winner Brian Heidik. Plus, which Survivor episode titles sound the most like the names of…

From one social experiment to another, this episode we follow Rita Verreos from the snake-infested sands of Survivor: Fiji to a racism-infested episode of What Would You Do? that pits a character played by Rita against a restaurant full of outraged San Antonians. Plus: Taylor names a Survivor: Fiji boy band.…

We've got a fever and the only prescription is more Cao Boi! DFI’s hosts are NOT splitting the votes this week in their appraisal of Cook Islands’ Cao Boi Bui and his performance in the 2017 futuristic sci-fi short film “The Last Fisherman,” but what rating will they agree on? Plus: who will direct the movie version of Cao Boi’s "Plan Voodoo" dream…

In our first attempt at a "mini" ep during a holiday week, DFI goes on a side quest to investigate a mysterious and extremely elaborate alternate universe / fanfiction Survivor wiki that was found while investigating an earlier episode.By Taylor & Christopher

If it's your holiday wish to watch a movie on YouTube about Santa getting a divorce that features a small cameo by Survivor Borneo & Blood vs. Water castaway Gervase Peterson then let this episode be your Christmas miracle because we watched the 2023 holiday romcom "Santa's Second Wife"! How does a "divorce scroll" work? Can Taylor distinguish betw…

Jefra Bland Hines appeared in a handful of music videos around the time that she was cast as a member of the Beauty tribe on Survivor: Cagayan, most notably the Shooter Jennings music video anthology "The Other Side." Will her work as "The Wife" earn her a Digging for Idols tiara and sash or will she be left on the southern rock pageant jury?…

You may recall learning about the denizens of wrestler John Hennigan's "Slamtown" during Survivor: David vs. Goliath, but did you know he was also brochachos with a burping pig named Arlo ? Leave your table manners back at camp because we're going to sanctuary this week to overindulge on John's performance as Tommy the painter in the family film Ar…

Fill your elephant dung canteens with boiled amoebic dysentery and cow blood! We're headed back to Survivor: Africa to talk about the extremely dehydrated Jessie Camacho and her equally dehydrated character in the 2010 crime/adventure flick "Treasure of the Black Jaguar."By Taylor & Christopher

It was never a question of "if," only "when." DFI is on a Sugar high and digging through the center of the earth to Stars Hollow for the deepest of dives into the nexus of pop culture where Survivor and Gilmore Girls overlap: Sugar Kiper (Gabon, Heroes vs. Villains) and her performance as Shane in the s3e07 episode, "They Shoot Gilmores, Don't They…

It's Election Day 2023 and we're dueling our way to the Oval Office to watch and review Matt "Wyatt Nash" Elrod's performance as Tad the dapper White House aide in Season 1 Episode 7 of the short-lived Presidential comedy 1600 Penn. Will the Mayor of Redemption Island earn his way back into the DFI fame game or find himself vetoed by President Bill…

For Halloween we're sinking our teeth into Jud "Fabio" Birza's starring role in the charming no-budget family comedy My Stepbrother is a Vampire!?! Did we get glamoured and become his familiars or did Survivor: Nicaragua's finest dude get the stake? Plus: our favorite Survivor nicknames!By Taylor & Christopher

Taylor and Christopher volunteer to be tortured by Lucifer (the show) in order to hunt down Survivor: Amazon's Daniel Lue and his performance in s3e19 as "Bounty #2." Also: Survivor Love Languages!By Taylor & Christopher

We're trading in our shovels for flashlights this week and going trekking for ghosts, casting a light on Jonny Fairplay's haunted performance in the 2011 web series/short "Ghost Trek: The Kinsey Report." Plus: our top scariest Survivor moments and our first TVN.By Taylor & Christopher

Survivor: Cook Islands may feature more literal digging for idols than any season of Survivor and we're channeling that energy here to review an appearance by Cook Islands alum Sundra Oakley as Assemblywoman Denise Bowser in Season 1, Episode 9 of the family dramedy Parenthood.By Taylor & Christopher

Dig deep with us as we discuss the charismatic Sean Rector (Survivor: Marquesas) and his performance as restaurant robber Ricky Edwards in s1e7 of "Everybody Hates Chris."By Taylor & Christopher

We're checking into "Seattle Grey's Sloan & Grey Memorial Pacific Northwest Institute whatever it's called" to watch s16e2 of Grey's Anatomy and review Woo from Survivor Cagayan and Second Chance's guest appearance as a bad boyfriend in a scooter accident.By Taylor & Christopher

Get to know the hosts of Digging for Idols as they sort out, truly, who is the rat and who is the snake while they review Sue Hawk's background work as a server in the teen comedy Bubble Boy (2001).By Taylor & Christopher

At 105 centimetres or 3' 5" tall, Sinéad Burke has become a booming voice in the global fashion world. Talking equality with US Vice Presidents and people such as Oprah, speaking not once, but twice, at Davos and being a contributing editor to British Vogue, Sinéad has the goal of designing a world that works for everyone. However, she wasn't alway…

Ruth Curran knows the answer to both of those questions. Ruth travels the world to find the best CEOs, CFOs and CIOs for a whole range of high-level organisations. She’s managing partner at MERC, Ireland’s leading executive search firm – a role she balances with being a mother to four children all under the age of 12. In the latest Broadly Speaking…

Managing a team of 2,000 employees is a huge responsibility, but Anne O’Leary takes it all in her stride. As chief executive of Vodafone Ireland, she has worked hard to build an inclusive, flexible and empathetic culture. Anne does not believe in a one-size-fits-all approach to people management. Instead she is focused on understanding what works f…

When entrepreneur Nikki Evans quit her well-paid management consulting job in London to move home to Ireland during the recession and start a pre-paid gift card business, people thought she was bonkers. But last year, over a decade after launching her business and a few pivots later, she sold her company for €6 million. Now Nikki is chief executive…

It was an awkward dinner and a "make or break" moment. Louise Grubb, co-founder and CEO of TriviumVet was going to have to explain how her wonderful pharmaceutical business couldn't pay the dinner bill. She was in Copenhagen wining and dining a man who would become a major and game-changing distributor for her nutraceutical product. Thankfully he p…

Andreea Wade is famous on the start-up scene and she is also intimately acquainted with the boardroom tables of venture capital firms. That's because she's CEO of Opening, a fast-growing start-up that's using artificial intelligence in the recruitment industry. The serial entrepreneur tells Margaret E Ward about what it's like to get funding as a f…

She'd just become partner at Accenture, and Vivienne Jupp assumed she'd be joined by lots more women in the partnership ranks. She wasn't. The veteran board member and businesswoman began to notice two things: people talked differently about women than they did about men and men talked about going home to "babysit" their children. Vivienne decided …

Trish Long is the General Manager and Vice President of Disney in Ireland. She's also worked with Oprah. How did she do it? She shares her remarkable and unplanned path with Margaret E Ward, one that began with her bargaining with her father to stay in school at age of 14. If you've ever beaten yourself for lacking focus or commitment in your caree…

Newly married, a 10-day-old baby and newly redundant, 2008 was an interesting year for Sara Mitchell and Gavin McCarthy. But 2009 was an even more interesting year, when the pair, a former property developer and marketing professional with no food business experience whatsoever, decided to buy a food truck and set up Ireland's first chicken rotisse…

Especially in Hollywood, but actress and filmmaker Naomi McDougall Jones is proving them wrong. She reveals to Margaret E Ward how she not only crowdfunded but created an an engaged and loyal audience for her very first film. It's a 'how to' that can be translated to any industry. Naomi also shares her New York backstory, auditioning relentlessly f…

Professor Aoife McLysaght discovered a totally new human gene. Her day job is as a genetic scientist, but there was a time when she was going to give it all up. After an unfriendly encounter with a colleague who queried her holiday leave, she sent a frank email to her boss. "Guess what," she wrote, "I read books that aren't all science books, I hav…

GirlCrew - it's a global online platform and app that helps women make new friends, wherever they are in the world. It all started when a young woman, left alone due to coupled-up friends, needed someone to go to a concert with. A short note posted online, in search of a buddy, turned into GirlCrew. It has since saved women from bad dates, helped p…

Fionnuala Meehan had "no clear career path" after her arts degree. So she took a job in a call centre where she was regularly pranked by German teenagers. She had her first child while still working in the call centre, then later moving on to work for internet giant AOL. Next stop was Google, where she now manages 650 staff as head of Irish operati…

Dr Ciara Clancy, accidental entrepreneur, physiotherapist, and 20-something CEO, has just been named on the Forbes 30 Under 30 list. She plasters her office not with accolades and press clippings, but with her "why." In her office you'll find thank you cards and letters all over the walls, from the thousands of people her technology has helped. Cia…

Businessman Feargal Quinn's first book Crowning the Consumer sold more than 100,000 copies and was translated into 14 languages. It came after building a national chain of grocery stores, Superquinn, which he started at the age of 23. How did he do it? By always having the advantage over his competitor. And how did he do that? By making the custome…

Ellvena Graham, OBE, is currently chairman of ESB, Ireland's electricity supply board, but in 2008 she was a director in the Royal Bank of Scotland when it lost £24.3bn - the biggest corporate loss in British history. How did the daughter of a mechanic from a rural town survive? She tells Margaret E Ward, through deep exhales, how she navigated tho…

When the recession hit in 2008, Bobby Kerr's national chain of more than 100 coffee shops, Insomnia, was on the frontline. "We were a luxury item," he tells Margaret E Ward. How do you survive that? By 2008, Bobby was a well-seasoned businessman used to risk. He had, after all, left a very comfortable job at 36, five days after the birth of his fou…

Ireland's first female private investigator (PI) Sandra Mara, cracked her first case at 9. She found not only her passion but also fulfilment and decided to follow her father into the family business of private investigations. "That's no job for a woman," he said as he tried desperately to throw her off course. Sandra, however, went on to have a le…