{"id":160456,"date":"2025-08-07T10:01:00","date_gmt":"2025-08-07T14:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/roomescapeartist.com\/?p=160456"},"modified":"2025-08-10T17:31:18","modified_gmt":"2025-08-10T21:31:18","slug":"pgs-playhouse-e23-survivor-ft-stephen-fishbach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/roomescapeartist.com\/2025\/08\/07\/pgs-playhouse-e23-survivor-ft-stephen-fishbach\/","title":{"rendered":"PG&#8217;s Playhouse E23: Survivor (ft. Stephen Fishbach)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">&#8220;\u200aJust trying to coexist in this crazy ecosystem.&#8221;<\/h3>\n\n\n<p><iframe title=\"23: Survivor (ft. 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We also discuss some common misconceptions about <em>Survivor<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Today&#8217;s game is called &#8220;The Tribe Has Spoken,&#8221; where the group collaborates to vote out the word that doesn&#8217;t belong. <a href=\"https:\/\/stephenfishbach.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Make sure to check out Stephen&#8217;s new novel, <em>Escape!<\/em>, coming out this January.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Time Stamps<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>00:33 Special Guest: Stephen Fishbach <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>02:17 Game: The Tribe Has Spoken <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>16:32 Topic: Survivor 101 <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>20:21 Topic: Misunderstandings About Survivor <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>22:48 Topic: What Do You Wish Fans Would Stop Asking You? <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>24:59 About Stephen Fishbach &amp; <em>Escape!<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Guest: Stephen Fishbach<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"464\" height=\"557\" data-attachment-id=\"168160\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/roomescapeartist.com\/stephen-fishbach-headshot\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/roomescapeartist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Stephen-fishbach-headshot.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"464,557\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Stephen fishbach headshot\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/roomescapeartist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Stephen-fishbach-headshot.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/roomescapeartist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Stephen-fishbach-headshot.jpg\" alt=\"Man smiling in grey suit, white button down shirt with glasses and beard\" class=\"wp-image-168160\" srcset=\"https:\/\/roomescapeartist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Stephen-fishbach-headshot.jpg 464w, https:\/\/roomescapeartist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Stephen-fishbach-headshot-250x300.jpg 250w, https:\/\/roomescapeartist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Stephen-fishbach-headshot-125x150.jpg 125w, https:\/\/roomescapeartist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Stephen-fishbach-headshot-300x360.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 464px) 100vw, 464px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Stephen Fishbach<\/strong> is a Pushcart Prize\u2013winning writer and former television executive. A two-time <em>Survivor <\/em>contestant (voted onto the show the second time by more than ten million fans), he\u2019s worked on the network side as a vice president at MTV and freelanced for a reality producers\u2019 trade group. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He cohosts a weekly <em>Survivor <\/em>podcast as well as the literary podcast <em>Paraphrase<\/em>. Stephen graduated with honors from Yale and received an MFA in fiction at NYU. In 2009 he was named one of <em>People <\/em>magazine\u2019s hottest bachelors. His short story \u201cTo Sharks\u201d\u2014an excerpt from <em>Escape!<\/em>\u2014was published by <em>One Story<\/em> and garnered Stephen the Pushcart Prize. 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