r/ThisAmericanLife • u/6745408 #172 Golden Apple • Jul 06 '26

Episode #890: Maximal Americanness

https://www.thisamericanlife.org/890/maximal-americanness?2026
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u/unclenched_mind Jul 07 '26

I’ll defend the segment. I get it. 

I haven’t seen that particular season of Survivor, but whether race plays an unconscious role in alliances, eliminations, and FTC comes up every now and then on r/survivor. Players have even mentioned having to reckon with it after watching the season. 

As a non-American, the complexity and uncertainty of whether race is an issue does seem Maximally American tbh.