Mona Covino

Michael, Logan & Michelle return for the final time to recap the last two episodes of Amazing Race 30 and its visits to Hong Kong & San Francisco. In this episode:

• Michael is in denial.
• One Racer had a pretty poo-poo ending to their race.
• Have Michelle & Logan learnt their lesson from last week?
• What classic Amazing Race moment will Michael be recreating?
• Should the driver have taken Kristi & Jen on the funicular tracks as a shortcut?
• We talk Speed Bump history.
• Are they writing detour names just to get onto the face cream clip?
• Is it racist to claim that Henry would know Mandarin?
• What do camera operators do when their teams have been eliminated?
• Logan talks about finale parties and reveals how he got into the 28 one.
• How do you break the briefcase task?
• Should Bertram have called in a favour for the Roadblock?
• What would Michael’s ideal version of this Roadblock have been?
• Why are winners so important?
• What would have happened if Henry & Evan had got run over by a ding-ding?
• Where is the world’s largest Chinatown?
• Who would you want to be against in the finals?
• Two teams had an unaired connection.
• One team in the alliance had a misleading edit.
• Should Kristi & Jen have got a penalty at the Roadblock?
• Is Michael’s brother a savant?
• Michelle has smelt one of the Racers.
• What constitutes an Australian food group?
• Logan’s lapsed vegetarianism returns.
• How did one small error cost Henry & Evan $975,000?
• Why does Michael tell jokes?
• There’s a celebrity cameo.
• How would we have improved the baseball task?
• Where did Rebus puzzles get their names from?
• Logan hates fortune cookies.
• Why wasn’t the final challenge a Roadblock?
• We try to break the final challenge.
• Michael tries to make sure that Logan & Michelle will never forget this podcast.
• What is a hockey fight known as in Boston?
• Impression myths get busted.
• What happened in 29’s Tanzania legs?
• One Racer took on a traditional Epcot challenge.
• How would the final challenge be improved with a few more game show elements?
• Why was 29 so much better than 30?
• Which Racer from 29 is “has been known to be overserved”?
• Brittany gets some advice.
• We identify a recruit.
• Michelle gets called out over her Amazing Race shrine.
• What are Brooke & Scott like in real life?
• How do you ignore a fight strap?
• We make plans for our 250th podcast.
• Who is a former fatty?
• How would a partner swap work in 29?
• We discuss a promise made during last season.
• What is the weakest currency?
• Why is a winners’ quote important?
• Was this the most awkward top two ever?
• Why is it disappointing especially that Kristi & Jen didn’t win?
• Michael rants about the edit.
• Where will the winners go next?
• Why didn’t this season work?
• How much impact does a winner have on the quality of a season?
• Are they the worst winners ever?
• And what will happen for Season 31?