Will You Survive... The Podcast

Will You Survive... The Podcast

Immerse yourself in the world of cinema as we embark on a journey to equip you with the skills to tackle any disaster head-on. Through the lens of thrilling tales, particularly those of the zombie apocalypse, we'll unravel the secrets of preparedness. Join us as we explore the silver screen to empower you for the challenges that lie ahead.

  1. 3 DAYS AGO

    Will You Survive "The Tunnel"

    Send us Fan Mail A horror movie that can’t decide what it wants to be can still be a fun ride, but it’s going to make us argue. We watch The Tunnel (2011), the Australian found footage horror that also leans hard into a mockumentary style, and we immediately clash on the rating: Alex plants a flag in B tier while TJ and Eric push it down toward the C range. We break down what works and what doesn’t: the creepy underground setting, the feeling of trespassing somewhere you shouldn’t be, and the genuinely unsettling speed and strength of what’s stalking the tunnels. Then we get into the big structural problem, how the mockumentary framing can spoil suspense by hinting at who survives, and how cutting away to “talking head” commentary drains the fear you just built in the dark. If you’re into found footage horror, mockumentary horror, or underground creature features, this is a case study in why format and pacing matter as much as the monster. Because this is Will You Survive, we also pull out one clear real-world takeaway: if you’re panicking in an emergency, delegate the 911 call to someone who can give location and details fast. From there, we spiral into tunnel urban legends, Paris catacombs stories, and the kind of chaotic side quests only a survival movie podcast can justify. Listen, pick a side, and tell us where The Tunnel belongs on your horror movie tier list. If you like the show, subscribe, share it with a friend who loves found footage films, and leave a review so more survivors can find us.

    55 min
  2. 1 MAY

    Plastic Bags, Neck Pillows, And Other Terrible Survival Plans

    Send us Fan Mail AI isn’t “coming” to media, it’s already running the floor. After a huge week at NAB in Las Vegas, we come back with one big question: what happens when the most powerful tools in broadcasting and content creation move faster than the rules meant to keep people safe? We talk about AI in broadcasting workflows, the uneasy vibe around hacking, and why regulation always seems a few years behind reality.  Then we pivot to the real “will you survive” angle: crowds. Festivals, conventions, concerts, even malls can go from normal to dangerous in minutes when planning fails or panic hits. We pull lessons from infamous event disasters, argue about what people should expect from organizers, and admit how quickly most of us stop thinking like “prepared” adults the moment we’re on a trip and trying to have fun.  Finally, we get practical about travel safety and TSA reality. If you’re flying to a packed event, what can you actually bring that helps in an emergency? We debate the boring answers that work: water, snacks, basic first aid, and a flashlight, plus the simple strategy of buying what you need after security. It’s messy, it’s chaotic, and yes, it derails into internet weirdness and “Humanimals” improv, but the takeaway is real: preparedness has to be portable, legal, and simple.  Subscribe to Will You Survive the Podcast, share this with your most “I’ll figure it out later” friend, and leave a review if you want more scenarios like this. What’s one item you always carry that makes you feel safer in a crowd?

    1hr 4min
  3. 24 APR

    Will You Survive Our Fifth Tier List pt 2

    Send us Fan Mail We finish a massive survival movie tier list and argue our way through what deserves Iconic status versus what belongs in dog water. Along the way, we lock in our favorites, roast our “FX movies,” and end the season with a winner and a stack of new picks for next time.  • debating A Quiet Place spin-offs and memory gaps  • locking in top-tier zombie movies led by Train To Busan  • ranking “black movies” and praising originality and suspense  • building a “white people stuck in places” mini-category  • calling out movies you always finish halfway through  • breaking down what Weapons does well and what it reveals too early  • talking Maggie as a moral gut-punch zombie story  • putting war and outbreak movies head-to-head  • landing the final picks and naming a personal favorite  • wrapping the season with socials and next-season ideas  Alright, everybody, make sure you go check us out on all of our socials. We are on YouTube, TikTok, Instagram, Facebook. You can find us by searching Will You Survive the Podcast. You can also send us emails, give us criticisms, critiques, tell us what you would like us to cover, any movies that we haven't named in our mega tier list, and send those emails off to the boys at Will You SurviveThePodcast.com. That's T-H-E-B-O-Y-S at Will You SurviveThePodcast.com. Make sure to like, subscribe, comment, uh, send us your movie suggestions and such.

    53 min
  4. 3 APR

    Survival Word Association Challenge 4: TJ Edition

    Send us Fan Mail We started the night saying we watched #Alive, a zombie movie that should have been an easy conversation starter. Then we did what we always do: immediately derailed into a chaotic survival game and argued like our lives depended on it. Welcome to One To One Hundred, where one of us picks a secret survival item and the rest try to guess it, getting a 1 to 100 “closeness” score that makes perfect sense only to the person holding the answer. What follows is a surprisingly revealing tour through real survival gear and emergency preparedness thinking. We bounce through the usual bug out bag staples like water filters, lighters, first aid supplies, and navigation tools, then stumble into why signaling matters when you actually need rescue. A signal mirror becomes the perfect example of lightweight, battery-free survival equipment that’s easy to forget until you need it most. From there, the conversation turns into multi-use gear and survival priorities: why paracord is basically a cheat code for shelter building and improvisation, why “sleep system” choices spiral into a full sleeping pad argument, and how food planning turns into a final-round obsession that ends with a fishing pole. It’s messy, loud, and genuinely useful if you like survival scenarios, wilderness survival talk, and gear debates that don’t take themselves too seriously. Subscribe for more survival podcast chaos, share this one with a friend who overthinks gear lists, and leave a review with the survival item you think should be an automatic 100.

    52 min
  5. 27 MAR

    Will You Survive: Resident Evil Welcome To Raccoon City

    Send us Fan Mail A Resident Evil movie that actually tries to look like the games sounds like a win on paper, but the real question is whether it feels like Resident Evil when the camera stops lingering on Easter eggs. We break down Resident Evil: Welcome To Raccoon City with the same energy we bring to every survival horror watch: what works, what breaks immersion, and what choices would have landed harder if the story had room to breathe. We get into the big fan debates that make or break a video game adaptation: Leon Kennedy as a “rookie” who can’t shoot, Jill Valentine’s personality feeling off, and whether Wesker comes across as the Wesker people remember. We also talk monsters and moments that nailed the vibe, including the licker design, the Lisa Trevor sequence, and the game-accurate shots that feel ripped straight from classic cutscenes. Along the way we dig into Resident Evil lore like the T virus vs G virus and how the franchise shifted from survival horror into action, then back again with newer entries. Then we pivot to the part where “Will you survive?” stops being hypothetical. If the outbreak is in the water, what do you do first: filter, boil, or both? We talk emergency water purification, activated charcoal, LifeStraw-style filtration, bathtub and water heater sourcing, why pool water is a trap unless you distill it, and the boring supplies that become priceless when everything collapses. If you’re into zombie movies, Umbrella Corporation conspiracies, Resident Evil game lore, and practical emergency preparedness, hit play. Subscribe, share this with a friend who loves zombies, and leave a review with your hottest take: should Welcome To Raccoon City have been a mini-series?

    1hr 5min
  6. 20 MAR

    Will You Survive REMIX: The Official WYS Zombie pt 2

    Send us Fan Mail You know that moment in a zombie movie where the infected person “turns” and the story stops caring about what it feels like inside their head? We go the opposite direction and design a parasite zombie where the scariest phase happens before the body looks undead. Our monster doesn’t just bite. It hunts for the adrenal glands, manipulates stress hormones like adrenaline and cortisol, and pushes the host into a fight-or-flight spiral that can turn violent while they’re still aware enough to remember it. From there we get uncomfortably practical: how would transmission work if the goal is pure spread? We debate eggs in the mouth, contamination from scratches, and a truly gross barf vector that makes close contact a nightmare. We also nerd out on “realistic zombie blood” and what it would look like as oxygen drops and circulation fails, plus how the parasite could shift stages from fast rage to slow husk reanimation. Then we pull the thread that collapses civilization: incubation period. If symptoms take days or weeks, quarantine becomes a fantasy, travel keeps happening, and infection outruns every rule you try to enforce. We even put a rough R0 on it, and we explore a darker biology angle where immune function falls apart through lymph nodes and bone marrow, meaning “anything” can finish you off once the parasite has control. Finally, we look for weaknesses that make survival possible without breaking the rules, from heat and dehydration to the lore-friendly curveball of pumpkin seeds and cucurbitacin. If you like zombie science, parasite horror, and worldbuilding with consequences, hit play. Subscribe, share this with a friend who loves outbreak stories, and leave a review telling us what weakness you’d add.

    41 min

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Immerse yourself in the world of cinema as we embark on a journey to equip you with the skills to tackle any disaster head-on. Through the lens of thrilling tales, particularly those of the zombie apocalypse, we'll unravel the secrets of preparedness. Join us as we explore the silver screen to empower you for the challenges that lie ahead.