![]() From then on, it was all we thought about for months. After we flew home to Wisconsin, Discovery called to say we’d gotten the gig-but that we’d be separated and sent to different locations. We sent in some videos, traveled to Los Angeles for interviews, took extensive multiple-choice personality tests, and tried our best to seem charming and competent. ![]() We thought the wilderness challenge seemed like fun. Apparently, years ago, I had nominated us for a now defunct couples’ survival program-which I don’t remember, though it’s something I would do-and the application made its way to a casting agent. In April 2018, my husband and I were invited to apply for the show. ![]() It’s a sufferfest for glory, a chance to face nature and win. The finished episodes, with their blurred genitals and Edenic concept, are strangely wholesome, family-friendly. Their goal is to survive for three weeks, but there’s no prize for completing the challenge, and anyone can tap out at any time. They face predators, parasites, sunburn, cold, hunger, and each other. ![]() They’re deposited into wilderness with just a few tools, often a knife, a fire starter, and a pot. Here are the rules to Discovery’s long-running reality show, Naked and Afraid: Two people, a man and a woman, are naked.
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