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Ep. 498: Aviv Returns! Nov 18, 2025

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Derrick Kosinski & Scott Yager are joined by Aviv Bruno.
Aviv had a hell of a season and boy did she go out in a blaze of glory! She returns to the show to talk about last week's hot and heavy episode, switching partners at the last minute, where she stands with Nany and MORE!
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Episode 16 Breakdown: The Game Has STARTED! Nov 13, 2025

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Derrick Kosinski & Scott Yager break down Episode 16 of The Challenge 41: Vets and New Threats!
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Ep. 497: Nelson Thomas Returns Nov 11, 2025

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Derrick Kosinski & Scott Yager are joined by Nelson Thomas.
Nelson makes his first appearance on the podcast since his car accident and having his foot/leg amputated. This is a conversation about making mistakes, the twists and turns life gives you, making the most of a terrible situation and a look that everything that has gone down in Nelson's life since we last saw him on The Challenge Season 38. Will he ever back on The Challenge!? We talk about that and much, much more.
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Survivor Mania Episodes 6-7 (As the Kids Say) Nov 07, 2025

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Lindsay and Scott are back to talk about the last two episodes of Survivor 49, the state of the season so far, our friend Mark Levy crushing it on Squid Game Challenge, Survivor Mania Merch and MORE!
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Episode 15 Breakdown: What Even Is a Jake? Nov 06, 2025

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Derrick Kosinski & Scott Yager break down Episode 15 of The Challenge 41: Vets and New Threats.
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MANIA REWIND: Paula Walnuts! Nov 05, 2025

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Derrick Kosinski & Scott Yager are joined by Paula Walnuts.
This interview originally aired in Summer 2019. Check it out if you missed it the first couple times around. Paula is a favorite and just celebrated twelve years sober!
Paula Walnuts (@PaulaWalnutsMTV) is a legend of the game. She is a two-time champion who played many seasons with Derrick (@DerrickMTV) including the infamous Island season, where Derrick was part of the alliance that turned its back on Paula en route to a victory. Paula joins Derrick and Scott (@SHOTOFYAGER) to talk about Real World: Key West, Johnny Bananas, The Island, Rivals 1 and 2, the state of The Challenge (of which she does not miss an episode to this day) today, her thoughts on War of the Worlds and the Reunion, the Real World reboot AND MORE!
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**Scott on Cruise Situation** Nov 04, 2025

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Scott dives into the unfortunate situation with Showroom Travel and the cruise experiences featuring reality and Challenge talent they mishandled and that are now being cancelled. An awful ordeal that people should begin the process of getting their money back for immediately. Hopefully this provides some added detail and context for those affected or just interested overall. Simply put...if you booked anything Challenge or Reality related through Showroom Travel...get your money back ASAP. If you are just following all of this from afar, try not to have too much fun at other people's expense. A lot of people have been financially affected by this sham of an operation and although you may get a kick out of rooting for certain cast-members (or things associated with them) to fail...this is not the time or the place.

Episode 14 Breakdown: Hello Sydney! Oct 30, 2025

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Derrick Kosinski & Scott Yager break down Episode 14 of The Challenge 41: Vets and New Threats and have a lengthy chat about the rumors (according to Johnny Bananas) that Season 42 is an important one for the Challenge Franchise and may even be on Paramount Plus.
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Ep. 496: Will Gagnon Oct 29, 2025

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Derrick Kosinski & Scott Yager are joined by "New Threat" Will Gagnon.
Will has been making waves in The Challenge world since the first episode of Season 41. Between his show-mances with Dee and Nany, altercations with both Gabe and a kitchen wall, rocky roads with his very own partner Olivia and several online "crash-outs" recently, Will has become one of the most discussed rookies on this season. Now...most people have him partially confused with the similarly dapper Jake, but that's besides the point. Will makes his Challenge Mania debut to tell his story and as you might expect...he does NOT hold back!
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Ep. 495: Zach Nichols Makes His Challenge Mania Debut! Oct 28, 2025

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Scott Yager and Mark Long are joined by Zach Nichols, Wes Bergmann, Nany Gonzalez, Leroy Garrett, Leo Dionicio, Tiffany Mitchell and Xavier Prather Live from Detroit!
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