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Ep. 480: Shauvon Torres Jul 11, 2025

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Derrick Kosinski & Scott Yager are joined by Shauvon Torres.
In just 3 seasons of The Challenge and one season of The Real World Shauvon made a name for herself and was involved in some of the most iconic Challenge moments of all time! She finally pops into the podcast to talk about these moments, where she's been, whether we may see her on All Stars and MUCH MORE! PLUS...the answer to the question on everybody's mind...did she actually pop her implant!? And how did that happen!?
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CT ROLLS INTO NYC JULY 30th! Jul 07, 2025

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Challenge Mania is kicking off Season 41 with an Epic Premiere Party Event at City Winery on Wednesday, July 30th! We'll be watching the episode with FULL SOUND on massive screens, doing a Panel Q&A after and we'll have CT, Olivia, Rogan, Theo, Aneesa, Derrick an MORE in the house!
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Ep. 479: CT is BACK + Season 41 Questions! Jul 03, 2025

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Derrick Kosinski & Scott Yager talk the return of CT and continue to discuss Season 41, Premiering on July 30th on MTV and with a massive Premiere Event in NYC. A podcast loaded with your questions!
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Ep. 478: Nathaniel Blackburn Jun 25, 2025

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Derrick Kosinski & Scott Yager are joined by Nathaniel Blackburn.
NATHANIEL BLACKBURN made his debut on Real World: Seattle and went on to do two seasons of The Challenge. With MTV really being at it's peak of popularity back then he is one of the more recognizable names and faces of the era. Now going by his full name Nathaniel (he mainly went by Nate/Nathan back then) he has had a lot of life ups and downs since appearing on our screens. He shares all of it with us, getting very personal and candid about addiction and his path to recovery over the years. This interview does contain some talk about different forms of abuse and addiction so please proceed with caution. There are mentions sexual assault, not in great detail but it does come up.
Although Video is usually a Maniac-Level perk (for Maniac level and above) we think this interview is important for everyone (who wants to) to take in and experience, so it is available to ALL Patrons.
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Ep. 477: Ask D Anything Q&A Jun 24, 2025

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Derrick Kosinski & Scott Yager answer your questions and go over some of the major topics going around the internet like Tyri's response to the Dunbar epiosde, Jordan's claims about The Traitors and his back and forth with Trishelle, whether Challenge Mania would exist if Derrick had won Dirty XXX and MORE!
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Ep. 476: Full Season 41 Cast Breakdown Jun 23, 2025

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Derrick Kosinski & Scott Yager break down the Season 41 Cast!
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6/28 - PITTBURGH w/ CT!
7/13 - ATLANTA w/ BANANAS!
7/27 - ROAD RULES 30th Anniversary Show in LA!
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SEASON 41 CAST BREAKDOWN POD! Jun 18, 2025

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Season 41 is HERE! Derrick is BACK! Derrick Kosinski & Scott Yager break down the entire cast and all the details for The Challenge:Vets and New Threats, Premiering on MTV at 8pm on July 30th!
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BREAKING NEWS: CT is BAAACK!!! Jun 17, 2025

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CHOOO CHOOO! CT IS BACK!
And YOU can still be a part of it!
Head to www.ChallengeMania.Live RIGHT NOW!
CT Joins our epic lineup NEXT SATURDAY, June 28th in Pitt with his Traitors Co-Champ Trishelle, Susie, Sarah, Mark, Derrick and Scott!
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EP. 475: Wes, Amber, Jonna, Darrell, Frank & Mark (Live from STL 6/7) Jun 12, 2025

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Scott Yager & Mark Long are joined by Wes Bergmann, Darrell Taylor, Amber Borzotra, Frank Sweeney and Jonna Stephens LIVE from Helium in St. Louis, Missouri. This live show was recorded on Saturday, June 7th! If this sounds fun and you want to attend future live shows, head to www.ChallengeMania.Live right now!
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Next shows up are Pittsburgh June 28th, Atlanta July 13th and LA July 27th for the Road Rules Anniversary Special!
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Ep. 474: DUNBAR! Jun 03, 2025

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Derrick Kosinski & Scott Yager are joined by Dunbar Merrill.
It's crazy to think that we still have FIRST TIME GUESTS on the podcast after all these years but DUNBAR MERRILL is certainly a blast from the past that made quite a dent in The Challenge world and has somehow evaded us so far! Well NOT ANYMORE! Dunbar joins us to talk about his win on Cutthroat and how he manifested it with The Secret, teaming with Paula and Tyri, how he got on Real World Sydney and why they didn't compete on Battle of the Seasons! ALL THIS AND MORE!
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