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Genesis Keefer: “I Love Jazz” Apr 08, 2024

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Genesis Keefer: “I Love Jazz”

From the Boston season of MTV’s “The Real World”, Genesis Moss joins hosts Beth Stolarczyk and Jon Brennan as they reminisce their experiences on the very early days of living in a house with roommates and their experiences on the early days of “The Challenge”. The discussion turns to their “dream casts” for each franchise and catching up on what Genesis’ life has been like since the last time we saw her.

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Billy Rainey: “Punk’d, Bubble Bath & The Beatles” Apr 01, 2024

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Executive Television Producer, Billy Rainey, joins reality TV’s Beth Stolarczyk and Jon Brennan to discuss the early days of MTV’s making of “The Real World” and “Road Rules”. Billy tells how they literally blew up the Winnebago on Road Rules and how he came up through the ranks of being the “Head of Audio” on The Real World: San Francisco, working on the London season, to being the Executive Producer of The Real World: Miami. Billy tells stories about the creation of the very successful series “Punk’d” on MTV, national TV commercials, and his latest role as a teacher at Nashville Film Institute and producer of Jon’s new music video!

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Doug Herzog: “MTV President” Mar 25, 2024

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Doug Herzog was President of MTV Productions during the heyday of MTV’s greatest success including days of “The Real World”, ‘Remote Control”, “Club MTV”, “Jon Stewart Show”, “Road Rules”, “MTV Movie Awards” and tons of other programs! He is an American television executive and formerly the president of Viacom Music and Entertainment Group, he oversaw MTV, VH1, Logo TV, Comedy Central, Palladia, TV Land, and Spike. Herzog has been credited with evolving the MTV brand by steering the network away from music-related programming. Beth Stolarczyk & Jon Brennan have a very nostalgic conversation with him about many happenings at MTV in the 90’s and the idea of basic cable. They discuss the huge change in the industry and what set these changes into motion. You’ll love this BTS insight!

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Nathaniel Blackburn: “From Nathan to Nathaniel” Mar 18, 2024

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Nathan Blackburn from the 7th season of MTV’s “The Real World: Seattle” joins Beth Stolarczyk and Jon Brennan to discuss his experience on reality TV, his substance addictions, abuse, homelessness, and finding God at a retreat. Nathaniel talks about his transformation and becoming a husband and father of twins! Nathaniel founded True North Retreats and you can find information at

https://www.truenorthretreats.org/

All this week on Getting Real with Jon and Beth!

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Lisa Fletcher: “Casting & Planning” Mar 11, 2024

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Executive Producer & Casting Director of shows like “The Challenge”, “Road Rules” and “House of Villians” joins Beth Stolarczyk & Jon Brennan for a behind-the-scenes point of view of how reality shows are cast and planned! Lisa Fletcher discusses the very specific methods used to select cast members and reveals a lot of the logistical preparation involved in pulling off these shows for viewers to enjoy!

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Josh Martinez: “Big Brother & The Challenge MegaStar” Mar 04, 2024

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One of reality TV’s most recognizable faces! Josh Martinez, “Big Brother” winner & MTV “The Challenge” superstar joins reality television pioneers, Beth Stolarczyk & Jon Brennan, for a powerful conversation about the up-and-down journey of being a reality personality. Josh gets very candid about his experiences on both shows and shares his favorite moments on these shows! He also discusses his drive to make it to a final and conquer “The Challenge”.

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Horacio Gutierrez: “Nice Guys Finish First" Feb 26, 2024

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Professional soccer player turned reality star Horacio Gutierrez joins Beth Stolarczyk & Jon Brennan to discuss how he made the leap from sports to television! He has become one of reality television’s most likable and most popular personalities and competitors. They discuss his determination when his cast mates continually attempt to eliminate him and how he responds! This is one of TV’s nicest guys ever and it is impossible not to cheer for him.

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Norman Korpi: “Techno-Color Reflections: Series 26" Feb 19, 2024

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Norman, one of reality television’s original 7 cast members, from season 1 of MTV’s “The Real World” joins Beth Stolarczyk & Jon Brennan to describe his newest artwork. Support the Kickstarter campaign and pre-order your book today to help take this project to the next level of success!

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/737096508/techno-color-reflections

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Ayanna Mackins: “Turn Up The Volume On The Right Songs!” Feb 12, 2024

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The “Road Rules Semester At Sea” OG turned “The Challenge All-Stars” legend joins Beth Stolarczyk & Jon Brennan for a tremendous episode of “Getting Real”. Ayanna reveals her cancer diagnosis, treatment, and what it’s like for her and her children on this uncertain journey. Courageously she wants to relay a message to females and males that could be life-saving and her faith and perspective on her illness is very moving! The Challenge family and viewers have rallied around her and you can contribute to the GoFundMe campaign that has been started on her behalf. Support Ayanna and her children here:

https://www.gofundme.com/f/ayanna-we-got-your-back-beat-cancer

https://www.cancer.org/cancer/types/breast-cancer/about/what-is-breast-cancer.html

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Ray Yslas: “Percussionist to the Stars” Feb 05, 2024

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Ramon Yslas is a member of the mega super group CHICAGO. He is a producer, composer, and percussionist having played with Paul Stanley, Christina Aguilera, Willie Nelson, Jessica Simpson, and many others! This episode is full of incredible stories of iconic musicians he has met and spent time with, and shared the stage with. Join Beth Stolarczyk and Jon Brennan as they talk to Ray about his life on the road and at home in his studio.

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