Getting Real with Jon & Beth

Getting Real with Jon & Beth

Reality TV star pioneers Jon Brennan & Beth Stolarczyk from MTV’s The Real World and Challenge give an insider's perspective on reality TV, music, pop culture, and Real Life. Take a walk down nostalgia lane to the present time as they get into real unfiltered one on one conversations Get ready for a roller-coaster of emotions and thoughts as they feature a lineup of star-studded guests ranging from Syrus, the 1st Black Reality Star from ‘The Challenge,’ to Doug Herzog, Former President of MTV & Fox Television. Expect vibrant discussions, revealing interviews, and a whole lot of heart. Proud Part of Pantheon Podcasts. Don’t miss the fun—follow today! https://linktr.ee/gettingrealwithjonandbeth

Episodes

Cedric Hodges: “You Can Be Nice In The Real World”

December 15, 2025 • 61 mins
Cedric Hodges of CBS’ Big Brother and MTV’s The Challenge 41 “Vets & New Threats” returns to Getting Real With Jon & Beth to discuss the finale and part 1 of the reunion. These three reality stars talk about who is “fake”, alliances, Turbo and Johnny Bananas’ comment “I am The Challenge”. Jon tells Cedric how it made him feel watching as the cast members bashed Michaela and Cedric for reading the Bible while on the show.  Cedric di...
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Beth Stolarczyk & Jon Brennan: “Housewives & Hair Dye”

December 8, 2025 • 39 mins
Beth Stolarczyk and Jon Brennan talk about the Challenge 41: Vets & New Threats Finale and Rachel Zoe being on The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills. You will enjoy this episode of “Getting Real With Jon & Beth”! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Beth Stolarczyk & Jon Brennan: “Buy Directly”

December 1, 2025 • 54 mins
Reality television pioneers and OGs, Beth Stolarczyk and Jon Brennan, catch up about Thanksgiving, Challenge 41 and their new projects.  They look forward to having Cedric Hodges back on the podcast.  You know Cedric from CBS Big Brother and MTV’s The Challenge “Vets & New Threats”.  Beth picks Jon’s brain about his new song release, “Tell Me That There Ain’t A God" and the music business and he is reminded about what a great gift ...
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Malik Cooper: “Real World Back To New York”

November 24, 2025 • 52 mins
The cast member of the tenth season of The Real World joins Beth Stolarczyk and Jon Brennan for a great visit. Malik Cooper talks about everything from his Real World roommates, to Zappos shoes, to his music group’s newest album, “The Reeducation Music Project Volume 1” by The Suitors which is available everywhere. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Natalie Murray: “Challenge Tik Tok Creator”

November 10, 2025 • 67 mins
The Challenge influencer super fan shares her insights and love for MTV’s The Real World & MTV’s The Challenge. We discuss her tik tok videos of CT and others, as well as future seasons. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Keanu Soto: “Burn The Boats”

November 3, 2025 • 45 mins
Keanu Soto, America’s “Favorite House Guest” on Big Brother season 27,  joins Beth Stolarczyk and Jon Brennan to discuss his casting process and experience on the hit CBS reality show.   Does he regret telling his cast mates he was going to “pick them off one by one”?  He has his sights set on appearing on some other competition reality shows as well. Find out which ones… Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoic...
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Beth Stolarczyk & Jon Brennan: “Rank The Real Worlds”

October 27, 2025 • 39 mins
Reality television pioneers Beth Stolarczyk and Jon Brennan have a discussion on their podcast, “Getting Real With Jon & Beth”, about Entertainment Weekly’s recent article which ranks the seasons of MTV’s “The Real World”.  Find out what Beth and Jon think about it and how their personal rankings of The Real World seasons differ. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Denis Doucette Jr. “But Denis”: “Happiness Is A Choice”

October 20, 2025 • 48 mins
The outrageous Tik Tok sensation @denis_doucette_jr, aka“But Denis”, describes his daily live shenanigans including the nightly “Wrecking Ball” to Beth Stolarczyk and Jon Brennan.  As it turns out, Denis is a big fan of season 2 of “The Real World Los Angeles” and talks about growing up watching the hosts of Getting Real on television in the 90s. These three have become fans of one another on the popular social media app and have a...
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Yeremi Hykel: “Amazing Race & The Challenge New Threat”

October 13, 2025 • 57 mins
Yeremi Hykel is a former "Amazing Race” competitor and current NEW THREAT on MTV’s “The Challenge 41: Vets & New Threats”.  Beth Stolarczyk and Jon Brennan welcome him to their podcast, “Getting Real With Jon & Beth”, to discuss all the BTS drama and strategy. Jon asks Beth if they would be a good team for “The Amazing Race” and Beth gives Yeremi a history lesson behind some of the female bullying drama that has happened in previou...
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Eric Blankenship: “All Access"

October 6, 2025 • 51 mins
Country music artist Eric Blankenship joins Beth Stolarczyk and Jon Brennan on the "Getting Real With Jon And Beth” podcast to talk about his regular gig at “The Local”, his Grand Ole Opry standing ovation and how he became co-owner of All Access Coaches. This is a great conversation about the music business and how he became a mogul of transportation to the country music and WWE superstars! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit ...
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Cedric Hodges: “The Importance of Strategy”

September 29, 2025 • 56 mins
Cedric Hodges from CBS’ Big Brother season 26 and MTV’s The Challenge 41: Vets & New Threats joins Beth Stolarczyk and Jon Brennan to discuss his journey on competitive reality shows.  We find out that Beth may be old enough to be Cedric’s grandmother and Cedric shares some very unique ideas about his tactics and how he tries to learn from other cast members even while he is strategizing to eliminate them.  This episode is funny an...
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Ben “The Bane” Davis: “The Past Can’t Write Checks”

September 22, 2025 • 53 mins
Ben “The Bane” Davis is a new threat on MTV’s ‘The Challenge 41: Vets & New Threats’.  He joins Beth Stolarczyk and Jon Brennan to discuss being a rookie on the competition reality show and discusses all the happenings you did and did not see.  Ben has a lively personality and offers great perspective for what was really going on in the house. He openly shares exactly what he feels about how the OGs carry this season.  Ben divulges...
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Jaron Bell: “I Don’t Make Those Jokes Anymore”

September 15, 2025 • 45 mins
Singer, Comedian, and Pastor Jaron Bell joins Beth Stolarczyk and Jon Brennan for a discussion about the difference between UFC and WWE, social media trends and how he.balances the cleanliness of his comedy routine.  Jaron Bell has had some viral posts on social media and perspective on what is working for him for presenting himself with authenticity.  Beth expresses her desire to also be a singer. Learn more about your ad choices....
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Coral Smith: “Questions For Coral”

September 8, 2025 • 73 mins
Coral Smith returns to the “Getting Real With Jon & Beth” podcast to take questions live via Zoom from her fans from MTV’s “The Real World” and “The Challenge”.   Beth Stolarczyk and Jon Brennan welcome back this iconic reality personality to get all the backstory information and details you have always wanted to know.  Since you loved Coral episodes 1 & 2, here’s a third one!  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/a...
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Gabriel Wai - “Big Bad Grizzly”

September 1, 2025 • 66 mins
Gabe Grizzly from MTV’s "The Challenge 41: Vets And New Threats" is GETTING REAL With Jon Brennan & Beth Stolarczyk about his iconic debut on MTV from one of the best elimination take downs of Johnny Bananas and his relationships with CT, Turbo, Aneesa Ferreira, Nia Moore, Nany and what he thinks about the other rookies. Grizzly is going down in Challenge history as one of the best. What do you think? Learn more about your ad ...
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Tara McDaniel: “Talking To Tara”

August 25, 2025 • 59 mins
Tara McDaniel from season 5 of “Road Rules Northern Trail” joins Beth Stolarczyk and Jon Brennan to discuss her journey on the 30-year-old series on MTV,  The Challenge: Battle of the Seasons” in 2001, and being an alternate for The Challenge All Stars. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Derrick Levasseur: “Cop, Big Brother, The Traitors”

August 18, 2025 • 49 mins
Derrick Levasseur from The Traitors, Big Brother, Big Brother Unlocked, Crime Weekly, Detective Perspective Podcasts is Getting Real with Beth Stolarczyk and Jon Brennan in this episode. Derrick is one of Beth’s favorite reality TV stars, and after you listen to this, you will understand why. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Eric Nies: “This Is Why We Ride The Dragon”

August 11, 2025 • 58 mins
Eric Nies is the world’s first reality star.  Eric appeared as the prominent cast member on MTV’s “The Real World: New York” before hosting MTV’s “The Grind”.  The three OG Real World personalities dive deep into the behind-the-scenes of their respective Real World Homecomings and the spiritual journey that Eric has been on these last many years.  Beth asks Eric if he would consider coming back for an All-Star Challenge, and they d...
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Beth Stolarczyk & Jon Brennan: “Getting Real 101”

August 4, 2025 • 52 mins
Reality television pioneers Beth Stolarczyk and Jon Brennan reminisce about their 101 podcast episodes and discuss their favorite guests and moments.  They ask each other some really difficult and thought-provoking questions about life.  Also, how do Robert De Niro and Rodney Dangerfield fit into this conversation?  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Coral Smith: “I Don’t Wrestle" Part 1

August 3, 2025 • 52 mins
The most legendary cast member from MTV’s "The Real World" & "MTV’s The Challenge" is GETTING REAL with Jon Brennan & Beth Stolarczyk. We haven’t seen Coral since MTV's "The Gauntlet 3” in 2008, and now we know why. We talk about this, Mike "The Miz”, Theo Von, and if she would ever do another reality TV show.  Coral drops a couple of BOMBSHELL secrets no one has heard before, and it shocks the hosts! When the Queen speaks, we ...
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