Challenge Mania
MTV Star Derrick Kosinski (@DerrickMTV) & actor / comedian Scott Yager (@SHOTOFYAGER) dive head first into the MTV Challenge universe, interviewing past, present and future contestants, breaking down Challenge news and episodes, and laying down new challenges to anyone and everyone.
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May 18, 2026 • 97 mins
Derrick Kosinski & Scott Yager are joined by the man who created it all...Jon Murray.
Jon Murray is the M in BMP. The Murray in Bunim-Murray. He created Real World. He created Road Rules. He created The Challenge. He is responsible for Reality TV as we know and love it today. He joined us on the podcast a few years back but since many of you may have missed it we wanted to share it again. It is one of our favorite interviews. An...
Jon Murray is the M in BMP. The Murray in Bunim-Murray. He created Real World. He created Road Rules. He created The Challenge. He is responsible for Reality TV as we know and love it today. He joined us on the podcast a few years back but since many of you may have missed it we wanted to share it again. It is one of our favorite interviews. An...
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May 17, 2026 • 96 mins
Derrick Kosinski & Scott Yager are joined by Paulie Calafiore.
Love him. Hate him. Really hate him. Regardless of how you feel about PAULIE CALAFIORE...you have to admit that The Challenge Arsonist is a pretty great name and term for him. The arsonist lit up our couch to talk about his newest ventures and some of his oldest escapades. This one goes all over the place but is a pretty eye-opening look at some of our ups and downs ...
Love him. Hate him. Really hate him. Regardless of how you feel about PAULIE CALAFIORE...you have to admit that The Challenge Arsonist is a pretty great name and term for him. The arsonist lit up our couch to talk about his newest ventures and some of his oldest escapades. This one goes all over the place but is a pretty eye-opening look at some of our ups and downs ...
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May 15, 2026 • 46 mins
Scott and Lindsay are back (how bout THAT turnaround) to break down Wednesday's Penultimate Episode of Survivor 50, talk about who our likely winner is and MORE!
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May 13, 2026 • 43 mins
Sorry for the delay! Scott and Lindsay are back to talk LAST WEEK's Survivor right before we get the penultimate episode tonight. ENJOY!
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May 11, 2026 • 32 mins
Derrick Kosinski & Scott Yager talk about which Challenge Cast are different Off-Cam from On-Cam, who doesn't get enough credit for being smart, who gets too much credit, what moments in Derrick's career mentally broke him and MORE!
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May 6, 2026 • 58 mins
Derrick Kosinski & Scott Yager answer burning questions from the Challenge Mania Universe!
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May 4, 2026 • 92 mins
Derrick Kosinski & Scott Yager are joined by Faysal Shafaat, who is currently crushing it on American Gladiators as MAYHEM!
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Sure we know him as Fessy...Faysal...but this was our first sit down with MAYHEM! Hear the awesome story of how Faysal wound up on American Gladiators, got the name Mayhem, whether he gets along with the other Gladiators and what ...
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Sure we know him as Fessy...Faysal...but this was our first sit down with MAYHEM! Hear the awesome story of how Faysal wound up on American Gladiators, got the name Mayhem, whether he gets along with the other Gladiators and what ...
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April 30, 2026 • 64 mins
Scott & Lindsay are back to talk about the last two episodes of Survivor 50, including Jimmy Fallon and MrBeast's involvement. Did the twists work on us!? Tune in to find out!
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April 30, 2026 • 106 mins
Derrick Kosinski & Scott Yager are joined by Cedric Hodges.
CEDRIC HODGES makes his Challenge Mania debut, live and in studio from STL! We learn all about his upbringing, decision to join the Marine Corps, journey to Big Brother, his successful turn on his Rookie Season of The Challenge, if there is anyone who owes him an apology and MORE!
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CEDRIC HODGES makes his Challenge Mania debut, live and in studio from STL! We learn all about his upbringing, decision to join the Marine Corps, journey to Big Brother, his successful turn on his Rookie Season of The Challenge, if there is anyone who owes him an apology and MORE!
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April 21, 2026 • 1 min
Challenge Mania has a TON of dates coming up and we would LOVE to see you!
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4/25 - STL
5/22 - BOSTON
5/23 - BOSTON
5/30 - SACRAMENTO
6/27 - PORTLAND
6/28 - SEATTLE
7/18 - CHICAGO (ON SALE SOON)
7/31 - MINNEAPOLIS
8/15 - DETROIT
9/5 - NOLA
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4/25 - STL
5/22 - BOSTON
5/23 - BOSTON
5/30 - SACRAMENTO
6/27 - PORTLAND
6/28 - SEATTLE
7/18 - CHICAGO (ON SALE SOON)
7/31 - MINNEAPOLIS
8/15 - DETROIT
9/5 - NOLA
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April 20, 2026 • 85 mins
Scott Yager is joined by Devyn Simone live In Studio in New York City.
DEVYN SIMONE sits down with Scott to talk about her Bucket List Moment coming in Sacramento next month, what her Reality TV diet is like these days, what she thinks of the current state of TV and The Challenge, the Universal Challenge we'll never see and the controversial moment that happened during filming, what she learned about The Challenge fanbase by doing T...
DEVYN SIMONE sits down with Scott to talk about her Bucket List Moment coming in Sacramento next month, what her Reality TV diet is like these days, what she thinks of the current state of TV and The Challenge, the Universal Challenge we'll never see and the controversial moment that happened during filming, what she learned about The Challenge fanbase by doing T...
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April 19, 2026 • 22 mins
Choose a Partner! What could go wrong!? Scott and Lindsay are back for a short and sweet episode of Survivor Mania covering last week's Duo of Death episode of Survivor 50! This one gets a bit cut short but does feature a cameo from Brock towards the end!
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April 16, 2026 • 22 mins
Wrestling Fans! Scott is back with the THE HEEL WORLD to break down Wrestlemania!
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April 13, 2026 • 97 mins
Derrick Kosinski & Scott Yager are joined by Ibis Del Mar live at Skutch Media Studios in Atlanta.
Derrick and Ibis go all the way back to their debut Road Rules season. This incredibly candid chat goes all the way back, covering first impressions, why Derrick missed one of the missions and almost got arrested, what the single craziest mission was that they would never do today, why Ibis doesn't feel Reality TV is the same today...
Derrick and Ibis go all the way back to their debut Road Rules season. This incredibly candid chat goes all the way back, covering first impressions, why Derrick missed one of the missions and almost got arrested, what the single craziest mission was that they would never do today, why Ibis doesn't feel Reality TV is the same today...
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April 13, 2026 • 129 mins
Derrick Kosinski & Scott Yager are joined by Ibis, Tony, Devin, Kefla, Leka and Ace live from Helium Comedy Club in Atlanta on Sunday, March 8th 2026.
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April 10, 2026 • 51 mins
Scott and Lindsay are back to break down last night's episode of Survivor 50!
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April 6, 2026 • 77 mins
Derrick Kosinski & Scott Yager are joined by Kefla Hare Live & In Studio at Skutch Media in Atlanta, GA.
KEFLA HARE, a true Road Rules and Challenge OG - joins us once again for a talk about how it all got started and evolved over the years, as well as navigating live with such a large gap between show appearances. All this and more from one of the nicest and most thoughtful guys around. Early and Ad-Free Audio and VIDEO are...
KEFLA HARE, a true Road Rules and Challenge OG - joins us once again for a talk about how it all got started and evolved over the years, as well as navigating live with such a large gap between show appearances. All this and more from one of the nicest and most thoughtful guys around. Early and Ad-Free Audio and VIDEO are...
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April 4, 2026 • 90 mins
Derrick Kosinksi & Scott Yager were joined by Ibis Del Mar back in 2021. This is a MANIA REWIND back to that timeless conversation.
We were recently joined by IBIS DEL MAR live and in person at Skutch Media in Atlanta and that will be going up soon. But the reason we had to bring her back for a second appearance was THIS EPISODE FROM 2021. She has been one of most requested guests to come back for a follow up since. With all the...
We were recently joined by IBIS DEL MAR live and in person at Skutch Media in Atlanta and that will be going up soon. But the reason we had to bring her back for a second appearance was THIS EPISODE FROM 2021. She has been one of most requested guests to come back for a follow up since. With all the...
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April 3, 2026 • 53 mins
Scott and Lindsay are back to talk about this week's massive 3-boot episode of Survivor 50 and a bit of last week's as well.
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April 3, 2026 • 49 mins
Scott is back with a massive Q&A Pod about the future of the show, whether The Challenge should have a home base, what is different about In-Person pods and MORE!
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