Derrick Kosinski & Scott Yager are joined by Johnny Bananas, Nany Gonzalez, Katie Cooley, Mark Long, Jonna Stephens, Amber Borzotra and more LIVE FROM NASHVILLE!

This show was recorded at City Winery on Saturday, November 22nd 2025.

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Scott and Lindsay are back to cover the last two episodes of Survivor 49.

Thoughts on Jeff's Mount Rushmore! 

Thoughts on Rizo and his Idol!

Thoughts on whether Survivor USED to be Sexy and Isn't ANYMORE! 

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Derrick Kosinski & Scott Yager break down the last episode before the Season 41 Final Begins, tonight's Episode 17 of Vets and New Threats.

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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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Derrick Kosinski & Scott Yager break down Episode 16 of The Challenge 41: Vets and New Threats!

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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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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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Derrick Kosinski & Scott Yager break down Episode 15 of The Challenge 41: Vets and New Threats.

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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 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.