Challenge Mania

Derrick Kosinski & Scott Yager are joined by Natalie Anderson. This episode is from all the way back in the Double Agents days but with Natalie on Traitors we thought it would be a fun rewind.Reminder that all promos, events and reads are outdated. This is from Episode 209. So it has been a minute.www.ChallengeManiacs.comwww.ChallengeMania.Livewww.ChallengeMania.Shop

Derrick Kosinski & Scott Yager are joined by TJ Lavin, CT Tamburello, Aneesa Ferreira, Ed Eason and Trey Weatherholtz LIVE FROM PHILLY! This show was recorded at City Winery on Sunday, February 1st in front of a Sold Out Crowd.Hard to think after 100 shows we are still finding ways to top the last one! And goes to show, you never know who may walk onto a CM Stage! Don't ever just go off the flyer! If this sounds fun, head to www.ChallengeMania.Live for Tix to Upcoming Shows!If this had too many ads for your liking, remember you can get all of our content early and Ad-free by joining the Pod Squad at www.ChallengeManiacs.com (Patreon)You also get first access to tickets!Full Ad-Free Audio: https://www.patreon.com/posts/audio-full-live-149940921SWAG at www.ChallengeMania.Shop

Since it's Thursday how about a TBT where we throw it back to our 30th Episode of Challenge Mania when Derrick Kosinski & Scott Yager were joined by Ashley Mitchell back in 2018.Reminder that any ads, promos or events in this episode are outdated. But this should be fun to look back on. Enjoy!www.ChallengeManiacs.comwww.ChallengeMania.Livewww.ChallengeMania.Shop

Scott Yager is joined by Cara, Wes, Mark Michele, Devyn, Sydney, Ryan, Jay and some surprise guests LIVE FROM NYC. This show was recorded at City Winery on Friday, Januaru 23rd, 2026.If THIS sounds fun, consider checking us out at a city near you! Next up! CHICAGO AND ATLANTA!Tix available to all shows at www.ChallengeMania.Livewww.ChallengeManiacs.comwww.ChallengeMania.Livewww.ChallengeMania.Shop

Scott and Lindsay are back to cover the last two episodes of The Traitors including the controversial dinner party!www.ChallengeManiacs.comwww.ChallengeMania.Livewww.ChallengeMania.Shop

Scott Yager is joined by WES BERGMANN live and in studio in NYC recently for a nice long chat about anything and everything - Challenge and wider Reality TV Landscape, Traitors included.WATCH this interview here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/149473223?pr=trueMEET WES along with Mark, Amber, Melinda and Aviv in Chicago on Sunday, March 1st at Chicago Bowls II! ALL TIX come with 4 Hours of Unlimited Free Bowling. Tix at www.ChallengeMania.Livewww.ChallengeManiacs.comwww.ChallengeMania.Livewww.ChallengeMania.Shop

Scott Yager interviews Derrick Kosinski about his recent trip to Disney World on Disney Mania!www.ChallengeManiacs.comwww.ChallengeMania.Shopwww.ChallengeMania.Live

Derrick Kosinski & Scott Yager go over all the winners and runners up for the 2025 Challenge Mania Awards and take some of your questions!WATCH this episode here:www.ChallengeManiacs.comwww.ChallengeMania.Livewww.ChallengeMania.ShopLive Show Schedule:1/31 - Baltimore2/1 - Philly3/1 - Chicago Bowls3/8 - Atlanta (Pre-Sale Today at www.ChallengeManiacs.com)5/23 - Boston5/30 - Sacramento (Pre-Sale 2/3 at www.ChallengeManiacs.com)6/27 - Portland (Pre-Sale 2/10 at www.ChallengeManiacs.com)6/28 - Seattle (Pre-Sale 2/10 at www.ChallengeManiacs.com)Tix to all shows (once on sale) at www.ChallengeMania.Live

Challenge Mania Live returns to Helium in ATLANTA on Sunday March 8th with a loaded lineup joining Derrick and Scott of Devin, Tony, Katie, Ibis, Kefla, Leka and MORE!!Pre-Sale at www.ChallengeManiacs.com beginning at 11AM EST TODAY January 27th!Password lifted TOMORROW January 28th and everyone can grab tickets at www.ChallengeMania.Live

Scott Yager is joined by the 2x Champ Cara Maria Sorbello, recorded live in NYC at Gotham Production Studios.Cara talks about the movie she's been filming, what it's like sharing her life with the public as a TV personality, what people get wrong about her, what happened with Paulie and Gabe at the Orlando event and what she thinks is in store for the future of The Challenge.www.ChallengeManiacs.comwww.ChallengeMania.Livewww.ChallengeMania.Shop

Scott and Lindsay are back to talk about who we lost via murder and roundtable, the controversial ways they went out, your questions about Michael, Colton, Tiffany and MORE!www.ChallengeManiacs.comwww.ChallengeMania.Livewww.ChallengeManiaShop

Challenge Mania Live returns to SACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA for what is likely our only area show of the year and there will only be 165 tickets available!Pre-Sale will be very important at www.ChallengeManiacs.com on Feb 3rd!SHOW IS MAY 30th at 12pm at Laughs Unlimited!GET READY NORTHERN CALI! 

Derrick Kosinski & Scott Yager are joined by TJ LAVIN!Challenge Host TJ LAVIN joined Scott and D to talk about how his Songs, Stories and More Tour came about, what he wants from the future of The Challenge, where we might see the next season of The Challenge, who he is voting for in some Challenge Mania Awards Categories, where all his sponsor gear like Monster Energy and Fox went and MUCH MUCH MORE! VIDEO AVAILABLE HERE: https://www.patreon.com/posts/148145211?pr=truewww.ChallengeManiacs.comwww.ChallengeMania.Livewww.ChallengeMania.ShopDEFINITELY check out TJ at a city near you if you live near Philly, NYC or Boston! This is a rare opportunity to see and meet the man himself:TJ IN PHILLY TIX HERE: https://tickets.citywinery.com/event/songs-stories-more-w-tj-lavin-2a9tc2TJ IN NYC TIX HERE: https://tickets.citywinery.com/event/songs-stories-more-with-tj-lavin-t069bm?_gl=1*yyk9dt*_gcl_aw*R0NMLjE3NjgzMzQ2OTIuQ2p3S0NBaUE5NWZMQmhCUEVpd0FUWFVzeE9Oel8zU253SnBUTVhEMW5IQzZzd0lkZGVUUjRwTTdjelVjdE0yZl9peS16RkVDcm1j

Challenge Mania Live returns TO BOSTON for the Roast of Cara Maria featuring CT, Derrick, Mark and MORE on Saturday, May 23rd!WANT BOSTON TICKETS?

Scott drops a Bonus Podcast covering the Beast Games / Survivor crossover episode from yesterday and what it says about Survivor, The Challenge and the future of Reality TV! Plus he runs down the Challenge Mania Awards categories and his time at the Viewing Party last night! www.ChallengeManiacs.comwww.ChallengeMania.Livewww.ChallengeMania.Shop

Scott answers your questions about the best, worst, highlights, lowlights, craziest and most confusing moments of 2025 and MORE!www.ChallengeManiacs.comwww.ChallengeMania.Livewww.ChallengeMania.Shop 

Scott & Lindsay are back to break down the 3 Episode Premiere of Season 4 of The Traitors!Make sure you have seen ALL THREE Episodes from Thursday before listening!www.ChallengeManiacs.comwww.ChallengeMania.Livewww.ChallengeMania.Shop

Derrick Kosinski & Scott Yager are joined by Olivia Kaiser.Olivia is always one of our favorite guests with lots to talk about but boy do we have a lot to discuss today, including her new baby boy, winning Season 41, all the drama surrounding her season and more!WATCH this interview here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/video-champ-is-147670150www.ChallengeManiacs.comwww.ChallengeMania.Livewww.ChallengeMania.Shop

Derrick Kosinski & Scott Yager convene with twenty of their most trusted Challenge Maniacs to determine the categories and nominees for the 2025 Challenge Mania Awards!VOTING BEGINS 1/12 at www.ChallengeManiacs.com and this yea it is FREE TO VOTE. You do need to make a Free Member account though!www.ChallengeManiacs.comwww.ChallengeMania.Livewww.ChallengeMania.ShopChallenge Mania Night w/ the 76ers is BACK and is on March 3rd! All tickets through this link include a Post Game Meet N Greet with us ON THE COURT after the game! https://www.gofevo.com/event/Challengemania53

Derrick Kosinski & Scott Yager are joined by Michaela Bradshaw.MICHAELA BRADSHAW returns to the show to talk about her action packed season of Vets and New Threats, covering the game moves that got her to the final, her injury, her perceived turmoil and rivalries with Olivia, Theo, Cara and Chavez and why she'd prefer CT as a partner over all of them, how come she's never smiling in her production stills and MORE. This is a podcast and interview filled with drama and hard-hitting questions and topics.We sincerely hope that it's pull-no-punches approach can at least partially serve as a fitting tribute to an amazing contributor and patron that we sadly lost over the weekend. If you have listened to or followed Challenge Mania anytime since 2019 you have no doubt heard us mention the name Paul Shailor or "Evil Paul" as we very affectionately referred to him on what felt like a weekly basis. Paul was a constant presence on the show, in the questions and comments threads, on Zooms, at our Michigan Area Events