The Challenge Historian

Ladies and Gentlemen welcome to the Kenny Clark show!! Plus: Nany takes a hard fall, Devin shuns his reputation, Chauncey gets a little too comfortable being on opposite teams from his girl, Faysal is riding high, Nelson is feeling left out, Tori continues to go through it, and I know the show is desperate for some extra revenue streams but holy hell was that sponcon over the top! It’s the Challen...

The Bachy crew have done it! Utter domination of the bedroom alliance is now complete! Plus: just how good at this game is Conor, my guy Troy is super sad to have lost his mate Marley, Ciarran’s got some apologizing to do, Brittany hasn’t done a puzzle since she was ten, empty bars are creepy, and members of the Bachy crew visit the Challenge version of a honeymoon suite aka the bunk bed hook up!...

Wait, what just happened? Production just chose to do what? This can’t be freaking real, right? Plus: we’ve got bar-b-q, we’ve got fights, we’ve got people holding knives that shouldn’t be, we’ve got one alliance growing and one alliance repeatedly losing, we’ve got Troy being a real nice fellow and Ryan and Grant not being such nice fellows, Konrad doesn’t like to fight, Brihony out here doing ho...

Kaycee is shocked to know that her brother, Kenny, has actually been in the house the whole time and Challenge fans collectively scream, us too! Plus: Tori enters a new dimension of mental hell, Horacio not saying something is worse than what he wanted to say, Amber tells Chauncey he can vote for her if needed, Bananas and Nany don’t seem to care much about winning, and Faysal and Moriah absolutel...

Challenge Australia may have gotten cancelled but I still love it and we are still going to see a lot of these folks in the global tournament and those two reasons are more than enough for me to keep on recapping it. Going to get caught up by doing two episodes at a time, this episode covering both episodes 3 and 4 of the season. Lots went down, lots to discuss, I do so via the following topics: I...

Nelson is either the best friend ever, worst boyfriend ever, or mayyybe just needs to stop being so close with everyone?!? Plus: it’s another male daily challenge day, Aneesa likes her partner again this week, Bananas turns 40, Devin continues to sneaky be awesome now, Jay and Michele reap what they’ve sowed, and does Amber give the worst hugs or something? Like seriously what the hell did this gi...

David is an absolute gift to Challenge fans everywhere, Emily is going to be dominant, Conor has some impressive composure in multiple situations, Johnny acts like all Johnny's before him on The Challenge have acted, and we get interesting twists on games we've seen recently. It's the Challenge Australia episode 2 recap, topics include: Intro and Programming Reminders (00:10) Main storyline breakd...

What an incredible episode! Ride or Dies has delivered on it's potential and then some, as this episode was one of the best in a very long time for the Flagship franchise. Nelson and Nurys seize control, make the exact perfect move... then blow it all up. Devin is being brilliant but also let's his ego get in the way. The super vets are in the hot seat but then barely have to do anything to get ou...

We get to watch it! The Challenge Australia began a week ago and thanks to some wonderful friends on the internet both I and you can watch it even if you live nowhere near Australia! Where to go is explained at the top of the podcast and fingers crossed we get to watch all season long because one episode in and it is SO GOOD! Lot of fun in the first episode and a lot of feelings to break down rega...

Jay and Michele have done it again! Back to back weeks of winning and then totally making more enemies than necessary, but I’m here for it! Plus: Laurel moves out on Horacio and then lets Faysal move on in, Bananas isn’t taking the game all that serious much to Nany’s annoyance, Jordan is watching other people play checkers and calling out how checkers like their games are, and we lose our confess...

Rewatch Recap Mini-Series continues as we celebrate the first 20 seasons of The Challenge. In this episode it's all elimination talk as I break down the 20 best eliminations of the first 20 seasons plus some honorable mentions and high-level eliminations stats. Intro and Programming Notes (00:15) Honorable Mentions (02:32) Top 20 (15:42) Top 15 (21:50) Top 10 (30:20) Top 5 (37:47) Follow or subscr...

Jakk and Jay write an emo banger and then have a falling out worthy of an emo banger! Plus: Bananas and Nany just skating, Laurel retains her best stonewall I don’t give a fuck face championship belt, Michele and Jay have no idea what they are doing, there is some romance at a pool party, Veronica and Darrell find themselves without friends, we say goodbye to two wonderfully likeable rookies, and...

Rewatch Recap Mini-Series continues on as we celebrate the best of the best from the first 20 seasons of The Challenge. This episode is all things Daily Challenges. In the first 20 seasons of the show there were 229 daily challenges, but which were the absolute best? Join me as I break down the top 20, plus a few honorable mentions! Intro and Programming Notes (00:08) Honorable Mentions (05:28) Nu...

Part two of our Rewatch Recap Mini Series brings us the first 20 seasons of The Challenge, ranked in definitive order from worst to first. What's changed with which seasons since I did my initial grades of them all? Which season (and theme) remains the worst of all? Why is The Ruins the season whose placement makes the most sense and which season's placement did I struggle with the most? All that...

THE STREAK IS OVER!! After 54 attempts Nelson has finally got himself back in the daily challenge winner circle and has himself a ball with all the power that comes with it. Plus we've got romance everywhere, OGs entering the game, TJ dropping stats, a disheartening and hard to watch elimination, Olivia being the season MVP thus far, and did we mention NELLY T WON AND IS IN LOVE AND IS A TREASURE?...

The Rewatch Series has hit the mid-way point with the first 20 seasons of The Challenge having been covered in deep detail over the last few months. Being at this big round number that also serves as a transitional moment in the shows history I thought it was time for a break from new seasons to spend a little more time celebrating these first 20 OG seasons and all the greatness that came with the...

Ride or Dies episode 3 was a great one if you in the Fessy Fanclub... and if you're not there is still plenty of room to join! Between Faysal's many moments, Tommy and Analyse's big blunder, love triangles ruining teams, a double decker hall brawl and freaking ex-fiances entering the game we've got a lot to talk about! I break it all down using the following topics: Cold Open (00:00) Intro and Pro...

Team Banany is here and they have an immediate impact! Episode 2 of season 38, Ride or Dies, is in the books and there is a lot to digest. An action packed episode, I cover it all using the following topics: Cold Open (00:00) Intro & Programming Notes (00:51) Cliffnotes Recap of Episode 2 (04:07) Team Banany is here and they are making an immediate impact (07:48) Turbo is being Turbo which isn...

The rewatch series continues and it's finally time to talk about the Bananas Backpack! Plus everything else that happens on season 20, Cutthroat. Which is to say, a lot! What a great season this is, the last of a transitional period for the show, and the dawn of the greatest run in show history. We've got Abram & Cara falling hard, Laurel dominating for the second season in a row, a Blue team...

Season 38 Ride or Dies is here! What an opening episode it was: Turbo being Turbo, Rookies revolting, TJ pulling twists, love triangles already forming, Moles lying, Fessy hot tubbing with blonde rookies, a covid DQ already (kind of), the double cross being back... so much happened! I cover it all using the following topics: Cold Open (00:00) Intro and Programming Notes (00:40) Cliffnotes recap of...

Ride or Dies officially kicked off with the Monday night Launch Special and I am here to recap it all! Now, it wasn't the full true episode 0 like we thought it may be (because that's what it was last time...) but it was still super fun and a little bit insightful to the season to come. Topics include: Cold Open (00:00) Introduction & Programming Reminders (00:44) What the Launch Special was a...

The rewatch series continues with Season 18, The Ruins! A season marred in controversy yet much more interesting and entertaining than one may remember... at least I felt that way upon rewatch. So much to discuss with this season and I get into it all using the following topics: Intro and programming notes (00:48). Basics of the Season: where the Challenge was, what past relationships mattered com...

The rewatch series goes back to chronological and hits Season 17, The Duel 2! I love this season, and was a bit shocked at this most recent rewatch where my feelings ended up landing. We cover it all in depth using the following topics: Intro and programming notes (00:35). Basics of the season, state of The Challenge at the time, and evolutions and history made this season (04:04). Major storyline...

The Challenge Untold History aired it's final two episodes which means I've got some final thoughts on the whole experience. I give out 15 one sentence thoughts on these two episodes, break down the five most impactful segments from these two episodes, and then give my final thoughts on how the documentary went as a whole. #TheChallenge #WeWantOGs #TheChallengeHistorian #TheChallengePodcast #TheCh...

The Challenge: Untold History aired it's 3rd and 4th episodes last week and I am here to give my thoughts and feelings on everything we saw in these two episodes focused on Underdogs and GOATS: Introduction and programming notes (00:00). Episode 3 recap (02:28). Episode 4 recap (14:20). #TheChallenge #WeWantOGs #TheChallengeHistorian #TheChallengePodcast #TheChallengeUntoldStory Hosted on Acast. S...