
Welcome to The Challenge Chronicles where we deep dive into each season of America’s 5th National Sport, MTV's The Challenge
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| Publishes | Twice monthly | Episodes | 252 | Founded | 8 years ago |
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This episode is free for everyone where Devin, Trace, and Rob deep dive into the first episode of the new season of The Challenge.
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Trace and Devin muse about where in the world is Rob McIntyre and what airport shenanigans he is getting into. Then go on a weird trip about tv theme songs.
From 10 minutes on, it is straight fire on a great episode of The Challenge Rivals: Ill Com... more
Devin, Rob, and Trace are back to recap the very solid episode 4 of The Challenge: Rivals.
To hear the entire episode plus our entire backlog of close to 400 shows, head over to patreon.com/thechallengechronicles and sign up for only $4/month... more
Devin and Rob are Traceless but filling the void but jumping back into our Chronicles of Rivals 1. Hear Rob and Devin break down the Sync or Swim Challenge as well as the tight elimination that took place.
If you want to hear the whole episode plus ... more
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Great show, really different and honest look at the show, but most of their recap episodes are behind a paywall. If you like it, the patreon is not expensive.
These guys know the in out the challenge more then anyone other challenge podcast, not your tipical cookie cutter recap challenge podcast, the only $ 4 per month for patron epidodes its well worth the extra bonus episode per week.
If you love The Challenge, this is the podcast for you. They have debates, are honest about the show and not afraid to be critical. Great dynamic and will continue to listen
The hosts just talks over each other arguing about trivial things for the sake of arguing. Doesn’t seem like they’re friends and actually like each other. They just want to be right. Devin in particular is horrible at this. He will not let anything go. And many times he is the one who is wrong. They don’t know their stats and don’t know their challenge history. They get information about past challenges wrong all the time. They even get facts from the episode they just watched and are recapping... more
I like the people on this podcast, but it seems like they just talk about how bad the episode is every week. Why do a podcast on a show you dislike? The show will never be what it was 10 years ago, but if you just quell your expectations a bit, you can enjoy it more or just don’t watch it
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