The Alliance breaks down TJ's "brutal" final while debating ski houses, snow vs. sand finals, and old school music before being surprised by Johnny Bananas to talk about everything Challenge both in this season and season's past after (SPOILER)

Bawling And Hall Brawling

Jul 9th, 2020 1h 13m

Tears were shed, friendships were strengthened, and bruises were formed before THE MOST BRUTAL FINAL EVER. We talk about car bowling, a beatdown in the Hell In A Cell of The Challenge, and the heartstrings being tugged by an unlikely source bef

There's No Crying In The Challenge

Jul 2nd, 2020 1h 12m

It was an uneven episode for The Challenge, so things go off the rails right away as Captain Cons takes the floor. Following 14:30 minutes of chit chat about drinking with celebrities, we get into an elimination made to spark drama (albeit wort

Oodles Of Canoodles

Jun 25th, 2020 1h 12m

A little bit of canoodling led to a whole lot of drama with red skulls being hard to come by right before TJ's challenge. Bayleigh was fired up while Melissa has us all worried about her baby. But through it all, MTV continues to drop nothing b

A LOT OF TANKS

Jun 18th, 2020 1h 9m

Another week, another challenge with tanks but not before some random nonsense talk for the first 7.5 minutes of the pod. It's down to the needy greedy and things are getting heated in the house. Namely Melissa making fun of Josh. We also get m

E.I.

Jun 11th, 2020 1h 9m

Tonight the Alliance discusses one of the weirder episodes in Challenge history with Dee being fired days before it aired for comments she made about the Black Lives Matter movement that likely led to the heavily edited episode we watched tonig

King Shit

Jun 4th, 2020 58m 52s

The Mega Powers explode along with potentially a few stomachs following tonight's challenge. We break down Josh breaking his face, the best/worst that Burger King has to offer, MTV's DJ continuing to ride a heater, and of course the battle we'v

AIM Names, Tunnels Without Rats, Drinks In The Air, And A Sit Down With Cory

May 28th, 2020 1h 33m

We start this week's episode immediately on an AIM name tangent that goes until 12:58. After that, we discuss Big T taking a big L, the return of swimming challenges with all the usual hijinks (but no goddamn rats), Josh looking for a new enemy

Foam Pits, Drunk Injuries, And A DOUBLE ELIMINATION

May 21st, 2020 1h 7m

A big flashback episode for anybody that went to college in the early-mid 2000s as we had foam pits and dumb drunk injuries. The Alliance relives some of their glory days while also trying to figure out what Nelson's endgame was on a night that

Cup O' Noodles And Popcorn Emotions

May 14th, 2020 1h

Hurricane Nany showed up, Nelson got caught eating chess pieces again, the bunker is causing mental chaos, and Zach was back playing games with Jenna's heart. There may have been only drama and an elimination this episode but The Challenge keep

A Folder Full Of Dicks

May 7th, 2020 55m 40s

The Challenge veered off its typical formula, but we got some drama with a guy truly jumping in his own girl's DMs with her not knowing, ex-boyfriend warfare, TJ coming in fast and furious, and some great throwback tunes. We don't know if we wi

Bear, Bombs, Balls On Fire

Apr 30th, 2020 1h 8m

Bear has finally gone Full Bear and we absolutely love him for it. To nobody's surprise, Jenna is worried about Zach being home without her, Swaggy C is a day trader clearing 75 grand during a pandemic, and TJ is falling in love with another sc

A Bear Attack And Simple Jack

Apr 23rd, 2020 1h 4m

Fire extinguisher fights on camera, threesomes off camera, and Nelson getting carried out in a metallic bag. Lots to break down in a typically chaotic episode of The Challenge that could be the beginning of the end for the Wes/Bananas alliance

Burn Votes, Trucks Exploding, And Halloween In Prague

Apr 16th, 2020 1h 10m

The Challenge keeps bringing the heat with everything we like: Gratuitous explosions, unlikely alliances, costume party nights, and people with the ordacity to potentially burn someone with a burn vote. We also get a quick lesson on Halloween a

Dee's Nuts

Apr 9th, 2020 59m 11s

Cory is dominating challenges like he dominated Conor in an arm wrestling contest, Wes and Bananas are working together to ruin people's lives, and Dee just gave the best competitor in the house a free ride to the finals. What the hell is going

This Is Madness!

Apr 2nd, 2020 1h 12m

Finally No Quitters...HAS COME BACK TO THE INTERNET AIRWAVES! After a brief hiatus that definitely involved no quitting at all, some old friends and new dive into the premiere of the new Challenge season: Total Madness. The name may be meh but

Finally The Final

Nov 8th, 2017 33m 10s

The Alliance talks about The Final to the longest Challenge in the history of the planet and discusses the terrible, horrible, no good, very bad supertwist that MTV pulled on all its viewers. A couple of notes: 1. JJ's connection went in and ou

Halloween Spooktacular And The Beginning Of The End

Nov 1st, 2017 1h 7m

The Alliance talks about Halloween stories for the first 14 minutes of the podcast then dives into the last individual challenge of the season, the great final cast of competitors in the final, TJ designing the course, why parachuting in South

The Light At The End Of The Tunnel

Oct 25th, 2017 49m 4s

The Alliance gets back together after the Yankees were dismantled in Game 7 of the ALCS to discuss the happenings of the last few weeks, talk about the last few episodes of The Challenge as well as the upcoming Champs vs. Stars show and just ho

Throwback Episode: TJ Lavin Interview

Oct 18th, 2017 1h 2m

Since The Alliance won't be able to record this week, we are going to throw it back to an interview we did with the coolest man on the planet when the podcast first started. Yup, you read that right. The best host and coolest person in the univ

Burn Vote Gone Bad

Oct 11th, 2017 50m 33s

The Alliance discusses JJ's new digs in Philly before breaking down last week's eliminations, ANOTHER Redemption House, the burn vote gone bad, old school birthday spots like Sportsland and Discovery Zone, and US Soccer's disappointing loss.

Fight Night

Sep 27th, 2017 42m 11s

The Alliance opens up the podcast talking about Nelson punching Derrick before going on a journey talking about The Sandlot and porn stars. Around the 25:00 mark we start talking Challenge again, mostly about Hunter crying, Nelson getting boote

Put It In Your Mouth

Sep 20th, 2017 44m 51s

The Alliance starts off the podcast talking about food, froyo, and CT baking a cake for about 12 minutes. Then they discuss party pranks, Tony's tantrum, The Many Faced God, a disgusting but necessary eating challenge, and an all-timer quitter

The Camilanator Gets Ugly

Sep 13th, 2017 36m 18s

The Alliance talks about Camila's comments, Leroy's level headedness and likability, the elimination round, and a brief change of pace with some Super Mario Bros. 2 and 3 talk.

Trivia And The Ammo Show

Sep 6th, 2017 1h 5m

The Alliance discusses JJ's trip to Italy, the issues with the show, the trivia episode being a letdown, the Redemption House being the worst place in the universe, and Nelson potentially being actually good (okay, probably not). Then Ammo jo