All right, California. We've heard you and we are returning to the West Coast, but we are coming to a city. We've never done a challenge many alive at before. It is one of the best and most iconic real world cities of all time. We are coming to San Diego, California on Saturday, October the 8th.

We are coming to the gorgeous new Mike Drop Comedy Club, a lovely new venue for a 12 p.m. meet and greet and a 2 p.m. live show on Saturday, October the 8th.

Tickets are on sale now and if you come to this lovely venue, you'll obviously see me in Derek. You will see Real World San Diego's Rani Berry. You will see the recent Champ, Casey Clark. You will see Nani Gonzalez. You will see the Godfather Mark Long. And you will also see Leah Gillingwater.

It will be a great day and after that, who knows where the win might take us? It's Wendy in San Diego, right? Well, it sure is sunny. Check out our diesel brunch that will happen this Sunday after you're going to want to go to Patreon.com slash challenge mania to make sure you can attend that. It's for diesel level patrons in a bubble. Right now, go to challenge mania dot live. Get your tickets. They are on sale now for everybody.

Our debut in San Diego, California Saturday, October the 8th at Mike Drop Comedy Club. See you in San Diego. What's that Ron? For all of us here at News Center for, I'm Ron Bergenday. You stay classy San Diego.

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Ladies and gentlemen and maniacs joining us on the podcast today sadly last week saw the end of his run on the challenge USA. But this week begins his run on challenge mania. You know from the amazing race, which he won in the first three episodes of the challenge USA, which he stole Mr.

James Wallace in his here. How are you? I'm doing good. How are you all? I'm really excited for this interview because because your story is beyond amazing.

Thank you. Like I'm really excited to hear a good old fashion get a good old fashioned history lesson on amazing race because I just remember this show being like that really cool show that you always

wanted to do with your with your best friend or your mate or whoever. But there was no way you're getting on it. And how does this show even work? You're from you're going all over the world. I went over here and and I looked I looked up your your journey on amazing race.

Guys challenge mania if you're listening my man went from the United States to Trinidad and Tobago to Colombia to Brazil to Paraguay to France to Germany to Kazakhstan to India to Cambodia to Philippines to the United States just to figure out he is now the amazing race winner with his soon to be husband.

What are you talking about? I'm sorry am I about to listen to holy shit and you're afraid of the challenge and you were just on the you were just on there. You got it. You got it. You got to get us caught up man. Again this is let's take a pause to Derek and have a coffee.

I need a second. Have you had your coffee at the. Hold on hold on hold on I'm not done hold on I'm not done. Then then you know we have. Get ready for this. Get ready for this amazing race winners will I'm going to mess up your last name.

Just this mask in the New Orleans

Hi you do that in real or something on paper from my channel where her point wasn't assigned a song.

So what about you?

from James Waldington?

Oh, yeah, it's been quite a journey to say the least.

And a total dream comes true.

Like I still pinch myself because sometimes I'm like,

is this real life? But it is.

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