Ep. 478: Nathaniel Blackburn

Challenge Mania

Tv & Film

4.7 • 3K Ratings

🗓️ 25 June 2025

⏱️ 99 minutes

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Summary

Derrick Kosinski & Scott Yager are joined by Nathaniel Blackburn.

NATHANIEL BLACKBURN made his debut on Real World: Seattle and went on to do two seasons of The Challenge. With MTV really being at it's peak of popularity back then he is one of the more recognizable names and faces of the era. Now going by his full name Nathaniel (he mainly went by Nate/Nathan back then) he has had a lot of life ups and downs since appearing on our screens. He shares all of it with us, getting very personal and candid about addiction and his path to recovery over the years. This interview does contain some talk about different forms of abuse and addiction so please proceed with caution. There are mentions sexual assault, not in great detail but it does come up.

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0:00.0	What's up everybody? This is Scott Yeager here with another edition of Challenge
0:20.3	Mania.
0:20.7	This episode brought
0:21.5	to you by our road rules 30th anniversary show challenge mania live coming to you from the brayer
0:26.6	improv right outside los angeles california sunday july 27th we're bringing out i mean at least 10
0:32.6	road rulers are going to be in the house maybe even 20 or 30 some of the people who make the show
0:36.1	want to hear some names how about the mean girls veronica rachel tina we've got mark long derrell shane in the house, maybe even 20 or 30. Some of the people who make the show want to hear some names. How about the mean girls, Veronica, Rachel, Tina?
0:39.8	We've got Mark Long, Dorel, Shane in the house, Susie Meister, Katie Cooley, and Moore.
0:43.6	Kifla is going to be in the house.
0:44.8	I believe the Gaulic Queen, Sarah Grayson is rolling on through.
0:47.9	Go to challenge mania. because it's the only 30th anniversary celebration of that great show that took place in an RV starting all the way back in 1995.
0:58.2	All right, you didn't come for me.
1:00.2	You came for D.
1:01.2	Speaking of OGs and the many OGs will have in the house at Brea, man, did we dig up another one?
1:06.4	You know this man from Real World Seattle.
1:08.9	You know him from, I believe, three seasons of the challenge,
1:11.4	two finals dating all the way back to his last season, The Gauntlet. He is one of the originators
1:16.9	of this whole thing that we talk about here weekly at Challenge Mania. Derek and I are very
1:21.5	excited to be joined by Mr. Nathaniel Blackburn. How are you, brother?
1:25.8	Man, what a kind intro, man. I am far from anything other than a
1:31.3	lucky guy back in the day that got asked to be on a show where they record you, not knowing what the
1:37.7	outcome would be and what you guys have turned it into is just incredible to see from afar. So it's an
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