What's up, everybody. This is Scott Yeager here with another edition of Challenge

Mania. We're going to get to our interview with the champ, Olivia Kaiser, in just a second, but I am recording this a bit later than when we did this interview. We did this interview a few days ago. If you don't know, if you want to get our interviews the day they're recorded, go to Challengemaniacs.com, sign up for the Maniac level or above. Our Maniac level patrons, our Diesel Level patrons, our Savage level patrons, they all got

this interview in gorgeous video and early in ad-free audio last week.

You guys are getting it today, Monday, January 12th, which is fine, but if you want no ads,

if you want it early and on time, if you want it in full video, go to challengemaniacs.com,

and that is your way to do that.

Just wanted to get some information out there that wasn't available when we recorded this

because we've announced some things since.

We've got a huge return to Boston coming on May 23rd with Cara Maria CT, Mark, myself, and Derek

will be roasting Cara Maria for her 40th birthday with whatever time we have after.

We'll do a Challenge Mania audience Q&A with you guys.

Tickets are going on sale via patron presale on January 20th.

That's next Tuesday.

You're going to want to be at one of those higher tiers.

If you want the VIP tickets, we expect them to go really quickly.

Another shout out to a friend of the podcast, Mr. Stephen Fishback, you know him as a survivor runner up, a survivor game changer, the ultimate survivor know it all.

Here's the thing, guys.

He's also a hell of an author.

His new novel Escape is a smart gripping story about a washed up reality show winner.

I can think of a few of those offhand.

Who gets one last shot at redemption on a jungle survival series, you know?

Contestants are cast as stereotypes, producers are pulling strings, the real fight becomes who survives the story being told about them.

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