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The Ringer Reality TV Podcast

‘The Challenge 40: Battle of the Eras’ Reunion With Laurel | Death, Taxes, and Bananas

The Ringer Reality TV Podcast

The Ringer

Tv & Film

4.4952 Ratings

🗓️ 23 January 2025

⏱️ 64 minutes

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Summary

Johnny wraps up Season 40 with an electric episode covering Parts 1 and 2 of the reunion show with Laurel Stucky. They have a frank conversation about their own issues, Laurel’s feuds with other competitors, what it feels like to be cast as a villain, and so much more. Watch the full video of this episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/_VI6DFkWgbc. Subscribe to the ‘Ringer Reality TV’ YouTube channel to watch our coverage of ‘Battle of the Eras’ all season long: https://www.youtube.com/@RingerRealityTV. Host: Johnny Bananas Guest: Laurel Stucky Producer: Sasha Ashall Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

This is Bill Simmons. I am thrilled to announce our newest YouTube channel. It's called

0:04.6

Ringer Movies. If you're a fan of our movie coverage here at the Ringer, then you're in luck,

0:08.9

because every episode of The Rewatchables and The Big Picture, now on YouTube.

0:13.7

Like Bill said, Ringer Movies will feature full episodes of my show, The Big Picture,

0:17.2

the Rewatchables, as well as special live episodes, deep dives into movie history, and a bunch of other fun stuff featuring other movie-loving ringer personalities.

0:23.6

Search Ringer movies on YouTube and experience the joy, Chris Ryan impersonating Wayne Jenkins on camera. Ladies and gentlemen, welcome back to the death taxes and bananas podcast.

0:51.1

Coming in hotter and more ferocious than a banned social media app that I don't even want to mention the name of

0:58.3

because if I literally hear the word fucking TikTok again, I'm going to pull my hair out.

1:05.0

I would actually rather stick a toothpick under my toenail and kick the wall as hard as I can

1:09.3

than see one more post about

1:11.7

TikTok being down. You'd think after what happened, it was like, I don't know, the government

1:17.8

cut off the access to like oxygen or water, okay? And I'm sorry people, but everyone's like,

1:23.4

oh, people's job are at risk. Okay, if you work for TikTok, that's one thing. But if your entire livelihood depends on social media, you got bigger problems.

1:32.1

All right.

1:32.8

Rant over.

1:34.1

You can catch this episode, the full video episode of this podcast on the Ringer reality TV, YouTube channel.

1:42.7

The link should be shown right here at the bottom. So let's get

1:46.3

started. Rules, never liked them. Never been my thing. Status quo, I'd rather let somebody else

1:54.6

fight to keep it alive. So I like my next guest. We've spent our lives going against the

2:00.3

grain and just doing the unpopular thing.

2:03.5

Okay.

2:04.1

Not for attention, not for approval, but because it's what we want and believe to be right.

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