# Ep. 535: Sydney Segal

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Podcast: [Challenge Mania](https://stenobird.com/podcast/challenge-mania-608324)
Published: 2026-07-20T17:06:01+00:00
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Duration seconds: 5440

## Resource

Derrick Kosinski & Scott Yager are joined by Sydney Segal. SYDNEY SEGAL makes her Challenge Mania debut to talk about Vets and New Threats, why her Survivor season sucked and her decision to return to The Challenge after claiming she was one and done! This was a really fun interview and one we are proud to drop here in the feed ON HER BIRTHDAY! Happy Birthday, Sydney! If you join the Pod Squad however you get all of our interviews EARLY...AD-FREE...and IN VIDEO! WATCH THIS INTERVIEW HERE: https://www.patreon.com/ChallengeMania/posts/video-sydney-on-163802552?pr=true www.ChallengeManiacs.com www.ChallengeMania.Live www.ChallengeMania.Shop

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