{"podcast":{"title":"Challenge Mania","slug":"challenge-mania-608324","podcast_index_feed_id":608324,"rss_url":"https://www.spreaker.com/show/2987894/episodes/feed","website_url":"http://www.ChallengeManiaPodcast.com","image_url":"https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/a1f0ce8485f656e1d6c96fa69a8fa816.jpg","author":"Challenge Mania","episode_count":1000,"summary":"MTV Star Derrick Kosinski (@DerrickMTV) & actor / comedian Scott Yager (@SHOTOFYAGER) dive head first into the MTV Challenge universe, interviewing past, present and future contestants, breaking down Challenge news and episodes, and laying down new challenges to anyone and everyone.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-08T12:18:57.330479+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/challenge-mania-608324"},"episode":{"title":"Ep. 526: From Messy to MAYHEM w/ Faysal Shafaat","slug":"ep-526-from-messy-to-mayhem-w-faysal-shafaat","published_at":"2026-05-04T10:22:57+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/challenge-mania-608324/ep-526-from-messy-to-mayhem-w-faysal-shafaat","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/challenge-mania-608324","url":"https://www.spreaker.com/episode/ep-526-from-messy-to-mayhem-w-faysal-shafaat--71852022","audio_url":"https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/71852022/ep_426_fess.mp3","summary":"Derrick Kosinski & Scott Yager are joined by Faysal Shafaat, who is currently crushing it on American Gladiators as MAYHEM! WATCH the Full Interview HERE: https://www.patreon.com/posts/157092135?pr=true Sure we know him as Fessy...Faysal...but this was our first sit down with MAYHEM! Hear the awesome story of how Faysal wound up on American Gladiators, got the name Mayhem, whether he gets along with the other Gladiators and what it taught him about The Challenge and how fans in our world feel about him. Recorded Live & In Person w/ Skutch Media. www.ChallengeManiacs.com - JOIN THE POD SQUAD! Get Early/Ad-Free Audio and Full Video of ALL interviews PLUS Bonus Podcasts like weekly Episode Breakdowns during the season. www.ChallengeMania.Live for tix! 5/22 - BOSTON 6/27 - PORTLAND 628 - SEATTLE & MORE! www.ChallengeMania.Shop for Swag!","meta_description":"Derrick Kosinski & Scott Yager are joined by Faysal Shafaat, who is currently crushing it on American Gladiators as MAYHEM! WATCH the Full Interview H…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":5573,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/challenge-mania-608324/episodes/ep-526-from-messy-to-mayhem-w-faysal-shafaat/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/challenge-mania-608324/ep-526-from-messy-to-mayhem-w-faysal-shafaat.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}