{"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. 527: Paulie Calafiore - The Challenge Arsonist","slug":"ep-527-paulie-calafiore-the-challenge-arsonist","published_at":"2026-05-17T19:48:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/challenge-mania-608324/ep-527-paulie-calafiore-the-challenge-arsonist","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/challenge-mania-608324","url":"https://www.spreaker.com/episode/ep-527-paulie-calafiore-the-challenge-arsonist--72043292","audio_url":"https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/72043292/ep_527_paulie.mp3","summary":"Derrick Kosinski & Scott Yager are joined by Paulie Calafiore. Love him. Hate him. Really hate him. Regardless of how you feel about PAULIE CALAFIORE...you have to admit that The Challenge Arsonist is a pretty great name and term for him. The arsonist lit up our couch to talk about his newest ventures and some of his oldest escapades. This one goes all over the place but is a pretty eye-opening look at some of our ups and downs with this New Threat Turned Challenge Vet who has finally come to terms with a lot of his journey so far. Video and Ad-Free Audio Exclusive to Maniac-Level Patrons and above at www.ChallengeManiacs.com (Patreon) WATCH THIS EPISODE HERE: https://www.patreon.com/posts/video-paulie-on-158198159 www.ChallengeMania.Live FOR TIX! 5/22 - BOSTON 6/27 - PORTLAND 6/28 - SEATTLE 7/31 - MINNEAPOLIS 8/15 - DETROIT 9/5 - NOLA www.ChallengeMania.Shop","meta_description":"Derrick Kosinski & Scott Yager are joined by Paulie Calafiore. Love him. Hate him. Really hate him. Regardless of how you feel about PAULIE CALAFIORE.…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":5771,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/challenge-mania-608324/episodes/ep-527-paulie-calafiore-the-challenge-arsonist/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-527-paulie-calafiore-the-challenge-arsonist.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}