The Saniac Podcast

The season has come to an end. Shanni and Zach recapped the finale of Total Madness, and shared their thoughts on a number of topics including: Johnny’s legacy after his 7th win, Jenny’s dominant victory, the difficulty level of this final, and the amount of times Cory mentioned that he was competing for his daughter. We had some questions about the structure of the final, and whether or not the elimination was necessary. We also paid respect to all of the throwback jams that were packed into this episode. Near the end, we discussed our plans for the offseason. If those kinds of things interest you, fee free to take a listen. Have you rated the podcast on iTunes yet? 5 stars pleasssse. Follow us on Instagram @shannisuissa and @zcal77. This episode is sponsored by Stitcher Premium. Sign up today and use promo code SANIAC for 1 month free on your monthly plan! Check out all our Challenge content on our Instagram, Facebook and Twitter.

Recap starts @ the 1 hour mark. Shanni and Zach spent the first half of this episode talking with our friends from the Tea Time Podcast. We got their views on the current social climate surrounding The Challenge and what they are hoping to see the show do moving forward. From there, we went into our review of Total Madness ep 15. This episode unexpectedly turned out to be the emotional highlight of the season. Zach was forced to say goodbye to his main man Nelson after an epic Hall Brawl elimination. Zach also claims that they are no longer accepting membership applications for the Nelson Bandwagon...but does anyone really care about this? Tune in to find out! Have you rated the podcast on iTunes yet? 5 stars pleasssse. Follow us on Instagram @shannisuissa and @zcal77. This episode is sponsored by Stitcher Premium. Sign up today and use promo code SANIAC for 1 month free on your monthly plan! Check out all our Challenge content on our Instagram, Facebook and Twitter.

With season 35 winding down, Zach and Shanni sat down to review an episode that featured one of our favorite elimination games: Knot So Fast...or something like it. We had some mixed reviews of the daily challenge, but also predictably had a lot to say about the awesome musical sequence. Finally, we had some thoughts on TJ’s parting words to Josh. What were they? Listen to find out... Have you rated the podcast on iTunes yet? 5 stars pleasssse. Follow us on Instagram @shannisuissa and @zcal77. This episode is sponsored by Stitcher Premium. Sign up today and use promo code SANIAC for 1 month free on your monthly plan! Check out all our Challenge content on our Instagram, Facebook and Twitter.

Tori Deal stopped by to talk to us and in the process made all of Shanni’s dreams come true. This conversation covered a lot of different topics. We spoke about her relationship with Camila, the recent conversations between Jordan and Nia, Tori’s appearances on AYTO/The Challenge, her love of poetry, SuiHeart Club, her upcoming children's books and most hilarious of all...Tori directly confronts Zach about some of the comments he made about her on previous episodes. We also confessed our love for AYTO Second Chances and Champs Vs Pros. Not to be missed. Have you rated the podcast on iTunes yet? 5 stars pleasssse. Follow us on Instagram @shannisuissa and @zcal77. This episode is sponsored by Stitcher Premium. Sign up today and use promo code SANIAC for 1 month free on your monthly plan! Check out all our Challenge content on our Instagram, Facebook and Twitter.

After an eventful week in our Twitter mentions and the Challenge community as a whole, Shanni and Zach brought on longtime listener Jessica to have an in depth chat about the current climate of The Challenge and it’s fandom. We got her take on our recent Twitter beefs, her beliefs on how MTV should handle cast members who make racially insensitive remarks, and the inconsistencies in the edits that certain cast members receive. After that, Shanni and Zach break down episode 13 of Total Madness. We pulled out our tinfoil hats for some conspiracy theories about the daily, we gave the blow by blow on the Bayleigh-Kaycee blowup, and we reviewed the physical elim between Melissa/Vienna and Nany. Also, Zach hilariously lost power at some point and looked like he was broadcasting from a campfire. This was a great time! Have you rated the podcast on iTunes yet? 5 stars pleasssse. Follow us on Instagram @shannisuissa and @zcal77. This episode is sponsored by Stitcher Premium. Sign up today and use promo code SANIAC for 1 month free on your monthly plan! Check out all our Challenge content on our Instagram, Facebook and Twitter.

Shanni and Zach review the live chat between Nia and Jordan, the twitter outrage, and the divide between the fanbase. This live resulted in some major backlash from the twitter stan community, so we will leave it up to the listeners to determine how they feel about what we had to say. As always, we encourage open, RESPECTFUL conversation in our lives between all parties with differing background and philosophies. Agree or disagree, all are welcome to make your voices heard in our live threads, on our pages, or in our DM’s. From there we broke down Episode 12 of Total Madness, and all of our thoughts behind the way Dee is being edited out of the show, the lack of drama on this season, and the elimination battle between Cory and Swaggy. Have you rated the podcast on iTunes yet? 5 stars pleasssse. Follow us on Instagram @shannisuissa and @zcal77. This episode is sponsored by Stitcher Premium. Sign up today and use promo code SANIAC for 1 month free on your monthly plan! Check out all our Challenge content on our Instagram, Facebook and Twitter.

Shanni and Zach sat down during a very chaotic time in Challenge fandom to discuss a number of sensitive and timely issues. This was an open and honest discussion conducted with a large group of viewers who represented many different races, genders, and ideologies. The intention was to create a setting where everyone could speak openly about recent actions and events, while being met with a sense of support and understanding as we all try to navigate uncertain waters. We covered a lot of topics throughout this therapeutic episode including: Dee’s comments and subsequent firing, the welcome (or unwelcome) involvement of other cast members, the prominence of cancel culture among Challenge fandom, and our thoughts on MTV’s role in all of this. Once we finished that conversation, we got into our review for episode 11 of Total Madness. Shanni had the full scoop on all the deleted scenes. Zach gloated about a certain cast member who he has been claiming to be a flop since their debut season. We shared some love for Josh’s facemask and The Cardigans along the way. Have you rated the podcast on iTunes yet? 5 stars pleasssse. Follow us on Instagram @shannisuissa and @zcal77. This episode is sponsored by Stitcher Premium. Sign up today and use promo code SANIAC for 1 month free on your monthly plan! Check out all our Challenge content on our Instagram, Facebook and Twitter.

Shanni and Zach got together and attempted to have a coherent discussion about episode 10 of Total Madness. Johnny and Wes squaring off in an elimination was supposed to be a monumental event after all... Here’s a little behind the scenes scoop: We told ourselves before recording that we were going to keep this episode close to an hour. Then we got sidetracked for 45 minutes fighting about future formats that The Challenge needs to use. Shanni very possibly trashed all Challenge vets over the age of 36. Zach practically cried that she wasn’t showing Coral any respect. Also at some point there was a lot of confusion over Kendal’s age because she still looks 25. This episode was like a fever dream TBH. Enjoy. Have you rated the podcast on iTunes yet? 5 stars pleasssse. Follow us on Instagram @shannisuissa and @zcal77. This episode is sponsored by Stitcher Premium. Sign up today and use promo code SANIAC for 1 month free on your monthly plan! Check out all our Challenge content on our Instagram, Facebook and Twitter.

We covered all of the essential topics in breaking down this episode. Including but not limited to; a play-by-play breakdown of the Josh and Swaggy fight, what brands of cigarettes Challengers smoke, the Dick Tracy movie, and Aneesa’s mixed bag of elimination results. We also preview the upcoming Challenge trivia competition between Shanni and Zach. Are you #TeamSuissa or #TeamCalhoun? Have you rated the podcast on iTunes yet? 5 stars pleasssse. Follow us on Instagram @shannisuissa and @zcal77. This episode is sponsored by Stitcher Premium. Sign up today and use promo code SANIAC for 1 month free on your monthly plan! Check out all our Challenge content on our Instagram, Facebook and Twitter.

MUST LISTEN. Big Sy stops by to share some behind-the-scenes stories that you have never heard before. Hear what Abe did to prepare for a daily challenge on The Inferno. Syrus gives us the scoop on a run in he had with J-Lo at the 98 VMA’s. What former Survivor winner has the skills to hang with him on the basketball court? He also catches us up on a recent Zoom reunion that he had with his original Real World: Boston castmates. This is just a small sampling of the stories Syrus had for us. He talked all about the golden age of MTV, and we couldn’t have been more captivated by the nostalgia. He is also very interested in getting back on The Challenge and going for win #2. Follow him on all social media platforms @syrusmtv and show support to a true OG. Follow us on Instagram @shannisuissa and @zcal77. This episode is sponsored by Stitcher Premium. Sign up today and use promo code SANIAC for 1 month free on your monthly plan! Check out all our Challenge content on our Instagram, Facebook and Twitter.

There is a new Elimination King! Or at least....that’s what Zach wants you to think. Do you agree or disagree? We covered this action packed episode from start to finish, and had lots to debate: Nelson’s political game, Aneesa being extra, a really fun daily challenge that needs tweaking, Jordan’s quest to match Darrell, and Shanni’s recent tift with a Challenge tea page. Also, Zach kept hijacking segments and “cutting promos” as he called it. Literally nobody asked for this. Oh well..... Have you rated the podcast on iTunes yet? 5 stars pleasssse. Follow us on Instagram @shannisuissa and @zcal77. This episode is sponsored by Stitcher Premium. Sign up today and use promo code SANIAC for 1 month free on your monthly plan! Check out all our Challenge content on our Instagram, Facebook and Twitter.

Shanni and Zach met up to talk about episode 7 of Total Madness, and despite their attempts not to get sidetracked, almost immediately began arguing about the Survivor Season 40 finale. Once they managed to get the show back on track, they covered both of the major fights from this episode in depth. Do you buy Nelson’s apology? Is Zach a true stan or a pretend stan? Was Aneesa doing too much? Plus we cover the most compelling elimination of the season thus far. All of this and much, much more! By the way, have you checked out all of our cast member interviews lately? Follow us on Instagram @shannisuissa and @zcal77. This episode is sponsored by Stitcher Premium. Sign up today and use promo code SANIAC for 1 month free on your monthly plan! Check out all our Challenge content on our Instagram, Facebook and Twitter.

Current Total Madness contestant Jenny West stops by to discuss her reality comp roots on Survival of the Fittest, her experience as a rookie on War of the Worlds 1, and her thoughts on the role that fitness plays in helping players succeed on The Challenge. She told us why her elimination against Jenn was more difficult than the edit really showed, and she recounts all of the factors that went into her now-famous Hall Brawl against Tori. While you’re at it, check out Jenny’s new fitness program Future Proof Fitness. We could all use a little extra motivation while under quarantine. Follow us on Instagram @shannisuissa and @zcal77. This episode is sponsored by Stitcher Premium. Sign up today and use promo code SANIAC for 1 month free on your monthly plan! Check out all our Challenge content on our Instagram, Facebook and Twitter.

Don’t sleep on this one. Zahida is an open book and she brought the goods to this interview. After analyzing (and helping decipher) some of her epic Tweets, she spills tea about her time on War of the Worlds 1 & 2. I guarantee you haven’t heard these stories. We go in depth about Zahida’s appearances on British reality television and get the inside scoop on her Geordie Shore season in the process. Zahida closes things out by talking about her love of makeup, and her new makeup line Ohsho (@ohshocosmetics). Her passion for what she is doing is undeniable. Does Zahida want to return to The Challenge? Listen to find out. Follow us on Instagram @shannisuissa and @zcal77. This episode is sponsored by Stitcher Premium. Sign up today and use promo code SANIAC for 1 month free on your monthly plan! Check out all our Challenge content on our Instagram, Facebook and Twitter.

Shanni and Zach attempt to talk about episode 6 of MTV's The Challenge: Total Madness. Along the way they get lost discussing various topics such as....sharing cereal, the difference between Tiger Beat and Tiger King, Shanni’s ideal qualities in a man, Zach’s very particular toothbrush protocol, and much more! We also talk about Jenna and Zach’s relationship, Wes and Johnny’s version of Property Brothers, and the entertainment value that Nelson has injected into this season. Perfect quarantine listening material. Follow us on Instagram @shannisuissa and @zcal77. This episode is sponsored by Stitcher Premium. Sign up today and use promo code SANIAC for 1 month free on your monthly plan! Check out all our Challenge content on our Instagram, Facebook and Twitter.

After much discussion and consideration, Shanni and Zach reveal their much awaited top 10 seasons lists. What started as a simple exercise evolved into a love letter to The Challenge as we relived our favorite seasons and explained everything that made them special. This episode is full of nostalgia, and lots of interesting pieces of gossip from past seasons that you might not have heard before. Reach out to us on Facebook/Twitter/Instagram and share your own personal Top 10. Follow us on Instagram @shannisuissa and @zcal77. This episode is sponsored by Stitcher Premium. Sign up today and use promo code SANIAC for 1 month free on your monthly plan! Check out all our Challenge content on our Instagram, Facebook and Twitter.

Shanni and Zach sit down to discuss episode 5 of Total Madness. Some topics at hand: Rogan’s hit on Jay, Bear’s revealing sweatpants, and wondering whether the overreaction of the fan community has gone too far. Zach also took some time (too much time?) to praise Nelson’s sprinting skills. This was a fun chat. Follow us on Instagram @shannisuissa and @zcal77. This episode is sponsored by Stitcher Premium. Sign up today and use promo code SANIAC for 1 month free on your monthly plan! Check out all our Challenge content on our Instagram, Facebook and Twitter.

Not a typical interview. Challenge champ Dee Nguyen stops by to talk about Kanye, internet trolls, the UK reality scene...and of course she spills some Total Madness tea. As always, we encourage you to take the time and get to know a cast member outside of the lens in which the show portrays them. This conversation was a great look into the heart and personality that makes Dee so engaging to watch. Follow us on Instagram @shannisuissa and @zcal77. Don’t forget to follow @deenguyen as well. This episode is sponsored by Stitcher Premium. Sign up today and use promo code SANIAC for 1 month free on your monthly plan! Check out all our Challenge content on our Instagram, Facebook and Twitter.

Shanni and Zach deliver on a months old promise to talk some Survivor. They delve into a full summary of the season up to this point. They also took time to talk about relevant topics such as Chipotle, and New York geography. Follow us on Instagram @shannisuissa and @zcal77. Don’t forget to follow @nehemiahclark either, and help him boost followers in an attempt to get back on MTV’s radar! This episode is sponsored by Stitcher Premium. Sign up today and use promo code SANIAC for 1 month free on your monthly plan! Check out all our Challenge content on our Instagram, Facebook and Twitter.

Zach and Shanni break down episode 4 of MTV's The Challenge: Total Madness. This episode featured a daily challenge involving ice, a grumpy Ashley and a seriously pale cast. This episode is sponsored by Stitcher Premium. Sign up today and use promo code SANIAC for 1 month free on your monthly plan! Check out all our Challenge content on our Instagram, Facebook and Twitter.