34 episodes

Reality TV star pioneers Jon Brennan & Beth Stolarczyk from MTV’s The Real World and Challenge give an insider's perspective on reality TV, music, pop culture, and Real Life. Take a walk down nostalgia lane to the present time as they get into real unfiltered one on one conversations
Get ready for a roller-coaster of emotions and thoughts as they feature a lineup of star-studded guests ranging from Syrus, the 1st Black Reality Star from ‘The Challenge,’ to Doug Herzog, Former President of MTV & Fox Television. Expect vibrant discussions, revealing interviews, and a whole lot of heart. Proud Part of Pantheon Podcasts.
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    • 4.7 • 51 Ratings

Reality TV star pioneers Jon Brennan & Beth Stolarczyk from MTV’s The Real World and Challenge give an insider's perspective on reality TV, music, pop culture, and Real Life. Take a walk down nostalgia lane to the present time as they get into real unfiltered one on one conversations
Get ready for a roller-coaster of emotions and thoughts as they feature a lineup of star-studded guests ranging from Syrus, the 1st Black Reality Star from ‘The Challenge,’ to Doug Herzog, Former President of MTV & Fox Television. Expect vibrant discussions, revealing interviews, and a whole lot of heart. Proud Part of Pantheon Podcasts.
Don’t miss the fun—follow today!
https://linktr.ee/gettingrealwithjonandbeth

    Ace Amerson: “Find Out What Happens…”

    Ace Amerson: “Find Out What Happens…”

    Ace Amerson talks about being the country boy from Georgia on MTV’s “The Real World: Paris” in 2003, his first appearance on “The Challenge: Inferno 3” and “Real World All-Stars 4”!!  He discusses how he wanted to be on reality TV only after watching Jon Brennan and Beth Stolarczyk on their season of The Real World and has a unique perspective on Beth’s kindness which often gets overlooked.  Beth expresses that she had a crush on Ace and Ace confesses a man crush on Jon.  Beth is forced to choose between Eric Nies and Ace.  They compare their experiences on The Real World vs The Challenge and discuss the possibility of a Real World: Paris Homecoming.  He goes on to describe his current projects and what his daily life is like now and his apparent love for Cindy Lauper.
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    • 1 hr 4 min
    Adam Larson: “Superstar DADam”

    Adam Larson: “Superstar DADam”

    Adam is Back on The Challenge! Adam Larson from MTV’s “Road Rules: The Quest” and Paramount+'s “The Challenge: All-Stars 4” join Beth Stolarczyk and Jon Brennan for a great trip down memory lane.  The conversation quickly turns to The Challenge production immediately after 911 and All-Stars 4! Adam is now a father of two girls and says he is hardly ever recognized in public by the show.  Jon and Adam try to lure Beth away from California to the South.  Beth continuously comments about how handsome Adam is and it gets … awkward… And she explains why she calls Nehemiah her “Tenderoni”.
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    • 56 min
    Genesis Keefer: “I Love Jazz”

    Genesis Keefer: “I Love Jazz”

    Genesis Keefer: “I Love Jazz”
    From the Boston season of MTV’s “The Real World”, Genesis Moss joins hosts Beth Stolarczyk and Jon Brennan as they reminisce their experiences on the very early days of living in a house with roommates and their experiences on the early days of “The Challenge”.  The discussion turns to their “dream casts” for each franchise and catching up on what Genesis’ life has been like since the last time we saw her.
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    • 48 min
    Billy Rainey: “Punk’d, Bubble Bath & The Beatles”

    Billy Rainey: “Punk’d, Bubble Bath & The Beatles”

    Executive Television Producer, Billy Rainey,  joins reality TV’s Beth Stolarczyk and Jon Brennan to discuss the early days of MTV’s making of “The Real World” and “Road Rules”.  Billy tells how they literally blew up the Winnebago on Road Rules and how he came up through the ranks of being the “Head of Audio” on The Real World: San Francisco, working on the London season, to being the Executive Producer of The Real World: Miami.  Billy tells stories about the creation of the very successful series “Punk’d” on MTV, national TV commercials, and his latest role as a teacher at Nashville Film Institute and producer of Jon’s new music video!
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    • 1 hr 3 min
    Doug Herzog: “MTV President”

    Doug Herzog: “MTV President”

    Doug Herzog was President of MTV Productions during the heyday of MTV’s greatest success including days of “The Real World”, ‘Remote Control”, “Club MTV”, “Jon Stewart Show”, “Road Rules”, “MTV Movie Awards” and tons of other programs! He is an American television executive and formerly the president of Viacom Music and Entertainment Group, he oversaw MTV, VH1, Logo TV, Comedy Central, Palladia, TV Land, and Spike. Herzog has been credited with evolving the MTV brand by steering the network away from music-related programming. Beth Stolarczyk & Jon Brennan have a very nostalgic conversation with him about many happenings at MTV in the 90’s and the idea of basic cable. They discuss the huge change in the industry and what set these changes into motion. You’ll love this BTS insight!
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    • 46 min
    Nathaniel Blackburn: “From Nathan to Nathaniel”

    Nathaniel Blackburn: “From Nathan to Nathaniel”

    Nathan Blackburn from the 7th season of MTV’s “The Real World: Seattle” joins Beth Stolarczyk and Jon Brennan to discuss his experience on reality TV, his substance addictions, abuse, homelessness, and finding God at a retreat.  Nathaniel talks about his transformation and becoming a husband and father of twins! Nathaniel founded True North Retreats and you can find information at
    https://www.truenorthretreats.org/

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    • 53 min

Customer Reviews

4.7 out of 5
51 Ratings

51 Ratings

DVD91 ,

Entertaining Podcast with likable hosts

Well produced podcast, good quality and accurate descriptions. The content is entertaining and love the hosts and laidback interviews

Thisisnothere ,

Sad, pathetic.

Do I need to say more? You get the picture.

Traci Gallagher ,

Love the podcast

Listening to Jon and Beth is such a great trip down memory lane. Love their friendship and they work well together. Keep up the great work!!!!

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