Episodes
Wanna get cast on Peacock's original 'LOVE ISLANDUSA' but don't know how to get on the show? Jodi Thomas, The Casting Director for LOVE ISLAND USA, shares casting secrets on how to get cast on the show and discusses what they are looking for in future cast members. We also discuss Olivia Ann Kaiser, Nurys Mateo, and MTV's The Challenge 40. Jon Brennan and Beth Stolarczyk get up close and personal with Jodi Thomas. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Published 09/30/24
Published 09/30/24
Montana gets candid with Jon Brennan and Beth Stolarczyk about her reality TV experience and shares what she is doing now and who she keeps in touch with. This OG is one of the best!  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Published 09/23/24
Country music hitmaker Neal McCoy joins Beth Stolarczyk and Jon Brennan for an entertaining visit where they discuss his numerous hit radio singles and the random times Jon ran into him out on tour. For eight years Neal McCoy has been broadcasting live on Facebook his “Pledge Allegiance To The Flag” and you can join him daily on his official Facebook page. Beth has terrific similarities in taste with Neal on his early musical influences with pop icons and Neal fills us in on how he is making...
Published 09/16/24
Jon Brennan and Beth Stolarczyk gets major Tea about cast members from The Real World Paris. CT, Adam, Ace, Mallory, Christina, and Simon. Leah opens up about MTV's The Challenge, Bravo and The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills, The Real Housewives of Orange County, and what’s going on with Kyle Richards. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Published 09/09/24
Aviv Melmed is MTV's Fresh Meat Challenge Champion with Darrell Taylor. She’s representing Era 2 on The Challenge 40. Aviv is getting real with her thoughts about her experience and what it takes to be a Champion on The Challenge. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Published 09/02/24
Johnny Donovan shares about his love for working with reality TV stars from The Real Housewives, MTV's The Challenge, Teen Mom, and The Jersey Shore shows. He gets real about what it takes to make it in this business and also what it takes to get cast on a reality TV show. Jon Brennan and Beth Stolarczyk are getting real with this socialite extraordinaire. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Published 08/26/24
Dom is Getting Real with Jon Brennan & Beth Stolarczyk speaking for the first time in over 30 years about his MTV 90s days, why he didn’t participate in The Real World Homecoming Los Angeles with Paramount Plus, and his love for music and Manchester United. Would he ever consider being in front of the camera in the future?  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Published 08/19/24
How do you get cast on American Idol? Producers from American Idol give you all the tips you need to master your Audition. Jon Brennan and Beth Stolarczyk welcome Patrick Lynn, American Idol Supervising Producer, and Lynly Ehrlich, American Idol Casting Producer. We talk about Clay Aiken and Beth pitches a new show idea. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Published 08/12/24
Jodi Weatherton, MTV's The Challenge 40 is our guest. We chat about her history on The Challenge and Road Rules Extreme, Mark Long, Johnny Bananas, Jenny West, Cara Maria Sorbello, and her favorite music. Jodi gets real about how she really feels about Beth Stolarczyk from the early Challenge days on The Gauntlet 2/ Inferno 2, and The Duel. Jon Brennan and Jodi talk about her favorite music and her thoughts on other challenge cast members. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit...
Published 08/05/24
Emilee Fitzpatrick (@iwantmyemtv) from MTV's The Real World Cancun is GETTING REAL WITH JON & BETH. We discuss her MTV roots, alternate life in THE CHALLENGE and THE CHALLENGE ALL STARS, her BFF friends, her love for Beth's Eyelusion Lashes Beverly Hills, and what inspired her to try out for a reality show. Jon Brennan and Beth Stolarczyk get up close and personal with this MTV reality TV star who continues to shine bright. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Published 07/29/24
The host of the new podcast “Talking Chocolates”, Vince Lanni, joins Beth Stolarczyk & Jon Brennan for a conversation about leadership in the hospitality industry, his charity efforts, and the honky-tonk nightlife in Nashville. Vince is a huge fan of “The Challenge” and gives Beth some great advice from a fan’s perspective!  Jon thinks Beth has chosen the wrong key as she sings her potential walk-out song if she was a professional wrestler. This alone is worth tuning in for. True...
Published 07/22/24
Trishelle Canatella from The Real World: Las Vegas, The Challenge, The Surreal Life, Fear Factor, Below Deck, and Traitors joins Beth Stolarcyzk and Jon Brennan for a very candid conversation about all of reality television.  She discusses why she is not on The Challenge 40, why Beth would be perfect for Traitors, and what her best and worst experiences are on all of her reality journeys.  Trishelle gets very REAL about the differences in how different networks and production companies treat...
Published 07/15/24
From “Jake’s Take” podcast, Jacob Elyachar joins Beth Stolarczyk and Jon Brennan to celebrate his 300th podcast episode milestone!  Jacob has an unmatched knowledge of reality shows such as “Survivor”, “American Idol”, “Dancing With The Stars”, “The Masked Singer”, “America’s Got Talent” and “The Challenge”!!! He knows all the old-school personalities and is basically a “reality expert!”  Growing up his parents would not allow him to watch “The Real World”, however.  You can check out all of...
Published 07/08/24
Beth Stolarczyk and Jon Brenan are thrilled to have this exclusive and long-awaited return of “PUCK” featured on their podcast, “Getting Real With Jon And Beth” on the Pantheon Network.  The most notorious and infamous reality televsion star ever  talks about appearing in 1994 on “The Real World: San Francisco” (season 3 of The Real World) and whether or not he would ever reunite with his cast.  He visits his character “Weird Beard” from the 1995 reunion, his time in a mental hospital, why...
Published 07/01/24
Arissa Hill from “The Real World: Las Vegas”, “Battle of The Sexes 2” and “The Challenge All-Stars 1” joins legendary reality stars Beth Stolarczyk and Jon Brennan to discuss how she entered reality TV, what she is up to now and where she is living and her philosophy on life.  They discuss her infamous elimination exit against Beth in The Challenge All-Stars on Paramount+ and why she felt so betrayed by her cast mates.  Jon asks Arissa why she offered to box Beth rather than compete in the...
Published 06/24/24
Syrus Yarbrough from MTV’s “The Real World: Boston” and “The Challenge All-Stars” returns to the “Getting Real With Jon And Beth” podcast with old friends Beth Stolarczyk and Jon Brennan.  Syrus gives the hosts a lesson on Drake’s music and they discuss light and dark skin tones in African and African American cultures.  He goes on to describe his extended vacation with his wife after filming “The Challenge” in South Africa as an alternate and the process in being called up into the...
Published 06/17/24
From the original MTV “Real World vs Road Rules Challenge”, “Road Rules: Down Under” and “Challenge All-Stars 4”, Kefla Hare joins Beth Stolarczyk and Jon Brennan for a very enlightening and positive discussion about his experience on the last Challenge, teaching in school, and his approach to negative influences in life!   Kefla is described by Jon as “Salt of the Earth” and Beth reminisces about her time many years ago competing against Kefla on the first Challenge ever! This is a TRUE...
Published 06/10/24
Brandon Nelson from MTV’s “The Challenge: Fresh Meat” and “Challenge All-Stars 2” & “Challenge All-Stars 4” joins Jon Brennan and Beth Stolarcyzk for some very interesting details about AS4.  Beth and Jon have never met Brandon but his discussion get’s very, very good! He discusses Ayanna’s drama, including things that did not get aired, and reads a test message from his phone from Ace. Then Brandon flips the script on the hosts and asks Beth two VERY dynamic questions that everyone has...
Published 06/03/24
Scott Wern from TLC’s “Love In Paradise” (season 3) and “The Family Chantel” joins Beth Stolarczyk and Jon Brennan to discuss reality television, respiratory therapy, clickbait, and future reality shows he may appear on! Scott describes what it was like to watch Beth and Jon on “The Real World” and talks details about being defamed on the reality shows he has appeared on. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Published 05/27/24
Flora Alekseyeva (The Real World: Miami, The Challenge) returns to the podcast hosted by Beth Stolarczyk and Jon Brennan as she gets to the nitty gritty about her opinions of Cara Maria, Jasmine and Tina from her stint on Paramount+ “The Challenge All-Stars 4”.  This comes shortly after a social media feud between Flora and Tina that got pretty nasty!  Flora does not mince words nor does she hold back. She gets heated and says it all! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit...
Published 05/20/24
Paulie Calafiore: “Too Grown For This” Paulie Calafiore of CBS’s “Big Brother” and MTV’s “The Challenge” brings the TEA and gives his opinions on The Challenge All-Stars 4.  He discusses with hosts Beth Stolarczyk and Jon Brennan how his girlfriend of six years, Cara Maria, is treated by the “mean girls” and how he thinks some people need to hit the gym before they appear on a challenge.  Beth recalls some former cast members calling her old, fat and ugly.  Jon adds his impression of today’s...
Published 05/13/24
Aron Barbell from NBC’s "Deal Or No Deal Island” joins Beth Stolarczyk and Jon Brennan for a candid conversation about his journey on the new and very popular smash hit competition show’s first season. He discusses his “bromance” with Boston Rob from Survivor and gives advice to Beth about how to “make friends” with other competitors on the show she often appears on, MTV / Paramount+’s “The Challenge”. He goes into depth about his strategy, who he trusted and didn’t trust, who he liked and...
Published 05/07/24
Michael Berk talks about Pamela Anderson, Tommy Lee, Carmen Electra, and David Hasselhoff, and how he created The Baywatch TV series and Baywatch Movies. Beth Stolarczyk & Jon Brennan pitch a few reality stars who they think would be great casting choices. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Published 04/29/24
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...
Published 04/22/24