#129 Trash Talk Roundtable_The Challenge USA2 EP4&5: Recap w/ Special Guest Pierre Co-Host of The Zach Nichols Podcast

Hey Fandom! Welcome back for another episode of Trash Talk Roundtable with your hosts Rick, Corrina and Tony. This week we are back with another double episode recap and we have a VERY special guest joining us! Owner of GOHT Media and co-host of The Zach Nichols Podcast, we welcome Pierre for this massive collab! We kick off the episode by discussing the start of GOHT Media as well as The Zach Nichols Podcast, how we feel about cast members being fans of the show, edits VS real people, the start of Pierre's Challenge Fandom, how he is so close to Zach Nichols, what types of changes we would all like to see on the casting floor and finally, Pierre gives his 4 male MT Rushmore players (0:00 - 33:30). Next we break into recapping episode 4 of The Challenge USA season 2 by discussing our thoughts on Bananas defecting to Blue team, how we felt about him reading Dusty's love letter in his confessional, Josh taking over running the house politically, Desi's big struggle, and our thoughts on this random confessional cam. Then we break into the daily discussing situations such as Michele VS Amanda, Cory VS Chris, Michaela VS Cassidy and ending with our thoughts on Blue Team's deal with Red as well as the encounter between Michaela and Tori on the truck. We also discuss the strategies for voting, Josh completely flipping the Red team's nominations on it's head, how we feel about stalemating for alliance members, thoughts on Michele's gameplay, and then Desi's mastermind plan to get Amanda in the sand with her. Finally, we discuss the truth about how this elimination went down, whether or not we think Amanda did well in this elimination or just did the bare minimum, and the potential blow back from Chris and Desi's defect decisions (33:30 - 1:48:15). After our AD break, we discuss episode 5, breaking in with Chris VS Monte and Tyler in the kitchen, how we feel about people complaining about being voted into elimination, and whether or not Desi made the right choice to blindside Wes. We discuss our thoughts on this daily challenge, the different strategies each team took and Blue team's big mistake. Next we break into the nomination drama where Dusty somehow gets grouped in with the Challenge vets, Wes VS Michaela in the Green team nominations, whether or not we think Michaela made the Survivor target even bigger, Cassidy taking Wes's previous nomination personally, our thoughts on the Bachelor contest at the nightclub and why the hell is Bananas still here?! Lastly we break down the Hat Trick Operation by the vets, what we are all missing from the Hopper pull, Cassidy VS Alyssa Lopez, why overconfidence and false bravado doesn't bother Corrina as much as others, Blue team's moral after Cassidy's defect decision and finally close out with Pierre's 4 women MT Rushmore Challengers (1:48:15 - END). We had such an incredible time with Pierre of GOHT Media and The Zach Nichols Podcast, we hope you all enjoy this collaboration as much as we did!

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