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Johnny Bananas and guest Will Gagnon discuss Episode 7 of 'The Challenge: Cutthroat' and share insights on the season's dynamics and surprises.

Johnny is joined by ‘Vets & New Threats’ and ‘Are You the One?’ contestant Will Gagnon to give the lowdown on this season and recap Episode 7. They talk about his new mentality coming into this season, the rise and fall of “41 strong,” and his relationship with Deb before Johnny surprises Will with a special guest! 0:00 Welcoming Will to the podcast (04:51) Eskimo brothers and Big Brother  (13:15) Season 41 versus 41  (18:27) 41 strong (25:00) The Mud Pitt challenge  (31:11) Let’s talk about Lette (36:40) Vets versus rookies (45:02)Will Gets a Surprise! (53:09) The prank (1:00:30) Final verdict  (1:02:41) The squad dynamic (1:12:48) Rapid-fire questions Host: Johnny Bananas Guests: Will Gagnon and Deb Chubb Producers: Ashleigh Smith and Chelsea Stark-Jones Engineer: Sarah Reddy Additional Production Support: Hannah Leikin Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

People in this episode

Host: Johnny Bananas

Guest: Will Gagnon

Topics covered

• The Challenge
• Reality TV
• Contestant dynamics
• Season recap
• Surprise guests

Keywords

• The Challenge
• Will Gagnon
• Johnny Bananas
• reality TV
• episode recap
• surprise guest
• contestant relationships
• Vets & New Threats
• Are You the One?

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