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Andy Dehnart > Uncategorized > Five lessons from 30 seasons of The Real World

Uncategorized · March 7, 2015

Five lessons from 30 seasons of The Real World

The Chicago Tribune asked me to contribute to an infographic commemorating and summarizing 30 seasons of MTV’s The Real World. I wrote about five things the show taught us.

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