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Andy Dehnart > Uncategorized > Talking about Survivor and reality TV with Rob Cesternino

Uncategorized · March 10, 2012

Talking about Survivor and reality TV with Rob Cesternino

I was a guest on Rob Cesternino’s Rob Has a Podcast, during which we discussed Survivor‘s then most-toxic player and also the general state of reality TV.

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