Mod Brothers Podcast, Episode #20 “The distraction Reservoir.”
Updated: 2010-08-31 17:30:09
You can download Mp3 or subscribe in iTunes Host: Kyle van der Merwe Co Host: Bill Owen Producer: Jeremy Birch Guests: Cheapskate, Ian Hall, and Dennis Bradford. Kyle starts this episode with an interview with Dennis Bradford (aka dbradford) from the Mod Brothers forums. We then spent to time catching up with Cheapskate and Ian [...]

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