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Dan talks with <a href="https://www.instagram.com/Benyonceshimkus/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Ben Shimkus</a> about his advocacy, Sherry&#8217;s disqualification, and how we move forward as a community.
<a href="https://linktr.ee/dan.vannote" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Listen here.</a>
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