Episode 113: Best of 2013, Part I

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Episode 113: Best of 2013, Part I

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Dec 30, 2013

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APFA is getting ready to go full strenght in 2014, and we're bringing you some of our favourite interviews from 2013. Please sit back and enjoy these chats with Dr. Aysha Akhtar, Brad Gates of Gates' Wildlife Control and Bif Naked.

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