Dash Katz & YOU: Listeners Join the Show | Pod Friends
RHAP: We Know Reality TV
Friends of Rob Has a Podcast
4.7 • 1.4K Ratings
🗓️ 23 February 2025
⏱️ 117 minutes
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Summary
This week’s Pod Friends guest is Dash Katz (@dashkatz)—actor, model, host, and reality TV superfan. Best known from Netflix’s Squid Game: The Challenge, Dash steps beyond the game to share their journey of resilience, identity, and community. In this heartfelt and fiery conversation with Matt Scott (@MattScottGW), Dash opens up about navigating grief, the reality TV experience beyond the edit, and the power of queer representation. They share their passion for uplifting LGBTQ+ voices and what it means to rise like a phoenix from life’s toughest moments.
But this season finale is also about YOU! Featuring listener voicemails, this episode is a celebration of connection, appreciation, and the incredible Pod Friends community.
4:20 – Rob Cesternino
6:25 – James
8:20 – Stefan
10:35 – Tommy
11:10 – Interview with Dash Katz begins
38:10 – Laura
40:15 – Stacie
43:00 – Joy
1:07:25 – Greg
1:08:55 – Nathan
1:10:55 – Hartley
1:13:30 – Kurt Whether you’re here for the laughs, deep conversations, or unfiltered tea, this episode is all about resilience, joy, and embracing your truth—unapologetically.
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Dashcats, why should people listen to this episode of PodFriends featuring you? |
| 0:06.8 | Oh my God. |
| 0:08.0 | You should listen to this episode of PodFriends because Matt is an icon and such a great |
| 0:14.5 | interviewer. |
| 0:16.2 | And I feel like it's just the truth. |
| 0:19.4 | I feel like I was, you know, open and honest and authentic and, you know, maybe a little bit of funny, too. |
| 0:28.5 | Like, I feel like we covered a lot of bases, you know, touched on trauma, touched on grief, |
| 0:34.8 | and touched on love and passion and reality TV. There's a lot of juicy tea. |
| 0:41.5 | And, you know, if you have taste, stay too. |
| 0:47.3 | That's the tea, the drama, the ups, the downs. That's what Pod Friends is about. |
| 0:51.8 | And I'm so glad you can join me for this one. You and the listeners. |
| 0:55.7 | Thank you. |
| 0:56.2 | Thank you for listening. |
| 0:57.8 | And thank you for having me. |
| 0:58.7 | Love you. |
| 1:19.4 | Pod friends, Pop friends, pot friends, it's time to take a look behind the mic and sure. Pod friends, pot friends. |
| 1:21.6 | You're gonna find out what they're really like, we're all. |
| 1:25.8 | Pod friends, pot friends. |
| 1:28.3 | No interviews, just having conversation. |
| 1:32.3 | Hot friends, hot friends. |
| 1:34.3 | So sit back and welcome to Pod Friends. |
| 1:53.7 | My name is Matt Scott. |
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