Cam Simmons: “Clay County, Alabama”

About this episode

Cam Simmons shares his journey from athlete to traveling welder and discusses mentorship with Jon Brennan, while Beth Stolarczyk addresses criticism from Derrick Kosinski.

Cam Simmons is from Clay County, Alabama and cheers for the Crimson Tide! He is a former high school and college athlete and now is a traveling welder. Cam shares how he has set goals for himself on his journey and what it was like to have Jon Brennan as his youth pastor and continued mentor. Beth Stolarcyzk discusses what she thought of Derrick Kosinski’s comments on Challenge Mania Podcast that she is the fakest person to have been on MTV’s “The Challenge”. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

People in this episode

Hosts: Jon Brennan, Beth Stolarczyk

Guest: Cam Simmons

Topics covered

• personal journey
• mentorship
• sports
• reality TV
• criticism

Keywords

• Cam Simmons
• Clay County
• mentorship
• Jon Brennan
• Beth Stolarczyk
• Derrick Kosinski
• The Challenge
• Crimson Tide
• sports
• reality TV

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: MTV

Books & works: The Challenge

Places: Clay County, Alabama

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