Mr. Ballen
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first heard Aug 2026
last heard 3 Aug
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You know, we were like firmly middle-class and, you know, my dad's a successful reporter and my mom's like, she's a, she's a part-time freelance journalist.
She's a librarian, but like really well-spoken, really sweet people.
I do.
I mean, my, my, I've multiple Pulitzer prize winners in my family, which definitely helped.
Um, but I, uh,
I had the aptitude, I should say, to be successful academically, which was a big thing in my household, being an academic achiever.
And I just didn't want to do that.
I think I just wanted to carve my own path.
But my form of rebellion was literally being a bad student, as if that would get me somewhere.
Why?
In a funny way.
No, actually not really.
Oh, constantly.
Yeah.
Like, like you're not applying yourself.
You're literally just not, you're not doing anything.
I was like skipping school.
Doesn't apply himself.
Yeah.
Like, yep.
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