Mr. Ballen

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The Why Files: Operation Podcast · The Basement: MrBallen | YouTube's Best Storyteller Tells His Own · 3 Aug 2026 podcast

And so service was on my mind.

I wanted to serve.

I was thinking about it.

And I remember talking to my mom who at this point, she's softened the way she treats me.

She's back to being very, very gentle, Jesse, the librarian.

And I was like, you know, I'm thinking about, uh, you know, the military, like after, after college, I not, I don't know how or what exactly, but I'm thinking about it.

And she's like, Oh, you should, you should talk to,

They're sort of family friends.

More specifically, my mom's best friend is this woman, Susan.

And Susan is like, she's a close family friend.

I've known her for years.

And I knew she had brothers who are military.

I didn't really know what they did.

And my mom's like, oh yeah, you should go talk to her.

And I'm like, oh yeah.

I was like, what do they do?

She goes, actually, you know what?

They're retiring.

They were Navy SEALs.

And I'm like, what?

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