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WTF with Marc Maron Podcast

Episode 1612 - Erin Brockovich

27 Jan 2025

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What is Erin Brockovich's background and advocacy?

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So I was like that before. I'm a dyslexic. So very early on in my life. I saw things differently. I felt things differently. I learned differently and I was always categorized as special needs. I had a mom and dad that were extremely helpful to me that taught me so many things.

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Where was this? Where did you grow up? Lawrence, Kansas. Oh, okay.

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Rock, Chalk, Jayhawk, go KU.

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Yeah, what did your folks do?

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So, my mom is a journalist and sociology major and was editor-in-chief of the KU Alumni Association.

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Okay.

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And then my father is a mechanical engineer and built and ran the pipelines for Citigroup.

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Okay, so, well, these were like, you know, educated, self-aware, smart people, right?

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Right, and their frustration was my dyslexia, which was my frustration, was school.

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