Today’s podcast will feature 2 stories that prove that money is the root of all evil. The audio from both of these stories has been pulled from our main YouTube channel, which is just called "MrBallen," and has been remastered for today's podcast.Story names, previews & links to original YouTube videos:#2 -- "Loan Shark" -- Student takes drastic measures to pay off debt... (Original YouTube link -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6rpQ3VP9-Mc)#1 -- "Western Russian Farm Animal" -- The plot of this story is so absurd it sounds like badly written fiction, but it's not fiction, and it really happened (Original YouTube link -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gAHgzaFiF0Y)For 100s more stories like these, check out our main YouTube channel just called "MrBallen" -- https://www.youtube.com/c/MrBallenIf you want to reach out to me, contact me on Instagram, Twitter or any other major social media platform, my username on all of them is @mrballenSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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Hey Prime members, you can binge eight new episodes of the Mr. Ballin podcast one month early and all episodes ad-free on Amazon Music. Download the Amazon Music app today. Today's podcast will feature two stories that prove that money is the root of all evil. The audio from both of these stories has been pulled from our main YouTube channel and has been remastered for today's episode.
The links to the original YouTube videos are in the description. The first story you'll hear is called Loan Shark, and it's about a student who takes drastic measures to pay off debt. And the second and final story you'll hear is called Western Russian Farm Animal, and the plot of the story is so absurd it sounds like badly written fiction. But it's not fiction. It really happened.
But before we get into today's stories, if you're a fan of the Strange, Dark, and Mysterious delivered in story format, then you've come to the right podcast because that's all we do and we upload twice a week, once on Monday and once on Thursday.
So if that's of interest to you, please replace the Amazon Music Follow Buttons toilet paper with the kind that doesn't have a good seam on the outside and so you end up ripping it to pieces just to get it started. Okay, let's get into our first story called Loan Shark. A new year means a new chance to finally turn that great business idea you've been kicking around into a reality.
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