I live off grid. It always amuses me when people talk about it like it’s safer than living in the city. The wilderness attracts a lot of really strange people. I can’t imagine those who live in truly isolated areas unarmed.
Tweakers in the trees are ruining everything. I was going to move back home to the woods until I found out it's turned into the Meth Mitten. Isolated crazy people I can deal with.
@@goblinofsharksnacks Yes, I have dogs. I have lights. I have firearms. I have plenty of bears and cougars but the weapons are not for them. My real problem is tweakers. I’m not really concerned about my place when I’m there. But, If I am gone for any length of time, they will steal anything and everything.
Nah that was either fake or highly exaggerated. The railroad workers punched and stomped them for over 10 minutes and they were able to get up and walk away? Come on 🙄
@@mac888spectral7 between the drugs and the adrenaline and fear if Mom’s could lift cars off babies I think they could’ve walked away from the beating and maybe Chaz had internal bleeding 😢no one would ever know.
@@mac888spectral7First, they may have called them employees, but it's not at all a stretch to assume those "employees" were actually part of the stations ownership, or even paid (often handsomely) by said ownership to "firmly" handle vagrants, and this sort of treatment being doled out on train hoppers was relatively commonplace in the not too distant past. Train hopping could be very, _very_ risky business depending on the train cars and stations one might find themselves in or at. Second, they didn't walk away, they limped away. That's actually an important distinction, but you sort of made it out like they walked away unscathed, and that's far from the sentiment the actual events depicted in the story seemed to imply. Which brings me to the next point. During the events of this story, they were young men in their mid twenties, firmly in the prime of young adulthood, biologically speaking. Generally speaking, human beings are surprisingly resilient creatures throughout most of their years - even into old age - but the absolute zenith of physical prowess, access to internal energy stores, ability to sustain and fend off injury, and nearly limitless capacity for healing is found during the years about 18 to 35, give or take. And that's just accounting for base physiology. Factor in survival instinct and couple it with copious amounts of this neat little self-administering emergency drug called adrenaline and what it's capable of doing to the body and central nervous system, and you suddenly have the recipe for making possible of the impossible. So it's not so difficult to imagine them limping away from such a dire beating, Unfortunately, the harsh reality is that more often than not survival is only half the battle. Because when it comes to sustaining severe physical trauma, whether or not short-term survival translates into the privilege of living to see tomorrow is almost always a measure of expediency of adequate medical intervention. I suspect therein lies the truth of Chaz's fate. While the undeniable advantages of youth, human resilience, and adrenaline may afford one whatever is needed to survive such a violent onslaught and hobble away to safety, they simply cannot overcome the ravages of leaving critical conditions like concussive traumatic brain injury or internal bleeding untreated; indeed nothing could. Tragically, not only did Chaz not seek immediate emergency medical intervention, he also chose to do probably the worst thing he could have done for his depleted and likely critically wounded body - he used a substance which simultaneously masked the intensity of his pain (which may have otherwise alerted him to the actual severity and gravity of his bodies state) but which unquestionably and significantly depressed his central nervous system and cardiopulmonary functions. In my opinion, it's quite likely that - had Chaz sought out immediate medical intervention, he may have gone on to see another day. Unfortunately that's not what happened, and beyond that, it's also possible that the beating wasn't the deciding factor and that he simply danced too confidently with the devil one too many times, and his luck and number were up. Whatever the case, this story isn't nearly as farfetched as you've made it out to be. In fact, I personally feel that it reads as refreshingly genuine, in its dichotomous and contradictory suffusion of both despair and hope throughout, that bittersweet ambiguity which so ubiquitously characterizes the most moving stories of man and his humanity. 😂 Look at me, waxing poetic and all that in the RUclips comments! 😅
That last story was really written well. As a recovering addict, it hit home. It's a vicious cycle that is the same every time. They start off flying to the moon only to end up fighting to keep from being dragged to hell. And that is multiple times a day, day-by-day, year-by-year. Either they decide to fight it and try to make the conscious effort to put it down. Or they succumb to it that last time while telling themselves that tomorrow is going to be different after this One. Last. Time... Thanks for your wonderful channel. I appreciate the high quality effort that goes into very high quality content. You have a winning combination in what you do. 👊
I was in recovery for close to 5 years, after 15+ years of active addiction 😔 and now I've been back out for almost 2 years this time. I just wanna die most days..but here's to hoping I will b happy n free again..n that I survive this hell i have put myself through again😪🙏 I'm 36 years old n I'm so tired of all this shit, I don't want this life, I fn hate myself evertime I use
@@lightsalt8530My little sister too. 13 years ago and every morning fresh grief because she's just not there and never coming back and I can't call her.
People choose to live off the grid to be free of government and peace. With solar panels and generators wells and free flowing springs who needs all those bills.
@JesG713 exactly. We all need technology. If you would literally grow up off the grid you will be too weird in the real world almost like hills have eyes or those crazy stories where people were really weird fron living in Virginia woods lolz
I just can’t take you seriously! Typical Leftoid. You vote blue. That’s voting *FOR* more government and higher taxes! You’re literally the problem people try to escape from and lack any and all self awareness to realize it.
Yet you vote for more government and higher taxes and utilities. Ironic. We had to move away from people like you to get more freedom and no state income tax, on a semi off grid property. You lack all self awareness and accountability.
The guy in the first story is one of the first to die in a horror film. Seriously, the kids said he was armed, so you go off running in the woods ,unarmed, looking for him. Because you think your kids are not so bright? You sir, are not so bright.
Your stories are real. I mean, I know most of the stories in the space are allegedly true, but your choices and editing make take them a step above everyone else. It’s been a pleasure to watch you grow and evolve. And you were always great!
3:58 "With a chimney that puffed up smoke like a grumpy old man" made me crack up very hard!!! It gave me a vivid mental image of my 75 year old narcissistic cranky father who was a chain smoker ever since he was a child...and still is!
Rest In Peace Chaz. Thank you so much for sharing. I am so glad that you figured it out and are safe. It takes a lot of guts to go through what you did. Sending you Love and hugs.
I'm in full blown tears, I went through the same thing as Chaz and his friend I am so, so sorry I mean it from the bottom of my heart I am so sorry for your loss😢😢
Wow. I don't even know what to say. The first one was good, the second one a sad cautionary tale. I tend to romanticize "riding the rails," and having no responsibilities... I was rooting for them the whole time and didnt expect it to go where it did. So sad, but i totally get the allure of that lifestyle. RIP Chaz.
The first story was annoying as hell. Letting your kids wander around in the woods with a crazy man. Chasing the man down without a weapon, knowing he had one. Should have called the sheriff first thing.
I grew up in the country basically off the grid until I was 18.. couldn’t wait to get the Hell out of there. 20 years later after living in the subdivision life and working in the big city I could not wait to go back to my roots. There are strange people everywhere but in the country we all have our own space to stay out of others way and know how to and why… For whatever the reason may be.
When the guy in story 2 started off with saying the situation they experienced would test their friendship, I just assumed they would get into a situation and have a fight... But Chaz died. Man. I wish things were different. RIP Chaz 🙏🏾and friend, I hope you're doing so much better now ❤️
If I had a log cabin like the one in the video, i’d never have all of those huge glass windows which make the house unsafe. Or else I’d have automatic steel shutters that I could shut immediately.
I can totally attest that there are some absolute psychos off-grid. Most people are cool but every once in a while you'll encounter a real psychopath. Wherever there are people, no matter how far apart, there will be drama.
Stellar narration man! I feel like I’m there. These stories give me a boost in my mornings at work while I have down time than I happily go in to the busy hours 😅
It's subtle, but important to remember that their dad is dumb ass. Literally a horror movie dad who ruined his familys life in pursuit of a ridiculous plan to escape society.
You have become by far my no1 i just cant listen to anyine else there voice and the way they tell the stories is just not the same plus im sure ive heared some of yours on other channels i do still like my mr ballen lol
5:34 “walking back from the mailboxes outside of town”, is the most confusing sentence I’ve heard lol the post office? Or the actual mailbox to this house is outside the “town” …that OP also said doesn’t exist because there’s no stores or anything except a neighbors shed. I’m so confused.
I can do the cabin in the woods with the super market, bank, gas stations, human civilization down the street but to just be in the woods with nothing around......You're on your own with that one😂
Heck of a story...i also had wack neighbours. We actually got as far as a police intervention as a moderator. The constable actually said, look they're nuts. Then they moved away... I now remember they had a child. And i pray that kid is ok. Cuz their parents were outrageous. Dam..
It seemed with Marty in the 1st story had a premonition about the new family being his downfall in the murder of his wife, or maybe it was her calling from her shallow grave to the family. I'm glad her murder was solved.
Moving off the grid is cool but forcing your kids to do that is a bit messed up imo. Especially if they’d already lived somewhere they had made friends and connections. Kids are people too just fyi
People can have 100 acres. Heaven forbid if you cross 'their'land going somewhere. Man, I own land and as long as someone isn't loitering near my house. Doing something illegal or whatever, as long as they're passing through. It's all good. People are sooooooo wierd about THEIR land. It's like those signs where people say not to turn around in their driveway....haha...why? What's thr harm? Don't you think it would make more people do it? I mean how stupid does someone have to be? You're on a street with 50 other houses and your house has been used as a turnaround more than others? How many times? 2? Omg call the cops! I know, get a sign! That'll work....sorry! Rant over
"Radical thinking" = self-reliance. LOL, you pick the absolute worst stories. At least you aren't as bad as the one who have 6 three-minute stories packed into a 15 (not a typo) minute episode with an ad every 3 minutes.
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I live off grid. It always amuses me when people talk about it like it’s safer than living in the city. The wilderness attracts a lot of really strange people. I can’t imagine those who live in truly isolated areas unarmed.
I’m semi off grid. We get everything from prowlers to bears. I now have the place lit up 24/7. It helps.
Tweakers in the trees are ruining everything. I was going to move back home to the woods until I found out it's turned into the Meth Mitten. Isolated crazy people I can deal with.
Depends on country
Dogs make for good security in wilderness though
@@goblinofsharksnacks Dogs make everything better
@@goblinofsharksnacks Yes, I have dogs. I have lights. I have firearms. I have plenty of bears and cougars but the weapons are not for them. My real problem is tweakers. I’m not really concerned about my place when I’m there. But, If I am gone for any length of time, they will steal anything and everything.
Rest in peace Chaz. That was a real emotional story. Glad you've managed to sort yourself out and wish you all the happiness in the world.
Nah that was either fake or highly exaggerated. The railroad workers punched and stomped them for over 10 minutes and they were able to get up and walk away? Come on 🙄
Well they were 2 bums doing heroine and people can be very violent. I once got beat up by the whole supermarket staff for trying to steal some food.
@@mac888spectral7 between the drugs and the adrenaline and fear if Mom’s could lift cars off babies I think they could’ve walked away from the beating and maybe Chaz had internal bleeding 😢no one would ever know.
@@sergiokaminotanjoI’m sorry 😞 I hope life is better for you now
@@mac888spectral7First, they may have called them employees, but it's not at all a stretch to assume those "employees" were actually part of the stations ownership, or even paid (often handsomely) by said ownership to "firmly" handle vagrants, and this sort of treatment being doled out on train hoppers was relatively commonplace in the not too distant past. Train hopping could be very, _very_ risky business depending on the train cars and stations one might find themselves in or at.
Second, they didn't walk away, they limped away. That's actually an important distinction, but you sort of made it out like they walked away unscathed, and that's far from the sentiment the actual events depicted in the story seemed to imply.
Which brings me to the next point.
During the events of this story, they were young men in their mid twenties, firmly in the prime of young adulthood, biologically speaking.
Generally speaking, human beings are surprisingly resilient creatures throughout most of their years - even into old age - but the absolute zenith of physical prowess, access to internal energy stores, ability to sustain and fend off injury, and nearly limitless capacity for healing is found during the years about 18 to 35, give or take.
And that's just accounting for base physiology. Factor in survival instinct and couple it with copious amounts of this neat little self-administering emergency drug called adrenaline and what it's capable of doing to the body and central nervous system, and you suddenly have the recipe for making possible of the impossible.
So it's not so difficult to imagine them limping away from such a dire beating,
Unfortunately, the harsh reality is that more often than not survival is only half the battle.
Because when it comes to sustaining severe physical trauma, whether or not short-term survival translates into the privilege of living to see tomorrow is almost always a measure of expediency of adequate medical intervention.
I suspect therein lies the truth of Chaz's fate.
While the undeniable advantages of youth, human resilience, and adrenaline may afford one whatever is needed to survive such a violent onslaught and hobble away to safety, they simply cannot overcome the ravages of leaving critical conditions like concussive traumatic brain injury or internal bleeding untreated; indeed nothing could.
Tragically, not only did Chaz not seek immediate emergency medical intervention, he also chose to do probably the worst thing he could have done for his depleted and likely critically wounded body - he used a substance which simultaneously masked the intensity of his pain (which may have otherwise alerted him to the actual severity and gravity of his bodies state) but which unquestionably and significantly depressed his central nervous system and cardiopulmonary functions.
In my opinion, it's quite likely that - had Chaz sought out immediate medical intervention, he may have gone on to see another day.
Unfortunately that's not what happened, and beyond that, it's also possible that the beating wasn't the deciding factor and that he simply danced too confidently with the devil one too many times, and his luck and number were up.
Whatever the case, this story isn't nearly as farfetched as you've made it out to be.
In fact, I personally feel that it reads as refreshingly genuine, in its dichotomous and contradictory suffusion of both despair and hope throughout, that bittersweet ambiguity which so ubiquitously characterizes the most moving stories of man and his humanity.
😂 Look at me, waxing poetic and all that in the RUclips comments! 😅
That looks so warm and cozy
Did you notice the old guy on the sofa? I've been trying to listen to this since it came out. I just noticed the person on the sofa
That last story was really written well. As a recovering addict, it hit home. It's a vicious cycle that is the same every time. They start off flying to the moon only to end up fighting to keep from being dragged to hell. And that is multiple times a day, day-by-day, year-by-year. Either they decide to fight it and try to make the conscious effort to put it down. Or they succumb to it that last time while telling themselves that tomorrow is going to be different after this One. Last. Time...
Thanks for your wonderful channel. I appreciate the high quality effort that goes into very high quality content. You have a winning combination in what you do. 👊
I was in recovery for close to 5 years, after 15+ years of active addiction 😔 and now I've been back out for almost 2 years this time. I just wanna die most days..but here's to hoping I will b happy n free again..n that I survive this hell i have put myself through again😪🙏 I'm 36 years old n I'm so tired of all this shit, I don't want this life, I fn hate myself evertime I use
@@TimDo-mm2ys I pray that you are able to leave that demon behind one day. My baby sister died an addict and I don't wish that for anyone
@@lightsalt8530My little sister too. 13 years ago and every morning fresh grief because she's just not there and never coming back and I can't call her.
Dang 😢 rest in peace Chaz 😢🙏🕊️
When it comes to your vids, I smash the like button in advance
People choose to live off the grid to be free of government and peace. With solar panels and generators wells and free flowing springs who needs all those bills.
Until your solar panels and generators start having malfunctions
@JesG713 exactly. We all need technology. If you would literally grow up off the grid you will be too weird in the real world almost like hills have eyes or those crazy stories where people were really weird fron living in Virginia woods lolz
Property taxes. Especially high for large properties in _BLUE AREAS_ 🙄 What an Id10t 🤣
I just can’t take you seriously!
Typical Leftoid. You vote blue. That’s voting *FOR* more government and higher taxes! You’re literally the problem people try to escape from and lack any and all self awareness to realize it.
Yet you vote for more government and higher taxes and utilities.
Ironic.
We had to move away from people like you to get more freedom and no state income tax, on a semi off grid property.
You lack all self awareness and accountability.
Thank you!! Great stories. Specially the last one. Really sad.
The guy in the first story is one of the first to die in a horror film. Seriously, the kids said he was armed, so you go off running in the woods ,unarmed, looking for him. Because you think your kids are not so bright? You sir, are not so bright.
And why's he yelling "Marty" at the guy after telling us that's just the name he and the kids gave the dude? Fake story.
Totally missed that. Literally didn't hear it ✋️
@@mac888spectral7yeah and he supposedly learned about going off grid from college? Haha yeah right. These stories are so lame
i will never understand people who move deep innawoods with NO GUNS OR RIFLES
Your stories are real. I mean, I know most of the stories in the space are allegedly true, but your choices and editing make take them a step above everyone else. It’s been a pleasure to watch you grow and evolve. And you were always great!
Thank you for sharing this story! I will never forget the chilling experience from start to finish. Wishing everyone a good night's sleep! 👀👀👀
3:58 "With a chimney that puffed up smoke like a grumpy old man" made me crack up very hard!!! It gave me a vivid mental image of my 75 year old narcissistic cranky father who was a chain smoker ever since he was a child...and still is!
Friday night: CHECKED
Rest In Peace Chaz. Thank you so much for sharing. I am so glad that you figured it out and are safe. It takes a lot of guts to go through what you did. Sending you Love and hugs.
RIP Chaz. A lot of more eloquent posts have been written. But I'm glad you're okay. Thanks for sharing your story.
THANK YOU AND THANK YOU FOR THE RAIN!! ❤❤❤❤
Love your channel. Been subscribed for a couple of years after binge watching and never miss an upload.
Thanks for the upload!
Hey man thank u
I'm in full blown tears, I went through the same thing as Chaz and his friend
I am so, so sorry I mean it from the bottom of my heart I am so sorry for your loss😢😢
Wow. I don't even know what to say. The first one was good, the second one a sad cautionary tale.
I tend to romanticize "riding the rails," and having no responsibilities...
I was rooting for them the whole time and didnt expect it to go where it did.
So sad, but i totally get the allure of that lifestyle.
RIP Chaz.
The first story was annoying as hell. Letting your kids wander around in the woods with a crazy man. Chasing the man down without a weapon, knowing he had one. Should have called the sheriff first thing.
Great stories Booze and Boos!
The second story was so sad. People can get messef up very quickly.
I grew up in the country basically off the grid until I was 18.. couldn’t wait to get the Hell out of there. 20 years later after living in the subdivision life and working in the big city I could not wait to go back to my roots. There are strange people everywhere but in the country we all have our own space to stay out of others way and know how to and why… For whatever the reason may be.
Great video. The last story was really sad. Have a great weekend Booze!
Sipping on my sleepy tyme tea and listening to my B&B stories.What a awesome way to end your day/nite.Thanks B&B.love your stories❤😊
When the guy in story 2 started off with saying the situation they experienced would test their friendship, I just assumed they would get into a situation and have a fight... But Chaz died. Man. I wish things were different. RIP Chaz 🙏🏾and friend, I hope you're doing so much better now ❤️
SD U KEEP UR HEAD UP ! UR STORY TRULY TOUCHED ME AND I WISH THE BEST FOR YOU! SD TO SD
Both stories were intense.
If I had a log cabin like the one in the video, i’d never have all of those huge glass windows which make the house unsafe. Or else I’d have automatic steel shutters that I could shut immediately.
Good point
Intense stories. Love the longer story format. Thanks for the upload.
I can totally attest that there are some absolute psychos off-grid. Most people are cool but every once in a while you'll encounter a real psychopath. Wherever there are people, no matter how far apart, there will be drama.
Oh never mind him, that’s just Marty the Murderer
I really like your voice, so far youre my fave narrator when it comes to creepy/true horror story. Keep it up!
Stellar narration man! I feel like I’m there. These stories give me a boost in my mornings at work while I have down time than I happily go in to the busy hours 😅
Love you Booze hope you had a great 4th of July 🎆
Thank you so much for the great content and story telling it helps a lot with my anxiety and ADHD ❤
Great stories, your voice and reading style keeps me interested til the very end !!!
That last one messed me up man.
7.10
They're literally children, its not their job to be tough and rugged
It's subtle, but important to remember that their dad is dumb ass. Literally a horror movie dad who ruined his familys life in pursuit of a ridiculous plan to escape society.
These stories sound very embellished, true stories don't usually read like a novel
Loved the stories. Thank you.
Hey everybody have a fang tastic Friday night 🌙 🌒🌒🌓🌓🌓🌔🌔🌖🌖
I could go for a frosty cold one 🍺and a good scare 👻
Thank you 🙏
Thank you! Thank you! 👍🤘
Story number one was excellent. Very well written and read.
You have become by far my no1 i just cant listen to anyine else there voice and the way they tell the stories is just not the same plus im sure ive heared some of yours on other channels i do still like my mr ballen lol
Getting closer and closer to 100k 👏
Awesome ❤
Thanks B&B 🎉
Just found your channel from this story an ill say your very great at narrations you got a new viewer
5:34 “walking back from the mailboxes outside of town”, is the most confusing sentence I’ve heard lol the post office? Or the actual mailbox to this house is outside the “town” …that OP also said doesn’t exist because there’s no stores or anything except a neighbors shed. I’m so confused.
I have the booze. I came for the boos! You never disappoint.
Snap my friend 😂
"Chaz" sounds like a Train spotter.
A trainspotter as in a junkie, like in Trainspotting? Lol
the second story is great!
Where's the chimney in
that room? Great content.
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It’s an electric “flame effect” fire .
One of your best ☺️
yes was awesome TY
Great story's thanks ❤
Finally get away from the insane rat race, only to end up living next door to a Hannibal Lecter ! What are the odds ? Seems like we can't escape fate.
Wow two excellent stories and narrated so well. Good job man! Are they written like this or is that you're style of story telling?
I enjoyed these stories 😊😊😊
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❤
Wow 2nd story
Wait... hold up. Are you saying that YOU are the hobo musician????
Last story is tragic! Such a sad waste of life!
I can do the cabin in the woods with the super market, bank, gas stations, human civilization down the street but to just be in the woods with nothing around......You're on your own with that one😂
Heck of a story...i also had wack neighbours. We actually got as far as a police intervention as a moderator.
The constable actually said, look they're nuts.
Then they moved away...
I now remember they had a child.
And i pray that kid is ok.
Cuz their parents were outrageous.
Dam..
Mary nodded in agreement Mary nodded in agreement
Rip Chaz
Good shit
It seemed with Marty in the 1st story had a premonition about the new family being his downfall in the murder of his wife, or maybe it was her calling from her shallow grave to the family. I'm glad her murder was solved.
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6:38 legends say that maddy is still nodding in agreement
Yeah, there’s no way something can feel THAT good w/out having terrible consequences.(I’m referring to the 2nd story about the heroin)
I like the weird grimey-ness of cities. But I was born in nyc so prob biased
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Its 2 am wher im from
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Someday
How tf am I JUST now seeing Booze and Boos recommended to me?
He didn’t tell his kids to stay off other properties. Why not?
Amsterdam lacking Zz's
WOW 😳🤯, this started automatically. I guess I better listen before it gets dark 🙄
This world is bad bro..... Everywhere
Moving off the grid is cool but forcing your kids to do that is a bit messed up imo. Especially if they’d already lived somewhere they had made friends and connections. Kids are people too just fyi
Second story, I was waiting for when it would become scary. Was disappointed.
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I woke up to this heroin story wow
People can have 100 acres. Heaven forbid if you cross 'their'land going somewhere. Man, I own land and as long as someone isn't loitering near my house. Doing something illegal or whatever, as long as they're passing through. It's all good. People are sooooooo wierd about THEIR land. It's like those signs where people say not to turn around in their driveway....haha...why? What's thr harm? Don't you think it would make more people do it? I mean how stupid does someone have to be? You're on a street with 50 other houses and your house has been used as a turnaround more than others? How many times? 2? Omg call the cops! I know, get a sign! That'll work....sorry! Rant over
Not the heron bro. Not the heron. Disasterrr
These are some rough ass stories bro lol I just want to hear about a dogman popping its head out from a tree and disappearing
😢 many decades ago, I knew a man who used to take God’s name in vain, all the time. He ended up with cancer, had to have his tongue cut out.
God DAMN
You will answer for that. Not funny
NO ONE LISTEN MY STORIES 😭😢😢
I dont like these AI videos. The human element is torally gone
These are not "true" ... stories, yes ...but not "true stories"....so stop titling as such. Otherwise this is just click bait.
"Radical thinking" = self-reliance. LOL, you pick the absolute worst stories. At least you aren't as bad as the one who have 6 three-minute stories packed into a 15 (not a typo) minute episode with an ad every 3 minutes.
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