#104 MrBallen - Navy SEAL Turned Content Creator

Shawn Ryan Show

Society & Culture, Philosophy

4.9 • 37.2K Ratings

🗓️ 8 April 2024

⏱️ 260 minutes

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John B. Allen, aka MrBallen is a former Navy SEAL turned content creator. Ballen went viral on Tik Tok and YouTube in 2020 with his unique "true crime" videos that brought a fresh sense of storytelling and narrative to social media. His podcasts Strange, Dark and Mysterious Stories and MrBallen’s Medical Mysteries topped the charts with millions of views and subscribers. Allen co-founded Elite Meet, a network focused organization that provides support to transitioning elite Veterans and an "unmatched talent pool to corporate partners." Today, Allen continues to produce content while helping other creators grow via Ballen Studios, a new venture that offers management and development services for budding content creators. Shawn Ryan Show Sponsors: https://lairdsuperfood.com - USE CODE "SRS" https://shopify.com/shawn https://betterhelp.com/shawn https://ziprecruiter.com/srs https://blackbuffalo.com https://ShawnLikesGold.com | 855-936-GOLD #goldcopartner MrBallen Links: Website - https://ballenstudios.com NEW Book - https://book.ballenstudios.com YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/@MrBallen Spotify Podcast - https://open.spotify.com/show/4NZWQf0wUsaT0tO9unlmra?si=2d19183c688345d0 Apple Podcast - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/mrballen-podcast-strange-dark-mysterious-stories/id1608813794 Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/mrballen Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/mrballen Tik Tok - https://www.tiktok.com/@mrballen Elite Meet - https://elitemeetus.org Please leave us a review on Apple & Spotify Podcasts. Vigilance Elite/Shawn Ryan Links: Website | Patreon | TikTok | Instagram | Download Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Mr.
0:05.0	Bollin, aka John Allen.
0:09.0	Yeah.
0:10.0	Welcome to the show, man.
0:11.0	Thank you for having me, man.
0:12.0	I love your show. I've been watching this for years you're you're killing it this is amazing I appreciate it I appreciate it.
0:17.5	Man what's been I've been watching you we connected connected in what, 2020, and you were heading up a non-profit elite
0:27.0	meet, then communication fell off somehow.
0:31.0	Obviously you were busy because I checked about six months later and you have
0:35.0	two million plus whatever it was. YouTube subs completely different than anything
0:41.2	anybody else is done coming out of the seal teams and it was just it's it was really cool to see and so
0:48.1	It's it's almost like a new version of you now you know is is is is what I feel like this is and it's, it's, I'm excited man.
0:57.0	It's been a long time coming and I'm really happy to have you in the chair and honored and
1:02.0	let's get into your backstory.
1:05.0	Yeah dude I am genuinely honored to be here because there are some legends you've had on the
1:10.3	show that like certainly in my time in the military like you know
1:14.2	referencing some of your guests like DJ Shipley like that was a guy when I was in the
1:18.7	SEAL teams you're like oh wow like that guy's the guy he's like been on all the cool missions and so to hear his
1:24.0	backstory on your show was like amazing and you know I've been watching your show
1:28.6	closely and yeah we connected in 2020 and that was like really right before I
1:32.1	started like being Mr. Ballin and my
1:34.8	God it's just been a whirlwind of things that we talked about over breakfast this
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