I am the man sick with a slang, sick and I'm destined for fame. Drew for the fan, not for the grand, stunting you're destined for pain. I do not frown. I do not scam. Put some respect on my name. Sick like a pain, click and I bang. Y'all going to remember the name. Paul Ollinger, welcome to Real Talk with Zubi.

How you doing?

I'm great.

Thanks for having me.

No doubt.

It's a pleasure.

Paul, I've been doing a little bit of research about you and your writings and your story and you're a very interesting guy.

So for my audience and listeners who are not familiar with who you are and what you do, please give them a little

intro. Oh, well, I'm a dad and a husband, and I'm also a comedian and podcaster. I live in New York

City with my wife and two teenagers. My background is I've been in and out of the corporate world

and the comedy world for the

last 25 years. I worked at Yahoo and then a small company called Facebook. And being an early

employee there has allowed me to live the creative life that I've always dreamed of for the last

14 years or so. That's awesome.

Tell me about your background.

Where are you from?

Where did you grow up?

I grew up in suburban Atlanta, Georgia, which is in the southeast.

It still is a burgeoning new city.

And I'm one of six kids, was raised in a big catholic household and i think that growing up in a uh a house that was full of laughter and smack talk and uh um people is one of the

most important defining elements of of who i am i've always felt like I'm part of a bigger tribe.

And my family, my, my, my mom and dad stayed together for 55 years until my mom died.

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