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The Ramsey Show Highlights

How Ben Shapiro Took Over Media Before He Turned 20

The Ramsey Show Highlights

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Self-improvement, Education, Investing, Business

4.6682 Ratings

🗓️ 17 October 2024

⏱️ 4 minutes

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📱Exclusive Extra: Watch more from this interview on the Ramsey Network app. Dave Ramsey sat down with Ben Shapiro for a real talk on work, building wealth, and what it really means to pursue the American Dream in 2024.   Founder and CEO of Ramsey Solutions, Dave Ramsey is a financial expert and national bestselling author. Over the last 30 years, Ramsey Solutions has delivered clear, no-nonsense money advice through radio shows, podcasts, books, courses and tools, helping millions of people take control of their money and build wealth. Each week, 8 million people tune in to The Ramsey Show across podcasts and YouTube for advice on money, careers, and relationships.  Learn more about Ramsey Solutions Next Steps 📞 Have a question for the show? Call 888-825-5225 Weekdays from 2-5pm ET or click here! Listen to more from Ramsey Network 🎙️ The Ramsey Show   🧠 The Dr. John Delony Show 🍸 Smart Money Happy Hour 💡 The Rachel Cruze Show 💰 George Kamel 💼 The Ken Coleman Show 📈 EntreLeadership Learn more about your ad choices. https://www.megaphone.fm/adchoices Ramsey Solutions Privacy Policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

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0:04.8

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0:08.3

I'm just curious, growing up in California, what was money like in your house growing up?

0:12.7

Did your parents, you know, were they wealthy?

0:15.8

Was it like, hey, we're starting from ground zero here?

0:18.7

So my parents were, I would say, very middle class.

0:21.5

So I grew up in a...

0:23.5

That's kind of popular to say right now.

0:24.8

Yeah, exactly, exactly.

0:26.1

But you actually asked me that question.

0:27.6

So you didn't ask me out inflation.

0:28.6

Then I started talking about high middle class.

0:29.9

I grew up in a middle class house.

0:31.1

Yeah, California. I had three sisters, so I shared

0:37.8

a room with all of my siblings until I was 11. We had one bathroom for six people.

0:41.8

You know, fairly small house. My mom was a secretary at a TV company. My dad was a composer, which

0:45.9

means that, you know, he was playing piano in a restaurant because that's how it works in California.

0:50.3

If you're not actually, you know, a successful film composer, then just like everybody in California who has a script, you end up a brista.

0:56.1

If my dad is a really, really good jazz pianist, who's playing clubs from the time he was 14 years old.

1:02.0

And so he was playing in a restaurant on Mondays and Tuesday nights.

1:04.5

So a lot of my childhood I remember sitting at the restaurant watching him play piano at the restaurant and be excited when somebody dropped like a $10 bill in the tip jar. And, you know, as we got older, we moved into a slightly bigger house.

1:15.2

We ended up in 2,400 square foot house with four bedrooms when I was 11. And that's where

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