The Ballad of Billy Balls

It’s 1982, and a man bursts into an East Village storefront apartment and shoots punk musician Billy Balls. Author and activist iO Tillett Wright and Crimetown Producer Austin Mitchell unravel a mystery of love and loss, the tender binds of family, and the stories we tell ourselves just to survive. Created by Marc Smerling and Zac Stuart-Pontier.
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Worthy of 100 stars!!
05/16/2024
This podcast ruined all other podcasts for me for a while but then I discovered Payne Lindsey. Neil Strauss. Marc Smerling. This is probably still my favorite podcast so far though and it definitely set the standard for comparison against other podcasts, weeding out the good from the not so good so thanks to iO T-W for raising/setting the bar in my absolute podcast obsession! You’ve created a snob in me. R.I.P. BILLY BALLS!!
Typical loser!!!!
Feb 3
Billy is a speed addicted, gun toting, woman beating, freak that stabbed a woman in the face with a fork. Rebecca is also a speed freak. Yet, the inclination is to not believe the police report. IO’s dad’s response couldn’t be any more dumb. He's a complete enabler. It was weird he says, i never saw her sleep🤡 This podcast was enjoyable to listen to until 9 & 10. Dads a total “ booger boy”!!!
fiction?
10/13/2024
I grew up on the LES in the 70s & never heard of Billy Balls. is this fiction??
I listened to the very end - even the credits
05/09/2024
As sad and difficult a story as this was, there was something so weirdly affirming about it, too. Thank you, Io, for this.
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- Seasons2
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