that is my bio dad and then i have my raising dad and that's jack otter.e was around as i was going through my most formative years, so i call him dad. came into my life when i was maybe six months or a year old, so he's also my dad and then my mom remarried i think when i was in middle school to our cotter, so he was sort of my stepdad during my high school years. had a lot of great father figures in my life. host: where did you grow up? guest: in a town called prescott host: arizona? guest: yes, north of phoenix. host: how long did you live there? guest: almost my entire adolescence. i left when i turned 18, so i was there my entire schooling from five years old until he graduated high school. host: where did you go to college? guest: near dc at american university. host: why did you pick american? guest: i wanted to study international relations and it's funny because i left arizona, i think, wanting to explore the world and wanting to broaden my horizons and i had that travel bug and so i went to international relations as a way of having like a very w

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