018 - How Sustainable are Video Essays?

Why are so many video essayists struggling? How do our hosts see their futures as creators? Why is the RSC's My Neighbour Totoro so good? What have Pillar and TSD been up to? And what's the age limit for imperilled nephew antics? All these questions and more in today's PoGcast. Hosts:- Pillar of Garbage https://www.youtube.com/@UCx7XOnnm5NYz6JxUuG_dSVw https://patreon.com/pillarofgarbage- and TSD Talks https://www.youtube.com/@UCGokeFjCmfsvPP9lYh8P0rw https://patreon.com/TSDTalks Listen to the first episode of KINGSCREEK https://open.spotify.com/show/3GZt0wrgljpuOPoUCGSFUT PoG discord link: https://discord.gg/J2kGCRFGvG Chapters 0:00 Milk Intro 7:00 We're back! (Again) 11:04 Catching up on our projects 19:46 Pogservation time, baby! 21:00 Inside the video essay crash 25:12 PoG channel future? 32:35 TSD doomer horn tooting 37:37 Video essays - form vs. platform 46:10 Industry slop & bullying Jeremy Renner 54:42 Playhouse of Garbage 55:00 My Neighbour Totoro! 1:06:31 Sinners & Christmas movies 1:12:16 Weird Al discourse 1:20:19 PoGcast Arcade 1:20:32 TSD Talks Deltarune 1:33:35 Wrap-up