Pod#165 - Khayali Pulao - Pakistan's newest cooking content sensation!

CHECK LINKS BELOW FOR FLOOD CHARITY SUPPORT   Khayali Pulao is the internet alter-ego of Aitazaz, one of the newest additions to the Pakistani content creation scene. I had to have him on to talk about his very new yet very popular work on YouTube & Instagram. Great chat, he's a smart guy who knows what he's getting into. Looking forward to having him back on in the future.   Things discussed in this episode:   00:00 Intro & flood relief appeal  02:20 Where he’s from, what he’s studying, why is he studying it  07:43 How his creativity lead him to YouTube, learning basic cooking from childhood  15:15 Who are his main YouTube cooking inspirations? Who did he learn from?  21:13 Why he started a YouTube channel, keeping it secret, how his friends reacted  29:41 How he directed people to his YouTube at the very beginning  32:55 His insane Instagram growth  37:32 Why he definitely does NOT want content creation to be his main source of income  42:11 Why he turns down most PR & branded opportunities currently  46:03 Audience response has been mostly positive EXCEPT FOR the Turkish recipe  51:43 Vlogging and experimenting with other types of content, calling out Cooking Chaos  58:38 His love of writing and how funny is he vs his friends?  1:01:04 What is the PURPOSE of his channel, and what are his plans for its future?  1:08:08 Jinn story & outro!   LINKS:  Umair's post about charities: https://www.instagram.com/p/ChuaVgWjGjz/ Shehzeen's fundraiser: https://www.gofundme.com/f/lasbelafloods  Khayali Pulao Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mystapaki/ Khayali Pulao YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCDctfghwVt9hnEbbohmjreQ/about  Support the podcast by becoming a monthly patron on Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/tprpod) or send a one-off token on Ko-fi (https://ko-fi.com/tprpod)!   Find all our previous episodes on SoundCloud, Spotify & Apple Podcasts and follow us all on Twitter! Links to everything below!  SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/tprpodSpotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/6PvTahp... Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast... Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tprpod/Twitter: https://twitter.com/TPRPod Ali: https://twitter.com/themaholupperRizwan: https://twitter.com/RizwanTakkharSarkhail: https://twitter.com/Sarkhail7Khan