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Creative Disruption Podcast

by BENlabs: Ricky Ray Butler & Judah Lee

Creative Disruption lives where artificial intelligence and the creator economy meet.Host Ricky Ray Butler is a digital entertainment veteran and a pioneer in using AI technology to reshape the entertainment and media landscape. He's also the CEO of BENlabs, building AI models for human behavior and video intelligence.Co-host Judah Lee has his finger firmly on the pulse of the creator landscape as a Producer at TubeBuddy, a powerful toolset for creators to create, optimize, automate, and connect with an audience.

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Episodes

  1. Transforming Your TikTok Following into YouTube Fans Expert Tips from Colie Nuanez

    In this episode of Creative Disruption, host Ricky Ray Butler sits down with Colie Nuanez, a social media influencer and content creator, to discuss her strategies for leveraging data and analytics to build and grow her online following. With over 8 million TikTok followers and 2 million YouTube...

  2. Kevin Langue on Building His Community via Data

    Kevin Langue, up and coming YouTube star, joins Ricky Ray Butler on Creative Disruption to share his journey into growing and building his audiences and community through data. Kevin's love for acting combined with his business acumen has skyrocketed him into a well known face in the Creator...

  3. Garrett Watts: From Funny or Die to Becoming a YouTube Sensation and Surviving YouTube

    Garrett Watts, an OG YouTuber who started back in 2012, joins Ricky Ray Butler on Creative Disruption to share how he went from working at Funny or Die to becoming a YouTube (and now TikTok) sensation. With almost 10 million followers across his social platforms, Watts creates fun content that…

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  4. Davis Burleson on Becoming a TikTok Star and Host of What’s Poppin’.

    Davis Burleson, up and coming TikTok star and host of What’s Poppin’ show, joins Ricky Ray Butler on Creative Disruption to share how he went from a DoorDash driver in high school to amassing almost 3M TikTok subscribers in only two years! A natural in front of the camera, Davis balances his day…

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  5. King Vader’s Journey from Vine to VFX. Part 1.

    Dominique Barrett aka King Vader joins Ricky Ray Butler in this episode of Creative Disruption to share his evolution from a creator on Vine with 500K followers to almost 10M across his socials today. Inspired by his passion for anime, visual effects, and film, King Vader has transcended genres…

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  6. What’s Inside Makes DOUBLE the Ad Revenue from Facebook Compared to YouTube!

    Dan Markham from What’s Inside joins Ricky Ray Butler on Creative Disruption to share the channel’s origin story, and how him and his son Lincoln grew a school science project to a social media sensation with over 1.5 billion views. Today, What’s Inside has almost 10M subscribers and creates…

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  7. MrBeast Is Giving Away ANOTHER Private Island! Part 5

    Jimmy "MrBeast" Donaldson returns to Creative Disruption after 2 years to share updates about his life, his videos, and the creator community at large. With over 200M YouTube subscribers, multiple successful businesses including MrBeast Burger and Feastables, and a team of 100+ employees, MrBeast...

  8. MrBeast’s 1 Billion Dollar Live Stream Strategy. Pt 4

    Jimmy "MrBeast" Donaldson returns to Creative Disruption after 2 years to share updates about his life, his videos, and the creator community at large. With over 200M YouTube subscribers, multiple successful businesses including MrBeast Burger and Feastables, and a team of 100+ employees, MrBeast...

  9. Money Made On Tik Tok Vs YouTube With Mr Beast Pt. 3

    MrBeast raises $50M for charity between #TeamTrees and #TeamSeas, and is excited for the next big thing. Jimmy "MrBeast" Donaldson returns to Creative Disruption after 2 years to share updates about his life, his videos, and the creator community at large. With over 200M YouTube subscribers,...

  10. MrBeast Roasts Ricky! MrBeast shares tips for driving retention And Leveraging Data. Part 2

    Jimmy "MrBeast" Donaldson returns to Creative Disruption after 2 years to share updates about his life, his videos, and the creator community at large. With over 200M YouTube subscribers, multiple successful businesses including MrBeast Burger and Feastables, and a team of 100+ employees, MrBeast...

  11. MrBeast is back! The man, the myth, the legend. Part 1

    Jimmy "MrBeast" Donaldson returns to Creative Disruption after 2 years to share updates about his life, his videos, and the creator community at large. With over 200M YouTube subscribers, multiple successful businesses including MrBeast Burger and Feastables, and a team of 100+ employees, MrBeast...

  12. Corridor Digital’s Jake Watson Takes on the Metaverse, Virtual Reality, and the Evolution of Content

    Jake Watson and the Corridor Digital team have successfully unlocked monetization of their data and audiences. By leveraging their own platform CorridorDigital.com, the creators have been able to truly tell authentic stories rather than just trigger an algorithm to go viral. Ricky and Jake…

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  13. Zealous on Winning 2 Million Subscribers from Mr Beast

    In this episode I sit down with Matthew Doyle, better known by his YouTube name 'Zealous'. Recently, Matthew was the lucky winner of MrBeast's "Get This Random Person 1,000,000 Subscribers" challenge. Since winning the challenge, Matthew has grown his page to over 2.6M subscribers. In the episode...

  14. James Hobson on How to Keep Innovating

    Description: In this episode I sit down with James Hobson, founder of the YouTube channel Hacksmith Industries. James’s channel has amassed a following of over 12M, where he and his team bring fictional items from video games, movies and TV shows to life. Beginning as a mechanical engineer, James...

  15. Successful Creators Need to DIVERSIFY

    In this episode I sit down to talk with sisters and social media personalities Ashley Nichole and Alisha Marie. With a combined 20M+ followers across all platforms, Ashley and Alisha have found creator success both together as well as individually by honing in on their particular audiences and...

  16. The Future Of AI in Entertainment Featuring Ben Taylor

    In this episode I sit down to talk with Ben Taylor The Chief AI Evangelist At DataRobot.

  17. Brent Rivera’s Secret to Creator Explosion? Content & Collaboration

    In this episode I sit down to talk with Brent Rivera and Max Levine. As a content creator who has amassed a following of over 80 million across YouTube, Instagram, TikTok and Twitter, Brent has become a power house in the constantly evolving creator community. Working with his business partner…

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  18. Sam Sheffer’s Advice to Creators? Save Money!

    In this episode I talk with Sam Sheffer, a technologist, YouTuber, reviewer…and many other titles! Sam has paved his own path into the media landscape through his love for all things technology and using it to connect with his ever-growing audiences. From working at Engadget to The Verge to...

  19. CD42: Creators NEED Props for Success

    In this episode I talk with Gregg Bilson, CEO of one of the largest Prop Houses in the world, Independent Studio Services (ISS). With over 1.5M props, ISS handles the props for approximately 70% of all Hollywood productions. Not only does ISS work with media giants like Marvel, Disney and…

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  20. CD41: Zach King: How To Dominate TikTok

    In this episode we talk with Zach King an internet personality, filmmaker, and probably most know a an illusionist. Zach first went viral when he focused his attention vine developing what he called "magic vines." At this time Zack King has over 11 million subscribers on YouTube and holds the…

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  21. CD40: Do You Want To Succeed? Look To The Latino Community

    In this episode we talk with Richard Hull the Founder and CEO of Pongalo, formerly know at Latin Everywhere. Rich Hull is an American media and entertainment executive, and film and television producer, who's companies control one of the largest libraries of Spanish content in the world.

  22. CD39: Big Budget Movie Studios Battle Over Subscription Services

    In this episode Chris Moore the Hollywood movie producers returns to Creative Disruption to speak with us about the forever changing movie industry. The world pandemic forever altered the way consumers can consume big budget movies from their own homes.

  23. CD40: Hollywood NEEDS YouTube Analytics

    In this episode we talk with Hollywood producer Lori McCreary. Lori is best know for producing the movie Invictus, and the TV series Madam Secretary. With her Data Science background from UCLA, Lori has been a pioneering the movement of bring an analytical approach to Hollywood film. Creative...

  24. Ep.38 The Next Wave Monetization of Live Streaming

    In this episode we speak with Dave Lazar the Chief of Stage TEN where they focus in on making the next wave of live, interactive and transactional content possible with an incredible team and breakthrough technologies. Creative Disruption Podcast with Ricky Ray Butler and Derral Eves Insights and...

  25. CD38: Earn More Money During Your Live Streams With Stage Ten

    In this episode we speak with Dave Lazar the Chief of Stage TEN where they focus in on making the next wave of live, interactive and transactional content possible with an incredible team and breakthrough technologies. Creative Disruption Podcast with Ricky Ray Butler and Derral EvesInsights and...

  26. CD37: Finding The RIGHT Way To Connect With Influencers

    In this episode we speak with Ben Hagarty, who went from pounding the pavement as an Iowa-based freelance content creator and musician to working alongside some of the world's biggest and most prolific social media influencers like Casey Neistat to music artist such as Jay-Z. Creative Disruption...

  27. CD36: YouTube Gamer Muselk’s Insane 140 Hour work week

    In this episode we speak with Elliott Watkins aka Muselk the Executive Director at Click Management. Muselk stops by to break down what it takes to find long term success on YouTube. Creative Disruption Podcast with Ricky Ray Butler and Derral EvesInsights and stories from leading creators,...

  28. CD35: The Ultimate Goal is NOT Money It's Attention

    In this episode we speak with Hank Green the co-creator of VidCon and one-half of the YouTube production Vlogbrothers. Here we focus in on creator empowerment, capitalizing on content and the sustainability of current video platforms. Creative Disruption Podcast with Ricky Ray Butler and Derral...

  29. CD34: Gaming Is the Most Disruptive Industry That Exists

    In this episode we speak with Grace Watkins the Co-founder & CEO at Click Management. Her company represent the worlds biggest online gaming personalities. Their talent generate more than 700+ million views online per month. Creative Disruption Podcast with Ricky Ray Butler and Derral…

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  30. CD33: Capitalizing on the New Wave of Short Form Content

    In this episode we speak with Larry Fitzgibbon the co-founder and CEO of Tastemade. We focus in on the success of short term content from SnapChat to the viral TikTok and how to leverage your audience for massive success. Creative Disruption Podcast with Ricky Ray Butler and Derral Eves Insights...

  31. CD32: Secrets to Paid Subscribers on Facebook with Ladbaby

    In this episode we talk with Mark Hoyle also known as LadBaby. Mark Began his social media Career when he created the LadBaby Blog. Mark vlogged about his life as a new dad with his wife Roxanne and his channel went viral when he created dad hacks. Creative Disruption Podcast with Ricky Ray…

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  32. CD30: The Next Billionaire will be an Influencer!

    In this episode Derral Eves and Ricky Ray Butler discuss the important factors Creators and Brands should learn from each other. From a blended approach of data driven decisions, being authentic to the viewer, and creating systematic processes Creators and Brands can find massive success.…

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  33. CD29: Branding Success: the Right Influencer w/ the Right Product

    In this episode we discuss the risks of social influencers and brands marketing. Gleam Futures’ Head of Talent Lucy Loveridge stops by to share how her industry is pivoting. For the last 7 year’s Lucy has been a liaison for social media influencers and brands. As head of talent at the UK’s top...

  34. CD: 28 Data Doesn't Lie: Messaging is Greater than Creative w/ Jeffrey Harmon

    Jeffrey Harmon, Co Founder of VidAngel, comes to Creative Disruption to discuss the importance of making marketing decisions based on data. Come listen to Jeffrey Harmon, Derral Eves, and Ricky Ray Butler deep dive into strategies that will help you use the power of video to promote your…

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  35. CD27: Building Products your Audience will Love! w/ JerryRigEverthing

    Join us as we talk with Zack to learn how you can take your YouTube videos and make a career. With over 5 million subscribers on JerryRigEverything, Zack turned his love of repairing, into the most viewed cell phone repair channel on the internet. He found his niche by performing strength and...

  36. CD 26: Is MrBeast a YouTube GENIUS or a Clickbait King?

    Jimmy "MrBeast" Donaldson comes to Creative Disruption to share how he has exploded on and how he grew his YouTube Channel to over 30 million subscribers and 4.7 billion views. MrBeast began mastering social media when he followed his heart creating philanthropic attention-grabbing stunts. As one...

  37. CD25: Benji Travis Shares His Top Brand Deal Tricks

    When Benji's wife began creating YouTube videos in 2011. Benji saw the potential to create a massive business. He quit his job in real estate and focused his time 100% into creating online content. As they grew, Benji created his own influencer channel and has since been recognized on Forbes’ as...

  38. CD24: Stay relevant, expand your content on multiple platforms

    Carly Incontro and Erin Gilfoy come to Creative Disruption to share their experiences of growing their social followings on Vine and YouTube. In 2015 Carly and Erin realized the importance to expand their brand and created the YouTube channel to reach a larger audience. As Vine went defunct they...

  39. CD23: It's a CRAZY time and people need to laugh - All Things Comedy CEO Mike Bertolina

    All Things Comedy CEO/President Mike Bertolina stops by Creative Disruption to discuss the latest trends occurring with digital media. Working at Brand Entertainment Network, Mike led over 1600 digital campaigns for Microsoft, General Motors, and many other world renowned companies. Mike has been...

  40. CD22: Heath Hussar's pivot from Defunct Vine to YouTube

    Heath Hussar, vlogger extraordinaire comes to Creative Disruption to share his experience of social media success with now defunct Vine to starting all over with YouTube. Heath breaks down his tips and tricks he used to adapt his content for a new platform and how he found similar success.…

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  41. CD21: Matt Stephanina - crossing his social media brand into mainstream media growth

    In this video Matt Stephanina shares how he grew his YouTube channel to over 11 million subscribers and was able to naturally incorporate brand advertisements into his videos. Matt began learning to dance at age 18 by watching music videos. As his expertise for music and dance grew Matt began...

  42. CD20: Empower Artist, That's What's Remembered in History - Reed Duchscher

    The creator of Night Media, Reed Duchscher, comes to Creative Disruption to discuss brand integration moving into social media. From managing NFL Hall of Fame players, Reed foresaw the shift occurring within social media. Reed created Night Media and now manages MrBeast, Preston Playz, and some…

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  43. CD 19: The marketing industry is just Lazy with Derral Eves

    Derral Eves is one of the world’s top YouTube and online video marketing experts. First and foremost, though, he is a loving husband and father of five children. Derral is known as one of the top leading authorities in the creator influencer space. He works tirelessly to to stay on top of the...

  44. CD18: Consistency is Awesome Quality is Better with PrestonPlayz

    Preston Arsement better known as PrestonPlayz, started creating fan-worthy content at just fourteen. From there Preston has become one of the most popular faces of YouTube. His high-energy and incredible gaming skills have helped solidify him as one of the hottest influencers in Minecraft and...

  45. CD17: The World of YouTube's Quasi Legal System - LegalEagle Devin Stone

    The creator of LegalEagle Devin Stone comes to Creative Disruption to breakdown the legalese needed for YouTube copyright claims. As a successful legislation and trial lawyer who graduated with honors from UCLA, Devin Stone spent his time in the 9th circuit where he drafted position of public...

  46. CD16: It Doesn't Really Matter If It's Illegal Or Not - Corridor Digital

    Corridor Digital has amassed over 6 million subscribers by creating visually entertaining viral videos. Sam Gorski and Niko Pueringer co-founded Corridor Digital in 2010, a year later Jake Watson came on as a partner. They have gone on to win several Streamys including the “Visual and Special...

  47. CD15: Un-traditionalist and the convergence of the digital industry with Deniese Davis

    Deniese Davis, COO of Color Creative comes to Creative Disruption to share her intake on what's disrupting the industry. Working at Color Creative Deniese strives to provide access and opportunities for diverse and new voices. Deniese is know for successfully producing multiple low budget digital...

  48. CD14: I'm Quitting My Job at LinkedIn to make YouTube videos with Carter Sharer and Lizzy Chang

    Carter and Lizzy are Social Media influencers who have earned over 4.8 and 3.4 million subscribers on their YouTube channels. Their video content is best known for experiments, challenges, and vlogs. Carter and Lizzy met at Carnegie Mellon University and soon intertwined their adventurous...

  49. CD13: Knee deep into Hollywood Steve Sandoval

    CD13: Knee deep into Hollywood Steve Sandoval Acclaimed Producer Steve Sandoval is an award winning Producer who has developed shows for HBO, Disney, NBC, and Netflix. Steve most known work is producing the live audience filmed Will & Grace. He has gone on to produce multiple series. These shows...

  50. CD12: Future of Influencers is the of TV today Ricky Ray Butler & Derral Eves

    CEO of Branded Entertainment Network (BEN), Ricky Ray Butler is a passionate advocate of brand integration into social media. Ricky Ray’s influence and reach has led him to working with some of the largest companies; Microsoft, Ubisoft, and General Motors. Ricky Ray has been named in AdAge’s 40...

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ABOUT THIS SHOW

Creative Disruption lives where artificial intelligence and the creator economy meet.Host Ricky Ray Butler is a digital entertainment veteran and a pioneer in using AI technology to reshape the entertainment and media landscape. He's also the CEO of BENlabs, building AI models for human behavior and video intelligence.Co-host Judah Lee has his finger firmly on the pulse of the creator landscape as a Producer at TubeBuddy, a powerful toolset for creators to create, optimize, automate, and connect with an audience.

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