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The Colin and Samir Show — 394 episodes

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Mark Rober's $60 Million Dollar Experiment

2

Yes Theory and the Art of Making People Care

3

Why Sam Altman Spent $100M on 10,000 Viewers

4

3 Trends Reshaping the Creator Economy in 2026

5

YouTube, Meta and the case of the Infinite Scroll

6

He Built an AI Podcast and It Became the #1 Show.

7

Who Is Actually Making Money in the Creator Economy?

8

How Markiplier’s $50M Movie Changed Hollywood Forever

9

AI Slop and the End of the 'Human' Internet

10

Inside Jordan Matter’s Netflix Deal, and what it signals for YouTubers

11

How TBPN Built the Luxury Brand of the Creator Economy

12

The Art of Reinvention on YouTube - ft Speeed

13

The Creator Economy’s Abundance Crisis

14

Our 2026 Creator Economy Predictions

15

Instagram on TV, YouTubers on Netflix, Disney on AI

16

Gambling, Creators, and the Future of Trust Online

17

Why the Future of Creator Businesses Is Offline

18

Why Netflix Is Stealing Podcasts from YouTube

19

How Instagram Became the Center of the Universe

20

How Extreme Birdwatching on YouTube could redefine Hollywood.

21

The Business of Email: How Substack Changed Everything

22

Adam Faze: How TikTok Reinvented the TV Pilot

23

Ai Video and the Future of the Creator Economy

24

LIVE: Casey Neistat Unfiltered on Modern YouTube

25

LIVE: How Diary of a CEO became YouTube's #1 Show

26

The Highly Addictive World of Chinese Micro-Dramas

27

Inside Michelle Khare's Most Dangerous Video

28

Masterclass: The YouTube Playbook in 37 Minutes

29

Josh Johnson on Building a Comedy Career on YouTube vs Netflix

30

Is YouTube Turning Into Reality TV?

31

The Future of Attention, Human Connection & the Internet with Mustafa Suleyman

32

Nick DiGiovanni: From Harvard Dropout to YouTube's most watched Chef

33

Inside Ryan Trahan’s 50-Day YouTube Marathon

34

Twitch CEO Dan Clancy : Why live streamers are driving culture in 2025

35

The Viral Expert: Anthpo

36

How $1 Trillion in Ad Spend Is Shifting Toward Creators

37

How Corridor Crew Made One of the Internet’s Favorite Shows

38

3 Creator Economy Trends Shaping the Future

39

Walking Away From 15 Million YouTube Subscribers

40

Reid Hoffman (LinkedIn Founder) on the Future of AI in Storytelling

41

Hollywood is Broken. Can YouTubers Fix it?

42

The Secret Strategist Behind The Biggest YouTubers

43

Mark Zuckerberg on the future of Facebook, Creators, and Dead Internet Theory

44

Why YouTube is obsessed with the Emmys

45

How Johnny Harris Changed The News Forever

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46

The Death of the Follower & the Future of Creativity on the Internet: Patreon CEO Jack Conte

47

Lessons in Creativity from Kevin Hart, Beast Games and Adam Grant

48

An Unfiltered Conversation with Pokimane

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49

We interviewed the CEO of Snapchat

50

MrBeast Reflects on Beast Games, Feastables, and the State of YouTube

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51

Buying and Selling 2025 Creator Economy Trends

52

An Honest Conversation with Linus Tech Tips

53

Jake Shane: from TikTok to Hollywood

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Spotify CEO Daniel Ek on the Future of Podcasts

55

Dude Perfect on their path to Billion-Dollar YouTube Brand

56

How YouTube Podcasts Decided the 2024 Election

57

Dr. Peter Attia on How to Increase Creativity and Prevent YouTube Burnout

58

Good Good Golf: The YouTubers Saving the Golf Industry

59

The Future of Creativity with Scott Belsky, Adobe Chief Strategy Officer

60

Are we too easy on AI?

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61

We Predict the Future of YouTube

62

We interviewed the YouTuber taking down Netflix: Kinigra Deon

63

How Cleo Abram Dominated YouTube in 1 Year

64

VidSummit Takeaways, Colin and Samir Growing Pains, and Dax Shepard's $80M Deal

65

Scott Galloway's No Bullsh*t Business Advice for Creative People

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66

Ronaldo joins YouTube, AI scraping on YouTube and the 25 most influential creators

67

A Brutally Honest Conversation about 100 Thieves

68

How YouTube accidentally beat Netflix

69

A Hollywood Showrunner’s POV on YouTube

70

Why Rhett and Link are Making a TV Show (On Their Own Terms)

71

13 Years of YouTube Knowledge in 46 Minutes

72

AI companies are stealing from YouTubers

73

The Fast Approaching Death of Hot Ones

74

How Hasan Piker became the most successful (& hated) political streamer

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75

We want your feedback

76

Key Takeaways from Cannes Lions

77

Creators on Creators: Cleo Abram x Johnny Harris

78

Alex Banayan: How this college dropout caught the attention of billionaires

79

We interviewed the Head of Instagram: Adam Mosseri

80

PrestonGoes: The Rise of the Next Big YouTuber

81

Why the Try Guys are starting a streaming service

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Is being a YouTuber a Recession-proof job?

83

The YouTube video that broke Hollywood

84

Bucket List Family: They sold their company to Snapchat (and then became YouTubers)

85

Inside John Green's Film Premiere

86

When YouTubers ask for money

87

How Mark Rober built the perfect creator business

88

We asked MKBHD about his 'devastating' Humane AI pin review

89

How to develop discipline: A conversation with Ryan Holiday (2022)

90

The TikTok ban, Ryan’s World and YouTube Shorts monetization

91

An Unfiltered Conversation with Jesser (18.6M subscribers)

92

Why YouTubers are fake retiring

93

Inside Nebula, the Creator-Owned Streaming Service

94

MrBeast reveals his biggest project ever

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Jacob Collier

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Inside MKBHD's Eye-Opening Ridge Deal

97

Surviving 48 hours with Ludwig

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98

Hank Green Unpacks YouTube's Biggest Problems

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99

Why YouTubers Love Apple Vision Pro

100

Inside The Sidemen's Netflix Deal

101

Why MatPat Quit YouTube

102

Our bizarre call with Elon Musk (one year later)

103

Mai Pham

104

A Brutally Honest Conversation with Smosh

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105

Our thoughts on Yes Theory's new book, the most influential videos on YouTube, how to pick the right idea for a YouTube video

106

We interviewed MrBeast’s newest employee: Dan Mace

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Why MrBeast lost his YouTube record, how to improve the first 5 seconds of a video, recapping 2023 Trends

108

4 lessons from podcast legend Tim Ferriss that changed our business

109

Emma Chamberlain on money, fame and the future of YouTube

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110

The Murky Ethics of Clipping on YouTube

111

Why this YouTuber replaced himself with AI (Kwebbelkop interview)

112

Is TikTok ruining the music industry? (Our interview with AJR)

113

C&S Rewind: The Full Story of MrBeast

114

YouTube's AI updates, our favorite videos of 2023, and what to do if your audience is disappearing

115

Casey Neistat's Latest Video, Prime's $1M Golden Bottle, Responding to hate comments

116

An Unfiltered Conversation with Kurtis Conner

117

Why creator economy startups are struggling

118

Should creators unionize?

119

An Unfiltered Conversation with Brittany Broski

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120

An Honest Review of the Dude Perfect App

121

We interviewed the CEO of YouTube

122

The Curse of a Viral Video

123

The Absurd Business of Being an Internet Prankster (ft. Max Fosh)

124

AI YouTubers are already replacing us

125

How Amelia Dimoldenberg built every celebrity’s favorite show (Chicken Shop Date)

126

Unpacking YouTube’s $14 billion NFL investment

127

An Honest Conversation with MrWhosetheBoss

128

Did MrBeast ruin YouTube?

129

3 books that made us better YouTubers

130

How to craft the perfect YouTube intro

131

The Man Behind the Sidemen's $100M Empire

132

7 habits of highly successful YouTubers

133

How Ali Abdaal makes $5,741,266.32 a year on YouTube

134

We broke the 3 laws of YouTube

135

A conversation with YouTube’s rising star BENOFTHEWEEK

136

An update from London

137

An Unfiltered Conversation with Dream

138

12 things we've learned from 12 years on YouTube

139

An Unfiltered Conversation with MrBeast

140

We interviewed a YouTube employee about why videos go viral

141

What life is like right now...

142

An eye opening conversation with podcast legend Tim Ferriss

143

The Ultimate Guide to Selling YouTube Merch

144

How Mr Beast made the best YouTube ad we've ever seen

145

An Unfiltered Conversation with The Try Guys

146

Do anti-thumbnails work on YouTube?

147

How much do YouTubers charge for brand deals?

148

Why YouTubers do things that don't make sense

149

Doug DeMuro’s Wild Ride: How Car Reviews Became A $37 Million Business

150

Is this the future of YouTube?

151

Our interview with Deepfake Tom Cruise

152

Answering questions we've been avoiding

153

Deestroying’s $10 Million YouTube Dream

154

Do YouTube subscribers still matter?

155

How Cassey Ho went from fitness instructor to YouTube millionaire (Our full interview)

156

Is MrBeast still the most creative person on YouTube?

157

Life after Nelk (ft. Jesse Sebastiani)

158

Is AI going to destroy YouTube?

159

The Copy and Paste Culture of YouTube (ft. Austin Kleon)

160

Our thoughts on the TikTok Ban

161

When is it too late to become a YouTuber?

162

Why YouTubers were better in 2017

163

How Kai Cenat became the King of Twitch

164

Should you work for a YouTuber?

165

What YouTube's CEO stepping down means for creators

166

The problem with copying on YouTube

167

How much YouTubers charge for collaborations

168

We interviewed YouTube employees about Shorts monetization

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Why YouTube paid us $268,016.60 in 2022

170

3 Things We Learned from 3 Brilliant People

171

How Caleb Simpson Mastered YouTube Shorts

172

What happens when a creator gets cancelled

173

Our conversation with Elon Musk

174

The future of Twitter without Elon Musk

175

Predicting the impact of AI on creators

176

Year in Review: Analyzing YouTube's Top 10 moments of 2022

177

We lost

178

The Full Story of Mark Rober

179

The Cure for Loneliness as a Creator [Creator Support]

180

Making sense of Elon Musk's Twitter

181

What FTX's collapse means for creators [Creator Support]

182

The Making of our MrBeast Burger Documentary

183

Why everyone is getting fired in the Creator Economy

184

Inside the complicated business of Vlogging: Interview with UrMomAshley

185

Our thoughts on Elon Musk's Twitter [Creator Support]

186

4 predictions for the future of the creator economy [Creator Support]

187

3 genius strategies Dream used to get 31 million subscribers

188

What a YouTube producer actually does [Creator Support]

189

How to make a comeback on YouTube [Creator Support]

190

Lessons from a Master Storyteller: Hasan Minhaj

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How it actually felt to cross 1 million subscribers [Creator Support]

192

How to develop discipline: A conversation with Ryan Holiday

193

Our response to getting copied on YouTube [Creator Support]

194

The story behind Twitch's worst week ever

195

How YouTube is about to change forever [Creator Support]

196

How Jarvis Johnson Quit His Job to Sit and Talk to Millions

197

How we deal with jealousy [Creator Support]

198

What creators can learn from professional athletes — our conversation with lacrosse star Paul Rabil

199

What really happened at the MrBeast Burger opening

200

How Rhett and Link Failed their way to 8 Billion Views on YouTube

201

What the end of Instagram means for small businesses [Creator Support]

202

Why creators need a bucket list – our interview with Ben Nemtin

203

What to do when a video tanks [Creator Support]

204

Cody Ko & Noel Miller on Quitting That's Cringe, Monetizing TMG, and Partying with Elon Musk [Extended]

205

Addressing criticism from our audience [Creator Support]

206

The nearly impossible job of managing MrBeast: An interview with Reed Duchscher [Extended]

207

Why it's so hard to hire a good editor [Creator Support]

208

How Flagrant’s Andrew Schulz fixed the biggest problem in comedy

209

How to make challenge videos if you can’t give away $1 million [Creator Support]

210

How MrBeast crossed 100M subscribers and became the biggest YouTuber in the world

211

The one thing all successful creators have in common [Creator Support]

212

YouTubers ask us questions — how much money we make, our biggest regret and more [Extended cut]

213

How to create on days when you have no motivation [Creator Support]

214

An honest conversation with TommyInnit

215

An honest conversation with Jordan Matter: The oldest YouTuber with 11M subscribers

216

Why taking a break is terrifying [Creator Support]

217

3 Key Takeaways from VidCon [Creator Support]

218

Why KSI can do everything all at once

219

How short-form content gets monetized [Creator Support]

220

How to build a podcast on YouTube [Creator Support]

221

Why our show is changing [Creator Support]

222

How Nick Martell & Jack Kramer built Snacks Daily and then, The Best One Yet

223

How much do YouTuber employees make? [Creator Support]

224

How Ryan Trahan Changed YouTube with a Penny

225

Does Consistency Matter on YouTube Anymore? [Creator Support]

226

How Michelle Khare Became the Most Badass Human on YouTube

227

What does a recession mean for Creators? [Creator Support]

228

Meet YouTube’s Worst Inventor: Simone Giertz

229

Has Instagram turned its back on creators? [Creator Support]

230

How ZHC Became The MrBeast of Art

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How we deal with hate messages [Creator Support]

232

Why we're struggling to make videos [Creator Support]

233

Why Andrew Callaghan is the last honest man in News.

234

Elon Musk bought Twitter, now what? [Creator Support]

235

The Most Popular Kids in New York: Ur Mom's House

236

Should creators drop out of college? [Creator Support]

237

Yes Theory: The Business of Saying "No" with Thomas Brag and Ammar Kandil

238

Why some creators fail and others succeed [Creator Support]

239

How much money should I charge? [Creator Support]

240

Why TikTok's Top Stars Raised a $25M Fund 💸

241

The Untold Truth of Binging With Babish

242

Why Emma Chamberlain Quit YouTube

243

Inside the mind of Artist Van Neistat

244

How Amelia Dimoldenberg built a hit YouTube Show

245

How Ludwig Ahgren became the #1 Streamer on Twitch

246

What Kanye taught us about YouTube

247

How Andrew Schulz dismantled the business of comedy

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TikTok Takes over the SuperBowl, David Dobrik, and Wordle

249

The Richest Kid on YouTube

250

MrFeast & a day with Van Neistat

251

Why Liza Koshy Disappeared from YouTube

252

TikTok’s Money Problem

253

MrBeast is selling his YouTube Channel

254

Answering your Questions [Audio Exclusive]

255

Logan Paul & KSI's $10 Billion Sports Drink

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256

How we built The Colin and Samir Show

257

Inside the Mind of MKBHD

258

Jeff Wittek's Rise and Demise (and rise again)

259

The Entire Story of Lilly Singh

260

How MrBeast "Stole" Squid Game

261

Let’s talk about the Metaverse

262

Dude Perfect’s struggle with YouTube

263

Jack Conte: The Unexpected Story of Patreon

264

Elle Mills: Life after Burnout

265

How Squid Game saved Netflix

266

The Future of YouTube: A Conversation with YouTube Chief Business Officer Robert Kyncl

267

The Silent Genius of Khaby Lame

268

Predicting the Future of the Creator Economy

269

The Dark Side of the Charli and Dixie D'amelio

270

The Full Story of MrBeast

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271

A Conversation with MrBeast’s Mom

272

Dear Emma Chamberlain, You've Changed

273

Why the Paul Brothers are Saving the Boxing Industry ft. Hayden Hillier Smith

274

The Wildly Lucrative world of Ice Cream TikTok ft. Dylan Lemay

275

72 hours with the most popular YouTuber on the planet, Mr. Beast.

276

Why does everyone leave the Hype House?

277

He sold his company to Amazon for $970,000,000 ft Justin Kan

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👋🏽 Hey It’s Samir.

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Tai Verdes: The making of a modern day popstar

280

The TikTok Cult Leader - Victoria Paris

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How College Athlete Vloggers became Millionaires Overnight.

282

The High Price of Airrack's Success

283

How Much Money Airrack Makes with 1M subscribers on YouTube

284

The Disney-Fication of the Nelk Boys

285

Being a YouTuber in India ft. Sejal Kumar

286

We played Roblox so you don't have to...

287

Ryan Trahan: From college dropout to the YouTube trending page

288

Is TikTok Ruining the Music Industry?

289

Why Creators are opening Hotels ft Shelby Church

290

How Dixie D'Amelio Murdered Late Night

291

Selling our first NFT pt 1

292

How much YouTube has paid us since the beginning (14M views) ft. Li Jin

293

Why Emma Chamberlain is the new Casey Neistat

294

How Nas Daily makes $8 million a year with Facebook video

295

The Problem with Buying Stock in Logan Paul (BitClout)

296

The Mr. Beast Interview: Spending Millions of Dollars for Billions of Views

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Meet the Girls Saving Clubhouse and Social Media

298

Charli D'amelio is selling out... (of Cold Brew)

299

The $69M Digital Painting: Beeple, Explained

300

The MKBHD Episode

301

The NFT Episode: How Logan Paul made $5million selling air

302

YouTuber Products: Winners & Losers

303

David Dobrik's $100 Million Dollar Deal with Spotify

304

Elon Musk, Clubhouse and going to the Moon 🚀

305

How Graham Stephan makes $4,578,896.32 a year on YouTube

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How Mr. Beast turns $Millions into Billions

307

Reviewing our worst Brand Deals

308

Predicting the Biggest Creator Trends of 2021

309

Building a better world for Creators ft Joe Albanese

310

Making Music a Career with Henry Hall

311

Creativity, Video and the meaning of Life: The Evolution of Jack Coyne

312

Making your own Market: Why Logan Paul Bought $200,000 in Pokemon Cards

313

VOTE: A conversation about Voting

314

Our Thoughts on Casey Neistat's Return to Vlogging

315

The Social Dilemma: A conversation

316

What we want to do when we grow up

317

Actor, Farmer, TikTok Star - Pierson Fode's Life Story

318

Is College Still Worth it?

319

A $17,000 gamble on YouTube ft. Airrack

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New Studio, New Subscribers and a New Business Venture

321

F*ck it, let's get jobs (Part 2)

322

The Growing Pains of Growing a Creator Business

323

Why Tiktok is taking over

324

George Floyd and American Racism, A Discussion.

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A candid look into our brainstorming process

326

The Future of the World

327

Lessons from 8 years of YouTube

328

A day in the life of Colin and Samir **Quarantine Edition

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The Value of Comedy during times like these ft. Esteban Gast

330

10 Things we Learned from 10 Days in Quarantine

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50 Million Views with Coolman Coffeedan

332

Our Perspective on the New Normal.

333

$70,000 in a day ft. Thomas Dajer of Yes Theory

334

Lessons from Failed YouTubers

335

Instagram is Removing Likes.

336

If you could do anything for 30 days

337

Why we took a break

338

We made another movie ft Yes Theory's Ammar Kandil

339

Candid Thoughts on Turning 30

340

Ask Samir Anything.

341

Behind the Scenes of Yes Theory ft Thomas Dajer

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F*ck it, Let's just get jobs.

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Who do you want to be? A conversation about Masculinity and Identity in Media

344

Making a TV Show: What we Learned

345

A quick update, See you in June!

346

Dealing with Self Doubt

347

Saying Yes to Yes Theory

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The importance of having a North Star - and we answer your questions

349

Lessons from Game of Thrones - the value of consistency

350

How to Delete Instagram and take a break from Social Media

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How to be more than an athlete with Paul Rabil

352

How to Change the World with Ammar Kandil of Yes Theory

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We did it, We made a movie.

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The art of love, kindness and empathy with Houston Kraft

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We never thought this day would come

356

Creating a career doing what you love with Matt D'avella

357

Finding your niche audience - LIVE Episode

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Our first big Hollywood meeting

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New Year, New Beginnings

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We want your feedback

361

Dealing with Uncertainty and looking back on 2018

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We've got a lot to learn

363

Finding the the artist within yourself: ft. Sahil Chaudry

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The value of feedback

365

Lessons from a Failed Pitch: dealing with nerves, comparison and imposter syndrome

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How to remain authentically You: The return of Jack Coyne

367

17 Year Old Entrepreneur and YouTuber, Jade Darmawangsa on being different and finding success online

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Questions to ask yourself: Are you living the life you want to live?

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Designing the life you want to live with Rachel and Daniel from Mango Street

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Why are we doing this? Answering the toughest question we've asked ourselves.

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Yes Theory's Thomas Brag and Matt Dajer on working through uncertainty, dealing with lows and Saying Yes.

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Candid thoughts on fame and early stage success on YouTube.

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18 Year Old Filmmaker Braxton Haugen on YouTube vs Film and Working with Colin and Samir

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Brand building and struggling to stay consistent on YouTube

375

Living in a Van and building Community on YouTube: Minimal Millennials

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Creating Authentic Content on YouTube as a Company: Caleb and Niles from Moment Lenses

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Working with Jake Paul and the importance of Diversity in Entertainment with content producer, Mai Linh Nguyen

378

Building a long lasting brand with Professional Lacrosse Player Kyle Harrison

379

Facing your fears, Conquering Imperfection and Daily Vlogging with Cody Wanner

380

Legally Blind Filmmaker James Rath on Accessibility, Self-Acceptance and Overcoming Adversity

381

How to send cold emails and bring your ideas to life: Madison Dye, Aerospace Engineer

382

Instagram Robots and The Future of Storytelling with Filmmaker Kerry Furrh

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Conquering your Fears, Jumping out of Planes and Self Storytelling: Skydiving with Josh Rottman

384

Lessons from traveling around the world in a car: Alex Portera of The Nowhere Men

385

Bringing an idea to life and dropping the term "YouTuber" : Your Questions Answered

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Ask us Questions: Show Update #1

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Dealing with Creative Block and Burn Out

388

The Future of Live Entertainment: HQ Trivia, Twitch and Logan Paul vs KSI

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How to Sell Your Movie to Netflix with Filmmaker Matt D'avella

390

Jake & Josh: building a World Record Trick Shot Channel on YouTube, Sending Cold Emails, and Making the content you want to make.

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Jack Coyne on working with Casey Neistat, Beme News and Finding your own voice as a YouTuber

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Why Every YouTuber Has a Podcast

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Creative Partnerships

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