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I'm your host, Cole McCormick, it's another weekend of the episode.200:00:10,720 --> 00:00:13,720What's going on, people?300:00:13,720 --> 00:00:17,240It's Sunday, July 16th, 1.25 in the PM, folks.400:00:17,240 --> 00:00:18,560Happy Sunday.500:00:18,560 --> 00:00:20,680Happy Sunday, everyone.600:00:20,680 --> 00:00:21,680Happy Show Day.700:00:21,680 --> 00:00:23,000Happy America Plus Day.800:00:23,000 --> 00:00:24,480Every day is America Plus Day.900:00:24,480 --> 00:00:27,080I've had a good week, folks.1000:00:27,080 --> 00:00:28,240Welcome to the show.1100:00:28,240 --> 00:00:31,000I've got a bunch of things to share with you.1200:00:31,000 --> 00:00:33,040I think today is going to be like...1300:00:33,040 --> 00:00:34,680Things opened up this week.1400:00:34,680 --> 00:00:37,200Systems opened up this week.1500:00:37,200 --> 00:00:39,520And I felt really inspired by Adam Curry.1600:00:39,520 --> 00:00:41,800I felt inspired by Twitter.1700:00:41,800 --> 00:00:47,400And I got some perspectives on the writers and now actors strike that is going on.1800:00:47,400 --> 00:00:53,160So we're talking about this conglomerate, this perfect storm of different systems doing1900:00:53,160 --> 00:00:54,160different things.2000:00:54,160 --> 00:00:56,920It seems like systems are collapsing.2100:00:56,920 --> 00:00:58,960Systems are opening up and systems are growing.2200:00:58,960 --> 00:01:00,920It's wild right now.2300:01:00,920 --> 00:01:02,320This week was nuts.2400:01:02,320 --> 00:01:03,320Last week I was in Arizona.2500:01:03,320 --> 00:01:09,560I was with my family, visiting my parents, visiting my sisters and my nephew.2600:01:09,560 --> 00:01:10,560Beautiful time.2700:01:10,560 --> 00:01:11,560Beautiful days in Arizona.2800:01:11,560 --> 00:01:13,320Shannon was there.2900:01:13,320 --> 00:01:16,280We got to see Mission Impossible with my parents.3000:01:16,280 --> 00:01:17,280And that movie was epic.3100:01:17,280 --> 00:01:18,280Mission Impossible.3200:01:18,280 --> 00:01:19,280Dead Reckoning?3300:01:19,280 --> 00:01:21,940Holy schnikes, dude.3400:01:21,940 --> 00:01:22,940You got to check it out.3500:01:22,940 --> 00:01:23,940It was really good.3600:01:23,940 --> 00:01:29,120Adam Cruise jumps off a cliff and lands on a moving train.3700:01:29,120 --> 00:01:31,600It's the most movie movie thing ever, folks.3800:01:31,600 --> 00:01:33,960Have you seen that Harry Styles meme?3900:01:33,960 --> 00:01:37,080It really felt like a movie.4000:01:37,080 --> 00:01:38,680It's legit.4100:01:38,680 --> 00:01:40,440You got to check out Mission Impossible.4200:01:40,440 --> 00:01:41,720I'm seeing it again.4300:01:41,720 --> 00:01:42,720Today.4400:01:42,720 --> 00:01:43,720Tonight.4500:01:43,720 --> 00:01:45,520After I'm done recording and posting.4600:01:45,520 --> 00:01:48,360I'm seeing Mission Impossible at 6pm.4700:01:48,360 --> 00:01:53,040We're going to the IMAX theater, even though I don't really support IMAX that much.4800:01:53,040 --> 00:01:54,520I think it's not...4900:01:54,520 --> 00:01:59,240IMAX is not that special in my perspective, but I'm going to IMAX.5000:01:59,240 --> 00:02:03,840I feel like Mission Impossible is an IMAX giant.5100:02:03,840 --> 00:02:06,600Look for the biggest screen as you can.5200:02:06,600 --> 00:02:08,680That'll be great.5300:02:08,680 --> 00:02:10,240Next Sunday is going to be a big week.5400:02:10,240 --> 00:02:13,600I'm seeing Chris Nolan's new movie, Oppenheimer.5500:02:13,600 --> 00:02:15,440I'm seeing that in IMAX as well.5600:02:15,440 --> 00:02:20,560Now, specifically for Nolan and the way he makes his movies, I'm willing to be excited5700:02:20,560 --> 00:02:24,680for IMAX simply because he's doing it on real film.5800:02:24,680 --> 00:02:26,960There's real photography.5900:02:26,960 --> 00:02:34,160There's a real chemical process happening with the capturing of these actors' performances,6000:02:34,160 --> 00:02:36,760with the creation of the story.6100:02:36,760 --> 00:02:42,160I think there's something special about that, about that photochemical process.6200:02:42,160 --> 00:02:45,480And Chris Nolan just knows how to do it uniquely, man.6300:02:45,480 --> 00:02:51,640They freaking recorded miniature explosions, and then they recorded that on the IMAX film.6400:02:51,640 --> 00:02:59,160So we're going to get this insane visual representation, this insane real-life fire, real-life explosions6500:02:59,160 --> 00:03:01,760that represent the nuclear bomb.6600:03:01,760 --> 00:03:02,840That seems so unique.6700:03:02,840 --> 00:03:04,240So I'm hyped as fuck for that.6800:03:04,240 --> 00:03:07,040That's an IMAX 70 millimeter, dude.6900:03:07,040 --> 00:03:08,720IMAX 70 millimeter.7000:03:08,720 --> 00:03:13,180If you have no idea what I'm talking about, it's the purest form.7100:03:13,180 --> 00:03:17,580It's the biggest and purest form of film presentation.7200:03:17,580 --> 00:03:19,880And Nolan just knows how to do it, man.7300:03:19,880 --> 00:03:20,880So I'm ready.7400:03:20,880 --> 00:03:21,880Good week.7500:03:21,880 --> 00:03:22,880Some are stacked, dude.7600:03:22,880 --> 00:03:24,120Some are stacked for movies.7700:03:24,120 --> 00:03:26,200Like I'm hyped.7800:03:26,200 --> 00:03:32,000But it's ironic how it's so stacked and there's this new actor strike going on.7900:03:32,000 --> 00:03:33,520Hollywood is changing.8000:03:33,520 --> 00:03:37,360Hollywood is really going through a transformation right now.8100:03:37,360 --> 00:03:42,440And it seems like they want us to be on their side.8200:03:42,440 --> 00:03:46,880It seems like they're trying to make it seem like the actors are being oppressed and the8300:03:46,880 --> 00:03:49,300writers are being stolen from.8400:03:49,300 --> 00:03:55,640And I have all the sympathy in the world for these artists, but I have zero sympathy for8500:03:55,640 --> 00:04:00,460Hollywood and the Hollywood system and the culture.8600:04:00,460 --> 00:04:02,880I have zero love for it.8700:04:02,880 --> 00:04:11,440And my entire criticism of this union is that these people are already making money.8800:04:11,440 --> 00:04:15,680And what I need to do and what I identified a few weeks ago is that that was not the best8900:04:15,680 --> 00:04:17,080head space.9000:04:17,080 --> 00:04:21,680And I should really just look at the facts and I should really look at how much money9100:04:21,680 --> 00:04:23,120people are really making.9200:04:23,120 --> 00:04:30,360And ideally, everyone is making enough money, but realistically, no one is making enough9300:04:30,360 --> 00:04:31,600money.9400:04:31,600 --> 00:04:34,200And so this is just another...9500:04:34,200 --> 00:04:42,680I feel like it's just another system that has bad economics.9600:04:42,680 --> 00:04:43,880It's just weird, dude.9700:04:43,880 --> 00:04:47,920I don't understand why there needs to be a union.9800:04:47,920 --> 00:04:49,640That's my real opinion.9900:04:49,640 --> 00:04:54,360I have sympathy for the people striking and I want them to be paid equally and I want10000:04:54,360 --> 00:04:56,800there to be good working conditions.10100:04:56,800 --> 00:05:03,880But at the same time, earth and technology has evolved so much so that the individual10200:05:03,880 --> 00:05:06,200can really create their own world.10300:05:06,200 --> 00:05:08,680This is my entire narrative.10400:05:08,680 --> 00:05:11,040This is my narrative, right?10500:05:11,040 --> 00:05:12,600You can really do it yourself.10600:05:12,600 --> 00:05:15,020You can build your own system.10700:05:15,020 --> 00:05:17,040You can have your own subscription service.10800:05:17,040 --> 00:05:18,240You can make your own movies.10900:05:18,240 --> 00:05:20,040You can have your own media.11000:05:20,040 --> 00:05:25,360You can be in charge of producing your own voice, your own perspective, and you can really11100:05:25,360 --> 00:05:27,920have a community around you.11200:05:27,920 --> 00:05:30,240And you don't really need a union.11300:05:30,240 --> 00:05:35,080You don't really need a Hollywood system like that.11400:05:35,080 --> 00:05:38,920And I'm scrolling through Twitter and I see this one guy named Cody.11500:05:38,920 --> 00:05:44,040There's this one writer who writes for Marvel.11600:05:44,040 --> 00:05:46,560He's one of the main writers for the She-Hulk show.11700:05:46,560 --> 00:05:48,040I'm not sure if you've ever seen that.11800:05:48,040 --> 00:05:50,640It's not really that relevant.11900:05:50,640 --> 00:05:51,640It's semi-relevant.12000:05:51,640 --> 00:05:56,200There's an episode that Cody Ziegler, that's his name, Cody Ziegler wrote, I got the photo12100:05:56,200 --> 00:05:59,320up on found, it's the chapter image.12200:05:59,320 --> 00:06:00,320Look at this.12300:06:00,320 --> 00:06:07,080On Twitter he tweeted that for his episode of She-Hulk that's pretty popular, he wrote12400:06:07,080 --> 00:06:09,520in a big cameo, like a big reveal.12500:06:09,520 --> 00:06:13,240It was one of the more talked about episodes of the season.12600:06:13,240 --> 00:06:18,000His residual check was only $396.12700:06:18,000 --> 00:06:24,720And this is in response to Disney CEO Bob Iger talking about how the writers and the12800:06:24,720 --> 00:06:30,000actors, they have unrealistic expectations for their contracts.12900:06:30,000 --> 00:06:34,000And first of all, I see that and there's multiple thoughts.13000:06:34,000 --> 00:06:38,400One, $396, that fucking sucks.13100:06:38,400 --> 00:06:45,640You wrote for a Marvel character that's been around for decades and people actually sort13200:06:45,640 --> 00:06:51,960of enjoy and you're barely getting a stimulus check after the fact.13300:06:51,960 --> 00:06:53,560That's crazy.13400:06:53,560 --> 00:06:57,040I would love to know how many people really watch that show when that's one of the things13500:06:57,040 --> 00:07:00,720that they're fighting for.13600:07:00,720 --> 00:07:07,160Any criticism of the union and of the strike, it really just shows how shady the business13700:07:07,160 --> 00:07:12,720can be because the solution is, okay, how about we just see how much money the episode13800:07:12,720 --> 00:07:13,720made?13900:07:13,720 --> 00:07:15,960How many viewers the season got?14000:07:15,960 --> 00:07:20,640And for some reason, the studios won't share that and they want to stick to their numbers.14100:07:20,640 --> 00:07:21,960They want to stick to their narratives.14200:07:21,960 --> 00:07:25,040They want to stick to their system.14300:07:25,040 --> 00:07:26,640But I can also see the point.14400:07:26,640 --> 00:07:33,440I can also see Bob Iger's point where the actors and writers can be a bit unrealistic.14500:07:33,440 --> 00:07:36,040Is that not understandable?14600:07:36,040 --> 00:07:43,240These people are led by emotion and pure fantasy, not in the bad sense.14700:07:43,240 --> 00:07:51,640They train themselves to lean fully into the fantasy and to lean fully into a hero's journey.14800:07:51,640 --> 00:07:53,840Most actors play a hero.14900:07:53,840 --> 00:07:57,880Most actors want to play a person that people like.15000:07:57,880 --> 00:08:01,480They want to perform those types of archetypes.15100:08:01,480 --> 00:08:07,800A lot of writers, of course, there's so many depressing stories and stuff, but writers15200:08:07,800 --> 00:08:11,360are always writing about people that are persevering.15300:08:11,360 --> 00:08:16,880And so it makes perfect sense that these people who are trained a certain way to look for15400:08:16,880 --> 00:08:24,320the best or to move through the best or to achieve the best at the worst odds, they want15500:08:24,320 --> 00:08:27,360the most money for themselves.15600:08:27,360 --> 00:08:35,480Even though the real bare bones economics of streaming and digital stuff, I'm not sure15700:08:35,480 --> 00:08:41,920if those same residuals from the 90s, from the old time television where people were15800:08:41,920 --> 00:08:47,280getting tens of thousands of bucks because it was on TBS and you're getting money from15900:08:47,280 --> 00:08:53,000the advertising, that just doesn't exist because advertising is different now.16000:08:53,000 --> 00:08:58,960And that's something that I'm able to understand that maybe the actors and writers haven't16100:08:58,960 --> 00:09:01,600fully thought through yet.16200:09:01,600 --> 00:09:07,360I feel as though there's a narrative coming from the unions that say, we know what the16300:09:07,360 --> 00:09:10,680answer is and you're not providing it.16400:09:10,680 --> 00:09:16,160We know what the right way is and the studios are being hardcore about it.16500:09:16,160 --> 00:09:19,320And the studios are saying, yeah, we have the right way.16600:09:19,320 --> 00:09:21,920We brought you a contract, which is what happened.16700:09:21,920 --> 00:09:27,120They presented a contract and then the unions walked out.16800:09:27,120 --> 00:09:34,400I mean, this is just normal negotiations, I guess, but it also implies AI.16900:09:34,400 --> 00:09:40,680I guess the studios were looking to scan the background actors faces and to pay them for17000:09:40,680 --> 00:09:42,000one day's work.17100:09:42,000 --> 00:09:47,120And then they would have permission to use that digital scan, to use that digital likeness17200:09:47,120 --> 00:09:50,040forever without paying the actor.17300:09:50,040 --> 00:09:52,360And so I can absolutely say like, that's fucking gross.17400:09:52,360 --> 00:09:54,920Like that's no good.17500:09:54,920 --> 00:10:00,400But again, shady system, Hollywood's a shady ass system.17600:10:00,400 --> 00:10:01,400There's another thing I...17700:10:01,400 --> 00:10:02,840What else do I got here?17800:10:02,840 --> 00:10:03,840There's another photo.17900:10:03,840 --> 00:10:08,520Oh, oh, this is an interesting point of the actors union.18000:10:08,520 --> 00:10:11,080So to be...18100:10:11,080 --> 00:10:12,840So you're in the union.18200:10:12,840 --> 00:10:16,080What's one good thing about being in a union?18300:10:16,080 --> 00:10:20,600The healthcare, right?18400:10:20,600 --> 00:10:25,080All the social aspects that come with it, just being protected, being able to pay your18500:10:25,080 --> 00:10:30,160bills because you work within the system that is sort of like a collective.18600:10:30,160 --> 00:10:34,240The collective is trying to make sure everyone is doing well.18700:10:34,240 --> 00:10:38,040And the bare minimum that you have to make for health insurance, if you're in...18800:10:38,040 --> 00:10:41,400It's called SAG, SAG-AFTRA.18900:10:41,400 --> 00:10:45,080You got to make $26,000 a year to be eligible for health insurance.19000:10:45,080 --> 00:10:54,080And what I have here is a screenshot of a person's Instagram story, which looks to be...19100:10:54,080 --> 00:11:01,360Her name's Caroline Aernard, Caroline Nard, whatever, Caroline Renard.19200:11:01,360 --> 00:11:03,040I can barely read this.19300:11:03,040 --> 00:11:09,040It says she's the captain of the strike or WGA captain of the strike.19400:11:09,040 --> 00:11:14,920And she's talking about the actors guild, the actors union, and you got to make $26,00019500:11:14,920 --> 00:11:23,400a year to be eligible for health insurance and only 87% of union members don't qualify.19600:11:23,400 --> 00:11:28,640Meaning only 23% qualify for health insurance.19700:11:28,640 --> 00:11:31,280That's insane.19800:11:31,280 --> 00:11:36,720Only 23% of your members are making above $26,000 a year.19900:11:36,720 --> 00:11:39,160What's the point of a union?20000:11:39,160 --> 00:11:44,440For real, for real, for real, what's the point of a union if your union is poor?20100:11:44,440 --> 00:11:50,400If more than half of your union is poor as shit, what's the point of the union?20200:11:50,400 --> 00:11:54,360Because I was in a union when I was a tour guide back at Warner Brothers and we weren't20300:11:54,360 --> 00:12:01,240getting paid the most, but there was a clear ladder of how much money we would be getting20400:12:01,240 --> 00:12:04,840as the years went on.20500:12:04,840 --> 00:12:06,940And most of us were able to...20600:12:06,940 --> 00:12:08,600All of us had health insurance.20700:12:08,600 --> 00:12:11,540It was not a problem of are we making enough.20800:12:11,540 --> 00:12:15,400It was a problem of are you on it or are you not?20900:12:15,400 --> 00:12:17,540You're getting paid enough.21000:12:17,540 --> 00:12:22,040The health insurance, a part of the union I used to be a part of, was like...21100:12:22,040 --> 00:12:25,240I think they deducted like 12 bucks a month or something.21200:12:25,240 --> 00:12:26,920It was like some insane low price.21300:12:26,920 --> 00:12:33,040And so there was almost no reason to not have it because it was 12 bucks a paycheck, I should21400:12:33,040 --> 00:12:34,040say.21500:12:34,040 --> 00:12:36,520And it was really good health insurance.21600:12:36,520 --> 00:12:39,760Even my parents who do medical billing, they were like, wow, Cole, this is a really good21700:12:39,760 --> 00:12:41,680plan.21800:12:41,680 --> 00:12:46,440But the actors, this union that's been around for a hundred plus years, they can't figure21900:12:46,440 --> 00:12:50,440out a way to get most of their people eligible for health insurance?22000:12:50,440 --> 00:12:52,800What's the point of the damn union?22100:12:52,800 --> 00:12:53,800Who's helping these people?22200:12:53,800 --> 00:12:56,300And so they got to try to help themselves.22300:12:56,300 --> 00:13:00,160But the system is like no good.22400:13:00,160 --> 00:13:01,160It's just no good.22500:13:01,160 --> 00:13:02,160And then ideally...22600:13:02,160 --> 00:13:06,840I should stop saying ideally.22700:13:06,840 --> 00:13:12,440I would imagine, ideologically, the actors and the writers, maybe they might look down22800:13:12,440 --> 00:13:15,800on other avenues of making money.22900:13:15,800 --> 00:13:16,800Right?23000:13:16,800 --> 00:13:18,400I feel like that's always been a thing.23100:13:18,400 --> 00:13:21,680Hollywood has always made fun of YouTubers.23200:13:21,680 --> 00:13:27,360Whenever social media or YouTuber has come up in a movie or show, it's always been looked23300:13:27,360 --> 00:13:32,440down on or some sort of weird thing.23400:13:32,440 --> 00:13:40,560Weird low culture that you don't understand at all, which is absolutely true.23500:13:40,560 --> 00:13:45,400If you were to do a deep search on people who are making money online, it's a culture23600:13:45,400 --> 00:13:48,120that you're not going to understand.23700:13:48,120 --> 00:13:51,200It's all these micro niche cultures and stuff like that.23800:13:51,200 --> 00:13:55,660But growing up with the internet, I have the different mindset.23900:13:55,660 --> 00:13:57,840I'm not looking down on these things.24000:13:57,840 --> 00:14:05,760In the same week that the actors go on strike and creating history by unionizing their strike24100:14:05,760 --> 00:14:14,320with the writers since 1960, I'm scrolling on Twitter and I see Tim Poole, this other24200:14:14,320 --> 00:14:21,760podcaster streamer guy, Tim Poole, he tweets, holy fuck, Elon Musk, thank you, wow.24300:14:21,760 --> 00:14:30,760And it's a notification from his Twitter saying that he just got paid $5,823 from the replies,24400:14:30,760 --> 00:14:32,560from his tweets.24500:14:32,560 --> 00:14:39,240Tim Poole got paid $6,000 because of his Twitter usage.24600:14:39,240 --> 00:14:45,800The same week the actors go on strike, Twitter starts paying people to tweet.24700:14:45,800 --> 00:14:47,800Like what?24800:14:47,800 --> 00:14:48,880What?24900:14:48,880 --> 00:14:50,400That's crazy.25000:14:50,400 --> 00:14:52,120That's crazy.25100:14:52,120 --> 00:14:59,280And to lean into Twitter now, I'm a lot more curious to post to Twitter.25200:14:59,280 --> 00:15:03,160I'm getting a lot more curious about subscribing for the blue track.25300:15:03,160 --> 00:15:08,200I know it's weird, but it's crazy.25400:15:08,200 --> 00:15:09,200What's the one I was looking for?25500:15:09,200 --> 00:15:10,200No, no, no.25600:15:10,200 --> 00:15:11,200This one.25700:15:11,200 --> 00:15:14,280I think I'm paying for Twitter blue.25800:15:14,280 --> 00:15:15,280Stop me now, guys.25900:15:15,280 --> 00:15:16,700It's $84 a month.26000:15:16,700 --> 00:15:19,160Can someone hold me back, please?26100:15:19,160 --> 00:15:20,560I need help here, guys.26200:15:20,560 --> 00:15:22,680I need help here, folks.26300:15:22,680 --> 00:15:28,880I'm looking at the lowest amount of people, the lowest amount people got from Twitter.26400:15:28,880 --> 00:15:36,800And one guy I followed, I've been following him since March, since February or March.26500:15:36,800 --> 00:15:40,960He's been posting about mid-journey and the imaging AIs.26600:15:40,960 --> 00:15:42,440And he was never doing it for money.26700:15:42,440 --> 00:15:48,640He was just like, I think this is just a guy, his name's Nick St. Pierre.26800:15:48,640 --> 00:15:52,680He was just posting because he likes mid-journey, because he likes making images.26900:15:52,680 --> 00:15:58,360And he got a $1,400 check since March.27000:15:58,360 --> 00:16:01,040And I'm like, that's insane.27100:16:01,040 --> 00:16:04,200And that's just posting on Twitter.27200:16:04,200 --> 00:16:06,040The game has been changed.27300:16:06,040 --> 00:16:08,320The game has literally been changed.27400:16:08,320 --> 00:16:14,920And I go deeper into this, and it seems that the money that you're getting from Twitter27500:16:14,920 --> 00:16:16,000is in the replies.27600:16:16,000 --> 00:16:20,640If someone clicks into your tweet and they scroll down to see more of the thread or to27700:16:20,640 --> 00:16:25,520see the conversation, there's going to be an ad within that click.27800:16:25,520 --> 00:16:29,260There's an ad when you scroll down underneath that tweet.27900:16:29,260 --> 00:16:30,740And so that's where you're getting money.28000:16:30,740 --> 00:16:33,560And then you're also getting money from more replies.28100:16:33,560 --> 00:16:41,080The more replies that you have, the more possibility that an ad will be there or the more ads will28200:16:41,080 --> 00:16:44,300pop up within that thread.28300:16:44,300 --> 00:16:50,400And I also just saw that Elon said that they're going to start putting ads on profile views.28400:16:50,400 --> 00:16:55,500So you'll be able to get paid a certain amount from the ad revenue from how many people see28500:16:55,500 --> 00:16:57,040your profile.28600:16:57,040 --> 00:17:00,180Just click on your profile and just check you out.28700:17:00,180 --> 00:17:07,200So it's this combination of replies, impressions, and profile views.28800:17:07,200 --> 00:17:12,340And I can't stop thinking that it's a good idea to invest in Twitter.28900:17:12,340 --> 00:17:18,760Because the Nick St. Pierre mid-journey guy, he had spent...29000:17:18,760 --> 00:17:20,480What did he say?29100:17:20,480 --> 00:17:26,000He said he spent like 30-some dollars for the last six months, you know?29200:17:26,000 --> 00:17:27,800And he made 1,400 bucks.29300:17:27,800 --> 00:17:34,560That's like a 4,000% increase from your investment.29400:17:34,560 --> 00:17:36,800That's crazy.29500:17:36,800 --> 00:17:41,920Now I'm not thinking that I'm going to get Twitter famous automatically.29600:17:41,920 --> 00:17:43,640I have to be conscious about this.29700:17:43,640 --> 00:17:46,200Now I'm just looking at the opportunity here.29800:17:46,200 --> 00:17:51,960If I can develop some sort of attention on Twitter and get people to respond to me and29900:17:51,960 --> 00:17:56,720get people to ask me questions and to have a dialogue with people, if the intention is30000:17:56,720 --> 00:18:06,360a dialogue and payment from that dialogue, I don't know, hopefully it seems to be fair.30100:18:06,360 --> 00:18:08,440It seems to be working fine.30200:18:08,440 --> 00:18:11,340People just got paid out of the blue.30300:18:11,340 --> 00:18:13,180There was political people getting paid.30400:18:13,180 --> 00:18:14,660There was artist people getting paid.30500:18:14,660 --> 00:18:16,640There was a meme page.30600:18:16,640 --> 00:18:22,940The page that got the highest amount of money was the meme page Internet Hall of Fame.30700:18:22,940 --> 00:18:26,520And they got over $106,000.30800:18:26,520 --> 00:18:31,480$106,000 from memes.30900:18:31,480 --> 00:18:33,280Like folks, this is a different era.31000:18:33,280 --> 00:18:36,160This is a different time that we're living in.31100:18:36,160 --> 00:18:37,360And there's a huge opportunity.31200:18:37,360 --> 00:18:40,360This is different from Instagram influencer.31300:18:40,360 --> 00:18:45,440This is different from any other situation from making money online because now you are31400:18:45,440 --> 00:18:53,960able to, it's not just selling your body or selling feet pics or trying to look hot.31500:18:53,960 --> 00:18:56,800The cool thing about Twitter, and now this is my opinion on Twitter.31600:18:56,800 --> 00:19:03,000This is my positive view on Twitter, positive spin, positive narrative coming in.31700:19:03,000 --> 00:19:04,760I'm on Twitter for information.31800:19:04,760 --> 00:19:07,720I'm on Twitter to be updated.31900:19:07,720 --> 00:19:14,300Like I want to be updated on the things that I like, you know, usually top culture moments,32000:19:14,300 --> 00:19:16,200but it's also whatever you like.32100:19:16,200 --> 00:19:21,640And I want to be updated on the things that I am in love with.32200:19:21,640 --> 00:19:24,640So like my Twitter feed right now, it's like it's all Deadpool 3.32300:19:24,640 --> 00:19:25,880It's all Oppenheimer.32400:19:25,880 --> 00:19:27,600It's all Tom Cruise.32500:19:27,600 --> 00:19:30,080It's all Elon and Twitter right now.32600:19:30,080 --> 00:19:32,920It's like all this pro Twitter stuff, which is hilarious.32700:19:32,920 --> 00:19:38,120But I want to be updated on the things that I'm into.32800:19:38,120 --> 00:19:40,080And so, and people are into movies.32900:19:40,080 --> 00:19:41,800People are into podcasting.33000:19:41,800 --> 00:19:43,040People are into technology.33100:19:43,040 --> 00:19:49,660People are into, you know, I don't have that full thought process yet, but if I could develop33200:19:49,660 --> 00:19:54,920some sort of a brand on Twitter about talking about my movies, talking about stories, talking33300:19:54,920 --> 00:19:58,680about value for value, because I'm getting into that too.33400:19:58,680 --> 00:20:05,980Like there's these two other systems juxtaposed to these, to the strikes that I just see immense33500:20:05,980 --> 00:20:08,720opportunity in.33600:20:08,720 --> 00:20:14,080If I can talk about my stories and value for value and the podcast and things that I like33700:20:14,080 --> 00:20:19,320to talk about, and I can create a dialogue from that, maybe it's an extension of America33800:20:19,320 --> 00:20:24,400Plus, you know, maybe I try to talk about the topics I talk on here a bit more, you33900:20:24,400 --> 00:20:29,480know, maybe Twitter is the more like text based, like people are getting an update on34000:20:29,480 --> 00:20:32,720what I'm talking about.34100:20:32,720 --> 00:20:35,880If there can be a dialogue in that and I can make money from that, like I don't understand34200:20:35,880 --> 00:20:37,280why I just wouldn't do that.34300:20:37,280 --> 00:20:38,760Like doesn't that just sound simple?34400:20:38,760 --> 00:20:40,120Like there's this meme I saw.34500:20:40,120 --> 00:20:41,120What's the meme?34600:20:41,120 --> 00:20:43,320It's just like Winnie the Pooh bear meme.34700:20:43,320 --> 00:20:44,480It's hilarious.34800:20:44,480 --> 00:20:50,040It's the first section of Winnie the Pooh with his like eyes droopy.34900:20:50,040 --> 00:20:52,160He says, tweeting.35000:20:52,160 --> 00:20:55,920And then the second photo is him with his little smirk and a little suit.35100:20:55,920 --> 00:20:58,480He says, getting paid to tweet.35200:20:58,480 --> 00:21:01,840And then the third one, which is the highest brow one, high brow and then he's got the35300:21:01,840 --> 00:21:08,600little like single glass eye with the string in the suit and like a funny little mustache.35400:21:08,600 --> 00:21:13,800And it says, getting compensated for participating in the arena of ideas.35500:21:13,800 --> 00:21:19,140Like that's like silly as shit, but I almost agree with it.35600:21:19,140 --> 00:21:26,040That's the opportunity with Twitter to, if you can engage within the arena of ideas,35700:21:26,040 --> 00:21:29,600you know, and I'm already trying to talk about narratives and systems, you know, I'm already35800:21:29,600 --> 00:21:31,160talking about me.35900:21:31,160 --> 00:21:35,880I'm already talking about all these things that are already being discussed on Twitter,36000:21:35,880 --> 00:21:37,280the politics.36100:21:37,280 --> 00:21:42,920I'm talking about Kanye, talking about Bitcoin, you know, like I'm already on these topics36200:21:42,920 --> 00:21:44,560that that trend.36300:21:44,560 --> 00:21:49,800I'm already on these topics that that there's like juice around, you know?36400:21:49,800 --> 00:21:52,040So I see an opportunity to put myself there.36500:21:52,040 --> 00:21:58,920I see an opportunity to pay 84 bucks and to build a name and to document the creation36600:21:58,920 --> 00:22:01,160of my movies.36700:22:01,160 --> 00:22:05,160And I don't know, like people are getting paid to tweet.36800:22:05,160 --> 00:22:07,920Like that's crazy.36900:22:07,920 --> 00:22:09,000That's crazy.37000:22:09,000 --> 00:22:12,200I can't stop thinking about that.37100:22:12,200 --> 00:22:13,200What do you think about that?37200:22:13,200 --> 00:22:14,200Like, do you think that's interesting?37300:22:14,200 --> 00:22:16,120Do you want to get paid to tweet?37400:22:16,120 --> 00:22:19,080Do you want to get paid to do anything on Twitter, dude?37500:22:19,080 --> 00:22:21,920Like, that's insane.37600:22:21,920 --> 00:22:27,600I really think that it is a new type of contract for an individual.37700:22:27,600 --> 00:22:28,600It really is.37800:22:28,600 --> 00:22:33,060If you want to be some sort of an influencer, digital creator, anything, man, I think the37900:22:33,060 --> 00:22:38,080real value is to combine different systems.38000:22:38,080 --> 00:22:44,760And so if I can use the Twitter system, if and one reason why I'm also into Twitter is38100:22:44,760 --> 00:22:48,320because it's text, it's text form.38200:22:48,320 --> 00:22:52,320You can do long form text and you can also do video.38300:22:52,320 --> 00:22:59,400So it's like an it's like the podcast is the in between and Twitter is like the bread,38400:22:59,400 --> 00:23:00,400you know?38500:23:00,400 --> 00:23:03,760The bread, maybe the bread isn't that good for you, but like the bread's still good.38600:23:03,760 --> 00:23:10,740But the podcast is like the meat, you know?38700:23:10,740 --> 00:23:13,400Combine that with value for value.38800:23:13,400 --> 00:23:20,900Combine that with the philosophy of providing value to a community and to invite the community38900:23:20,900 --> 00:23:27,920to bring in more value and to hopefully create a better product, to create a better story,39000:23:27,920 --> 00:23:33,740to create something, you know, to create something as a collective, you know, to create my dreams39100:23:33,740 --> 00:23:38,960team, you know, making podcasts and making movies, you know, movies as in documentaries,39200:23:38,960 --> 00:23:40,200movies as in fantasy.39300:23:40,200 --> 00:23:41,880Like I want to keep doing that.39400:23:41,880 --> 00:23:46,120You know, I really think there can be a community around that.39500:23:46,120 --> 00:23:47,600And I got some clips here from Adam Curry.39600:23:47,600 --> 00:23:55,320I was listening to the podcasting 2.0 podcast and I just felt inspired when I listened to39700:23:55,320 --> 00:23:59,760this man like this show comes out on Fridays and I'm always looking forward to it.39800:23:59,760 --> 00:24:05,360And Curry just had the inventor of podcasting, Adam Curry just had a beautiful minute and39900:24:05,360 --> 00:24:12,440a half of value for value and how someone should really be like paying attention to40000:24:12,440 --> 00:24:13,440it.40100:24:13,440 --> 00:24:14,440I want every oh, here it is.40200:24:14,440 --> 00:24:15,440Sorry.40300:24:15,440 --> 00:24:16,440Maybe I should turn this down a second.40400:24:16,440 --> 00:24:17,440Sorry.40500:24:17,440 --> 00:24:20,240Um, he has a real vision for value for value.40600:24:20,240 --> 00:24:23,560Check this out.40700:24:23,560 --> 00:24:31,080I want everyone to see value for value as something much bigger than a payment system,40800:24:31,080 --> 00:24:36,120which is why, you know, when there's a, when there's a, a suggestion saying, Hey, we can40900:24:36,120 --> 00:24:37,640just do this with dollars.41000:24:37,640 --> 00:24:40,320No, no, it's, it's not even about dollars.41100:24:40,320 --> 00:24:44,080It's about value received, value returned.41200:24:44,080 --> 00:24:45,880It's a programming format.41300:24:45,880 --> 00:24:48,920It's not just a payment system.41400:24:48,920 --> 00:24:52,040It's a, it's a philosophy.41500:24:52,040 --> 00:25:00,040It's a model for doing a podcast, not to expect to get paid for it, but to be doing it because41600:25:00,040 --> 00:25:02,880you're receiving value for what you did.41700:25:02,880 --> 00:25:05,200And that can be a nice note.41800:25:05,200 --> 00:25:10,240It can be someone creating some art for you, someone creating a jingle, someone sending41900:25:10,240 --> 00:25:13,960you an email that you can use in your program.42000:25:13,960 --> 00:25:22,820It is a modern content format that includes a monetary value mechanism as one of the options.42100:25:22,820 --> 00:25:27,000It's way beyond a, it's not like advertising.42200:25:27,000 --> 00:25:30,640It's just not, it's not like I'm going to do this show.42300:25:30,640 --> 00:25:34,720And if I just, if, as long as I have a value block in my feet, I'll get paid.42400:25:34,720 --> 00:25:36,160No, you won't.42500:25:36,160 --> 00:25:38,800There's an ask, there's a recognition.42600:25:38,800 --> 00:25:41,780It's all spelled out of value for value.info.42700:25:41,780 --> 00:25:47,080It's very important that people understand that this goes way beyond the monetary aspect.42800:25:47,080 --> 00:25:53,240It is in fact, I think the saving grace for podcasts moving forward as everything is collapsing42900:25:53,240 --> 00:25:54,360upon itself.43000:25:54,360 --> 00:25:58,160I think it's a saving grace for independent creators, for independent artists.43100:25:58,160 --> 00:26:04,680Like value for value is this foundational layer that I truly believe people are missing,43200:26:04,680 --> 00:26:07,120artists are missing.43300:26:07,120 --> 00:26:10,600And it's not in criticism, you know, like I just want more writers to understand this.43400:26:10,600 --> 00:26:15,560Like it's, while we have the strike going on, like there's also an opportunity for independent43500:26:15,560 --> 00:26:21,080artists to come together and to, and to make their own little non-union movie, you know?43600:26:21,080 --> 00:26:22,680Like that's definitely going to happen.43700:26:22,680 --> 00:26:28,040And whenever you have times of strife, you're always going to have independent voices coming43800:26:28,040 --> 00:26:31,160up and coming together and making something.43900:26:31,160 --> 00:26:36,920So when you set up these three different systems, because they are three dramatically different44000:26:36,920 --> 00:26:43,600systems, you've got the Hollywood union contracts, you got the Twitter getting paid to tweet,44100:26:43,600 --> 00:26:47,040and you got value for value.44200:26:47,040 --> 00:26:50,240Value for value clearly is the healthier system.44300:26:50,240 --> 00:26:54,520And it's the one that I'm looking forward to growing the most.44400:26:54,520 --> 00:27:01,220And it's also the one that's most, it leans on me as an individual.44500:27:01,220 --> 00:27:07,460It leans on me to put as much value as I can into my products.44600:27:07,460 --> 00:27:14,880And it's on me to ask, to ask you for the right amount of help, to ask you to value44700:27:14,880 --> 00:27:17,100what you hear.44800:27:17,100 --> 00:27:19,400So that's really what it's about.44900:27:19,400 --> 00:27:20,560And that is so inspiring.45000:27:20,560 --> 00:27:24,960And then I see this vision of like, well, then I can use Twitter to just like document45100:27:24,960 --> 00:27:27,720and to discuss these things.45200:27:27,720 --> 00:27:33,400And that engagement, it seems pure, you know, that's one reason why I'm enjoying this Twitter45300:27:33,400 --> 00:27:39,320conversation because it seems like a pure system, even though it's advertising, even45400:27:39,320 --> 00:27:47,400though it's still that, you can actually be incentivized to create a discussion and not45500:27:47,400 --> 00:27:51,480some sort of hate thing and not some sort of fear thing.45600:27:51,480 --> 00:27:58,040If you can have a discussion and get paid from it and have that be continual, then that45700:27:58,040 --> 00:28:03,360seems like a good thing, you know, even though it's centralized, you know, like I'm free45800:28:03,360 --> 00:28:09,160to play in both arenas, you know, I don't need to be as ideological as Adam Curry is45900:28:09,160 --> 00:28:16,180with his smartphone OS, you know, with his graphene OS and his dumb phone or his light46000:28:16,180 --> 00:28:19,640phone and his, you know, he's like super into the Android.46100:28:19,640 --> 00:28:24,080He's super into the decentralized, you know, and that's like, that's his strength.46200:28:24,080 --> 00:28:28,640And he created podcasting and I, and I see these two things.46300:28:28,640 --> 00:28:36,280I see value for value and Twitter as incredible, like innovation from the Hollywood.46400:28:36,280 --> 00:28:43,760It's like these two things, the Twitter and the value for value is like, they separated46500:28:43,760 --> 00:28:46,920the union structure and then they recreated it.46600:28:46,920 --> 00:28:54,520Like I see this recreation of this worker making enough money to get by and to live46700:28:54,520 --> 00:28:57,200a good life and to have health insurance.46800:28:57,200 --> 00:29:03,000You know, I see this future where people can have a middle-class, upper middle-class lifestyle46900:29:03,000 --> 00:29:10,280and income and to be comfortable and to, and to be healthy while doing what they love.47000:29:10,280 --> 00:29:14,940There are these healthier systems available to you.47100:29:14,940 --> 00:29:20,080But unfortunately people like, I have a second clip where we, where we're, where Curry talks47200:29:20,080 --> 00:29:25,480about people are looking at the wrong metrics because when it comes to podcasting, people47300:29:25,480 --> 00:29:30,240might say like, Oh, like, like there's a lot of rich podcasters or if you're doing a podcast,47400:29:30,240 --> 00:29:33,080you might have money, but like people don't understand that you don't have money, you47500:29:33,080 --> 00:29:34,080know.47600:29:34,080 --> 00:29:42,600Oh, one other thing I wanted to compare Twitter to podcasting with there's all this like criticism47700:29:42,600 --> 00:29:45,920of, of like, you got to pay for Twitter blue.47800:29:45,920 --> 00:29:47,800You got to pay for the blue check now.47900:29:47,800 --> 00:29:52,16086 bucks for the year or 84 bucks for the year.48000:29:52,160 --> 00:29:55,280I've spent way more than that on Bitcoin.48100:29:55,280 --> 00:30:00,080I've spent way more than that on promoting the podcast on fountain.48200:30:00,080 --> 00:30:04,200I've spent hundreds, close to a thousand dollars.48300:30:04,200 --> 00:30:08,680I spent close to a thousand bucks in the last year promoting the show.48400:30:08,680 --> 00:30:09,680Can you believe that?48500:30:09,680 --> 00:30:14,080I swear to God, I don't have the dollar amount in front of me, but I'm telling you, I've48600:30:14,080 --> 00:30:16,760spent over 7 million.48700:30:16,760 --> 00:30:17,760Yeah.48800:30:17,760 --> 00:30:23,080Seven to 8 million Satoshi's promoting the show.48900:30:23,080 --> 00:30:24,360Capiche.49000:30:24,360 --> 00:30:29,560So I'm not really afraid of what it costs, you know, cause I already see the investment,49100:30:29,560 --> 00:30:33,060like I saw the investment in promoting on fountain.49200:30:33,060 --> 00:30:34,400Like that's already happening.49300:30:34,400 --> 00:30:38,960You know, the whole promotion thing, July, this month, actually the 30th, it's the last49400:30:38,960 --> 00:30:40,400promotion that I'm doing.49500:30:40,400 --> 00:30:46,840It's the last sat slinger and it's, I'm not sure what I'm doing, doing for it yet, but49600:30:46,840 --> 00:30:52,160this is the culmination of the end of the year of the year long promotion.49700:30:52,160 --> 00:30:58,200And the sat slinger has now slung the stat has slung the sats.49800:30:58,200 --> 00:31:02,120And my belief is that more value will come from it.49900:31:02,120 --> 00:31:08,260Like I will have created some sort of narrative and I will have a reputation that people can50000:31:08,260 --> 00:31:13,760get involved with and people will be willing to, to help me build, to help me build what50100:31:13,760 --> 00:31:16,160I want to build.50200:31:16,160 --> 00:31:20,920And I'm sort of leading with like build it and they will come, you know, like build the50300:31:20,920 --> 00:31:26,280podcast and they will come talk about what I want and the right people will help me out.50400:31:26,280 --> 00:31:28,800The value will come to me.50500:31:28,800 --> 00:31:35,160And Curry talks about people being upset about not having enough money in your dashboard.50600:31:35,160 --> 00:31:37,840Hey, I got three guys in Belgium listening.50700:31:37,840 --> 00:31:38,840Okay.50800:31:38,840 --> 00:31:41,280That might be kind of interesting.50900:31:41,280 --> 00:31:43,280Or you know, I made $50.51000:31:43,280 --> 00:31:47,560Well, I'm putting all this, all this work in only getting 50 bucks.51100:31:47,560 --> 00:31:50,120These are the wrong metrics.51200:31:50,120 --> 00:31:56,600You want the love coming back from people and, and boosting is loving.51300:31:56,600 --> 00:31:57,600Boosting is loving.51400:31:57,600 --> 00:31:58,600Yes sir.51500:31:58,600 --> 00:31:59,840I freaking love that one, dude.51600:31:59,840 --> 00:32:03,000I freaking love that.51700:32:03,000 --> 00:32:04,680I heard that and I had to save it.51800:32:04,680 --> 00:32:06,640Like I got that as the ISO right here.51900:32:06,640 --> 00:32:07,880Boosting is loving.52000:32:07,880 --> 00:32:08,940Like isn't that nice?52100:32:08,940 --> 00:32:14,240Like I feel like now when I heard that, so here's a little, here's a little thing.52200:32:14,240 --> 00:32:15,240I'm switching this out.52300:32:15,240 --> 00:32:17,720So I'm, I'm using, so this is a new boosting ISO.52400:32:17,720 --> 00:32:18,720Okay.52500:32:18,720 --> 00:32:19,720Boosting is loving.52600:32:19,720 --> 00:32:21,080And I'll tell you, I'm getting rid of another one.52700:32:21,080 --> 00:32:22,600I'm getting rid of this one.52800:32:22,600 --> 00:32:23,600Boost me bitch.52900:32:23,600 --> 00:32:24,600I got to get rid of that.53000:32:24,600 --> 00:32:29,080I don't want to, I don't want that to represent Adam Curry because I've taken way too many,53100:32:29,080 --> 00:32:30,360way too much advice.53200:32:30,360 --> 00:32:36,280I've taken way too much wisdom and I'm listening to him way too intently to have boost me bitch53300:32:36,280 --> 00:32:38,100be his representation.53400:32:38,100 --> 00:32:39,520So I'm getting rid of that.53500:32:39,520 --> 00:32:44,000So just real quick, like three more times for the funeral.53600:32:44,000 --> 00:32:46,320Boost me bitch.53700:32:46,320 --> 00:32:47,880Boost me bitch.53800:32:47,880 --> 00:32:49,640Boost me bitch.53900:32:49,640 --> 00:32:52,640And we are done folks.54000:32:52,640 --> 00:32:53,640Bye bye.54100:32:53,640 --> 00:32:56,720Bye bye to the negative boost me bitch.54200:32:56,720 --> 00:32:57,840Welcome.54300:32:57,840 --> 00:32:59,400Boosting is loving.54400:32:59,400 --> 00:33:01,400Boosting is loving.54500:33:01,400 --> 00:33:03,000Like thank you.54600:33:03,000 --> 00:33:04,000Boosting is loving.54700:33:04,000 --> 00:33:05,000Thank you, Adam Curry.54800:33:05,000 --> 00:33:06,480Thank you very much, sir.54900:33:06,480 --> 00:33:07,480Thank you.55000:33:07,480 --> 00:33:09,040Way too loud.55100:33:09,040 --> 00:33:10,040Sorry.55200:33:10,040 --> 00:33:14,240Thank you, Adam Curry, for giving me that little liso.55300:33:14,240 --> 00:33:15,880But I think he's right, dude.55400:33:15,880 --> 00:33:17,240Don't worry about the metrics.55500:33:17,240 --> 00:33:21,760Don't worry about, I should not be worried about who and what country is following me.55600:33:21,760 --> 00:33:26,240I should be worried about how much value is being given.55700:33:26,240 --> 00:33:30,720And I should be worried about my mindset when it comes to that value.55800:33:30,720 --> 00:33:37,760And me as a director, me as a creative, me as a podcaster, I now identify as a podcaster.55900:33:37,760 --> 00:33:38,760Like I'm trying to say that more.56000:33:38,760 --> 00:33:41,240I'm trying to put that out there more.56100:33:41,240 --> 00:33:45,320Like I have a real opportunity to make my name and to build my system and to build my56200:33:45,320 --> 00:33:48,920company and to build my name, dude.56300:33:48,920 --> 00:33:51,080Like that's what value for value gives me.56400:33:51,080 --> 00:33:53,200That's what I see Twitter might be able to give me.56500:33:53,200 --> 00:33:59,000I don't see a lot of value in going into a union like a SAG or like a writer's guild.56600:33:59,000 --> 00:34:01,640I just don't see that value.56700:34:01,640 --> 00:34:03,720You know, I like I'm into that.56800:34:03,720 --> 00:34:09,480Like there's this part of me that still wants to be in Hollywood and I want to balance these56900:34:09,480 --> 00:34:10,480two things.57000:34:10,480 --> 00:34:12,400I want to balance Hollywood and value for value.57100:34:12,400 --> 00:34:16,360You know, I don't know how that would even happen, but that's just something that I'm57200:34:16,360 --> 00:34:19,120still working through, you know?57300:34:19,120 --> 00:34:20,640But I'm obsessed with value for value.57400:34:20,640 --> 00:34:22,200I'm obsessed with Twitter.57500:34:22,200 --> 00:34:24,000Like I'm addicted to Twitter pretty much.57600:34:24,000 --> 00:34:27,600I'm freely admitting that.57700:34:27,600 --> 00:34:34,400And I just want to, of course I want to capitalize it and I just want, I want to do the right57800:34:34,400 --> 00:34:40,120thing for this moment in technology and in communication.57900:34:40,120 --> 00:34:45,120Like I don't want to just follow some crowd and I don't want to follow boomer advice.58000:34:45,120 --> 00:34:50,320You know, I don't want to follow old fashioned boomer advice because it's like, I would get58100:34:50,320 --> 00:34:53,880that sometimes and I would like talk to people in the industry.58200:34:53,880 --> 00:34:58,520Like I'm talking about 2021, right, when I was delivering weed, I would talk to some58300:34:58,520 --> 00:34:59,520writers.58400:34:59,520 --> 00:35:04,640I would talk to some producers and these guys, it would always be some older white guy.58500:35:04,640 --> 00:35:10,920And they give me the advice of, no man, you just got to get on set and just got to do58600:35:10,920 --> 00:35:17,280your time, you know, in like 10 years, maybe sooner you can work your way up to being some58700:35:17,280 --> 00:35:18,280sort of assistant.58800:35:18,280 --> 00:35:23,660And you know, like it's the most boring ladder in the freaking world.58900:35:23,660 --> 00:35:29,820And then I'm listening to Adam Curry, you can do a podcast, you can grow a community,59000:35:29,820 --> 00:35:31,840you can do like all this.59100:35:31,840 --> 00:35:32,840Boosting is loving.59200:35:32,840 --> 00:35:34,160And I'm into that.59300:35:34,160 --> 00:35:36,520I'm just into that.59400:35:36,520 --> 00:35:42,020And it's, it's as if there's, there's a real culture of just not understanding innovation.59500:35:42,020 --> 00:35:45,160And I'm just going head on, head into it, dude.59600:35:45,160 --> 00:35:49,560I'm going head first, just running with scissors here, bro.59700:35:49,560 --> 00:35:52,300Running with scissors.59800:35:52,300 --> 00:35:56,040And speaking of running with scissors, we're going to head on into the boost ladies and59900:35:56,040 --> 00:35:58,920gentlemen, we're going to head on into the value for value section.60000:35:58,920 --> 00:36:02,420As I've been saying, America plus is a value for value show.60100:36:02,420 --> 00:36:08,320What that means is I'm providing content that is, I'm trying to reconstruct healthier narratives60200:36:08,320 --> 00:36:09,320for you.60300:36:09,320 --> 00:36:13,240I'm trying, I'm trying to point to a more beautiful world that all of our hearts know60400:36:13,240 --> 00:36:14,720is possible.60500:36:14,720 --> 00:36:17,080And you have the ability to show me that value.60600:36:17,080 --> 00:36:22,760You have the ability to, to tell me how much this is value to you.60700:36:22,760 --> 00:36:24,000And there's a lot of ways that you can do it.60800:36:24,000 --> 00:36:26,760You can go to value for value dot info for more info.60900:36:26,760 --> 00:36:28,800Sorry, wrong button.61000:36:28,800 --> 00:36:33,640Go to value for value dot info for more info, then download the fountain dot FM app.61100:36:33,640 --> 00:36:35,400It's the best way to support the show.61200:36:35,400 --> 00:36:39,800Lot of great resources on value for value dot info, just to give you a quick breakdown61300:36:39,800 --> 00:36:41,880on what this structure is.61400:36:41,880 --> 00:36:45,640It is a philosophy, you know, it's, it's not just a monetization model.61500:36:45,640 --> 00:36:47,520It is a content format.61600:36:47,520 --> 00:36:49,080I want you to be involved with this.61700:36:49,080 --> 00:36:54,520I want you to provide what you want to provide that can come in the form of commenting.61800:36:54,520 --> 00:36:56,360That can come in the form of, of money.61900:36:56,360 --> 00:37:02,600Of course, I prefer the Satoshi's like over dollars, but I don't care about that.62000:37:02,600 --> 00:37:08,080There's also just the simple feedback loop and there's time, talent and treasure where62100:37:08,080 --> 00:37:10,960you can bring some sort of gift.62200:37:10,960 --> 00:37:15,020You can make some sort of image for me, DM me on Twitter, DM me anywhere, send me what62300:37:15,020 --> 00:37:19,640you want or send me a link or send me a screenshot of something like maybe I'll put it in the62400:37:19,640 --> 00:37:20,640show.62500:37:20,640 --> 00:37:26,120Like I want to, I want you to be more involved with this.62600:37:26,120 --> 00:37:27,280It's just like fun.62700:37:27,280 --> 00:37:28,680Like it's fun to be involved with this.62800:37:28,680 --> 00:37:30,040I'm about to be reading the boost.62900:37:30,040 --> 00:37:36,440I'm reading all the people who supported me last week on number 78 cow wow talked about63000:37:36,440 --> 00:37:42,320my raw dairy, my, my raw dairy and slash animal based smoothie.63100:37:42,320 --> 00:37:46,720I had, I got to meet Paul Saladino really fun week last week.63200:37:46,720 --> 00:37:49,520We've got a few people commenting.63300:37:49,520 --> 00:37:54,000We got the first one is from my girl, Shannon Passy.63400:37:54,000 --> 00:37:56,820She's the one who does all the images for sat slingers.63500:37:56,820 --> 00:37:58,520She does all the hand drawings.63600:37:58,520 --> 00:38:01,760So really good artist, really good actor.63700:38:01,760 --> 00:38:05,280She sends in 333 sats.63800:38:05,280 --> 00:38:07,800She says for the cows.63900:38:07,800 --> 00:38:10,920And then she does like a saluting emoji for the cows.64000:38:10,920 --> 00:38:12,480Love the pic with Paul.64100:38:12,480 --> 00:38:13,480Yes.64200:38:13,480 --> 00:38:14,480Thank you.64300:38:14,480 --> 00:38:15,480Boost.64400:38:15,480 --> 00:38:16,480Thank you, Shannon.64500:38:16,480 --> 00:38:17,480Thank you very much.64600:38:17,480 --> 00:38:18,480Salute to you, madam.64700:38:18,480 --> 00:38:24,240And we got, Oh, my boy from down under mere mortals podcast, Kyron down.64800:38:24,240 --> 00:38:26,540What up Kyron?64900:38:26,540 --> 00:38:31,680He sends in 5,492 sats.65000:38:31,680 --> 00:38:32,680That's my boost.65100:38:32,680 --> 00:38:33,680That's the boost I like.65200:38:33,680 --> 00:38:34,680Hang on.65300:38:34,680 --> 00:38:35,680What do we got here?65400:38:35,680 --> 00:38:40,880Kyron says, Hey Cole, what's the reason behind this boost number that I've seen you use65500:38:40,880 --> 00:38:41,880around?65600:38:41,880 --> 00:38:49,760Well, Kyron, 5492 5,492 sats.65700:38:49,760 --> 00:38:50,840It's a specific number.65800:38:50,840 --> 00:38:53,800It's a number that means a lot to me.65900:38:53,800 --> 00:38:54,800It's a little silly.66000:38:54,800 --> 00:39:04,120You're going to laugh at me, but 5,492 is the issue number of my Star Wars archives66100:39:04,120 --> 00:39:10,400books, which is Star Wars archives is a behind the scenes novel pretty much.66200:39:10,400 --> 00:39:12,560This thing is like over 800 pages long.66300:39:12,560 --> 00:39:21,200It's a giant picture book of behind the scenes and schematics and scans of, of the scripts66400:39:21,200 --> 00:39:25,100and it's interviews with everyone involved with the prequels specifically.66500:39:25,100 --> 00:39:27,720This book is specifically for the prequels.66600:39:27,720 --> 00:39:35,8805,492 is my issue number out of the first print of 10,000.66700:39:35,880 --> 00:39:40,220So that's what it is folks.66800:39:40,220 --> 00:39:46,320And now as the French say, it is time for the boost.66900:39:46,320 --> 00:39:49,120You asked for the answer and that's the God's honest answer.67000:39:49,120 --> 00:39:53,240Kyron, it is the issue number of my Star Wars book.67100:39:53,240 --> 00:39:54,240And I just liked that number.67200:39:54,240 --> 00:40:00,240I think it's a fun, unique number and I think it represents me at user 607, seven, five,67300:40:00,240 --> 00:40:04,440zero, five, zero, three, nine, seven, zero, nine, one, one, seven, six boosts.67400:40:04,440 --> 00:40:07,320Give me 100 sets.67500:40:07,320 --> 00:40:11,560They go discovering a new thing and celebration emoji.67600:40:11,560 --> 00:40:12,560Thank you.67700:40:12,560 --> 00:40:13,560Thank you very much.67800:40:13,560 --> 00:40:17,000Basically you put Bitcoin with anything and all of a sudden that is more efficient.67900:40:17,000 --> 00:40:18,080I hope you stick around.68000:40:18,080 --> 00:40:26,440This thing is growing and the last three boosts are all from my boy Joel W. He sends in a68100:40:26,440 --> 00:40:32,600satchel of Richards, 1,111 sats for all three of these.68200:40:32,600 --> 00:40:36,480He goes, the first one he goes old white guy boosts.68300:40:36,480 --> 00:40:37,480Yes, sir.68400:40:37,480 --> 00:40:38,480It's going to be me, man.68500:40:38,480 --> 00:40:42,760It's going to be, it's all, it's all of us, right?68600:40:42,760 --> 00:40:45,040We're all old white guys.68700:40:45,040 --> 00:40:50,020The second one he says, I find the animal fruit and honey diet to be what works best68800:40:50,020 --> 00:40:51,020for me.68900:40:51,020 --> 00:40:52,020Yes, sir.69000:40:52,020 --> 00:40:53,020I love that.69100:40:53,020 --> 00:40:54,360Boosting is loving.69200:40:54,360 --> 00:40:57,320If you're not eating the animal fruit and honey diet, what are you doing?69300:40:57,320 --> 00:41:04,200Like just give your body some goodness, some raw goodness and some animal protein goodness.69400:41:04,200 --> 00:41:07,920And I think you're going to, you're going to be regular folks.69500:41:07,920 --> 00:41:10,600The last one from Joel W. He's talking about the meat.69600:41:10,600 --> 00:41:14,600We, oh, I also talk about lab grown meat.69700:41:14,600 --> 00:41:21,080This guy says the more I learn about lab quote unquote meat, the more horrific it gets.69800:41:21,080 --> 00:41:25,240It's culturing medium is fetal bovine serum.69900:41:25,240 --> 00:41:27,100Look up what that shit is made.70000:41:27,100 --> 00:41:29,360Look up what that shit is made of.70100:41:29,360 --> 00:41:34,520And while so far I haven't been able to track down if it's true or not, there is a claim70200:41:34,520 --> 00:41:42,240that fast growth cancer cells are also used, which is, which if true means the lab meat70300:41:42,240 --> 00:41:44,280is essentially a tumor.70400:41:44,280 --> 00:41:46,400What could possibly go wrong?70500:41:46,400 --> 00:41:51,040Go to value for value.70600:41:51,040 --> 00:41:52,040I'm sorry.70700:41:52,040 --> 00:41:55,040I'm hitting too many buttons.70800:41:55,040 --> 00:41:56,040Yeah.70900:41:56,040 --> 00:41:57,200Uh, Joel, uh, for real.71000:41:57,200 --> 00:41:58,200Yeah.71100:41:58,200 --> 00:41:59,200Let me just look up.71200:41:59,200 --> 00:42:00,200I'm going to look up this, this is the most fetal.71300:42:00,200 --> 00:42:01,200Oh dude, come on down.71400:42:01,200 --> 00:42:02,200Just do this.71500:42:02,200 --> 00:42:03,200Fetal bovine.71600:42:03,200 --> 00:42:09,200Do do do do do do.71700:42:09,200 --> 00:42:10,200Quick little search.71800:42:10,200 --> 00:42:16,200Oh, I can buy it at, uh, I can buy it online right now for over 400 bucks.71900:42:16,200 --> 00:42:23,280Fetal bovine serum is a byproduct of harvesting cattle for the marketplace industry.72000:42:23,280 --> 00:42:29,120It offers essential growth factors for the maintenance and growth of, dude, like this72100:42:29,120 --> 00:42:30,120is disgusting.72200:42:30,120 --> 00:42:34,000Like they're stealing this from cows and they're stealing this from like baby chickens.72300:42:34,000 --> 00:42:38,120They're stealing this from like, this is nasty, dude.72400:42:38,120 --> 00:42:43,640It's a natural medium used in cell cultures containing the large amount of nutrients necessary72500:42:43,640 --> 00:42:48,520for cell growth and is often used for inverto cultures of animal cells.72600:42:48,520 --> 00:42:52,200Hey, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo folks.72700:42:52,200 --> 00:42:53,960Like Joel, like thank you for that info.72800:42:53,960 --> 00:42:55,840Um, that's gross, dude.72900:42:55,840 --> 00:42:58,720Like I don't like this lab grow meat.73000:42:58,720 --> 00:43:01,120And I think we can get behind a healthier narrative.73100:43:01,120 --> 00:43:02,120Right?73200:43:02,120 --> 00:43:07,360Um, thank you to everyone who, uh, wanted to help me out there.73300:43:07,360 --> 00:43:08,360Thank you to everyone who donated.73400:43:08,360 --> 00:43:10,800Thank you everyone who gave a, who gave me some value.73500:43:10,800 --> 00:43:13,720Um, again, you can give your value in more ways.73600:43:13,720 --> 00:43:18,080I am expanding the value for value section every week.73700:43:18,080 --> 00:43:21,840Um, every time you provide something new, every time you provide your voice or your73800:43:21,840 --> 00:43:28,120artistic ability or your political insight or just your scrolling abilities and you send73900:43:28,120 --> 00:43:32,040me a link to something cool, that's, that's value.74000:43:32,040 --> 00:43:33,040That's real value.74100:43:33,040 --> 00:43:34,640And that's what I want the podcast to be about.74200:43:34,640 --> 00:43:40,240I want the community to be looking for better narratives, trying to reconstruct healthier74300:43:40,240 --> 00:43:41,240narratives.74400:43:41,240 --> 00:43:46,480You know, just it's a collective effort to look for the best within this wild, wild world74500:43:46,480 --> 00:43:48,360we have.74600:43:48,360 --> 00:43:49,840And I think it's possible.74700:43:49,840 --> 00:43:52,200I think we can really make something fun.74800:43:52,200 --> 00:43:57,280Um, with that folks, I, um, I usually try to talk about my own creations.74900:43:57,280 --> 00:44:00,720Um, but I'm telling you right now, I'm just, I'm good.75000:44:00,720 --> 00:44:01,960I'm keeping everything a secret.75100:44:01,960 --> 00:44:06,360I don't, I don't want to give a big update on my animated short film for a while until75200:44:06,360 --> 00:44:10,720closer until it gets closer to Christmas, 2023.75300:44:10,720 --> 00:44:13,880So I'm really just keeping it dry there for a while.75400:44:13,880 --> 00:44:16,200And I'm, I've really just been leaning into value for value.75500:44:16,200 --> 00:44:22,200And I want, when it comes to the product being made for value for value, clearly it's going75600:44:22,200 --> 00:44:23,200to be the movies.75700:44:23,200 --> 00:44:24,560Clearly it's going to be the short film.75800:44:24,560 --> 00:44:25,960Like, yes, it's the podcast.75900:44:25,960 --> 00:44:32,800The podcast is the continual, uh, product that happens every week, but it's the movies76000:44:32,800 --> 00:44:34,560where the real value is.76100:44:34,560 --> 00:44:37,520That's what I see at least.76200:44:37,520 --> 00:44:41,520And I'm doing my damn best to put as much value as I can into these things.76300:44:41,520 --> 00:44:45,200So stick around, be a part of the value.76400:44:45,200 --> 00:44:47,200If you're an artist, I want you a part of this.76500:44:47,200 --> 00:44:48,920I want you a part of the community.76600:44:48,920 --> 00:44:53,000If you're just someone who likes podcasts, I want you to be listening to this because76700:44:53,000 --> 00:44:56,960this is the most unique podcast on the planet.76800:44:56,960 --> 00:44:58,240I'm telling you that right now.76900:44:58,240 --> 00:44:59,360There's no one else like me.77000:44:59,360 --> 00:45:01,520There's no one else like America plus.77100:45:01,520 --> 00:45:05,320There's no place like America plus.77200:45:05,320 --> 00:45:07,440And there's no place like home folks.77300:45:07,440 --> 00:45:09,880And I think value for value is home.77400:45:09,880 --> 00:45:10,880And so is Twitter.77500:45:10,880 --> 00:45:15,440Um, tell me what you think of that.77600:45:15,440 --> 00:45:17,040That's America plus bitch.77700:45:17,040 --> 00:45:23,720Stay free.