TRT: 1:03:17 // ORIGINAL AIR DATE: 7/13/19

RECORDED IN AUSTIN, TEXAS, WE GO BEYOND AND BACK WITH

STORYTELLER EVELYN FROM THE INTERNETS

EVELYN FROM THE INTERNETS | PHOTO BY JINNI J.

Storyteller Evelyn Ngugi, aka Evelyn From The Internets, and I spoke at her co-working space in Austin, Texas. Evelyn is a writer, speaker, performer and humorist with 10 years of videos she's shared on her YouTube channel, garnering more than 13 million views and 200K subscribers (Beyoncé is a fan!). We talked about the pros and cons of sharing your work online, how to separate yourself from your work, how learning new skills is a good way to combat inevitable self-doubt, and how we're comforted to know that all creatives grapple with similar questions.

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LINKS:

• Evelyn’s YouTube channel

• Evelyn From the Internets on Instagram + Facebook + Twitter

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