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Today's episode is about how I got my job at YMH Studios that eventually lead to my position as Executive Producer there. I discuss my journey starting in high school making dumb movies with my friends, to college, where I also made dumb movies with my friends. I talk about my summer internships, the importance of finding a mentor and my first job out of college, running the video department for Weedmaps. But even though it was super fun and I have crazy stories about Snoop Dogg and getting B-Real from Cypress Hill too high for a 420 concert, I moved back to Los Angeles to pursue post production from ground zero and taking gigs along the traditional path of that career. I was able to start taking on better and cooler jobs that ended me up with a full time job at an ad agency where we made cool things consistently, but when I got laid off after a merger, I was left in a pickle and forced to think outside the box. I emailed some of my favorite podcasts and pitched them on adding a video component which resulted with my initial connection with Tom Segura and beginning working part time on Your Mom's House Podcast. I even read all my emails attempting to pitch myself for a job with them. I talk about the 2 year period working part time for YMH Podcast and freelancing at Machinima (where I met Enny) that ends with a full time job offer at the newly formed YMH Studios.

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Today's a special episode. A call had to be made in the 11th hour, which is par for the course for a producer. I'm gonna talk about my experience being a producer at YMH Studios and how mistakes get handled as the team grows. I talk about the different reasons a producer may decide to have parts removed either for technical reasons or otherwise. I then go over some of my biggest mistakes at YMH and some other horror stories along my career. Some you know about, and some you don't. Then I talk about one of the most panic inducing productions of my life: YMH Live 5 with West Palm Beach with Duncan Trussell Guesting with Tom Segura and Christina P. Two big takeaways from this episode: a producer's job is "fixing problems" and WE. DON'T. MISS. UPLOADS.

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More and more of the bigger podcasts have began accumulating louder and louder haters online. Is it people that despise them? Is is people that are upset the show no longer resembles the show they feel in love with? We taker a look at the history of film critics and analyze the barrier to entry to even having your opinion heard. We run through some thought experiments how trolls like to fight online. So where does all this hate come from? My guess is feelings of sunk cost that lead to feeling unjustifiably betrayed. All this podcast hate has created a new scene of content creators, and they'll either feed in to your toxic tendencies, or maybe they'll try to keep it light. Pick your poison and protect Jake Johnson at all costs.

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Tucker Carlson has been around forever and has always sucked while in the public eye, but he's making some interesting moves that might show he's a lot cooler than we all thought. I give a brief history of Tucker's early childhood, his dad and how he got into journalism. We look at key moments from his career including Jon Stewart confronting him on CNN's Cross Fire, debating Bill Nye the Science Guy on climate change, advertisers pulling sponsorships after a comment on immigration, and the Green M & M dressing more modestly. We analyze hate watching, and see if Tucker Carlson is actually cooler than we thought. We analyze his moves with broadcast to X and his show's guests: Kyle Rittenhouse, Jon Daly, Kid Rock, a lunatic that claimed to do drugs with Barrack Obama, and Kevin Spacey as Frank Underwood for the Christmas episode. We wrap up with talking about his monetization strategy and who will follow him.

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We're going to talk about the Kill Tony New Years Eve Streams and what this means for the comedy podcast industry. We talk about its founder Tony Hinchcliffe and Brian Redban, the premise of the live comedy podcast, and how it jumped from the World Famous Comedy Store top Joe Rogan's comedy club The Comedy Mothership over in Austin, Texas. I talk about newbies signing up to put their names in the bucket, and what can be in the future for Kill Tony.

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Today we're going to go over the history and evolution of Comedy Roasts. I talk about discovering the Comedy Central roasts with the one they did on Flavor Flav from Public Enemy and Flavor of Love. This is how I was introduced to Anthony Jeselnik and Amy Schumer like the rest of the world. I share my research with how Roasts started in New York at the Friar's Club in the early 1900's, turned into televised roasts with Jonny Carson and Don Rickles, then Comedy Central teaming up with the Friar's Club and airing roasts of Drew Carey, Jerry Stiller, Rob Reiner, Hugh Hefner and Chevy Chase. Comedy Central then went on its own run of roasts with Dennis Leary, Jeff Foxworthy, Pam Anderson, William Shatner, Flavor Flav, Joan Rivers, David Hasselhoff, and Donald Trump. We talk about the legendary Greg Giraldo sets and other notable stars from the roasts, the transition off of television and onto the internet. We talk about Shane Gillis's vicious roast and Whitney Cummings's role in keeping roasts alive.

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Is the trend of comedians making comedy specials a money grab? Let's take a look at a few examples and see if we can determine that. I discuss the beginnings of YMH Live Shows and their evolution. We examine if the 69 Minutes with Tom Segura our of YMH Studios is a money grab. We take a look at the Skankfest live stream and if 12 shows over a weekend is worth 80 bucks. We analyze the the value of the Kill Tony special event streams, how awesome the Gilly and Keeves sketches from Shane Gillis and John McKeever were, and why everyone should take a chance on purchasing content directly from comedians. We discuss if Andrew Schulz's moves with the special he bought back from a streamer (Netflix, probably) was a textbook money grab. We also ask if Chris D'Elia and Louis CK have the same kind of pull. Do they?

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Lets learn how podcasts make money. Content creators have multiple ways to monetize their podcasts. This will be a multi-part series with today's episode being about YouTube ad revenue. YouTube ad revenue has a few variables. One being length of content, and the other being CPM. We talk about demographics that can bring podcasters a higher CPM and some examples of how much some CPM's can get. We also talk about the hardest times to be a youtube content creator... during all of the ad-pocalypses

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This week, we analyze some decisions by comedians on comedy specials. Is Netflix or Youtube the best route to take? How can comedians be touring a new hour when they JUST released a comedy special? We study some moves made by some of the biggest comedians that popped over the last few years. We analyze Chris Distefano, Matt Rife, Stavvy Baby, Shane Gillis and Nick Mullen. We take a quick look at some of Whitney Cummings's moves with Only Fans TV to produce 2 roasts and a special, as well as GaS Digital's six 30-minute specials from Luis J Gomez, Dave Smith, Kurt Metzger, Jordan Jensen, Colum Tyrrell and Rich Vos. We then analyze moves from Bill Burr, Dave Chapelle and Louis CK. I give some of my favorite specials from the year. What were your favorites? Do you think there were better specials on Netflix or YouTube over the last 2 years?

YouTube Specials Mentioned:

Matt Rife - Only Fans (https://youtu.be/kzgFwZEAHZQ)

Matt Rife - Matthew Steven Rife (https://youtu.be/1AwsR1iqsuE)

Matt Rife - Walking red Flag (https://youtu.be/1HkmMXprPwI)

Stavros Halkias - Live At The Lodge Room (https://youtu.be/eNpkhX85yf0)

Shane Gillis - Live in Austin (https://youtu.be/zKUpf1Vx0vs)

Nick Mullen - Year of the Dragon (https://youtu.be/VBlQBm5pReQ)

OFTV Bert Kreischer Roast -

OFTV Whitney Cummings Roast -

OFTV Whitney Cummings Mouthy -

30 Minutes with Jordan Jensen (https://youtu.be/MoBkkw66NWY)

30 Minutes with Kurt Metzger (https://youtu.be/9JcfMyYKe5E)

30 Minutes with Luis J Gomez (https://youtu.be/KB1LwYbYq6U)

30 Minutes with Dave Smith (https://youtu.be/XGK1SXNMG44)

30 Minutes with Colum Tyrrell (https://youtu.be/_Zvnzgu-2TQ)

30 Minutes with Rich Vos (https://youtu.be/JySyJhkcTkY)

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This week on Catching You Up with Nadav, I share some very personal and serious news about my gambling addiction and announce a new spin-off Holiday: CRAPSGIVING! My good friend and fellow YMH booth boy Enny Kravitz joined me a for a Thanksgiving Holiday weekend filled with craps, video poker and prop bets.

I showed you around the classic El Cortez Casino, the best craps in town over at Ellis Island, and the perfect resort to finish your long weekend off in Vegas, the Red Rock Casino!

I also meet up with a new friend @Pompsie, a Vegas content creator who specializes in slots and travel! Follow his @PompsieSlots channel too for extra degen fun.

Want to go experience Ellis Island on your next visit to Vegas? Email the casino host Nik Fava, mention me, and he'll be sure you have a warm welcome: [email protected]