50% Facts with Silent Mike & Jim McD

How YouTubers covered the downfall of a Scientologist’s skateboard channel | Examining media about cults


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The founder of the biggest YouTube skateboarding channel is a Scientologist. Has that fact become public, explaining the channel's drop in popularity over the past few years? Was it the money he spent climbing the rungs of this cult (and not on his skaters and staff)? Or was it just the normal life cycle of a YouTube channel?

Rather than reviewing a documentary, this time we’re examining the handling of this story through several YouTube explainers and exposes. What do these have in common with real docs? Do we get any closer to understanding what happened with Aaron Kyro and Braille Skateboarding?

Videos discussed during this episode:

https://youtu.be/uEk_pc0xVYc?si=hdfiZY6W_hF2aMuE

https://youtu.be/V-GIyKIlL9g?si=7aOy3qXiK4Vzf55h

https://youtu.be/ZF0p1aXqm8M?si=gmCxuRmGNznwSQzW

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Hosted by Mike Farr (@silentmikke) https://www.instagram.com/silentmikke/ and Jim McDonald (@thejimmcd). https://www.instagram.com/thejimmcd/

Produced by Jim McDonald

Production assistance by Sam McDonald and Sebastian Brambila.

Theme by Aaron Moore. Show art by Joseph Manzo (@jmanzo523)


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