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hat happens when you outgrow your niche as a creator?
In this episode, co-host of the  @the505podcast , B-Figgy joins me for one of the most honest conversations I’ve had about content creation, identity, and the pressure creators feel online.
We dive into:
- Switching niches on YouTube
- Why creators think everyone is watching them
- Burnout, consistency, and sustainability
- The reality of growing a podcast
- Behind-the-scenes creator life
- Chasing views vs creating what you love
- Why experimenting matters as a creator
- Building a personal brand beyond a niche

This conversation honestly hit me harder than I expected. I came into this episode thinking we’d mainly talk about podcast growth and strategy… but it turned into something much deeper about fear, creativity, and evolving as a person online.

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Most creators are chasing the wrong thing.
More followers. More views. More growth.
But what happens when you actually get it… and it still doesn’t feel like enough?
In this episode, I sit down with Sidney Diogzon- a full-time creator who built a massive YouTube channel around cameras and tech… and then started questioning everything that got him there

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Most people spend their lives wondering what would happen if they actually chased the thing they’re passionate about.

Today’s guest didn’t just wonder... he did it.

In this episode of The Shellda Podcast, I sit down with Talon Sei, a creator who walked away from a career in IT to pursue YouTube full-time. What started as a side project eventually grew into over half a million subscribers, multiple channels, and a decade of documenting life, travel, creativity, and adventure. But this conversation isn’t just about YouTube success.

We dive into the deeper side of the creator journey, risk, identity, burnout, evolving your content, and building a life around the things that actually excite you.

Talon shares what it was really like to leave a stable career, why he refuses to stay in a single niche, the reality of creator burnout, and the mindset that’s helped him stay consistent on YouTube for over 10 years without missing uploads.

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Former NFL defensive end Chris Odom has lived a life that only 0.08% of high school football players ever reach... making it to the National Football League.

His story goes far deeper than football. In this episode of The Shellda Podcast, Chris opens up about life beyond the field: the reality of playing in the NFL, the mental battle of tearing his ACL, and how he rebuilt his career across multiple professional leagues.

We also dive into the most important part of Chris’s life — being a father.
His daughter Cassidy was born with osteogenesis imperfecta (brittle bone disease) and has experienced over 100 bone fractures in her young life. Chris shares how becoming her father changed his mindset forever and gave him a deeper purpose both on and off the field.
We also talk about Chris’s unexpected love for paintball, how the sport brought him back during COVID, and what it means to see professional paintball played inside an NFL stadium.
This episode is about identity, resilience, family, and what it really means to use your platform for something bigger than sports.

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Logan Knowles was born with cerebral palsy, and doctors once told him he might never walk.
So he decided to run a marathon.

In this episode of The Shellda Podcast, Logan shares the story behind completing the New York City Marathon, the brutal preparation it took to get there, and the mindset required to chase something the world says you can’t do.

Logan’s journey gained global attention after being featured in a viral video by Casey Neistat, inspiring millions of people with his determination, resilience, and refusal to accept limitations. But the story goes much deeper than what the internet saw.

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22 years after Infamous became a professional paintball team, Brian "LB" Fow returns to the same field where history was made. In this episode, LB talks about retirement, the struggles with retirement, what it was like 22 years ago, and how he's back in paintball. 

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Out of 8 billion people on earth, less than 1% will ever run a marathon… and an even smaller number will ever win one. In this episode of The Shellda Podcast, I sit down with elite marathon runner Joey Whelan, the winner of the Austin Marathon, to explore the mindset, sacrifice, and obsession behind competing at the highest level of endurance sports.

We talk about:
• What runners actually think about during a marathon
• The mental battle between miles 18–26
• Training through brutal winters and treadmill miles
• Why winning a marathon still doesn’t silence self-doubt
• Running as identity, therapy, and obsession
• The moment Joey proposed to his wife at the Austin Marathon finish line
If you're a runner, aspiring marathoner, or someone chasing excellence in any field, this episode will give you a raw look into what it takes to operate at the elite level.

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I think it's time. I've hinted at it for a few months. 
After 70+ episodes inside the world of paintball, this is a conversation I’ve been wrestling with for months. Paintball gave me everything... my identity, my voice, my photography career, awards I never could have dreamed of, my best friends, and this podcast. But somewhere along the way, I realized this show became something bigger than the sport.

In this episode, I share why I’ll be bringing on guests outside of paintball: entrepreneurs, creators, athletes, and high-level performers, and everyone in between; while keeping paintball at the core of who I am.

This isn’t me leaving the sport.
This is me expanding because of it.

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In this episode, I share some info about the closed door first ever NXL Press Conference about the NXL Tampa Bay Open. And I also give my thoughts about some of the marketing going into the event, and the things that need to change moving forward. 

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Tom Guest just made one of the biggest moves of the 2026 NXL season — leaving the Los Angeles Ironmen and returning to San Antonio XFactor. In this episode, Tom opens up about the REAL reasons behind the move, the mental battles he’s faced, and why this next chapter is the most important of his career.

We also dive into Tom’s personal journey: leaving a secure law-enforcement path, battling social anxiety, building a career through photography, and rebuilding his identity around values instead of expectations.

If you want the real human side of a pro athlete — beyond stats, beyond highlights — this conversation is everything.


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