Hello everybody and welcome back to the YouTube News podcast. My name is Benedict Townsend. It's wonderful to be here with you.

Just a heads up, the room I usually record in is being painted today, so I'm in a different room, which might be slightly echoier than normal.

But, you know, don't worry. Just don't think of it as echoey. Think of it as rustic and homemade and organic.

You know, this isn't your cookie cutter, you know,

factory line podcast, or all these high budget podcasts with their recording booths and their

production values. No, no. This is an indie podcast where the walls shake with the sound of my

voice. And on that note, let's get on with the show.

Yes, hello, hello. How is everybody doing? I'm doing very well. Thank you for asking. My name's

Benedict. And welcome to the YouTube News podcast, or indeed welcome to the YouTube News podcast

if this is your first ever episode. It's wonderful to have you here. We've got all kinds of

zany YouTube news

coming up this week, and we've also got the grand return of the numbers segment, which if you're

new to the show, probably sounds quite confusing. Don't worry, even if you know what it is, it's still

confusing. And I'm also trying out a soft launch of a new segment that I'm calling SnipSnaps.

Producer Joe, if you could insert some snippy-snapy sounds.

Thank you very much for an ASMR review.

And I'll explain what that is very shortly.

But first, I'd like to crack on with our first story,

which is about a YouTuber called Misha Grimes.

Now, you may not have heard of Misha Grimes.

She's a relatively big or small YouTuber,

depending on what scale you're on. She has over 200,000 subscribers, which is obviously, you know,

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