Ep. 21 Uncovering the awesome of YouTube

Sorta Awesome

Cloud10

Education, Society & Culture, Arts

4.8 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 6 August 2015

⏱️ 70 minutes

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In Episode 21, a listener question about kids and YouTube safety inspired Megan and Rebekah to leave no stone unturned in exploring just what it is that makes YouTube so awesome. The history of YouTube, why millions of people are subscribing to channels, how much money professional YouTube personalities make, and what parents need to know to keep their kids safe - all of that and a whole bunch more gets covered today! The audio in this episode is at times very UN-awesome. Thank you for bearing with us! SHOW NOTES 1) The Art of Simple : Date nights/Tate nights 2) The Skimm 3) Business Insider : History of YouTube 4) Channels mentioned on the show: Evolution of DanceChocolate RainMy Drunk KitchenTyler OakleyGrace HelbigShaytardsBethany Mota5) Rebekah’s pop bottle sprinkler video 6) PewDiePie discusses how much money he makes 7) Common Sense Media: A Parent’s Ultimate Guide to YouTube Find Rebekah on her blog, Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram! As always, thanks to Progger for allowing us to use the song Strut! Find more from Progger at Proggermusic.comFeedback on today’s show? Sign up for the show’s mailing list at tinyletter.com/SortaAwesome or leave a comment below (click the date link). And don’t forget to find us in the Sorta Awesome Hangout on Facebook! You can find me on Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:55.0	Hey everyone, I'm Megan Teats and this is sort of awesome.
1:22.0	You can count on us to keep you informed of all the best shiny things out there
1:26.0	when we share our Awesome of the Week. In each episode we also take your questions
1:31.6	and bring you the answers you need to help you uncover all the
1:35.2	awesome within your own life.
1:38.6	My favorite pop culture guru Rebecca is here with us today and we have got a big big
1:45.3	episode plan for you all about uncovering the awesome of YouTube. We had a
1:51.7	listener question about kids and YouTube.
1:54.0	And it sent us way down the rabbit hole with things that we think you should know about this highly entertaining, but sometimes puzzling part of our culture.
2:02.0	So we're going to cover things like, what is a
2:05.6	YouTube channel? Why would you subscribe to one? And just how much money are these
2:10.2	youtubers making anyway? In fact, I think I can even twist Rebecca's arm a little bit
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