I Spent A Day With RYAN TRAHAN: "From $0.01 to $1,400,000"

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🗓️ 17 August 2022

⏱️ 29 minutes

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I spent a day with Ryan Trahan to learn the truth about how he survived on a penny for 30 days and his desire to create uplifting content. Sponsors ▸Get Surfshark VPN at https://surfshark.deals/anthony - Enter promo code ANTHONY for 83% off + 3 months. ▸ Go to http://betterhelp.com/padilla to get 10% off your first month! 💥NEW YOUTOOZ FIGURE: https://youtooz.com/products/anthony-padilla 🧨HUGE thank you to Ryan: ▸ YOU TUBE -https://www.youtube.com/c/trahan 🎥Crew ▸ Creator, Director, Writer, etc. - Anthony Padilla ▸ Executive Producer - Alessandra Catanese ▸ Producer, Co-writer & Research - Elise Felber ▸ Director of Photography/Gaffer - Amber Steele ▸ Camera Operator - Moriah Nejadeh ▸ Social Media Manager - Mallory Myers ▸ Editor - Mike Criscimagna AKA Mork Crispy ▸ Assistant Editor - Patrick Horba ▸ Assistant Editor - Ash Duckworth ▸ Assistant Editor - Nikki Blacklock ▸ Sound Editor - Gareth Hird ▸ Post PA - Levi Villalpando ▸ PA - Joshua Dozier ▸ Thumbnail Artist - Dill Toma ▸ Captions - Davy Gerichten 🎵Theme Music Composer - Matt Good AKA The King of Emo Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	I'm Anthony Padilla and I spent today with Ryan Trahan to uncover the truth about how he turned a single penny into 1.4 million dollars in just 30 days.
0:10.0	He'll reveal how his dreams of ever becoming a professional athlete were shattered
0:16.0	when the college who owned his likeness caught him uploading to YouTube.
0:20.0	And he'll address for the first time ever the transcendent moment that brought him to tears and changed his life forever
0:29.8	Hello Ryan howdy
0:37.7	By the way, this episode is sponsored by Better Help Online Therapy. Visit BetterHelp.com slash Padilla because sometimes existing is exhausting.
0:42.1	Now, Trahan, Trahan, Trahan, Trahan, Trahan, Trahan,
0:45.0	Trahan, not Trahan. You just got done doing your I survived on a penny for
0:50.3	30 days series. Yes. Just in case anyone watching is not aware all profits must
0:56.0	come from the penny all grub boarding transportation must come from the penny and you have a 30 day time limit to cross America
1:06.2	and give Mr Beast a penny.
1:08.9	You released one video a day so that's 30 videos.
1:11.5	As of today 225 million views across just those 30
1:16.8	225 million with that project you raised 1.4 million dollars for feeding America which translates to
1:26.5	14 million meals? That's the most insane stat to me. How? What did you learn about yourself in that process?
1:32.4	I think the biggest thing was going up and talking to people.
1:35.2	You transform through these like micro-interactions and through these like very, very small moments
1:40.4	and all of a sudden you don't know why but I feel like better I got to just like learn more about people throughout the series by saying hi or howdy assuming the worst of people really isn't helpful because like most people probably surprise you
1:51.6	What do you think was the most surprising moment from this whole process?
1:54.8	This one family gave me a $20 bill for one bottle of water and I was like,
1:59.7	why have you done this? They're like, it's good to help people. I was like, this is the nicest thing that's ever happened.
2:04.8	It's so crazy to be at a new environment and like that type of generosity was fairly consistent, like state to state.
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