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A Conversation With...

Joe Bereta Reveals Truth About SourceFed, SMOSH, The Valleyfolk & More | Ep. 31 A Conversation With

A Conversation With...

Philip DeFranco

Entertainment News, News

4.8 β€’ 735 Ratings

πŸ—“οΈ 27 May 2020

⏱️ 112 minutes

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TIMECODES:
3:50 - Being a Creative AND a Manager
7:11 - Relationships and breakups when starting something big in your career
8:29 - Joe’s Wife’s health
11:00 - Operating in crisis management mode for 14 years
15:35 - MC Hammer at YouTube LIVE Story
20:01 - When was the last time β€œthe need to be liked” affected you the most?
26:13 - What do you love about what you do?
29:20 - Joe can’t wait for the studies on how YT affected humans
40:49 - Joe & Elliott commenting on Phil’s β€œbreak” tweet
55:07 - Wild Joe story
1:01:31 - How would Phil have handled the sale SourceFed differently?
1:21:23 - What were Joe’s failings at SourceFed?
1:30:27 - DeFrancoDoes reflection
1:37:48 - Papa DeFranco advice
1:48:33 - Raising California kids
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Transcript

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0:00.0

Hey, welcome back to a conversation with. My name is Philip DeFranco. And today we're having a

0:04.7

conversation with Joe Breda, who if you don't know him, he's a, he's part of the comedy

0:09.2

troop right now, the Valley Folk. He was a part of SourceFed back in the day, Bratson,

0:13.3

Beretta. Before that, he is an internet icon in my eyes and just a genuinely good guy. And Joe, I'm trying to think.

0:22.7

When was the last time that we actually talked? In a capacity where it's a, I think, on a professional level, I think it's been a while.

0:30.3

But you and I have been knee-deep in vicious competition since I left.

0:38.1

Yes.

0:38.8

Source fed on every Sunday during the fall during our fantasy football.

0:43.5

You were part of the reason, you were part of the reason I hated Defy Media.

0:48.0

Because I was like.

0:48.9

That was the one.

0:51.4

For me, yes, because it was like, they didn't affect my life but then uh they they I mean I

0:57.3

use the word poached very very loosely because obviously you wanted to do your own thing

1:01.7

but I was like how the fuck I said this to Anthony Padilla too I was so frustrated because

1:06.7

I was like how the fuck do they pay people what they pay them? Like, I don't get it.

1:11.5

Well, now we learn.

1:12.7

Now we know.

1:14.5

It was a playground for three years because they were like that with money.

1:20.4

There was a lot of downfall that we heard on the public side, and all of it 100% earned.

1:28.6

Like all the hate and the strife and the bad publicity.

1:32.4

But that being said, I can't, and I know a lot of people there can't at least say, holy crap,

1:39.0

we got a playground and we got to do whatever the fuck we wanted creatively for three years.

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