The Reality of Being MrBeast (Part 1)

Good Guys

Dear Media

Comedy, Society & Culture

4.7 • 3.8K Ratings

🗓️ 12 January 2026

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Mazel Morons! This week, we’re sitting down with MrBeast (AKA Jimmy Donaldson) to break down how he became the biggest creator on the internet - and what it really takes to stay there. From viral videos and insane giveaways to burnout, pressure, and the business behind YouTube’s biggest empire, nothing is off limits. We talk money, fame, obsession, mistakes, and what most people still get wrong about success online. Watch Beast Games Season 2 on Prime Video! New episodes out Wednesdays. Leave us a voicemail here! Follow us on Instagram and TikTok! Sponsors: Durable - Visit durable.com/goodguys and get started with Durable for free today. When you’re ready to publish your website, use code GOODGUYS for 30% off all plans. LMNT - Right now LMNT is offering a free sample pack with any purchase, That’s 8 single serving packets FREE with any LMNT order. This is a great way to try all 8 flavors or share LMNT with a friend. Get yours at DrinkLMNT.com/goodguys. Bilt- Join the loyalty program for renters at joinbilt.com/goodguys Quo - Try QUO for free PLUS get 20% off your first 6 months when you go to Quo.com/goodguys. Home Chef - Home Chef is offering my listeners FIFTY PERCENT OFF and free shipping for your first box PLUS free dessert for life! Go to HomeChef.com/GOODGUYS. Please note that this episode may contain paid endorsements and advertisements for products and services. Individuals on the show may have a direct or indirect financial interest in products or services referred to in this episode. Produced by Dear Media. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	The following podcast is a Dear Media production.
0:03.8	Two Jews, both big and tall, no subject, too small for the good guys.
0:11.4	A mother's dream, premium podcast team, make it your weekly routine, it's a good guys.
0:18.2	And if you don't give us five stars, what are you nuts? What are you nuts? Yeah, we're the good guys.
0:26.3	They're not the great guys. We're just so good or good or good guys. Whoa. Mosul morons,
0:33.6	welcome back to the good guys podcast. We are sitting here with a with a young man named Jimmy Donaldson, Mr. Beast, Beast Game Season 2, Amazon Prime. Thank you. Thanks for having me. I'm excited to chat with both of you. We were just catching up. We had never talked before, so it's been fun sitting here. Yeah, yeah, such a huge fan. And Jimmy did mention that he may have been a fan of mine, which is a pretty cool moment. He came in here. Honestly, I didn't like it. You were, you were fawn. Somebody call it fawning over my beautiful goal. Bro, when you were posting memes, you were on top of the world. Yeah, yeah. The main game was fun. It was, these were simpler times. We're just making jokes about relatable humor. We weren't
1:12.5	thinking about how do we monetize any of it. Those were the good old days of Instagram.
1:16.9	And you were just then just like studying, how do I crush it on YouTube, just growing and growing
1:23.5	and growing and growing and now what? You're the most followed person in the world.
1:26.7	I guess. Unbelievable. Yeah. I guess. And that for you turned into selling, is it alcoholic? Yes, they're alcoholic. You drink a little, you take a couple of drinks. I'll take a sip. I'll be honest, I think all alcohol is disgusting, so I'm probably going to hate the way it tastes, but I just think alcohol just tastes like you're burning your throat. I hate it. What about like, uh, Buzz Ball, something classy, a smearing off ice?
1:48.1	No,
1:44.1	I, I hate the way it tastes, but I just think alcohol just tastes like you're burning your throat. I hate it.
1:47.7	What about like buzz ball, something classy, a smearing off ice?
1:50.6	No, mine, which I also just don't drink.
1:56.4	I've only drank alcohol three times in my life, but my logic is just make it as little alcohol or like as little liquid as possible and just get it done with like a shot.
1:59.9	Yeah, yeah, yeah.
2:00.8	Yeah. That's smart, yeah. Yeah.
2:00.9	That's smart.
2:01.6	These are 4.2%
2:03.2	You don't taste them at all.
2:04.8	The goal is like low ABV,
2:06.7	sessional, better for you,
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