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Episode 54: Mukbang and the Weight Revolution
Manage episode 439450886 series 3555794
In this episode, Liss 'N Kristi ponder the surprising success of Nikocado Avocado, a YouTuber who has seized the online craze of "mukbang" to make more than $100,000 a week, in what he calls the "greatest social experiment". Nikocado - real name Nicholas Perry, claims to have lost more than 250 pounds, following strong criticism of his binge-eating habits.
We wonder about the effects of these indulgences on the weight and health of the social media population, and how YouTube has transformed the Hollywood movie monopoly into thousands of garage influencers.
STORIES
00:00 Start
00:03 Muckbang
02:00 Flying solo after Reagan moves
02:45 Nikocado Avocado: millions m of people watch him eating disgusting things
03:30 The muckbang craze
04:35 Insanely skinny girls
05:45 Grotesque gluttony
07:30 "The greatest social experiment of my lifetime"
08:48 36-million views for an episode
10:20 How did Tyler lose the weight?
11:28 What was his motivation?
12:24 "My Mimi's potato salad"
12:50 Supersize me
13:40 The gastric bypass surgeon
14:25 "Apparently, you're not a picky eater"
15:00 Artificial intelligence, and the lady in the computer
16:32 He realized sensational content was driving audience
17:26 $100,000 a month
18:02 "The studios owned you"
19:05 "The crazy guy at the circus"
19:55 Amber Scholl on YouTube
65 episodes
Manage episode 439450886 series 3555794
In this episode, Liss 'N Kristi ponder the surprising success of Nikocado Avocado, a YouTuber who has seized the online craze of "mukbang" to make more than $100,000 a week, in what he calls the "greatest social experiment". Nikocado - real name Nicholas Perry, claims to have lost more than 250 pounds, following strong criticism of his binge-eating habits.
We wonder about the effects of these indulgences on the weight and health of the social media population, and how YouTube has transformed the Hollywood movie monopoly into thousands of garage influencers.
STORIES
00:00 Start
00:03 Muckbang
02:00 Flying solo after Reagan moves
02:45 Nikocado Avocado: millions m of people watch him eating disgusting things
03:30 The muckbang craze
04:35 Insanely skinny girls
05:45 Grotesque gluttony
07:30 "The greatest social experiment of my lifetime"
08:48 36-million views for an episode
10:20 How did Tyler lose the weight?
11:28 What was his motivation?
12:24 "My Mimi's potato salad"
12:50 Supersize me
13:40 The gastric bypass surgeon
14:25 "Apparently, you're not a picky eater"
15:00 Artificial intelligence, and the lady in the computer
16:32 He realized sensational content was driving audience
17:26 $100,000 a month
18:02 "The studios owned you"
19:05 "The crazy guy at the circus"
19:55 Amber Scholl on YouTube
65 episodes
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