Can You Trust YouTube Video Essays? ft. @FDSignifire & @jaubrey

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F.D Signifier and J Aubrey answer your assumptions about video essayists! Make style easy—get started today at https://stitchfix.com/assumptions PODCASTS: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/assumptions/id1752744811 https://open.spotify.com/show/5RalNkXyU7lQNpnZkD7IyV 0:00 INTRO 1:13 THEY ARE AFRAID THEIR VIDEOS WON'T REACH THE INTENDED AUDIENCE 4:03 SPONSOR! 5:06 THEY'RE AFRAID OF BEING SEEN AS AN AUTHORITY FIGURE ON A SPECIFIC SUBJECT 9:48 THEY ARE SICK OF COMPETING WITH A.I. SLOP CHANNELS 11:56 THEIR VIDEOS SHOULD NOT BE WATCHED PASSIVELY 14:26 RESEARCHING DARK TOPICS IS EMOTIONALLY EXHAUSTING 16:12 THEY HAVE NICHE TOPICS THEY WANT TO COVER BUT WORRY IT WON'T PERFORM WELL 18:27 THEY FEEL A SENSE OF URGENCY TO GET A VIDEO OUT WHILE THE TOPIC IS STILL RELEVANT 20:12 THEY'RE CONCERNED THEIR VIDEOS ARE BEING BOILED DOWN TO DUNKING ON PEOPLE 23:15 F.D SIGNIFIER'S BACKGROUND IN TEACHING GIVES HIM AN EDGE IN THE VIDEO ESSAYIST FIELD 24:40 J AUBREY HAS A HUGE TEAM OF RESEARCHERS THAT HELP HIM WITH VIDEOS 27:17 TITLE IDEATION 34:09 BLOOPERS SUBSCRIBE: https://bit.ly/Sub2SmoshAlike WEAR OUR JOKES: https://smosh.com WHO YOU SEE Damien Haas // https://www.instagram.com/damienhaas/ @FDSignifire // https://www.instagram.com/fdsignifier/ @jaubrey // https://x.com/jaubreyYT WHO YOU DON’T SEE (usually) Executive Producer: Anthony Padilla Executive Producer: Alessandra Catanese Executive Vice President of Production: Amanda Barnes Channel Director/Creative Director: Mike Criscimagna Producer/Director: Nicole Blacklock Senior Production Manager: Alexcina Figueroa Production Manager: Jonathan Hyon Director of Photography: Matthew Faulkner Camera Operator: Macy Armstrong Social Media: Kim Wilborn Post Manager: Luke Baker Editor: Patrick Horba Sound Mixing: Lila Rowel Sound Editor: Gareth Hird DIT: Beni Kimuene Operations & Production Coordinator: Oliver Wehlander Senior Manager, Channel & Strategy: Lizzy Jones Channel Operations Coordinator: Audrey Carganilla OTHER SMOSHES: Smosh: https://smo.sh/Sub2Smosh Smosh Pit: https://smo.sh/Sub2SmoshPit Smosh Games: https://smo.sh/Sub2SmoshGames SmoshCast: https://smo.sh/Sub2SmoshCast FOLLOW US: TikTok: https://smo.sh/TikTok Instagram: https://instagram.com/smoshalike Facebook: https://facebook.com/smosh