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But, you know, the more we went, we were starting to get paid signups for membership. And it's just been kind of like a roller coaster from there. There's been stories that really hit and you grow from those stories. You know, for example, like we were on the ground last year covering the United Auto Workers strike.

We were there for three weeks, which is not cheap to be on the ground for three weeks. We covered it in Michigan, Ohio, Illinois. We went to Iowa to cover the John Deere strikes. We covered the Amazon Union organizing campaign for a year in Staten Island before they won, when it did not look like they were going to win.

We were there for three weeks, which is not cheap to be on the ground for three weeks. We covered it in Michigan, Ohio, Illinois. We went to Iowa to cover the John Deere strikes. We covered the Amazon Union organizing campaign for a year in Staten Island before they won, when it did not look like they were going to win.

We were there for three weeks, which is not cheap to be on the ground for three weeks. We covered it in Michigan, Ohio, Illinois. We went to Iowa to cover the John Deere strikes. We covered the Amazon Union organizing campaign for a year in Staten Island before they won, when it did not look like they were going to win.

We did reporting trips for two weeks during the worst of COVID, interviewing people Facing eviction, interviewing homeless people. And some of those stories, although I felt it righteous, just didn't hit. And some of them did. And sometimes there's been periods where I'm like, I don't know how I'm going to keep the lights on because we're...

We did reporting trips for two weeks during the worst of COVID, interviewing people Facing eviction, interviewing homeless people. And some of those stories, although I felt it righteous, just didn't hit. And some of them did. And sometimes there's been periods where I'm like, I don't know how I'm going to keep the lights on because we're...

We did reporting trips for two weeks during the worst of COVID, interviewing people Facing eviction, interviewing homeless people. And some of those stories, although I felt it righteous, just didn't hit. And some of them did. And sometimes there's been periods where I'm like, I don't know how I'm going to keep the lights on because we're...

We're spending like four grand per trip because, you know, myself, a cameraman, flights, hotels, food, rent a car, but we're not growing. And then there's other stories where, for whatever reason, we get like 200 paid signups for that story and our YouTube subscribers. So... YouTube subscribers go up. So it's definitely been peaks and valleys, and it's a lot harder to do it this way.

We're spending like four grand per trip because, you know, myself, a cameraman, flights, hotels, food, rent a car, but we're not growing. And then there's other stories where, for whatever reason, we get like 200 paid signups for that story and our YouTube subscribers. So... YouTube subscribers go up. So it's definitely been peaks and valleys, and it's a lot harder to do it this way.

We're spending like four grand per trip because, you know, myself, a cameraman, flights, hotels, food, rent a car, but we're not growing. And then there's other stories where, for whatever reason, we get like 200 paid signups for that story and our YouTube subscribers. So... YouTube subscribers go up. So it's definitely been peaks and valleys, and it's a lot harder to do it this way.

I feel it's more righteous, but it is a lot harder to do it where you don't have the built-in funding, you don't have the built-in resources. I can't remember the last weekend I didn't work. I can't remember the last... I've truly, even on holidays, had complete time off because when you have your own thing, it's really you, yourself, and I. 24-7.

I feel it's more righteous, but it is a lot harder to do it where you don't have the built-in funding, you don't have the built-in resources. I can't remember the last weekend I didn't work. I can't remember the last... I've truly, even on holidays, had complete time off because when you have your own thing, it's really you, yourself, and I. 24-7.

I feel it's more righteous, but it is a lot harder to do it where you don't have the built-in funding, you don't have the built-in resources. I can't remember the last weekend I didn't work. I can't remember the last... I've truly, even on holidays, had complete time off because when you have your own thing, it's really you, yourself, and I. 24-7.

At the moment, we don't have the funding for another full-time reporter. We haven't had the funding for a full-time producer, a full-time business management or business growth, a full-time... an assistant would be nice because I'm way too much is on my plate. So you have to kind of do a lot of it yourself along with my producer.

At the moment, we don't have the funding for another full-time reporter. We haven't had the funding for a full-time producer, a full-time business management or business growth, a full-time... an assistant would be nice because I'm way too much is on my plate. So you have to kind of do a lot of it yourself along with my producer.

At the moment, we don't have the funding for another full-time reporter. We haven't had the funding for a full-time producer, a full-time business management or business growth, a full-time... an assistant would be nice because I'm way too much is on my plate. So you have to kind of do a lot of it yourself along with my producer.

So yeah, there's definitely been moments where it's like, wow, for my own health, I don't know how much longer I could do this. But I read a lot of the YouTube comments, not for my ego, just to kind of get that that will to keep going and seeing how many, how people appreciate that. It keeps me going.

So yeah, there's definitely been moments where it's like, wow, for my own health, I don't know how much longer I could do this. But I read a lot of the YouTube comments, not for my ego, just to kind of get that that will to keep going and seeing how many, how people appreciate that. It keeps me going.

So yeah, there's definitely been moments where it's like, wow, for my own health, I don't know how much longer I could do this. But I read a lot of the YouTube comments, not for my ego, just to kind of get that that will to keep going and seeing how many, how people appreciate that. It keeps me going.

And, you know, fortunately right now through the book I published last year and the stories we're working on right now, we've seen more rapid growth. So I'm hoping that continues.