Nick Shirley

It was just something I thought I would be good at.

It was just something I thought I would be good at.

So I'd do YouTube videos and all I could do in high school is to do prank videos, sneaking into places, just kind of fun stuff you can do on the weekend.

So I'd do YouTube videos and all I could do in high school is to do prank videos, sneaking into places, just kind of fun stuff you can do on the weekend.

And then as I've grown older and I've had other experiences, I've...

And then as I've grown older and I've had other experiences, I've...

matured and I've wanted to get more into more serious topics.

matured and I've wanted to get more into more serious topics.

And so as I've been able to go places and kind of see the world for what it is in different countries and whatnot and have different experiences, they kind of led me to get into this more investigative journalism content and also

And so as I've been able to go places and kind of see the world for what it is in different countries and whatnot and have different experiences, they kind of led me to get into this more investigative journalism content and also

Back in around 2020, you couldn't even make political content on YouTube without being demonetized.

Back in around 2020, you couldn't even make political content on YouTube without being demonetized.

For instance, if you were to put Trump in a YouTube title or thumbnail on my channel, you would get demonetized because I was a smaller channel.

For instance, if you were to put Trump in a YouTube title or thumbnail on my channel, you would get demonetized because I was a smaller channel.

So it was impossible to make that sort of content.

So it was impossible to make that sort of content.

And I was younger.

And I was younger.

I was about 17, 18 years old at that time.

I was about 17, 18 years old at that time.