Who Is Nick Shirley? | PBD Podcast | Ep. 710
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What is discussed at the start of this section?
Adam, what's your point? The future looks bright. My handshake is better than anything I ever signed, right here. You are a 101? My son's right there.
I don't think I've ever said this before.
So imagine it's Christmas, we're all minding our own business and then everybody starts texting you, watch this video, watch this video, watch this video. I'm like, I'll get to it later, I'll get to it later. And eventually I watch the video and I start texting everybody, watch this video, watch this video, watch this video. Next thing you know, it becomes a top 10 most viewed video. Some are saying top five, some are saying top 10. Nearly 150 million views after being uploaded a day after Christmas. And he created so much havoc that he made journalists start working. Come on, why would you do such a thing? CNN had to work. They came after him yesterday. Everybody's trying to find that. They call him mega YouTuber.
They call him Islamophobe. They call him all this other stuff. Listen, why don't you just fly down here. Let's sit down and do a podcast and talk about what you just did. And we have the one and only Nick Shirley in the house. Thank you for having me. It's great to have you on. 23 years old and you're doing this. Yeah, it's been the craziest week of my life this past week or so. So I want to learn about you, but first tell us, why has it been the craziest week of your life this week? Yeah, so I've been doing YouTube and doing what I've been doing for years now, for at least two years consistently at this point. But this week... I've hit a new level as far as what I produced and put out on the Internet is the most viewed video by any other creator that's not named Mr. Beast for a long-form video.
Like, seriously. Seriously, I've never seen a video at 131 million views on X. How many followers? When I watched it when you first posted, you had a couple hundred thousand followers on X. What are you at now? Now I'm about to hit a million. You're about to hit a million. Just in the last four days. Why do you think the world and why do you think America is reacting the way that it has? I think what I covered in Minnesota was the fraud that took place. And the way I produced it is a way where really I didn't make it a left-right issue. I just presented the information as it was and just went to the location to where the fraud was happening. And I went and talked to the people, well, I at least tried to, for those that were running the daycares.
And you're seeing that... The millions of dollars and the billions of dollars that have been defrauded from the people of Minnesota and from people in the United States, you could physically see where that money was going, right? We had all the numbers. We had all the evidence. And these people can even answer simple questions or give you a brochure to sign up my son, little Joey, for a daycare. Yeah, I love when you say, so my son, little Joey, cannot go to this daycare. And everybody's like... I had no idea Nick had a son named Joey at 23. So I'm like, guys, I don't think he has a son named Joey. He's just trying to find out if they're going to let the guy in. By the way, here's the power of what social media does today.
23 years old, you go and find out for yourself. You're not waiting on ABC, CNN, CBS, any of these guys. You go ask questions. After asking questions yesterday, I believe it is, was it HHS, Rob, that came out yesterday? If I'm not mistaken, they came out yesterday. And they stopped $185 million of funding to Minneapolis because of the video you posted. So watch this, folks. This is a byproduct of what Nick Shirley did on December 26. Go ahead, Rob.
Hello. I'm HHS Deputy Secretary Jim O'Neill. I'm here with Assistant Secretary Alex Adams. Alex oversees the Administration for Children and Families. Intrepid journalists have made shocking and credible allegations of extensive fraud in Minnesota's child care programs. We believe the state of Minnesota has allowed scammers and fake daycares to siphon millions of taxpayer dollars over the past decade.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What is discussed at the start of this section?
0:01–5:10
2
Why has it been the craziest week for Nick Shirley?
5:10–7:41
3
What evidence supports the daycare fraud claims?
7:41–10:41
4
How is social media influencing Nick Shirley's journalism?
10:41–1:03:34
5
How did Nick Shirley's investigation lead to a crackdown on daycare fraud?
1:03:34–1:05:26
6
What evidence was found regarding the daycare's operations?
1:05:26–1:06:38
7
Have there been any arrests related to the daycare fraud scandal?
1:06:38–1:08:03
8
What are the implications of the daycare fraud on the community?
1:08:03–2:02:39
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