Reed Duchscher: Inside Feastables, Night Media and Niche Creator Businesses

**Shaan Puri** (0:00)
We'll bleep out every mention because this is the Zero Clout Podcast.
Zero Clout Chasing Podcast, and we have a No Clout Policy. We did not want to do that.

**Sam Parr** (0:12)
Wait, but do we have to use his face on a thumbnail?

**Shaan Puri** (0:14)
No, we're going to blur it out.

**Sam Parr** (0:16)
I think we have to put his face and then Reed's face next to it and blur out Reed's face and the thumbnail is like the man behind the scenes. All right, what's up?

**Shaan Puri** (0:35)
We got Reed from Night Media. He's famous for managing a bunch of awesome YouTubers, including one huge YouTuber.
Probably the biggest YouTuber in the world, but you know what? Every interview is just people asking him about this other guy. I find that to be a little distasteful, a little disrespectful, and very much clout-chasey.
Me and Sam, we were texted this morning and we just said, you know what? He's coming on today.
We're not saying, you can bleep that out. We're not saying that name.
Let's just have a good conversation with this guy and not chase the clout, which is very hard. It's very hard to do, because you know you get those clicks when you do it, but we're not going to do it. So that's this episode. We're going to talk to him about his agency, different creator businesses, so how creators are building these often multi-hundred million dollar businesses, like Logan Paul's Prime and other businesses like that. So good, good conversation there. But we also have a second announcement. And the second announcement is that it is producer Ben's last day producing an episode. This is it. This is your Michael Jordan shot against the jazz. Will there be a Wizards comeback? I don't know, but this might be your walk off. All right, here's the rules. You can't say anything about next chapter or adventure. I don't want to hear that.
And you can't generically say you learned so much. If you say you learned so much, you better tell us exactly what you learned. All right, those are the rules for this speech.

**Sam Parr** (2:07)
Okay, great.
So the next thing for me is basically focusing on how to take over the world, getting the podcast as big as possible. Speaking of like things I learned when I was here, I think people talk a lot about focus, right? And focus is maybe easier when things are not going well, because if focus is about saying no, the world is like saying no to you. But when things start going well, all of a sudden the world is like saying yes to you. You have all these opportunities, right?
And so that was, I think, one of the things that happened to me early on. When I came on My First Million, all these people were like, oh, Ben Wilson, the new hot thing. Do you want to try this? Do you want to do this? What about YouTube? We should make some shorts.
And I was like, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes. I want to do all these things, right? And so I had all these kind of half-finished projects that ended up not going anywhere because I was maybe a little too dispersed in my attention. So now it's like, no, no, no, just let's get the podcast to be one of the best podcasts in the world. That's all I'm focusing on for the next year. And then we'll see what happens after that.

**Shaan Puri** (3:08)
There's nothing better, quitting your job when you have twins, let alone even one baby. What kind of responsible Mormon are you?
What kind of decision was this? Reckless at best.

**Sam Parr** (3:21)
Well, I mean, it's not like I'm starting from zero, right? It's not like I have an idea for a podcast. Luckily, you guys have put me in a position where the podcast is doing pretty well right now. So even if I have a bad year and it doesn't grow that much, I'll be fine.
And if it goes really well, then things will be great. So it's a little bit of a risk, but not an existential risk.

**Shaan Puri** (3:43)
And do you have, I don't know, a message to the fans? How do you want to leave us here? Where do you want to go with this?

**Sam Parr** (3:49)
So obviously, the first message is go follow how to take over the world wherever you get your podcasts. You'll love it.
I guess the most important thing is thank you guys. My life changed a year and a half ago when you guys brought me on the show. And I called it the ride of a lifetime, but really, I didn't know if I would be able to make a living as a creator before you guys brought me on here. Now I know that I can do that, at least in some capacity. And so my life has completely changed. So thank you. This has been amazing and I've loved doing it. And to everyone who has supported me, been such a fan, cheered for me on the podcast, thank you to you guys, you listeners as well. It's meant a ton and I've loved it. So I guess that's the last thing I'm just very, very grateful for this opportunity I've had. The reason I didn't celebrate you leaving because I'm like, you're not really going anywhere. You'll be around. You're just going to be unemployed for a little while and hopefully it works out. But I'm sure it will be and I'm happy you kind of came in our lives.