The Auron MacIntyre Show - December 02, 2022


BIG Announcement ｜ 12⧸2⧸22


Episode Stats

Length

14 minutes

Words per Minute

200.868

Word Count

2,885

Sentence Count

176


Summary

In this episode of Behind The Scenes, I give a quick update on where the channel is going to be going next and what to expect in the future. I also announce that I have been given the opportunity to finally make the move to a full time job with The Blaze Media.


Transcript

00:00:00.240 Hey everybody, how's it going? I've got something a little different on the channel today for you.
00:00:06.400 You know, usually once a month I do a channel update, which gives a little bit of behind the scenes for the people who support me on what's going on, what's coming up, some of the things I've been looking at, you know, where the channel is going to go next.
00:00:20.300 But I wanted to do that for everybody today because, well, I've got some really big news that's going to change everything quite a bit here.
00:00:28.140 So I wanted to talk to you guys a little bit about it. Pretty exciting.
00:00:32.620 So I have been given the opportunity to finally kind of move to doing this full time.
00:00:38.420 I've been doing this kind of alongside a normal job this whole time, which has really made it very challenging, but very exciting.
00:00:47.680 And I've been given the opportunity to move to doing this full time because I will now be working with The Blaze.
00:00:53.820 Blaze Media has brought me on, so I'm going to be working with them.
00:00:59.120 I'll be writing for them. I'll be doing kind of a show, the podcast and everything, as well as kind of the normal videos that you're used to seeing on the channel here.
00:01:09.920 And so, like I said, very exciting, very big opportunity.
00:01:14.280 I'm extremely grateful for them, you know, kind of giving me that chance to finally make this move to kind of a full time thing, be able to do what I've been doing,
00:01:23.860 but give it my full effort instead of just trying to squeeze it in between work and family and everything else, all my other obligations.
00:01:30.420 So really exciting to finally be able to kind of make that change.
00:01:36.260 So that said, kind of what can you expect, right?
00:01:39.800 Kind of a big shift.
00:01:41.160 So what can you expect on the channel going forward if this is now going to be kind of like my full time job and, you know, going to be working with The Blaze and everything?
00:01:49.920 Well, kind of up front, not a whole lot is going to change.
00:01:52.700 I mean, the good news is, you know, don't worry, all my stuff isn't going to just like actually disappear behind a paywall or something.
00:01:59.800 Actually, it's much better.
00:02:01.140 Even more of my stuff will be coming out and it'll be accessible to all you guys.
00:02:05.520 So don't expect any huge changes up front.
00:02:08.520 We're going to kind of slowly be working things forward as we go.
00:02:13.040 So you're not going to see, you know, all your favorite, you know, people will be here, all your favorite co-hosts.
00:02:18.520 Don't worry, you know, you'll still see people like American Ostracon and The Prudentialist and all those people who you love and are used to seeing.
00:02:28.680 You know, I'll still be doing interviews.
00:02:30.900 We'll still be doing news roundups.
00:02:33.220 I'll still be kind of doing the longer explanation kind of video type essay videos.
00:02:39.060 So you're going to see a lot of that stuff.
00:02:40.860 A lot of that will stay the same.
00:02:43.160 Hopefully, you know, you're going to see the production improve here.
00:02:47.400 You know, I'll get better equipment with the Blaze and everything.
00:02:50.900 They'll be helping me out with the back end so that, you know, as you guys have probably figured out, you know, production was never my strong suit.
00:02:58.520 So I'll be paired with some professionals who really know what they're doing and they can polish some things up and help me out.
00:03:04.400 But at the same time, don't worry, we'll still be doing live streams.
00:03:07.480 You know, I'll still be taking super chats, all that kind of stuff.
00:03:10.920 So don't worry, we're still going to be interacting.
00:03:13.360 You know, none of that stuff is going away.
00:03:14.940 I'll just have people who are going to help me clean this up and, you know, figure some of this out so that it's a little more professional, a little tighter package for you guys.
00:03:24.020 You can finally not have me fumbling through my terrible editing skills quite as badly, that kind of thing.
00:03:29.860 So that'll hopefully be an improvement overall.
00:03:32.980 You might notice me going back to some stuff.
00:03:35.720 We might be, you know, so bear with me for a little bit.
00:03:37.980 There might be a little bit of repetition as I kind of bring some of the classic stuff kind of up to date, maybe with some better production values.
00:03:45.520 Might redo some of those early videos that are kind of core at explaining things, but do them kind of with a better setup so that things are an improvement there.
00:03:56.660 But, you know, like I said, for the most part, you're not going to see a bunch of huge changes at the beginning.
00:04:02.340 But we will, you know, have some more professionalism and they're going to start transitioning a lot of what I do over to podcasts.
00:04:09.840 So you'll have a more professional.
00:04:11.820 I know people who were following on the sub stack were kind of getting the audio only as kind of a bonus for subscribing there.
00:04:18.960 But now that's going to be available to everybody is the good news.
00:04:21.800 So everybody will have the option of being able to kind of, you know, just put this on the background while you're mowing the lawn or working out or, you know, playing a video game or whatever.
00:04:31.340 And so that will be something that's available to everyone going forward here as they kind of convert all that stuff over to a podcast format as well.
00:04:40.700 So you'll continue to see a number.
00:04:42.800 In fact, you'll see probably a good increase in the number of times I'm able to upload to the channel now that this will be kind of a full time thing.
00:04:50.280 So that'll be great for people who are enjoying that.
00:04:54.180 And like I said, you should see all the same kind of videos.
00:04:57.180 It's a lot of good.
00:04:57.860 It's going to be in a similar vein.
00:04:59.220 It's just going to be a slightly better production.
00:05:02.060 It's going to, you know, you're better editing.
00:05:03.940 There'll be some graphics, you know, though you'll get the actual podcast, a more professional podcast feed, that kind of thing regularly coming out.
00:05:11.700 So that'll all be good.
00:05:13.720 So what else is going to change?
00:05:15.540 Well, I'll be writing for the blaze as well.
00:05:17.840 So you'll get at least an article probably more a week over there.
00:05:22.640 And so you'll be getting the kind of stuff that I was doing exclusively at my sub stack will be over at the blaze now.
00:05:32.060 So that'll be a place for you to go if you want to catch that.
00:05:35.200 And like I said, all this stuff is going to be, none of it's behind a paywall.
00:05:38.140 So you'll still be able to, you know, catch my articles, my pieces as they come out, that kind of thing, no problem.
00:05:43.780 So I'll be writing for the blaze over there.
00:05:45.900 There'll be the regular podcast slash YouTube uploads, that kind of thing.
00:05:50.620 So a lot of that stuff will be very similar.
00:05:52.800 It'll just be far more regular.
00:05:54.320 You know, it'll be far less time in between pieces or uploads.
00:05:59.020 I'll actually have time to dedicate to doing all this stuff.
00:06:02.140 I won't have to just, you know, scramble home and try to get that done after work or, you know, in between family stuff.
00:06:09.280 So that'll be a huge change.
00:06:11.400 That'll be very nice.
00:06:12.800 So what does this mean for people who are, you know, already on the sub stack?
00:06:17.540 You know, hey, I already subscribed to sub stack.
00:06:19.820 I was looking forward to the total state book.
00:06:22.380 What's up with that?
00:06:23.980 So the good news is that what the blaze has done is they're just going to turn my sub stack free.
00:06:29.580 So if you are already a subscriber, the good news is you're still going to get all the content you're going to get anyway.
00:06:35.720 I'll still be coming out with those book chapters as promised.
00:06:39.420 I mean, they are rough draft chapters.
00:06:41.380 Remember, there will be a total state physical book here at the end.
00:06:45.700 And it will be different because it'll be, you know, the final edited complete version.
00:06:50.660 But you will get all the rough draft chapters of the total state as promised.
00:06:55.200 So don't worry if you are already subscribed to that.
00:06:58.260 If you're already supporting that way, then don't worry.
00:07:00.820 You're going to get everything you were promised when that came out.
00:07:03.580 So that's still going to be coming out on the sub stack.
00:07:08.120 And, of course, you know, the blaze, I'm sure, will be linking to it, that kind of thing.
00:07:11.500 So you'll be able to read the articles at theblaze.com.
00:07:15.300 You'll be able to read the chapters for the book at the sub stack for the total state.
00:07:20.780 So you're still going to get all that stuff.
00:07:22.620 Don't worry about it.
00:07:23.860 If you're doing that, that way, you'll still get everything that you were plugged in for that you had kind of committed for.
00:07:30.620 So I'm still going to be doing all that stuff that I told you I was going to be doing.
00:07:34.060 Now, for the behind the scenes videos, they do those with the blaze.
00:07:38.080 So if you want to catch that kind of stuff, I think that's pretty much going to be like the only thing that would be behind a paywall with the blaze.
00:07:45.720 But the great news is that the blaze is going to give me a code that I can give to all of my sub stack supporters and to all of my subscribe star supporters.
00:07:56.400 So if I am going to be closing the subscribe star because, you know, you guys have been amazing.
00:08:02.600 You know, you've been supporting me and made this possible.
00:08:06.040 You've made it feasible to kind of move this direction.
00:08:08.860 But obviously now that I'm working with the blaze, you know, that it would be weird for me to keep the subscribe star open.
00:08:16.620 We want everything to be accessible to you guys.
00:08:19.040 And like I said, they're not really going to put almost anything I'm doing behind a paywall here when we get started.
00:08:24.780 So, you know, there's but that'll give you that opportunity with the code to be able to catch things like the behind the scenes video that you were getting before as a subscribe star supporter.
00:08:36.760 So whether you were supporting on sub stack or you're supporting on subscribe star, you'll still basically have access to kind of all the things that you were getting before, either completely free or as part of one of the blaze TV subscribers.
00:08:50.300 And like I said, they're going to give me a really good code.
00:08:52.400 So you guys will be able to plug into that.
00:08:54.760 No problem.
00:08:55.180 You'll be able to catch catch all my content no matter where it ends up.
00:09:00.340 So if you were supporting me that way, again, don't worry.
00:09:03.660 Hold on.
00:09:04.380 I'm going to I'm going to shut that stuff down slowly because I want to make sure that you guys get the codes that you'll be able to make that transition, though.
00:09:13.740 So so stay tuned.
00:09:14.920 You know, keep an eye on your on your inboxes for those codes.
00:09:19.180 And I'll make sure that kind of like I said, when I transition the subscribe or rather the sub stack over to free and I kind of close down the subscribe star, I still want to make sure everybody gets all that stuff.
00:09:32.740 So I'll make sure that that goes out very quickly here soon so that you guys can be completely plugged in as we kind of make that transition.
00:09:41.080 So that's kind of the that's kind of the big news.
00:09:44.580 Like I said, the you know, what does it mean?
00:09:47.680 Short term, not a whole lot.
00:09:49.320 Just a lot more content will be coming out as I'll have the opportunity to kind of be on full time.
00:09:56.700 I'll be able to put out way more videos.
00:09:58.960 I'll be able to write more articles, be able to work on all that stuff and give it my full attention, my full effort, that kind of thing.
00:10:06.720 But you should really expect to see kind of the same stuff coming out just in a more in a higher volume and kind of a more professional package here.
00:10:16.700 And then as things move forward, like I said, they're going to help me kind of upgrade everything.
00:10:21.220 I'm working with cameras and microphones and editing and all that kind of stuff.
00:10:26.880 And so you might see new segments drop in.
00:10:28.760 I might be able to do more because I'll have that opportunity to, again, dedicate more time to research, dedicate more time to writing, dedicate more time to production and actually have, you know, kind of professional assets and the people who are able to help me kind of smooth that stuff out and give you guys, you know, something something a little better here as we move forward.
00:10:50.500 So very exciting time.
00:10:52.360 Like I said, I just want to say thank you so much to to so many of you.
00:10:56.060 I remember I still see people who are here from when I had 100 subscribers who still jump into the comments and and, you know, they are debating things when it's when it's the we're in the streams and everything like that.
00:11:10.720 It's so encouraging that you guys have kind of been here the whole time and it's just amazing that I'm going to be able to do this full time.
00:11:18.300 I could have never imagined this a couple of years ago when I started the channel that this could be my job.
00:11:24.100 It's still surreal.
00:11:25.100 It's still, you know, kind of sinking in for all the amazing things I've been able to do and the people I've been able to meet and the kind of the reach that this is ended up having.
00:11:36.080 It's still wow.
00:11:38.700 Like it's still it's still kind of settling in that this is going to be a real thing that I get to do and focus on and make my living.
00:11:46.420 So I really can't thank you guys enough and especially to people who are supporting me.
00:11:52.760 I mean, it's it made it so much easier to be able to kind of justify what I was doing to see a way forward to this actually being a career to, you know, kind of upgrade and update everything.
00:12:07.440 So that, you know, was putting out a more and more professional product and just to be able to connect with you guys.
00:12:14.060 I've just gotten so many kind messages, people reaching out to me, you know, you know, asking me about different things or sharing parts of their lives.
00:12:22.780 You know, I've got to sit down and talk on discord with some of you guys supporters and that kind of thing.
00:12:29.180 And just hearing about the things that are happening for you is really great.
00:12:33.080 This has been the thing about YouTube that you don't maybe realize when you get started is, you know, you're like, oh, it's just a place that I put videos.
00:12:42.460 Right. But it really does become a community.
00:12:45.500 It really does.
00:12:47.220 You know, you see the same people every week.
00:12:49.360 They're commenting on things.
00:12:50.620 You're talking during the streams.
00:12:52.600 You're taking chats.
00:12:53.820 You know, you're you see the back and forth from different people and you get to meet all these, you know, people that you've seen, that you've had discussions on,
00:13:02.440 that you've always wanted to talk to online.
00:13:05.880 It's just been it's been a wild opportunity.
00:13:08.180 And you guys have been incredibly supportive the entire way.
00:13:12.220 And I'm so grateful for that.
00:13:14.080 And like I said, we're still going to be doing a lot of what we were doing before.
00:13:18.300 It's not going to look all that different right away.
00:13:21.300 You're still going to have all your favorite people showing up on the streams, you know, being guests, being guest commentators.
00:13:28.920 We'll still, you know, get the community together and, you know, kind of have me.
00:13:34.360 Hopefully I'll be able to do one of those like holiday streams with Christmas and everything like I've done before that people really seem to enjoy.
00:13:41.520 So you're still going to see that kind of stuff.
00:13:43.080 It's still all going to be happening here.
00:13:45.160 It's just going to be bigger.
00:13:46.300 It's going to be better.
00:13:47.060 It's going to be more often.
00:13:48.760 And I'm really excited to be able to do this.
00:13:52.180 I'm so grateful for you guys for making this a possibility.
00:13:54.860 I don't know.
00:13:56.760 I don't know what else to say other than thank you.
00:13:59.200 But it's a dream come true.
00:14:01.080 I really appreciate it.
00:14:02.540 It's amazing.
00:14:04.720 And so I'm really excited for what's going to be coming next.
00:14:08.320 I think you guys are really, you know, going to appreciate hopefully kind of the effort we'll be putting in here full steam ahead.
00:14:15.320 I really, again, thankful for the Blaze for making this possible.
00:14:18.980 And as always, guys, I'll talk to you next time.