Austin McConnell

How do you turn a passion into a YouTube career? Andrew and Alex talk about his relationship with tennis, how the pandemic pushed him to start a YouTube career and how virality lead him to a leap of faith.LowSpecGamerhttps://twitter.com/LowSpec_Gamerhttps://nebula.app/lowspecgamerhttps://www.youtube.com/c/LowSpecGamerCult Tennishttps://twitter.com/CultTennisYThttps://nebula.app/culttennishttps://www.youtube.com/c/CultTennisSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

How does one become a hit urbanism YouTuber with a "side hustle" as an university professor? Alex and Dave discuss his origins in academia, how his experiences lead him into becoming a a YouTuber and how to balance life between traditional teaching and educational YouTube.LowSpecGamerhttps://twitter.com/LowSpec_Gamerhttps://nebula.app/lowspecgamerhttps://www.youtube.com/c/LowSpecGamerCity Beautifulhttps://twitter.com/citybeautifulythttps://nebula.app/citybeautifulhttps://www.youtube.com/c/CityBeautifulSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

EposVox is the golden voice of streaming technology. Alex and Adam discuss his origins as the local "tech kid" and how an unexpected change in interest led him down his current path.LowSpecGamerhttps://twitter.com/LowSpec_Gamerhttps://nebula.app/lowspecgamerhttps://www.youtube.com/c/LowSpecGamerEposVoxhttps://twitter.com/EposVoxhttps://nebula.app/eposvoxhttps://www.youtube.com/c/EposVoxhttps://www.twitch.tv/eposvox/See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Joe Scott took the long way around becoming a full-time creator. How did a frustrating career in advertising lead to running his own show? Alex and Joe discuss his past, his unexpectedly very long time on YouTube and what happens next.LowSpecGamerhttps://twitter.com/LowSpec_Gamerhttps://nebula.app/lowspecgamerhttps://www.youtube.com/c/LowSpecGamerJoe Scott https://twitter.com/answerswithjoehttps://nebula.app/joescotthttps://www.youtube.com/c/joescottSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

How do you become a professional video essays? How you find a breakthrough series? Alex and Raz explore his YouTube origins, how a very specific angle found him unexpected success just as he was preparing to give up and the difficulty of keeping things fresh in a highly competitive vertical.LowSpecGamerhttps://twitter.com/LowSpec_Gamerhttps://nebula.app/lowspecgamerhttps://www.youtube.com/c/LowSpecGamerRazbutenhttps://twitter.com/therazbutenhttps://nebula.app/razbutenhttps://www.youtube.com/c/razbutenSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

What if being a YouTuber is actually your plan B for your media career? Alex and Austin explore his humble beginnings, how his love of movies shaped him and the odd circumstances that led him to Online success.LowSpecGamerhttps://twitter.com/LowSpec_Gamerhttps://nebula.app/lowspecgamerhttps://www.youtube.com/c/LowSpecGamerAustin McConnellhttps://twitter.com/austinmcconnellhttps://nebula.app/austinmcconnellhttps://www.youtube.com/c/austinmcconnellSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Geoff is the studio director for Extra Credits. Alex and Geoff discuss his origin in the fires of Game Development and how that gave him the skills an experience necessary to take on that colossal responsibility.LowSpecGamerhttps://twitter.com/LowSpec_Gamerhttps://nebula.app/lowspecgamerhttps://www.youtube.com/c/LowSpecGamerGeoffhttps://twitter.com/ExtraCreditzhttps://nebula.app/extracreditshttps://nebula.app/extrahistoryhttps://nebula.app/extramythologyhttps://nebula.app/soyouhaventreadhttps://www.youtube.com/extracreditsSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Simon Clark is a bit overqualified to be a YouTuber with his PhD but he loves doing it all the same. Alex and Simon discuss going to Cambridge, finding vloggers early on on YouTube and what he enjoys most that he's doing right now between his many interests.LowSpecGamerhttps://twitter.com/LowSpec_Gamerhttps://nebula.app/lowspecgamerhttps://www.youtube.com/c/LowSpecGamerSimon Clarkhttps://twitter.com/simonoxfphyshttps://nebula.app/simonclarkhttps://www.youtube.com/c/SimonOxfPhysSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

The biggest crossover event in history: Nando v LowSpec. Alex and Nando discuss growing up with comics, his early ventures into online video and the series that made his channel.LowSpecGamerhttps://twitter.com/LowSpec_Gamerhttps://nebula.app/lowspecgamerhttps://www.youtube.com/c/LowSpecGamerNando v Movieshttps://twitter.com/NandovMovieshttps://nebula.app/nandovmovieshttps://www.youtube.com/c/NandovMoviesSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

If you've watched gaming videos on YouTube you've almost definitely come across an Extra Credits videos at some point. Matt, the new-ish voice of the channel sits down with Alex to discuss childhood gaming, how he switched from tradition media to working on Extra Credits and the challenges of filling someone else's shoes.LowSpecGamerhttps://twitter.com/LowSpec_Gamerhttps://nebula.app/lowspecgamerhttps://www.youtube.com/c/LowSpecGamerMatthttps://twitter.com/EmperorMSKhttps://nebula.app/extracreditshttps://nebula.app/extrahistoryhttps://nebula.app/extramythologyhttps://nebula.app/soyouhaventreadhttps://www.youtube.com/extracreditsSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.