<p>Today on the Colin and Samir podcast we're talking about social media use...specifically Instagram and the effect it's had on our lives as creators.&nbsp;</p><p>Social media addiction is a phrase you're probably hearing a lot right now and we're seeing many of our friends deleting these apps off of their phones and taking breaks from them, something we've done ourselves recently.&nbsp;</p><p>We've actually been taking a break from content creation in general and as you probably know this is our first episode back in almost a month.&nbsp;</p><p>In this episode Colin and I dive into our own social media use, what we like, don't like, and how we keep our time on social media apps like Instagram in check.&nbsp;</p><p>Towards the end of the episode we talk about some of Instagram's newest product features that get us excited to create with it moving forward.&nbsp;</p>

<p>Check out Paul's podcast: <a href="https://suitinguppodcast.com/">Suiting Up with Paul Rabil</a></p><p>Today on the Colin and samir podcast we’re incredibly excited to bring you a conversation with our great friend. Paul Rabil. Paul is a professional athlete, an entrepreneur a creator, a podcaster and the most driven individual we’ve ever met. He’s a professional lacrosse player and on the field is often times referred to as the Lebron James of lacrosse, and to tack onto that off the field he’s referred to as lacrosse’s first million dollar man.</p><p>Paul has invested in and started multiple successful businesses both in and out of the sports landscape and most recently has launched his biggest venture ever - The Premiere Lacrosse League. With this new venture he’s not only looking to change professional lacrosse but he’s creating something that will undoubtedly change the way we view professional sports moving forward.&nbsp;</p><p>We first met Paul back in 2014 when we created a partnership with him to start a YouTube channel. Over the course of the past 5 years, we’ve created hundreds of videos together, amassed a subscriber base of over 160,000 subscribers on his YouTube channel and created an award winning docu-series - most importantly we’ve developed a strong friendship.&nbsp;</p><p>Paul has been a great mentor to us throughout our Journey, he continues to inspire us with his creativity and ambition and we just couldn’t be more excited to bring you this conversation with our friend Paul Rabil.&nbsp;</p><p>The Wait but Why article Paul talks about on the episode: <a href="https://waitbutwhy.com/2015/12/the-tail-end.html">The Tail End</a></p>

<p>This week on the Colin and Samir Podcast, we’re joined by one of the founders and creators of Yes Theory - Ammar Kandil. Ammar and Yes Theory have built a global movement through their youtube videos about seeking discomfort, if you don’t know yes theory they believe that the best things in life are on the other side of your comfort zone and the best experiences in life can often times be achieved just by saying one simple yes. Today Yes Theory has over 3 Million subscribers on YouTube and a rapidly growing fanbase across all platforms.&nbsp;</p><p>On this episode we talk to Ammar about creating global movements, he has this incredible ability to not only capture the attention of a large audience but also inspire them to take action. Ammar was originally born in Egypt and traveled all over the world before landing in venice beach with the guys from yes theory to start building their vision.&nbsp;</p><p>We talk about growing up in Egypt, living through the Egyptian revolution, creating digital and physical movements, starting Yes Theory and even more topics than I can list considering this was officially our longest podcast ever. Get comfortable, this is one of our best episode to date.&nbsp;</p><p>Because this is an episode about global community - we’d love to hear from you and where you are listening from, post a screenshot IG stories and on twitter, tell us where in the world you are listening from and tag @colinandsamir and @ammar to let us know where you are listening from.&nbsp;</p>

<p>&nbsp;This week on The Colin and Samir Podcast we talk about realizing our dream of making a movie. We’ve had this dream for a while and we’ve talked about it quite a bit, we’ve always wanted to make a documentary, screen it in front of people and then have millions of people watch it….and all of that happened, within a week.&nbsp;</p><p>Here's the link to the film: &nbsp;https://youtu.be/8cvhwquPqJ0</p><p>On this episode we talk about how it happened, how we felt during the process and how it feels now to reflect back on realizing a dream of ours. Alright so this episodes opens up in Colins apartment as we reflect on making our first movie.&nbsp;</p><p>We're incredibly grateful to the boys from Yes Theory, everyone who came to the premiere and to everyone who has watched the film so far - we are so excited about the response and can’t wait to make our next film.&nbsp;</p><p>Some big takeaways from this experience - be present in the moment, a lot of times if you put your mind to It, your dreams will come true - but not exactly how you thought they would, or when you thought they would - they might look completely different from how you imagined them, but it’s important to try and recognize when they actually might be happening.&nbsp;</p><p>Make sure to review the pod, like I mentioned, we are now on Anchor which means you can send us a voice message, we’d love to try that feature out and see what kind of voice messages we get from you guys.&nbsp;</p>

<p>Check out Houston here: https://www.houstonkraft.com/</p><p>This week on the Colin and Samir podcast we’re joined by a very unique guest. His name is Houston Kraft and he’s a storyteller and kindness advocate. <br>&nbsp;</p><p>Houston uses his storytelling abilities to spread stories about empathy kindness and love all with the goal of giving people the tools to practice more of those emotions in their day to day lives <br>&nbsp;</p><p>We wanted to bring you this conversation during the week of Valentine's day, a week where we hear a lot of about love of a specific kind - but there are actually many different varieties of love and empathy <br>&nbsp;</p><p>I believe that empathy is one of the most important emotions to exercise if you are trying to connect with others, whether that’s through business, through content, or just through communication. Houston tells us his story and we talk about the concept of love and kindness. He’s a great storyteller and he ends this podcast on one of the more powerful stories I’ve heard from him. We also have some surprise guests pop in while we are recording, so stay tuned for that.</p>

<p class="p1"><span class="s1">This week on the Colin and Samir podcast we talk about a day that we never expected would come. We recorded this episode on Colin’s 30th birthday. Colin and I met when we were 22 and have been working together ever since. Our twenties were filled with experimentation, successes, failures and a lot of adventures along the way. On this episode, we reflect on the past 10 years, the work we’ve done together and the decisions that defined the decade for Colin. </span></p> <p class="p1"><span class="s1">There were a few unexpected moments in the episode - we had a brief weather interruption and a phone call from Colin's mom that we recorded, and decided to include an abridged version towards the end of the episode. </span></p> <p class="p1"><span class="s1">Enjoy our conversation and sign up for our newsletter at Colinandsamir.com </span></p>

<p class="p1">This week on the Colin and Samir Podcast, we’re joined by our good friend Matt D’avella. We first met Matt about a year ago when we were on his podcast - The Ground Up Show. Over the past year Matt has grown a serious audience on YouTube, he’s about to cross 1 million subscribers, and some of his videos have hit the 7 million view mark. The interesting thing about Matt is that he’s made YouTube a career for himself without any advertising or sponsorships. He’s paved his own way to make filmmaking a career. On this episode we talk to Matt about why he doesn't do advertising and how he supports his filmmaking career. </p>

<p class="p1">This week on the Colin and Samir Podcast we took a trip to UCLA. If you don’t know what UCLA is, it’s a college here in Los Angeles and one of our subscribers who reached out to us is not only a student at UCLA but is also one of the leaders of a club called Creative labs. His name is Rohan Kumar and he asked us to come speak at creative labs. Creative Labs is an organization that aims to bring students together on collaborative projects, workshops and industry-orientated speakers at the intersection of technology and creativity. This is our first live podcast episode - tweet at us and let us know what you think about the format @colinansamir</p>

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">This week on the Colin and Samir Podcast, we are bringing you an unreleased conversation about our first big Hollywood meeting. If you’ve been following us for a while, you know that one of our big dreams is to make a documentary, and this conversation you’re about to hear was recorded right after we pitched the idea for our documentary to a producer named JD Roth.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Our guest this week is Tom Boyd, you can check him out on instagram @boydercam </span></p>

<p class="p1">This week on the Colin and Samir Podcast we bring in this new year by talking about new beginnings and more specifically, we’re actually talking about the end of a very important chapter in the Colin and Samir Story. On this episode we look back and reflect on some stories from our first company and tell you why the chapter is actually closing on the day this podcast comes out.</p>

<p>as the year comes to a close, we want your feedback on the Colin and Samir Podcast, we'd love to hear from you what you loved about teh show and you think we could do better. </p> <p>We put together a feedback survey at <a href= "https://www.colinandsamir.com/podcast" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">ColinandSamir.com/Podcast</a></p> <p>it's a short survey that will help us improve the show in 2019 </p> <p>thanks so much for a great year - we appreciate all of your feedback and support! </p> <p>- Colin and Samir</p>

<p class="p1">On this episode of The Colin and Samir Podcast, we take a look back at the past year of our lives…and this has been a year of a lot of ups and downs. Colin and I both wrote down some amazing moments from the year prior to the podcast and I think we both expected this episode to be filled with a lot of fun stories about those memories, and we absolutely touch of a lot of those, but we also dive into the uncertainty we felt during the year. The conversation takes some twists and turns that we didn’t know it was going to take, but I guess that’s fitting because it is similar to the way our year went...filled with unexpected twists and turns. </p> <p class="p1">So if you’ve been following us all year or if you’re just starting to tune in, I think you’ll really enjoy this reflection into the past year of our lives and our careers. </p> <p class="p1"> </p>

<p class="p1">This week we’re talking about our experience at Buzzfeed. As a quick refresher, we pitched our show, The Breakdown, to a program called Vertical U that’s run by Instagram and Buzzfeed. Out of over 300 creators, 15 were selected to spend the week at Buzzfeed developing their shows. After the last day of the program, we decided to pick up the mics and recorded our thoughts on the week. </p> <p class="p1">On this episode we take you through our experience at Vertical U, we talk about what we learned from the program and what we learned about ourselves from the experience.</p>

<p>This week we're joined by Samir's brother, Sahil. Sahil can be considered a somewhat third member of our team - obviously, he’s been a big part of my life but also he’s played a huge role in supporting Colin and I as we’ve navigated the world of being professional creatives.</p> <p>He graduated from UCLA law school and ended up becoming a lawyer at a very prestigious firm, but once he got there, he started questioning if it was really how he wanted to spend his time - which led him to find very powerful creativity inside of himself.</p> <p> </p> <p>Check out Sahils book at <a href= "http://www.sahilchaudry.com">www.sahilchaudry.com</a></p> <p>Check out Ragaman: https://www.theragaman.com/</p> <p>Check out Raga: https://shopraga.com/</p>

<p>On this weeks episode of The Colin and Samir Podcast, we talk about how feedback plays into everything Colin and I do - from launching brands to creating videos, feedback is an essential step in the creative process. </p> <p>We also give an update on a project we talked about in last weeks episode and end the episode with some Q & A from instagram. </p> <p>This is episode 30 of our show and we couldn't be more excited with where the show is headed. If you have feedback for us please rate and review the podcast or tweet at us @colinandsamir</p> <p> </p> <p> </p>

<p class="p1">This week Colin and I talk about a recent experience that turned out to be one of the most nerve-wracking experiences we’ve had in a while. It all revolves around a pitch for our show The Breakdown - and we’ll get into more specifics about the opportunity and the experience in the episode itself.</p> <p class="p1">This podcast recording was actually the first time Colin and I talked about the experience and it led to a lot of interesting topics in our conversation. We talk about how each of us felt before, during and after the pitch experience, we talk about the concept of comparison and imposter syndrome and we even talk about morning routines and how we each try and set ourselves us for success in the mornings.</p> <p class="p1">This is probably one of our most revealing podcasts - I think even we were surprised about where the conversation went.</p>

<p>Donate to wildfire relief: <a href= "https://www.gofundme.com/cause/californiafires">https://www.gofundme.com/cause/californiafires</a></p> <p>This week we are joined by Jack Coyne, who was actually the first person on the show. We dive into topics that affect us as online creators. The topics include the importance of writing, picking the right projects, advertising and the pressures that come with having an audience. </p> <p>We love having Jack on the show and are excited that he is our first returning guest. We hope you enjoy listening to it as much as we enjoyed recording. </p>

<p class="p1">Today on the Colin and Samir Podcast we’re joined by 17-year-old entrepreneur Jade Darmawangsa. Jade is a Digital marketer who has built a very impressive brand across all social platforms. Jade has a YouTube channel with 130,000 subscribers where she focuses on giving knowledge and tips on how to grow your business online.</p> <p class="p1">Jade’s been on YouTube for almost 10 years, so she brings a really interesting perspective on utilizing YouTube to grow an audience and a company. We cover a bunch of topics on this episode, we talk about business, family and dealing with being different.</p> <p class="p1">Jade is an entrepreneur, YouTuber, marketer, brand builder and all in all just an absolute hustler. I think you’ll really enjoy our conversation with Jade Darmawangsa</p>

<p class="p1">This week on the Colin and Samir podcast, we take a look at ourselves and more specifically, we take a look at our lifestyle and how the work we’re doing everyday is leading us towards a life we want to live.<span class= "Apple-converted-space"> </span>As we started thinking about this topic I wrote down a bunch of questions to ask myself and eventually turned it into a worksheet that I printed out for both Colin and I to fill out and answer on our own.</p> <p class="p1">After we answered them, we got together and reviewed our answers and In this podcast, we go over our answers and talk about what we learned by doing this exercise.</p> <p class="p1">We’ve actually turned the worksheet into a PDF that you all can download, just go to <a href= "http://Colinandsamir.com"><span class= "s1">Colinandsamir.com</span></a> or check out our twitter @colinandsamir and we’ll have a link to download the worksheet if you are interested in doing it after you listen to the episode.</p>

<p class="p1">Today on the Colin and Samir podcast, we are joined by our good friends, Rachel, and Daniel of Mango Street. Rachel and Daniel have created a very successful brand on YouTube through photography tutorials, films and a unique take on vlogs. They describe their channel with one simple line: “Photography Tutorials that Don’t waste Your time”<span class= "Apple-converted-space"> </span> Since they started the channel in January 2017 they’ve gained over 750,000 subscribers and a rapidly growing towards the 1 million subscriber mark. </p> <p class="p1">On this podcast, we talk to them about their creative partnership and what it’s like to balance their marriage with their business. We also talk about Monetization and how they think about diversifying their revenue as online creators. We get into a lot of interesting topics about the concept of creation, the difference between passion projects and creative projects and we talk about our mutual love of the greatest television show of all time, The Office.</p> <p class="p1">Tweet at them @mangostreetlab </p>

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">This week on the Colin and Samir podcast we ask ourselves one question - Why?</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Why do we do what we do every day? This conversation was inspired by a Ted Talk from Simon Sinek called <em>Start with Why</em>. We have been doing a lot of thinking around our purpose as creatives and trying to better understand our own personal reasons why we want to make videos for a living. In this episode, we record an open and honest conversation about our choice to work together and take on a challenging and time-intensive career path.</span></p> <p><br /> <span style="font-weight: 400;">I’m sure some of you have listened to Simon Sinek’s Ted Talk, but if you haven’t, definitely look it up on youtube - just type in Start with Why and it will come it - watch the 18 minute video, Colin and I liked it so much that we both ended up buying his book,</span> <em><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Start with Why. </span></em></p> <p> </p> <p>Let us know what you think about the episode and about Simon Sinek's talk, tweet at us @colinandsamir </p>

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Today on the Colin and Samir Podcast, we’re joined by Thomas Brag and Matt Dajer from Yes Theory. This is an episode we’ve been wanting to record since we met the guys back in February.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Yes Theory is not only a YouTube channel with millions of subscribers, but a movement and a way of life. They believe that the best things in life come from putting yourself in uncomfortable situations and challenging yourself to say yes to more things in life. They spread that message across the world through the content the content they create and we can tell you first hand that they authentically live the message in everything they do.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">If you haven’t checked out Yes Theory, we highly recommend you check them out on Youtube and see what they are all about, I can pretty much guarantee you’ll be hooked. When we first watched Yes Theory videos, we were instantly hooked and decided to challenge ourselves to meet them in 24 hours, which worked and we’ve been friends since.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">On this episode we cover the early days of Yes Theory, the choices they made and the challenges they faced trying to get their idea off the ground. We were incredibly inspired while recording this episode and we think you will feel the same way after listening.</span></p> <p><br /> <span style="font-weight: 400;">Check out Yes Theory:</span> <a href="http://www.youtube.com/yestheory"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">www.youtube.com/yestheory</span></a></p>

<p>In this weeks episode, we are driving to the Grand Canyon to help out with The Jump. In case you missed it - Last week, Will Smith bungee jumped out of a helicopter because of our friends at Yes Theory. </p> <p>While we were driving from Pheonix to Flagstaff Arizona, we turned on our mics and recorded one of our most vulnerable conversations to date. We talked about fame and what it means in the modern world. We also talked about some early stage success we've had with our new show, The Breakdown, and how that has affected us. </p> <p>We hope you enjoy the conversation and please let us know if you have feedback for the show by tweeting at us @colinandsamir. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p>

<p class="p1">On this episode of The Colin and Samir Podcast, we’re joined by the youngest guest we’ve had on the show, Braxton Haugen. Braxton is a filmmaker and YouTuber based in Oregon, he has a long history of working in entertainment, more specifically in television. He’s 18 years old but as you’ll hear on this podcast, he’s wise beyond his years.</p> <p class="p1">We met Braxton because he wrote an article about us, and it was so well written that we schedule a Skype call to learn more about him. On that call Braxton told us that if we ever needed help with anything, he’d fly out to LA and work with us…so a few weeks later Braxton landed in Los Angeles to help us with our new show, The Breakdown.</p> <p class="p1">Over the past two weeks, we’ve put out 2 episode of the show and learned a lot about the production process. But the most important part of the experience was getting to know Braxton and learning how to collaborate, which turned out to be a seamless process.</p> <p class="p1">He’s extremely talented, he's well spoken and we’re excited to introduce all of you to Braxton Haugen.</p> <p class="p1">Braxton's YouTube channel: <a href= "https://www.youtube.com/braxtonhaugen">YouTube.com/BraxtonHaugen</a></p> <p class="p1">Braxton's Twitter: <a href= "https://twitter.com/BraxtonHaugen">https://twitter.com/BraxtonHaugen</a></p>

<p>This week we talk about our new show, The Breakdown. We dive into how we are approaching our brand on YouTube and some of the struggles we've had in the past 2 years of staying consistent on the platform. Check out the first episode of The Breakdown on YouTube.com/ColinandSamir</p>