0:00 [Music] All right. Um, let's talk about Subin for a little bit. Why? >> Cuz you were just talking about how like you were influenced by >> Oh, no, no, no, no, >> no. We don't got to talk about that. I just want to talk about how Bart and Joe and JK in general has influenced you. >> Oh, >> has there been anything from being here that you feel like >> Yeah. Uh, um, honestly the business aspect of everything, right? >> Yeah. That's a bad influence, dude. No, >> you're not looking at the right places for business. >> No, listen, man. >> All right. All right. >> Listening. >> Okay. >> Yeah, I'm listening, bro. >> Go. >> What I learned is like we we you know, we chat and having fun and but soon as it's soon as it's work time, it's work time. Snap out of
0:50 it and start grinding. >> Okay. >> I like that. what I what I've been learning with you guys is being ahead and being on top of it and kind of like being financially smart in certain ways. So being here definitely liked um I got my own thing going on but when it's here it's fun time you know it's like I like that little turn off switch for me like what they've been doing like what I'm seeing you guys do your guys' story and you guys Instagram stories not all the time but like from what you guys are even talking about is is the fact that you guys have straight grind work financial business mode and then boom straight here and just like this is work mode too but like it's also just fun, you know. Um, I've been learning like the way I look at it is just like that's what it is. It's business fun. Business fun.
1:40 >> Business pleasure. >> Business fun. >> I still can't tell which thing this is for you. >> Is this the fun part or the business part? >> This is the fun part, baby. >> Oh, okay. We do have fun here. >> Yeah, I think it's fun here. >> Okay. >> But I like the way they're operating. >> Yeah, >> it's like a good You guys obviously have good chemistry. you guys been doing this ████ for so long, but for the most part, it's just the way you guys operate your guys' own life also before coming here. >> That's Yeah, I feel like the whole picture. >> I agree with that. It's funny because it's not like like I learn a lot of really good like like I guess logical business sense from you guys, but not from this. >> Yeah. >> It's from what you say here about stuff outside of here. >> Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. >> What do you mean? like just like you talking about June and you talking about um barbell and real estate >> physical money we've made in other
2:30 places. >> It's the stuff you do outside of here that I'm like oh I only learned that because you say it here. >> So it's not this it's like the fact like with what you're saying it's like the stuff the stuff you just did that you bring into here at the top. I'm like oh that that influences me in a lot of ways too. Yeah. >> Yeah. I see. Not this ████ >> cuz Yeah. We do tell stories about our own lives. And like a lot of them they're just live. This just the life, right? And then so like it's never in a story format cuz you're just living it, >> right? >> But yeah, but because we talk about everything here, then kind of everything is able to be formatted into like some sort of narrative. >> Yeah. >> That otherwise maybe other people won't know about, you know, just from like we don't share everything. >> Yeah. Yeah. Also, we don't really flex our business muscles here at all. >> I think you know that. I think it's been
3:20 like a fun thing from the start. It's always been like fun driven, >> which is why like I I think that's why I like it though >> because it's a it's like um you know like I wouldn't have moved to Vegas by myself just with my own brain and I wouldn't have like bought a house just like randomly one day just going oh I should do that in in Nevada. Like I wouldn't have done any of that. But just over the years, like all of the stuff that you guys have shared through >> it like I guess be more confident to make moves like that. >> But I'm not making moves based on JK otherwise like the like the fact that all this stuff that you bring about knowledge of Nevada here, but JK is not in Nevada. >> You know what's funny? >> So funny. So to say to you know like so the funniest ████ is
4:11 >> we we don't um sign long leases here and we've been here >> for over a decade. >> Yeah. >> Maybe even over 15 years in this office. >> Right. >> So I was like telling Bart, you know what? >> If like Nick and Ryan's just going to stay in LA and we're going to stay at what we should do is just have two studios. ████ it. Like we're burning so much money. We just need to commit to a longer lease, save some money. >> Oh, okay. >> And um let's just have studio LA, Studio Vegas, cuz there's still going to be guests in Vegas, and then we'll just we'll just run it like that. And then we're like, cool. All right. >> So, like I I get this deal, you know, I get this place cheaper and ████ And then like you're like, oh, I I got a house in Vegas. And we're like, oh, so basically everyone's in freaking Vegas now.
5:02 And then so I'm like, okay. Why the hell is everyone coming here now? And then it's like so funny, right? Because signed a 5year lease. >> We're not on a monthtomonth, right? And then like the dudes are like ragging on us like why the hell do we even have a studio here? And I'm like yeah, it's not that ████ easy to move. Okay, you can't just break a goddamn lease and just leave. It's like there's >> sometimes people forget that there's a ████ business behind this. You can't just ████ >> You just can't just >> What do you mean? >> Yeah. You can't just go like, "Okay, well, let's just move to Vegas since everyone's there. How convenient. Let's just move." And like, "Okay, we'll burn all this ████ more money to set up this brand new studio that we don't have." >> And it's like, "Okay, well, that wasn't really a part of the plan. The plan was have two small studios cuz Nick is here." And it's like, "Okay, well, all
5:52 right. Now, we got to pivot." And then so like there's like things that happen and then we have to figure out behind the scenes how to get there, right? But then if I'm spending 60 hours like in Hawaii working on other projects and then I can probably get around to like dealing with this stuff little by little and then Bart too like I'll be like, "Hey Bart, let's chat. All right, I'll talk to you in six ████ days." So I was like, "Okay, >> wait, that's how businesses are run. This is good." >> No, businesses are run. Let me ████ talk to you right now. >> Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Literally. But >> Oh, yeah. I was like, "Yeah, cuz that's that's >> ████ talk to you. All right, let's talk." Right. >> And then No, I mean, if it's emergency, we we get on the phone. It's but but that's the funny running joke here is
6:42 like all right like um things just don't happen immediately because it's just gotten to this weird routine >> where we'll get to it when we need to get to it but then like a crisis will happen and then like the ADHD active in a crisis mind comes up and we'll just solve like 3 years worth of problems in like a day. >> Yeah. And I hate doing that, but that's kind of how we've always made it. >> But that's like I think kind of the in a way endearing quality about it is that you guys are off doing lots of big things and accomplishing a lot of good ████ and then you come here and it's so ████ dumb. >> I know. >> You know what I mean? >> Maybe that's a play on our own personality. >> Exactly. But I like that. I think like I've learned to adapt to that. >> We like being here.
7:32 >> Yeah. But then it's that's what's you know like Steve always makes that joke of like you guys are so good at business but you don't apply it to JK. >> Bro, what I don't like is how much money we burn. Like when you look at the account and we're like >> all right, we just been ████ paying 10K a month for what? >> Yeah. The other thing though is if we did bring the full business aspect here, >> Steve might hate it >> cuz then then it'd be like, "Dude, this is like every other ████ studio or channel I ever worked with." People would hate it. >> I think most viewers would hate it. But I think that's why like I I enjoy that I think one of the best qualities is that >> Thank god you guys are not JK outside of JK. >> You know what I mean? >> Everything's ████ up. >> Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. What I was going to say too is like, you know, when people first watch it, they they like
8:22 assume that we we ████ do our own thing in life. >> Like >> we have to be like influencers or something to be in the podcast and stuff. >> Oh, like that. You mean like stuff like that. But re realistically, you guys are off doing your own people. >> Yeah. You guys are doing your own thing. I kind of feel like this is a place where I just buy friends and then I can hang out with people because like I don't um really choose strategically like oh this person got like 2 million followers and it'll be good to have. I just like people >> and I like these conversations and I think that that's good and it's always been organic like that. It's always been like, yo, this person really like Nick, >> you know, everyone just likes Nick. Like, >> yeah, but Nick now is now Nick is an influencer >> full on, right? >> He doesn't count. He's more of an influencer than any of us now.
9:12 >> But the whole time he's like imposttor syndrome, down like downplaying himself. David likes him. We all like him. So, we're just we see something in him, but he's always like, I don't know why I'm being picked. >> Tired of your mom finding all your porn sites? Don't let that happen again with vp.net. It's the only VPN that can't spy on you. Every other VPN can technically see what you're browsing, and you just have to trust that they won't leak or sell your data. VP.NET's hardware separates your identity and traffic patterns. >> This makes it physically impossible to monitor you. To have true complete privacy, sign up with vp.net/jk net/jk newsws like this link in the description below. >> Yeah. Be privacies, baby. >> Yeah. >> And I'm like, but we Nick is good. He's
10:03 actually He just doesn't believe in himself. Yeah. >> Yeah. But that's like freaking a celebrity saying that ████ That's just to keep the audience relatable to you. >> That's a good frame. >> Now I like ████ with him cuz now when he says it, we're like, "Shut up, V." Like, you're so famous. >> Yeah. I feel like JK's never been business. It's always been fun. It just so happened that it made money before. >> Yeah, >> I think it can again, but >> Oh, yeah, it can. >> But then I do I do still appreciate that it's it's more about like what you bring into it than the thing itself. You know what I mean? Like >> I think it would be a completely different experience. >> Yeah. I think it was I mean it's what you put into it, right? So like when it became all of our part-times is just the time like if it if if I I used to see
10:53 this dude like almost 7 days a week. Yeah. >> So just by proximity >> like 25 dudes 7 days a week >> literally. But it was easier to get things done even if it was done poorly. So like getting getting to a problem in 3 weeks is just death for any business, right? But like >> if we could get at least we got to it within like 72 hours and solved something. >> Yeah. So, I think that's just a that like there's just simple ████ like that where I'm just like, >> yeah, there's like small little tweaks that could just fix everything, but I'm just so frustrated cuz I'm like >> I feel like when you're spread thin, like you don't even think about something and when you get here all you want to do is play. >> And so, like, you know how right now we don't have a ████ uh tech dude, right? So, like I'm having to even that small little ████ of just I just don't want to ████ dump this footage. I rather talk with you guys. But then like
11:43 ████ like that is like annoying. >> Yeah. But if you look at the big picture, it's not hard work. It's just it's just like I don't want to think like that. I just want to come here and play. >> When I hear stories about in the past people would complain about showing up here to work, >> blows my mind. >> Oh, people complained that we had a call time at 9:00 cuz all artists want to sleep until 1:00 p.m. >> Normal call time is like 7:00 a.m. >> Yeah, >> dude. You know what's crazy? like ever since I got like my my job and I have to be I'm always up at 5:30 in the morning like no I don't I don't even complain, right? And then the fact that just just yesterday I woke up at like 7 and I had to be here at 9:00. I was like yo that's kind of late. >> I I thought the 9:00 a.m. call time was late. >> Like that just it was just weird. It was just like dude this is
12:33 >> it feels like so much of the morning passed already. >> Yeah. feel like cuz I'm so used to like starting at 5:30 >> before the sun's completely up >> and then I'm already doing hella ████ by 7:00. The fact that we had to be here at 9:00, I was like, "Oh, it's kind of late, dude." >> I think looking back, those are the kind of business things I wish I was more business about cuz like we were so friends first. If our friends were like, "Man, you know, I wake up at 10 10:00 a.m." Or like if they're like, "I why can't we just start?" Cuz we used to shoot midday cuz everyone just ████ woke up late. That's what you did in your early 20s, right? But I was like, "No, we got a sick ass thing going on and we just need to prioritize that. Can you wake up?" And then people were like, "All right, I guess I can." >> But like it's the mentality like you know how many people now would just be like, "What? I'll ████ wake up at 9:00 to be on JK News." >> Yeah. >> Right.
13:23 >> Mhm. So, it's like that like relationship I think wasn't established early on and because it was casual like friends like getting together and let's just play then I think um it's hard to like now make it serious after it's always been like >> chill >> very chill no there's no consequences it's just people coming in and like they want to play have fun and then it's successful right so like you're getting pay. >> But on the flip side, everybody did do it for no money for many years. >> So that that also made me feel like, oh ████ well, now we're making money. We should we should like give a ton for people that just stuck around. But it's not like they >> it's not like they actually sacrificed a ton either. You know what I mean? Like
14:13 it's there's this c there's this like there's this like well you did get to wake up whenever the ████ you wanted to. There's no real like you got to have fun the whole time, you know? So it's like what did you really give up aside from your time? Like so there's this I don't know how to it's it's hard to go back and think about it because it was never a business. Like it was never like like structured in a way where it's like here's our plan. Um here's the company with the with the with with with our like list of like to-dos, not to-dos. Everything was just come in and play. >> Yeah. But I just think the I I just thought it interesting because to me the value is really in the fact that people aren't here to try to become influencers or nothing. It's just whatever you have going on in life, that's what you bring here. And I think that's where the real value is at. At least for me, it's like I I don't
15:03 >> It's more important that you guys are doing something so big outside the room that you bring into the room than the room being best. >> Yeah. >> It doesn't really matter that much that s███'s super inefficient. I don't I don't I think >> you know >> I I actually want to change I think now that I've >> cleaned up a ton of other businesses I'm like it's easier now cuz my brain didn't work that way in the past. >> Oh yeah. >> So like while I was JK it's also I set it up so much where I can be the playful kid while people clean up after me. M >> so when your brain uh works that way, right, and then you're quick to outsource everything without like I don't even know how this process works. So like until a lot of people
15:53 >> like we downsize and cleaned up like I'm still learning my own business. >> So immediately what we would do is like as we got funding, we would just hire people out and then create like a simple system and let them expand on that system. >> Which is why like it was chaotic and everyone's like I don't know why this doesn't work. And I'm like, I don't know either. Right. And then so on once you just go go go and you open up three four channels and you operate in a way where okay, we got funding. Let's hire this person to create this and then they'll be a part of that department. We don't even know what's going on. >> So then as long as I get to come and do what I want, which is play on camera, and then um I get to go home and I'm still collecting the check, I don't care about how it's running cuz it's running. >> Yeah. So then now though I I'm looking at the whole thing for the first time in
16:43 like 15 years and then we see the whole process and I'm like this is a ████ dumb ████ process. >> I think though there's still there's still something to be said about like even during the time that I've been here which is like nowhere close to how long you guys have been doing it but the the amount of time that I've been here there have been way bigger podcasts that have begun and ended within that window. >> Yeah. and have spent way less money and have still stopped. >> Yeah. >> I think there's something to be said about people that are that real that it's like they've had falling outs and they've had to stop their pocket. They've had like just a bunch of ████ go wrong and and the shelf life of so many of these way bigger sensationalist things just has ended within the window that I've been here. You know what I mean? That says a lot. I think that something that's running so badly and cost so much more than it should can still outlive things that are ideally
17:34 perfect. >> You know what I mean? >> That's the authentic part. >> Yeah. >> Uh let's give it up for uh Joe and Bar. >> I think because it's authentic, it's easier to run longer. >> Yeah. >> Yeah. The stress isn't there. >> Could definitely run better. >> Yeah. But yeah, I think it's because of the authenticity that it's been able to >> subconsciously. I think we're protecting that. >> I think so, too. >> The stresses that I have here is like less than 10% of any other projects I done. >> Yeah. >> So, >> yeah, >> that's Yeah. >> I mean, think about it. Today's the first sick call out that we've had in almost like >> a decade, bro. >> In the history of it. Almost. We never had a not had a tech. I think >> Damn. The camera tech had to call in sick the like at 7 a.m. So Joe's doing
18:25 all this >> and Yeah. That's not >> each other. Yeah, >> that's why both texts are
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