Bru Time #181 - Being Yourself Online, Not Chasing the Algorithm

About this episode

Bruce SMART and Tim Rodie discuss creativity, authenticity, and the challenges of content creation in the digital age.

CONTACT ME - leave a text or VOICEMAIL In this episode of Bru Time, Bruce sits down with journalist and YouTuber Tim Rodie for an honest, wide-ranging conversation about creativity, authenticity, and life online. Tim shares his journey from traditional journalism into automotive media and YouTube, the realities of content creation, burnout, family balance, and why chasing algorithms and numbers rarely leads to fulfilment. Along the way, they talk motorcycles, cars, war history, and the import...

People in this episode

Host: Bruce SMART

Guest: Tim Rodie

Topics covered

• creativity
• authenticity
• content creation
• burnout
• life online

Keywords

• creativity
• authenticity
• content creation
• YouTube
• burnout
• automotive media
• journalism

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: YouTube, journalism, automotive media

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