126. Mr Beast - the psycho YouTuber creating real life Squid Games for teenagers to watch

About this episode

The episode discusses the controversial YouTuber Mr Beast and his real-life Squid Games, along with other internet phenomena.

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People in this episode

Hosts: Jacob Hawley, Jake Farrell

Topics covered

• YouTube
• internet culture
• comedy
• TikTok
• content creation

Keywords

• Mr Beast
• Squid Games
• TikTok
• internet culture
• comedy podcast

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: TikTok, Patreon, linktr.ee

Books & works: Squid Games

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