Podcast
Genesis
Hosted by LowSpecGamer · EN
Genesis is a show all about your favorite YouTubers' origin stories. Each episode, Alex the LowSpecGamer interviews a fellow creator about how they got started on YouTube, what interests lead them there, and what they see as the future of their videos.
11episodes
Episodes
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Cult Tennis
Nov 16, 202100:30:33Tap to summarizeHow 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.
Transcribe →City Beautiful
Nov 2, 202100:26:53Tap to summarizeHow 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.
Transcribe →EposVox
Oct 19, 202100:35:56Tap to summarizeEposVox 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.
Transcribe →Joe Scott
Oct 5, 202100:44:20Tap to summarizeJoe 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.
Transcribe →Razbuten
Sep 21, 202100:40:47Tap to summarizeHow 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.
Transcribe →Austin McConnell
Sep 7, 202100:58:33Tap to summarizeWhat 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.
Transcribe →Geoff from Extra Credits
Aug 24, 202100:47:55Tap to summarizeGeoff 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.
Transcribe →Simon Clark
Aug 10, 202100:39:00Tap to summarizeSimon 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.
Transcribe →Nando v Movies
Jul 27, 202100:47:00Tap to summarizeThe 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.
Transcribe →Matt from Extra Credits
Jul 13, 202100:48:09Tap to summarizeIf 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.
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