Imagine going to North Korea to get a haircut or breaking into a military base in the Australian outback, well RU-vidrs Alex Apollonov and Aleksa Vulovic did just that.
The guys are behind the RU-vid channel @Boy_Boy with content that clocks up millions of views and boasts almost a million subscribers.
In this chat with Tom Tilley, Alex and Aleksa explain what it’s like working with @friendlyjordies and their close calls with the police after their Pine Gap visit.
00:00 Introducing Boy Boy
00:41 Who is watching? American haters?
01:48 How many Australian watch Boy Boy
02:19 friendlyjordies influence
03:42 Where it all started for Boy Boy
04:18 The North Korea video - and getting a haircut
06:06 The work that went into disproving stories
07:22 How did Boy Boy meet?
07:55 A RU-vidr who studied a PhD
09:35 RU-vid is a new career
10:46 Forging a career
12:38 Why Boy Boy’s content works for internet
14:28 Videos with a moral position
16:53 Boy Boy the “natural idiots”
18:14 Pine Gap
19:55 One, two… any more police interactions?
20:43 friendlyjordies house firebombed
22:23 The dangers that come with videos
23:28 Money laundering at casinos
25:20 What Boy Boy really hope to achieve with their videos
27:00 If China invaded Taiwan…
33:43 Views on Australian politics
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11 июн 2024
