Uploaded November 2025 | Updated September 2026, 1 day ago
Ep 34: In this Sleep Drunk episode I talk about quitting my day job, escaping a fundamentalist Mormon cult, making a documentary in Israel–Palestine, writing kids’ books for my daughter, and why I’m done chasing the “right way” to do YouTube—and only making art that actually matters to me. 🎥🪞💥
TIME STAMPS:
0:00 – Breaking all the rules 🎬
0:25 – Who I am & the cult backstory 🥸
2:02 – What this episode is really about 🧭
3:09 – Confession: I hate following rules 🙅♂️
4:12 – Realizing all rules are made up 💥
6:18 – Quitting my day job to make films ✂️💼
7:15 – Going to Israel & Palestine from pure curiosity 🌍✈️
8:21 – Hearts Unknown: making a doc no one asked for ❤️🔥
9:20 – Writing a children’s book for my daughter 📚
11:12 – Art that matters to me first 🎨
12:00 – Rebelling against thumbnails, titles & algorithms 📉📸
13:24 – Real vs scripted in the age of AI 🤖✨
16:19 – Redefining Cultured Boy as a show 🎭
22:35 – Wanting to capture real NYC life 🌆
24:35 – Making episodes 10x harder on purpose 🏋️♂️
27:49 – Remembering little-kid Calvin the artist 👦🖍️
32:14 – New children’s book with Belle: The Last Mirror 🪞
37:18 – Betting on the long, uncertain road of creating 🎲
38:06 – I can’t do anything that isn’t my thing 🔗✂️
40:00 – Authority vs elders (and why it matters) 👑🧓
41:50 – Appreciating Robert Greene 📖
43:44 – Rethinking Jordan Peterson 🧠
47:20 – Discovering Jung & Nietzsche and the shadow 🕳️
52:00 – Mormonism, repression & extreme shadow eruptions 🧨
55:43 – Shifting from “being good” to being whole 🧩❤️
56:12 – Role models of realness: Rogan, Peterson, etc. 🎙️
57:59 – I don’t want to care what you think (kind of) 😅
59:59 – Why realness is the only long game ♾️
1:00:54 – Sleepy outro & what’s next 🌙
Ep 34: In this Sleep Drunk episode I talk about quitting my day job, escaping a fundamentalist Mormon cult, making a documentary in Israel–Palestine, writing kids’ books for my daughter, and why I’m done chasing the “right way” to do YouTube—and only making art that actually matters to me. 🎥🪞💥
TIME STAMPS:
0:00 – Breaking all the rules 🎬
0:25 – Who I am & the cult backstory 🥸
2:02 – What this episode is really about 🧭
3:09 – Confession: I hate following rules 🙅♂️
4:12 – Realizing all rules are made up 💥
6:18 – Quitting my day job to make films ✂️💼
7:15 – Going to Israel & Palestine from pure curiosity 🌍✈️
8:21 – Hearts Unknown: making a doc no one asked for ❤️🔥
9:20 – Writing a children’s book for my daughter 📚
11:12 – Art that matters to me first 🎨
12:00 – Rebelling against thumbnails, titles & algorithms 📉📸
13:24 – Real vs scripted in the age of AI 🤖✨
16:19 – Redefining Cultured Boy as a show 🎭
22:35 – Wanting to capture real NYC life 🌆
24:35 – Making episodes 10x harder on purpose 🏋️♂️
27:49 – Remembering little-kid Calvin the artist 👦🖍️
32:14 – New children’s book with Belle: The Last Mirror 🪞
37:18 – Betting on the long, uncertain road of creating 🎲
38:06 – I can’t do anything that isn’t my thing 🔗✂️
40:00 – Authority vs elders (and why it matters) 👑🧓
41:50 – Appreciating Robert Greene 📖
43:44 – Rethinking Jordan Peterson 🧠
47:20 – Discovering Jung & Nietzsche and the shadow 🕳️
52:00 – Mormonism, repression & extreme shadow eruptions 🧨
55:43 – Shifting from “being good” to being whole 🧩❤️
56:12 – Role models of realness: Rogan, Peterson, etc. 🎙️
57:59 – I don’t want to care what you think (kind of) 😅
59:59 – Why realness is the only long game ♾️
1:00:54 – Sleepy outro & what’s next 🌙
