My audience is obsessed with my nipples - Simon Clark

0:00 Intro 0:16 Who are you? 1:45 What got you started? What’s the journey? 3:20 You were vlogging your life at Oxford… (this wasn’t a question, more of a statement) 3:50 You had to decide how much of your personal life to put in the public eye 4:25 What’s the difference between personal life and social life? 5:35 Why is my Sofa Science shit? 6:26 Somehow we start talking about production quality v. content 7:38 You speak good without an autocue. How? 9:44 Do you ever script any of your videos? 10:04 What are your tips for not sounding like you’re reading from a script? 10:28 If someone’s starting YouTube, would you advise high or low production quality? 11:59 What do you think about commercial channels on YouTube? 13:05 Do you ever consciously reduce the quality of your videos? 13:40 You like studying cinematography, don’t you? 14:00 Do you still want to be a movie director? 15:16 Do you tend to watch non-science stuff for science video inspiration? 17:11 How did you transition from personal vlogs to science videos? 19:42 What sort of content do you find most enjoyable to make? 21:00 Who are your audience? 21:20 Who are your actual audience? 21:48 Do you like your audience? 23:03 Do you moderate your comments? 23:20 Do you filter your content because of your young audience? 24:15 How do you vlog your life if your friends don’t want to be in your videos? 25:31 In PhDwatch, how come you talk about your research before you publish? 27:06 Does your supervisor watch your videos? 28:05 Does your supervisor know you don’t want to be an academic? 28:36 How much does YouTubing cut into your PhD time? 29:53 Do you feel judged by academia? 30:57 Is there anything in particular that your audience does that annoys you? Nipples? 33:10 What would you like the audience to know that you don’t think they already know? 33:47 Why did you share so much in your Draw My Life compared to previous videos? 34:38 Do you regret it? 35:26 Do you put on an act with your YouTube persona? 37:25 What video are you proudest of? 38:20 Is the number of views or comments more important to you? 38:50 Do you have a question for my audience? 41:43 We start talking about mental health 42:51 It’s good that you’re talking about your deep feelings 43:15 How did you feel the video went?