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Lee Shaner is the host and creator of the Kinda Neat YouTube channel and podcast.  In addition he raps under the name of Intuition. He's been involved with the the underground hip hop scene for the the better part of two decades. He's also grown several music podcasts and YouTube channels including SkullCandy's "You Feel Me Podcast" and KnockSteady's "KnockSteady Live".  He joins us this week to bless us with his wisdom on growing podcasts and YouTube channels the right way in addition to telling his incredible come up story. Timestamps: 0:00 - Intro / Who you are and what you do 5:28 - The early days of building KnockSteady 9:51 - Rapping as Intuition and building a career as an artist.  18:25 - Do you regret not doubling down as an artist? 24:38 - Working in Photography with our mutual friend Dominic Cooley and starting KindaNeat 30:18 - The benefits of being a jack of all trades // Wanting to partake in a ton of creative outlets. 33:40 - How Lee grew KindaNeat to be what it is today 42:41 - The blessing and curse of chasing trends and “the algorithm”  48:26 - Leaving a meaningful legacy 50:00 - Is Andrew Canadian? 51:03 - Breaking down the myths and numbers of huge YouTube channels 52:50 - Creating and hosting Skullcandy’s podcast “You Feel Me?” 56:04 - The importance of diversity 58:46 - Coming back to KindaNeat 1:09:05 - Advice to your past self at the hardest moments in life 1:11:50 - Where can people find you? ---   Lee Shaner / Intuition  Twitter: https://twitter.com/ItsIntuition Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/itsintuition/ Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/1KliMuvrUp7XhKu7vVeex3?si=mgDAkjhwTeuloCwrLwmrRA Song I Freaked Out About (Weight Is Gone): https://youtu.be/bVUm4mpGC-Y  Kinda Neat YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCsNMZpZsyShyvgwR7jt405Q Podcast: https://open.spotify.com/show/71A4nbeeMusQis1Ohb6EUh?si=QFH4QWvBQPSu3iC3ljp2Hw Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kindaneat/  Andrew Cramb:  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/andrew_ftw/  Where Are All My Friends Podcast: Donate: https://www.whereareallmyfriends.com/donate Subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2_TuYF3dJ0rF0L51_0DVaQ?sub_confirmation=1 Website: https://www.whereareallmyfriends.com/ If you liked this episode and found it helpful, the biggest favor you can do is subscribing to the channel and telling your friends about the show. Thanks for listening!