21: Today, I’m joined by none other than Joey Graceffa. With over 2.9 billion views and a career spanning back to 2007, Joey has built an empire of engaging content, from gaming and vlogs to his hit web series Escape the Night. Joey shares his experience coming out online, his creative inspirations, and his journey as a writer.  

Episode Highlights:

• Joey’s rise to YouTube fame & Escape the Night
  


• Coming out online & the “Are You Gay” quiz


• Writing In Real Life & Children of Eden
  


• Mental health, self-care & online fame


• Vlogging, breakups & digital legacy

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Timestamps: 

• 00:00:00 - Introduction


• 00:02:09 - Who The Hell Are You?


• 00:08:04 - Starting youtube 


• 00:09:41 - Escape the night 


• 00:11:59 - How to start a youtube channel 


• 00:13:57 - Coming out on youtube 


• 00:14:51 - Creative inspiration 


• 00:18:57 - Joey’s memoir 


• 00:20:43 - Children Of Eden 


• 00:21:44 - Special Ed & Gifted classes 


• 00:23:41 - The BIG 3 zodiac signs 


• 00:24:16 - Mental health & self care


• 00:26:51 - Are you gay quiz


• 00:30:01 - Joey’s coming out journey


• 00:31:45 - Vlogging & the break up video


• 00:34:47 - Dream collabs & legacy 


• 00:36:04 - Take doggie supplements 


• 00:37:31 - Fight Me! 

Check Out Joey:

• Books


• Youtube


• Instagram


• Tale Pets 

Check Out Max:

• Instagram


• YouTube


• TikTok

Special thank you to the following: 

Nate Heffel, Tobin Schiller ,James M, Christopher Neefus, Heskel, Michael Carpentiere, Timothy Cardoso, Shane Ouyang, Brian Joaquin, Carabalda, Brendan Saunders, Jeff Jay, James LEE, Andy, 正 , George Acosta, Michael Rice, Nathan Filip, Linda Johnson, Stephen Weathers, Kean Phan, James Powell, Landy Manderson