Ennui Talk

Matthew Winter (@matthewwwinter) and Chris Hodge (@chris420hodge) come together in the Ennui HQ to discuss the death of YouTuber and Twitch streamer Etika and those who have taken advantage of it for content, what the best comedians strive to achieve, the point of reality television, why television has become simply promoting controversy, and how Netflix has taken over the entire video market.

Matthew Winter (@matthewwwinter) talks with the new member of the Ennui crew, Kaz Ghost (@kazpar1). They discuss the memories of each other from school, Kaz being an extreme movie buff, buying the KSI vs Logan Paul fight, being the new cinematographer for Ennui, and how he will compliment Matt’s directing.

In a flashback to the Ennui Talk Pilot Season,  Matthew Winter (@matthewwwinter), Chris Hodge (@chris420hodge) and Hayden Clark (@hayden.codal) discuss a Seinfeld full cast "debauchery session", what their dream jobs would be, and their thoughts on social media.

Matthew Winter (@matthewwwinter) and Chris Hodge (@chris420hodge) come together to discuss being five years out of school, Elon Musk being divorced by the same woman twice, PornHub’s Bee Sexual campaign to save the bees, kids from the Fine Bros thinking Seinfeld is racist and sexist, how context matters in old film and TV, when to punish employees who aren’t doing their jobs, and what they think their worst personality traits are.

 Matthew Winter (@matthewwwinter) and Kieren Collison (@kieren_collison)  come together to discuss low blowing kids in primary school, Kieren playing softball, Family Guy being better than Game of Thrones, wanting to be on Who Wants To Be A Millionaire, if Kieren was on Australian reality TV, Matt seeing Five Feet Apart and Fighting With My Family in cinemas, the Mandela effect, and The Rock actually playing Robin Williams in Jumanji. 

Matthew Winter (@matthewwwinter) and Ben Davis (@BENJYDAVIS) come together for a little bit of tech talk. They discuss their current and previous haircuts in life, iPhone’s front-facing camera being garbage, Samsung’s excellent displays, getting a better phone plan, the branding and marketing of Samsung and Apple, 4D audio, 360 cameras, 3D movies in cinemas, Apple’s customer service, using PlayStation vs Xbox.

Matthew Winter (@matthewwwinter) and David “DavidToons” Roy (@davidtoonsyt) come together to discuss David not knowing the name of the podcast, if David thinks Michael Jackson did it, studying at university vs learning yourself, Logan Paul going gay for a month, an Ennui online business-related podcast, copyright strikes, seeing Ninja Sex Party live, the guy trying to bring back Filthy Frank, and dick pics.

Matthew Winter (@matthewwwinter) and Chris Hodge (@chris420hodge) come together to celebrate the birthday of everybody’s favourite Famous CEO, Matthew Winter. They discuss not being successful at 23 unlike several other YouTube creators, everybody trying to be a Twitch streamer and how to actually be good at it, Zoie Burgher and her horrible Patreon, sexism against women, and people being addicted to porn.  

Matthew Winter (@matthewwwinter) and Kieren Collison (@kieren_collison) come together to talk about several topics, including loving Adult Swim programs. They discuss voting in their state election and Matt not really caring about politics, several Adult Swim shows including Rick and Morty (specifically its third season), OG shows including Space Ghost Coast to Coast and Aqua Teen Hunger Force, the various Tim and Eric shows, forgotten shows including Million Dollar Extreme Presents: World Peace and Assy McGee, and who should get an Adult Swim show (spoiler: we should).

Matthew Winter (@matthewwwinter) and Ben Davis (@BENJYDAVIS) come back to begin the “fifth season” of Ennui Talk. They discuss the new Ennui crew pixel art, not wanting to pay money to see fireworks, the recent Michael Jackson documentary and the allegations, Smosh having to censor their videos since joining Rhett and Link’s Mythical Entertainment, and their upcoming projects.

Matthew Winter and Jack Petersen come together and ask the question: what if Matt and Jack ran YouTube? They begin it an Ennui Unboxing, before they discuss content on YouTube being demonetized on YouTube, Sam Pepper ruining his YouTube career, Google’s involvement in how YouTube runs, previous competitors including Vessel and Blip.tv, and how RoosterTeeth has adapted to YouTube well.

Matthew Winter and Kieren Collison come together to talk about YouTube nostalgia from their childhood. They discuss their idea for talk show Marty Nite Live, Matt’s new office and new computer, classic YouTubers including Onision, Fred and Shane Dawson, NigaHiga still being quite notable, David Firth and Salad Fingers, the children’s classic The Annoying Orange, and old school YouTube Rewinds.

Matthew Winter and Ben Davis come together to have a casual chat that we (once again) are calling the Ennui Radio Hour. They discuss Matt moving into his new house, visiting Liam who works at TimeZone, Ben getting into anime, both of them working at McDonalds, Ben’s stories from The Reject Shop, and the Australian reality series Yummy Mummies.

Matthew Winter and Chris Hodge come together to have a casual chat that we (once again) are calling the Ennui Radio Hour. They discuss their sex and gaming-related spam emails, the YouTube copyright system and Smash Mouth’s response, Gary Vee leaving so much on the table to provide value to his fans, fake entrepreneurs who don’t do this, and the many bad uses of Facebook targeted ads.

Matthew Winter and Ben Davis come together to answer questions from the fans in an #AskEnnui Special, celebrating 100 episode of Ennui Talk. They answer questions about starting Ennui, Marty’s Internet Show despite its limited success, people who know about what they do, their favourite element of what they do, their biggest struggles making videos, growing Ennui, what content they couldn't make due to budget and legal restraints, and their thoughts on circumcisions. 

Matthew Winter and Jack Petersen come together to talk about YouTube nostalgia from their childhood. They discuss the podcast My Brother, My Brother and Me and Comedy Bang Bang, the animation and voice acting community, Stick Figures on Crack, the animated Eddsworld series, Matt’s old channel BrainDamagedBuddz, if we started YouTube in 2010, TomSka, RoosterTeeth, Freddie W and RocketJump falling out of relevancy, Smosh, The Yogscast, and Ray William Johnson.

 Matthew Winter and Kieren Collison come together to talk about the legend of Elliot Rodger. They discuss Mumkey Jones’ coverage of his life, Elliot’s manifesto My Twisted Word that described his childhood, conflicts, hatred of women, and his plans for his Day of Retribution, quotes from the said manifesto, and why Elliot has become a meme, against his initial wishes.

 Matthew Winter and Ben Davis come together to talk vapes and rip vapes on An Ennui Vapecast Special. They discuss Ryan Hall and his Mountain Vapors company, how Ben used to vape in high school, buying his first vape underage, building your own vape, the laws surrounding vapes, how H3 made vaping more popular, society’s view on vapes, oils they’d like to taste, and if Ennui produced their own vape oils. 

Matthew Winter and Jack Petersen come together for an anime-infused Ennui Fan Service special. They discuss their new show The Marty Project, where the first season is Japan-based, society’s views on anime viewers, and several different animes, including The Daily Lives of High School Boys, My Hero Academia, One Piece, One Punch Man, Attack on Titan, 91 Days, Blend S, RoosterTeeth’s RWBY, and the Netflix original animes and live-action remakes.

Matthew Winter and Ben Davis come together to bring in the New Year by drinking various amounts of alcohol. They discuss the alcohol they’re drinking, how they felt about 2018, McDonalds customer service, renting storefronts in their hometown, their local cinema, bringing back Hayden and Brad back on the podcast, Ben’s back problems, and the 2018 YouTube Rewind.