Josh is out of town, so Kevin, Carmen, and Barkley take over the show and share some details about current (AND UPCOMING) projects they're working on!

Last week, we went to the National Religious Broadcasters conference, and it was just LOADS of fun. In this episode, we tell you all about it!

MAJOR SPOILER ALERT!

This week on the show, it's the most wonderful time of the year! The Last Jedi is here, and we have our full review of the second act of the new Star Wars trilogy.

This movie is a lot more divisive than anyone could have predicted, and we have a great time unpacking it!

UPDATE: Since we recorded this episode, Patreon has rolled back the changes to transaction fees. The full announcement can be found here.

This week, Patreon announced changes to their payment system, and a lot of people freaked out, claiming that it's just a money grab on Patreon's part.

The whole thing is pretty confusing and takes awhile to unpack, but if you're interested in what it's like to run a Patreon campaign, this will hopefully be an insightful episode. Kevin and I are still figuring it all out.

In short, we are conflicted about the messaging that Patreon is using to promote this change, but we do believe that overall it is a positive thing.

Well, it really happened. Kevin visited the set of God's Not Dead: A Light in Darkness, and he has a ton of great stories about his big movie adventure. We didn't talk much about his trip off mic, so you're hearing my real reactions to everything that went on. Don't miss this episode!

This is 100% real: Kevin got invited onto the set of God's Not Dead 3! We talk all about how it happened, this week on the show!

NOTE: This may be the second time you are being notified about this episode. It's the same episode as yesterday, but some listeners said it never reached their podcatcher of choice so we went ahead and deleted the original and re-uploaded. Sorry for the confusion!

Kevin has been hit with demonetization on his YouTube channel. So we have a long discussion about what is happening, why YouTube is doing what it's doing, and where things go from here.

This week, I (Josh) have a really fun conversation with Inner Circle member Melanie Ahern. She runs my very favorite YouTube channel, and on this episode, we discuss her inconsistent release schedule and how she's still been able to build an audience around her really unique content.

We also discuss whether or not you should stick to one theme on your YouTube channel when you're starting out.

Kevin should be back next week. Thanks everyone for sticking with us for a few weeks while he has been away! And an extra special thank you to Gret Glyer, Jordan Taylor, and Melanie Ahern for helping me keep the show going in Kevin's absence.

It's been six years to the day since we uploaded the first episode of Messy Mondays onto YouTube. Today on the show, I (Josh) have a conversation with my brother Jordan about how far the show has come, and what we think about the future of Blimey Cow.

This episode contains a lot of stuff we haven't really talked about publicly outside of our Blimey Cow Patreon community, so we hope it all makes sense. Thanks so much for listening!

Creating content is hard work... staying motivated is even harder! This week on the show, we discuss some secrets we've discovered over the years that have helped us stay motivated and on track.

Kevin is out of the country this week, so Gret Glyer, founder of the company DonorSee, joins me (Josh) on the show today.