Greg Lam's guest appearances

Greg Lam

Boston Podcast Players

The Parsnip Ship

Compounding Curiosity

David Meyers

Grandpa Joe

Emma Goldman-Sherman

John Buchanan

Gregory Burke

Lina Patel

Michael Norris

Liz Morgan

Bruce Jones

Tim Romero

Rachel Lau

Alyson Mead

Chana Porter

Ken Green

Michael Bradford

OwlTail

My guest today is Greg Lam (@lifewhereimfrom). Greg is the creator of the immensely popular Life Where I’m From YouTube channel. LWIF gives interesting and educational insight into the everyday, special events and uniquely Japanese aspects of life in Japan. In this conversation, we cover the process required for his videos, the YouTube landscape, and his new documentary, Being Japanese. I hope you enjoy my conversation with Greg Lam of Life Where I’m From!   For the full show notes, transcript, and links to mentioned content, check out the episode page on  https://compoundingpodcast.com/ep27    ------   Show Notes: [00:00:33] - [First question] - Greg’s process for a video [00:03:06] - How Greg approaches video intros and thumbnails [00:05:29] - When did Greg find his voice and niche? [00:07:36] - Thoughts on recording video in public [00:09:04] - When did Greg think he could take YouTube fulltime? [00:11:02] - Lessons and takeaways from monetizing? [00:16:51] - Things Greg wished more viewers knew [00:20:41] - Videos that performed wildly different to Greg’s expectations? [00:24:10] - How to think about story when making videos [00:26:23] - What have been the hardest videos to make [00:33:31] - Favourite videos? [00:35:28] - Outsourcing parts of his video process? [00:44:35] - Advice for YouTube creators on what not to do?  [00:47:14] - Plans for the future?   ------   Connect with Life Where I’m From: Life Where I’m From on YouTube:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqwxJts-6yF33rupyF_DCsA  Life Where I'm From X Channel: http://bit.ly/ytlwifx  Life Where I’m From’s Website: https://www.lifewhereimfrom.com/  Follow Life Where I’m From on Twitter: https://twitter.com/lifewhereimfrom  Follow Life Where I’m From on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/lifewhereimfrom Follow Life Where I’m From on Instagram: https://instagram.com/lifewhereimfrom      ------   Mentioned/Recommended Content: Being Japanese Documentary: https://vimeo.com/ondemand/beingjapanese/    ------   Stay up to date with the podcast by signing up to the Compounding Curiosity Substack, where I’ll email you when the latest episode comes out along with my summary and takeaways, links to mentioned content, graphics and the transcript. Sign up at https://compoundingcuriosity.substack.com/    ------   Connect with Kalani: Visit the Compounding Curiosity PODCAST: https://CompoundingPodcast.com/  Visit the Compounding Curiosity SUBSTACK: https://compoundingcuriosity.substack.com/  Join the Compounding Curiosity DISCORD: https://discord.gg/NPVNPVsCYb  Follow Kalani Scarrott on TWITTER: https://twitter.com/ScarrottKalani/  Sign up for Allocators Asia: https://KalaniS.substack.com/

My guest today is Greg Lam (@lifewhereimfrom). Greg is the creator of the immensely popular Life Where I’m From YouTube channel. LWIF gives interesting and educational insight into the everyday, special events and uniquely Japanese aspects of life in Japan. In this conversation, we cover the process required for his videos, the YouTube landscape, and his new documentary, Being Japanese. I hope you enjoy my conversation with Greg Lam of Life Where I’m From! For the full show notes, transcript, and links to mentioned content, check out the episode page on  <a href="https://compoundingpodcast.com/ep27" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://compoundingpodcast.com/ep27</a> ------ Show Notes: [00:00:33] - [First question] - Greg’s process for a video [00:03:06] - How Greg approaches video intros and thumbnails [00:05:29] - When did Greg find his voice and niche? [00:07:36] - Thoughts on recording video in public [00:09:04] - When did Greg think he could take YouTube fulltime? [00:11:02] - Lessons and takeaways from monetizing? [00:16:51] - Things Greg wished more viewers knew [00:20:41] - Videos that performed wildly different to Greg’s expectations? [00:24:10] - How to think about story when making videos [00:26:23] - What have been the hardest videos to make [00:33:31] - Favourite videos? [00:35:28] - Outsourcing parts of his video process? [00:44:35] - Advice for YouTube creators on what not to do?  [00:47:14] - Plans for the future? ------ Connect with Life Where I’m From: Life Where I’m From on YouTube: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqwxJts-6yF33rupyF_DCsA" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqwxJts-6yF33rupyF_DCsA</a> Life Where I'm From X Channel: <a href="http://bit.ly/ytlwifx" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://bit.ly/ytlwifx</a> Life Where I’m From’s Website: <a href="https://www.lifewhereimfrom.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.lifewhereimfrom.com/</a> Follow Life Where I’m From on Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/lifewhereimfrom" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/lifewhereimfrom</a> Follow Life Where I’m From on Facebook: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/lifewhereimfrom" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/lifewhereimfrom</a> Follow Life Where I’m From on Instagram: <a href="https://instagram.com/lifewhereimfrom" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://instagram.com/lifewhereimfrom</a> ------ Mentioned/Recommended Content: Being Japanese Documentary: <a href="https://vimeo.com/ondemand/beingjapanese/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://vimeo.com/ondemand/beingjapanese/</a> ------ Stay up to date with the podcast by signing up to the Compounding Curiosity Substack, where I’ll email you when the latest episode comes out along with my summary and takeaways, links to mentioned content, graphics and the transcript. Sign up at <a href="https://compoundingcuriosity.substack.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://compoundingcuriosity.substack.com/</a> ------ Connect with Kalani: Visit the Compounding Curiosity PODCAST: <a href="https://compoundingpodcast.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://CompoundingPodcast.com/</a> Visit the Compounding Curiosity SUBSTACK: <a href="https://compoundingcuriosity.substack.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://compoundingcuriosity.substack.com/</a> Join the Compounding Curiosity DISCORD: <a href="https://discord.gg/NPVNPVsCYb" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://discord.gg/NPVNPVsCYb</a> Follow Kalani Scarrott on TWITTER: <a href="https://twitter.com/ScarrottKalani/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/ScarrottKalani/</a> Sign up for Allocators Asia: <a href="https://kalanis.substack.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://KalaniS.substack.com/</a>

27 | Greg Lam, Life Where I’m From

directed by Pascale Florestal, with musical guest Big Fuzzy (Anneke Reich + Max Kennedy) "Rich and Gretchen seem to have the ideal marriage, until they learn that it was manufactured by a mysterious biotech company which installed it into their brains. Because they can no longer afford this service, the company must repossess their improvements. REPOSSESSED explores questions of identity, morality, and authenticity amidst a world of rapidly changing technology and the ethics that come with it."Cast includes Tatiana Isabel Gil, Jaymes Sanchez, Jade Guerra, Timothy Hoover, Shana Jackson, Kerline Desir, and Maurice Palmer Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

directed by Pascale Florestal, with musical guest Big Fuzzy (Anneke Reich + Max Kennedy) "Rich and Gretchen seem to have the ideal marriage, until they learn that it was manufactured by a mysterious biotech company which installed it into their brains. Because they can no longer afford this service, the company must repossess their improvements. REPOSSESSED explores questions of identity, morality, and authenticity amidst a world of rapidly changing technology and the ethics that come with it." Cast includes Tatiana Isabel Gil, Jaymes Sanchez, Jade Guerra, Timothy Hoover, Shana Jackson, Kerline Desir, and Maurice Palmer Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://megaphone.fm/adchoices" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">megaphone.fm/adchoices</a>

Repossessed (Part Two) by Greg Lam

Repossessed (Part One) by Greg Lam

It's that time again people, and this time one of the hosts is in the spotlight. We talk to playwright, screenwriter, board game designer, and children's book author Greg Lam about his penchant for mashing up genres, 90's Vertigo comics, bringing sci-fi tropes to the stage, and that one time Chaplin and Keaton worked together. Then we hear an excerpt from his play Repossessed, a play which imagines a married couple discovering that their ideal marriage is being repossessed by the company that manufactured it and implanted it into their brains. This play will receive readings by the Pork Filled Players in Seattle on November 1 and by Fresh Ink Theatre in Boston on November 16. Follow Greg on Twitter at @PairofdiceGreg See his plays at New Play Exchange See his website at pair-of-dice.com Cast Richard Warner - Cristhian Mancinas-Garcia Gretchen Warner - Lesley Moreau Regina Hastings - Grace Trapnell Ted Naughton - Alex Rankine  Stage Directions read by Allyson Lazar Website: www.bostonpodcastplayers.com  Twitter: @bospodplay Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/bpp

It's that time again people, and this time one of the hosts is in the spotlight. We talk to playwright, screenwriter, board game designer, and children's book author <a href="http://pair-of-dice.com" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Greg Lam</a> about his penchant for mashing up genres, 90's Vertigo comics, bringing sci-fi tropes to the stage, and that one time Chaplin and Keaton worked together. Then we hear an excerpt from his play Repossessed, a play which imagines a married couple discovering that their ideal marriage is being repossessed by the company that manufactured it and implanted it into their brains. This play will receive readings by the <a href="http://porkfilled.com" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Pork Filled Players</a> in Seattle on November 1 and by <a href="http://freshinktheatre.org/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Fresh Ink Theatre</a> in Boston on November 16. Follow Greg on Twitter at <a href="https://twitter.com/pairofdicegreg" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">@PairofdiceGreg</a> See his plays at <a href="https://newplayexchange.org/users/2619/greg-lam" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">New Play Exchange</a> See his website at <a href="http://www.pair-of-dice.com/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">pair-of-dice.com</a> Cast Richard Warner - Cristhian Mancinas-Garcia Gretchen Warner - Lesley Moreau Regina Hastings - Grace Trapnell Ted Naughton - Alex Rankine Stage Directions read by Allyson Lazar Website: <a href="http://www.bostonpodcastplayers.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.bostonpodcastplayers.com</a> Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/BosPodPlay" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">@bospodplay</a> Support us on Patreon: <a href="https://www.patreon.com/bpp" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.patreon.com/bpp</a>

Repossessed by Greg Lam