Best montage breaking down my journey from Hollywood to india.

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[00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:04.760] Oh hi, for those of you who don't know me, I'm Brookers and I'm an internet celebrity. [00:00:04.760 --> 00:00:09.520] For those of you who do know me and you know exactly who you are, don't deny it. [00:00:09.520 --> 00:00:17.360] This is Brooke Brodak, the world's first ever YouTube star. [00:00:17.360 --> 00:00:27.000] It was 2005 and the website YouTube was barely a year old when a new channel appeared called Brookers. [00:00:27.000 --> 00:00:28.320] Someone please help me. [00:00:28.320 --> 00:00:33.640] It featured a hyperactive 19 year old from Holden, Massachusetts. [00:00:33.640 --> 00:00:34.720] Who are you? [00:00:34.720 --> 00:00:40.840] Who filmed herself in her room around the house just doing silly stuff. [00:00:40.840 --> 00:00:49.000] But she caught on fast and her channel quickly started getting thousands of subscribers and millions of views. [00:00:49.000 --> 00:00:56.640] And at one point she reached the very top, the most subscribed YouTuber in the world with 60,000 subscribers. [00:00:56.640 --> 00:00:59.960] You just started putting your videos on YouTube and then what happened? [00:00:59.960 --> 00:01:03.280] Now back then, this was huge. [00:01:03.280 --> 00:01:09.280] And less than a year after she started uploading videos, NBC offered her a development deal. [00:01:09.280 --> 00:01:12.280] The New York Times called her YouTube's first star. [00:01:12.280 --> 00:01:21.600] She moved to Hollywood where she lived with another emerging YouTuber, iJustine. [00:01:21.600 --> 00:01:22.600] Hi, I'm Justine. [00:01:22.600 --> 00:01:24.920] Things were going to be a bit of a new video. [00:01:24.920 --> 00:01:31.920] Things were going great until she deleted her channel and all social media and moved to India. [00:01:31.920 --> 00:01:33.240] things were going to be a bit of a new video. [00:01:33.240 --> 00:01:34.240] And she was going to be a new video. [00:01:34.240 --> 00:01:35.240] And she was going to be a new video. [00:01:35.240 --> 00:01:36.240] And she was going to be a new video. [00:01:36.240 --> 00:01:37.240] And she was going to be a new video. [00:01:37.240 --> 00:01:38.240] And she was going to be a new video. [00:01:38.240 --> 00:01:39.240] And she was going to be a new video. [00:01:39.240 --> 00:01:40.240] And she was going to be a new video. [00:01:40.240 --> 00:01:41.240] And she was going to be a new video. [00:01:41.240 --> 00:01:42.240] And she was going to be a new video. [00:01:42.240 --> 00:01:43.240] And she was going to be a new video. [00:01:43.240 --> 00:01:44.240] And she was going to be a new video. [00:01:44.240 --> 00:01:45.240] And she was going to be a new video. [00:01:45.240 --> 00:01:52.120] "Woo, let's go. Now we have to cross the highway." [00:01:52.120 --> 00:02:00.120] "I now understand what it is really about. Beautiful people, beautiful problems, and the promotion of that." [00:02:00.120 --> 00:02:10.600] Now, for this podcast, Brooke tells her story in detail for the first time, in her own words, [00:02:10.600 --> 00:02:13.560] about her rise to YouTube stardom. [00:02:13.560 --> 00:02:18.840] I was just totally blinded by my passion at that time for creating videos. [00:02:18.840 --> 00:02:23.160] And why she threw it all away to pursue something greater. [00:02:23.160 --> 00:02:29.000] Bam, like 2012. And I had this totally out of nowhere spiritual experience. [00:02:29.000 --> 00:02:31.240] Like an enlightening moment. [00:02:31.240 --> 00:02:36.840] And what her views are now on Hollywood and social media. [00:02:36.840 --> 00:02:41.720] And YouTube is about you sharing your own dream. [00:02:41.720 --> 00:02:43.560] At least getting out of Hollywood's dream. [00:02:43.560 --> 00:02:47.880] And discovering what is your dream that you're projecting on the screen. [00:02:47.880 --> 00:02:50.760] So what's it like being a celebrity? [00:02:50.760 --> 00:02:52.520] I don't really know. [00:02:52.520 --> 00:02:56.040] This is the Cullum Flynn Podcast. [00:02:56.040 --> 00:02:59.160] And my guest today is Brooke Brodak. [00:02:59.160 --> 00:03:02.200] Recording in progress. [00:03:02.200 --> 00:03:03.880] Recording in progress. [00:03:03.880 --> 00:03:07.720] You heard what the lady said, Brooke. [00:03:07.720 --> 00:03:09.400] Yes, she did. [00:03:09.400 --> 00:03:12.200] She said, "Recording in progress." [00:03:12.200 --> 00:03:14.260] you