Episode 209 - Nate Russ

The Cripescast Podcast

Charlie Berens

Comedy Interviews, Comedy

5 • 1.4K Ratings

🗓️ 31 July 2024

⏱️ 63 minutes

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Summary

Comedian Nate Russ’ hard work is paying off. After 10 years of creating content, Nate’s comedy series “Buggin” recently went viral and transformed his career into something he never imagined. With the first video earning over 25 million views on Instagram alone, and its sequels not far behind, he’s taking the opportunity to capitalize on the momentum. Comedy wasn’t always his goal though. Not knowing what he wanted to do with his life after high school Nate joined the Air Force. It was there, he explained, that he began making videos in his barracks and fell in love with sketch comedy. This week, he joins Charlie on the Cripescast to discuss the cultural differences between the Midwest and the South, the similarities of growing up Catholic vs Baptist, and Nate explains why he absolutely loathes whistling.

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Transcript

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0:00.0	Hey folks, welcome to the Cripes cast.
0:02.3	We are powered by Everlight Solar.
0:05.0	I'm your host Charlie Behrens,
0:06.5	and here's today's episode.
0:08.0	Hello everybody, welcome back to another episode of the Cripes cast.
0:12.0	This week, we've got a great
0:13.6	Midwesterner on the podcast. His name is Nate Russell aka Nate Russ you've
0:19.4	seen his stuff on Instagram-Tic-ock, YouTube popping up recently.
0:24.6	He's got this great Bugin series, and I love a good video about bugs.
0:31.1	So you got to check out his stuff but it's great talking to Nate who is a
0:36.2	Indianapolis native it's just great talking to another comedian kind of born and
0:41.2	born and raised in the Midwest just kind of making his way in the
0:46.0	comedy world so he is you know it's fun story. Also, he's Baptist. I'm Catholic. We have some good religious talk back and forth. The differences between like the services, I thought that was fun. And overall, just a great
1:05.9	dude to talk to, so I'm excited for you to all hear it. A fun thing about Nate,
1:10.3	and really a reason I wanted to have him on is he's been in the game for a while and his
1:17.2	videos just started popping off.
1:19.4	So I know we have a lot of comedians out there who listen to this podcast and I get a lot of questions
1:26.0	from listeners about like how much time do I give it before I realize if I should just quit and
1:32.2	do something else.
1:33.0	And the answer is there's no right answer on that.
1:35.5	And if you are sort of loving, creating,
1:38.5	whatever it is you're creating,
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