Episode 701 - DaJuan Johnson - State of the Industry: What Getting My Show Canceled Taught Me

So wow, the industry right now, uh, it has been very, very interesting.

You know, I don't like to do too much ho-hum, but I, b- I'm not...

You know, it's not toxic positivity out there as well.

It's just really me thinking about, like, this year, the Fire Horse has been serious.

If you don't know what the Fire Horse is [laughs], if you're not a Fire Horse person, then, um, that is the Chinese New Year.

I- here's a little thing if you're watching this on YouTube.

I got a little thing here.

This is a Fire Horse, if you can see it.

Yeah.

And I have bracelets and stuff like that just to remind me of the year of the Fire Horse.

Uh, it's...

I'm, I'm a horse in Chinese New Year anyway, but the Fire Horse, uh, is something just a little bit more.

And the Fire Horse has not been around since the '60s, and so the fact that it's back during this year, if you remember in the '60s what happened, that's the civil rights.

And so what's happened this year is a lot of civil unrest inside of, of, uh, I would just say America.

I was gonna say the world, but I, I don't know the world.

I just, I just know what's happening in America, and it's been an intense year.

That's what I'm saying.

Uh, it's been an intense year for us politically, for us probably, you know, socially.

Uh, it's just been one of those things.

Um, I'm just happy to be back here and in this space talking to, to you all.

So listen, this has...

Let's, let's, let's bring it in a little bit smaller.

I, I have to say, I always say this at the beginning, that this is not a political podcast.

I'm not a, um, you know, super, super well-versed in politics, but I am versed in it.

I do read up on it.