So...here's the truth: Michael hibernates. Like a bear. A beautiful, smart, gentle bear. Have you seen that beard?

But in reality, he did not lose his password. He was spending a lot of time researching. We all usually spend a month or so researching a video concept but he was/is working on something bigger. You saw some of it with his "Laws" video and there will be more. Also he has been making a bunch of really wonderful videos on D!NG.

We spend a lot of time on our videos and really want to make them as all encompassing on a topic as possible. Sometimes that leads to long cycles of researching, writing, deleting what you wrote, researching more, writing more, deleting more, etc. It's a process and it is hard to force a person to make something for the sake of making something. We want everything you see to be the best version we could possibly create!

He uploaded like two weeks ago

This is a concern of mine because how do I follow up something I had a huge crew and resources for? But then I remember it doesn't matter how much money you have or access, what matters is this story you are telling. If you can tell a great story, everything else is window dressing.

So my next regular video is going to be the sequel to my "Paradox Paradox" video. It will also be the last Paradox themed video I ever make. I have been working on something ever since my first one came out about 5 years ago. Every paradox video I've made coincides and is part of this bigger video. So you've most likely seen parts but this will combine everything into a much larger idea I've been trying to do.

Aiming for it to come out in December and it will be about 40 minutes long. And then a 24hr version will come out on New Years Eve.

All of them. It is such a treat to be able to meet people who like the things I make. I'm use to seeing a number on a view counter not a real person so it is always interesting and memorable. I like talking to people about themselves and what they are doing and passionate about. That to me is interesting.

But one in particular I really loved was meeting a young man as part of Make-a-Wish. I got to spend a few hours with him and his family and he was just a joy. We talked about our favorite Pokémon and the latest Zelda game. I really hope I get to hang out with him again.

Back to the Future. There was so much up in the air on that one. So the very first thing we filmed for the entire series was the time travel explainer in the diner. And at that point we didn't know we'd be filming on the Universal backlot so the entire script was different. The reason I go in asking where Doc is in the diner is because we hadn't met Doc yet in the first script. The intro was also entirely different. Then about 3 weeks later we got permission to shoot at Universal and I had to rewrite the entire script sans the diner scene but still include it since we had already filmed it and couldn't re-film it.

I really wanted to do a one take shot where a camera goes from a wide shot of me all the way into my open mouth and into my stomach. After some research, they told me they could only do that if I was unconscious or else I could suffocate. So I asked if I could buy a corpse and use that. Everyone laughed but I wasn't joking. I wanted a corpse.

It feels great but still waiting on Michael to order our purity rings.

The Jonas Brothers are the pop culture equivalent of Vsauce.

Yesterday Michael asked me what it was like driving the DeLorean and if it was as cool as he thought it'd be. I never drove the DeLorean. It was a very rare and unique car so I wasn't allowed to actually drive it. Every shot of me in the car is green screen with people shaking the car to look like it is moving. The shots outside the car of it driving and me inside are digital composites. And the scene when I roll into frame to meet Dianna was just two dudes pushing the car. MOVIE MAGIC!

My top choice and one I REALLY wanted to do for season 1 is Blade Runner. I think it would be a gorgeous video and have a dope Jake Chudnow soundtrack.

The focus would mostly be on what makes us human? A philosophical discussion on why we are human, why we think we are human, and at what point are we no longer? And equally as intriguing, at what point is something not flesh and blood considered "human"?

To be honest, YouTube really wanted big flashy episodes (which I totally get) for the first season and didn't see the appeal this go around for something more meditative.

I think Kylo, like Darth, will have a redemption moment at the end right before his death.

I think the more you make the same kind of thing over and over you want to do more or at least do it differently. That is why I focus on bigger at the moment. And bigger doesn't mean "LOOK AT THAT PRODUCTION VALUE!" It also means bigger ideas. I want to challenge myself. Because I could probably make a 3-4min video every week but would I be proud of it? Would you be? At Vsauce our core pillar has always been quality, not quantity.

Oh man, it changes so often. Vsauce is one I frequent a lot but two I am currently obsessed with are r/tiktokcringe and r/obscuremedia.

I did go to college! I have a BFA and majored in Film and minored in psychology. After graduating I was very unhappy with the work I was doing and wanted to change directions. I loved making videos but felt like I was only making things for others. So I applied to culinary school and also to NYU for their computer science program BUT about a month later I got hired to work at Google and everything changed!

I don't believe myself to be successful or especially talented. If I have a specific feeling it is more of worry that people will find out I'm a phony. It's Imposter Syndrome. I look at what I have done and don't say "woah, you're great Jake!" I say "You got really lucky and if you don't try and be better and do better people are going to realize you don't know what you're doing."

The toughest critic will always be yourself. It is something I know Michael, Kevin and I all suffer from and we are not alone. But I like it in a sadistic way because it what makes me want to keep doing bigger and better. Proving to myself that I can.

My personal opinion is that the things that are hard are the most worthwhile. The more work you put in, the more sweat, the more time, the more rewarding it will be. So it will suck. It will feel suffocating sometimes but what you are experiencing is just a blip on the timeline that is your life. It will feel like forever when you are in it, living it, but it is not forever. So you push as hard as you can and run yourself ragged. Why? Because you want to be as good as you can be and prove to yourself that you can do anything. Keep pushing.

Thank you so much! I've always wanted to make movies and turning Vsauce3 into a cinematic science channel was just a natural choice. I would love to direct features at some point when I'm good enough. I don't know if I'm allowed to talk about this so I'll be nebulous but I'm actually directing a new show soon that I am not in. I get to just direct which is so dope!

That there are people who, for some reason, actually really care about me.

Advice for me ten years ago: Shut up. Stop complaining, stop criticizing and start making. Put in time until the hands on the clock wear out and then buy a new clock.

How do you know anything exists outside of your own mind?

Thanks dude! There have been a few that I started researching heavily that didn't go anywhere. Usually ones based on Pokemon for some reason!

I actually completely made a video but never released it. Like finished VFX, color, sound etc. was called "Could You Cut a Person in Half?" It was based on The Witcher and if you could actually slice entirely through a person with a sword. Unfortunately the brand that sponsored that episode thought that me trying to cut a ballistic dummy in half with a sword was too similar to ISIS beheading people. That was literally their reason for why I could never release the video. Because of ISIS.

It's been a wild ride, dude! My girlfriend moved in with me and that has been so freaking awesome. I've never been excited to go home before but now I have something so wonderful to look forward too. So that's been great!

Great question! I see a lot of confusion around this. If you sign up for YouTube Premium the creator gets none of that money. So when a YouTube series comes out and it is behind the paywall, it is 99% of the time not the creator's decision because all it does is mean fewer people get to watch their content. AN IMPORTANT PART is that creators do make more money from a YouTube Premium viewer than an ad-supported viewer. Basically from that $12 you pay a month, if you watch a bunch of Vsauce we get more revenue because your watch time was spent watching our videos. And in this model, a Premium view is worth more in monetary value than an ad-supported viewer. However, it's not like Patreon where we get the majority of that $12. It all goes to YouTube and we get a very small percentage depending on watch time and how many Premium users watch our videos.

Long story short, just wait for the shows are free! But thank you so much for wanting to support Vsauce!

OH and the hat! That is actually a prop from a very short lived science series I made for MTV.

"Could You Live Forever?" That is what set me on this path of "hey, maybe I can make short science films!" That was a honest to gosh honor and privilege. Myself and Eric (our amazing DP/VFX Wizard) got to go to Ireland and film on the Penny Dreadful set and they even let us use a lot of their crew. That was my first time directing an actual team. It was terrifying but so rewarding!

I do a lot of work for other companies either making videos for them or doing strategy for them which was my job when I worked at Google. Besides that all my free time is spent with my gf and dog watching movies, playing video games or harvesting organs to sell on the black market.

He is doing great! He was sick for two months but he is much better now! He is just living his best life and has made so many dog friends!

As far as I know everything is OK! I went in for my yearly scan a few months back and never heard anything so I'm gonna assume it was all clear. Thanks for asking!

YES! I really wanted to do a slasher themed episode this season but with Michael's Mind Field special it felt too similar. So hopefully if I do a Season 2 I want a slasher movie. Shot on 16mm.

I really like ambient and electronic. Favorite artists in no particular order: NIN, Aphex Twin, Crystal Castles, HEALTH, Modest Mouse, Neutral Milk Hotel, Hans Zimmer, Nico Muhly.

I couldn't survive the lawsuit. Disney is very protective of their properties. I asked.

Old Boy and I think YouTube would delete my existence if I tried doing a CYSTM episode of that.

The Vsauce team is comprised of 8 people including Michael, Kevin and I. And then we have a separate team we oversee for the Curiosity Box. For content, Michael and I write/research/edit all of our regular videos. We did just hire a researcher which has been hugely helpful with the Box and with our own content. It's great having someone to bounce ideas off of and to hear a different perspective.

And we are revamping the store so currently it's basically after a year from that box the items go into the store. Shirts will be about 3 months after and items will be 6 months after.

Thank you so much and I'm so happy you like it!

Fajita (my dog) was actually cast in the Men In Black episode which comes out Monday but uh...he was very difficult. So he unfortunately was fired. And I did not shoot outside of LA. It turns out filming abroad is significantly more expensive! Hoping in season 2 we can do more stuff across the globe and use local film crews!

Try different things. Maybe you'll be terrible. Maybe you'll embarrass yourself. But you won't know until you try and you use that failure or success to help structure the direction you should move in. I was terrible at painting but I still wanted to express myself in a creative way so I found a different canvas through the lens of a camera. Different mediums but same result.

How do you know when to move on? When it stops making you happy.

Half-Life. I remember going to Electronic Boutique (now EB Games if that is even still around) and it was rated M so the cashier said he had to call my parents to make sure I could buy it. He told my parents that it was rated M because you shoot aliens but there was no human killing. He did me a solid. That game got me into game design because of the accessibility of the modding tools. I used to do 3D modeling and animation for a handful of mods. I met a lot of great friends playing CS and playing in clans with folks. I was very shy and unpopular at the time in school so TFC, CS, and mods like that were a great way for me to interact with people who had similar interests.

All the freaking time. It's hard to see the forest through the trees. You get very myopic when working on something, especially when you're putting yourself into it. And I don't mean physically but emotionally. When you create you are sharing with the world a part of you. But you remember that there will be an end to it and you can hopefully look at what you've created from 30,000ft up and appreciate the work.

Schindler's List.

I actually pitched YouTube on an hour long special that would just be LOTR. Episode would be divided into 3 sections for each movie to have 20min. Still waiting to hear back on that one!

Thank you!! And, as always, thanks for watching!

I'd like to keep making big shows. My dream would be to have an episode like CYSTM come out once a month. And that would be it on the channel. Just one movie a month.

Thanks for watching and thank you for the kind words!

BTTF episode was shot over the course of 3 months and then we spent about a month editing it.

What if Quicksilver Ran Past You? I got to direct, act alongside and write for The Muppets! That was such a dream.

I wanted to be a light switch and boy did that not work out.

They were so much fun to make! There were a few factors to why I retired those segments: YouTube changed and short videos like that don't do as well and secondly because I didn't feel like they lived up to my expectations. I mentioned this in an earlier reply but after doing the same thing over and over I needed to find something else to do or another way to do it. I haven't figured out another way to to AAK or Game LÜT just yet...

Corridor Crew, Tibees, and 60 Minutes in 60 Seconds

Oh no no no, you are the magnificent one. My answer to your question is time. It sounds dumb but you need to heal. And healing takes time. Do other things. You're going to feel bad or feel like you're giving up but you're not.

Another tip would be to keep busy with other things. Try something new or something you gave up long ago. When I was confined to my couch after my cancer surgery I couldn't walk. So I got a midi keyboard and my laptop and started working on music again. It kept my mind off of what I wanted to do but couldn't.

Just because you stop doing one thing doesn't mean you've stopped doing everything.

Nic Cage and Nicolas Cage.

whats your favorite pokemon

thsi is late, I know

SNORT

He’s gone

Watching others create incredible things. That has always inspired me and has always been my driving force.

Thanks! My preferred camera for the past 8 years has been RED. CYSTM and all Vsauce videos are shot on a RED Weapon 8K. But that isn't important. I prefer that camera because I know how to use it well however you use the right tool for the job. I'm not flying a RED on drones for certain shots. I'm just using whatever camera comes with the drone. Any camera can tell a story as long as it's used with its limitations as a benefit. As in, if you're shooting with your phone you know what it can and can't do so you structure your story to fit with that. Forces you to be creative and that is the best kind of pressure.

Near the beginning of the show when the camera goes from the front of the car to the side with me driving. I was driving this not suitable for a desert muscle car next to a dune buggy with a 10ft crane and camera hanging off it. And we both had to time our moves perfectly or else the crane would have crashed through the windshield in to my face. Woulda made great content, though.

What does this even mean?