Abroad in Japan · Thursday, September 10, 2026
Chris Broad expressed significant nervousness about the 'Branish Japan' podcast transitioning to YouTube after five years of audio-only episodes. He worries about viewer reactions to the content and the visual aspect of him consuming food and drinks during recordings.
“Are you as nervous as I am about taking the podcast to YouTube?”
“We've been doing this for five years. We've been spaffing out a lot of nonsense for five years. And you suddenly seem very concerned about the content of the podcast. I love it. I love, I love seeing you on the back foot, Chris. I love it.”
“Well, it's because the podcast, 'cause it was like audio only, right? And most folks don't understand how podcasts work. I didn't know how to listen to podcasts before I did it.”
“And more worryingly, people can see all the food and drink that I consume while I do the podcast, right? 'Cause we always talk about like, "Oh, Chris, what are you drinking? What are you eating?" Yeah. Now you can see it. You can see the energy jelly. You can see the ice coffee. You can see the half consumed Gocart sweat bottle and this. People thought this was medicine. This is, uh, this Paul B, sorry, D. And it's kind of like, it's in a medicinal bottle, right? And it's just like Red Bull on steroids. It's got nicotine.”