September 4, 2024 • 31 mins
Join Jordyn Jones in this exciting episode as she sits down with the lovely Bethany Mota. They discuss food, career milestones, and life updates. Bethany shares insights into her journey from YouTube to hosting, and even takes on a fun trivia challenge about herself.
In this episode, you'll hear about Bethany's favorite videos, her experiences on Dancing with the Stars, and her plans for the future. Get to know the real Bethany Mota as she opens up about her personal and professional life.
Tune in to this engaging conversation filled with laughter, memories, and a glimpse into the life of a YouTube sensation turned host. Don't miss out on the fun banter and insightful moments shared between Jordyn and Bethany.
In this episode, you'll hear about Bethany's favorite videos, her experiences on Dancing with the Stars, and her plans for the future. Get to know the real Bethany Mota as she opens up about her personal and professional life.
Tune in to this engaging conversation filled with laughter, memories, and a glimpse into the life of a YouTube sensation turned host. Don't miss out on the fun banter and insightful moments shared between Jordyn and Bethany.
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Speaker 1 (00:01):
Straw Media. We have a wild Bethany Moda in today.
Hey everyone, I'm Jordan Jones. We have a very special
guest today, one of actually the nicest person I think
(00:24):
I've met ever. Because if you guys don't know, fourteen
year old Jordan, fifteen year old Jordan out there. I
grew up on this girl, and I know that y'all
did too. Today we have none other than Bethany Modai.
Speaker 2 (00:41):
I don't know where I'm looking.
Speaker 1 (00:42):
Yeah, maybe this, maybe this is your main I don't know,
but guys, so exciting to have you here. She went
on my last podcast as well, so she's only like
my third guest on this podcast. Very exciting.
Speaker 2 (00:55):
I'm honored. Season two.
Speaker 1 (00:59):
So yes, we have Bethany Moto. We are going to
answer your questions, talk about some food because we live
in LA we have some good food, and then I'm
going to get into some trivia with you.
Speaker 2 (01:11):
So all right, yeah, I'm scared.
Speaker 1 (01:13):
I know it's literally trivia about you, that you're gonna
have things.
Speaker 2 (01:17):
I'm terrified.
Speaker 1 (01:19):
I feel like you'll do great. Thanks everyone say a
prayer and the coming for her. But first I do
want to talk about food with you because I'm a
little foody over here, and you live in LA and
we have so much.
Speaker 3 (01:31):
Good food Uber Eats.
Speaker 2 (01:34):
That's me.
Speaker 1 (01:34):
What are your top five deliveries?
Speaker 3 (01:37):
You think this is so embarrassing, but it was Starbucks
for a really long time.
Speaker 1 (01:42):
I got it this morning. I woke up at seven,
rolled over, ordered my two things I get every day.
Speaker 3 (01:47):
But is it right around the corner from you?
Speaker 2 (01:50):
Okay?
Speaker 1 (01:50):
Okay, so I don't feel point seven.
Speaker 3 (01:52):
I could literally walk to mine. Yeah, so that's probably
number one.
Speaker 1 (01:56):
What's your Starbucks order?
Speaker 3 (01:57):
So right now it's I was doing the pumpkin cream
cold brew, but then I just found like a hybrid
pumpkin drink. Okay, so I'm doing like a shot of
espresso with a splash of soy milk and then pumpkin
cream cold foam and the pumpkin topping with a pump
(02:18):
of white mocha syrup. It sounds oh and the blonde espresso.
It sounds so much, but it's so good.
Speaker 1 (02:29):
I thought, mine is like, like, what's yours? Signs a
venty pink drink?
Speaker 2 (02:33):
Oh easy?
Speaker 1 (02:35):
At least you order on the app, because if you
go in person, I feel like when you're saying all what.
Speaker 2 (02:39):
I won't order it. I will not order it in person.
Speaker 3 (02:42):
It's only because I step Yeah, it's only because I
have the app. So it's like already set in there.
I can just reorder. Yeah, but if I'm standing in line,
there's no way I'm doing.
Speaker 2 (02:52):
That to them. Absolutely not. I'll just get the pumpkin
cream cold brew as is. That's hilarious.
Speaker 1 (02:58):
I feel like people only like used to get long
orders like that, but now the drinks, I feel like,
come they have like their special little creations. But I
love that order for you.
Speaker 2 (03:06):
Okay.
Speaker 1 (03:07):
Other four, Oh.
Speaker 3 (03:09):
I've really been on my Indian food game recently.
Speaker 1 (03:12):
Wait, please say the place I found too.
Speaker 3 (03:16):
I don't remember the name of mine. I'm in this
stage where I'm trying a new one like every night.
Speaker 2 (03:20):
That sounds like I do.
Speaker 3 (03:22):
Order it every night actually, so let's just read and
then what do you get?
Speaker 1 (03:25):
Because I like, I've only really tried buttered chicken and
chicken tika masala.
Speaker 3 (03:29):
Love both of those, Okay, I don't want to butcher
the names. So there's this one dish that I really love.
It's basically like a vegetarian dish. It's like cauliflower potatoes
and like a curry sauce with obviously the rice on
the side.
Speaker 1 (03:43):
So good. The place I think I found is called
like Crown of Something.
Speaker 2 (03:48):
I just heard of that.
Speaker 3 (03:49):
Yes, I found it on TikTok Crown of India, right.
Speaker 1 (03:52):
Yeah. I thought it was a little more complicated than that,
but I think that is what it is. That place
you have to try if you have it, it's really good.
Speaker 2 (04:00):
I'm gonna try.
Speaker 3 (04:00):
I actually just saw that last night on TikTok and
I was like, it's twelve miles from me, but maybe
I'll pay the extra cey.
Speaker 1 (04:09):
So that's why I can get the further away places. Okay,
before we get into more last three, because I'm just
so interested in I feel like everyone wants to know
what people eat and drink nowadays.
Speaker 2 (04:20):
So what else do I get? Like sweet Green?
Speaker 1 (04:22):
I guess okay green had really Yeah, because I had it.
I used to live right by it, okay, and when
I would go on like my walks and I would
walk past it, it smells horrific. When I walk past,
I'm like a lot of.
Speaker 3 (04:37):
Arts, yeah, healthy farts, a little bloat.
Speaker 1 (04:42):
It does have that sort of smell, So I cannot
go in there.
Speaker 2 (04:46):
I get that.
Speaker 3 (04:46):
There's been a couple of times where I've eaten it
and I've forgotten to throw it out. Oh God, like
walk in my house and it has that smell just
a little tooty.
Speaker 2 (04:56):
Yeah, a little tooty.
Speaker 3 (04:58):
I totally get that, but it doesn't taste that way
so much like it's good in the moment. I will say,
you got to eat it right away.
Speaker 1 (05:08):
It just okay. Then it smells like day old food
in there.
Speaker 2 (05:12):
It does.
Speaker 1 (05:13):
So if you order it again, good to go, literally
to go. Yeah, Okay, one more ramen love ramen.
Speaker 3 (05:23):
So I've really been into Beiria ramen.
Speaker 2 (05:27):
I think Tatsu has.
Speaker 1 (05:28):
It, Yes, they do.
Speaker 3 (05:30):
It's so and we have this like ramen burger.
Speaker 1 (05:32):
Have you seen that? Do?
Speaker 2 (05:33):
I haven't had that wheeler.
Speaker 1 (05:35):
That's scary.
Speaker 2 (05:36):
It's kind of scary.
Speaker 1 (05:37):
Because I feel like you take one bite and it
crumbles apart and then there's noodles everywhere.
Speaker 3 (05:41):
Probably are the noodles hard? Yes?
Speaker 1 (05:44):
I think the top and the bottom is hard. I
don't know. I literally think they like put it on
the grill for a second to like hard and altogether
I don't interesting.
Speaker 2 (05:53):
Okay, Well, if you try that, let me know how.
Speaker 1 (05:54):
That is love tATu though that is a go to spot. Okay,
So jumping back into it, We've got some fan questions
for you. The iPad was dead so for old fashioned
today all right. Number one, if you could change one
thing you've done in your career, what would it be?
Speaker 3 (06:14):
Good question?
Speaker 2 (06:16):
Right?
Speaker 1 (06:17):
Woha is it from Instagram? Guys? Shout Instagram?
Speaker 3 (06:21):
I know, cut out Instagram? If I could change one thing, WHOA,
that's honestly really difficult. I don't think that there's anything
that I would change per se, which I know is
like a super basic answer. But to be honest, I
really feel like every aspect of my career was so unplanned,
like truly.
Speaker 1 (06:41):
You like followed all those waves.
Speaker 3 (06:43):
Yeah, Like I never I feel like I never did
anything super intentionally. I mean even starting out, like I
posted my first video at thirteen, Yeah, and there was
no intention behind it, you know, like being a YouTuber
wasn't even a thing back then. Influencer was not even
a term, Like it was not cool to make videos
(07:05):
at that time at all, Like it was something more
so to be ashamed of than anything else.
Speaker 2 (07:10):
My intention was never to really.
Speaker 3 (07:13):
Create a career, have a career online.
Speaker 1 (07:15):
Yeah.
Speaker 3 (07:16):
So I don't think I would necessarily change anything. I
guess maybe doubt, like anytime that I doubted myself or
would second guess would probably be the only thing I
would change, because I feel like there have been a
lot of times in my career and probably will be
in the future as well, where like you kind of
just doubt your abilities or doubt like what am I doing,
(07:39):
or like overthink it so much that it takes you
out of the moment.
Speaker 2 (07:43):
So that might be the only thing.
Speaker 3 (07:45):
And even with saying that, I still wouldn't even change
that because it's all, you know, gotten me to where
I am now, and I feel like those mistakes and
even all the self doubt is necessary to you know,
it's there.
Speaker 2 (07:58):
For a reason.
Speaker 1 (07:59):
Like you said, you were literally the first ten five
people to be doing what you were doing. You literally
grew up online, so like that's like a whole nother thing.
But oh no, she.
Speaker 2 (08:14):
Wants to play my time, Like what do I do?
I'll just stay here, maybe she'll sit.
Speaker 1 (08:22):
On my lap. What. Yeah, But yeah, I bet that
was just so hard but also fun and you had
to learn so much you basically blew up in like
twenty fourteen, twenty fifteen, even like twenty thirteen. I don't
even know. But what do you think would have been
different if you would have been like two three years
later with what you did and how you started. Do
(08:44):
you think it would have been what it was for you?
Or do you think that your timing with everything was
perfect and you wouldn't have changed that at all?
Speaker 2 (08:52):
WHOA, that's cool. No, I never thought about that.
Speaker 3 (08:57):
Yeah, yeah, I think obviously it would be different because
I started in two thousand and nine, and yeah, I
would say around twenty thirteen.
Speaker 2 (09:05):
Twenty fourteen is.
Speaker 3 (09:06):
Kind of when I had already been doing it for
a few years, but I think that's when things became
even more mainstream and like kind of even going into
traditional media as well. I do feel like if I
would have started later, I don't know. I think everything
happens exactly as it's supposed to, and I feel like
I might have even been a completely different person by
(09:26):
that time. Like I started so young, and YouTube really
did kind of shape me as a human as well.
I was so introverted and shy and like not really
outwardly expressive before starting it, and so I feel like
it really gave me the permission in the okay to
like be creative.
Speaker 1 (09:44):
So I was after you when I started everything, and
I would wait in line to meet you at vidcom
and then I two three years later was the one,
you know, meeting fans at VIDCN. So it's just so
crazy with timing and everything. When I was starting out
and looking up to you and all the YouTubers and
then goes to show that you guys everyone listening, Like
(10:06):
I thought I had none of that. I just thought,
you know, I would never have fans, I would never
be anything ever, and then people that you look up to,
and then I really went for it and really started posting,
and even now like people can start start somewhere, start posting,
get your camera out. All those YouTubers back in that
day like so inspired me to do what everyone else
(10:29):
was doing, and I thought it was cool. I never
I was never in that. But again, even when I started,
there was bullying. People just didn't understand it. Even I
bet some of your family was like, what is beth
Any doing out there in LA or literally I've gone
through so many different phases and then finally people were
accepting of it. When do you think was like your time? Yeah,
this is what I'm supposed to be doing. This is
(10:52):
what I love, This is what I'm gonna really jump
for as my career.
Speaker 3 (10:56):
I think being so young, I didn't really have that
click in my mind until later, And it also didn't
really happen super consciously. I guess it felt more indirect,
Like it wasn't a moment where I was like, oh,
this is my job, this is my career. Maybe if
I was older, it would have been like, Okay, this
(11:18):
is my career.
Speaker 2 (11:19):
I'm solid.
Speaker 3 (11:20):
But as a kid, like I was just kind of like,
I like doing this and cool, I can like pay
my family's rent now, you know, Like so much was
happening around me that I didn't really you know, my
brain wasn't even fully developed to like fully understand all
of it. For me, it was more marked by milestones
maybe of people that I got to work with, people
(11:42):
that I got to meet, like for me being able
to work with like different brands, or like being able
to have my first clothing line and work with airble Stall.
Like as a kid, for me, I was like, this
is so cool. Okay, this is a cool moment.
Speaker 2 (11:55):
You know.
Speaker 3 (11:55):
I think those moments, or like even being in rooms
with people that I looked up to girl I was
obsessed with camp rock and then being able to be
in the same room as Nick Jonas and like he
knows who I am, like things like that, where I
was like, okay, that was my way of kind of
gauging all of it, I guess, versus like, oh, it's
a career now.
Speaker 2 (12:15):
I guess.
Speaker 1 (12:16):
This is similar to what you were just saying. What
was the best part of growing up on YouTube? Was
it just meeting all those people and all the experiences
that you were able to have at such a young age.
Speaker 3 (12:27):
Definitely, I think being able to have that platform and
being able to create content in a way that I
never thought I was able to do.
Speaker 2 (12:36):
I learned so.
Speaker 3 (12:37):
Much about myself and like being a video maker also,
And you can relate to this as well, being a
part of that time, Like social media is amazing in general,
and like even right now, to see how it's grown
and other platforms have come along like TikTok and have
made it so much easier for everyone to be in
(12:59):
on it, I think is incredible. I think you know,
ten years ago, yes, it was like such a like
magical time because people were finally coming around to it.
Speaker 2 (13:10):
But it was still really new and it was almost
more niche, Like.
Speaker 3 (13:14):
There was a very small group of creators you could
name them all. You could name them all, and even
going to like a playlist or like a VidCon. It
was so small. It felt like this little community and
there was something so magical about it. I'm so great,
we've expanded beyond it, but to be able to be
a part of it in those early stages was so magical.
Speaker 2 (13:37):
It almost felt like college.
Speaker 1 (13:39):
Like yeah, college literally exactly, Like showing up on set
and being there all day was like school.
Speaker 3 (13:47):
Yes, it was school. And like any events, those were
like the college parties.
Speaker 4 (13:53):
Like literally I went to Instagram prom Instagram promise, Like
Instagram had a prom for creators because.
Speaker 1 (14:00):
They knew that we didn't go to school and we
didn't have a prom, so they.
Speaker 3 (14:04):
Threw us a prom. That's brilliant, Like.
Speaker 1 (14:07):
I got to wear a prom dress. And I would
always say, you know, being an influencer not going to school,
like you don't have like that normal kind of thing,
and you don't get dances, And then they just did
that literally one of like the best moments, and it
felt normal too. It was like at a school gym.
It was so fun and everyone was just dressed up.
(14:27):
I think they had like the punch bowl. They made
it so like normal Instagram. It was a little more elevated,
but still it just felt so normal and fun. I
loved it.
Speaker 2 (14:39):
Yeah, but see, that's so true.
Speaker 3 (14:40):
It really was like our high school college experience.
Speaker 1 (14:43):
Yeah.
Speaker 3 (14:44):
Also, because I think if you're doing YouTube or social
media full time, it is your life, Like you don't
really have time. Like for me, the amount of times
that I would cancel or like not go to things
with friends, which I'm not proud of and like, I
don't do that now, But it really was like my
whole life, and I think a lot of people, especially
in that era, making YouTube videos, it consumes all of
(15:07):
your time.
Speaker 1 (15:07):
Yeah. Almost, I can't even remember some of it. Do
you feel like that too? You were so go, go
go and so busy at such a young age where yeah,
we like literally weren't even fully developed yet. Where I'll
look back at my mom and be like, I did that.
Literally yesterday, I was trying to look at a picture
to post for my friend's birthday and going through her
face on my phone, I'm like, oh my gosh, I
(15:30):
we did this and this. We went to a Taylor
Swift concert and I'm like, I don't even remember going
to that, and it sucks and it's like it wasn't
like I had a traumatic childhood, but it feels like
that when I can't remember something. Do you ever have that?
Speaker 3 (15:44):
Or you're like, no, oh, bro, there's a lot I
don't remember.
Speaker 1 (15:48):
It's only her like drunk.
Speaker 3 (15:49):
It's just that we're like work.
Speaker 2 (15:51):
There's so much going on.
Speaker 3 (15:52):
Yeah, I think the past few years of like also
kind of being more of an adult, I feel like
I've gotten the balance down a lot, more of having
a personal life and having stuff for myself and then
also having career. But back then, in my teen years, it.
Speaker 2 (16:10):
Was solely working, and I think because it.
Speaker 3 (16:13):
Was social media, I was like really fun. Yeah, that
we wanted to do it all the time. Like the
amount of times I have a picture that my mom
took of me were like I passed out on my bed.
Speaker 2 (16:26):
Literally hand on laptop mid editing.
Speaker 3 (16:28):
A YouTube video, just like passed out on my bed
all the time. I would just be editing into like
four in the morning and.
Speaker 1 (16:35):
Waking up at seven and running, running, running. Another question,
speaking of your clothing, line and all those things that
you did. Another thing was your jewelry brand. They want
to know what happened to Adam and Matter.
Speaker 2 (16:56):
So Adam a Matter.
Speaker 3 (16:58):
We started working on it in in twenty twenty. I
was super excited about it because like it was kind
of my first time like designing again after the whole
Aerpostol thing, and it was really fun, like kind of
being back in that energy again and like creating, and
I was like, oh, I really miss designing, Like it
was super super fun. And when we launched it, I
(17:20):
think for me, I just like it kind of fizzled out.
There's not really too much to say, Like I think
it just kind of fizzled out. Starting a business is
a lot, and even when I've worked with brands in
the past, it's been that working with brands and kind
of curating a collection or creating a collection, but I've
never like fully created a full brand from top to bottom.
(17:44):
And so I think once we started going, I think
I realized it wasn't the right fit, and I'm like,
maybe it wasn't going to be like the long term
thing that I really wanted to do, and logistically there
were things as well, and so ultimately we were kind
of just like and let's just kind of pop for now.
Speaker 2 (18:01):
And so that's kind of where we're at with it
at this point.
Speaker 3 (18:03):
Good and yeah, I feel good about.
Speaker 1 (18:05):
It, and you learned a lot.
Speaker 3 (18:07):
Yes, like creating businesses and doing new ventures. There's always
going to be like those failures or those moments that
you're like, okay, that didn't work out.
Speaker 1 (18:17):
I just saw a post of cannot remember what it was,
or I think it was Dyson. He made like three
hundred and forty prototypes before he really got to his whatever.
The first thing was maybe the vacuum, I don't know.
That was like, oh my gosh, Like you think that
like most people would have given up at like maybe
even ten, maybe even five, and he went to like
(18:39):
three hundred and fifty. I'm like, that is hard work,
and especially doing social media at the time of starting
a business, learning creating. But again, with you already knowing
all that stuff in the future, you got it and
you can do something else. You can bring that one
back up. But yeah, a lot of people were asking
about it, so still got some people who are ready
(19:02):
to purchase over there.
Speaker 3 (19:03):
Yeah, we are on a pause right now, but I'm
really grateful for all of that because I feel like
it helped me learn a lot as just like a
business owner and like being a founder and like all
that comes along.
Speaker 2 (19:15):
With it as well. Like it's so much.
Speaker 3 (19:17):
So yeah, if it ever comes back, the people will know.
Speaker 1 (19:21):
So follow her everywhere then you guys will be up
to date on that. All right, next question, what do
you do now? After YouTube? I would love a life.
Speaker 3 (19:31):
Update, life update?
Speaker 1 (19:34):
The day is life update?
Speaker 3 (19:35):
Guys?
Speaker 2 (19:36):
Life update?
Speaker 3 (19:37):
Yeah, so life's been really great. You look so happy.
Speaker 1 (19:42):
Thank you.
Speaker 3 (19:43):
Yeah, I think like we just we're talking about I
think so much of my life has been online. My
teen years were so much grinding and like working, and
that was also kind of the time where it was
like cool to be busy and grinding all the time.
Speaker 2 (20:00):
It was like cool.
Speaker 3 (20:01):
It was like the thing to do is like to
be working so hard that you're not sleeping. And so
that was kind of my life up until maybe around
like twenty and then I was like, Okay, I want.
Speaker 2 (20:15):
To like date or like I want to live. I
want to go to the movie theater.
Speaker 3 (20:21):
Yeah, quite literally, just something that's normal, And so I
kind of started to play around with the balance of
working and having a personal life. Like I said, like
dating was something that I never really did when I
was like on YouTube in my early years because I
just never had time, or I just didn't think it
(20:41):
was worth it, or it was just going to take
away from, you know, what I built for so long,
and so I started kind of investing back into that,
like my friends and my family and kind of having
that personal life, and then also looking at what I
wanted to do in terms of my career as well. Currently,
I'm on a little break from YouTube, but I don't
(21:02):
really see myself ever leaving it because it's like my
home and I and I'll like post on other platforms
as well, but I think at the end of the day,
I still see myself as like a YouTube creator when
it comes to my presence online.
Speaker 2 (21:18):
I love the format of it.
Speaker 3 (21:19):
I just feel like it's one of the best platforms
to be on personally. So I've taken a break from that,
but I'm currently working on a little series and like
relaunching it in a way that would be a lot
different than what I've done in the past.
Speaker 1 (21:33):
Yeah, a little production production.
Speaker 3 (21:36):
And then also with that, I started getting into hosting stuff. Okay,
host I hadn't. I was so used to always like
being in stuff, especially on my YouTube Channel's like I'm
the star of it. I'm the main person in all
of the content, in all the videos, and so I
(21:56):
started to kind of just play with hosting and like
hosting different shows to see how that felt, and I
fell in love with it. I think there's something so
fun about being a part of a bigger production that
isn't about me and I'm not the main focus, and
I can kind of support other people on their journeys
and whatever that experience is. So yeah, my most recent
(22:19):
hosting was Follow Me, which we did our second season,
and that's been super fun because it's also a social
media competition show, so it's something that I'm obviously familiar with.
Speaker 1 (22:32):
The whole show was fun. I got to be a guy. Yeah, sorry,
I wanted to interrupt you on that, and she'd be like,
it was so fun.
Speaker 3 (22:38):
She's the queen.
Speaker 1 (22:39):
I'm hosing the social media show made so much sense.
Speaker 3 (22:42):
Okay, I'm so happy that you came on too. That
was like one of my favorite episodes was you co hosting,
because I feel like we just it was so easy,
like it was so seamless.
Speaker 2 (22:54):
And it all went so well.
Speaker 3 (22:56):
But yeah, that's pretty much like what I'm doing now
is just like doing hosting stuff and then working on
relaunching a part of my YouTube channel and just live
in life and having fun.
Speaker 1 (23:06):
You like kind of need a podcast, you know.
Speaker 2 (23:08):
I've thought about it.
Speaker 1 (23:11):
Straw Hut out there my production company.
Speaker 3 (23:15):
I'm like, I don't know who you're talking. I'm like, yep, no,
I've thought about it, but I don't know if it
made sense.
Speaker 2 (23:24):
I would love to.
Speaker 3 (23:25):
I think for me, I never just wanted to do
it just to do it obviously. If I had something
to say or something to add to conversation in society,
then yeah, But otherwise I'd just.
Speaker 2 (23:38):
Be a little yapper.
Speaker 1 (23:39):
That's what I am. I love that though I love it.
I come on here, I'll give like a little update
about myself. I feel like now people are coming back
to the show just to hear what I have to
say in the beginning of what just went wrong or
why I'm late. And I'm just like, guys, the street
was closed.
Speaker 3 (23:56):
But you're so good, like you're so good at because
like I've seen you, like I've watched your episodes. In
the episode that we did together last time, and like
you're just so good, You're really you're a great.
Speaker 1 (24:07):
Podcaster, perfect yap or over here? Okay, last one. You've
posted a lot of videos. What do you think your
favorite video you've ever posted was?
Speaker 3 (24:20):
I have no idea. I'm like, let me even remember
I know right what I've felt like, I can only
remember one.
Speaker 2 (24:29):
So I guess I have like a few answers.
Speaker 1 (24:32):
Okay. The first video I ever posted, okay.
Speaker 3 (24:36):
Because it was the first one, you know, and I
worked with what I had, didn't have good equipment. I
was literally like blind in it because I was like,
didn't wear contacts and I didn't want to wear my glasses.
Like so, I feel like, just for what it was like,
that was like my first That video had so much
symbolism in the sense that it was such a huge
(24:58):
step in my life and it was so spontaneous and
I had no idea what that one video is going
to lead to.
Speaker 1 (25:04):
That's like the definition of start somewhere. Yes, everyone nowadays
is like, well, I don't have a camera, I don't
have the lighting. I don't know what I would do.
It's like just start and got a windows. What you did?
Speaker 2 (25:16):
Literally, that's literally all you need. Especially now, I think
I feel like there was.
Speaker 3 (25:21):
A time maybe like years ago that not even but
I do feel like there was a time that even
I felt like we needed like yeah, like the lighting
and like the G seven.
Speaker 2 (25:31):
At least at least the G seven.
Speaker 3 (25:34):
X baseline lift up yourself. Well, now I feel like
people really care about just like what the substance is,
like if they relate to you, and if they love you,
or what you're doing, or if you have a talent
that's like just really impressive. Like people aren't going to
be like the quality of this.
Speaker 1 (25:52):
Yeah, like you know, if you have alls, are just
trying so much better because back then that's why like, yeah,
you kind of needed.
Speaker 3 (25:58):
Oh yeah thing. I feel like the iPhone camera now
is better than a lot of normal cameras.
Speaker 1 (26:04):
So all right, on to the trivia. I'm ready to
see what you know about yourself.
Speaker 2 (26:10):
So not ready.
Speaker 1 (26:11):
I made these up myself, so if they are incorrect,
you'd probably be able to tell me.
Speaker 3 (26:16):
Maybe I don't even remember what I had for dinner
last night, Indian food, right, probably Properia ramen.
Speaker 1 (26:23):
Okay, all right, Number one, what place did you get
on Dancing with the Stars?
Speaker 2 (26:30):
Not me like, you got this four Let's go?
Speaker 1 (26:34):
You were in the finale and got fourth? Right, Okay,
got it? What year did your song need You Right
Now come out?
Speaker 2 (26:42):
Twenty fourteen?
Speaker 1 (26:44):
Yeah? That was actually so good?
Speaker 3 (26:48):
How did you get that scared?
Speaker 1 (26:50):
How'd you get Yeah?
Speaker 3 (26:51):
I got it because I remember, like I released the
song the year that I was on Dancing with the Stars,
So I like relate the two together.
Speaker 1 (26:57):
Okay, okay, so the next one you want. I was
shocked by this, but you would probably know this because
it was more of a thing for you. When did
we film the follow Me show?
Speaker 2 (27:07):
When, like when you came on?
Speaker 1 (27:09):
Yeah, when was it filmed? I was shocked by this.
Speaker 2 (27:13):
What do you mean?
Speaker 1 (27:14):
When was it filmed?
Speaker 2 (27:15):
Last year?
Speaker 1 (27:16):
What month?
Speaker 2 (27:17):
December?
Speaker 1 (27:18):
Yes? Okay girl, I thought it was like five months ago.
So I was looking for our picture to post. I
was like, it's something about Oh when I mentioned you
in stories, it said like December twenty twenty three. I
was like, what was this? And I was like, it's
not this. I kept like looking for our phoonks. I'm like,
do you really think that was almost a year ago?
Speaker 3 (27:35):
Granted it is a weird time to shoot a show.
December like, yeah, the peak of like right before Christmas.
Speaker 1 (27:41):
Yeah, like everyone was already like out of office. Yeah,
we're in there.
Speaker 2 (27:45):
Yeah, we're like, we're here.
Speaker 3 (27:47):
I remember when.
Speaker 1 (27:48):
We were filming. She would have to be there, you know,
really long because she's the host, and she used to
get ready and then when I was there, I had
asked like, oh, like do I need to be here
for these couple hours? And so like Beau, as I
asked the crew, you were.
Speaker 3 (28:01):
Like, oh, wait, like we get to go home.
Speaker 1 (28:03):
Like it was one of the first times where you
were able to like leave for like that two hours
because you would stay on set the whole time.
Speaker 3 (28:09):
That was such a special day.
Speaker 2 (28:11):
And I'll tell you what.
Speaker 3 (28:12):
After you came that day, they started doing it like
that every day and I was like, thank god, Jordan.
Speaker 1 (28:19):
I know. She was like I have to go let
my dogs out.
Speaker 2 (28:21):
I was like, got you.
Speaker 1 (28:23):
Oh no, you went shopping.
Speaker 3 (28:24):
I did a lot. Yeah, I did a lot in
that time. There was so much time.
Speaker 1 (28:29):
Okay, how many YouTube subscribers do you currently have?
Speaker 2 (28:32):
Oh, we've dropped. I have no idea dropped dropping every day. Yeah,
I have no idea like over eight million? Yes?
Speaker 3 (28:43):
Nine no, okay, nine that's got nine point four.
Speaker 4 (28:50):
Yeah, but then I got You're like, maybe I am
an upward right now?
Speaker 3 (28:55):
All right?
Speaker 1 (28:56):
How many awards show awards have you won? Oh?
Speaker 3 (29:00):
I have no idea award show all award shows.
Speaker 1 (29:04):
I think it's like or just like MEMI is that
what it's called? Streamy Steamy Awards, Dreamy yes, Sami Awards,
and like teen Choice Awards.
Speaker 3 (29:12):
Four yes, okay, last one.
Speaker 1 (29:16):
You're killing it. What year were you in the top
twenty five most influential teens for time?
Speaker 2 (29:24):
I don't know about this.
Speaker 1 (29:25):
It was a big year for you.
Speaker 3 (29:26):
Let's see twenty fourteen. Okay, that was the year?
Speaker 2 (29:30):
Was the year that was? I'm already tired.
Speaker 1 (29:37):
Macha was so happy she got to matcha killed it.
Speaker 3 (29:41):
She is so she's so cut.
Speaker 1 (29:44):
Everyone needs a cat in their life.
Speaker 3 (29:47):
She looks like the blueprint for a cat, like that's
what all cats are supposed to look like. Was they're
supposed to look like her?
Speaker 1 (29:53):
Macha is time to say goodbye to Bethany. Thank you
so much for joining us, Thanks for having me. Please
plug yourself and all your accounts and where they should
keep up to date with you.
Speaker 3 (30:05):
Basically, Bethany Moda on most Instagram is Bethany Noel M
Bethanie Noel. I've tried changing it and I got tired.
I'm trying, but everything else is Bethany Moda.
Speaker 1 (30:20):
Yay. Well, I cannot wait for the episode to come out,
and I love love hanging out with you always. We
still have to go to a Dodger game soon.
Speaker 2 (30:29):
I know, let's do it.
Speaker 1 (30:31):
So I was trying to go tonight. I was like,
it's sho heel Tawny's Bubblehead night. I was like, I
have dinner with a friend. I cannot go. But yes,
we'll go to a Dodger game soon.
Speaker 3 (30:41):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (30:41):
Everyone, make sure to like, subscribe and add us to
your playlist on Spotify and Apple, and we will see
you next Wednesday.
Speaker 3 (30:50):
Bie guys.
Speaker 5 (30:55):
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diamond you are and see you next time on the
Jordan Jones Podcast
Straw Media. We have a wild Bethany Moda in today.
Hey everyone, I'm Jordan Jones. We have a very special
guest today, one of actually the nicest person I think
(00:24):
I've met ever. Because if you guys don't know, fourteen
year old Jordan, fifteen year old Jordan out there. I
grew up on this girl, and I know that y'all
did too. Today we have none other than Bethany Modai.
Speaker 2 (00:41):
I don't know where I'm looking.
Speaker 1 (00:42):
Yeah, maybe this, maybe this is your main I don't know,
but guys, so exciting to have you here. She went
on my last podcast as well, so she's only like
my third guest on this podcast. Very exciting.
Speaker 2 (00:55):
I'm honored. Season two.
Speaker 1 (00:59):
So yes, we have Bethany Moto. We are going to
answer your questions, talk about some food because we live
in LA we have some good food, and then I'm
going to get into some trivia with you.
Speaker 2 (01:11):
So all right, yeah, I'm scared.
Speaker 1 (01:13):
I know it's literally trivia about you, that you're gonna
have things.
Speaker 2 (01:17):
I'm terrified.
Speaker 1 (01:19):
I feel like you'll do great. Thanks everyone say a
prayer and the coming for her. But first I do
want to talk about food with you because I'm a
little foody over here, and you live in LA and
we have so much.
Speaker 3 (01:31):
Good food Uber Eats.
Speaker 2 (01:34):
That's me.
Speaker 1 (01:34):
What are your top five deliveries?
Speaker 3 (01:37):
You think this is so embarrassing, but it was Starbucks
for a really long time.
Speaker 1 (01:42):
I got it this morning. I woke up at seven,
rolled over, ordered my two things I get every day.
Speaker 3 (01:47):
But is it right around the corner from you?
Speaker 2 (01:50):
Okay?
Speaker 1 (01:50):
Okay, so I don't feel point seven.
Speaker 3 (01:52):
I could literally walk to mine. Yeah, so that's probably
number one.
Speaker 1 (01:56):
What's your Starbucks order?
Speaker 3 (01:57):
So right now it's I was doing the pumpkin cream
cold brew, but then I just found like a hybrid
pumpkin drink. Okay, so I'm doing like a shot of
espresso with a splash of soy milk and then pumpkin
cream cold foam and the pumpkin topping with a pump
(02:18):
of white mocha syrup. It sounds oh and the blonde espresso.
It sounds so much, but it's so good.
Speaker 1 (02:29):
I thought, mine is like, like, what's yours? Signs a
venty pink drink?
Speaker 2 (02:33):
Oh easy?
Speaker 1 (02:35):
At least you order on the app, because if you
go in person, I feel like when you're saying all what.
Speaker 2 (02:39):
I won't order it. I will not order it in person.
Speaker 3 (02:42):
It's only because I step Yeah, it's only because I
have the app. So it's like already set in there.
I can just reorder. Yeah, but if I'm standing in line,
there's no way I'm doing.
Speaker 2 (02:52):
That to them. Absolutely not. I'll just get the pumpkin
cream cold brew as is. That's hilarious.
Speaker 1 (02:58):
I feel like people only like used to get long
orders like that, but now the drinks, I feel like,
come they have like their special little creations. But I
love that order for you.
Speaker 2 (03:06):
Okay.
Speaker 1 (03:07):
Other four, Oh.
Speaker 3 (03:09):
I've really been on my Indian food game recently.
Speaker 1 (03:12):
Wait, please say the place I found too.
Speaker 3 (03:16):
I don't remember the name of mine. I'm in this
stage where I'm trying a new one like every night.
Speaker 2 (03:20):
That sounds like I do.
Speaker 3 (03:22):
Order it every night actually, so let's just read and
then what do you get?
Speaker 1 (03:25):
Because I like, I've only really tried buttered chicken and
chicken tika masala.
Speaker 3 (03:29):
Love both of those, Okay, I don't want to butcher
the names. So there's this one dish that I really love.
It's basically like a vegetarian dish. It's like cauliflower potatoes
and like a curry sauce with obviously the rice on
the side.
Speaker 1 (03:43):
So good. The place I think I found is called
like Crown of Something.
Speaker 2 (03:48):
I just heard of that.
Speaker 3 (03:49):
Yes, I found it on TikTok Crown of India, right.
Speaker 1 (03:52):
Yeah. I thought it was a little more complicated than that,
but I think that is what it is. That place
you have to try if you have it, it's really good.
Speaker 2 (04:00):
I'm gonna try.
Speaker 3 (04:00):
I actually just saw that last night on TikTok and
I was like, it's twelve miles from me, but maybe
I'll pay the extra cey.
Speaker 1 (04:09):
So that's why I can get the further away places. Okay,
before we get into more last three, because I'm just
so interested in I feel like everyone wants to know
what people eat and drink nowadays.
Speaker 2 (04:20):
So what else do I get? Like sweet Green?
Speaker 1 (04:22):
I guess okay green had really Yeah, because I had it.
I used to live right by it, okay, and when
I would go on like my walks and I would
walk past it, it smells horrific. When I walk past,
I'm like a lot of.
Speaker 3 (04:37):
Arts, yeah, healthy farts, a little bloat.
Speaker 1 (04:42):
It does have that sort of smell, So I cannot
go in there.
Speaker 2 (04:46):
I get that.
Speaker 3 (04:46):
There's been a couple of times where I've eaten it
and I've forgotten to throw it out. Oh God, like
walk in my house and it has that smell just
a little tooty.
Speaker 2 (04:56):
Yeah, a little tooty.
Speaker 3 (04:58):
I totally get that, but it doesn't taste that way
so much like it's good in the moment. I will say,
you got to eat it right away.
Speaker 1 (05:08):
It just okay. Then it smells like day old food
in there.
Speaker 2 (05:12):
It does.
Speaker 1 (05:13):
So if you order it again, good to go, literally
to go. Yeah, Okay, one more ramen love ramen.
Speaker 3 (05:23):
So I've really been into Beiria ramen.
Speaker 2 (05:27):
I think Tatsu has.
Speaker 1 (05:28):
It, Yes, they do.
Speaker 3 (05:30):
It's so and we have this like ramen burger.
Speaker 1 (05:32):
Have you seen that? Do?
Speaker 2 (05:33):
I haven't had that wheeler.
Speaker 1 (05:35):
That's scary.
Speaker 2 (05:36):
It's kind of scary.
Speaker 1 (05:37):
Because I feel like you take one bite and it
crumbles apart and then there's noodles everywhere.
Speaker 3 (05:41):
Probably are the noodles hard? Yes?
Speaker 1 (05:44):
I think the top and the bottom is hard. I
don't know. I literally think they like put it on
the grill for a second to like hard and altogether
I don't interesting.
Speaker 2 (05:53):
Okay, Well, if you try that, let me know how.
Speaker 1 (05:54):
That is love tATu though that is a go to spot. Okay,
So jumping back into it, We've got some fan questions
for you. The iPad was dead so for old fashioned
today all right. Number one, if you could change one
thing you've done in your career, what would it be?
Speaker 3 (06:14):
Good question?
Speaker 2 (06:16):
Right?
Speaker 1 (06:17):
Woha is it from Instagram? Guys? Shout Instagram?
Speaker 3 (06:21):
I know, cut out Instagram? If I could change one thing, WHOA,
that's honestly really difficult. I don't think that there's anything
that I would change per se, which I know is
like a super basic answer. But to be honest, I
really feel like every aspect of my career was so unplanned,
like truly.
Speaker 1 (06:41):
You like followed all those waves.
Speaker 3 (06:43):
Yeah, Like I never I feel like I never did
anything super intentionally. I mean even starting out, like I
posted my first video at thirteen, Yeah, and there was
no intention behind it, you know, like being a YouTuber
wasn't even a thing back then. Influencer was not even
a term, Like it was not cool to make videos
(07:05):
at that time at all, Like it was something more
so to be ashamed of than anything else.
Speaker 2 (07:10):
My intention was never to really.
Speaker 3 (07:13):
Create a career, have a career online.
Speaker 1 (07:15):
Yeah.
Speaker 3 (07:16):
So I don't think I would necessarily change anything. I
guess maybe doubt, like anytime that I doubted myself or
would second guess would probably be the only thing I
would change, because I feel like there have been a
lot of times in my career and probably will be
in the future as well, where like you kind of
just doubt your abilities or doubt like what am I doing,
(07:39):
or like overthink it so much that it takes you
out of the moment.
Speaker 2 (07:43):
So that might be the only thing.
Speaker 3 (07:45):
And even with saying that, I still wouldn't even change
that because it's all, you know, gotten me to where
I am now, and I feel like those mistakes and
even all the self doubt is necessary to you know,
it's there.
Speaker 2 (07:58):
For a reason.
Speaker 1 (07:59):
Like you said, you were literally the first ten five
people to be doing what you were doing. You literally
grew up online, so like that's like a whole nother thing.
But oh no, she.
Speaker 2 (08:14):
Wants to play my time, Like what do I do?
I'll just stay here, maybe she'll sit.
Speaker 1 (08:22):
On my lap. What. Yeah, But yeah, I bet that
was just so hard but also fun and you had
to learn so much you basically blew up in like
twenty fourteen, twenty fifteen, even like twenty thirteen. I don't
even know. But what do you think would have been
different if you would have been like two three years
later with what you did and how you started. Do
(08:44):
you think it would have been what it was for you?
Or do you think that your timing with everything was
perfect and you wouldn't have changed that at all?
Speaker 2 (08:52):
WHOA, that's cool. No, I never thought about that.
Speaker 3 (08:57):
Yeah, yeah, I think obviously it would be different because
I started in two thousand and nine, and yeah, I
would say around twenty thirteen.
Speaker 2 (09:05):
Twenty fourteen is.
Speaker 3 (09:06):
Kind of when I had already been doing it for
a few years, but I think that's when things became
even more mainstream and like kind of even going into
traditional media as well. I do feel like if I
would have started later, I don't know. I think everything
happens exactly as it's supposed to, and I feel like
I might have even been a completely different person by
(09:26):
that time. Like I started so young, and YouTube really
did kind of shape me as a human as well.
I was so introverted and shy and like not really
outwardly expressive before starting it, and so I feel like
it really gave me the permission in the okay to
like be creative.
Speaker 1 (09:44):
So I was after you when I started everything, and
I would wait in line to meet you at vidcom
and then I two three years later was the one,
you know, meeting fans at VIDCN. So it's just so
crazy with timing and everything. When I was starting out
and looking up to you and all the YouTubers and
then goes to show that you guys everyone listening, Like
(10:06):
I thought I had none of that. I just thought,
you know, I would never have fans, I would never
be anything ever, and then people that you look up to,
and then I really went for it and really started posting,
and even now like people can start start somewhere, start posting,
get your camera out. All those YouTubers back in that
day like so inspired me to do what everyone else
(10:29):
was doing, and I thought it was cool. I never
I was never in that. But again, even when I started,
there was bullying. People just didn't understand it. Even I
bet some of your family was like, what is beth
Any doing out there in LA or literally I've gone
through so many different phases and then finally people were
accepting of it. When do you think was like your time? Yeah,
this is what I'm supposed to be doing. This is
(10:52):
what I love, This is what I'm gonna really jump
for as my career.
Speaker 3 (10:56):
I think being so young, I didn't really have that
click in my mind until later, And it also didn't
really happen super consciously. I guess it felt more indirect,
Like it wasn't a moment where I was like, oh,
this is my job, this is my career. Maybe if
I was older, it would have been like, Okay, this
(11:18):
is my career.
Speaker 2 (11:19):
I'm solid.
Speaker 3 (11:20):
But as a kid, like I was just kind of like,
I like doing this and cool, I can like pay
my family's rent now, you know, Like so much was
happening around me that I didn't really you know, my
brain wasn't even fully developed to like fully understand all
of it. For me, it was more marked by milestones
maybe of people that I got to work with, people
(11:42):
that I got to meet, like for me being able
to work with like different brands, or like being able
to have my first clothing line and work with airble Stall.
Like as a kid, for me, I was like, this
is so cool. Okay, this is a cool moment.
Speaker 2 (11:55):
You know.
Speaker 3 (11:55):
I think those moments, or like even being in rooms
with people that I looked up to girl I was
obsessed with camp rock and then being able to be
in the same room as Nick Jonas and like he
knows who I am, like things like that, where I
was like, okay, that was my way of kind of
gauging all of it, I guess, versus like, oh, it's
a career now.
Speaker 2 (12:15):
I guess.
Speaker 1 (12:16):
This is similar to what you were just saying. What
was the best part of growing up on YouTube? Was
it just meeting all those people and all the experiences
that you were able to have at such a young age.
Speaker 3 (12:27):
Definitely, I think being able to have that platform and
being able to create content in a way that I
never thought I was able to do.
Speaker 2 (12:36):
I learned so.
Speaker 3 (12:37):
Much about myself and like being a video maker also,
And you can relate to this as well, being a
part of that time, Like social media is amazing in general,
and like even right now, to see how it's grown
and other platforms have come along like TikTok and have
made it so much easier for everyone to be in
(12:59):
on it, I think is incredible. I think you know,
ten years ago, yes, it was like such a like
magical time because people were finally coming around to it.
Speaker 2 (13:10):
But it was still really new and it was almost
more niche, Like.
Speaker 3 (13:14):
There was a very small group of creators you could
name them all. You could name them all, and even
going to like a playlist or like a VidCon. It
was so small. It felt like this little community and
there was something so magical about it. I'm so great,
we've expanded beyond it, but to be able to be
a part of it in those early stages was so magical.
Speaker 2 (13:37):
It almost felt like college.
Speaker 1 (13:39):
Like yeah, college literally exactly, Like showing up on set
and being there all day was like school.
Speaker 3 (13:47):
Yes, it was school. And like any events, those were
like the college parties.
Speaker 4 (13:53):
Like literally I went to Instagram prom Instagram promise, Like
Instagram had a prom for creators because.
Speaker 1 (14:00):
They knew that we didn't go to school and we
didn't have a prom, so they.
Speaker 3 (14:04):
Threw us a prom. That's brilliant, Like.
Speaker 1 (14:07):
I got to wear a prom dress. And I would
always say, you know, being an influencer not going to school,
like you don't have like that normal kind of thing,
and you don't get dances, And then they just did
that literally one of like the best moments, and it
felt normal too. It was like at a school gym.
It was so fun and everyone was just dressed up.
(14:27):
I think they had like the punch bowl. They made
it so like normal Instagram. It was a little more elevated,
but still it just felt so normal and fun. I
loved it.
Speaker 2 (14:39):
Yeah, but see, that's so true.
Speaker 3 (14:40):
It really was like our high school college experience.
Speaker 1 (14:43):
Yeah.
Speaker 3 (14:44):
Also, because I think if you're doing YouTube or social
media full time, it is your life, Like you don't
really have time. Like for me, the amount of times
that I would cancel or like not go to things
with friends, which I'm not proud of and like, I
don't do that now, But it really was like my
whole life, and I think a lot of people, especially
in that era, making YouTube videos, it consumes all of
(15:07):
your time.
Speaker 1 (15:07):
Yeah. Almost, I can't even remember some of it. Do
you feel like that too? You were so go, go
go and so busy at such a young age where yeah,
we like literally weren't even fully developed yet. Where I'll
look back at my mom and be like, I did that.
Literally yesterday, I was trying to look at a picture
to post for my friend's birthday and going through her
face on my phone, I'm like, oh my gosh, I
(15:30):
we did this and this. We went to a Taylor
Swift concert and I'm like, I don't even remember going
to that, and it sucks and it's like it wasn't
like I had a traumatic childhood, but it feels like
that when I can't remember something. Do you ever have that?
Speaker 3 (15:44):
Or you're like, no, oh, bro, there's a lot I
don't remember.
Speaker 1 (15:48):
It's only her like drunk.
Speaker 3 (15:49):
It's just that we're like work.
Speaker 2 (15:51):
There's so much going on.
Speaker 3 (15:52):
Yeah, I think the past few years of like also
kind of being more of an adult, I feel like
I've gotten the balance down a lot, more of having
a personal life and having stuff for myself and then
also having career. But back then, in my teen years, it.
Speaker 2 (16:10):
Was solely working, and I think because it.
Speaker 3 (16:13):
Was social media, I was like really fun. Yeah, that
we wanted to do it all the time. Like the
amount of times I have a picture that my mom
took of me were like I passed out on my bed.
Speaker 2 (16:26):
Literally hand on laptop mid editing.
Speaker 3 (16:28):
A YouTube video, just like passed out on my bed
all the time. I would just be editing into like
four in the morning and.
Speaker 1 (16:35):
Waking up at seven and running, running, running. Another question,
speaking of your clothing, line and all those things that
you did. Another thing was your jewelry brand. They want
to know what happened to Adam and Matter.
Speaker 2 (16:56):
So Adam a Matter.
Speaker 3 (16:58):
We started working on it in in twenty twenty. I
was super excited about it because like it was kind
of my first time like designing again after the whole
Aerpostol thing, and it was really fun, like kind of
being back in that energy again and like creating, and
I was like, oh, I really miss designing, Like it
was super super fun. And when we launched it, I
(17:20):
think for me, I just like it kind of fizzled out.
There's not really too much to say, Like I think
it just kind of fizzled out. Starting a business is
a lot, and even when I've worked with brands in
the past, it's been that working with brands and kind
of curating a collection or creating a collection, but I've
never like fully created a full brand from top to bottom.
(17:44):
And so I think once we started going, I think
I realized it wasn't the right fit, and I'm like,
maybe it wasn't going to be like the long term
thing that I really wanted to do, and logistically there
were things as well, and so ultimately we were kind
of just like and let's just kind of pop for now.
Speaker 2 (18:01):
And so that's kind of where we're at with it
at this point.
Speaker 3 (18:03):
Good and yeah, I feel good about.
Speaker 1 (18:05):
It, and you learned a lot.
Speaker 3 (18:07):
Yes, like creating businesses and doing new ventures. There's always
going to be like those failures or those moments that
you're like, okay, that didn't work out.
Speaker 1 (18:17):
I just saw a post of cannot remember what it was,
or I think it was Dyson. He made like three
hundred and forty prototypes before he really got to his whatever.
The first thing was maybe the vacuum, I don't know.
That was like, oh my gosh, Like you think that
like most people would have given up at like maybe
even ten, maybe even five, and he went to like
(18:39):
three hundred and fifty. I'm like, that is hard work,
and especially doing social media at the time of starting
a business, learning creating. But again, with you already knowing
all that stuff in the future, you got it and
you can do something else. You can bring that one
back up. But yeah, a lot of people were asking
about it, so still got some people who are ready
(19:02):
to purchase over there.
Speaker 3 (19:03):
Yeah, we are on a pause right now, but I'm
really grateful for all of that because I feel like
it helped me learn a lot as just like a
business owner and like being a founder and like all
that comes along.
Speaker 2 (19:15):
With it as well. Like it's so much.
Speaker 3 (19:17):
So yeah, if it ever comes back, the people will know.
Speaker 1 (19:21):
So follow her everywhere then you guys will be up
to date on that. All right, next question, what do
you do now? After YouTube? I would love a life.
Speaker 3 (19:31):
Update, life update?
Speaker 1 (19:34):
The day is life update?
Speaker 3 (19:35):
Guys?
Speaker 2 (19:36):
Life update?
Speaker 3 (19:37):
Yeah, so life's been really great. You look so happy.
Speaker 1 (19:42):
Thank you.
Speaker 3 (19:43):
Yeah, I think like we just we're talking about I
think so much of my life has been online. My
teen years were so much grinding and like working, and
that was also kind of the time where it was
like cool to be busy and grinding all the time.
Speaker 2 (20:00):
It was like cool.
Speaker 3 (20:01):
It was like the thing to do is like to
be working so hard that you're not sleeping. And so
that was kind of my life up until maybe around
like twenty and then I was like, Okay, I want.
Speaker 2 (20:15):
To like date or like I want to live. I
want to go to the movie theater.
Speaker 3 (20:21):
Yeah, quite literally, just something that's normal, And so I
kind of started to play around with the balance of
working and having a personal life. Like I said, like
dating was something that I never really did when I
was like on YouTube in my early years because I
just never had time, or I just didn't think it
(20:41):
was worth it, or it was just going to take
away from, you know, what I built for so long,
and so I started kind of investing back into that,
like my friends and my family and kind of having
that personal life, and then also looking at what I
wanted to do in terms of my career as well. Currently,
I'm on a little break from YouTube, but I don't
(21:02):
really see myself ever leaving it because it's like my
home and I and I'll like post on other platforms
as well, but I think at the end of the day,
I still see myself as like a YouTube creator when
it comes to my presence online.
Speaker 2 (21:18):
I love the format of it.
Speaker 3 (21:19):
I just feel like it's one of the best platforms
to be on personally. So I've taken a break from that,
but I'm currently working on a little series and like
relaunching it in a way that would be a lot
different than what I've done in the past.
Speaker 1 (21:33):
Yeah, a little production production.
Speaker 3 (21:36):
And then also with that, I started getting into hosting stuff. Okay,
host I hadn't. I was so used to always like
being in stuff, especially on my YouTube Channel's like I'm
the star of it. I'm the main person in all
of the content, in all the videos, and so I
(21:56):
started to kind of just play with hosting and like
hosting different shows to see how that felt, and I
fell in love with it. I think there's something so
fun about being a part of a bigger production that
isn't about me and I'm not the main focus, and
I can kind of support other people on their journeys
and whatever that experience is. So yeah, my most recent
(22:19):
hosting was Follow Me, which we did our second season,
and that's been super fun because it's also a social
media competition show, so it's something that I'm obviously familiar with.
Speaker 1 (22:32):
The whole show was fun. I got to be a guy. Yeah, sorry,
I wanted to interrupt you on that, and she'd be like,
it was so fun.
Speaker 3 (22:38):
She's the queen.
Speaker 1 (22:39):
I'm hosing the social media show made so much sense.
Speaker 3 (22:42):
Okay, I'm so happy that you came on too. That
was like one of my favorite episodes was you co hosting,
because I feel like we just it was so easy,
like it was so seamless.
Speaker 2 (22:54):
And it all went so well.
Speaker 3 (22:56):
But yeah, that's pretty much like what I'm doing now
is just like doing hosting stuff and then working on
relaunching a part of my YouTube channel and just live
in life and having fun.
Speaker 1 (23:06):
You like kind of need a podcast, you know.
Speaker 2 (23:08):
I've thought about it.
Speaker 1 (23:11):
Straw Hut out there my production company.
Speaker 3 (23:15):
I'm like, I don't know who you're talking. I'm like, yep, no,
I've thought about it, but I don't know if it
made sense.
Speaker 2 (23:24):
I would love to.
Speaker 3 (23:25):
I think for me, I never just wanted to do
it just to do it obviously. If I had something
to say or something to add to conversation in society,
then yeah, But otherwise I'd just.
Speaker 2 (23:38):
Be a little yapper.
Speaker 1 (23:39):
That's what I am. I love that though I love it.
I come on here, I'll give like a little update
about myself. I feel like now people are coming back
to the show just to hear what I have to
say in the beginning of what just went wrong or
why I'm late. And I'm just like, guys, the street
was closed.
Speaker 3 (23:56):
But you're so good, like you're so good at because
like I've seen you, like I've watched your episodes. In
the episode that we did together last time, and like
you're just so good, You're really you're a great.
Speaker 1 (24:07):
Podcaster, perfect yap or over here? Okay, last one. You've
posted a lot of videos. What do you think your
favorite video you've ever posted was?
Speaker 3 (24:20):
I have no idea. I'm like, let me even remember
I know right what I've felt like, I can only
remember one.
Speaker 2 (24:29):
So I guess I have like a few answers.
Speaker 1 (24:32):
Okay. The first video I ever posted, okay.
Speaker 3 (24:36):
Because it was the first one, you know, and I
worked with what I had, didn't have good equipment. I
was literally like blind in it because I was like,
didn't wear contacts and I didn't want to wear my glasses.
Like so, I feel like, just for what it was like,
that was like my first That video had so much
symbolism in the sense that it was such a huge
(24:58):
step in my life and it was so spontaneous and
I had no idea what that one video is going
to lead to.
Speaker 1 (25:04):
That's like the definition of start somewhere. Yes, everyone nowadays
is like, well, I don't have a camera, I don't
have the lighting. I don't know what I would do.
It's like just start and got a windows. What you did?
Speaker 2 (25:16):
Literally, that's literally all you need. Especially now, I think
I feel like there was.
Speaker 3 (25:21):
A time maybe like years ago that not even but
I do feel like there was a time that even
I felt like we needed like yeah, like the lighting
and like the G seven.
Speaker 2 (25:31):
At least at least the G seven.
Speaker 3 (25:34):
X baseline lift up yourself. Well, now I feel like
people really care about just like what the substance is,
like if they relate to you, and if they love you,
or what you're doing, or if you have a talent
that's like just really impressive. Like people aren't going to
be like the quality of this.
Speaker 1 (25:52):
Yeah, like you know, if you have alls, are just
trying so much better because back then that's why like, yeah,
you kind of needed.
Speaker 3 (25:58):
Oh yeah thing. I feel like the iPhone camera now
is better than a lot of normal cameras.
Speaker 1 (26:04):
So all right, on to the trivia. I'm ready to
see what you know about yourself.
Speaker 2 (26:10):
So not ready.
Speaker 1 (26:11):
I made these up myself, so if they are incorrect,
you'd probably be able to tell me.
Speaker 3 (26:16):
Maybe I don't even remember what I had for dinner
last night, Indian food, right, probably Properia ramen.
Speaker 1 (26:23):
Okay, all right, Number one, what place did you get
on Dancing with the Stars?
Speaker 2 (26:30):
Not me like, you got this four Let's go?
Speaker 1 (26:34):
You were in the finale and got fourth? Right, Okay,
got it? What year did your song need You Right
Now come out?
Speaker 2 (26:42):
Twenty fourteen?
Speaker 1 (26:44):
Yeah? That was actually so good?
Speaker 3 (26:48):
How did you get that scared?
Speaker 1 (26:50):
How'd you get Yeah?
Speaker 3 (26:51):
I got it because I remember, like I released the
song the year that I was on Dancing with the Stars,
So I like relate the two together.
Speaker 1 (26:57):
Okay, okay, so the next one you want. I was
shocked by this, but you would probably know this because
it was more of a thing for you. When did
we film the follow Me show?
Speaker 2 (27:07):
When, like when you came on?
Speaker 1 (27:09):
Yeah, when was it filmed? I was shocked by this.
Speaker 2 (27:13):
What do you mean?
Speaker 1 (27:14):
When was it filmed?
Speaker 2 (27:15):
Last year?
Speaker 1 (27:16):
What month?
Speaker 2 (27:17):
December?
Speaker 1 (27:18):
Yes? Okay girl, I thought it was like five months ago.
So I was looking for our picture to post. I
was like, it's something about Oh when I mentioned you
in stories, it said like December twenty twenty three. I
was like, what was this? And I was like, it's
not this. I kept like looking for our phoonks. I'm like,
do you really think that was almost a year ago?
Speaker 3 (27:35):
Granted it is a weird time to shoot a show.
December like, yeah, the peak of like right before Christmas.
Speaker 1 (27:41):
Yeah, like everyone was already like out of office. Yeah,
we're in there.
Speaker 2 (27:45):
Yeah, we're like, we're here.
Speaker 3 (27:47):
I remember when.
Speaker 1 (27:48):
We were filming. She would have to be there, you know,
really long because she's the host, and she used to
get ready and then when I was there, I had
asked like, oh, like do I need to be here
for these couple hours? And so like Beau, as I
asked the crew, you were.
Speaker 3 (28:01):
Like, oh, wait, like we get to go home.
Speaker 1 (28:03):
Like it was one of the first times where you
were able to like leave for like that two hours
because you would stay on set the whole time.
Speaker 3 (28:09):
That was such a special day.
Speaker 2 (28:11):
And I'll tell you what.
Speaker 3 (28:12):
After you came that day, they started doing it like
that every day and I was like, thank god, Jordan.
Speaker 1 (28:19):
I know. She was like I have to go let
my dogs out.
Speaker 2 (28:21):
I was like, got you.
Speaker 1 (28:23):
Oh no, you went shopping.
Speaker 3 (28:24):
I did a lot. Yeah, I did a lot in
that time. There was so much time.
Speaker 1 (28:29):
Okay, how many YouTube subscribers do you currently have?
Speaker 2 (28:32):
Oh, we've dropped. I have no idea dropped dropping every day. Yeah,
I have no idea like over eight million? Yes?
Speaker 3 (28:43):
Nine no, okay, nine that's got nine point four.
Speaker 4 (28:50):
Yeah, but then I got You're like, maybe I am
an upward right now?
Speaker 3 (28:55):
All right?
Speaker 1 (28:56):
How many awards show awards have you won? Oh?
Speaker 3 (29:00):
I have no idea award show all award shows.
Speaker 1 (29:04):
I think it's like or just like MEMI is that
what it's called? Streamy Steamy Awards, Dreamy yes, Sami Awards,
and like teen Choice Awards.
Speaker 3 (29:12):
Four yes, okay, last one.
Speaker 1 (29:16):
You're killing it. What year were you in the top
twenty five most influential teens for time?
Speaker 2 (29:24):
I don't know about this.
Speaker 1 (29:25):
It was a big year for you.
Speaker 3 (29:26):
Let's see twenty fourteen. Okay, that was the year?
Speaker 2 (29:30):
Was the year that was? I'm already tired.
Speaker 1 (29:37):
Macha was so happy she got to matcha killed it.
Speaker 3 (29:41):
She is so she's so cut.
Speaker 1 (29:44):
Everyone needs a cat in their life.
Speaker 3 (29:47):
She looks like the blueprint for a cat, like that's
what all cats are supposed to look like. Was they're
supposed to look like her?
Speaker 1 (29:53):
Macha is time to say goodbye to Bethany. Thank you
so much for joining us, Thanks for having me. Please
plug yourself and all your accounts and where they should
keep up to date with you.
Speaker 3 (30:05):
Basically, Bethany Moda on most Instagram is Bethany Noel M
Bethanie Noel. I've tried changing it and I got tired.
I'm trying, but everything else is Bethany Moda.
Speaker 1 (30:20):
Yay. Well, I cannot wait for the episode to come out,
and I love love hanging out with you always. We
still have to go to a Dodger game soon.
Speaker 2 (30:29):
I know, let's do it.
Speaker 1 (30:31):
So I was trying to go tonight. I was like,
it's sho heel Tawny's Bubblehead night. I was like, I
have dinner with a friend. I cannot go. But yes,
we'll go to a Dodger game soon.
Speaker 3 (30:41):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (30:41):
Everyone, make sure to like, subscribe and add us to
your playlist on Spotify and Apple, and we will see
you next Wednesday.
Speaker 3 (30:50):
Bie guys.
Speaker 5 (30:55):
Listening to the Jordan Joes podcast. Jordan's passion is to inspire, relate,
and give you that much needed one hour escape from
life's everyday struggles, your family, and we're so glad you're here.
Make sure to like, rate, review, and subscribe. We'll be
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