Do you ever really feel like your mind juice is simply…leaking? Like all of your wackiest ideas and weirdest concepts are oozing out of the silliest formed holes in your cranium? That is the concept behind the brand new unscripted and unfiltered Podcast Brain Leak(opens in a new tab), hosted by YouTube creators and besties Seán McLoughlin (referred to as Jacksepticeye) and Ethan Nestor (a.ok.a. CrankGameplays).

The pair have by no means had an issue filtering themselves earlier than — they’re beloved for exuberant and typically off-the-rails gaming reactions and collabs — however on Mind Leak they’re actually getting candid. Every episode is a bemusing ping pong match between two delightfully irreverent bros and their bonkers brains.

The pod is produced by content material studio QCODE (whom the fellows tip their proverbial hats to for “letting the phrase vomit movement”) and premiers tomorrow, April 19, throughout all main podcast platforms and a brand new Brain Leak YouTube channel(opens in a new tab).

Earlier than the discharge, McLoughlin and Nestor sat down with Mashable to speak about how the podcast has reignited their creativity and scratched a brilliant particular mind itch.

Mashable: I’ve listened to the primary episode and, as somebody who additionally has ADHD, I like the concept it is mainly a protracted ploy for the 2 of you to lastly simply hang around.

Seán McLoughlin: We have each listened to podcasts for some time, and I’ve at all times been all in favour of doing one however by no means actually knew what to do. It at all times felt like there needed to be a plan or a giant gimmick to it. And I used to be like, “I simply wish to hang around and chat and have enjoyable and try to make one another snicker for like an hour each week.”

Ethan Nestor: And it isn’t simply the audio podcast that we’re enthusiastic about. We’re pumped in regards to the different issues that we’re in a position to make branching off the podcast, like visiting the Blarney Stone or bringing Seán to Maine and occurring a lobster boat. It is actually simply an excuse for us to have the ability to hang around extra and do silly shit.

SM: We’re horrible at maintaining with one another, so this forces us to nonetheless be associates.

One of the simplest ways to do this is to place one thing on the calendar as a piece obligation.

SM: [The podcast] will tear us aside as a result of now it is only for work.

EN: Yeah, we’re contractually obligated to be associates.

What number of episodes have you ever recorded up to now?

SM: We have now 5 executed now. We wished to get a number of the teething points out of the best way earlier than we launch them absolutely.

Did you say teething, like a child teething?

SM: Yeah! We’re infants. We do not know what we’re doing. And since Ethan’s fairly busy main as much as his Creator Clash(opens in a new tab) factor, and I have been touring forwards and backwards quite a bit, we banked just a few episodes. The subsequent ones we’ll do extra in real-time the place we get viewers suggestions.

Because the episodes go, we now have extra critical episodes the place we simply talked about our youth and college days, after which we now have others the place we do not speak about something critical.

We even have our horrible recommendation section that is kicking off now. We’re getting suggestions, tweets, and precise viewers interplay, which we did not have for the primary episode. I believe as we ease into it, it is our excuse to let intrusive ideas out. At any time when individuals ask for recommendation on one thing, it is like our excuse to be assholes for no cause.

The podcast is an excuse to be assholes for no cause?

SM: If I did it on my channel, I might be canceled. But when I do it on a podcast, it is humorous [laughs]. I believe once you’re listening to the podcast, , it is a completely different house than in the event you had been watching a YouTube video, or taking part in a recreation and attempting to speak on the similar time. And the truth that there’s two of us, we simply bounce off one another, and if an individual laughs then that is wonderful. I hear laughter, and I do know it is good.

How lengthy have you ever guys recognized one another?

SM: We met at PAX East in Boston in 2015. We used to go to these and do meet and greets and panels and meet followers. I met Ethan at [Markiplier’s] panel the place he did a backflip after which gave me a hug. That sticks with you.

EN: Totally different occasions, really.

Why was it a special time?

EN: I believe that the group was only a bit completely different again then. Everybody was a bit extra, I do not know, it was nonetheless a bit little bit of the Wild West of YouTube. There have been loads of – in good methods and unhealthy methods — individuals idolizing YouTubers again then. Individuals had been extra susceptible to going out to conventions to see YouTubers and wait in line. It was nonetheless a bit extra uncommon to be a content material creator on the web. And now I really feel like everyone seems to be streaming.

SM: Again then, individuals weren’t actually doing model offers on YouTube movies. There was no copyright system the best way it’s now; the entire panorama has modified. Individuals would solely make cash by means of advert income. It was very weird to do a 60-second integration initially your movies, that was remarkable.

EN: Individuals thought you had been a little bit of a sellout in the event you did model offers again then.

Seán, within the first episode you stated you’d been feeling like you might be in a rut by way of content material creation.

SM: Yeah, I do this. That is simply my factor.

EN: [Laughs] Seasonal content material melancholy.

SM: Final yr, due to loads of private stuff taking place round me, like associates transferring away and other people hanging out in particular person once more, I used to be like, “Man, I haven’t got anybody that I can go meet,” and I nonetheless wasn’t in a position to journey as a result of we did not have time to do it. There was loads of stuff in my head that bought to me, after which I bought again into remedy, began a brand new medicine, and now every part’s nice.

I do not assume the podcast got here out of that immediately, however I wish to attempt more durable to do all of the issues that I’ve wished to do this I preserve laying aside. I simply wish to have extra enjoyable and never fear. After [being a content creator] for 10 years, it feels monotonous and like a cycle, it feels quite a bit like work. Attempting new issues, making it attention-grabbing once more, having enjoyable with it, and probably not having to fret about issues as a lot is my purpose for this yr.

What are a number of the issues on that listing?

EN: It is much less of an inventory and extra of a scroll.

SM: YouTubers simply at all times have shit they wish to do. I wished to do a story podcast as nicely sooner or later with a narrative I had in thoughts. Comedian books are one thing that I have been all in favour of. TV exhibits, motion pictures… I wish to do all of it, however I have to ensure that I am taking the time to determine which of them are finest to do proper now. If I soar in and try to do all of all of them on the similar time, then I hate myself and none of them really get executed.

EN: I believe that having one other particular person to bounce off, to maintain you accountable, is so useful for my mind. That was one of many the reason why Unus Annus(opens in a new tab) labored was as a result of I needed to do stuff with one other particular person. Generally the shared distress is sweet. Seán and I’ve such good chemistry and our brains are the very same. So it is tremendous simple to make stuff after we each have a bit mirror that we are able to shout into.

SM: That is how I function. As a result of if I do it by myself, I get nothing executed. However then me and my girlfriend go to a espresso store and sit down and I will simply begin typing out of the blue.

EN: I used to do this on a regular basis. Again after I nonetheless edited my very own stuff I might get on Skype with a few my associates and we’d edit our movies collectively. And none of us would ever say something, but it surely was good to only be current alongside one other particular person.

Is there anything you wish to share in regards to the podcast?

EN: Clearly, Seán and I do not dwell in the identical place so we cannot be capable to document [in the same physical space] tremendous typically. And so after we do get to do this, it will be a enjoyable little reward for the viewers. I am actually hoping that that the group will get enthusiastic about it. It’s going to be like a bit Christmas each time these movies get uploaded.

SM: There is a massive tendency on YouTube lately to get issues proper once you’re importing them. The title and the thumbnail must be unbelievable. The thought must be actually good. It must be tremendous re-watchable, it must be retention-based. However for us, [the format of this podcast is] extra attention-grabbing as a result of we do not take into consideration any of that. I believe that is extra thrilling as a result of it appears like old-school YouTube the place you simply go and see what occurs.

EN: On the finish of the day, we simply wish to be as accessible as potential as a result of it is simply going to be Seán and I hanging out. And we all know that our communities will like that quite a bit. We did not actually need the podcast to have a schtick as a result of it will possibly sort of get previous after some time.

SM: Yeah, as a result of I believe we generally tend — once more with ADHD — to outgrow our schticks.

It at all times amazes me what number of creators have ADHD as a result of, such as you stated, it is laborious to focus. However each of you’ve gotten nonetheless been have been in a position to produce a lot content material and construct whole careers.

SM: We get bored manner too fast. Ethan’s determined to get punched within the face repeatedly. I am very excited to observe him throw arms.

I hate preventing, so I will simply must see afterwards if he bought knocked out or not.

SM: It is OK. We’ll have a podcast episode on it. If he wins, we’ll have a good time, and if he loses I will make enjoyable of him.

EN: We’ll document it instantly after, and we’ll name it like “the concussion-sode.”

SM: We’ll flip it into content material.

EN: That is proper. Every part is content material.