Australia’s fuel crisis + how Vikkstar built a YouTube empire

Is Australia running out of fuel? With the war in the Middle East disrupting the global supply of oil, the government is asking people not to panic-buy. We take stock of servo prices all over Australia right now, and ask: are prices going to go even higher?

And Sidemen creator Vikkstar takes hack behind the scenes of his YouTube career. We hear how his obsession with making content affected his health, what he thinks of "addictive" algorithms and why his latest hustle has left him feeling a bit of impostor syndrome. 

Listen now: 

02:03 - The price of petrol where you are

05:10 - Does Australia have enough fuel? 

13:20 - Becoming one of the world's biggest YouTubers

Guests:

• David Leaney, international supply chain expert, Australian National University
• Vikkstar, YouTuber and content creator

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