Nat's What I Reckon

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Nat's What I Reckon
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Personal information
Born1980s
New South Wales, Australia
Nationality Australian
Occupation(s)YouTuber, stand-up comedian, musician, writer
PartnerJulia Gee (2016–present) [1]
Website http://www.natswhatireckon.com/
YouTube information
Channel
Presented byNat, Jules
Years active2006–present
Genre(s)Cooking, comedy, Australian culture
Subscribers469.00 thousand [2]
(July 2024)
Total views31.9 million [2]
(July 2024)
YouTube Silver Play Button 2.svg100,000 subscribers2021
Last updated: 17 Jul 2024

Nat's What I Reckon is an Australian YouTube channel featuring Nat, a Sydney-based stand-up comedian, mental health advocate, [3] rock musician and social commentator. [4]

Contents

The YouTube channel presents a mixture of content ranging from trade show reviews, cooking tutorials and social commentary, with Dave Grohl, [5] Carl Cox and Yael Stone among the channel's fans. [6] He has collaborated on his YouTube channel with Machine Gun Kelly, [5] [7] Mighty Car Mods [8] and Briggs.

As of July 2024, the channel has over 469,000 subscribers and over 31.94 million views.

In December 2020, Nat released a book titled Un-cook Yourself: A Ratbag's Rules for Life, which was awarded the Booktopia Favourite Australian Book Award for 2020. [9]

History

Nat, who has chosen not to disclose his surname, [1] grew up in Sydney, Australia. He describes his childhood as being "difficult" with periods of suffering from anxiety and depression. [4] He attended the Hillsong Church where his father was a minister. [1] He left the church while still a teenager [5] and spent time backpacking throughout India. [1]

He attended a Waldorf school before studying singing and guitar at a private college in Sydney. [1]

The YouTube channel began in 2006 and featured regular videos titled "Is it shit?", where Nat would review a variety of topics and decide if the topic was worthwhile. [10]

In 2016, Nat met his partner Julia Gee, known as Jules, via a dating app. [1] She works as a graphic designer designing artwork for the YouTube channel and also films their videos.

In 2019, Nat was an ambassador for the UNSW Big Anxiety Festival. [1] [3]

In 2020, the channel began featuring healthy cooking segments when a stand-up comedy tour featuring Nat was cancelled due to COVID-19 lockdowns across Australia. [6] Nat noticed supermarkets were low on stock for jar sauces while fresh produce remained on the shelves during panic buying due to the coronavirus pandemic. [11]

Nat turned to healthy cooking and eating after having a lung removed [12] due to complications from tuberculosis. [1]

In September 2020, Growcom, a Queensland government–funded horticulture body, announced a partnership with Nat's What I Reckon as part of their Eat Yourself To Health campaign. [13]

On December 6, 2020, Nat was the guest programmer on the Australian music video television show Rage . [14]

In July 2021, Nat appeared on the ABC long-form interview television show One Plus One with Courtney Act. [15]

In 2021, Nat released two organic wines with Nat's What I Reckon branding—named Reckon Roger & Ian's Boating Wine and Nat's What I Reckon Cheeky Redders Greenache—in a collaboration with Built To Spill and Dreaded Friend winery. [16]

Nat is a musician with two Sydney-based bands, including as a singer and guitarist for Keggerdeth and drummer for the band Penalties. [1] [17]

Publications

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References

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  2. 1 2 "About Nat's What I Reckon". YouTube.
  3. 1 2 "Nat's What I Reckon is here to help you make bolognaise the right way — with milk". ABC News. 10 July 2020. Retrieved 11 September 2021.
  4. 1 2 "Don't dress for success". TEDx Sydney. 6 November 2020. Retrieved 3 September 2021.
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  8. ↑ "Chats What I Reckon w @Mighty Car Mods (BRACE YOURSELF)". YouTube. 10 December 2021. Retrieved 23 December 2021.
  9. ↑ "Favourite Australian Book Award". Booktopia. Retrieved 3 September 2021.
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