Nat's What I Reckon is an Australian YouTube channel featuring Nathan "Nat" Bartolo, a Sydney-based stand-up comedian, mental health advocate,[3] rock musician and social commentator.[4]
As of July 2024, the channel has over 469,000 subscribers and over 31.94 million views.
In December 2020, Bartolo 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
Bartolo 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 Bartolo would review a variety of topics and decide if the topic was worthwhile.[10]
In 2016, Bartolo 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, Bartolo 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 Bartolo was cancelled due to COVID-19 lockdowns across Australia.[6] Bartolo 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]
Bartolo 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, Bartolo was the guest programmer on the Australian music video television show Rage.[14]
In July 2021, Bartolo appeared on the ABC long-form interview television show One Plus One with Courtney Act.[15]
In 2021, Bartolo 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]
Bartolo is a musician with two Sydney-based bands, including as a singer and guitarist for Keggerdeth and drummer for the band Penalties.[1][17]
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