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About 43 minutes into a livestream, Dr. Alok Kanojia, known more familiarly online as Dr. K, asks streamer and voice actor LilyPichu if she'd rather talk about a recent breakup or where she got the idea she's not good enough.

Even for those well-versed in the more parasocial nature of livestreaming, it's a surprisingly vulnerable scene. But for Dr. K and his guest, it's expected, with this therapy-esque interview being one of the several formats he's brought to Twitch and YouTube.

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The Harvard-educated psychiatrist got his start on his Twitch channel HealthyGamer_GG in 2019. These days, that channel has 667,000 followers, while his YouTube channel has 2.94 million subscribers. On it, you'll find videos on all things mental health, with titles including "Why You're Struggling With Discipline," "Stop Letting Social Anxiety Control You," and "Getting a Girlfriend is NOT an Achievable Goal."

In addition to the content he creates, Dr. K is also the co-founder and president of the company Healthy Gamer, where folks can find mental health guides, coaching, and community. In addition to the Healthy Gamer comment sections, there's a Healthy Gamer Discord and an active subreddit with 143,000 members. He also wrote the book How to Raise a Healthy Gamer.

SEE ALSO: AI has entered the therapy session — and it's recording you

Below, we caught up with Dr. K to hear more about the experience of building this community up — and the lessons he's learned along the way.

Why did you start making videos?

 What I found in my office with my patients was that everyone was facing the same problems. And most of what I was doing was not therapy with my patients. It was educating them. So I started to realize that what people are missing is an understanding of how they work: How does the mind work? Where does depression come from? How do we get depressed? Where does anxiety come from? I was like, OK, I'm having the same conversation like 15 times in a week. So I started to develop talking points. And then I was like, "OK, can I just share this with everybody, and would it be helpful?" And that's what I started doing, and it turned out that it is helpful.

When you considered how to share that information, was making YouTube videos the first thing that came to mind?

 No. I started streaming on Twitch. I'm a gamer, and I really love teaching, so that's where we started out. And then I think what we realized on Twitch is that things only live there for 30 days. And a lot of the questions, like, if someone asks about how do I cut back on pornography use, that stays an important question for years. So we really started focusing on YouTube to create a storehouse of resources for people.

When you started out, was it just you running the show?

Yeah.

What was that like?

 I had an intern help me set up my camera. Then, quickly within the first two months, I looked at the metrics. My goal was to have 100 concurrent viewers by one year in. So I was like, "OK, if I can have like five new viewers by the end of the month, like that'll be a win." And then it started going really fast. Within the first 45 days of my first stream, I had two or three people starting to help me out, because they started building emoji and helping me with managing chat, moderating things, and moderating a subreddit. Those are people who are actually here with me today; they were some of our first five employees.

Within those first 45 days, how many people were coming to the stream?

My first stream had 20 to 30 concurrent viewers, which is very unusual, I think. I also did a collab super early on, and people showed up and were like, "This is pretty cool." So it started spreading and then we grew very rapidly. We started with 30, and I think within six, eight months, maybe within a year, we were up to 40,000 concurrents. That was crazy.

After that first year, how did you navigate that growth?

Our numbers kind of dropped, but we also did this on purpose. I started to realize that a lot of people were coming to us for the wrong reasons. They were coming to us for voyeurism instead of to learn, because sometimes people would get emotional on stream and things like that.

I started streaming to try to help people and that's the north star. I would rather help one person a lot than entertain 10 people.

As we shifted towards being more value-oriented as opposed to entertainment-oriented, our numbers dropped. I still think that if we had gone like the entertainment route, [the numbers] would be better, but I don't think we'd be having the impact. I started streaming to try to help people, and that's the north star. I would rather help one person a lot than entertain 10 people. There are plenty of people out there to entertain; the field is plenty saturated.

What was the selection process for who you interviewed?

 For people who are community members, it's just: Are you struggling with something that a lot of people are struggling with? Let's talk about it. With creators, it's kind of all over the place. We don't honestly care about the size of the creator — we'll do things with gigantic creators, and we'll do things with like tiny creators. It's really about the problems that they want to talk about.

The other thing that's really important is what our community tells us. If they say, "Hey, you should do a collaboration with this person," or you should do something, then we are likely to do it because our community knows us and what we bring to the table, and so we're driven by them more than anyone else.

More generally, how do you decide on your content topics?

There are a number of things. When I was in residency, you're working like 80 to 100 hours a week, every week, for like four years. And so there's this idea that when you're done with residency, it gets easier. The crazy thing is that I learn way more than I have in the history of my career. I'll read between 100 and 400 pages of scientific literature a week.

In residency, I would do that in a month because I had to. So I read a ton because there's so much research out there, and that's a chunk of my inspiration. I also read a lot of spiritual texts and have a lot of spiritual practice; that's a bunch of my inspiration.

And then there's like, things happen on the internet, which is another source of inspiration. So we just had this video about why women prefer beta males. So someone on our team sent me this tweet that was this Twitter argument between men and women about whether women are more attracted to super cut dudes.

I feel like I saw this one.

Yeah, so someone on my team said, "Hey, have you seen this? What do you think about this?" And I was like, "Let's find out." I did a literature search and found something really fascinating. Then we made a video about it, and it went great.

There's a lot of stuff that people are debating about, worrying about, and struggling with, and so we think about how we can offer an evidence-based perspective to help people navigate what the hell is going on.

The way to offer that perspective could be research-oriented, like a video or an interview. So, do we just want to talk to someone about what it's like to date nowadays or the existential threat of AI? Oftentimes, there's a lot of stuff that if there isn't [data about it], if there aren't studies to explain it, then we'll just talk to a human.

When did you start to scale up the Healthy Gamer team? How did you decide it was time?

I was CEO for six months. I suck at being CEO and [my wife's] fucking amazing. So she took over as CEO, and it was really challenging in a lot of ways, but it was also great in a lot of ways.

That's when we really started to scale. I had a group of people who were helping me out, and we weren't paying them, so those became our first five employees.

[My wife also] started thinking about monetization, started thinking about like how to get people salaries, how to get people competitive salaries. We hired our first employee in April of 2020. We're now up to a team of like 30 employees. Then we've got 150 coaches. And then we've got other contractors, so we're up to like 200. And it all started with one [employee] five years ago. So that's really when we started to kick ass and take names.

Did you go through learning curves after bringing on a team and adjusting your workflow to working with a group?

 Yeah, absolutely. I'm lucky because in medicine you learn how to work with teams, right? One of the most important things I learned in medicine is listening to nurses.  As a doctor, I know way more medicine than a nurse does, but the nurse knows the patient way more than I do.  So even if you're the boss, you listen to the people who are, quote unquote, under you because they know things you don't know.

 The biggest thing that I've learned as a content creator is that the more we've grown, the farther down the reporting structure I go. So with the content director, I am their boss on paper, but in practice, I'm their employee. When my content director is like, "Hey, I want you to make a video about this," I say, "Yes, sir." That was kind of strange, but recognizing that I'm a resource and all of these people have jobs, and in order for them to do their jobs, they need me to do certain things.

And I think that's hard for a lot of people from an ego perspective, but if you have your domain, I'm a resource, and if you need me to do something, I will do it.

You're a mental health professional and a mental health creator who has communities of people online who seek your help. Do you get burned out or deal with any empathy burnout?

What do you mean by empathy burnout?

Basically, a lot of people come to you with mental health problems — do you ever find yourself taking that stress on?

That doesn't really happen to me. I've been working for five years, and I had my first vacation of about two weeks; it was amazing. After five years, I worked six to seven days a week. I'm not saying this because I'm like, "Oh, I'm great."

The main thing is that we just don't understand how our empathy battery works. Empathy burnout can be fixed if you figure out how to fill up your gas tank. What is the gas station of your life? So, I think there are a couple of helpful things that we learn as psychiatrists. The first is to understand that there's only so much that you can do.

This lesson is something that a lot of creators do not understand. You are limited in your capacity for what you can do...there's nothing you can do that will make a video go viral.

A lot of creators do not understand this lesson: you are limited in your capacity for what you can do. You can put forth most of your effort. Absolutely. Work hard, work six days a week. But there's nothing you can do that will make a video go viral. Can you try to make it go viral? Absolutely. That attitude is how you work five years without a day off. It's really focusing on the things that you can do.

The other big thing that I do is take care of myself every day. If I drive a hundred miles, I go to the gas station every day. I don't wait until I'm at E because there are going to be times when things pile up.

I imagine some creators struggle to identify when their meter is down and getting close to E. How did you even learn to read that?

I know it's weird, but it's the wrong question.  The question is, how do you fill up your tank, and are you doing it every day?  The problem is that everyone waits until the gas tank is empty to fill it up, and then, of course, you're going to get in trouble. It's not about focusing on empty; it's about focusing on staying full.

 If anyone who looks at what you've done with Healthy Gamer wants to make content that helps people and create a community in the way you have, do you have any advice?

Do it.  There is no shortage of people who need your help, and each human being has a unique set of genetics, a unique set of circumstances, a unique set of experiences. So you can help other people in a way that no one else can.

The second thing is that it's going to be hard. It's going to suck and you're going to fail a lot, and that's OK. As you fail the first time, the second time, the third time, then you'll figure out how much your heart is really in this. And it's OK to try something and recognize even though [you] want to help people, if it's not working for you, that's OK too. It doesn't make you a bad person to not want to help people. You'll help people later in life — that karma will come to fruition — it may just not be your time. So I'd say give it a shot.

The other thing is to try to really do your best. Focus on iteration, focus on improvement. It's about, "What did I do today? How can I be better tomorrow?" I think people are way too goal-oriented. The goal is over there, right? And I'm over here. So focus on the next step you're going to take and the next step you're gonna take and the next step that you're gonna take. In my practice with my patients and in my private coaching clients, I have a ton of creators who are 10, a hundred times bigger than I am. And I think that we see something that's really interesting, which is that basically all the super successful creators focus on what's next, not what's at the end.

So what's next for Healthy Gamer?

 I have a panel in two hours, a couple of podcasts, some thoughts that I want to write down, and I'm going to try to swim today.

Spend a few minutes on TikTok or YouTube, and chances are you’ll run into one of those viral police bodycam videos. A tense traffic stop with racist undertones. A surprise arrest. A drunk, entitled woman gets her fifth DUI. A rookie officer catches a corrupt superior in the act. These clips look real enough to pass at a glance, but some of the bodycam videos currently going viral on TikTok are staged.

The staged body cam videos are the work of a YouTube channel called Bodycam Declassified, which has uploaded 35 videos over the past four months. While many of the videos are staged, the occasional legit bodycam video is mixed in for variety. The YouTube channel has more than 10.2 million views since the account was created in February.

Screenshot from a Bodycam Declassified video titled, "Cop Arrests Black Mail Carrier in Rich Neighborhood." Credit: Bodycam Declassified

The channel joins a highly trafficked corner of YouTube: police bodycam footage, itself a subgenre of the ever-expanding true crime industrial complex. These videos are usually obtained through Freedom of Information Act requests and have massive audiences. Major players like Police Activity (6.6 million subscribers), EWU Bodycam (2.02 million), Code Blue Cam (2.9 million), and Audit the Audit (2.89 million) have turned this raw, often unsettling footage into algorithm gold.

Each of Bodycam Declassified clips follows a familiar pattern: a Florida police officer engages with someone (often a person of color), a conflict escalates, and the video ends with some overt moralizing. The titles are ripped straight from a Dhar Mann video — another scripted YouTube channel known for morality plays geared toward a younger audience.

Popular Bodcam Declassified videos have titles such as:

• Stolen Valor Fake Marine Arrested by Police Officer Who Was Real Marine

• Rookie Cop Pulls Over His Powerful Sheriff

• Black Female Officer Busts Arrogant Detective For Parking In Handicap Spot

• Cop Slaps Arrogant Prince in Ferrari and Gets Suspended

• Arrogant Police Officer Pulls Over Black FBI Agent and Regrets It

Bodycam Declassified labels its videos as fictional — sort of. The channel description implies the videos are real, with a lot of hedging. "In our channel, we bring you real, unfiltered bodycam footage, offering insight into real-world situations. In some cases, we may reenact some elements to clarify key aspects of certain encounters."

However, in an email to Mashable, a member of the "Bodycam Declassified Team" stated, "Yes, the videos on our channel are fully scripted and performed by actors. This is clearly disclosed in multiple places: via watermarks in the footage, on our website, and in our YouTube channel description. Transparency has been a priority from day one."

SEE ALSO: How to identify AI-generated text

The watermark plastered all over the videos leads to a website that issues bold DMCA warnings against content theft. Here, under a section titled Content Licensing, the site makes it clear:

"Our content is NOT actual bodycam footage."

However, because the channel's content is often reposted without permission by clickfarm accounts, viewers may have no idea that they're watching staged videos.

When we contacted the email address associated with the account, the individual who responded acknowledged this problem. The individual said the channel struggles with "rampant content theft." They added, "Many of our videos have been re-uploaded without context or credit, often stripped of the disclaimers, and presented on other social platforms as real events. Despite our proactive efforts, takedown processes on many platforms are slow and inconsistent, making it harder to preserve the original intent and integrity of the content."

Still, the proof is in the details. The police cars in the videos look real enough, but the logos are fabricated and don’t correspond to any real jurisdictions. The videos lack the redactions and face-blurring typical of legally released bodycam footage. Most include timestamps that repeat across clips, indicating batch filming. The upload timeline — just weeks between "incident" and release — is far too fast to reflect real FOIA-based reporting.

Who's creating these staged police bodycam videos, and why? A Bodycam Declassified video titled, 'Mall Security Guard Thinks He's A Cop. Does Not End Well.' Credit: Bodycam Declassified

For as long as the internet’s been around, trolling and outrage bait have been a reliable subgenre of social media entertainment. The formula is simple: tap into moments that trigger easy moral outrage — mid-flight meltdowns (another booming category of scripted virality), Reddit confessionals, racist white people, and of course, police encounters.

And in conversations with Mashable, the anonymous creators of Bodycam Declassified hinted at what they want to do next: staged courtroom videos.

In a series of emails to Mashable, the creators of Bodycam Declassified described the project as "part of a larger creative initiative tied to a fictional judge show currently in development."

"We created these videos to go viral and intentionally left them unresolved to spark conversation and curiosity," a team member wrote. "The goal was always to circle back with a courtroom series where the same characters and situations are brought before a fictional judge who delivers a verdict."

The group claims to be behind "hundreds of massively viral videos across a range of online niches" and says they’re building a full-scale courtroom set inside a 10,000-square-foot warehouse, with professional designers who’ve worked on major productions like Bad Boys and Netflix’s Griselda.

"We’ve seen plenty of knockoffs already, but they miss the tone and satirical edge we’re aiming for. That’s why we’ve been deliberate in building this next phase to make sure the final courtroom product lands with the impact we’re setting up now."

A preview of a Bodycam Declassified video titled, 'Stolen Valor, Fake Marine Arrested By Police Officer Who Was Real Marine.' Credit: Bodycam Declassified SEE ALSO: AI actors and deepfakes aren't coming to YouTube ads. They're already here.

They claimed the project is self-funded and declined to provide any production details or internal pitch decks on the project.

Mashable was unable to independently verify these claims. The individual corresponding via email did not provide any identifying information, and when we reached out to Griselda's lead set designer, Michael Budge, he said he had no knowledge of this project or the channel.

Additionally, when pressed with follow-up questions about the channel — for instance, why their website's mailing address is registered to a plastic surgery clinic in Fort Lauderdale, which is also the listed address for various crypto and adult content sites — the person promptly stopped speaking to us. Not long after, the address was quietly removed from domain records.

While we were reporting this story, Bodycam Declassified uploaded a new video with the watermark "property of @curbsideconflict" — a handle that had no trace on social media or in trademark records. However, it matches the name of a just-launched YouTube channel focused on parking ticket conflicts ("Woman Refuses To Pay For Parking Because She's Attractive"). [Editor's note: Shortly before we published this story, the Curbside Conflict YouTube page was removed from YouTube, along with all of its videos.]

Another recent video on the Bodycam Declassified channel shows a real police encounter in Ohio, which ends with a woman being shot by an officer. The one before that? A scripted scene where the channel’s go-to actor-cop tickets a pregnant woman and her unborn child, followed by an epilogue claiming a judge ruled her unborn child would also be liable for the fine upon his or her birth.

You honestly can't make this up. Except, clearly, someone is.

If the creators are to be believed, brace yourself for a new wave of courtroom and parking drama ragebait — likely chopped into multiple parts by TikTok clip farmers — featuring the same characters, this time arguing their cases in front of a fictional judge.

Or, maybe they're simply making ragebait for the love of the game.

Tesla CEO Elon Musk may have the sense of humor of South Park's Terrance and Phillip, but one has to acknowledge his consistency.

After expanding the Robotaxi service area in Austin to an area that looks like a giant penis, Tesla also increased the ride fare.

Originally, no matter the distance of the ride, the Robotaxi fare was a flat $4.20, a reference to weed culture. The new fare, of course, is $6.90, a reference to sex that probably goes better with the Robotaxi geofence area's intentionally provocative shape.

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On X, Musk called the new price "princely."

Jokes aside, this is quite a large price increase (40 percent), though it's still fairly cheap compared to traveling an Uber (or a self-driving Waymo, which is integrated with Uber and has the same pricing as Uber in Austin), especially if you go for a longer ride (which you can now actually do, thanks to the penile shape of the coverage area).

SEE ALSO: Tesla's Robotaxis keep screwing up. There's now a list of incidents.

The new pricing comes ahead of the announced expansion of Tesla's Robotaxi service to the San Francisco Bay Area, which might come in a few months, pending regulatory approval.

SAVE $150: As of July 16, the 2025 MacBook Air 13-inch with M4 chip is on sale for $849 at Amazon — that's 15% off its list price of $999.

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If you're an Apple fan who's been holding out for the perfect moment to upgrade your laptop, that moment may have arrived. As of July 16, the new 13-inch MacBook Air with M4 chip is down to $849 at Amazon — a rare $150 discount on what we deemed as the best among Apple’s MacBooks of 2025. 

The catch is that this deal is only available for the midnight and starlight models. If you want the silver and sky blue models, you now need to pay more. We can't say how much longer this $849 deal is going to be live, so if you're considering upgrading, we suggest you come to a decision fast.

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The Mini is a bite-sized version of The New York Times' revered daily crossword. While the crossword is a lengthier experience that requires both knowledge and patience to complete, The Mini is an entirely different vibe.

With only a handful of clues to answer, the daily puzzle doubles as a speed-running test for many who play it.

So, when a tricky clue disrupts a player's flow, it can be frustrating! If you find yourself stumped playing The Mini — much like with Wordle and Connections — we have you covered.

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Here are the clues and answers to NYT's The Mini for Wednesday, July 16, 2025:

AcrossKeeps in the loop, in a way

• The answer is CCS.

They're kept in the loop

• The answer is Belts.

Love to pieces

• The answer is Adore.

Craze

• The answer is Mania.

Single weightlifting unit

• The answer is Rep.

DownType of wood in Horace Slughorn's wand in the Harry Potter books

• The answer is Cedar.

What might have you seeing double?

• The answer is Clone.

Cartoonist's creation

• The answer is Strip.

"Ka-POW!"

• The answer is Bam.

The Caribbean, e.g.

• The answer is Sea.

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