{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"The Pathless Path with Paul Millerd","title":"Quitting To Teach History to 500k+ on TikTok (Michael McBride, Creator of Idea Soup)","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/bfddfa5e\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":3522,"description":"Michael Mcbride left his job almost a year ago to work on building out Idea Soup, an instagram and TikTok channel focused on helping re-inspire people’s passion for history and knowledge.\nWe talk about his creations over the years, how he has felt since leaving his job over the last year, what he’s learned from engaging with young people on TikTok and how he sees the future of education emerging from things like TikTok and other online platforms.\nOn his foundational belief: “If I had a thesis it's that education really does work and education really does matter”\nHis motivation and secret to his success:  He said, “I find history so crazy and weird and fascinating that I think that;s contagious.  If I had a mission it’s not to make them more educated, it’s to make them go. “How did roman's wipe their ass, that’s crazy,”\nListen to the episode to find the answer to this!","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/bxqSvEwrE24wB3nKhC4eUviIyuHNTxixmwX4iLZPRv4/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9zaG93/LzMyNDgwLzE2Njk1/OTkwMjMtYXJ0d29y/ay5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}