Nat's What I Reckon is an Australian YouTube channel featuring Nathan "Nat" Bartolo, a Sydney-based stand-up comedian, mental health advocate, rock musician and social commentator. The YouTube channel presents a mixture of content ranging from trade show reviews, cooking tutorials and social commentary, with

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, Carl Cox and Yael Stone among the channel's fans. He has collaborated on his YouTube channel with Machine Gun Kelly,

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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

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Favourite Australian Book Award for 2020.

History

Nat, who has chosen not to disclose his surname, grew up in Sydney, Australia. He describes his childhood as being "difficult" with periods of suffering from anxiety and depression. He attended the

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where his father was a minister. He left the church while still a teenager and spent time backpacking throughout India. He attended a Waldorf school before studying singing and guitar at a private college in Sydney. 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. In 2016, Nat met his partner Julia Gee, known as Jules, via a dating app. 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''. 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. Nat noticed supermarkets were low on stock for jar sauces while fresh produce remained on the shelves during

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due to the coronavirus pandemic. Nat turned to healthy cooking and eating after having a lung removed due to complications from tuberculosis. 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. On December 6, 2020, Nat was the guest programmer on the Australian music video television show ''

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''. In July 2021, Nat appeared on the ABC long-form interview television show '' One Plus One'' with

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

Publications

* ''Smash Hits Recipes - Available November 2023'' * ''Un-cook Yourself: A Ratbag's Rules for Life'' * ''Death To Jar Sauce'' * ''Life: What Nat to Do''

References

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External links

Nat's What I Reckon
Official website
Nat's What I Reckon
YouTube Channel 1980s births 21st-century Australian comedians Australian male comedians Australian male writers Australian drummers Australian rock musicians Australian stand-up comedians Australian YouTubers Comedians from Sydney Food and cooking YouTubers Living people Unidentified people YouTube channels launched in 2006 YouTubers from Sydney