Matt is one half of The Inspired Unemployed, a comedy duo that follows two Aussie battlers trying to find themselves.
Matt along with his mate Jack has built an incredible following by creating content around their take on everyday observations and Australian culture.
Matt on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/falc0nnn/
The Inspired Unemployed: https://www.instagram.com/theinspiredunemployed/
Verbatim from the transcripts — each quote links to the moment.
“And that's because that's when we went from like, I think we got, went from 10, 9K to like 25 overnight. And we're just like, what is going on?”
“But we feel like the, the more shameful, the better content, which True.”
“It sucks doing it because we hate doing it.”
“Putting out 3 bits of content a day? What are you, pussies? 20 a day or nothing.”
Matt describes accumulating thousands of dollars in unpaid parking fines and court notices in the UK after a work visa stint, worrying he may be caught at immigration next time he visits England.
Drawn from the episode transcripts.
Jack Steele and Matt Ford coined the name while staying in an expensive Airbnb in the French Alps, where they were spending heavily despite being unemployed; they combined feeling 'unemployed' with a sense of being 'inspired' to pursue content creation, landing on 'Inspired Unemployed' after brainstorming alternatives to their nicknames 'Stairs and Foulks'.
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