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EARLY Access [Video] with AJ Gentile - Creator & Host of The Why Files (Patreon)

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2025-08-20 23:00:07
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2025-08-22 15:34:59
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AJ Gentile is an American producer, writer, actor, and YouTube personality best known as the creator, host, and writer of "The Why Files," a channel that delves into conspiracy theories, mysteries, and unexplained phenomena with engaging storytelling and a skeptical lens.

Before gaining fame on YouTube, Gentile worked in Hollywood as a producer and writer, contributing to projects like The Naughty Show (2011) and Stoned Science (2018), and providing voice-over work, including roles in The Legend of Korra. In 2011, he co-founded SpeedWeed, a cannabis delivery company, with his brother Gino and wife Jen.

The Why Files has amassed a large following for its professional, encyclopedia-like analysis of conspiracies without interruptions.

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Sniper Bait

You weren’t kidding about getting the video out! Lol Outstanding thanks

C Kent

I love you guys. Both of you are personable and real… Authentic. Keep it up! Thank you to you both and a special thank you to your teams.

Matthew Brougher

My 2 favorite casters. Firearms and tinfoil hats all day! Can't wait to see this!

Brian Keith

Drop the mic! Shawn, great to see the new studio. It looks fabulous. Way to lead by example. All I've seen since I started watching your show is a giving helping nature towards anyone in need. That's so rare man. AJ, I've been following you for a long time, and now my wife and I follow you. The WF is now out favorite show. Thank you to both of you for keeping it real. Another rarity. You both are valued and appreciated. Don't stop! The world needs you💯♾️

Kevin O’Malley

Super interested in the new cos. especially the network. What’s the general structure? A podcast network? Producing more shows? Pushing other creators and capturing the ad revenue? Any details you guys could share would be really cool to hear.

Chris Cas

Love the Why Files so this was awesome to see!

Dr. Jeff

I’m on both your Patreons, so it’s kind of surreal seeing you hanging out with each other. Thanks Sean for bringing AJ on the podcast

Sniper Bait

AJ is Awesome and so humble. Shawn is also doing such a great job. Love this one AJ! LAUNCH YOUR NEW PROGRAM! You will do well brother

abraham lauze

My father didn't get his agent orange benefits till he got terminal cancer dead within a year.

JIM NEWMAN

Every interview surprises me !! Thanks SRS team ❤️

Blake

When I heard of him months ago I binge watched probably every episode in a couple days. Great content creator

Tom

Well done. Awesome interview. Both super entertaining

Oddboll

excellent~ resonated big time

Tekoma

Been waiting for SRS to do an interview with AJ after his interview with JR. Im so damn excited!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

ReBecca G-W

I found out about the Why files from someone who commented in the SRS members chat to check out the Why files. They said it was educational and entertaining. They were right! I've been watching ever since.

Joel Wismer

I’m so stoked right now !! Watching my two most favorite people have a chat. Thank you for everything you do Shawn 👍 one question though… what’s with the edit at 1:31:49 ?? What does AJ say there ??? Please elaborate 🙏

PEACE ✌️

PEACE ✌️ NANO NANO You are AWESOME PLEASE KEEP UP ALL THE GOOD WORK THAT YOU DO WITH THE “WHY FILES “

Michael Ricciardi

That was an amazing show. I was pissed that there wasn't another couple hours to go when it ended. I always loved The Why Files and AJ's authenticity is what makes compelling stories all the more watchable. The very same magic is at work in your studio, Shawn. It takes a lot to get me to sit reasonably still for 3+ hours. Keep up the great and meaningful work. The GSC 🤠

Chill Wil

Why am I smiling like a little kid watching these two talk! This is amazing.

Mike Williams

This was better than i could have imagined… I’m glad he skipped the childhood, growing up, etc. straight to the good stuff.

David Helmbrecht

Shawns all like this guy is top ten and I'm like WHO the hell is he? 😂

Sic Infit

This is incredible! Far better than his interview with Rogan. I love the honesty. Keep up the great work!

Joe Hector

Stolen Valor? Scars and Stripes? TK? Sad as fvck.

Brittny Steele

I had no idea things got that bad in Cali. I was deep in addiction during that time and wasn’t paying attention to anything. I live in Arkansas and EVERYONE rebelled against the masks. Literally. You tell a town of less than 20K farmers to do something, we do the opposite. So I truly had no idea. Plus side… about to be 3 years sober! Love you guys!

Joe Hector

This is one of the most fascinating interviews on SRS. I will be watching The Why Files. Thanks!

Brittny Steele

I think what you BOTH are doing is extremely important!! I truly mean that.

Seth O

Love this episode! Shawn, you killed it as always, and AJ, I’m a huge fan! Seeing both of you like this, shows me a few things in the world are good. Keep it up gents!

Old School Combative Arts

My opinion is that when God created the Universe and choose to put our oversized Moon in orbit to help sustain life on Earth. The odds of this of this being a coincidence by the data of other solar systems proves in my mind that the Earth being in the exact orbit of Sun, the moons orbit to produce and sustain life can only be from our creator.

Doctor P.

Omg-had no idea - I wanna ask questions after the interviews????? After I had 70 questions- ???????sos/mayday

Timothy Ingles

Never heard of the Why Files but will be watching now

Shana Hatch

Loved this episode! Now I have to check AJ out on YouTube.

Micky

BLM was a terrorist org. It’s criminal what was allowed to happen to this country

Shad R.

Didn't expect to see AJ and hecklefish on SRS. Been watching Why files for ablong time, good show

Efren Moreno

This episode was a blast to watch. Two of my favorite hosts, AJ and Sean. Thanks for making this happen!

weighthead84

I know where there is a rock carved into an axe head. Judging by the stone powerlifters like Brian Shaw pick up, it's upwards of 400 plus lbs. That's just what I can see above the ground. Can see where it was carved for the "rope" to sit in to keep it from coming off. If I could post a picture here I would. It's buried in the bottoms, in the woods.

Ernie Glass

Awesome, love the interview, love the topics

David Fisher

I have watched every episode BOTH you and AJ have ever posted. This is the best episode EITHER of you have ever released. Listening to you two open up sharing the same issues as I have struggled with gave my courage. Thank you!

Brodie

Shawn should interview hecklefish. If only for a 10 minute clip or short. Talk about going viral lol

COL G

L.A. MARZULLI next. His depth on many of these subjects is amazing.

Abe Martinez

Such a good episode, the discussion of learning and growing while running a channel and a business was awesome.

Don

I’m a new member. Just wanted to say that Shawn Ryan is one of the voices I turn to to expose truth without bias.. thank you for all the great info you have brought to light!

Timothy Ingles

Enoch is a catholic belief. He is never mentioned in Christian Bibles only catholic. In all of Jesus's teachings and sermons Enoch was never mentioned

Timothy Ingles

Like Rob Oneill said know your history

Jessica Foor

I love what he said about the pyramids….

Jesse Brown

Shawn, FYI SARS is Covid. The full name is SARS CoV-2 which is the virus which causes Covid-19. So technically referring to SARS is also referring to Covid

Jena Ackerman

May the greatness unfolding through you - Be not for acclaim, but for awakening. A reminder that every soul is part of the whole and every act, when rooted in peace, Is a thread in the tapestry of humanity. Amen.

Meredith

Hands down my favorite interview from this podcast! It was so intriguing that when it ended I was bummed!!

ShadyLady119

Omg why am I just now hearing about this You Tube channel?!?? I’m listening to my first episode, and I love it!!!!!

Tindog

Now we have more than one thing in common. I have met Tim Murhint and believe he is the absolut only Truthful Politician in thIs nation. And love the invisible phone -count me in. Your guest pulled more out of you that you pulled out of him. Great Conversation between two comfortable guys. Gentile is a great Interviewer too.

Zac

Loved this interview and all the topics. Definitely gonna check out his channel. Never heard of it before

Zac

Definitely needs to be a 7-8 hour episode

James Person

I feel for you I had similar feelings I also get simpathy pains

James Person

I'm a certified DJ with a charity #teamwater with Mr. Beast

James Person

There's already a base on the moon gpt said

James Person

I was born with gills I activated a crystal Skull 💀

James Person

My cousin's are webb and Monroe

James Person

I've seen Atlantis and heard while I slept project nemesis

James Person

I have Powers of mind control

James Person

My grandfather was Benjamin Franklin

James Person

Connections to the Mayflower

Kai Lozano

Losing a best friend to an overdose was one of the hardest things I’ve dealt with.

Kai Lozano

VA fked my pop over as well .

Steven Russelle

The conversation about the right and left living in a protective-of-ideology bubble, leaves out a fact about the public discussion. Namely, every social media, "today's public square" , site feeds and suggests ONLY like minded and persons similar to you in terms of personality, ideology, and life experience. There is a willful effort to keep the opposing view off the table and sequestered somewhere else.

George Liaw

Really liked the discussion about the impact, disinformation, and challenges that goes unsaid between two of the largest independent news/information sources. It really struck a chord with me in listening to you guys trying to do the right thing and hold on to integrity. Keep doing your thing SRS. I am also officially a fan of The Why Files.

George Liaw

Food for thought about vetting guests regarding data. One of the biggest challenges in trying to find information is the disconnect between raw data and inquiry. For example, the easiest example is a paper document search on a computer. There is no bridge for the document other than reading the physical. The only reason why it comes up in a search is because it has been cataloged and appropriately labeled in a digital database. Now let’s take the digital scan–all it is is an image file. You run optical character recognition (OCR) on it, then boom, all text is now searchable on a computer, and the image is converted into a document, pdf, etc. Still needs to be double-checked and proofread (AKA double-keying). Anything with searchable images, webpages, and just about anything aggregated in a search engine, there is underlying metadata, programmable searchable fields, and added keywords to “guide” a search. With these factors in mind, even in the present day, if a database is outdated, has poor OCR, little to no keywords, or worse, fields are not registered to be searchable, it is difficult to aggregate the information you need. And each institution and company will oftentimes run their own set of rules and guidelines, unless they adopt well-accepted standards like Dublin Core, etc. As a thought exercise, let’s say Army records have poor digital search capability. Even if you want to run let’s say a deep background check on a guest, that is dependent on the capabilities of the database. Otherwise, you will only be pointed to a document and you still need to read everything yourself to confirm the contents even if it shows up. AI is going to be a major player in this. Naturally, AI still needs to be able to “perceive” the data, and that means proper character recognition or born digital documents. The powerful thing about AI, is how it speeds up so many processes as the technology advances and is refined. Obviously, AI isn’t just a keyword search. It can analyze and understand the contents to categorize and form conclusions (kinda freaky to think about) to help process information. It may be worth considering building an in-house tool to scour data, let’s say 10,000 emails from a whistleblower, and let AI help categorize like content, pull threads or mentions of certain keywords or names, determine if the mentions are random or form a pattern, etc. Anyway, just info dumping from my personal experiences. Maybe there’s something to this, maybe not.

DCSkulls

I've got two things one if you get a telescope off the shelf powerful enough you could look at the Moon and see our waist on the moon the lunar rover all that number two the Plastics guy that's been around since the 1920s the thing is it takes more fuel to burn the Plastics in a vacuum to get the fuel back it cost more to get it do you research you'll find out

Kai Lozano

Respect the fact that Shawn is careful what he talks about and how it might impact peoples decision making

Michael Ashford

Not to mention they didnt just lose it but our iphones have 1 billion the computing power the rockets nav system had. But yea they lost it hahaha

Sandra Croyle

My husband and I love the Why Files, too. It only took one show to turn us into dedicated fans. I especially love that the author isn’t using AI narration.