From Small‑Town Indiana to YouTube Breakthrough

Whistlin’ Diesel (Cody Detwiler) - YouTube content creator and personality best known for publishing a variety of videos about motor vehicles including cars, trucks, bulldozers, farm equipment, and off-roading vehicles. His videos have been viewed more than 1.7 billion times.

Cody Detwiler aka Whistlin’ Diesel sits down with Cameron Hanes for an almost 2-hour no-holds-barred conversation. From growing up as a Jehovah's Witness and getting shunned by his friends and some family, to accidentally blowing up on YouTube, burning supercars, why the court is trying to get him for tax evasion, and how he’s still dreaming way bigger. This is the most open he’s ever been!

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Timestamps:

00:00:00 – Growing Up as a Jehovah Witness to the Video That Started His Career

00:09:40 – Breaking Away from Jehovah Witnesses, Being Shunned, & Paving Dreams 

00:12:35 – YouTubers that Inspired Cody to Start YouTube

00:16:56 – Tax Evasion: What Really Happened

00:25:45 – Gag Order: The Court’s Trying to Get Cody to Shut Up

00:30:41 – Setting a Ferrari on Fire

00:36:18 – Cam’s Car that Started on Fire, Cybertrucks, and Electric Vehicles

00:41:53 – What’s Wrong with America’s Authoritarian System

00:50:48 – Euphoria and Gratitude for the Journey

00:56:34 – Cody’s Faith & Family

01:05:37 – Play Big. Lose Big: Negativity from Followers

01:12:09 – Climbing Mountains as a Kid to Climbing Grand Teton

01:20:57 – Cody’s Russian Girlfriend in Dubai

01:26:12 – Dreaming Bigger to Help Those in Need & Give Back

01:35:16 – Small Town Mindsets, Visual Success, & Focusing on Your Goals

01:41:17 – Engaging Clips & Learning from Mr. Beast

01:45:04 – F**k, Mary, Kill: Monster Truck, Killdozer, Ferrari 

01:49:40 – Final Thoughts

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