Given my interests in local history and beer, it was almost inevitable that The Algorithm would suggest an episode from local YouTuber Steve Ellison’s channel, The Reno You Know.
It’s become my go-to side quest when I have a half-hour or so of free time—not enough to watch a movie, just a little downtime to be a media consumer. I pull up my “watch later” menu, pick one, and dive into a little history lesson from local days gone by. I’m a pretty big fan at this point and wanted to spread the word, so Steve and I met up at Pigeon Head Brewery (purely by coincidence, where he wrapped his first episode) for a beer and to talk about his channel.
Ellison—the curious, horseshoe-mustachioed star of The Reno You Know—was first inspired by childhood visits to historic sites and that feeling of awe walking in the very places where history took place…