Hey Brian
A little off topic, but the last three videos of yours on YouTube play with ads up front.
Tim Poole posted a bit on YouTube demonetisation of historic videos. His theory, and while only a theory, may make sense.
The content available to YouTube has increased, and continues to do so at an exponential rate. YouTube, buy demonetising older videos achieves two things.
It reduces the pool of videos, therefore available views, therefore artifically inflating the cost of a view
It rewards YouTubers who make new content, rather than continuing to pay inactive channels, who have enough recurring income to have a "lifestyle"
I am more of the mind that it's to do with the M5M moving in on YouTube's / Google's and The Facebag's advertising dollars.....think about it...why are they going after Zuckerberg, this was shortly after he made an announcement about a partnership with big pharma to line up suitable human guinea pigs for drug trials. Big Pharma $$$ are the lifeblood of the M5M.....and it takes out a potential rival for HRC's next run.....just a theory.
Something to watch out for. Best bet for people like yourself is the Value for Value model and have your audience support you directly. No one can then tell you want to say or not. Then again, audiences are fickle and many are freeloading douchebags...like me ;-) But I hope what I say is of some value.
At least you're doing better than the typical podcaster ;-)
Peace