Connor McBee
Connor McBee, known as Small Brained American, makes travel videos and podcasts about life on the road, from Japan and China to Myanmar, Somaliland, and Afghanistan.
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Known for
- India Sucks! Don't Ever Come Here2023 · Creator; his self-described breakout
YouTube - Ireland to Japan in 90 minutes | Best of Small Brained American 20232023 · Ireland-to-Japan journey compilation
YouTube - Hitching to Tibet by any Means Necessary2026 · Creator
YouTube - PodcastChatting with Travel Legend, Rolf Potts2026 · Small Brained Pod host
Overview
- Also known as
- Small Brained American
- Work
- Travel videos and Small Brained Pod
- Breakout
- India Sucks! Don’t Ever Come Here (2023)
- Early journey
- Ireland to Japan
Mini bio
How it started.
Before the channel found its audience, Connor lived in Japan. In his own account of getting started, he traces the route through moving abroad, working various jobs during the pandemic, traveling across the United States, and beginning to post on TikTok and YouTube.
Finding his audience.
On Drop A Pin in June 2025, Connor said he had been making travel videos for about four years and that it took roughly three years to gain traction. He named “India Sucks! Don’t Ever Come Here” as his first YouTube break. His Ireland-to-Japan journey became a long-running series, capped by a 2023 compilation.
Life on the road.
His work moves between travel films and conversations on Small Brained Pod. Japan, China, Myanmar, and overland journeys recur across his videos. In 2026, he published an Afghanistan series and hosted conversations with Ari Shaffir and Vagabonding author Rolf Potts.
Creditschronological, newest first
Travel videos
Podcasts
- 2026Chatting with Travel Legend, Rolf PottsSmall Brained Pod host
- 2026Small Brained American Goes To SomalilandYou Be Trippin’ guest
- 2025Drop A Pin, episode 36Guest
Awards
Quotes
I experienced true freedom on the roadConnor McBee, Ireland to Japan in 90 minutes video description
Looking back on his Ireland-to-Japan journey in December 2023.
Trivia
- He says Rolf Potts’s Vagabonding helped shape his preference for slower travel.
- His original plan for the Ireland-to-Japan trip involved a motorcycle; he told Ari Shaffir that the cost of taking it into Asia changed the plan.
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