Many YouTubers can claim to have done unique and crazy things. But few can say their experience was sponsored by the United States Marines or exclusively provided by the Secret Service.
One of those privileged few is Michelle Khare.
If you check out her eponymous YouTube channel, you’ll find that Khare has accumulated quite the resume—even if each occupation only lasted for a day or two. She’s gone through Marine boot camp, SWAT training, the FBI academy and has even had a taste of the Secret Service. Apparently unsatisfied, Khare has also experienced working in an emergency room, training like a samurai, performing with a traveling circus, enduring 18th-century sailing and more.
It’s all part of her Challenge Accepted series, where, according to the channel description, Khare “attempts the world’s most difficult lifestyles, stunts and professions.”
When she’s not experiencing a day in the life of various unique professions, Khare challenges herself in other ways, too. Most recently, Khare documented her experience racing in the Great World Race—a feat requiring its runners to endure seven marathons across seven continents in one week’s time. And she’s even appeared as a contestant on a previous YouTube channel we’ve reviewed—Jet Lag: The Game.
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The roles Khare works in can often be intense, and most of them are simulated experiences crafted just for her, but Khare nevertheless takes each one seriously. Videos often come with an explanation of the more technical or historical aspects of each job. Narration provides educational comments, too.
Khare shows an admirable level of endurance through these difficult challenges. She stands as an inspiring example for viewers, and she brings viewers a deeper understanding of these roles. Khare often comes away with a healthy respect for the people who do the things she’s been able to shadow. For instance, in a video in which she helps deliver a baby in a simulation, she ends the video thanking her mother for giving birth to her and raising her with compassion.
Khare’s three-episode series documenting her Great World Race contains an abundance of inspirational moments—and the series as a whole is very professionally done. We meet many of her fellow runners and hear their stories and the causes for which they are pushing themselves. Khare links to their charities in her video to help them raise funds.
Some of the experiences Khare takes on involve extreme scenarios, such as when she endures a firefight as a Secret Service member or works with hospital patients sporting fake but gruesome-looking injuries. A couple of situations involve fake blood.
In one video, Khare tries out ghost hunting, and she and her fellow paranormal investigators attempt to speak with the dead. Khare occasionally makes an offhand comment about “being in hell” during tough physical trials—and when she runs a marathon while on her period, she jokes that “God hates women.”
Earlier videos focus on fitness, skincare routines and general beauty trends. Some of these involve Khare removing her clothes (offscreen) to try sensory deprivation or cryotherapy chambers. In one video, she and a man try a “pain-relieving ‘tanning bed’” wherein they both dress down to their underwear (Khare to a sports bra). A couple of video thumbnails—wherein Khare attempts Victoria’s Secret model workouts—depict women in lingerie.
We hear the occasional profanity in videos, including “a–,” “d–n,” “h—” and misuses of God’s name (which include a couple instances of “g-dd–n”). The f-word and s-word are used, too, but they are censored.
I’m not sure there’s a channel out there that reveals the depths or challenges of so many different jobs and experiences more than Michelle Khare’s. And for those still deciding on a career path, they’ll get plenty of insight into the ups and downs of these roles.
Of course, some of these experiences, being among the most challenging in the world, come with related content concerns: Working in an emergency room, after all, is bound to showcase a gruesome injury or two.
Khare remains upbeat and respectful of all of it, offering an entertaining and educational look into such things. But as fun as it may be for older audiences, parents may find a couple of moments and conversations a bit too mature for younger children.
Kennedy Unthank studied journalism at the University of Missouri. He knew he wanted to write for a living when he won a contest for “best fantasy story” while in the 4th grade. What he didn’t know at the time, however, was that he was the only person to submit a story. Regardless, the seed was planted. Kennedy collects and plays board games in his free time, and he loves to talk about biblical apologetics. He’s also an avid cook. He thinks the ending of Lost “wasn’t that bad.”
