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Watch-along VOD: The West Wing "War Crimes"

how do you know you don't like war crimes if you've never even tried them?

2025-04-02 19:10:35 +0000 UTC View Post

lil skippy #22: severance season 2 thoughts [spoilers]

i don't know what this show is about anymore

2025-03-27 22:47:58 +0000 UTC View Post

GOING LIVE! Watch-Along: West Wing s3e05 "War Crimes"

Hey everyone!

I'm going to start doing some livestream watch-alongs of West Wing episodes to revisit them and also go into more depth on them specifically than I'll be able to in any video. First up is my favorite (derogatory) West Wing episode, titled "War Crimes."

The Pr...

2025-03-26 21:06:01 +0000 UTC View Post

The Hollow Fantasy of The West Wing [Ad-Free]

the first west wing video, early access, uncut and ad-free.

2025-03-26 17:01:00 +0000 UTC View Post

THERE'S TOO MUCH TV - Roundup February 2025

“What are you watching?” is pretty much the automatic question I get when I tell people what I do for a living. Usually I lie to people so I don’t get into a massive debate about the police while I’m trying to hang out. But to you, dear patron, I shall never lie!

February was a shor...

2025-03-02 22:45:18 +0000 UTC View Post

Interview — Emily St. James (Video)

Emily St. James is a TV writer (Yellowjackets) and long time cultural critic.

I called her up to talk about The West Wing, to help me contextualize it in the broader TV ecosystem of the late 90s and early 2000s, and to pick her brain about its lasting impact on real world politics.

He...

2025-02-21 21:49:17 +0000 UTC View Post

Interview — Emily St. James (Audio)

Emily St. James is a TV writer (Yellowjackets) and long time cultural critic.

I called her up to talk about The West Wing, to help me contextualize it in the broader TV ecosystem of the late 90s and early 2000s, and to pick her brain about its lasting impact on real world politics.

H...

2025-02-21 20:51:10 +0000 UTC View Post

Interview — Corey Robin (Video)

Corey Robin is a political science professor at Brooklyn College and CUNY, as well as the author of The Reactionary Mind, which you might remember from the end of my most recent Jon Stewart video.

I called him to ask him about an article he wrote in Dissent Magazine titled 2025-02-11 03:03:53 +0000 UTC View Post

Interview — Corey Robin (Audio Only)

Corey Robin is a political science professor at Brooklyn College and CUNY, as well as the author of The Reactionary Mind, which you might remember from the end of my most recent Jon Stewart video.

I called him to ask him about an article he wrote in Dissent Magazine titled 2025-02-10 22:41:50 +0000 UTC View Post

February 2025 Mailbag

Hey everybody!

Another month, another mailbag! Ask me anything!

I'm deep in the weeds researching for The West Wing video, but feel free to ask me about Severance or TV or politics or anything at all. Come up with some good questions. OR ELSE.

I'll post the link here as always ...

2025-02-04 19:59:53 +0000 UTC View Post

THERE'S TOO MUCH TV - Roundup January 2025

“What are you watching?” is pretty much the automatic question I get when I tell people what I do for a living. Usually I lie to people so I don’t get into a massive debate about the police while I’m trying to hang out. But to you, dear patron, I shall never lie!

January’s been a ...

2025-02-01 01:08:44 +0000 UTC View Post

5 Favorite Episodes: 2024

It’s time for my longest-standing End of Year tradition: highlighting my favorite episodes of the year.

Film is an in-and-out trip, while TV stays in our lives for day-long bingethons, weeks, and years as seasons stretch on. Episodes are the smallest unit of TV, and at their best they tel...

2025-01-07 20:25:54 +0000 UTC View Post

January 2025 Mailbag

UPDATE: So sorry I missed last week's mailbag, I caught one of the worst flus I've ever had am still recovering (the last week is a complete blur). But let's reschedule this for this Thursday 1/16 @ 5pm Pacific.

Also now I have seen some of Squid Game if you...

2025-01-07 19:00:05 +0000 UTC View Post

2024: One Show For Every Kind of TV Viewer

I’m not a big fan of Top 10 Lists. Even when there’s this much TV, you end up with a lot of lists that look the same, and they all kind of assume a specific viewer. But there’s a fundamental problem with that task—not everybody watches TV for the same reasons.

Some peo...

2025-01-06 20:34:54 +0000 UTC View Post

Video Debrief #2: Jon Stewart

here's some stuff i cut out of my last Jon Stewart video and a bit about why i made this video

0:00 - intro, why i made yet another jon stewart video and how i feel about it
6:19 - evolution on gaza coverage
36:29 - on immigration and climate change
39:42 - more about sellers' infl...

2025-01-03 03:08:31 +0000 UTC View Post

Jon Stewart — Why Hypocrisy Doesn't Matter Anymore [Ad-Free]

Jon Stewart returned to The Daily Show to cover the 2024 election, so I thought I'd watch his entire election coverage and try to see what I could learn about the failure of the Democratic Party

2024-12-23 18:20:47 +0000 UTC View Post

December 2024 Mailbag

Hey everybody!

Another month, another mailbag! Ask me anything! I'm currently working on a video about Jon Stewart's return to The Daily Show for the election so now's the time to hit me with anything about that. Also first mailbag since the NCIS video dropped and I learned a lot abo...

2024-12-03 20:00:06 +0000 UTC View Post

THERE'S TOO MUCH TV - Roundup October/November 2024

“What are you watching?” is pretty much the automatic question I get when I tell people what I do for a living. Usually I lie to people so I don’t get into a massive debate about the police while I’m trying to hang out. But to you, dear patron, I shall never lie!

We’re back! I too...

2024-12-02 20:32:51 +0000 UTC View Post

Video Debrief #1: NCIS

here's a bunch of stuff i cut out of my NCIS video

2024-11-15 00:14:55 +0000 UTC View Post

Why was NCIS so obsessed with Israel? [Ad-Free]

NCIS is one of the most popular TV shows of all time. It's about a small federal agency that's supposed to investigate the non-combat deaths of Navy personnel. So why is Mossad—the Israeli CIA—such a major part of the show?

2024-11-12 05:51:33 +0000 UTC View Post

Watch-along VOD: Rebel Ridge

do endings even matter?

2024-11-02 05:06:23 +0000 UTC View Post

Watch-Along: Rebel Ridge

Hey everyone! I'll be going live at 5pm Pacific tonight (in about 10 minutes) to watch Rebel Ridge, the Netflix movie about about crooked cops and civil asset forfeiture. This stream will also be uploaded to Patreon for anyone who has plans on a Friday night. BRAG ABOUT IT WHY DONT YA.

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2024-11-01 23:55:42 +0000 UTC View Post

Watch-Along Livestream — Nov. 1st

Hey everybody!

Here are some of the pieces of media that have been suggested for the next watch-along livestream, let me know what pops out to you!

Here are the 3 options, I'll let you all pick which one and I'll make a separate post for the actual stream —  2024-10-28 18:18:14 +0000 UTC View Post

lil skippy #21: brat summer/fall/winter/spring

have the dems even listened to brat

2024-10-21 19:00:54 +0000 UTC View Post

October 2024 Mailbag

Hey everybody!

Another month, another mailbag! Ask me anything! This is the first mailbag since the To Catch a Predator video so please feel free to ask any followup questions about that here. I'm also feeling especially spooky so feel free to ask me anything about some spooky shows ...

2024-10-03 19:21:30 +0000 UTC View Post

October Announcements & Updates

Hey everyone!

I've been radio silent since publishing my video on To Catch a Predator because I was on vacation in Europe (first time!). But I'm back now and diving back into things. Here's my rough plan for the channel projects for the next couple months.

October — S...

2024-10-03 19:18:49 +0000 UTC View Post