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Watch-along VOD: The West Wing s5e21 "Gaza"

why don't they just get over it?

[GOING LIVE NOW!] Watch-Along: West Wing s5e21 "Gaza"

Hey everyone!I'm going to do a livestream watch-along of The West Wing episode "Gaza" from the end of season 5. It's terrible, but a very important episode to look at to understand how we are in a place where Dems are actively supporting a genocide. A fact-finding tour to the hotly disputed Gaza Strip i...

THERE'S TOO MUCH TV - Roundup March 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 short month but after a pretty dow...

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?

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

i don't know what this show is about anymore

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 President asks a reluctant Vice Pre...

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

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

THERE'S TOO MUCH TV - Roundup February 2025

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.Her TV criticism was actually a huge in...

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.Her TV criticism was actually a huge i...

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 "The Obamanauts,"to talk about the ideo...

Interview — Corey Robin (Audio Only)

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 but I'll be live on Friday 2/7 @ ...

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 rough combo of being sick with...

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 tell stories that are both indivi...

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 want to ask me something about that!Going LIVE: ht...

2024: One Show For Every Kind of TV Viewer

I’m not a big fan of Top 10 Lists. Even when there’s this muchTV, 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 people watch TV to be transported, some want com...

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 video0:00 - intro, why i made yet another jon stewart video and how i feel about it6:19 - evolution on gaza coverage36:29 - on immigration and climate change39:42 - more about sellers' inflation49:58 - reactionary mind and ...

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

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 about Israel and Palestine a...

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 took October to get back into thi...

Video Debrief #1: NCIS

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

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?

Watch-along VOD: Rebel Ridge

do endings even matter?

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.Rebel Ridgeis a 2024 American ...

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 —Friday 11/1 at 5pm Pacific

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

have the dems even listened to brat

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 or media~I'll post the link h...

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 — So what was the deal with NCIS and Israel...

THERE'S TOO MUCH TV - Roundup August/September 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!I’ve just launched my longest and most in-depth...