Matt Beat

Every U.S. President's Favorite U.S. President

Sure, the favorite president of most presidents was either Abraham Lincoln or George Washington, but there are some legit surprises in here. One crazy thing I thought about after making this video ...

When A Dude Sued His Friend to Steal Native American Land | Fletcher v. Peck

Supreme Court Briefs returns!

Honestly, I'm surprised as heck that more people don't know about or bring up this case. That's also a big reason why I included it in my Supreme Court book. Spe...

The 5 Closest Presidential Elections in U.S. History

I count down the five closest presidential elections in American history. This is only my opinion, ok? If you disagree with my opinion, well...then you're nuts, man. Just kidding, your opinion is p...

Meet me at an upcoming book signing and discussion

I'll be at the Raven Book Store on June 13th at 7:00pm. Check out the Raven's Facebook event to RSVP.

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A Brief History of Immigration to the United States

Heck, I even look at immigration to the United States BEFORE the United States existed, which is a big reason why this video isn't so BRIEF after all. Regardless, I cover a lot of stuff in 28 minut...

Exclusive! Revealing Mr. Beat's 1 Million Subscriber YouTube Play Button

It finally happened! Mr. Beat reached 1 million subscribers!! Come out to celebrate on the patio at Uplift Coffee Co, 624 North 2nd Street, Lawrence, KS, May 19th from 4:30-6:30pm. Matt Beat, aka M...

Mr. Beat and Mr. Beast Compared

I actually did it.

To celebrate getting 1 million subscribers, of course!

Speaking of 1 million subscribers, thank you all for your support in helping me get there. You are exclusivel...

The Vietnam War, Explained

I've been getting carried away with my videos lately. Because of this, the next few will be much shorter. But yeah, here's another video I've been wanting to make since when I first began my channe...

Harry Truman, The Most Average Person to Ever Become President

This video...uh...yeah it took a lot out of me.

But it might just be my best video yet, in my opinion. I'm extremely proud of how it turned out. It's crazy that it took me so long to finally ...

The Second Richest Man in U.S. History Gave All His Money Away

We filmed two videos in the Pittsburgh area. The first was the Mason-Dixon line video. This was the second. That said, I also filmed stuff in Lawrence, as there is a Carnegie Library just a couple ...

What is the Mason-Dixon line?

It's a thing most Americans know about, but most Americans likely haven't thought much about. Well, I think about the Mason-Dixon line all the time. I think about it when I'm doing laundry, for cry...

The Iraq War Explained

I apologize that this video didn't come out to you sooner. I wanted it out to my patrons last Thursday, but I've had issues publishing it as YouTube kept age-restricting it. I finally censored it e...

The Switch in Time That Saved Nine | West Coast Hotel Co. v. Parrish

Thinking about changing the title of this one to "When the Supreme Court Stopped Being Conservative." What do you think?

Thank you for your continued support!

3 Times the World Almost Ended

Y'all know me. My favorite period of history to learn about is the Cold War. The brinkmanship alone that occurred during that period is almost unbelievable. I originally was going to just make a vi...

Every President's Favorite Books, Films and Shows

Happy early Presidents Day! 

As has become tradition, I am releasing a presidents video to celebrate. I am also livestreaming on Presidents Day to look at how presidents would take the W...

What's the president's job, anyway?

A lot of folks these days don't seem to understand exactly what the President of the United States can and cannot do. That's why I made this video, as a matter of fact!

I probably should have...

How the Supreme Court Made It Easier to Get a Gun | McDonald v. Chicago

In episode 77 of Supreme Court Briefs, an old dude wants to buy a handgun to defend his home after it is robbed, but Chicago won't let him. So he sues their butts.

Just a heads up....

My 10 least favorite Supreme Court justices

This one was three years coming. Sorry for the delay! haha

I'm glad I waited, though, due to all the revelations about a certain justice that came out last year. 

Thank you for you...

What is systemic racism?

I put off producing this one for three years because I was afraid I wouldn't get it right. Maybe I still didn't get it right, but I sure gave it my best shot. Regardless, you'll definitely get to k...

Protecting Extreme Speech | Snyder v. Phelps

It's a new episode of Supreme Court Briefs! 

I am very familiar with the Westboro Baptist Church. I've seen them protesting in person far too many times. For this video I filmed some stu...

England and Scotland Compared

In a new episode of Compared, I look at the two most-famous and most-visited countries in the United Kingdom- England and Scotland. Much of the footage you see in this video I filmed while my famil...

Every Woman Who Ran for President in American History

It's not as many as you might think!

Oh, and obviously this is not literally every woman who ran for president, as in recent years at least dozens of women have ran that haven't got more than...

Colombia and Venezuela Compared

Here is yet another video I meant to release, like, three years ago, but never got around to it. I am amazed that so many Americans often reduce these two countries to stereotypes. As you find out ...

The JFK Assassination Was Crazy

November 22nd marks the 60th anniversary of the assassination of the 35th president, John F. Kennedy. The JFK Assassination was one of the events that first got me into history, and I've read count...

Why it feels like I'm your friend

Parasocial relationships are something I've been thinking a lot about lately, especially after beginning my 10 Questions podcast. So....uh....yeah. This one got meta. I apologize if it made any of ...

The Future of Museums

I doubt this video does very well, but it was a labor of love.

I also know I'm preaching to the choir with y'all. :)

Thank you for your continued support!

Every Recession and Depression in American History

If you want a political history of the United States of America, watch every episode of my presidential elections in American history video. If you want an ECONOMIC history of the United States of ...

Did the United States Give Away Half of Oklahoma? | McGirt v. Oklahoma

Well, kind of. In episode 76 of Supreme Court Briefs, a pedophile and a murderer unwittingly cause Native Americans to gain more rights.

This really was a crazy case that I remember not seein...

What Every President Did For Fun

I first decided to make this video in 2020. Three years later, it's finally happening, and it was another really fun one to make. I'll admit, sometimes I get slightly bored with the presidential vi...

Kenya and Tanzania Compared

A shout out to Patreon-supporter Zachary Parker for letting me use his music for this video. I put links to his band's stuff in the description of the video if you'd like to stream or download it.&...