Matt Beat

Oklahoma and Texas Compared

Which is better? Oklahoma or Texas? 

I like them both, but I gotta say, Oklahoma doesn't have Austin, which is one of my favorite cities period. 

Plus, Buc-ee's. Enough said.<...

Score Voting Explained in Less than One Minute #shorts

Episode 3! 

STAR voting is up next!

The Interstate Highway System Explained

It's always a joy when I get to film on location. About 30 miles west of my house is the very first stretch of Interstate highway ever paved, so I just had to film it there, although a State Troope...

What Was Watergate?

UPDATE: I made a mistake in the other video. I'm sorry. If you commented or liked the old video, it's now gone. They were good comments, too. Dangit. 

I remember having a hard time wrapp...

We've Lost Nuclear Weapons

I can't recommend highly enough the book Command and Control by Eric Schlosser. It's what inspired me to make this video. Also, ya know, the whole Russian invasion of Ukraine thing. 

We ...

Every First Lady in American History

A special shout out to MY first ladies. My daughters, Lydia and Reegan, and my perfect wife, Shannon (Mrs. Beat). They made appearances in this video, and it was fun recording with them. Hopefully ...

History Teachers Look at Old History Textbooks

This one was literally months in the making. I recorded around 7 hours of footage and cut it down to 48 minutes. 

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

Approval Voting Explained in less than one minute

Episode 2

What do you think about approval voting?

Why did the American Political Parties Switch?

I'm proud of how this one turned out. However, warning, there is some offensive language in it. 

Many have requested that I cover this topic over the years. I'm glad I finally was able t...

Ranked Choice Voting Explained in 60 Seconds!

This is first of a four-part #shorts series looking at Ranked Choice Voting, Approval Voting, Score Voting, and STAR voting. All are far superior to the plurality (first past the post) voting syste...

Iowa and Nebraska Compared

A shout out to my Iowa folks who are Patreon supporters. Gael, I brought up Pella!

This was a fun one. I even drove up I-29 to Iowa and Nebraska to film, although I ended up not using much o...

Which Presidents Are Related?

This one was part of a trilogy! A collaboration with Usefulcharts and Geneavlogger. Also, next Monday is my big updated Presidential Tier List with Vlogging Through History. 

Happy early...

Why We Will Always Be Politically Divided #shorts

I basically wanted to make a video explaining the difference between civil rights and civil liberties, but I think more people will watch based on the title. :)

So there you have it. Pretty m...

Is the President Above the Law? | United States v. Nixon

Supreme Court Briefs is back. Which case should I cover next? FYI- I have a big Watergate video planned for March as well. 

Thanks for your continued support!

#shorts return. This one is about North Korea!

I figured I might as well and post this here today, too. It won't go live until next Monday, though!

Every President's Favorite Food

I definitely get a little too excited about that banana in this video. But a shout out to my daughter, Reegan, for throwing a banana at me several times. 

This was a fun and silly one, w...

Australia and New Zealand Compared

It's time to go Down Under! I sure do love these two countries, and hopefully I'll get to visit them someday. 

I meant to get this out to you all yesterday, but the sponsor wanted me to ...

Why the U.S. Senate Rarely Passes A Law

Looking back at my spreadsheet of video ideas, I apparently first wanted to make this video EIGHT YEARS AGO. Glad I am finally getting around to it, and I only wish I released it sooner to show Kyr...

Can You Survive Getting Hit By A Car? #shorts

I'm going to post this in a few hours, but figured I'd give you all a look first. In case you hadn't noticed, I've been branching out with these shorts, and also posting them to TikTok!

Also,...

A Brief History of Led Zeppelin

I apologize. I meant to post this early to Patreon supporters, but simply got caught up with a bunch of work and forgot! Anyway, this video went public yesterday on my second channel. I figured a l...

Try Insightful out!

Hey again. Sorry for the second message today, but I've been asked to pilot an exciting new educational video app called Insightful, and the creator of it said you all could be "trial users" to tes...

What the heck are "Western Values?"

Time and time again, I've heard this phrase: "Western values." And while I mostly knew what The West is, I did NOT know what "Western Values" exactly were. However, over time I grew to understand t...

The First Gay President in American History? #shorts

Beginning next week, I am making it a goal of mine to release at least one new Shorts video a week to YouTube and TikTok (the same video), beginning with this video. I'm hoping it will continue to ...

Beijing and Shanghai Compared

Happy New Year! And Happy (early) Chinese New Year while we're at it, since I've finally gone to China with my Compared series. Well, not actually gone there. You know what I mean. Oh, and I almost...

It's A Wonderful Life 101

Here is my complementary video to my Christmas video. I'm going to publish it over on my other channel, The Beat Goes On, later today. I wasn't joking when I said I cry watching this film. Even as ...

Why Christmas Is So Freaking Popular

So I found out through researching for this video that there really was a War on Christmas. I also found out that most of the Christmas traditions we love today are fairly recent, like only going b...

Arkansas and Missouri Compared

Hey all, I would have had this one to you sooner, but the sponsor was not getting back to me. I will make this live this afternoon.

I am VERY familiar with both of these states, and have been...

Why George Washington Is Still My Favorite President

So why didn't I make this epic George Washington documentary sooner? I didn't have the time, but also I was a bit afraid to make it, to be honest. I was afraid it might be too difficult to tackle. ...

How Every American President Died + their last words

For some strange reason, I constantly think about death, and I have been wanting to make this video for a long time. After the recent success of my President videos, I figured I better go ahead and...

Belgium and the Netherlands Compared

I want to thank Hilbert from the channel History with Hilbert for helping me and collaborating with me on this one. He is British but of Dutch descent, so he especially paid close attention to the ...