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Early Release - What is Zionism? Pt. 2: The Creation of Israel

Hey everyone, I'm back from the abyss and happy to report I have a new video to release. It's the follow-up to my last video on Zionism, and covers from where it left off (in 1896) until the creati...

Next Video Rough Cut

Hey everyone, hope you're all doing well.

I'm about to release a rough cut for my next Zionism piece here, covering from where I left off last time until the state of Israel was created in 1...

Early Release - What Is Zionism? Part 1: Jews Return to Palestine

Hello everyone! I decided to start trying early releases here, to give you guys something sooner, and also possibly get some feedback before I release it to the general public. I uploaded a version...

A Private Discord Server

A private Discord server to provide a formal place for people here and on my Patreon page to talk to each other. I explain the rules and basic premise of the server in the video, so please watch th...

My Trip to Verdun

I wanted an excuse to travel outside of Paris and had read about Verdun making my World War 2 video. I learned that some of it was preserved and decided to bundle a visit there into a trip to easte...

Next Private Video

Hey everyone, I hope you're all having a good New Year so far.

A little update on my end: I want to make a follow-up video for my Iran piece on Islam, collectivism, and Khomeini, but I'm in...

The State Control of Morality in Iran

Hey everyone! If you didn't catch it I uploaded my video on Iran yesterday. Thank you for your patience if you’re still here.

This video ended being about twice as long as I originally inte...

Saying Hello

Hey everyone, just stopping by to say hello. I'm still here! Also, I'm sorry things have been quiet. I'm still waiting for my visa to be approved but if everything goes to plan, then I should be mo...

A Life Update (Members Video)

Hey everyone, I've had some developments in my personal life that are going to impact my work. I figured it seemed appropriate to share it here.

A Trend I've Been Seeing (Members Video)

My thoughts on a conspiratorial trend I've been watching that has come to prominence over the last 6 months or so.

America's Leadership Problem

Hey everyone! You've probably already seen it, but here's the latest video. With the election coming up I wanted to cover the subject of American leadership productively, and this is what I came up...

New Video Soon

Update: If anyone's wondering where it is, the video is uploaded and ready to release. It's being held by a copyright claim that I was told would release yesterday. I'm still waiting. I'll make it ...

When the Nazis Hosted the Olympics (Members Video)

Hey everyone! Here's the latest members video as a thank you for your support. It seems that as my quality standards go up these are resembling, more and more, the quality of main channel videos fr...

How World War II Began

Hey everyone, I thought I'd make a post here as a sort of debrief from the last video (How World War II Began).

It's a subject that's been on my mind (as it has been for many) since Russia ...

When Bad Research is Popular (Members Video)

Hey everyone! Here's the latest member's video. While I research, I come across work that is highly regarded by the public but poorly regarded by the academic world. I think the discrepancy on its ...

The End of the Holy Roman Empire (Members Video)

Hey everyone, this is essentially a supplement to my nationalism video, showing some collateral damage that occurred as people switched into seeing the world in terms of nations.

For a chann...

The Next American Civil War

Hey everyone, hope you're having a good December. I've been busy working on the World War 2 piece and am about halfway through recording and editing it.  It's probably going to be over an hour...

Some Music

Hey everyone. I realize Halloween is mostly an American holiday, but I thought I'd get away from all the heavy material for a moment and share a Halloween-themed playlist I made for those that will...

Patron's Video: The End of the Holy Roman Empire

Hey everyone, here's the latest patron's video. I thought it was interesting that just about everyone has heard of the Holy Roman Empire, but no one seems to care about it. Studying nationalism she...

Nationalism: An In-Depth Explanation

Hey everyone, here's the nationalism piece I've been working on for the last few months. I originally wanted to make about a 10-12 minute piece comparing nationalism and patriotism, but the more ti...

Nationalism Video

Hey everyone, going by the timeline I gave on my last update I should have probably uploaded something by now, so I wanted to fill you all in.

I finished setting up the new studio and spent a...

An Update

Patrons hello! I thought I’d give you all an update. I’ve had some changes in my personal life, which means I’m moving out of the space I’ve been filming in and into a new studio. The new s...

The Man Who Saved Thomas Jefferson (Members Video)

Hey everyone, here's the latest members video. I was initially going to make this about Jouett's heroic ride through the night to warn Jefferson, then ask if he changed the world for better or for ...

New video: Why Thomas Jefferson Didn't Free His Slaves

Hey everyone, here's the latest video. I published it over Memorial Day Weekend, which perhaps wasn't the best in terms of timing, but that's when I was done producing it. I think Americans still h...

The Prospect Of World War III (Members Video)

Hey everyone, the prospect of World War III has been on my mind lately, and as it seems like has been for a lot of people. I don't want to be alarmist, but I do think it's something worth paying at...

American Democracy vs. Ancient Athens

Hey everyone, here's the American/Athenian democracy video. I've been trying to figure out for a while (about a year? at least) how to make an educational video on democracy that the public might a...

Something interesting I found (Members Video)

Hey everyone, I found an interesting little gem that I wanted to share with you guys. Hope you enjoy! 

Also once you watch, what do you think? Coincidence or no?

Thanks again for y...

Who were the sophists? (Members Video)

Hey all, here's another mini vid. I'm in the middle of one of the more research-intensive projects comparing American and Athenian democracy, and thought I'd make this as a supplement and a sort of...

Why Do People Hate Elon Musk?

Hey all, here's the Elon video. This video was an experiment to see how working on a more contemporary/pop-oriented topic would play out. I tried to approach it from a perspective that cut through ...

What Is Existentialism? (Members Video)

Hey all, here's a quick video talking about existentialism. My main goal here is to make the concept less intimidating for people who don't have a handle on what it means. Let me know what you thin...