Knowing Better

Bloopers: Year Five

Basically behaving like state-sanctioned street gangs.

Script: Segregated Education

Final script for Segregation by Any Other Name | American Education

Time Card: Segregated Education

Here's my time card for May. As you can tell, the first two weeks or so were pretty light and then I crammed in all of the work for my Segregated Education video into the end. All told, that video took me 160 hours and 20 minutes to make, which is about 3 hours for every final minute of video.

My focus this next month is on the annual ann...

Segregation by Any Other Name | American Education

Education in the United States has always been a battle over inclusion. Who should we allow in and what should we teach them? Perhaps it's time you learn what school is really like in America.

Time Card: April

Here's my time card for last month, definitely didn't get as much done as I would've liked, but I suppose months like these are bound to happen. I did get both shots of my vaccine though!

Most of my time was spent researching my next video, which will be a history of public education in the United States, through the lens of Segregation. ...

KB Morgan's Golden Fork Certificate

In my last video on Ancient Aliens, there was a spoof commercial by KB Morgan selling Golden Fork Certificates. There was enough interest that these will be a real thing!

At the end of the month, everyone who is a Golden Fork patron will receive a personalized certificate... by email in the form of a pdf. BUT, if you include your mailing ...

Script: Ancient Aliens

Final Script for Graduating to the Next Level | Ancient Aliens

Time Card: Ancient Aliens

Here's my time card for the month of March. A majority of my time was spent on the Ancient Alien video for April Fool's - all told, I spent 97 hours and 32 minutes on that.

My next video isn't scheduled to come out until the end of May, but I'm hoping to get started on that early. I'd really like to get to a point where I'm uploading thes...

Graduating to the Next Level | Ancient Aliens

If mainstream archaeologists and historians are wrong, what is the true history of our planet? Could we be the descendants of or creations of ancient aliens? And if so, who would believe this theory?

Script: Libertarianism

Final script for Redefining American Capitalism

All That Changed in 1972 - A Summary

Most of what I’m about to say here was said during the Director’s Commentary stream yesterday. But since those don’t stay up forever and not everyone has four hours to spare, I figured writing up a summary would be useful.

All of my videos for the last year have been building up to this point, so what point was I trying to get across...

Time Card: Libertarianism

Here is my time card for February. Most of my time this month was spent on the Libertarianism video, which is to be expected. I started this project in January, so all together, I spent 221 hours and 18 minutes making that video.

The next project should be a little more fun and light-hearted. I'm also hoping to spend more time on backgroun...

Redefining American Capitalism | Libertarianism

Free-market Capitalism was not always part of the American way of life. How did Libertarianism make its way into the political mainstream?

Time Card: January

I said in my last video that I was taking some time off - that was a lie. I've been listening to a thousand-page book as part of my research for this next topic, Libertarianism, which took up the bulk of my time. This next video should explore how free market capitalism became mainstream - because it wasn't always.

I also spent a lot of t...

Time Card: Mormons

I've been keeping track of my time this last year, and posting how long each video took here on Patreon.

I recently started using Clockify, which gives me a pretty cool graph showing how much time I spent on every project every day. I figure I'll start posting this too, so you guys can keep me accountable and see how much work goes into a...

Script: Mormons

Final script for American Exceptionalism but as a Religion | Mormons

Script: Smedley Butler

Final script for A Veteran's Warning | Smedley Butler

American Exceptionalism but as a Religion | Mormons

What happens when you take American ideals to the next step and turn them into a religion?

A Veteran's Warning | Smedley Butler

Major General Smedley D. Butler was a two-time Medal of Honor recipient and veteran of more wars than most Americans can even name, with some pretty strong opinions about the war business.

Script: Banking

Final Script for Saving Your Money | Banking

Saving Your Money | Banking

Banking services are complicated and expensive, but going without them is even more complicated and expensive.

Treading Water during Quarantine - Channel Update

Hey everyone, I hope you're all staying safe as we enter the sixth month of this pandemic. That's right, it's been six months.

At the start of the coronavirus outbreak, I considered myself incredibly lucky. As a youtuber, I work from home and the lockdown had almost no effect on my job or my financial situation. I even saw this as an oppor...

Script: Post Office

Final Script for Delivering our Democracy | US Postal Service

Delivering our Democracy | US Postal Service

 The Postal Service is one of the few government agencies which pre-date the Constitution and creation of the United States. If the Founding Fathers kept it around, it must be important. 

Script: Police Militarization

Final script for The Quartering of Troops | Police Militarization

The Quartering of Troops | Police Militarization

 America was never supposed to have a standing, militarized police force, yet here we are. How did that happen? 

Script: Oil

Final Script for Extracting Black Gold | The History of Oil

Script: Climate Policy

Final Script for Climate Policy | The Complete Moderate's Guide

Bloopers: The Fourth Year

 Geez, that was a long sentence. 

Extracting Black Gold | History of Oil

Over a few short decades, oil went from a useless black sludge to the fuel of the modern world. But at what cost?