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Notes: Jehovah's Witnesses

Here is the notes document used in the writing of Temporary Residents in this World | Jehovah's Witnesses

Script: Neoslavery

Filming script for The Part of History You've Always Skipped | Neoslavery.

Time Card: March 2022

Sorry this one was a bit late. As you can tell by the time card, I was rushing to finish my Neoslavery video in time - and failed. The video ended up coming out on April 4, so you'll see a bit of that in next month's graph.

This video took quite a lot of work, especially there at the end, since I decided to completely change up my editing style in the middle of making it.

The Part of History You've Always Skipped | Neoslavery

If the Standard American History Myth that we've all been taught is incorrect - when was the last slave freed in America?

Time Card: February 2022

Hey everyone, sorry this one was a few days late. I've been working a little slower this month, though I feel like I'm making decent progress on my next project, which is about slavery post-Reconstruction. Should be out by the end of the month, I have quite a few cool ideas for this one.

This video should look and feel a lot different since I have a bunch of hardware upgrades to go along ...

Add your Address! Scrip Coming Soon!

Hello everyone! The last day or two to sign up for the North Pole Company Scrip is upon us.

I was looking over my patron list and noticed that *MORE THAN HALF* of you who are signed up for the eligible tiers have not added your address to your profile. Since you're already at the necessary tier, it would be a bummer if you didn't get the thing you were already paying for.

On desktop...

Time Card: January 2022

Hello everyone. This month was likewise a little light on work. I got home from dealing with my mother's death, got the video completely filmed, and then slowly edited it until it was ready. It was somewhat more difficult to motivate myself to sit at the computer for hours every day than usual, but I'm assuming that is because of recent events.

This video came out and so far, is the best...

State of the Union 2020 | Group Therapy

Live commentary, fact checking, and nervous breakdowns for President Donald Trump's 2020 State of the Union address.  

Recorded on February 4th, 2020.

State of the Union 2019 | Group Therapy

Live commentary, fact checking, and eye rolling for President Donald Trump's 2019 State of the Union address.  

Recorded on February 5, 2019

Border Wall Emergency | Group Therapy

Live commentary, fact checking, and shoulder crying for Trump's Border Wall Emergency Address from the Oval Office.  

Recorded on January 8, 2019

Asking Better 3: We'll Do It Live! [Live Stream - 250k Q&A]

In celebration of hitting 250,000 subscribers, I figured I would hang out for a little while and answer some questions.  

Streamed October 28, 2018

State of the Union 2018 Commentary [Live Stream]

Pre-address discussion, commentary throughout, and final thoughts on the 2018 State of the Union by Donald Trump.  

Recorded on January 30, 2018

State of the Union 2017 Commentary [Live Stream]

Pre-address discussion, commentary throughout, and final thoughts on the 2017 Joint Address/State of the Union by Donald Trump.  

Recorded on February 28, 2017

Third Presidential Debate Commentary [Live Stream]

Some pre-game discussion on the Final Presidential Debate, commentary throughout, with fact checking and other insights, and a post-game break down.  I'll also be answering any questions you may have about what was said in the post-game.

Recorded on October 19, 2016

Script: Company Towns

Filming script for Un-American and yet, totally American | Company Towns

Un-American and yet, totally American | Company Towns

There's a tendency to think about company towns as a quaint relic of the past, something that disappeared a century ago. But company towns aren't just some quirk of American history, they *are* American history.

Annual Memberships are now enabled!

With the new year, I've decided to turn on the Annual Membership option.

Sign up for an entire year of Patreon membership and get a 10% discount - basically, pay for 11 months and get the 12th month free!

I plan on doing more item/certificate giveaways this year, much like the Golden Fork Certificates from April Fool's last year. This next video on Company Towns will have three se...

Time Card: December 2021

Hello everyone. As you likely noticed, I did not put out a video this month, but not for lack of trying. The script was completely written and ready to be filmed when I received the news that my mother died of cancer just a few days before Christmas. I spent the last week with my sister cleaning things up and I'll get back into making the video shortly.

This next video is about Company T...

Time Card: November

Hello everyone, here is my timecard for November. As you can see, most of my time was spent finishing up the Starship Troopers video, which I wanted to release on Veterans Day. Unfortunately, I just wasn't finished with it despite working on it every single day - there are some days where I only worked a few hours, but there are no days where I worked no hours.

I took a few days to prepa...

Script: Starship Troopers

Final script for If Veterans Ruled the World | Starship Troopers

If Veterans Ruled the World | Starship Troopers

The Starship Troopers movie has long been accused of being an unfaithful adaptation of the book, but its politics match the sci-fi military classic more closely than you may realize.

Time Card: October

Hey everyone, here is my time card for last month. While most of my time has been spent on my next video, I spent a lot of time setting up my channel as an LLC (General Administration) and preparing this new office as a set (General Production). Production wise, I appeared in a video about Battle LA on PointlessHub, which is AlternateHistoryHub's new channel, and finished up research on my Star...

Script: Self-Help

Filming script for What Are You So Afraid Of? | Self-Help

Time Card: September / Self-Help

Hello everyone, here is my time card for September. This month was made a little complicated by the fact that I moved in the second week. Luckily, I was able to get everything filmed and ready beforehand, so all I had to do was edit once I was settled in the new place. The fireplace and garage were features of the house I now live in.

This month was mostly used to film/edit the Self-Help...

What Are You So Afraid Of? | Self-Help

The Self-Help industry has existed for over a century and seems to be selling the same product in slightly different packaging. What shaped this industry and what happens when you take it too far?

Script: Jehovah's Witnesses

Final script for Temporary Residents in this World | Jehovah's Witnesses

Sorry for not getting this up sooner, it slipped my mind!

Time Card: August

Here's my time card for August. I think it's funny that my top project for the month was still Jehovah's Witnesses, even though I only spent about a week on that. I've done all of the research for my next video on Life Coaches and NXIVM, so that will be coming out in September.

I'll be moving this coming month, so streams and social media posts might pause for a week or two. I'm hoping t...

Temporary Residents in this World | Jehovah's Witnesses

The Jehovah's Witnesses are often disregarded as a doomsday cult on the extreme fringe. But their beliefs are actually more mainstream than we'd like to think.

Time Card: July / JWs

Here's my time card for July. I was supposed to have this next video done by the end of the month, but this script is significantly longer than anything I've written before - by thousands of words. As you can see, aside from the occasional Saturday, I really haven't taken any time off. I've been working pretty consistently for weeks now, so I don't feel like this missed deadline is because of a...

Time Card: June

Here's my time card for June. Most of my time was spent researching for my next video on Jehovah's Witnesses; this has been the most research intensive video I've had to do so far. I've listened to 3 books, a 9 episode podcast, 5 documentaries, 5 ex-Witness personal stories, dozens of Youtube and JW Broadcasting videos... and I'm still working on getting through this 500-page physical book. Thi...