OKAY WE ARE DOING THIS FOR REAL NOW: https://www.twitch.tv/jackapn
Hey everyone! I'm trying to do more watch-along livestreams this year and we're going to kick it off with the Law & Order episode "Freedom of Expression." I haven't seen this one yet, but I read some bullet points and wowzers is it a doozy.
I'll post the crowdcast link here on Monday (and will update everyone) but, for now, save the date and ...
2024-02-08 19:19:22 +0000 UTC
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“What are you watching?” is pretty much the automatic question I get when I tell people what I do for a living.
I don’t have time to do full conversations on everything I’m watching but here are some stray thoughts on everything I’ve watched in the last month. I’ve also been requested to include content warnings for shows that need them, so you can see those beneath each title!
Minor spoilers.
Blue Eye Samurai (Season 1) ...
2024-01-31 21:24:15 +0000 UTC
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Hey everybody!
The first part of the massive Law & Order video is here, and I'm also here to answer any and all of your questions about the law, the courts, my research, and anything else you might be interested in.
ASK ME ANYTHING!
I'll post the link here as always but I'll be live on Monday 1/15 @ 5pm Pacific so submit your questions before then...
LINK: 2024-01-11 21:56:31 +0000 UTC
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It’s time for my longest-standing End of Year tradition: highlighting my favorite episodes of the year.
Film is an in-and-out trip, while TV stays in our lives for day-long bingethons, weeks, and years as seasons stretch on. Episodes are the smallest unit of TV, and at their best they tell stories that are both individual and part of a grander narrative. They’re like great soccer players, you can appreciate their singular greatness but only in the context of a team setting.
So...
2024-01-09 22:35:43 +0000 UTC
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Law & Order has come under a decent amount of scrutiny for its pro-police propaganda, but we're still missing the big part of the puzzle. Police officers might be cruel and ruthless, but that's because the legal system assumes you're already guilty.
You see, when a police officer harasses you or arrests you or beats you, that’s just the beginning. Because then they hand you over to the real piggies — the prosecutors and court system, which are designed to skirt your rights.
<...
2024-01-09 01:54:25 +0000 UTC
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I’m not a big fan of Top 10 Lists. Even when there’s this much TV, you end up with a lot of lists that look the same, and they all kind of assume a specific viewer. But there’s a fundamental problem with that task—not everybody watches TV for the same reasons.
Some people watch TV to be transported, some want company while they fold their laundry, and some people are determined to watch the worst trash they can.
People might be turning to lists to contemplate what...
2024-01-03 21:37:59 +0000 UTC
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Hello beautiful people!
I want to apologize first and foremost for my lack of communication for the past month. I was trying very, very hard to finish the next episode of Copaganda before the end of 2023, and ended up getting myself sick and burned out. Just another reason to hate Law & Order.
I took a little time to reset myself and reassess how I’m going to strike a better work/life balance, which included waiting until this week to do my year-end list stuff. You’ll be g...
2024-01-03 21:36:27 +0000 UTC
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I forgot to intro Rhiannon Hamam in the video because I'm a fake podcaster :(
Rhiannon is one of the hosts of 5-4, a podcast about how much The Supreme Court sucks. She has a tremendous amount of knowledge about the history of the court and the application of their rulings from her experience as a criminal public defender. We talk about some major Supreme Court cases that have hollowed out some of our most fundamental rights.
You can follow Rhiannon's work here:
2023-12-05 23:29:12 +0000 UTC
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“What are you watching?” is pretty much the automatic question I get when I tell people what I do for a living.
I don’t have time to do full conversations on everything I’m watching but here are some stray thoughts on everything I’ve watched in the last month. I’ve also been requested to include content warnings for shows that need them, so you can see those beneath each title!
No spoilies (except that we won WW2)
The Pacific (Season 1) — Net...
2023-11-30 23:49:08 +0000 UTC
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I sat down to talk with movement lawyer and public defender Olayemi Olurin (@olurinatti) about the biggest misconceptions that media consumers have about the legal system.
We talked about Supreme Court cases that have whittled away rights, how judges and prosecutors are on the same team, and how the legal process is part of the state's punishment.
You can follow Olay's work here:...
2023-11-16 22:45:31 +0000 UTC
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Hey everybody!
The next video essay won't be coming out until December (although hopefully with some interviews), but when it does it will be about Supreme Court cases and the rights that we'd all think we have from watching a show like Law & Order...
Until then, hit me with your questions! ASK ME ANYTHING!
I'll post the link here as always but I'll be live on Thursday 11/9 @ 5pm Pacific so submit your questions before then...
2023-11-07 20:34:08 +0000 UTC
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i ended up cutting this bit from my veronica mars video for time and flow, but here's some stuff i researched about gang activity in the largest sheriff department in the us
2023-11-07 20:00:39 +0000 UTC
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“What are you watching?” is pretty much the automatic question I get when I tell people what I do for a living.
I don’t have time to do full conversations on everything I’m watching but here are some stray thoughts on everything I’ve watched in the last month. I’ve also been requested to include content warnings for shows that need them, so you can see those beneath each title!
No spoilies this time~
Maid — Netflix
CW: Domestic violence,...
2023-10-31 23:48:46 +0000 UTC
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Veronica Mars is a show that has no patience for the terrible cops that patrol its episodes. It's also very nuanced in the ways it approaches the law as a social construct. Where does the show get this perspective and could it be a template for creating a cop show that is not copaganda?
Hey everyone, the next episode of Copaganda is here! I'm still dealing with copyright claims and monetization but you should be able to watch it now! If there are any issues, please let me kno...
2023-10-27 18:32:45 +0000 UTC
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Hey everybody!
I'm hard at work on the next episode of Copaganda about Veronica Mars, which was originally slated to come out this week, but has been pushed back a month to late-October. To be totally transparent, I've been dealing with some burnout, which you may have noticed in my last roundup. Or maybe you didn't notice because I'm just so good at maintaining a healthy work/life balance. Or burying my true feelings deep. Who could say?
After th...
2023-09-25 22:25:06 +0000 UTC
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Hey all!
YouTuber F.D Signifier published a 2 hour documentary about the police, prisons, and abolition last week. It's an incredible piece, and I had the honor of being interviewed as the media expert pretty extensively. Most of what is said in this conversation is stuff I've said in other videos, but the video itself and the context he puts around it is one of the best discussions of abolition I've seen on the platform.
2023-09-21 22:39:15 +0000 UTC
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gods not dead is a christian persecution complex film series, and this 2021 installment focuses on homeschooling. i might do a bigger video about conservative wars on education, but for now just enjoy my ten fave moments
i tried uploading this to youtube but it kept getting copyright blocked so enjoy it here instead
2023-09-20 20:11:08 +0000 UTC
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Hope y'all enjoyed your Labor Day Weekend!
“What are you watching?” is pretty much the automatic question I get when I tell people what I do for a living.
I don’t have time to do full conversations on everything I’m watching but here are some stray thoughts on everything I’ve watched in the last month. I’ve also been requested to include content warnings for shows that need them, so you can see those beneath each title!
I’ll keep spoilers to a minimu...
2023-09-06 01:47:06 +0000 UTC
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hey patreon, it's hard to learn new things.
This video is about HBO's How To with John Wilson, one of the best and most unique shows on television. Come to learn how to do stuff, stay to learn how to learn how to do stuff.
2023-08-30 21:43:41 +0000 UTC
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telemarketers is a docuseries about convicted criminals who worked scams for the police
2023-08-24 23:46:06 +0000 UTC
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a french canadian hopped up on caffeine watches other people's content for $50m a year
2023-08-11 00:16:28 +0000 UTC
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Hey everybody! I missed last month because I was hosting company and simply do not have space in my tiny studio apartment so let's get a big mailbag for June!!
Hit me with your questions! Ask me about anything, including, but not limited to:
- The Rookie
- Black Mirror
- Writer's Strike
- Fentanyl!
- Police "reform"
- Any show mentioned in the TV Roundup
- That's enough ideas for you, come up with some of your OWN!
I'll post the link here as always but I'll...
2023-08-04 00:53:11 +0000 UTC
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“What are you watching?” is pretty much the automatic question I get when I tell people what I do for a living.
I don’t have time to do full conversations on everything I’m watching but here are some stray thoughts on everything I’ve watched in the last month. I’ve also been requested to include content warnings for shows that need them, so you can see those beneath each title!
I’ll keep spoilers to a minimum unless otherwise marked. These are ordered by how much I...
2023-08-04 00:51:04 +0000 UTC
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The Rookie is a police procedural on ABC that with a liberal view on policing—acknowledging systemic flaws for their audience and engaging with racial issues. This show is all about accountability!
And what better way to hold the police accountable than body cameras?
2023-07-30 03:31:18 +0000 UTC
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i love the bear, but here's one thing i didn't love about one episode #nitpicking #gross
2023-07-15 02:20:21 +0000 UTC
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“What are you watching?” is pretty much the automatic question I get when I tell people what I do for a living.
I don’t have time to do full conversations on everything I’m watching but here are some stray thoughts on everything I’ve watched in the last month. I’ve also been requested to include content warnings for shows that need them, so you can see those beneath each title!
I’ll keep spoilers to a minimum unless otherwise marked. These are ordered by how much I...
2023-06-30 22:30:49 +0000 UTC
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At this point, Black Mirror is a show that needs no introduction. But this year, the 6th installment of episodes were released, and well, it’s impossible to ignore how different the series feels now.
It's more focused on the past, and some episodes don't contain any dark tech at all.
While this feels like a radical departure for the show, I don’t think it actually is. That’s because for all the tech-dystopian futures Black Mirror imagines, it’s never been just about ...
2023-06-29 21:37:40 +0000 UTC
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I've been working on a video about Black Mirror (it'll be out next week) and when I reached the episode USS Callister in season 4, I was struck by the juxtaposition of a sci-fi show that is often hopeful and idealistic (Star Trek) and one that is so often dark and bleak (Black Mirror)
So I decided to call the biggest Star Trek fan I know to talk about those two approaches and where those wildly different outlooks come from.
Topics discussed:
- USS Callister & Sta...
2023-06-23 18:04:41 +0000 UTC
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If you've seen my lil skippy about the end of Succession, you know that I was grumpy! Well, friend of the channel Thomas Flight offered to be my pain sponge and he actually kinda changed my mind on some stuff. And I changed his mind on some stuff. It was one of those discourses that actually goes somewhere. What a concept!
Now fuck off!
2023-06-14 00:51:51 +0000 UTC
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Hey everyone, I know it's been quiet here on the ol' patronverse, but that's because I've somehow ended up in demand. Don't know who I swindled, or why they think I'm smart but here's a conversation I had with the ultra-talented FD Signifier about copaganda in Across the Spiderverse.
Warning, this is a spoiler-filled discussion
2023-06-14 00:48:26 +0000 UTC
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