Another week, another clip from the live show.
And, this time around we're digging into Trump's announcement that he wants to re-open Alcatraz; and what it tells us about the motivations of the global right.
Enjoy!
Tom
2025-05-06 08:20:05 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey all!
Here is my latest video, which we're calling Who Killed Postmodernism?
It's a dive into why debates about "postmodernism" were everywhere a little under a decade ago, and why talk of it seems to have all-but disappeared in the time since.
It asks whether "postmodernism" is dead; and, if so, who killed it?
This one felt weirdly nostalgic to make. We've been gradually shifting away from making "video essay" style pieces, and trying to shift tow...
2025-04-25 11:28:56 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey all!
Another clip from the live show. This week, we were discussing the UK government's seizing of control of the Chinese-owned British Steel and what it tells us about the legacy of Thatcher's big sell offs in the 1980s.
Enjoy!
2025-04-16 06:58:46 +0000 UTC View Post
The first clip from this week's live show!
Donald Trump has once again been floating a third term in power. But, why is he obsessed with this idea? Is it just a desire to hang on to power for as long as possible? Or does Trump have a problem in the "Boris trap"?
2025-04-01 07:18:40 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey all!
I thought I'd start sharing the more casual videos we've been producing here on Patreon too.
I had initially worried that it would clog up the feed a little; but I also don't want you to be missing out on anything we're making!
So here you go! Some thoughts on Adolescence...
Tom
2025-03-27 08:42:54 +0000 UTC View Post
Welcome to this week’s edition of the Friday Update, in which I give a little insight into what I’ve been up to for the past seven days.
I thought I’d take the opportunity to use this latest entry in the Friday Update to celebrate a new format we’ve been trying out lately!
Some of you will have noticed me popping up in your YouTube or Nebula feeds a little more regularly, and on a different platform over the past few weeks.
And, thatâ€...
2025-03-21 19:00:16 +0000 UTC View PostWelcome to this week’s edition of the Friday Update, in which I give a little insight into what I’ve been up to for the past seven days.
This week I’ve had the unusual experience of being able to mostly get my head down and write.
My job is strange in that the most important part of what I do is writing. However, the fact we make videos (rather than me just publishing a blog) means there’s always a million things conspiring to keep me away f...
2025-02-28 17:35:29 +0000 UTC View Post
Welcome to this week’s edition of the Friday Update, in which I give a little insight into what I’ve been up to for the past seven days.
With the House of Lords video out in the wild, this week, we’ve been making a start on two future videos, about two quite different topics.
The first is about postmodernism.
For a while, I’ve wanted to make a video which does two things:
Firstly, I wanted to undertake a postmortem of the “postmodernism pani...
2025-02-21 17:00:14 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello Everybody!
Those of you in the Early Access tiers, or who subscribe to Nebula, will have already seen it. But, those who aren't, here is my latest video.
It's about the House of Lords: the unelected "upper chamber" of the UK Parliament.
I wanted to ask why, in an era in which we supposedly value democracy and voting so much, the UK has held onto a system which is defiantly technocratic.
Can we justify over half of our national politicians being there as a result ...
2025-02-11 16:22:47 +0000 UTC View Post
Welcome to this week’s edition of the Friday Update, in which I give a little insight into what I’ve been up to for the past seven days.
Most of this week has been spent with Georgia (my editor) and I sat in my living room, trying to assemble the various strands of my upcoming video about the UK’s House of Lords and the weirdness of having unelected politicians in the 21st century.
Alongside the usual explainer sections, we also have a bunch of great interv...
2025-02-08 13:00:08 +0000 UTC View Post
Welcome to this week’s edition of the Friday(ish) Update, in which I give a little insight into what I’ve been up to for the past seven days.
Things have been getting very professional round here over the last week as we’ve been in London… interviewing a bunch of politicians… in Parliament.
The video we’re currently working on is about the House of Lords, the unelected upper house of the UK Parliament.
I wanted to explore why the UK continues to...
2025-01-27 18:00:14 +0000 UTC View PostWelcome to this week’s edition of the Friday Update, in which I give a little insight into what I’ve been up to for the past seven days.
This week we did something a little exciting and relaunched my Monday-night Twitch stream!
I began streaming back in November 2023 after Twitch offered to effectively sponsor a run of three months of streaming. The show gathered a bit of momentum (particularly the post-stream clips on YouTube) and we kept it going until earl...
2025-01-10 18:00:07 +0000 UTC View PostWelcome to this week’s edition of the Friday Update, in which I give a little insight into what I’ve been up to for the past seven days.
I've made this week's edition available to everyone to read, as I though it would be nice to give everyone a look into how the previous year's gone, and how the next one is planning out!
Welcome to the first edition of the Friday Update for 2025. And, well...
2025-01-04 09:13:41 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey all!
Here it is, my latest video!
As many of you will know from reading the Friday Update (and if you haven't already watched it on Early Access!), this time around, we're looking at birth rates.
In particularly, we're looking at why conservative commentators, right-wing politicians, and podcast bros have seemingly become so obsessed by the topic.
It's become a favourite talking point of Elon Musk, J.D. Vance, Peter Thiel and many others. But why this...
2024-12-20 17:26:36 +0000 UTC View PostWelcome to this week’s edition of the Friday Update, in which I give a little insight into what I’ve been up to for the past seven days.
We’re currently hard at work on the next video.
Which is going to be about… babies.
Over the past six months or so, there’s been a growing amount of discussion about declining birth rates across the world.
Half of all countries in the world (accounting for 2/3 of the global population) have total fertility ...
2024-11-29 18:00:13 +0000 UTC View PostWelcome to this week’s edition of the Friday Update, in which I give a little insight into what I’ve been up to for the past seven days.
Regular readers of the Friday Update (whether it actually comes out on a Friday or not!) will know that this year has been pretty unique for me.
The steady schedule of bi-monthly or (more recently) monthly-ish videos I’m used to making was joined by a massive additional project in the form of my debut feature...
2024-11-24 18:49:43 +0000 UTC View Post
Welcome to this week’s edition of the Friday Update, in which I give a little insight into what I’ve been up to for the past seven days.
I’m writing this week’s edition of The Friday(ish) Update from my desk in Plymouth, whilst trying to reset my body clock back into UK time, after a week-long trip to New York City.
The initial reason I was there was for the world premiere of my debut feature film Boomers.
The screeni...
2024-11-11 11:50:04 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey all!
Fancy another video to watch?
Over the past month, I've been putting together this little report on the housing crisis in the UK, and how to fix it.
But, I wanted to take a slightly different angle to that which I normally do.
Rather than just discussing how things are bad, I wanted to look at solutions, and for inspiration from the past.
The resulting piece, then, looks at how, during the 20th century, Britain managed to solve its previous hous...
2024-11-04 17:30:02 +0000 UTC View Post
Welcome to this week’s edition of the Friday Update, in which I give a little insight into what I’ve been up to for the past seven days.
The first thing that I need to share with you this week is the trailer for my upcoming film Boomers, which was revealed on Wednesday!
^^ See the embedded video above to watch it ^^
Watching it through, I couldn’t help but be extraordinarily grateful for the talented folks I get to work with.
Boomer...
2024-11-01 16:00:13 +0000 UTC View PostWelcome to this week’s edition of the Friday Update, in which I give a little insight into what I’ve been up to for the past seven days.
Over the past couple of days, Georgia (my wonderful editor) and I have been out and about filming all the to-camera sections for my upcoming video about the housing crisis.
The key concept for this one was that we wanted to film all the to-camera sections in front of as many different kinds of houses as possible: high-rise a...
2024-10-25 17:00:12 +0000 UTC View PostHi all!
The premiere of my debut feature-length film, Boomers, is now just two weeks away.
We're holding a big, exciting premiere at the IFC Center in New York City, and I've been given a bunch of (free!) tickets to give away to folks who watch my stuff.
If you're in the New York area and would like to come along, then all you have to do is head to the below link and reserve the tickets!
There's only a limited number available—so be quick! I'm going to share...
2024-10-21 10:39:47 +0000 UTC View Post
Welcome to this week’s edition of the Friday Update, in which I give a little insight into what I’ve been up to for the past seven days.
The housing crisis. I’m making a video about the crisis housing.
And how we might solve it.
Over the past few months, I’ve found myself occasionally reflecting on the overall tone of my videos.
They can often come across as a little bit negative.
Of course, this is generally a fair reflection o...
2024-10-11 17:00:13 +0000 UTC View PostWelcome to this week’s edition of the Friday Update, in which I give a little insight into what I’ve been up to for the past seven days.
This week, I’ve been putting some hard work into writing my next video.
I’ll reveal what the video is actually about in an upcoming edition of the Friday Update. But, there’s been an interesting twist to the process this time around.
In a number of my recent videos, I’ve opted to include some interview...
2024-10-04 15:00:13 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey all!
Here it is! My latest video about AI theft and it's potential impact on journalism, political commentary and debate.
This is a fairly chill one, filmed in my studio, but with some gorgeous motion graphics!
And hopefully a lot to mull over in terms of ideas.
Let me know your thoughts below or in the video comments!
Thanks as ever for your generous support,
Tom
AI Companies Stole My Videos. Online Video. YouTu...
2024-10-01 16:02:33 +0000 UTC View Post
Welcome to this week’s edition of the Friday Update, in which I give a little insight into what I’ve been up to for the past seven days.
This week, I’ve spent a lot of time staring at Frame.io.
Frame.io is a video hosting website used by video editors, producers and directors to get feedback on drafts of their work.
It’s a bit like YouTube or Vimeo, but links are private and it allows you to add comments by timestamp. This allows ...
2024-09-27 16:00:24 +0000 UTC View Post
Welcome to this week’s edition of the Friday Update, in which I give a little insight into what I’ve been up to for the past seven days.
This week, we’ve been powering ahead with getting the next video for the YouTube channel in shape.
The video has been slowly coming together for some time; but it’s now all systems go to get it together for release asap.
And it’s about…
…AI theft and its impact on journalism and free speech.
The v...
2024-09-22 21:17:20 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey all!
I wanted to share the announcement video for my upcoming feature-length, Nebula Original Boomers.
I always feel a bit conflicted posting stuff about Boomers here as I really appreciate all your support and don't want to feel as though you're being sold to here as well!
But, the other option was to leave you all out of the loop; which felt even worse?
So, if this isn't of interest, then feel free to ignore!
But, production for B...
2024-09-20 09:00:05 +0000 UTC View Post
Over the next few months, I'm experimenting with writing some book reports on what I'm reading. Here's the second one! Let me know what you think and if this is something you'd be interested in seeing more of in the future!
Wolf Hall is a historical novel written by Hilary Mantel and first published in 2009. It follows the 16th century pseudo-politician Thomas Cromwell as he establishes himself as an aide to Henry VIII, and assists that King in building political ...
2024-09-19 15:00:08 +0000 UTC View PostWelcome to this week’s edition of the Friday Update, in which I give a little insight into what I’ve been up to for the past seven days.
For the past week I’ve had the luxury of being (mostly) at home.
Regularly readers of the Friday Update will know that I’ve been doing a lot of travelling lately. Partly for videos for the channel. Mostly for my upcoming Nebula Original film Boomers.
All of this has been a huge amount of fun;...
2024-09-06 15:14:55 +0000 UTC View Post
Over the next few months, I'm experimenting with writing some book reports on what I'm reading. Here's the first one! Let me know what you think and if this is something you'd be interested in seeing more of in the future!
I’ve been thinking a lot about nuclear weapons recently. Not in a particularly apocalyptic way. Although not particularly in a non-apocalyptic way either. I’ve yet to start canning my own food and storing it under the stairs.
Nevertheless, I live un...
2024-09-05 14:45:03 +0000 UTC View Post