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Video: Why Political Debate Sucks Now

Hey all!Anyone looking for a little Sunday evening watch? (Or, you know, whatever-day-and-time-it-is-where-you-are watch?)Here's my latest piece which, as things stand, I'm calling Why Political Debate Sucks Now.It's a little reflection on the public sphere, the internet, positioning, an...

Cooking Up Another Monologue | The Friday Update

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 write this whilst taking a few moments out of the final editing push on the second of the "monologue" videos I've been experimenting with lately.T...

Moving Out | The Friday Update

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.It's been a reasonably quiet week this week as myself and the whole team have had our heads down working on the next run of videos. But there's still be...

Interviews and Interludes | The Friday Update

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 saw another surprise video, in the form of an interview with Kerry Moscogiuri from Amnesty International UK.Regular readers of this little update will...

Interview: Why British Police Arrested 2,000 Peaceful Protestors

Hey all!Another surprise extra video!I've mentioned a few times lately that I've been looking at piloting an interview series. The plan is to sit down with experts, power-holders, and critics of power to tap their knowledge and experience.The hope is that this might help us cover some additi...

Video: Universities are in Crisis. Here's Why.

Hello friends!Feast your eyes on my latest video: Why University Feels Like a Scam Now.It's been a big ol' production to bring together. Filmed on-location in Cambridge, and featuring a stellar group of interviewees, it's an attempt to understand what's gone wrong with university (if...

Getting Educated | The Friday(ish) Update

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 out on the road again!The last couple of videos have been filmed fairly close to home. This was partly because that made sense for tho...

Can We Save the Internet? | The Friday Update

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.So, I missed last week's Friday Update, but I think I had a good excuse. Because, as many of you will now have seen, I was making an extra video!When I rele...

Surprise Video: Elon Musk is Rotting Conservative Brains

Hey all!How about a surprise bonus video for a Wednesday morning (or, I guess, Tuesday night, depending on where you are in the world?).This is an experiment with a slightly different format than usually. A little bit quicker and more "monologue"-y than anything we've made for a while.Ne...

A New Era! | The Friday Update

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.So! After a couple of week’s silence whilst I was on paternity leave, I’m now back at work! And everything’s a little bit different...I’ve not quite man...

Video: The Men Who Broke British Politics

Hey all!Here's my latest video, currently titled The Men Who Broke British Politics (although, as ever, we might tweak that should it not prove the most clickable title!).It's a dive into the intertwining careers of Nigel Farage and Keir Starmer, the two competing strands of politics they re...

Short King | The Friday Update

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.No baby!I was fairly sure when I wrote last week’s instalment of The Friday Update that it would be my last for a fortnight or so.After many, many months of w...

An Uncertain Time | The Friday Update

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.No baby!My weeks are a bit strange at the moment.As many of you know, my wife and I are currently expecting a baby and, when that happens, I’m planning on tak...

Clip: The Americanization of the British Right

On today's clip, we're look at why the British Right is obsessed with American politics.Enjoy!Or you can watch on Nebula: https://nebula.tv/videos/tomnicholas2-the-americanization-of-the-british-right?ref=tomnicholas

Clip: Is it FINALLY Going to Happen?

In today's stream clip, we're talking about a wealth tax. Is it going to happen? Should it happen? Would it be successful at tackling extreme wealth inequality?Enjoy! And thanks as ever for your generous support!Or watch on ad free on Nebula here: https://nebula.tv/videos/tomnicholas2-is-it-...

Video: How Silicon Valley Monopolized the World

Hey all!Here's my latest little video, which I've tentatively titled How Silicon Valley Monopolized the World.Hopefully, it's a fun, energetic look at how Uber (and other platform companies) enter new markets—in real time!Let me know what you think, and thanks as ever for your generous...

Hot Hot Hot! | The Friday Update

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 weekThe past couple of weeks have been pretty hectic as we’ve been putting the final touches to the next video.Given the piece is about Uber, we spent Th...

Clip: He's Coming Back.

Donald Trump is coming back to the UK for an unprecedented second state visit.How do we think it's going to go down?

Clip: The Rise (and Fall) of Keir Starmer

The first clip from this week's live show is a dive into the rise (and fall?) of Keir Starmer.It's something we might dedicate a whole main channel video to at some point in the near future. But let me know if that's something you'd like to see!

The Case of the Impossibly Cheap Uber | The Friday Update

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 weekThis past week has been a week of impossibilities.Last Thursday, my editor, Georgia, approached me with what she called an “ethical dilemma”.See, s...

What a week... | The Friday Update

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.Wow. What a week.When I wrote and posted the last edition of the Friday Update, I was feeling pretty sheepish.Our last video, Wetherspoon: Inside Britain’s Mo...

Welcome and Thank You

Hi Everyone,I've been trying to keep up with replying to everyone's comments on the video post below, and on the YouTube video, but it's been nearly impossible to do so, and I thought I'd do a quick note so you know I've not just ignored you all!Whether you've just signed up,...

Video: This isn't working.

Hey Everyone!As I mentioned in the last edition of The Friday Update, we're putting out a Patreon/support drive video today.With the cost of everything going up over the past year or so, and ad revenue very much not doing so(!), things have been looking a little bit precarious.My hope is that we...

This isn't working... | The Friday Update

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’s Friday Update is a bit of a heads up…Over the past seven days or so, we’ve been putting together a video which we’re hoping might serve as t...

Clip: This British MP Wants to Ban the Burqa

British politics is going a bit retro as 2000s-style Islamophobia makes a bit of a come back.Nebula link: https://nebula.tv/videos/tomnicholas2-britain-is-getting-more-right-wing

Clip: The Green Party's Identity Crisis, Explained

One mostly for my fellow UK-ians here, but perhaps of interest to those of you watching elsewhere too!In this week's stream, we had a little look at the identity crisis in the Green Party of England and Wales...Nebula subscribers can watch here: https://nebula.tv/videos/tomnicholas2-the-green-pa...

Courting Controversy (Accidentally...) | The Friday Updarte

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.Hopefully now most of you will have found the time to sit down and watch my latest video: Wetherspoon: Inside Britain’s Most Controversial Pubs. Which has bee...

Video: British Pubs are in Crisis. Can Wetherspoon Save Them?

Hello all!I'm very proud to share my latest video with you all. And, this time around, we're going to the pub.Or... lots of pubs.Continuing my informal series in which I investigate various different British institutions (which last time involved a trip to the House of Lords), I decided to m...

It’s Been a While, I’m Sorry | The Friday Update

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.It’s been a while since I wrote here. For which I can only apologies. We’ve been very, very busy.Over the past month, we’ve been making a big push to get ...