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dhampyresaI've been watching Crash Course: World History and Crash Course: US History, because I must have seen it linked somewhere, and I am a sucker for History. (Also, sometimes I just need 10 more minutes to finish a drawing and it provides good background noise.)
Overall, I liked it, even though it was very broad and I didn't really learn much in World History. I learned slightly more about US History. One thing I did not like was that one joke about the French being cowardly. I am just so tired of people from the US (because it always is people from the US) saying that. Also US History did nothing to convince me that the US isn't completely wrong on so many things (haha, what is that health care reform, it is such bullshit how is it better than what was going on before). I just don't understand so much of the thinking that goes into US policy making.
That said, I did like that the host (his name is John Green and I have a feeling I know that name from somewhere but idk where) was willing to point out that there was a lot of shitty stuff happening in both US and World History. Particularly, I liked the bit where he pointed out that 50 years ago President Obama would not have been able to sit in the from of a bus in Alabama. (Btw, US-sort-of-friend, think about that the next time you comment that my ancestors at the beginning of the 20th century were living like in the Middle Ages. Maybe they were, but at least there was none of that "separate but equal" bullshit. Also, I wanted to show you something cool about my history and you were a dick about it and I know it's been a year, but I am still pissed about it, because you were a dick about it.)
That said, I am now all out of video podcasts to watch and feel sadly deprived. Does anyone have any recs? I've a preference for animated stuff and History, but anything is goo. (This is for background drawing noise, so sadly regular podcasts don't do the trick. I tend to focus too much on either the listening or the drawing instead of doing both at once.)
Also, I've been sitting on these links for a while and I feel like linking them now, when they're somewhat relevant. Here's a parody of Lady Gaga's Bad Romance about Women's Suffrage in the US. And here's a video channel (sadly discontinued, which shows you how long I've had this link) where two history professor parody a bunch of songs to make them about various historical subjects. Off the top of my head, I remember liking the Vikings one, the Beowulf one, the Hannibal one (yes, I am predictable), the Joan of Arc one (still predictable), the King Tut one, the Rome one, the French Revolution one and the Trojan War one. (Also they do subtitles/karaoke lyrics, which is pretty cool.)
Overall, I liked it, even though it was very broad and I didn't really learn much in World History. I learned slightly more about US History. One thing I did not like was that one joke about the French being cowardly. I am just so tired of people from the US (because it always is people from the US) saying that. Also US History did nothing to convince me that the US isn't completely wrong on so many things (haha, what is that health care reform, it is such bullshit how is it better than what was going on before). I just don't understand so much of the thinking that goes into US policy making.
That said, I did like that the host (his name is John Green and I have a feeling I know that name from somewhere but idk where) was willing to point out that there was a lot of shitty stuff happening in both US and World History. Particularly, I liked the bit where he pointed out that 50 years ago President Obama would not have been able to sit in the from of a bus in Alabama. (Btw, US-sort-of-friend, think about that the next time you comment that my ancestors at the beginning of the 20th century were living like in the Middle Ages. Maybe they were, but at least there was none of that "separate but equal" bullshit. Also, I wanted to show you something cool about my history and you were a dick about it and I know it's been a year, but I am still pissed about it, because you were a dick about it.)
That said, I am now all out of video podcasts to watch and feel sadly deprived. Does anyone have any recs? I've a preference for animated stuff and History, but anything is goo. (This is for background drawing noise, so sadly regular podcasts don't do the trick. I tend to focus too much on either the listening or the drawing instead of doing both at once.)
Also, I've been sitting on these links for a while and I feel like linking them now, when they're somewhat relevant. Here's a parody of Lady Gaga's Bad Romance about Women's Suffrage in the US. And here's a video channel (sadly discontinued, which shows you how long I've had this link) where two history professor parody a bunch of songs to make them about various historical subjects. Off the top of my head, I remember liking the Vikings one, the Beowulf one, the Hannibal one (yes, I am predictable), the Joan of Arc one (still predictable), the King Tut one, the Rome one, the French Revolution one and the Trojan War one. (Also they do subtitles/karaoke lyrics, which is pretty cool.)