Elliot Sang

Anti-Americanism, whiteness and colonialism: a discourse

hello all! special content for my patrons; this is an edited vod from my previous livestream, of a segment i decided to paywall because i sense it'd be a bit controversial (i go over some leftist content creator beef, for one) and i wanted to keep it among folks i could trust to conduct the convo...

coming to you later this winter...

i am just getting started working on a video essay about bad bunny, working title "bad bunny and the puerto rican struggle." it started as a project about colonialism in puerto rico and that is ultimately what the video will focus on, as well as other discourses about latin american identity, his...

ep. 26 - brahmanism and white supremacy with rohan davis

had an amazing and lengthy conversation about intersections between indian and american politics with rohan davis, whose channel you should definitely check out: https://www.youtube.com/@rohanxdavis

extra thumbnails

check out these super dope thumbnails danae o. made for the latest video essay. we had to experiment for an algorithm boost!

Eating Like a Fascist

free of adsense, for my patrons. enjoy! :)

00:00 introduction

03:13 having a cow

19:15 influencers

31:44 the elites

42:40 the real American diet

Selected Bibliography: 2025-09-26 16:00:24 +0000 UTC View Post

PREVIEW for new video essay: Eating Like a Fascist

hello everyone! here is a preview, just for patrons and channel members, of my upcoming video essay, "Eating Like a Fascist," edited by the great Danae O. release date should be some time this week, as soon as 2 days from now. enjoy and let me know your thoughts :)

ep. 25 - pleasure and oppression with prof. daniel jose gaztambide

so glad to share with you my conversation with Daniel José Gaztambide, 'visiting assistant professor in the Department of Psychology at the New School for Social Research and practicing psychologist.' he has written two fascinating books, including A People’s History of Psychoanalysis: From Fr...

ep. 24 - a conversation with my editor, danae!

so excited to finally be doing this--my good friend and collaborator, danae o., who edits most of my videos on both channels, hopped on zoom with me to talk about how we first got started working together, her favorite video of mine to edit, life in santiago, chile, and more! we even spoke some s...

post-COVID updates

hello everyone! just wanted to make a quick post updating you all; essentially, i caught COVID around the 12th of this month, and i was experiencing sickness symptoms for about a week. i am doing better now! brain fog and dizziness are slowly but surely improving. between this and setting up a mo...

Q&A!

hello everyone! i see that we've got an influx of new patrons after my recent update video discussing the lack of incoming sponsorships (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H0pIC9GwMGM ) and so as a way to kick things...

ep. 23 - a LIVE convo with thinkpiece tribe about zohran, contrapoints and more

hello! this was today's livestream conversation with thinkpiece tribe! (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCVGHs86ZELhWPeO2wFhym7A ) we talked about contrapoints, white people, leftism, zohran mamdani, ...

some updates

hello everyone,

spent the last two weeks or so on the east coast to help support my family while we mourned the loss of my grandmother. we are all doing okay, and for those of you who have sent well wishes, i greatly appreciate your kindness and concern. i am also going to be posting on thi...

ep. 22 - what's in a revolution? w/ atun-shei films

i spoke to the wonderful essayist, director and documentarian andrew rakich of atun-shei films about the truth behind the american revolution, the difficulties of communicating to mass audiences on youtube, the utter relevance of veganism, the current state of the US left and more!

check ou...

ep. 21 - beyond the democrats and chappell roan discourse w/ square cymbals

in this episode i talk to the great musician, IG reels poster and up-and-coming youtuber squared cymbals about chappell roan, doechii, hypervisibility, the rise of terrible concert etiquette, democrats paying influencers to push psy-op social media discourse, and of course, capitalism.

chec...

ep 19 part two - geopolitics and you with ajay singh chaudhary

finally, after promising it so long ago, here is the second part of my interview with the great ajay singh chaudhary, author of The Exhausted of the Earth! in this quick ending segment, we discuss europe, china, and the geopolitical realities that surround the rise of out-and-out american fascism...

new video soon: hiding greta

hello everyone! my next video, out before the end of april, is about the hiding of greta thunberg--specifically, the way media went from perpetuating her as a savior figure (with gen z as a savior generation) and then became awfully quiet as her activism became more and more anti-capitalist and s...

ep. 20 - art that draws blood w/ ro ramdin

i am so happy to show you my recent conversation with the great filmmaker, musician and humorist ro ramdin, who happens to be a good friend of mine! we talked about critical consumption of art and media, the importance of study, and at times our opinions on shows like severance or films like mids...

ep 19 - the system is ricketing with ajay singh chaudhary

here's (most of) a discussion i had with the author of one of my favorite books i've ever read, the exhausted of the earth: politics in a burning world! we talked about violence, care work, and what one does to act politically in a time when political repression is a front-page news item. how do ...

bonus clip: the rising sun flag and mythmaking

hello everyone! here is a section i wrote and took out of the "cool japan: how to get away with war crimes" script about the controversial rising sun flag and its ties to japanese war crimes. give it a watch! :)

edited by Danae O.

Cool Japan: How to Get Away With War Crimes (with less censorship!)

hello everyone! here is the full length version of the cool japan video, featuring less censorship. will be dropping extra stuff for the video on here within the next few days!

"i want you, i need you" - a preview of cool japan

hello everyone! with the cool japan video set to drop either tomorrow or sunday, i thought i'd give my patrons a sneak peek at what's to come. here's the start of a segment in the late middle/end third of the video in which i talk about junichiro koizumi, an interesting character. don't mind my h...

screenshots from "cool japan: how to get away with war crimes"!

hello everyone! my editor danae and i have been hard at work on my biggest project yet: a 2 1/2 hour video essay about imperial japan and its legacy, and whether or not anime and kawaii have covered up this past and its conservative society through an extensive soft power machine. here are some s...

ep. 18 - keep woke alive w/ alice cappelle (she/her)

had an awesome conversation with french video essayist alice cappelle about europe, the US, cultural differences, rethinking politics, the content landscape and the importance of intellectualism

check out her channel here! 2025-03-06 18:22:03 +0000 UTC View Post

ep. 17 - living by your principles w/ lucretia mcevil

had an amazing conversation with lucretia mcevil about anarchism, the necessity of radical optimism, the privilege of giving up, and fostering stray cats!

check out lucretia's growing youtube channel here: https:/...

ep. 16 - what youtube audiences don't understand w/ tara mooknee

i had the wonderful tara mooknee on to discuss the economic state of being a youtuber in 2025, healing yourself, dealing with your own ego, and more!

check out tara's channel here: https://www.youtube.com/@TaraMooknee<...

yapping with elliot, ep. 15 - stranger than fiction w/ foreign man in a foreign land

you know him and you love him! a conversation about fiction, radical optimism and life with foreign man in a foreign land (http://youtube.com/foreignmaninaforeignland )

yapping with elliot, ep. 14 - what it is to be a human (feat. Swolesome)

swolesome (https://www.youtube.com/@FinntasticMrFox), an awesome content creator from canada, joins me today on this holiday episode of yapping with elliot to talk about vulnerability, masculinity, balance, an...

yapping with elliot, ep. 13 - understanding is power is joy w/ gil morejon

i had an awesome conversation with professor gil morejon, currently teaching at loyola university (i incorrectly say depaul at the start), who is also one of the four hosts of the amazing what's left of philosophy podcast.

attached is a color-coded outline gil made some years back of the m...

biden clip 2

here's another preview from our upcoming video essay on joe biden, set for publication later this week

biden.mp4 clip 1

here's your first preview of our upcoming massive video essay, "Biden.mp4," about joe biden