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Who's the REAL Predator in To Catch a Predator? [Ad-free]

To Catch a Predator gave us our public conception of what a "sex offender" is. How wrong was it? And how much damage has that misrepresentation caused?

Interview — Ryan Shields

Content Warning - CSA

Ryan Shields is an Assistant Professor in the School of Criminology and Justice Studies at UMass Lowell, approaching criminal justice issues from a public health point of view.

I asked him to walk me through the research on child sex abuse and how to prevent it—as opposed t...

Interview — Masai Lord

Masai Lord is a founding partner of Lord Law Group, specializing in civil rights, criminal defense, and employment discrimination.

I chat with him about the concept of entrapment, as well as his general thoughts on To Catch a Predator's legality.

This conversation is a bit winding, but there's a lot of inte...

lil skippy #20 — rolling stone's top 100 episodes of all time list

https://www.rollingstone.com/tv-movies/tv-movie-lists/best-tv-episodes-of-all-time-1235090945/

lil skippy #19: john walsh & america's most wanted

john walsh is a hypocrite and america's most wanted is a dumb tv show

August 2024 Mailbag

Hey everybody!

Another month, another mailbag! Ask me anything!

I'll post the link here as always but I'll be live on Thursday 8/15 @ 5pm Pacific so submit your questions before then...

LINK: 2024-08-13 19:57:50 +0000 UTC View Post

THERE'S TOO MUCH TV - Roundup July 2024

“What are you watching?” is pretty much the automatic question I get when I tell people what I do for a living.

With the stress of the last two months I haven’t gotten to watch as much TV as usual, but I do have some thoughts on some shows! I’ve also included content warnings for shows that need them, so you can...

Watch-Along VOD: Jimmy Bond in Goldfinger (1964)

well that was certainly a movie!

did a little light reading once we finished, including these Guardian articles I'll link below where Ian Fleming talks about how Pussy Galore was meant to be a lesbian and that she “only needed the right man to come along and perform the laying on of hands in order to cure her p...

Watch-along: Goldfinger (1964)

Hey everyone! I'll be going live at 5pm Pacific tonight (in about 25 minutes) to watch Goldfinger for the first time. This was recommended by our little community here and I hope you'll all join me to watch along. I'll upload a VOD version of this stream as well.

Goldfinger is ...

2024-08-01 23:37:25 +0000 UTC View Post

The Bear & The Failed American Dream [Ad-Free]

Why did The Beef have to become The Bear?

James Bond Watch-along

Hey everybody!

In a recent mailbag That One French Guy suggested looking into James Bond, and honestly it was the first time I'd considered 007. They've been kind enough to put together a short list of films to watch, and I think it'd be fun if we watched/streamed it together as we have for Law & Order and Bl...

on the west wing and "political violence"

what do liberals mean when they say "i condemn political violence"?

July 2024 Mailbag

Hey everybody!

Another month, another mailbag! Ask me anything! If you need topics, my next video is going to be about The Bear and then after that a copaganda episode about Chris Hansen and To Catch a Predator. So why don't you have a seat and ask me some stuff!

I'll post the link here as always but...

THERE'S TOO MUCH TV - Roundup May/June 2024

“What are you watching?” is pretty much the automatic question I get when I tell people what I do for a living.

With the stress of the last two months I haven’t gotten to watch as much TV as usual, but I do have some thoughts on some shows! I’ve also included content warnings for shows that need them, so you can...

lil skippy #18: judiciary catching heat from "both sides"

between trump's convictions and alito and thomas being alito and thomas, a lot of people are losing faith in the justice system. but i think that's kind of the goal.

sorry i forgot my pop filter on my microphone and that my eye is red from allergies.

June 2024 Mailbag

Hey everybody!

Oh Boy it's been A MINUTE:

ASK ME ANYTHING!

ASK ME EVERYTHING! ASK ME THINGS! DON'T MAKE ME COME UP WITH QUESTIONS MYSELF—THEY'LL BE WEIRD!

I'll post the link here as always but I'll be live on Friday 6/7 @ 5pm Pacific so s...

Newbies, welcome!

Hey everyone,

There was a lot of bonus content for this Cops/On Patrol: Live: PD:: video so I just wanted to make a little post that puts everything in one place!

• How Reality Cop Shows make us LESS SAFE [Ad-Free]: ht...

  2024-06-04 04:46:47 +0000 UTC View Post

How Reality Cop Shows make us LESS SAFE [Ad-Free]

In 2020, despite all of the popular support for changes to the police, we thought we might have to settle for the small win of getting "Cops" and "Live: PD" canceled.

4 years later, both shows have risen from the dead. Cops is currently airing its 36th season and Dan Abrams's new show "On Patrol: Live" is a ratings jugg...

Conversation about Reality Cop Shows with Dr. Emma Rackstraw

"People seem to think it's a really accurate, real-time representation of what is happening on a typical night of policing"

Emma Rackstraw (Harvard) is a PhD economist and researcher who recently published a study of Cops, Live: PD, and On Patrol: Live. The excellent paper dives into the ways these shows impact viewer p...

Watch-along VOD: Blue Bloods "Loyalty"

Here's the upload from last week's Blue Bloods watch-along! Sorry for the delay!

"Jaime goes under cover with a deadly human trafficking ring; Danny and Baez investigate a homicide connected to Darryl Reid, Danny's old partner; Frank grapples with whether to publicly support Mayor Chase on a policy decision."

Interview: Sean Campbell

Sean Campbell is an investigative journalist living in New York City, and I called him up to ask him about his reporting about the return of reality cop shows (and how they never left).

Here's his article in Slate: 2024-05-03 18:27:47 +0000 UTC View Post

THERE'S TOO MUCH TV - Roundup April 2024

“What are you watching?” is pretty much the automatic question I get when I tell people what I do for a living.

With the stress of the last two months I haven’t gotten to watch as much TV as usual, but I do have some thoughts on some shows! I’ve also included content warnings for shows that need them, so you can...

Watch-along: Blue Bloods "Loyalty"

Hey everyone! I'm trying to do more watch-along livestreams this year and we're going to keep going with the first episode of the final season of Blue Bloods, titled "Loyalty." I'll be watching for the first time right along with you guys but here's the logline from Google:

"Jaime goes under cover with a dea...

2024-04-19 21:31:17 +0000 UTC View Post

lil skippy #17: i'm back. just like reality cop shows.

where i've been.

Announcement for March

Hey everyone,

I recently had a death in the family so this month is going to be a little light in terms of bonus content.

Thank you for your patience <3

THERE'S TOO MUCH TV - Roundup February 2024

“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 warn...

February 2024 Mailbag

Hey everybody!

In case you missed it—The SECOND PART OF the Law & Order episode is available for you beautiful people so let's hit any and all questions:

ASK ME ANYTHING!

I'll post the link here as always but I'll be live on Monday 2/26 @ 5pm Pacific so submit your que...

Law & Order (pt. 2) — Ad-Free and Early Access

In the second part of this Law & Order episode, we look at how the franchise distorts even more of your rights, including the way the show handles exculpatory evidence, the Fourth Amendment, and that pesky thing called free speech.

The title might change, but enjoy this ad-free version my beautiful patrons. It's cur...

lil skippy #16: acorn cop & the duty to protect

maybe this is controversial idk

Watch-Along 2/13/24: Law & Order s23e01 "Freedom of Expression"

Hey hey party people,

In case you missed my livestream watchalong, here's the video! I'm going to be trying to do more of these so keep your eyes out if you want to join in live!