Elliot Sang

some impromptu reflection on the response to my recent video, 'progressive creators, fascist sponsors', particularly on whether or not i am purity testing people. only for patrons! :)

hello patreon, here's some more extra content while i remain buried in tasks and try not to struggle too hard to clear out my list. i plan on publishing this video tomorrow on the elliot sang again channel, as is--though i have a censored version ready to go in case it gets flagged. edited by babila

a quick video essay covering asian migrant communities in latin america! i'll have a proper update video for patreon to discuss where things are at with my channels, the book i'm starting to work on (!!!) and my new tattoo, soon! :) The Chino-Latino Conundrum (YouTube)

discussing each text i put on my reading list and why the list: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1v_-tBwTbR_d3L3Am5W69WRGcQjBBLH7goiKS0Lvb44M/edit?usp=sharing

quick updates on what's on the horizon with my channel, and then a discussion of a very special book i'm reading that is going to be guiding my thinking as i move forward! :)

hi everyone! it's been a while since i've posted on here and i thank you all for being patient on that front. as always let me know if there are particular types of content you'd like to see. upon many requests over the years, i'm happy to offer reading, listening and watching recs. a lot of this st

hello everyone! surprise! here is a full draft of my upcoming video essay, tentatively titled "cocaine colonialism," to be released some time this month. i am posting it in full for free so that those of you who have been kind enough to donate to my channel can watch it and let me know what you thin

hi everyone! taking the week off from streaming to spend some time in nature, do some reading, getting my life more neat and tidy etc. but i wanted to start doing more recommendations on my patreon, so i thought i'd start here. i listen to podcasts all the time, especially ones that include analysis

in march, i had the opportunity to interview CUNY professor Oswaldo Zavala about this moment in Latin American history, particularly as it relates to the "war on drugs." we discussed his seminal book "Drug Cartels Do Not Exist," the staggering amount of unsubstantiated claims that get widely publici

hi everyone! been a minute, but here are some updates on what i'm up to, what you can expect to see within the next month on here, and my general feelings about work rn. thanks again to everyone for your contributions!

hi everyone, here's a little rant i gave recently about the problem with left content creators being very defensive and miserable sometimes

i discuss the comments to my latest video, "timothee chalamet: performative male final boss"

hi everyone… dont be mad but… i got this other video idea…

(this is something i wrote on the morning of 3/3 and read/discussed on my twitch stream that day.) - the left is not the left... political compasses are ephemeral, and left/right denominations make sense in the context of quickly describing where one stands in a political setting, nothing more. you

we're back! i had a great conversation about the ways algorithms affect us, the power of the movie sinners, the ass-ness of marty supreme, and the many possibilities for a better world with the morbid zoo, whose channel you should definitely check out! https://www.youtube.com/@themorbidzoo

here's some thoughts i have on where i'm at and what'll be going on for this year! thanks as always for your continued support :)

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 wi

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, histor

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

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

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: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1-1KD9xx7ejk3_j1k_7QPBSryWYPFNXb96TNlIyGaPVA/edit?usp=sharing

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 :)

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 Freud to

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 span

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 move

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 off, please comment with any questions you have about me, my work, my opinions etc. th

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, organizing and more. thanks to all of you! more soon!

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 this second

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 out his cha

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. check out the

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. c

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 savv

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 midsomm

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 you

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.

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!

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 hair

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 scre

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! https://www.youtube.com/@AliceCappelle

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://www.youtube.com/@lucretia_macevil

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

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 )

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, and what it means to be a human

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 most crucia

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

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

there will be another interview posted here in the coming weeks, as well as a preview of the big biden video that we've been working on for quite some time. stay tuned :)

surprise surprise! here's a look at a first draft of our upcoming video on gen z, electoral politics, mutual aid and more.

$5 tiers and up, send your questions for the great Tirrrb of Canada, our next guest here on the Patreon. and check out their work on YouTube, including their latest video about Matt Walsh: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4gzsw2ASwx8&pp=ygUGdGlycnJi

zoe and i have a riveting and spicy discussion about youtube as a platform, its potential decline, places we wish the video essay space would go, plagiarism and more! check out zoe's channel (if you haven't already): https://www.youtube.com/@zoe_bee