When you're talking about Newfoundland, it's basically impossible not to mention the cod. They were this island's engine for hundreds of years. They were the main driver to colonize this country, and ...
2018-11-17 19:01:29 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello Dear Patrons,
Welcome to yet another look at the rather destructive history of our species. Today's episode is about how even if you love omelettes, there's wisdom in not cracking all you...
The coldest, windiest, worst place to set up a colony. Unless you count where they came from. Vikings!
Evan told me earlier today that the description of this video should be "whatever". So whatever...
2018-11-03 18:01:17 +0000 UTC View Post
Featuring Kaya with increased hopefulness levels and guest starring Albert who has no idea what's going on.
This Common Ground video was brought to you by Anina. :)
Happy Halloween! ...
2018-10-31 19:21:23 +0000 UTC View Post
Welcome to Season....uh...five? I've lost count. Let's go by location. Welcome to Newfoundland!
This episode is all about history. We're trying a new system with seasons where we provide a historica...
2018-10-27 18:00:46 +0000 UTC View Post
It's Wednesday and there's a new Rare Earth? It sounds too good to be true! Well, you're right. It is too good to be true. But still not as good as the decorations in our Airbnb.
This is...
2018-10-24 14:22:30 +0000 UTC View Post
This video is for my wife, who gets her passport this year. It is for my niece, who will some day call this her home. For Mamie, who sacrificed so much to bring us to this frozen country.
Since toda...
2018-10-20 18:00:52 +0000 UTC View Post
Featuring Kaya, the hopeful dog.
Huge thanks and vielen Dank to Marc for sponsoring this Common Ground episode!
Have a nice day everyone!
Kata
Watching people get sucked into a pyramid scheme is one of the most frustrating parts of long-term friendships.
Today marks our final video about America, er, I mean Albania. Both, I suppose. New se...
2018-10-13 18:03:31 +0000 UTC View Post
Enver 'Never Ever' Hoxha: Whether demanding they write his name in a hillside or erecting giant bronze statues to his glory, he was always looking out for the little guy. Not an egotistical bone in hi...
2018-10-06 18:01:02 +0000 UTC View Post
Dear Patrons,
We are back with another (2nd channel) Common Ground video - finally. This one is dedicated to every video patron who has been keeping score on when we'd come out with another (an...
Admit it, that's a funny statue.
We are currently filming the first episode in the next series, starting at my cottage and then on to Newfoundland. Very excited for the changes we're making to ...
Hello dear Patrons, and welcome back to Albania.
This episode is about justice, and the schism between our personal desire for vengeance and our social need for lower crime.
But more tha...
Grama bay is gorgeous!
Also, conversely, a place to see thousands of years of low-quality tagging from people of all backgrounds. From Pompeii Magnus to modern Albanian beach-goers, the walls ...
Extremism is the enemy. We give it a bunch of names, put it on a fake spectrum, and rail on each other about how our extremes will be better, but it's all the same thing. Extremism is the enemy.
Wel...
2018-09-08 18:01:31 +0000 UTC View Post
Bunkers! Albania's most visible uniqueness. A negative that's so definitive of the nation that it has almost become a positive.
It kind of felt like going to Albania and not doing a video on the bun...
2018-09-01 18:00:50 +0000 UTC View Post
Albania!
Armenia was a blast, one of the most beautiful places I've ever been. Definitely a highlight of the world. But now we're in Albania, a country that never gets as much love as it deserv...
This episode is a weirder one, I suppose, because it involves the idea of sex and prostitution. People are pretty weirded out by sex, I find, but personally I'm more weirded out by dudes banging on my...
2018-08-22 21:27:37 +0000 UTC View Post
The Battle of Halidzor. An almost legendary tale of Armenian resistance and defeat. A now distant high point of a perpetual cycle.
Just to note: The landscape that this filming took place in (S...
Another (slightly delayed) installment of our not-at-all-award-winning patreon storytelling series, Common Ground.
This one is about friends. Hope you enjoy it!
Huge thanks to theLovitas...
The spear of destiny. The holy ark. The planet we're all so excited to touch. This video is about relics.
Thank you! We love you guys.
2018-08-11 18:00:40 +0000 UTC View Post
Yet another inane story from our travels. This one is about one of the best characters we've met, and a truly nice and worthwhile person. His name is Saveth, and he loves sending us photos of each oth...
2018-08-09 20:50:37 +0000 UTC View Post
Alcohol!
One of our oldest and most polarizing pastimes. We've brewed it, bottled it, banned it, and barfed it. But for as long as we've been farming, it has been a part of our society.
Another irreverent little story from the travels of yours truly. This episode is brought to you by the incredibly generous donation of TheLovitas, for whom we are forever grateful.
Thanks every...
Way too many videos of mine involve Nazis. The world needs to calm it on the whole Nazi situation, thanks.
A side note: We just finished our final episode in Albania and I get to fly home! Look...
We filmed another batch of our irreverent storytime videos. This one is about a man in Chile we disliked. Also, I look terrible, so you get to enjoy that as well.
Today's story (as well as the ...
This week's video is intentionally lighter than usual. After the end of Chile and our jaunt over to Artsakh, it felt appropriate.
But despite not being so heavy it was still a fun little episod...
Hello Patrons! Sorry for the delayed upload. This video was supposed to go out Wednesday (or earlier), but we've been away from reliable internet on the laptop for a while now.
Now that we're b...
This is an interview conducted with a first generation Artsakhian, Samvel Saryan. He's a young man who has led a life I have no experience in, and because of that I really wanted to hear about his wor...
2018-07-14 18:03:01 +0000 UTC View Post
For all you new to the Patreon account, we have a tier that prompts us to make videos about our stories from the road. We call those videos Common Ground, and this one is dedicated to our ever-present...
2018-07-10 09:49:55 +0000 UTC View Post