#  @overlysarcasticproductions Overly Sarcastic Productions Overly Sarcastic Productions posts on YouTube about legends, history, funny, greece the most. They currently have [---------] followers and [---] posts still getting attention that total [------] engagements in the last [--] hours. ### Engagements: [------] [#](/creator/youtube::UCodbH5mUeF-m_BsNueRDjcw/interactions)  - [--] Week [-------] -7.10% - [--] Month [---------] -68% - [--] Months [----------] +33% - [--] Year [----------] +85% ### Mentions: [---] [#](/creator/youtube::UCodbH5mUeF-m_BsNueRDjcw/posts_active)  - [--] Week [---] +1.80% - [--] Month [---] +6.30% - [--] Months [---] +19% - [--] Year [---] +118% ### Followers: [---------] [#](/creator/youtube::UCodbH5mUeF-m_BsNueRDjcw/followers)  - [--] Week [---------] no change - [--] Month [---------] no change - [--] Months [---------] +2.40% - [--] Year [---------] +5% ### CreatorRank: [-------] [#](/creator/youtube::UCodbH5mUeF-m_BsNueRDjcw/influencer_rank)  ### Social Influence **Social category influence** [countries](/list/countries) 32.91% [travel destinations](/list/travel-destinations) 19.1% [gaming](/list/gaming) 2.26% [technology brands](/list/technology-brands) 1.76% [finance](/list/finance) 1.76% [luxury brands](/list/luxury-brands) 0.75% [celebrities](/list/celebrities) 0.75% [fashion brands](/list/fashion-brands) 0.5% [stocks](/list/stocks) 0.5% [musicians](/list/musicians) 0.5% **Social topic influence** [legends](/topic/legends) #304, [history](/topic/history) #1270, [funny](/topic/funny) #5491, [greece](/topic/greece) #113, [rome](/topic/rome) #169, [red](/topic/red) #4639, [italy](/topic/italy) #806, [athens](/topic/athens) #137, [egypt](/topic/egypt) #324, [venice](/topic/venice) #185 **Top accounts mentioned or mentioned by** [@ospyoutube](/creator/undefined) [@jocat](/creator/undefined) [@awintory](/creator/undefined) [@ludohistory](/creator/undefined) [@nandovmovies](/creator/undefined) [@nandovmoviesbskysocial](/creator/undefined) [@caseaikenbskysocial](/creator/undefined) [@stewarthicks](/creator/undefined) [@united24media](/creator/undefined) [@gmailcom](/creator/undefined) [@sonicrooncoprime](/creator/undefined) [@agramuglia](/creator/undefined) [@1rondragon](/creator/undefined) [@bos_ahst](/creator/undefined) [@kleiwright](/creator/undefined) [@certainpovmedia](/creator/undefined) **Top assets mentioned** [Alphabet Inc Class A (GOOGL)](/topic/$googl) ### Top Social Posts Top posts by engagements in the last [--] hours "Modern Classics Summarized: All Quiet On The Western Front This book was requested by $100-tier Patreon pledger Hector Rodriguez Thanks I hate it Sometimes I wonder why I don't like researching history that much. Then I remember it's because a solid 90% of historical literature is either super boring or CRUSHINGLY MISERABLE. "Modern Classics" is probably our most depressing playlist. PATREON: www.patreon.com/useru=4664797 MERCH LINKS: Shirts - https://overlysarcasticproducts.threadless.com/designs All the other stuff - http://www.cafepress.com/OverlySarcasticProducts Find us on Twitter" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=91bY9h35qTg) 2019-01-18T16:00Z 2.5M followers, 2.4M engagements "Miscellaneous Myths: Orion Look Up in the sky It's a giant It's a hunter It's Orion PINS: https://crowdmade.com/collections/overlysarcasticproductions/products/overly-sarcastic-productions-overly-sarcastic-pin-pack Our content is intended for teenage audiences and up. PATREON: https://www.Patreon.com/OSP MERCH LINKS: https://www.redbubble.com/people/OSPYouTube OUR WEBSITE: https://www.OverlySarcasticProductions.com/ Find us on Twitter https://www.Twitter.com/OSPYouTube Find us on Reddit https://www.Reddit.com/r/OSP/ Funny Summary OSP Overly Sarcastic Productions Analysis Literary Analysis" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=-azEeihKGHM) 2020-07-10T15:00Z 2.5M followers, 2.2M engagements "History-Makers: Homer Visit PhilosophicalPhridays.com to learn more about Blue's BOOK "History-Makers" is a new series from Blue digging into the backstories of history's most influential writers and their great works. We begin at the beginning with the Greek poet Homer trying to figure out how exactly he wound up with the Iliad and Odyssey Let me know which History-Maker you'd like me to cover in the comments below PATREON: www.Patreon.com/OSP MERCH LINKS: Shirts - https://OverlySarcasticProducts.Threadless.com/designs All the other stuff - http://www.Cafepress.com/OverlySarcasticProducts" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=1e7gy3fsJa8) 2019-05-10T15:00Z 2.5M followers, 852K engagements "History Summarized: Mesopotamia The Bronze Age Let's spin the clock way back to the beginning of urbanized civilization and learn about the long history of Mesopotamia from the dawn of the city to the collapse of the last Sumerian empire. This video is part of The Bronze Age collaboration. Find [--] other great videos with this playlist: https://goo.gl/4JLV8s Previous video Cynical Historian: https://youtu.be/xSDn0HSXjgo Next video Epimetheus: https://youtu.be/-RrAoL_PVmo Further reading: "Babylon: Mesopotamia and the Birth of Civilization" By Paul Kriwaczek: https://goo.gl/nyQAdS PATREON:" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=29AQ4p1soww) 2019-02-22T15:00Z 2.5M followers, 1.1M engagements "Shakespeare Summarized: Julius Caesar AN IMPORTANT MESSAGE: http://youtu.be/bJU9RO7z_IY Here we go again It's only taken me several months. Sarcastified Shakespeare returns this time with a look at that historical tragedy we all love to write essays about Julius Caesar I think the real main character here was Brutus's crippling self-esteem issues. julius caesar summary Comedy Sarcastic Mark Antony (Military Commander) William Shakespeare Poet Brutus Tragedy I Don't Think There Were Ever Any Roman Cavalry Choirs Humor Julius Caesar (Film) Shakespeare Summarized Cassius Sarcasm William" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=4e3Y80hUfIQ) 2013-12-01T19:05Z 2.5M followers, 977.6K engagements "Legends Summarized: The Journey To The West (Part IV) JOURNEY TO THE WEST KAI EPISODE 1: SKELE-FUN It's the episode almost a year in the making (sorry 🙊) The saga of the monk Tripitaka his bodyguard the Monkey King and the rest of his merry band of pilgrims continues in this dramatic episode Friendships are tested Unlikely heroes rise to the occasion Somebody throws a punch PART 1: https://www.youtube.com/watchv=61nuXrvqNgI PART 2: https://www.youtube.com/watchv=5ai5umy9yH0 PART 3: https://www.youtube.com/watchv=W7N-IRcUfB4 ---YOU ARE HERE--- PART 5:" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=5PTOArO8p9o) 2017-03-19T15:00Z 2.5M followers, 4.5M engagements "Miscellaneous Myths: Dionysus "Hey Red I already know all the Dionysus myths and there's really not much going on with him - so why on earth is this video longer than three minutes And who are those other guys in the thumbnail" LET'S FIND OUT SHALL WE PATREON: www.patreon.com/useru=4664797 MERCH LINKS: Shirts - https://overlysarcasticproducts.threadless.com/designs All the other stuff - http://www.cafepress.com/OverlySarcasticProducts Find us on Twitter @OSPYouTube William Shakespeare (Author) Shakespeare Summarized Funny Summary OSP Overly Sarcastic Productions Analysis Literary Analysis" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=5brAr51ip_k) 2018-06-15T15:00Z 2.5M followers, 8.5M engagements "Halloween Special: Dracula It's creepy It's classic It's surprisingly infrequently read It's everyone's favorite gothic horror Bram Stoker's Dracula Wanna bypass the intro Skip straight to 3:16 and party on For those asking the outro song is I Love The Night by Blue Oyster Cult. MERCH LINKS: Shirts - https://overlysarcasticproducts.threadless.com/designs All the other stuff - http://www.cafepress.com/OverlySarcasticProducts William Shakespeare (Author) Shakespeare Summarized Funny Summary OSP Overly Sarcastic Productions Analysis Literary Analysis Myths Legends Classics Literature Dracula" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=7fT0efeSIx4) 2016-10-31T14:00Z 2.5M followers, 4.9M engagements "History Summarized: Minoan Greece The classical Greeks weren't the first kids on the Aegean block. Long before Athens' golden age before Homer and even before the Trojan War there was a civilization on the island of Krete. The land of King Minos was home to beautiful palaces a fascinatingly-complex economy and something approximating Bull-Cthulu. It's a fun time let's jump in. SOURCES & Further Reading: "The Greeks: An Illustrated History" by Diane Cline for National Geographic "The Greeks: A Global History" by Roderick Beaton Lectures from The Great Courses Plus "Being Minoan and Mycenaean"" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=C0jl8hyaG0Q) 2021-12-17T16:00Z 2.5M followers, 1M engagements "Trope Talk: Beginnings Welcome to a brand new series with Red - trope talk Where the themes are made up and the cliches don't matter Today we discuss beginnings because I am uncreative and it felt appropriate. If you've got a trope you want me to discuss drop a comment MERCH LINKS: Shirts - https://overlysarcasticproducts.threadless.com/designs All the other stuff - http://www.cafepress.com/OverlySarcasticProducts William Shakespeare (Author) Shakespeare Summarized Funny Summary OSP Overly Sarcastic Productions Analysis Literary Analysis Myths Legends Classics Literature tropes tvtropes" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=CSSL_0ddi3s) 2016-09-01T00:47Z 2.5M followers, 2.2M engagements "Miscellaneous Myths: Kali Tries To Kill Everything "I'll just write up a quick explanation of hinduism to contextualize this wacky little number and then I'll be on my way" said Red moments before realizing just how goddamn complicated the oldest religion on earth really is PATREON: www.patreon.com/useru=4664797 MERCH LINKS: Shirts - https://overlysarcasticproducts.threadless.com/designs All the other stuff - http://www.cafepress.com/OverlySarcasticProducts Find us on Twitter @OSPYouTube William Shakespeare (Author) Shakespeare Summarized Funny Summary OSP Overly Sarcastic Productions" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=CbBv5--tMvQ) 2018-07-02T15:00Z 2.5M followers, 3.3M engagements "Trope Talk: Amnesia Amnesia The trope too powerful for its own good It's a favorite of soap operas and anything else that likes quick and easy drama and when it comes to shuffling around core character traits amnesia is basically a swiss army knife - need to roll back a week or two of character development need to revert a character to a clean slate wanna make one of your lovebirds forget their FIRST KISS amnesia is the trope for you and if you're an audience member sick of being emotionally manipulated by writers doing any and all of the above WELCOME TO THE PARTY What's YOUR favorite" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=DK2lfUg-fGE) 2019-09-20T15:00Z 2.5M followers, 1.2M engagements "Trope Talk: Greatest Fears Check out Rusty Quill's The Magnus Archives here http://rustyquill.com/the-magnus-archives/ And their YouTube channel here https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAfn5ahWLpQmCIN7D0E1YQg Ahh fear What a maligned concept. But everyone's afraid of something and some stories really like putting the spotlight on what scares their characters the most. At worst it's a very effective halloween episode at best it turns into a deep and gripping exploration of their character Let's discuss how the Greatest Fear trope gets used and abused Our content is intended for teenage audiences" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=HEcI_tCU5DQ) 2020-12-11T16:00Z 2.5M followers, 1.3M engagements "History Summarized: The Wild West This video was commissioned by Patron Matthew Ritter. Thanks Matthew If you would like to support the channel and earn special rewards check out our Patreon page: www.patreon.com/OSP Articles referenced Because Gun Control and Black Cowboys sound incredulous on paper so I can see why you wouldn't believe me but it's real and there's tons of proof: Gun Control in the West: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/gun-control-old-west-180968013 Black Cowboys: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/lesser-known-history-african-american-cowboys-180962144/ MERCH" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=JprKv74fzrY) 2018-09-07T15:00Z 2.5M followers, 1.3M engagements "History-Makers: Sappho It's no use dear algorithm I cannot research for Sappho has crushed me with longing for lost poetry SOURCES & Further Reading: "Sappho: fragments" by Jonathan Goldberg "Girl Interrupted: Who Was Sappho" for The New Yorker by Daniel Mendelsohn (https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2015/03/16/girl-interrupted) "Sappho" from The Poetry Foundation (https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/sappho) Our content is intended for teenage audiences and up. PATREON: https://www.Patreon.com/OSP PODCAST: https://overlysarcasticpodcast.transistor.fm/subscribe DISCORD:" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=OqzmDm1BvsY) 2021-03-05T16:00Z 2.5M followers, 985.9K engagements "Halloween Special: H. P. Lovecraft HAPPY HALLOWEEN IT'S TIME TO GET SPOOKY WITH HISTORY'S MOST PROBLEMATIC HORROR WRITER LET'S GOOOOO While there's something to be said for separating the art from the artist I think there's a lot of merit in CONTEXTUALIZING the art WITH the artist. Did Lovecraft write some pretty incredible horror Sure Was he also a raging xenophobe Absolutely Are his perspectives on life connected with the stories he felt compelled to tell Duh If you look at Lovecraft's writing through the lens of his life clear patterns emerge that allow us to pin down what exactly he built" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=PmdzptbykzI) 2018-10-31T15:00Z 2.5M followers, 11.4M engagements "Miscellaneous Myths: The Theogony (Greek Creation Myth) Big thanks to patreon pledger Allen W. Barton for requesting this subject We've spent enough time dabbling in the greek mythosphere I think it's high time we went back to the past and finally looked at how it all began PATREON: www.patreon.com/useru=4664797 MERCH LINKS: Shirts - https://overlysarcasticproducts.threadless.com/designs All the other stuff - http://www.cafepress.com/OverlySarcasticProducts Find us on Twitter @OSPYouTube Funny Summary OSP Overly Sarcastic Productions Analysis Literary Analysis Myths Legends Classics" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=Q9RGT0ICHpY) 2018-11-30T16:00Z 2.5M followers, 4.4M engagements "History Summarized: The Tragedy of Classical Greece If most of ancient Greek history is a conspiracy by Big Athens to sell you more Trireme ships what's the rest of Classical Greece look like SOURCES & Further Reading: The Greeks: A Global History by Roderick Beaton [----] The Greeks: An Illustrated History by Diane Cline [----] Classical Greece: The Age of Pericles from The Greek World: A Study of History and Culture by Robert S. J. Garland Athens in Decline from Ancient Greek Civilization by Jeremy McInerney MUSIC: "The Sacred Land of Artemis" "The Hills of Attika" "Naxos Island" "Phoibe The" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=SgRH1IxdxhU) 2024-09-13T15:00Z 2.5M followers, 339.9K engagements "Miscellaneous Myths: The Tarasque There's a lot of D&D in this video but less than you might be expecting. This video was the patreon reward for tier-100 patron Safior PATREON: www.patreon.com/useru=4664797 MERCH LINKS: Shirts - https://overlysarcasticproducts.threadless.com/designs All the other stuff - http://www.cafepress.com/OverlySarcasticProducts Find us on Twitter @OSPYouTube William Shakespeare (Author) Shakespeare Summarized Funny Summary OSP Overly Sarcastic Productions Analysis Literary Analysis Myths Legends Classics Literature Stories Storytelling tarasque tarrasque french france" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=T4sVmnfz9Wk) 2018-06-25T15:00Z 2.5M followers, 2.1M engagements "Trope Talk: Tragedy Check out Campfire Blaze here https://www.campfiretechnology.com/blaze/utm_source=YouTube&utm_medium=video&utm_campaign=OSPQ420 Alas alack and all that jazz - today let's discuss a genre we all love to watch crash and burn MUSIC: "Scheming Weasel" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution [---] http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Our content is intended for teenage audiences and up. PATREON: https://www.Patreon.com/OSP PODCAST: https://overlysarcasticpodcast.transistor.fm/subscribe DISCORD: https://discord.gg/osp MERCH LINKS:" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=TL4ti1EGNiw) 2021-01-29T16:00Z 2.5M followers, 1.4M engagements "Miscellaneous Myths: Hou Yi and Chang'E "My wife squandered our chance at mutual immortality to become the goddess of the moon." "That's rough buddy." Have you noticed the trend of moon-affiliated divine figures forsaking existing boyfriends or otherwise embracing the single life forever Wanna wear a hard-to-explain reference to that on a t-shirt WELL NOW YOU CAN (https://overlysarcasticproducts.threadless.com/designs/lunar-deities-cant-be-tied-down/) PATREON: www.patreon.com/useru=4664797 MERCH LINKS: Shirts - https://overlysarcasticproducts.threadless.com/designs All the other stuff -" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=UaLDRP1VdIM) 2018-07-20T15:00Z 2.5M followers, 2.2M engagements "Miscellaneous Myths: The Minotaur Ah Theseus. Athens' favorite trash man. Let's talk about someone a little more interesting - literally anyone involved in this story will do. Good news I found the 1080P button Bad news the minute differences in image resolution are now threatening my sanity. Our content is intended for teenage audiences and up. PATREON: https://www.Patreon.com/OSP DISCORD: https://discord.gg/kguuvvq MERCH LINKS: http://rdbl.co/osp OUR WEBSITE: https://www.OverlySarcasticProductions.com/ Find us on Twitter https://www.Twitter.com/OSPYouTube Find us on Reddit" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=X_1s_UZfs5c) 2020-10-09T15:00Z 2.5M followers, 2.5M engagements "History Summarized: The Meiji Restoration Japan may well have the record for World's Speediest Industrialization but how did they accomplish so much so fast without falling victim to Europe's favorite 19th century pastime of "Colonization" And how did Japan build up a Pan-Asian empire so darn quickly All that and more in this deep-dive into the Meiji Restoration SOURCES & Further Reading: "Modern Japan: A Very Short Introduction" by Goto-Jones. "The Japanese Empire: Grand Strategy from the Meiji Restoration to the Pacific War" by Paine. "Bushido: The Soul of Japan" by Nitobe THAT WACKY" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=Y5zlKYYp7bs) 2020-05-08T15:00Z 2.5M followers, 1.1M engagements "Trope Talk: Magnificent Bastards Check out world anvil at https://www.worldanvil.com/overlysarcastic and don't forget to use the code OVERLYSARCASTIC for 20% off a [--] or [--] month membership Ahh magnificent bastards the villainous archetype that's at least 50% charisma by volume. Let's talk about what makes a bastard truly magnificent and what traits bar them from that rarified air of magnificence MUSIC: "Sneaky Snitch" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution [---] http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Our content is intended for teenage audiences and" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=YuJPBPDpq-I) 2021-02-26T16:00Z 2.5M followers, 2M engagements "Legends Summarized: The Heroes Of Greece It's been a hefty decade summarizing an even heftier chunk of centuries. Indulge me in a mega-compilation this week while I ponder the nature of change TIMESTAMPS: 0:00:00-0:01:59 - What The Hell Is This Video 0:01:59-0:16:26 - The Age Of Cautionary Tales 0:16:26-0:30:49 - When There's Something Strange In Your Neighborhood 0:30:49-1:19:42 - Argonauts and Argonaut Accessories 1:19:42-1:58:50 - Surely These Conces Won't Quence 1:58:50-2:04:27 - Wait That's Illegal 2:04:27-2:16:47 - The Constancy Of Change Our content is intended for teenage audiences" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=eiWMpoEtogE) 2024-10-04T15:00Z 2.5M followers, 1.7M engagements "Legends Summarized: King Arthur Camelooooooot🎵 For a mythos so universally well-known there's not actually much in the way of a *canon* for King Arthur. Some people will smugly inform you that the Sword in the Stone isn't Excalibur; some will equally smugly tell you that the stone was actually an anvil. Is Merlin a druid a wizard a demon a time-traveler Is Morgan Le Fay Arthur's sister nemesis lover all of the above And where the hell does Mordred fit into all this To answer these questions let's go all the way back to the beginning and trace how this mythos grew and evolved as it moved from" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=i_jgF-S746o) 2018-02-02T15:30Z 2.5M followers, 6.9M engagements "History Summarized: Ancient Greece What's that Blue already did a video on the Athenian empire Uh. well. um. LOOK OVER THERE A DISTRACTION For more Greek goodness check out the following: History Summarized: Alcibiades: https://youtu.be/kRLkjBUgB2o History Summarized: Thebes: https://youtu.be/L1x9np5fys8 History Summarized: Athenian Empire: https://youtu.be/cNWDkFkcuP4 This video was produced with assistance from the Boston University Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program. PATREON: www.patreon.com/useru=4664797 MERCH LINKS: Shirts -" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=mzGVpkYiJ9w) 2017-06-26T15:00Z 2.5M followers, 1.5M engagements "History Summarized: Poland Poland can into history video This topic was requested by our patron Misza Thank you for your patronage and for the topic suggestion. SOURCES & Further Reading: "A History of Eastern Europe" by Vejas Gabriel Liulevicius via The Great Courses Plus. "God's Playground: A History of Poland" by Norman Davies. Britannica "Poland". And special thanks to our Discord community member Klieg for consulting on my script. Our content is intended for teenage audiences and up. PATREON: https://www.Patreon.com/OSP PODCAST: https://overlysarcasticpodcast.transistor.fm/subscribe" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=pJmSl148p_I) 2021-05-28T15:00Z 2.5M followers, 1.2M engagements "Trope Talk: All A Dream Check out world anvil at https://www.worldanvil.com/overlysarcastic and don't forget to use the code OVERLYSARCASTIC for 30% off an annual membership Ahh history's most maligned plot twist. But does it deserve 100% of the vitriol Maybe a conservative 80%. Anyway let's discuss MUSIC: "Sneaky Snitch" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution [---] http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Our content is intended for teenage audiences and up. PATREON: https://www.Patreon.com/OSP PODCAST:" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=rOrYKJVkreQ) 2021-07-16T15:00Z 2.5M followers, 969.2K engagements "How to Do Research Ever wondered how exactly I make the magic happen in my deep-dive videos like Dionysus Aphrodite and King Arthur Wonder no longer Today I'm dishing out all the answers in this extra special bonus video I made in three days We'vewe've been REALLY busy guys. March is CRAZY. PATREON: www.patreon.com/useru=4664797 MERCH LINKS: Shirts - https://overlysarcasticproducts.threadless.com/designs All the other stuff - http://www.cafepress.com/OverlySarcasticProducts Find us on Twitter @OSPYouTube Funny Summary OSP Overly Sarcastic Productions Analysis Literary Analysis Myths Legends" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=sigJwoeU6OI) 2019-03-12T15:00Z 2.5M followers, 1.1M engagements "History Summarized: The Maya Aztec and Inca Human sacrifice smallpox and the Spanish empire. that's the whole story right Haha eheh hehe HA not even close The civilizations of Mesoamerica are fascinating in their own right and very distinct from each other too Step on in and I'll learn you a thing or two. Also no spoilers but next time I'm covering the Iroquois Confederation Ok maybe that was exactly a spoiler. This video was produced with assistance from the Boston University Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program. PATREON: www.patreon.com/useru=4664797 MERCH LINKS: Shirts -" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=uC0PgqB-XuE) 2017-07-29T15:28Z 2.5M followers, 2.2M engagements "History Summarized: Ethiopia Ethiopian History gets started early and just keeps on going. From the dawn of humanity itself through the medieval period and into the modern day the history of the kingdom at the end of the Blue Nile is full of surprises. SOURCES & Further Reading: Harold Marcus "A History of Ethiopia" and John Jackson's "Ethiopia and the Origins of Civilization" see also Kenneth Vickery's lecture "Ethiopia: Outpost of Christianity" and William Cook's lecture "The Rock-Hewn Churches of Ethiopia" via The Great Courses. This video was edited by Sophia Ricciardi AKA "Indigo"." [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=xZjHIUHm6gY) 2020-03-13T15:00Z 2.5M followers, 870K engagements "History Hijinks: Roman Wise Guys I promise Rome was capable of original ideas getting a head start by copying Greece's homework is just *Practical*. SOURCES & Further Reading: The Roman Way by Edith Hamilton Introductory Readings in Ancient Greek and Roman Philosophy Second Edition edited by C. D. C. Reeve and Patrick Lee Miller General Introduction by Lloyd P. Gerson "De Finibus Bonorum et Malorum" by Cicero Loeb Classical Library via University of Chicago Translated by Bill Thayer https://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Cicero/de_Finibus/1*.html "De Rerum Natura" by Lucretius" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=0DlbPznffyo) 2024-08-16T15:00Z 2.5M followers, 260.8K engagements "OSP ANIMATED: [--] Million Subscriber Special We did it Or more accurately YOU did it 🎉 Thank you all so much for sticking with us and taking us to a level we never imagined we'd reach Love you all and here's a quick highlight reel of some of the shenanigans we've gotten up to since the last million of you joined us PINS: https://crowdmade.com/collections/overlysarcasticproductions/products/overly-sarcastic-productions-2-million-subscribers-red-blue-pin-pack Wondering where these clips came from check out our archive of Livestream VODs here:" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=3cd3hZ43HA8) 2022-08-19T15:00Z 2.5M followers, 774.9K engagements "History Summarized: Neoclassical Architecture You asked I deliver: the Neoclassicism tangent receives the full-video spotlight it deserves. But there's plenty more architectural and art-historical analysis where that came from. So if this kind of thing seems fun please comment and let me know SOURCES & Further Reading: "Francesco's Venice" by Francesco Da Mosto "A History of Venice" by John Julius Norwich "Renaissance Architecture" via Britannica and many many many hours spent staring at buildings in Italy. This video was edited by Sophia Ricciardi AKA "Indigo". https://www.sophiakricci.com/" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=4WJparOD6H8) 2021-04-16T14:00Z 2.5M followers, 509.2K engagements "Trope Talk: Color-Coded Team With A Theme ✨PRE-ORDER AURORA VOLUME 1: https://comicaurora.com/books/ ✨ And once you've done that if you're in the US snag a FREE STICKER SHEET as thanks: https://site.andrewsmcmeel.com/aurora-pre-order-form And if you're curious READ THE COMIC HERE: https://comicaurora.com/aurora/0-1-1/ And if you managed to break it READ THE COMIC HERE INSTEAD: https://comicaurora.tumblr.com/post/654546833938497537/intro-ch1-p1-7 There's between three and seven of them They've all got the same powers in marginally different fonts They come in bright primary colors and the red" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=5I_N6LjLUBg) 2025-06-13T15:00Z 2.5M followers, 453.5K engagements "The light is always greener on the other side of the water A sneak preview of the After-After-Show-Show for Episode [---] of the Overly Sarcastic Podcast The AASS is an extra half hour or more of OSP discussion available EXCLUSIVELY for our Patrons: https://www.patreon.com/posts/ospod-136-after-149273951 Our content is intended for teenage audiences and up. GET AURORA VOLUME 1: https://comicaurora.com/books/ PATREON: https://www.Patreon.com/OSP PODCAST: https://overlysarcasticpodcast.transistor.fm/subscribe DISCORD: https://discord.gg/osp MERCH: https://overlysarcastic.shop/ OUR WEBSITE:" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=6a4aTvu4VHc) 2026-02-04T14:00Z 2.5M followers, 43.9K engagements "Trope Talk: Train Fights Everyone pack your bags do your hand-stretches and file this one under "trope talks that could easily be bingo cards" Today let's talk about that oh-so-spectacular staple of setpieces the marvelous Train Fight MUSIC: Kevin Macleod "Scheming Weasel" Our content is intended for teenage audiences and up. PATREON: https://www.Patreon.com/OSP PODCAST: https://overlysarcasticpodcast.transistor.fm/subscribe DISCORD: https://discord.gg/osp MERCH: https://overlysarcastic.shop/ OUR WEBSITE: https://www.OverlySarcasticProductions.com/ Find us on Twitter" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=6tGQowUxF6c) 2024-06-28T15:00Z 2.5M followers, 497.2K engagements "History-Makers: Marco Polo Go to https://NordVPN.com/overlysarcastic and and use code OVERLYSARCASTIC to get 75% off a [--] year plan and an extra month for free. Protect yourself online today On this episode of History-Makers Blue takes a trip alongside the legendary explorer Marco Polo to figure out how the intrepid Venetian merchant made his way to the Mongol Empire and back and what that means for his written account of those Travels. What History-Maker do you want to see next Leave a comment NEW MERCH: "Let's Do Some History"" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=7Rhr6SzloRo) 2019-07-19T15:00Z 2.5M followers, 728.1K engagements "Trope Talk: Secret Identities Let's talk about the neverending peek-a-boo game that is comics continuity and the state of the secret identity Got a favorite secret identity drama moment Drop a comment about it Our content is intended for teenage audiences and up. PATREON: https://www.Patreon.com/OSP PODCAST: https://overlysarcasticpodcast.transistor.fm/subscribe DISCORD: https://discord.gg/osp MERCH: https://overlysarcastic.shop/ OUR WEBSITE: https://www.OverlySarcasticProductions.com/ Find us on Twitter https://www.Twitter.com/OSPYouTube Find us on Reddit https://www.Reddit.com/r/OSP/ Want" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=7zjkDqzYZj0) 2024-08-23T15:00Z 2.5M followers, 630.8K engagements "Miscellaneous Myths: The Muses Sing o goddesses of the goddesses we ask very nicely to let our stories come out good Our content is intended for teenage audiences and up. PRE-ORDER AURORA VOLUME 1: https://comicaurora.com/books/ PATREON: https://www.Patreon.com/OSP PODCAST: https://overlysarcasticpodcast.transistor.fm/subscribe DISCORD: https://discord.gg/osp MERCH: https://overlysarcastic.shop/ OUR WEBSITE: https://www.OverlySarcasticProductions.com/ Find us on Bluesky https://bsky.app/profile/overlysarcastic.bsky.social Find us on Reddit https://www.Reddit.com/r/OSP/ Want this video in" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=AYd7cRFGLwQ) 2025-04-04T15:00Z 2.5M followers, 1M engagements "Shakespeare Summarized: Antony and Cleopatra Hey remember almost exactly three years ago when I summarized Julius Caesar Published on December 1st even A coincidence I totally planned when I spontaneously decided to do this video today Me neither Here's the sequel. JULIUS CAESAR: https://www.youtube.com/watchv=4e3Y80hUfIQ MERCH LINKS: Shirts - https://overlysarcasticproducts.threadless.com/designs All the other stuff - http://www.cafepress.com/OverlySarcasticProducts William Shakespeare (Author) Shakespeare Summarized Funny Summary OSP Overly Sarcastic Productions Analysis Literary Analysis" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=E6BfVKmqnDs) 2016-12-02T13:00Z 2.5M followers, 840.8K engagements "Trope Talk: Faustian Bargains Nothing bad ever came from a deal with the devil Let's talk about how that stellar business decision can play out and maybe even examine why a very specific variant of this story has slowly slid out of fashion MUSIC: "Scheming Weasel" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution [---] https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Our content is intended for teenage audiences and up. PATREON: https://www.Patreon.com/OSP PODCAST: https://overlysarcasticpodcast.transistor.fm/subscribe DISCORD: https://discord.gg/osp MERCH:" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=EEKVHXRXRiw) 2023-06-02T15:00Z 2.5M followers, 1.6M engagements "Historical Realism Review: Assassin's Creed Mirage Assassin's Creed Mirage touts a "return to the roots" but in their treatment of the history they've done something very different than prior games. How realistic is this depiction of medieval Baghdad Let's see Special thanks to our friend @Ludohistory for having me on his Mirage livestreams for our many conversations about the game and for looking through this video's script. See more of his playthrough here: https://youtube.com/playlistlist=PLvFfHAMv6EH8p21V6_jBQyoGPwbgVJ2rO&si=O-n-zV8m3lCtctoJ Note on Ali Ibn Muhammad & the Zanj Rebellion:" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=EYG368ilWoA) 2023-10-27T15:00Z 2.5M followers, 174.8K engagements "TEN YEARS of OSP Detail Diatribe Plot Twist We're Old. ✨GOLDEN PINS✨ https://crowdmade.com/osp THEY'RE SHINY AND GOLD AND 100% GUARANTEED* TO NOT CONSUME YOUR SOUL Available now through the end of Cyber Monday. These extremely limited edition Gold Pins celebrate the 10th anniversary of OSP. We may not ever make these again so if you want 'em go get 'em. Our content is intended for teenage audiences and up. PATREON: https://www.Patreon.com/OSP PODCAST: https://overlysarcasticpodcast.transistor.fm/subscribe DISCORD: https://discord.gg/osp MERCH: https://overlysarcastic.shop/ OUR WEBSITE:" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=FKo2G66C3Q8) 2022-11-25T16:00Z 2.5M followers, 476.6K engagements "OSP AFTER DARK Mentors Tier List Red Blue and Indigo chat about the best and worst fictional mentors in a slightly early After Dark" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=FaGXe1ooCkw) 2022-04-06T04:39Z 2.5M followers, 333.5K engagements "Trope Talk: Prison Break Check out World Anvil at https://www.worldanvil.com/overlysarcastic and don't forget to use the code OVERLYSARCASTIC for 51% off an annual membership Who doesn't love a good stock episode Let's talk about what happens when you take "character doesn't want to be where they currently are" and boil it down to its absolute purest concentrated essence and all the fun () shenanigans that ensue Got a favorite or least-favorite prison break Shout it out in the comments MUSIC: Scheming Weasel Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=FtFNZEQdLUU) 2023-08-25T15:00Z 2.5M followers, 638.5K engagements "History RE-Summarized: The Age of Augustus Many Romans had conquered the Republic but nobody could keep it until Augustus. In the half century after the assassination of Caesar his adoptive son would fundamentally transform the Roman state: expanding it reforming it and bringing it under the control of one man. The Age of Augustus found Rome a Republic and left it an Empire. This video is a Remastered Definitive Edition of three previous videos from this channel History Summarized: "Augustus Versus The Assassins" "Augustus Versus Antony" and "How Augustus Made An Empire". This video combines" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=H-iE-LlpCME) 2021-03-19T15:00Z 2.5M followers, 1.5M engagements "Trope Talk: Fates Worse Than Death Check out Campfire Blaze here and remember to use the promo code OSP21 for 20% off a lifetime purchase https://www.campfiretechnology.com/blaze/utm_source=YouTube&utm_medium=video&utm_campaign=OSPQ121 Today let's talk about everyone's favorite Stock Nightmare Fuel trope - and no I wasn't expecting to use so many DCAU examples either You know for a colorful kid's cartoon those bad guys sure end up in their own personal hells a lot. This extremely cheerful topic was requested by patron Glen Taylor Thanks I think. MUSIC: "Scheming Weasel" Kevin MacLeod" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=IP-CH34tKgY) 2021-03-26T15:00Z 2.5M followers, 1.7M engagements "Blue's Top Five Domes There are questions any self-respecting YouTube Historian must ask: "How do you balance entertainment and educational value" "What's the split between your area of expertise and more foreign topics" and of course the most important of all: "Which Dome is the best dome" Today Overly Sarcastic Productions takes a stand on this critical issue and proceeds to shitpost about it. PATREON: www.Patreon.com/OSP MERCH LINKS: Shirts - https://OverlySarcasticProducts.Threadless.com/designs All the other stuff - http://www.Cafepress.com/OverlySarcasticProducts OUR WEBSITE:" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=JFXbqcHEhLI) 2019-06-07T15:00Z 2.5M followers, 475.9K engagements "History Summarized: French Empire (Ft. Armchair Historian) Check out the Armchair Historian channel for more on French Vietnam and the battle of Dien Bien Phu: https://www.youtube.com/watchv=vAVYfh2_GTE Dubious morality drawn out timescales intricate royal politics worldwide stages Colonialism be like that sometimes. And by "Like That" I mean impenetrably complicated. I did my best I'll say that but oh man is history a mess in the 15-1900s. This stuff is the reason I had so much trouble with history for so long. It's just so DENSE. ANYWAY join Blue and Griffin the Armchair Historian for a" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=JZhZ9Fb5wCA) 2019-08-30T15:00Z 2.5M followers, 893.1K engagements "History-Makers: Plato For the best experience project this video onto the wall of a cave. SOURCES & Further Reading: Five Dialogues by Plato translation and introduction by G. M. A. Grube Introductory Readings in Ancient Greek and Roman Philosophy Second Edition edited by C. D. C. Reeve and Patrick Lee Miller Plato Vol I: Euthyphro Apology Crito and Phaedo from Loeb Classical Library Edited and Translated by Chris Emlyn-Jones and William Preddy. Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy: Plato https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/plato/ I also have a degree in Classical Studies specifically in" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=Jv9maM7pwgA) 2023-06-09T15:00Z 2.5M followers, 503.8K engagements "Piltover Fashion Week (derogatory) The Cold Open from episode [---] of the Overly Sarcastic Podcast. The OSPodcast is available on all podcast platforms. PODCAST: https://overlysarcasticpodcast.transistor.fm/subscribe Our content is intended for teenage audiences and up. GET AURORA VOLUME 1: https://comicaurora.com/books/ PATREON: https://www.Patreon.com/OSP PODCAST: https://overlysarcasticpodcast.transistor.fm/subscribe DISCORD: https://discord.gg/osp MERCH: https://overlysarcastic.shop/ OUR WEBSITE: https://www.OverlySarcasticProductions.com/ Find us on Bluesky" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=OlOkvjLk0VA) 2025-11-26T14:00Z 2.5M followers, 64.7K engagements "Trope Talk: Grimdark Check out world anvil at https://www.worldanvil.com/overlysarcastic and don't forget to use the code OVERLYSARCASTIC for 20% off a [--] or [--] month membership ERRATA: As a few people have pointed out Tolkien fought in World War I not World War II. My b Grimdark A term I've contemptuously used many times - but what does it really mean And is it truly worthy of my scorn Let's pretend I'm unbiased long enough to examine it Our content is intended for teenage audiences and up. PATREON: https://www.Patreon.com/OSP DISCORD: https://discord.gg/kguuvvq MERCH LINKS:" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=PQAWBeFnkg8) 2020-09-25T15:00Z 2.5M followers, 1.9M engagements "Trope Talk: The Dreaded For the characters whose reputation precedes them and that reputation is Big Scary Our content is intended for teenage audiences and up. PATREON: https://www.Patreon.com/OSP PODCAST: https://overlysarcasticpodcast.transistor.fm/subscribe DISCORD: https://discord.gg/osp MERCH: https://overlysarcastic.shop/ OUR WEBSITE: https://www.OverlySarcasticProductions.com/ Find us on Twitter https://www.Twitter.com/OSPYouTube Find us on Reddit https://www.Reddit.com/r/OSP/ Want this video in another language Check out our guide to contributing translated captions:" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=Qh48FMJOTqU) 2025-01-24T16:00Z 2.5M followers, 937.1K engagements "Pope Fights: The Pornocracy Yes it's really called that Guard your browsing histories the Popes are at it again. SOURCES & Further Reading: Rome: A History in Seven Sackings by Matt Kneale Absolute Monarchs: A History of the Papacy by John Julius Norwich "Antapodosis" by Liutprand of Cremona A. Burt Horsley Pontiffs Palaces and PornocracyA Godless Age in Peter and the Popes (Provo UT: Religious Studies Center Brigham Young University 1989) [----]. MUSIC: "Scheming Weasel" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=QuQKT1TIRSM) 2024-10-25T15:00Z 2.5M followers, 526K engagements "The Symbiote: Spider-Man's Perfect Flaw Detail Diatribe Living on the edge 🎵 fighting crime spinning webs 🎵 Swinging from the highest ledge 🎵 he can leap above our heads 🎵 Chapters: 0:00 Intro 4:22 Comics Origin 10:44 Animated Series Venom Saga 25:11 Heresy-mode: Spider-Man [--] 34:57 Heresy-mode: Spider-Man [--] 1:05:38 Spectacular Spider-Man is the BEST 1:27:58 Conclusions "Scheming Weasel" by Kevin MacLeod (Incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution [---] License https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Our content is intended for teenage audiences and up. PATREON:" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=R9qe3Of4TOI) 2023-10-13T15:00Z 2.5M followers, 1.1M engagements "Pope Fights The Italian Wars: History Summarized HOW TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE: LEARN: Understand what is happening in the world around you. Protests don't appear out of a vacuum; they're a result of decades of oppression brutal mistreatment by law enforcement and the murder of innocent people. As a place to start consider watching this video from Trevor Noah (https://youtu.be/v4amCfVbA_c) read this thread from President Obama (https://twitter.com/BarackObama/status/1267534333067382784) and learn what the Black Lives Matter movement stands for: (https://blacklivesmatter.com/what-we-believe/)" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=SXm60mJyqqU) 2020-06-05T15:00Z 2.5M followers, 828.2K engagements "I am totally a Spy The Cold Open from episode [---] of the Overly Sarcastic Podcast. The OSPodcast is available on all podcast platforms. PODCAST: https://overlysarcasticpodcast.transistor.fm/subscribe Our content is intended for teenage audiences and up. GET AURORA VOLUME 1: https://comicaurora.com/books/ PATREON: https://www.Patreon.com/OSP PODCAST: https://overlysarcasticpodcast.transistor.fm/subscribe DISCORD: https://discord.gg/osp MERCH: https://overlysarcastic.shop/ OUR WEBSITE: https://www.OverlySarcasticProductions.com/ Find us on Bluesky" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=U3d8flzq3FM) 2026-01-28T14:00Z 2.5M followers, 87.9K engagements "History Summarized: Brazil Start your Squarespace free trial today at http://www.squarespace.com/overlysarcastic and use code OVERLYSARCASTIC to get 10% off your first purchase. And check out our website at www.OverlySarcasticProductions.com Portugal's prodigal colony returns with some unfinished business. Today we'll flip the script a bit to talk about trans-oceanic empires from the Colonial point of view by discussing the History of Brazil PATREON: Patreon.com/OSP MERCH LINKS: Shirts - https://overlysarcasticproducts.threadless.com/designs All the other stuff -" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=W9tBXt1YZ_w) 2019-01-11T16:00Z 2.5M followers, 1.2M engagements "Trope Talk: Mentors Check out Campfire HERE: https://www.campfiretechnology.com/proutm_source=YouTube&utm_medium=YouTube&utm_campaign=OSPMentors (Remember to use code OSP2020 for a 20% discount) Mentors Those reliable bastions of fiction always ready to guide and support their protagonist proteges as they navigate the tumultuous world of fiction. Until they die. Bummer. Got a favorite mentor Talk about how cool they are in the comments EXAMPLES USED IN ROUGH ORDER OF FIRST APPEARANCE: Star Wars IV Lord of the Rings Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse Kung Fu" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=XXi8_1Pka1Y) 2020-02-07T16:00Z 2.5M followers, 1.4M engagements "Detail Diatribe: 200-ish Years of Mummy Stories You thought we were DONE with mummies You thought Halloween was in the past I DIDN'T HEAR NO BELL TOLLING TIMESTAMPS: 0:00-4:31: Opening of the Video Ceremony 4:31-12:20: This Is The Future Steampunkers Want 12:20-16:48: Goofs and Gaffs 16:48-19:02: These Flags Are Such A Lovely Shade Of Red 19:02-25:16: Elementary My Dead Watson 25:16-36:34: Women's Rights And Women's Wrongs 36:34-45:06: Houdini's Pal Lovecraft 45:06-1:05:16: It Comes To Life 1:05:16-1:13:34: The Mummy's Bland 1:13:34-1:18:07: Bisexual Rights 1:18:07-1:32:02: Wrapping It All Up" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=Yt2U2ykg-Hk) 2024-11-08T16:00Z 2.5M followers, 345.3K engagements "Miscellaneous Myths: Loki NEW PIN https://crowdmade.com/collections/overlysarcasticproductions/products/overly-sarcastic-productions-loki-pin-sticker-sheet-pack I started researching this goddamn video in june of [----]. I was so young. So innocent. This video is a precious relic of The Before Times and unlike those inconsiderate vikings I went out of my way to take *actual notes* Our content is intended for teenage audiences and up. PARTIAL TRACKLIST: Starfall Hall Of The Mountain King Sky Becomes Water Flight Of The Silverbird Lacrimosa Reign Of Vengeance He Who Brings The Night "Scheming" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=ZDwQ3MA2Ne0) 2021-04-09T15:00Z 2.5M followers, 5.2M engagements "History Hijinks: Liutprand Gets What He Deserves 📌BIG PIN SALE WOOOOO Our enamel pins are back in stock for Spring Cleaning and we've got a BRAND NEW PACK of Aries and Taurus ✨✨ https://overlysarcastic.shop/ This video is my submission for the Nobel Hate Prize. SOURCES & Further Reading: Antapodosis seu rerum per Europam gestarum and Relatio de legatione Constantinopolitana ad Nicephorum Phocam by Liutprand of Cremona The Works of Liutprand of Cremona edited by G.G. Coulton and Eileen Power The Story of Constantinople by William Holden Hutton MUSIC "Sneaky Snitch" by Kevin MacLeod" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=ZSD5jgQnxLg) 2025-04-11T15:00Z 2.5M followers, 229.1K engagements "History Summarized: South Africa In the past few centuries few corners of the African Continent were quite as busy as the south. It's a winding river from the first migrations and waves of colonists in the Cape Colonies to the Rainbow Nation we know today so let's dive in and see how it all played out SOURCES & Further Reading for Black History Month: "The African Experience From 'Lucy' to Mandela" From the Great Courses Plus lectures 15-18 "South Africa: The Dutch Cape Colony & The Zulu Kingdom & Frontier and Unification & Diamonds and Gold" [--] "Segregation and Apartheid in South Africa" and" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=Z_72a0J25cI) 2021-02-19T16:00Z 2.5M followers, 967.7K engagements "April Fool's Special: Les Miserables For April Fools day [----] Blue and Red take their criticisms into account It's not pretty. Visuals done by Blue (god help us all) Audiovisualizer built by Red (single-handedly) William Shakespeare (Author) Shakespeare Summarized Funny Summary April Fools OSP Overly Sarcastic Overly Sarcastic Productions Les Mis Les Miserables April April [--] William Shakespeare (Author) Shakespeare Summarized Funny Summary April Fools OSP Overly Sarcastic Overly Sarcastic Productions Les Mis Les Miserables April April 1" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=aG2yTkHXXd0) 2016-04-01T05:33Z 2.5M followers, 494.2K engagements "Trope Talk: Plot Twists 🚨WARNING THIS VIDEO CONTAINS MAJOR SPOILERS FOR:🚨 -Game of Thrones (ALL SEASONS) -Steven Universe (SEASON 5) -Spider-Man: Homecoming -Spider-Man: Into the Spiderverse -Terminator 2: Judgment Day -Avengers: Age of Ultron -Captain America: Civil War -Avengers: Endgame IF FOR SOME REASON YOU'RE AVOIDING SPOILERS FOR THESE THIS VIDEO WILL MANIFEST SNAKES IN YOUR HOME (Pst We have more merch now Stay on-brand by starting with the "So Yeah" design HERE: https://www.redbubble.com/people/ospyoutube/works/39877937-so-yeah) PATREON: https://www.Patreon.com/OSP MERCH LINKS:" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=afuwh0GXwbQ) 2019-07-26T15:00Z 2.5M followers, 2.8M engagements "How I make Maps out of Marble OSP Behind The Scenes Self care is taking a break from history videos to do a neat little behind-the-scenes video about mapmaking. I get to talk about a cool thing you get to see the process in action I get to finish a video in about a tenth of the usual time it would take we all have fun. Regular content resumes next Friday. SOURCES & Further Reading: the earth lol Our content is intended for teenage audiences and up. PATREON: https://www.Patreon.com/OSP PODCAST: https://overlysarcasticpodcast.transistor.fm/subscribe DISCORD: https://discord.gg/osp MERCH:" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=c7RFW35whVk) 2022-01-21T16:00Z 2.5M followers, 317.9K engagements "Miscellaneous Myths: Actaeon You know the guy who got turned into a deer and devoured by his own hounds AH SHOOT SPOILERS If you missed out on the Olympian enamel pins we're running a spring cleaning sale on our crowdmade shop Link HERE: https://crowdmade.com/collections/overlysarcasticproductions (A pertinent merch design: https://www.redbubble.com/people/ospyoutube/works/52190455-trespasser-signasc=u) Our content is intended for teenage audiences and up. PATREON: https://www.Patreon.com/OSP PODCAST: https://overlysarcasticpodcast.transistor.fm/subscribe DISCORD: https://discord.gg/osp" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=cFTtHfngks0) 2022-04-08T15:00Z 2.5M followers, 1.5M engagements "Miscellaneous Myths: Jorogumo Watch Extra Credit's new video on Izanagi and Izanami here: https://www.youtube.com/watchv=BGPo-TvgiGc It's a super special surprise monday video WOOO Let's talk about Japan's most jarringly functional relationship between a regular guy and a shapeshifting murder-demon PATREON: www.patreon.com/useru=4664797 MERCH LINKS: Shirts - https://overlysarcasticproducts.threadless.com/designs All the other stuff - http://www.cafepress.com/OverlySarcasticProducts Find us on Twitter @OSPYouTube Funny Summary OSP Overly Sarcastic Productions Analysis Literary Analysis Myths" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=clJ0FoMr4DM) 2018-12-03T16:00Z 2.5M followers, 2.9M engagements "You Call This Lake Eerie Our content is intended for teenage audiences and up. PATREON: https://www.Patreon.com/OSP PODCAST: https://overlysarcasticpodcast.transistor.fm/subscribe DISCORD: https://discord.gg/osp MERCH: https://overlysarcastic.shop/ OUR WEBSITE: https://www.OverlySarcasticProductions.com/ Find us on Bluesky https://bsky.app/profile/overlysarcastic.bsky.social Find us on Reddit https://www.Reddit.com/r/OSP/ Want this video in another language Check out our guide to contributing translated captions: https://www.overlysarcasticproductions.com/community-captions Funny Summary OSP" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=dRizytTSwIE) 2025-02-23T14:00Z 2.5M followers, 101.2K engagements "OSP ANIMATED: Breath of the Wild The OSP gang talks lore speedruns and ludonarrative dissonance Strangely this audio comes from our recent Immortals: Fenyx Rising streams archived unlisted in our Livestream playlist (https://www.youtube.com/playlistlist=PLDb22nlVXGgcchPurej5QU8_UcLxm55yM) Our content is intended for teenage audiences and up. PATREON: https://www.Patreon.com/OSP PODCAST: https://overlysarcasticpodcast.transistor.fm/subscribe DISCORD: https://discord.gg/osp MERCH LINKS: http://rdbl.co/osp OUR WEBSITE: https://www.OverlySarcasticProductions.com/ Find us on Twitter" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=dzFEfRkFDrA) 2021-03-02T16:00Z 2.5M followers, 893.3K engagements "di-VINE OSP [--] Anything is a milestone if you feel it in your heart (For Nova Thanks for being awesome) Our content is intended for teenage audiences and up. PATREON: https://www.Patreon.com/OSP MERCH LINKS: https://www.redbubble.com/people/OSPYouTube OUR WEBSITE: https://www.OverlySarcasticProductions.com/ Find us on Twitter https://www.Twitter.com/OSPYouTube Find us on Reddit https://www.Reddit.com/r/OSP/ Funny Summary OSP Overly Sarcastic Productions Analysis Literary Analysis Myths Legends Classics Literature Stories Storytelling History vine compilation gods as vines literature as vines" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=fAjQRaWs1Ao) 2020-03-03T16:00Z 2.5M followers, 1.1M engagements "OSP Stray-Stream-Bonanza (and also Lego Star Wars) CAT GAME (Raising money for Direct Relief)" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=fr8cvV6GycU) 2022-08-08T02:02Z 2.5M followers, 214.4K engagements "A NEW HAND TOUCHES THE BEACON (SUMMER CHARITY MEGASTREAM) Welcome to the Summer Charity Megastream We're fundraising for the Transgender Law Center and SLAYING SOME DRAGONS" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=h9xCGPTj2HI) 2025-07-27T15:03Z 2.5M followers, 65.4K engagements "OSPodcast Sword of the Sea Bonus (ft. Austin Wintory & Matt Nava) Grab your magic swords and surf the audio-waves as we talk with developers and composers Matt Nava and Austin Wintory from the Sword of the Sea team about their latest foray into atmospheric video game making Where to play Sword of the Sea: https://swordoftheseagame.com Giant Squid: https://giantsquidstudios.com Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2453160/Sword_of_the_Sea PS5: https://www.playstation.com/en-us/games/sword-of-the-sea Epic Games: https://store.epicgames.com/en-US/p/sword-of-the-sea-385364 Socials:" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=hWW3TU3eV6Q) 2025-09-10T13:01Z 2.5M followers, 21.9K engagements "History RE-Summarized: The Byzantine Empire The Byzantines (Blue's Version) a project that took an almost unfathomable amount of work and a catastrophic 120+ individual maps. I couldn't be happier. SOURCES & Further Reading: "Byzantium" I II and III by John Julius Norwich "The Byzantine Republic: People and Power in New Rome" by Anthony Kaldellis "The Alexiad" by Anna Komnene "Osman's Dream: The History of the Ottoman Empire" by Caroline Finkel "Sicily: An Island at the Crossroads of History" by John Julius Norwich "A History of Venice" by John Julius Norwich I also have a degree in classical" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=hiLlYR_uHMY) 2023-09-29T15:00Z 2.5M followers, 1.8M engagements "History Summarized: Malta An Empire In Miniature Every so often I talk about Architecture in my history videos and I always make a point to keep the tangents in check lest they take over the whole video. But commenters say "Blue don't hold back make a video full of the architecture tangents" Well when looking at Malta it's hard to do anything BUT go on tangents about architecture so here we are. "Oops All Architecture Tangents" Enjoy SOURCES & Further Reading: Carmel Cassar's "Concise History of Malta" Lonely Planet "Malta & Gozo" And an absolute buttload of first-hand observation taken while" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=iY5B2jZnocQ) 2023-08-04T15:00Z 2.5M followers, 338.7K engagements "Classics Summarized: Iphigenia Moving on to the short prequel to the Iliad today we discuss why Agamemnon is a terrible father. Infanticide isn't the ONLY reason but it IS kind of a big one. William Shakespeare (Author) Shakespeare Summarized Funny Summary Classics (Field Of Study) Iphigenia (Film Character) Iphigenia Summarized William Shakespeare (Author) Shakespeare Summarized Funny Summary Classics (Field Of Study) Iphigenia (Film Character) Iphigenia Summarized" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=ifFsKCrH3GM) 2015-01-16T14:37Z 2.5M followers, 1.1M engagements "Legends Summarized: The Epic of Gilgamesh 📌 NEW PIN TIME WOOOOOOO Check out the Gilgamesh & Enkidu and Taurus pin packs HERE: 📌 GILGAMESH https://crowdmade.com/collections/overlysarcasticproductions/products/overly-sarcastic-productions-gilgamesh-enkidu-pin-pack-pre-sale-1 📌 TAURUS https://crowdmade.com/collections/overlysarcasticproductions/products/overly-sarcastic-productions-bull-of-heaven-glow-in-the-dark-pin-pre-sale-1 When it comes to the oldest known work of literature it turns out you really can't beat the classics. We've got adventure Romance Just guys bein dudes Two giant" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=j-yJDbC_a2c) 2023-07-14T15:00Z 2.5M followers, 1.8M engagements "Trope Talk: Ancient Superweapons Check out world anvil at https://www.worldanvil.com/overlysarcastic and don't forget to use the code OVERLYSARCASTIC for 40% off an annual membership (It used to be 30% but now it's 40% 🎊) And check out their shop here: https://shop.worldanvil.com/ If you think this is just an excuse for me to talk about my favorite Ghibli movies you're right What's your favorite ancient superweapon Argue in the comments Scheming Weasel Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution [---] http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Our content" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=jfK_oQXWjxI) 2021-12-10T16:00Z 2.5M followers, 1.4M engagements "Miscellaneous Myths: Ares' Abduction PINS https://crowdmade.com/collections/overlysarcasticproductions These pins are Pre-Sale and are only available for a Limited Time Production will begin after all orders have been placed and are expected to ship in early November. Well they may have wounded Ares' body and spirit but at least he still has his pride. Oh wait Alternate title: Ares And The Terrible Horrible No Good Very Bad Day Our content is intended for teenage audiences and up. PATREON: https://www.Patreon.com/OSP MERCH LINKS: https://www.redbubble.com/people/OSPYouTube OUR WEBSITE:" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=kfnc-iARu48) 2020-09-11T15:00Z 2.5M followers, 2.7M engagements "How Historical is Assassin's Creed Really - Detail Diatribe Pull up your hoods ready your wristblade and climb up on a cathedral spire because we're discussing just how Historical the games of the Assassin's Creed series really are. How close do they come to reaching their promise of a vivid historical playground Well it depends on your criteria and it HEAVILY DEPENDS on which game you're playing. And yes we will be discussing multiple domes in the course of this analysis. Chef's recommendation: if you're curious to see some of this for yourself give Assassin's Creed [--] a try. The Ezio" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=pYyf1IqDvzE) 2022-03-18T15:00Z 2.5M followers, 1.1M engagements "Detail Diatribe: Redeeming "Revenge of the Sith" "Always two Detail Diatribes there are no more no less. A master and an apprentice." -Darth Sorbius Red and Blue are back to talk more about Star Wars Relevant media in order: "Star War The Third Gathers: Backstroke of the West" it's available in pieces on YouTube because of copyright goblins but you can find compilations easily Genndy Tartakovsky's "Clone Wars" Disney+ "Star Wars: The Clone Wars" Disney+ "Obi-Wan Kenobi" Disney + "Battle of Heroes" https://youtu.be/YPx1kTveXpksi=TfKkpVFfkoMwuDLb "Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith" By Matthew" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=qWMzJDU0Tnk) 2024-07-19T15:01Z 2.5M followers, 703.6K engagements "Pope Fights: Caterina Sforza Goat-Fish spotted Nab the constellations Capricorn Sagittarius and Aquarius at our merch shop https://overlysarcastic.shop/ If Machiavelli gets to pick favorites then so do I. SOURCES & Further Reading: "The Tigress Of Forli: Renaissance Italy's Most Courageous and Notorious Countess Caterina Riario Sforza de' Medici" by Elizabeth Lev Great Courses Lecture "Milan Under the Sforza" from "The Italian Renaissance" by Kenneth R. Bartlett "Caterina Sforza: The Alchemy and Power of a Renaissance Icon" by Dr Julia Martins" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=r5mStG78U3A) 2025-03-14T15:01Z 2.5M followers, 314.9K engagements "Trope Talk: Chosen Ones Do we like this trope Hate it Can we really pin it down at all For such a well-known literary device it really doesn't seem to MEAN much most of the time. But sometimes "chosen one" is more than just "designated hero" and actually opens the story up for some interesting plotlines So to celebrate this happy new year let's all talk about what it means to be a Chosen One Yeah I know that one Lord of the Rings clip widescreened itself off the projector. My bad Got a favorite chosen one/chosen one type Drop a comment EXAMPLES USED (ROUGHLY IN ORDER OF FIRST APPEARANCE):" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=rpZG8wh8d-0) 2018-01-05T16:00Z 2.5M followers, 1.8M engagements "We Went To Italy Back in May we spent a week in Italy Here's how that went Our content is intended for teenage audiences and up. ✨PRE-ORDER AURORA VOLUME 1: https://comicaurora.com/books/ ✨ And once you've done that if you're in the US snag a FREE STICKER SHEET as thanks: https://site.andrewsmcmeel.com/aurora-pre-order-form And if you're curious READ THE COMIC HERE: https://comicaurora.com/aurora/0-1-1/ And if you managed to break it READ THE COMIC HERE INSTEAD: https://comicaurora.tumblr.com/post/654546833938497537/intro-ch1-p1-7 PATREON: https://www.Patreon.com/OSP PODCAST:" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=s5YGSSIN2Tc) 2025-06-27T15:01Z 2.5M followers, 431.7K engagements "OSP BEFORE DARK Lancer Tier List The gang reconvene on a standard friday - but at an odd hour - to discuss everyone's favorite Bad Boys of Fiction TIMESTAMPS: 0:00 - What Is A Lancer 4:24 - Han Solo 9:31 - Samwise Gamgee 13:44 - Bucky Barnes/The Winter Soldier 17:50 - Inigo Montoya 23:08 - SASUKEEEEEEE 27:56 - Elementary My Dear Watson 33:48 - Tony Stank 42:37 - The Scooby Doo Question 47:38 - Zuko 53:33 - Clone Wars 58:58 - nananananananana BATMAN 1:08:45 - Glimmer 1:19:11 - Great King Explosion Murder Dynamight and also Todoroki 1:32:27 - Gray Fullbuster 1:40:33 - Into the Voltron Exclusion" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=tUuLcnAZdEU) 2022-08-26T23:27Z 2.5M followers, 302.5K engagements "Miscellaneous Myths: Pride Tales It's pride month Here's a quick anthology of various tales that fit the spirit of the season ALSO HERE'S SOME MERCH: "Every month is pride month if you allow yourself to be consumed by hubris": -https://www.redbubble.com/shop/ap/50158921 Three variants on "Aphrodite holds no power over me" (ace aro aroace): -https://www.redbubble.com/shop/ap/50158576 -https://www.redbubble.com/shop/ap/50158698 -https://www.redbubble.com/shop/ap/50157961 Our content is intended for teenage audiences and up. PATREON: https://www.Patreon.com/OSP OUR WEBSITE:" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=u-gd3H789Zc) 2020-06-12T15:00Z 2.5M followers, 3.7M engagements "One Musical Scene: Po Finds The Truth For our part in the One Musical Scene collab today let's talk about Kung Fu Panda [--] the greatest work of cinema ever produced THE PLAYLIST: https://youtube.com/playlistlist=PLd7v7nQLQGwKfdYFJbxvpbmVP4Da6k0kl THE SCORE: https://www.youtube.com/watchv=j_-8QPxvF-A&ab_channel=HansZimmer-Topic THE FULL SCENE: https://www.youtube.com/watchv=xNzJ9ukezD4&ab_channel=NM The channel Sideways for more good music analysis: https://www.youtube.com/c/Sideways440/videos TIMESTAMPS: 0:00 - Intro 2:25 - Scene Breakdown 6:44 - Freeform Follow-Up Our content is intended for" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=vtEpvBTL6t4) 2022-08-25T16:00Z 2.5M followers, 387K engagements "Legends Summarized: The Journey To The West (Part VIII) Journey to the West Kai episode 5: Fishy Business and Mountaineering Madness Danger Intrigue Sandy fights a carp Pigsy gets two makeovers Monkey reunites with several old frenemies and Tripitaka gets less screentime than the horse (merry christmas) (Here's a cheeky little bit of merch: https://www.redbubble.com/shop/ap/65660521) FIRST EPISODE: https://www.youtube.com/watchv=61nuXrvqNgI PREVIOUS EPISODE: https://youtu.be/ABuG8hZqynI FULL SERIES: https://www.youtube.com/playlistlist=PLDb22nlVXGgdg_NR_-GtTrMnbMVmtSSXa Our content is" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=xFD_0PIfHHA) 2020-12-25T16:00Z 2.5M followers, 3M engagements "History Summarized: Hong Kong Sometimes small corners of the map can have outsized effects on the surrounding world. Hong Kong is undoubtedly one of History's greatest examples of big things coming from small beginnings. If you're curious about Hong Kong's current political situation there's no better place to start than at the beginning. LEARN MORE about Hong Kongs current events: China is Erasing its border with HK: https://www.youtube.com/watchv=MQyxG4vTyZ8 HKs huge protests explained: https://www.youtube.com/watchv=6_RdnVtfZPY Further Historical Reading: A Modern History of China Steve" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=1pEvthHlknk) 2019-07-05T15:00Z 2.5M followers, 499.7K engagements "Legends Summarized: The Journey To The West (Part VII) Journey to the West Kai episode 4: Trouble in Taoist Town Thrills Excitement Pigsy takes a bath Sandy fights an alligator Monkey helps Tripitaka cheat on a high-stakes game show And as always everyone forgets about the horse FIRST EPISODE: https://www.youtube.com/watchv=61nuXrvqNgI PREVIOUS EPISODE: https://www.youtube.com/watchv=Jr5IU8g2SHA FULL SERIES: https://www.youtube.com/playlistlist=PLDb22nlVXGgdg_NR_-GtTrMnbMVmtSSXa Our content is intended for teenage audiences and up. PATREON: https://www.Patreon.com/OSP MERCH LINKS:" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=ABuG8hZqynI) 2019-12-27T16:00Z 2.5M followers, 4.2M engagements "History Summarized: Persistence of Judaism Gooooood morning everybody Today Blue finishes the trilogy of Abrahamic religions with a video summarizing the history of the Hebrew people and the Jewish faith. There's a lot of ground to cover so fasten your seatbelts for a twenty-minute rundown of the facts the theories and the ever-so-popular misconceptions Look forward to next time when Blue brings it all together to talk about Religious Wars and Religious Philosophy PATREON: www.patreon.com/useru=4664797 MERCH LINKS: Shirts - https://overlysarcasticproducts.threadless.com/designs All the other" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=aKB6WduDwNE) 2017-04-07T13:30Z 2.5M followers, 1.2M engagements "History Summarized: Alexander the Great Linguistically speaking Alexander means "Defender of Men" from the Greek "alexo" defend and "aner/ander" man. I'll never be able to not internally think of his name as just meaning "Alex-Man". Oh yeah also he conquered an empire or something IDK. I stopped paying attention after his bland name. PATREON: www.patreon.com/OSP MERCH LINKS: Shirts - https://overlysarcasticproducts.threadless.com/designs All the other stuff - http://www.cafepress.com/OverlySarcasticProducts Find us on Twitter @OSPYouTube William Shakespeare (Author) Shakespeare Summarized" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=iU2IJb4GoC0) 2017-09-19T15:00Z 2.5M followers, 2.1M engagements "Trope Talk: Downtime WHOOF. It's been a hell of a year - let's all take it easy and breathe for a bit And today let's talk about what happens when fictional characters do the same things MUSIC: Carefree Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution [---] License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Our content is intended for teenage audiences and up. PATREON: https://www.Patreon.com/OSP PODCAST: https://overlysarcasticpodcast.transistor.fm/subscribe DISCORD: https://discord.gg/osp MERCH: https://overlysarcastic.shop/ OUR WEBSITE:" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=0PxufjoYdN0) 2024-12-06T16:00Z 2.5M followers, 553.9K engagements "Those Abs can run Doom A sneak preview of the After-After-Show-Show for Episode [---] of the Overly Sarcastic Podcast The AASS is an extra half hour or more of OSP discussion available EXCLUSIVELY for our Patrons: https://www.patreon.com/posts/ospod-128-after-139045152 Our content is intended for teenage audiences and up. GET AURORA VOLUME 1: https://comicaurora.com/books/ PATREON: https://www.Patreon.com/OSP PODCAST: https://overlysarcasticpodcast.transistor.fm/subscribe DISCORD: https://discord.gg/osp MERCH: https://overlysarcastic.shop/ OUR WEBSITE:" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=4VivfDSQo_Y) 2025-09-24T13:00Z 2.5M followers, 50K engagements "You Can Lead Mortals To Fire But You Can't Make Them Think A sneak preview of the After-After-Show-Show for Episode [---] of the Overly Sarcastic Podcast The AASS is an extra half hour or more of OSP discussion available EXCLUSIVELY for our Patrons: https://www.patreon.com/posts/ospod-130-after-141213286 Our content is intended for teenage audiences and up. GET AURORA VOLUME 1: https://comicaurora.com/books/ PATREON: https://www.Patreon.com/OSP PODCAST: https://overlysarcasticpodcast.transistor.fm/subscribe DISCORD: https://discord.gg/osp MERCH: https://overlysarcastic.shop/ OUR WEBSITE:" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=82RjHZLAEMM) 2025-10-23T16:00Z 2.5M followers, 60.9K engagements "History Summarized: Great Zimbabwe The existence of Great Zimbabwe implies somewhere the existence of Evil Zimbabwe. Evil Zimbabwe uses way too much mortar in their stone architecture and they didn't play a major role in the medieval world's largest trade network either. This is why we at OSP prefer Great Zimbabwe they played the Trade game like a champ and didn't need any mortar. SOURCES & Further Reading: Great Courses Lectures: "Great Zimbabwe and the Cities of the South" from "The African Experience: From Lucy to Mandela" by Kenneth P Vickery and "Civilizations of Sub-Saharan Africa in" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=8U5OcwCv4MA) 2023-02-17T16:00Z 2.5M followers, 311.3K engagements "WINTER MEGASTREAM: Red Plays Skyrim OSP and friends are here to fundraise for the ACLU and slay dragons - and dragons haven't been seen in these parts for centuries" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=BwJCAwQXUOQ) 2025-01-01T00:26Z 2.5M followers, 135.5K engagements "Oeuvre-ly Sarcastic A sneak preview of the After-After-Show-Show for Episode [---] of the Overly Sarcastic Podcast The AASS is an extra half hour or more of OSP discussion available EXCLUSIVELY for our Patrons: https://www.patreon.com/posts/ospod-132-after-143372376 Our content is intended for teenage audiences and up. GET AURORA VOLUME 1: https://comicaurora.com/books/ PATREON: https://www.Patreon.com/OSP PODCAST: https://overlysarcasticpodcast.transistor.fm/subscribe DISCORD: https://discord.gg/osp MERCH: https://overlysarcastic.shop/ OUR WEBSITE: https://www.OverlySarcasticProductions.com/" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=CZQDrqzgFVw) 2025-11-19T14:00Z 2.5M followers, 49.1K engagements "one hell of a Ribe The Cold Open from episode [---] of the Overly Sarcastic Podcast. The OSPodcast is available on all podcast platforms. PODCAST: https://overlysarcasticpodcast.transistor.fm/subscribe Our content is intended for teenage audiences and up. GET AURORA VOLUME 1: https://comicaurora.com/books/ PATREON: https://www.Patreon.com/OSP PODCAST: https://overlysarcasticpodcast.transistor.fm/subscribe DISCORD: https://discord.gg/osp MERCH: https://overlysarcastic.shop/ OUR WEBSITE: https://www.OverlySarcasticProductions.com/ Find us on Bluesky" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=Dg_rg-WxBrQ) 2025-10-01T13:00Z 2.5M followers, 38.9K engagements "Bargaining for burgers and buns The Cold Open from episode [---] of the Overly Sarcastic Podcast. The OSPodcast is available on all podcast platforms. PODCAST: https://overlysarcasticpodcast.transistor.fm/subscribe Our content is intended for teenage audiences and up. GET AURORA VOLUME 1: https://comicaurora.com/books/ PATREON: https://www.Patreon.com/OSP PODCAST: https://overlysarcasticpodcast.transistor.fm/subscribe DISCORD: https://discord.gg/osp MERCH: https://overlysarcastic.shop/ OUR WEBSITE: https://www.OverlySarcasticProductions.com/ Find us on Bluesky" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=LsFS1SZ_DZU) 2025-08-20T13:00Z 2.5M followers, 39K engagements "History Summarized: The Pantheon It's a good dome simple as that. SOURCES & Further Reading: The Great Courses lectures: "The Most Celebrated Edifice - The Pantheon" from "Understanding Greek and Roman Technology" by Stephen Ressler and "Roman Art and Architecture" from "The Roman Empire: From Augustus to The Fall of Rome" by Gregory Aldrete. "The Pantheon" by Chris Legare via ATouchOfRome https://www.atouchofrome.com/the_pantheon.html. Additionally I have a university degree in Classical Studies. Our content is intended for teenage audiences and up. PATREON: https://www.Patreon.com/OSP" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=bd68UWTCur8) 2022-01-07T16:00Z 2.5M followers, 587.8K engagements "Miscellaneous Myths: Perseus He's brave He's strong He's primarily remembered for being the only Greek hero to actually get a happy ending That's right it's everyone's favorite namesake of a YA protagonist Perseus Known for precisely one adventure Perseus also carries the distinction of being the only Greek hero without an obnoxious character flaw - none of Hercules's rages Jason or Theseus's wifely abandonment or Orpheus's complete inability to keep his sh*t together for five consecutive minutes. Note: Apparently Andromeda was actually ethiopian. I didn't know this when I was drawing her so" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=bzFCbUC4c7s) 2016-06-21T08:10Z 2.5M followers, 5.2M engagements "The King of Games. and IP theft A sneak preview of the After-After-Show-Show for Episode [---] of the Overly Sarcastic Podcast The AASS is an extra half hour or more of OSP discussion available EXCLUSIVELY for our Patrons: https://www.patreon.com/posts/ospod-133-after-144392619 Our content is intended for teenage audiences and up. GET AURORA VOLUME 1: https://comicaurora.com/books/ PATREON: https://www.Patreon.com/OSP PODCAST: https://overlysarcasticpodcast.transistor.fm/subscribe DISCORD: https://discord.gg/osp MERCH: https://overlysarcastic.shop/ OUR WEBSITE:" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=pgjRbBZ-2so) 2025-12-03T14:01Z 2.5M followers, 60.8K engagements "I know you know I'm making a TV theme song reference The Cold Open from episode [---] of the Overly Sarcastic Podcast. The OSPodcast is available on all podcast platforms. PODCAST: https://overlysarcasticpodcast.transistor.fm/subscribe Our content is intended for teenage audiences and up. GET AURORA VOLUME 1: https://comicaurora.com/books/ PATREON: https://www.Patreon.com/OSP PODCAST: https://overlysarcasticpodcast.transistor.fm/subscribe DISCORD: https://discord.gg/osp MERCH: https://overlysarcastic.shop/ OUR WEBSITE: https://www.OverlySarcasticProductions.com/ Find us on Bluesky" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=tE2hdhHjtWQ) 2025-10-29T13:02Z 2.5M followers, 60.6K engagements "History Summarized: The British Empire How is it that the history of some islands off the northern coast of Europe balloons into a worldwide history Empire is how Let's dig into the history of Britain since Union of the Crowns of England and Scotland in [----] and follow that narrative through the monumental rise and precipitous fall of the British Empire. Special thanks to the community members on Discord who assisted me with my script: Corvin the Crow Johnny Jdedredhed Joud Juname Klieg RileyTheProcrastinator The Missing Link and thesleepingmeerkat SOURCES & Further Reading: The Great Courses" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=-D4sGSfO06w) 2021-08-20T15:00Z 2.5M followers, 768K engagements "History-Makers: Virgil Virgil's protagonist Aeneas is the archetypal Roman hero because he is pathologically unfaithful to his wives. Lmao gotem. SOURCES & Further Reading Books - "The Aeneid" & "Georgics" & "Eclogues" by Virgil from the Loeb Classical Library edition translated by H. R. Fairclough and "The Aeneid" by Virgil translated by David Ferry "The Roman Way" by Edith Hamilton Introduction to Virgil by G. P. Goold from the Loeb Classical Library edition. "A Marvelous Scene of Little Things: Honeybees and the Natural Order in the Fourth Georgic of Virgil" by Colin Catlin. BUT ACTUALLY" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=1KJfpffSf1Q) 2022-10-14T15:00Z 2.5M followers, 454.3K engagements "History Summarized: Gilding the Nile PIIIIIINS The cosmic scales are available in our merch shop The LIBRA enamel pin is on sale now: https://overlysarcastic.shop/ Sure Egypt is the resident Goth Kid of the ancient world but what did they do with that winning aesthetic Let's look at the 3000-year history of Egyptian architecture to see how they gilded the Nile SOURCES & Further Reading: "Ultimate Visual History of the World" by Jean Pierre Isbouts for National Geographic "Ancient Cities Brought To Life" by Jean-Claude Golvin Ancient Egyptian Architecture by Joshua J. Mark from World History" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=2w3OHDfRmAU) 2024-09-27T15:00Z 2.5M followers, 295.3K engagements "History Summarized: Naxos The Island Frozen In Time 🦀 SPACE CRAB 🗡🦀 KNIFE CRAB We've got two new constellation pins in our merch store https://overlysarcastic.shop/ Most of History isn't the big momentous events most of it is false starts unfinished projects and relics of ideas too grand to realize. So for an illustrative example let's look at Naxos the Greek island frozen in time. SOURCES & Further Reading: "Oxford Archaeological Guides: Greece" by Christopher Mee & Antony Spawforth "Histories" by Herodotus sections 1.60-1.64 5.28-5.31 "History of the Peloponnesian War" by Thucydides" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=3AM0qHi2qeE) 2024-07-05T15:00Z 2.5M followers, 266.4K engagements "Halloween Special: Doctor Jekyll and Mister Hyde Some monsters are undead creatures of the night. Some monsters are cosmic horror nightmare gods. Some monsters are existential personifications of dread and decay. But perhaps the greatest monster of all is man. Have a very spooky halloween And don't forget the explicit moral of Jekyll and Hyde - that the greatest danger you'll ever face comes from wealthy middle-aged white men who get away with their crimes because society refuses to believe they would ever do such horrible things. Hm. Are we SURE this was written in [----] (Topic originally" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=3kUElZGMXm8) 2019-10-31T15:00Z 2.5M followers, 4.1M engagements "Telemachus's Mom (Official Music Video) Am I doing this epic musical thing right Our content is intended for teenage audiences and up. PRE-ORDER AURORA VOLUME 1: https://comicaurora.com/books/ PATREON: https://www.Patreon.com/OSP PODCAST: https://overlysarcasticpodcast.transistor.fm/subscribe DISCORD: https://discord.gg/osp MERCH: https://overlysarcastic.shop/ OUR WEBSITE: https://www.OverlySarcasticProductions.com/ Find us on Bluesky https://bsky.app/profile/overlysarcastic.bsky.social Find us on Reddit https://www.Reddit.com/r/OSP/ Want this video in another language Check out our guide to" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=7pVthozWMS8) 2025-04-01T15:00Z 2.5M followers, 280.5K engagements "Historical Realism Review: Assassin's Creed Valhalla How Historical is Assassin's Creed Valhalla In some ways Very In other ways Barely It's a mixed bag but that's why we're going through it to see where it succeeds and fails in depicting the history of Viking-Age England. SOURCES & Further Reading: "The Vikings" by Walaker Nordeide and Edwards "Vikings: A Very Short Introduction" by Richards "Age of the Vikings" and "The Conversion of Scandinavia" by Winroth "The Vikings" By Harl via The Great Courses "The Viking World" by Graham-Campbell "The Viking Way" by Price and the generous help of" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=9FcXIum4l6Q) 2020-11-20T16:00Z 2.5M followers, 350.6K engagements "History Summarized: Cleopatra Dust off your ancient Greek because its time to take a look at the final Pharaoh of Egypt: Cleopatra Get your Royal merch here: https://overlysarcasticproducts.threadless.com/designs/cleopatra The Search for Cleopatra's Tomb: https://www.nationalgeographic.com/magazine/2011/07/Cleopatra/ Further reading: Cleopatra: A Life by Stacy Schiff PATREON: www.patreon.com/useru=4664797 MERCH LINKS: Shirts - https://overlysarcasticproducts.threadless.com/designs All the other stuff - http://www.cafepress.com/OverlySarcasticProducts Find us on Twitter @OSPYouTube William" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=9eGPBX7gY44) 2018-08-10T15:00Z 2.5M followers, 1.8M engagements "Forbidden Lasagna (extra spicy) The Cold Open for our "Oops All Sword of the Sea" bonus episode of the OSPodcast available right here on the channel: https://youtu.be/hWW3TU3eV6Q Our content is intended for teenage audiences and up. GET AURORA VOLUME 1: https://comicaurora.com/books/ PATREON: https://www.Patreon.com/OSP PODCAST: https://overlysarcasticpodcast.transistor.fm/subscribe DISCORD: https://discord.gg/osp MERCH: https://overlysarcastic.shop/ OUR WEBSITE: https://www.OverlySarcasticProductions.com/ Find us on Bluesky https://bsky.app/profile/overlysarcastic.bsky.social Find us on" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=9nGXG3JFgS8) 2025-09-10T13:00Z 2.5M followers, 37.7K engagements "Classics Summarized: Beowulf Beowulf The tale of the baddest Geat to ever Geat. Tolkien said that the Dragon in Beowulf is one of only two *true* dragons in all of literature - the other being Fafnir. The influence of both these dragons is very visible in a lot of our more modern fantasy: for instance where Beowulf's Dragon inspired Smaug o chiefest and greatest of calamities Fafnir inspired C. S. Lewis to include that cursed bracelet thing that turned Eustace into a dragon in Voyage of the Dawn Treader. And I think we all know the badder of those two dragons so I guess Tolkien - and by" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=DcqMp_D5pdE) 2015-08-28T11:13Z 2.5M followers, 6.1M engagements "Legends Summarized: The Saga of Grettir It's halloween month Let's celebrate with an Icelandic saga full of ghoulies ghosties and SO MANY LEGAL DISPUTES Thanks to longtime patron Gudmundur H Ulfarsson for requesting this back in [----] For full immersion torment yourself with the full text here: https://www.gutenberg.org/files/347/347-h/347-h.htm Our content is intended for teenage audiences and up. PATREON: https://www.Patreon.com/OSP PODCAST: https://overlysarcasticpodcast.transistor.fm/subscribe DISCORD: https://discord.gg/osp MERCH: https://overlysarcastic.shop/ OUR WEBSITE:" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=FiSdeX1iDRM) 2022-10-21T15:00Z 2.5M followers, 1.7M engagements "Trope Talk: Lampshading The trope where the characters acknowledge something we're supposed to assume we were suspending our disbelief about. I'd make a cheeky referential joke here but I sort of always take a meta-commentary tone in these descriptions anyway so I'm not gonna be blowing any minds by pointing out that the comment section or the pause button exists. MUSIC: Scheming Weasel Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution [---] http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Our content is intended for teenage audiences and up. PATREON:" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=G1gzqtwrutw) 2022-10-07T15:00Z 2.5M followers, 1.3M engagements "Trope Talk: Dystopias (with special guest Hello Future Me) HELLO FUTURE ME'S CHANNEL: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFQMO-YL87u-6Rt8hIVsRjA Today we tackle dystopias - but for a trope this big we might need a little help Everybody say hello to Hello Future Me and check out his channel if you haven't already PATREON: www.patreon.com/useru=4664797 MERCH LINKS: Shirts - https://overlysarcasticproducts.threadless.com/designs All the other stuff - http://www.cafepress.com/OverlySarcasticProducts Find us on Twitter @OSPYouTube William Shakespeare (Author) Shakespeare Summarized Funny Summary OSP" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=HSwNWEDo8Iw) 2018-07-06T15:00Z 2.5M followers, 1.5M engagements "History Summarized: the Ancient Greek Post-Apocalypse Turns out the "Studio Ghibli Post-Apocalypse" aesthetic has a historical basis in ancient Greek history's Bronze Age Collapse long Dark Age and slow re-emergence into the Polis Age. I don't know if I'd call the process *pleasant* but it sure as hell is a *vibe*. GO READ THE ILIAD: https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-iliad-penguin-classics-deluxe-edition-revised-homer/15279783ean=9780140275360 We enjoy the Fagles translation as it's the typical classroom and library standard but if you want a real treat try the Alexander Pope edition from the" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=MRCt8mCtXdo) 2023-03-31T15:00Z 2.5M followers, 595.9K engagements "Overly Sarcastic Podcast: The Ptolemies Good lord. This is a giant mess of a family tree. Just. Just watch it and see for yourself. Downloadable audio file can be found here: http://www.mediafire.com/file/7d2fkopglxaasjb/OSPodcast+12.m4a And all other episodes can be found here: http://www.mediafire.com/1t64h3ehtg3pe PATREON: www.patreon.com/useru=4664797 MERCH LINKS: Shirts - https://overlysarcasticproducts.threadless.com/designs All the other stuff - http://www.cafepress.com/OverlySarcasticProducts Find us on Twitter @OSPYouTube William Shakespeare (Author) Shakespeare Summarized Funny" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=S3vAKRa0f5I) 2017-02-23T02:30Z 2.5M followers, 814.6K engagements "Legends Summarized: The Trojan War The grandest epic cycle this side of the Aegean Today let's talk about the tale of which The Iliad only makes up a tiny (if impressive) fraction Pst Wanna know more about Quintus Smyrnaeus's Posthomerica Watch Blue's Historymaker video about him HERE: https://www.youtube.com/watchv=wfHGQAzwEKo And if you want to know more about the historical archaeological precedent that indicates some form of this story REALLY HAPPENED watch Blue's video on Mycenaean Greece HERE: https://www.youtube.com/watchv=cki-9ANZTLg&t=40s&ab_channel=OverlySarcasticProductions PARTIAL" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=TLodQGpIpIs) 2022-07-29T15:00Z 2.5M followers, 3.4M engagements "History Summarized: Ancient Persia From the depths of Zach Snyder's comic book pile comes a story of ancient Persia and how they fought against the Spartans bravely commanded by Ben Affleck's Batman and Henry Cavill's Superman. The battle set in downtown Manhattan will be one to Watch.men. I should really re-evaluate my sources. This video was produced with assistance from the Boston University Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program. PATREON: www.patreon.com/useru=4664797 MERCH LINKS: Shirts - https://overlysarcasticproducts.threadless.com/designs All the other stuff -" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=V4niY5Uq95k) 2017-08-26T15:00Z 2.5M followers, 1.8M engagements "Over the Garden Wall (And Straight Into Dante's Hell) - DETAIL DIATRIBE It's NEVER too early for HALLOWEEN Today we're talking about the show that managed to capture the entire spooky season and boil it down into a concentrated ten-episode blast - and how much of it is secretly Dante's Inferno in a funny hat Our content is intended for teenage audiences and up. GET AURORA VOLUME 1: https://comicaurora.com/books/ PATREON: https://www.Patreon.com/OSP PODCAST: https://overlysarcasticpodcast.transistor.fm/subscribe DISCORD: https://discord.gg/osp MERCH: https://overlysarcastic.shop/ OUR WEBSITE:" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=XHYHXLV4Vio) 2025-10-03T15:00Z 2.5M followers, 338.4K engagements "History Summarized: The Castles of Wales Every castle tells a story but when one small country has over [---] castles the collective story they tell is something like "holy heck ouch ow oh god why are there so many arrows ouch good lord ow" And that's Wales for you. SOURCES:Caerphilly Castle by Rick Turner provided by Cadw A Concise History of Wales by Geraint H. Jenkins Britains Medieval Castles from The Great Tours: England Scotland and Wales by Patrick N. Allitt Information from the Welsh Historic Environment Service Cadw Cadw.gov.wales Partial Tracklist: "Pippin the Hunchback" Kevin MacLeod" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=_RUn5dgWG30) 2023-06-23T15:00Z 2.5M followers, 272K engagements "Trope Talk: Damsels In Distress It's time to talk about one of the most polarizing tropes in existence - but unusually this trope is highly polarizing on a PERSONAL level as most people seem to simultaneously love and hate it This is a trope that can be done really well or *really* badly and when it's done well it can work REALLY well but when it's done badly it can be tedious at best and downright insulting at worst. But today we'll be talking about what happens when you do damseling RIGHT because I'm optimistic like that. Who's your favorite damsel and what kind of damseling do you think" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=_rLfENrnsoQ) 2017-09-14T15:00Z 2.5M followers, 1.6M engagements "Tricky Teaspoon Troubles The Cold Open from episode [---] of the Overly Sarcastic Podcast. The OSPodcast is available on all podcast platforms. PODCAST: https://overlysarcasticpodcast.transistor.fm/subscribe Our content is intended for teenage audiences and up. GET AURORA VOLUME 1: https://comicaurora.com/books/ PATREON: https://www.Patreon.com/OSP PODCAST: https://overlysarcasticpodcast.transistor.fm/subscribe DISCORD: https://discord.gg/osp MERCH: https://overlysarcastic.shop/ OUR WEBSITE: https://www.OverlySarcasticProductions.com/ Find us on Bluesky" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=_xXBNrP6-Nc) 2025-09-03T13:01Z 2.5M followers, 36.7K engagements "History Summarized: Aotearoa New Zealand What was New Zealand like before it was "New Zealand" before the arrival of Europeans Join me for a history of "Aotearoa" from the perspective of its first inhabitants the Mori SOURCES & Further Reading: "The Penguin History of New Zealand" by Michael King Great Courses Lecture "Lifeways of Australia and the Pacific" by Craig Benjamin A very special thanks to Literature-YouTube's favorite Kiwi and our friend Hello Future Me who kindly looked over my script. MUSIC: "Adult Swim" from Age of Mythology Retold OST by Tilman Sillescu Our content is intended" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=a7y9z1h-OUI) 2025-10-10T15:00Z 2.5M followers, 196.4K engagements "History Summarized: Mycenaean Greece & the Bronze Age Collapse I'm pronouncing Mycenaean & Mycenae with a hard "K" sound because that's how it sounds in Greek and I would not be so impolite as to mispronounce the name of the first Greek-speaking civilization in history. (The name of "Mycenae" can be spelled or and I'm using the first one: mee-KEE-neh) SOURCES & Further Reading (get ready it's a long one): "The Greeks: A Global History" by Roderick Beaton "The Greeks: An Illustrated History" by Diane Cline Lectures from The Great Courses "Schliemann and Mycenae" & " The Long Twilight" & "The" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=cki-9ANZTLg) 2022-06-24T15:00Z 2.5M followers, 763.4K engagements "A super shiny New Year's OSPodcast A new year a new New Year's podcast from OSP Join us in recounting our best (and most arduous) videos of the year. Never heard of the OSPodcast before It uploads every other week Subscribe at: https://overlysarcasticpodcast.transistor.fm/ 0:00 - Intro 2:00 - Most Viewed of the Year 8:53 - Our Own Favorites 15:45 - Each Other's Favorites 25:19 - Most Challenging 34:52 - Y'all Sleepin' 44:08 - Q&A Our content is intended for teenage audiences and up. GET AURORA VOLUME 1: https://comicaurora.com/books/ PATREON: https://www.Patreon.com/OSP PODCAST:" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=crB7710S_a8) 2025-12-31T14:01Z 2.5M followers, 37.8K engagements "History Summarized: The Other Side of Greece The plot twist of the Archaic era is that Ionia was hiding all the cool stuff. SOURCES & Further Reading: The Greeks by Roderick Beaton Great Courses Lectures Challenges in the West: [---] [---] from The Persian Empire by John W. I. Lee Emergence of the Polis Ionia and Early Greek Civilization The Persian Conquest Athenian Empire and Spartan Hegemony Alexander the Great and the Diadochi and The Hellenization of Asia Minor from The Great Civilizations of Asia Minor by Kenneth W. Harl The Hellenistic Concert of Powers from Alexander the Great and the" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=iHwL5ywSy6w) 2025-03-28T15:01Z 2.5M followers, 476.2K engagements "Kraven Hunts For A Worthy Sponsor Our content is intended for teenage audiences and up. PATREON: https://www.Patreon.com/OSP PODCAST: https://overlysarcasticpodcast.transistor.fm/subscribe DISCORD: https://discord.gg/osp MERCH: https://overlysarcastic.shop/ OUR WEBSITE: https://www.OverlySarcasticProductions.com/ Find us on Twitter https://www.Twitter.com/OSPYouTube Find us on Reddit https://www.Reddit.com/r/OSP/ Want this video in another language Check out our guide to contributing translated captions: https://www.overlysarcasticproductions.com/community-captions Funny Summary OSP Overly" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=j7Y1JMZyhvU) 2024-07-25T14:00Z 2.5M followers, 118.9K engagements "Gotye's "Making Mirrors" is music mastery Detail Diatribe AURORA PINS THE FLOOF SQUAD HAS ARRIVED Kendal Alinua Falst and Erin are available as an enamel pin pack and they glow in the dark Grab them here: https://overlysarcastic.shop/ Yes yes yes "Somebody That I Used To Know" is still a bop but the rest of Gotye's album "Making Mirrors" is Also Amazing and it's time we all appreciated that. SOURCES & Further Reading: Videos "Making Making Mirrors" from Gotye's YouTube channel https://youtu.be/2ZXLyeatI0ssi=ydI3uuxEXJSiwaQG "The Making of Eyes Wide Open" from Gotye's YouTube channel" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=l5-T9l8jWPE) 2025-08-29T15:01Z 2.5M followers, 111.6K engagements "Detail Diatribe: The Last Unicorn (And Why You Should Read It) ✨PRE-ORDER AURORA VOLUME 1: https://comicaurora.com/books/ ✨ And once you've done that if you're in the US snag a FREE STICKER SHEET as thanks: https://site.andrewsmcmeel.com/aurora-pre-order-form And if you're curious READ THE COMIC HERE: https://comicaurora.com/aurora/0-1-1/ And if you managed to break it READ THE COMIC HERE INSTEAD: https://comicaurora.tumblr.com/post/654546833938497537/intro-ch1-p1-7 Before there was a movie there was a book - and there's not another book quite like it DOMINIC NOBLE'S VIDEO ON THE LAST UNICORN" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=mc4I36iBOM4) 2025-07-11T15:01Z 2.5M followers, 318.5K engagements "Modern Classics Summarized: [----] It's the mother of all dystopias Long before YA dystopia rose to power before the age of Young Attractive Heroes who Rebel Against The State and Also Find Love there was just Winston Smith - a middle-aged man in poor health who Rebelled Against The State and Also Found Love. It just ended much less prettily for him. [----] codified most of the modern dystopia tropes - absolute control of the media black-bagging people who spoke out and a lot of popular terms like "doublethink" "big brother" and "thought police". Unfortunately a lot of those terms got stripped of" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=tiGMX6-7VFE) 2017-02-24T14:30Z 2.5M followers, 3.5M engagements "Miscellaneous Myths: Mt. Mayon Breaking news Mt. Mayon a volcano in the Philippines is erupting As such we interrupt your regularly-scheduled Friday updates to bring you a quick segment on the mythical history of this beautiful natural disaster. The story is sweet the volcano is rather less so. Seriously if you have an evac order please listen to it. PATREON: www.patreon.com/useru=4664797 MERCH LINKS: Shirts - https://overlysarcasticproducts.threadless.com/designs All the other stuff - http://www.cafepress.com/OverlySarcasticProducts Find us on Twitter @OSPYouTube William Shakespeare (Author)" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=-DbLJI2hA6M) 2018-01-30T16:00Z 2.5M followers, 2.3M engagements "Classics Summarized: Paradise Lost I gotta say I've talked about a lot of nominal heroes in my time on the internet but Lucifer's gotta be the nominal-est of them all. The funniest part about this book is it was supposed to be firmly anti-Satan. We were supposed to hear the lies Satan was telling about how things went down and despise him even more for making it sound believable. Unfortunately all he did was make it sound believable and the end result was that Satan became a sympathetic character for the first time in his life. Way to go Milton; your propaganda backfired in the most hilarious" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=-NMDtsPgfD0) 2016-02-08T09:25Z 2.5M followers, 5M engagements "Choose Your Fighter (there is a correct answer) If you're watching this on Cyber Monday it's 20% off for the rest of the day. https://overlysarcastic.shop/ Our content is intended for teenage audiences and up. GET AURORA VOLUME 1: https://comicaurora.com/books/ PATREON: https://www.Patreon.com/OSP PODCAST: https://overlysarcasticpodcast.transistor.fm/subscribe DISCORD: https://discord.gg/osp MERCH: https://overlysarcastic.shop/ OUR WEBSITE: https://www.OverlySarcasticProductions.com/ Find us on Bluesky https://bsky.app/profile/overlysarcastic.bsky.social Find us on Reddit" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=-ckUP6_vCro) 2025-12-01T18:30Z 2.5M followers, 98.8K engagements "Miscellaneous Myths: Thoth Gambles With The Moon Egyptian mythology is rife with shenanigans drama and bodily fluids but today let's talk about a surprisingly SFW myth with a vital role in establishing the calendar year Alternate title: Red Complains That The Universe Doesn't Align With Her Personal Aesthetic Sensibilities For Five Minutes PARTIAL TRACKLIST: Sky Becomes Water (City of the Fallen) A Hole In The Sun (Two Steps From Hell) Starfall (Two Steps From Hell) Our content is intended for teenage audiences and up. PATREON: https://www.Patreon.com/OSP PODCAST:" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=-zgX-2ULT68) 2022-07-01T15:00Z 2.5M followers, 1.6M engagements "Trope Talk: Noodle Incidents Check out Campfire here: https://www.campfirewriting.com/reading-apputm_source=youtube&utm_medium=video&utm_campaign=OSP_Q1_24 First rule of The Noodle Incident is you do NOT explain The Noodle Incident. What's your favorite Noodle Incident and was there a time you got a Noodle Incident explanation that actually really worked for you Drop it in the comments Our content is intended for teenage audiences and up. PATREON: https://www.Patreon.com/OSP PODCAST: https://overlysarcasticpodcast.transistor.fm/subscribe DISCORD: https://discord.gg/osp MERCH:" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=06BUGWthQ70) 2024-03-22T15:00Z 2.5M followers, 905.6K engagements "Shakespeare Summarized: Titus Andronicus It's gory It's depressing It's pretty much the only non-historical shakespeare play I haven't covered yet It's everyone's favorite revenge fic Titus Andronicus Content warning: this video needed a counter for deaths AND a counter for lost body parts. Consider this fair warning. MERCH LINKS: Shirts - https://overlysarcasticproducts.threadless.com/designs All the other stuff - http://www.cafepress.com/OverlySarcasticProducts William Shakespeare (Author) Shakespeare Summarized Funny Summary OSP Overly Sarcastic Productions Analysis Literary Analysis Myths" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=0F7GCHdg-7Y) 2016-10-07T12:30Z 2.5M followers, 1.2M engagements "Trope Talk: Powerhouses Check out world anvil at https://www.worldanvil.com/overlysarcastic and don't forget to use the code OVERLYSARCASTIC for 20% off a [--] or [--] month membership Everyone loves a powerhouse and by "everyone" I mean "me and I'm tired of other people not appreciating them enough" MUSIC: "Sneaky Snitch" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution [---] http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Our content is intended for teenage audiences and up. PATREON: https://www.Patreon.com/OSP PODCAST:" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=0N2IiV6VMqU) 2021-04-23T15:00Z 2.5M followers, 1.8M engagements "Miscellaneous Myths: King Midas We have a new DIONYSUS PIN Get it while it's gettable https://crowdmade.com/collections/overlysarcasticproductions/products/overly-sarcastic-productions-dionysus-pin-sticker-sheet Ahh Midas. Shockingly one of the least Problematic ancient greek kings and certainly one of the funniest to read about. Bizarrely good at surviving direct confrontations with temperamental gods PARTIAL TRACKLIST: Starfall Flight of the Silverbird Sky Becomes Water Starfall "Sneaky Snitch" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=0N3k52iJJ14) 2021-10-22T15:00Z 2.5M followers, 1.6M engagements "Overly Sarcastic Podcast: SUPERMAN BONUS EPISODE It's a bird It's a plane It's an oops all Superman bonus podcast In the wake of a very charming Superman movie the OSPod crew assembles special guests Nando V Movies and Case Aiken to talk all things Man of Steel. Our excitement that Superman Is A Nice Guy is immeasurable. Where to find Nando: https://www.nandovmovies.com/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@NandovMovies Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/nandovmovies Bluesky: @nandovmovies.bsky.social Twitter: @NandovMovies Where to find Case: Another Pass Podcast:" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=0RGl_C1lTug) 2025-08-13T13:00Z 2.5M followers, 108.5K engagements "Trope Talk: Musical Numbers Snap your gaze to the middle distance hit "play" on your device of choice or just let the editor pick a jam and slap it on your big moment Today let's talk about how music can be used in mostly-non-music storytelling Our content is intended for teenage audiences and up. GET AURORA VOLUME 1: https://comicaurora.com/books/ PATREON: https://www.Patreon.com/OSP PODCAST: https://overlysarcasticpodcast.transistor.fm/subscribe DISCORD: https://discord.gg/osp MERCH: https://overlysarcastic.shop/ OUR WEBSITE: https://www.OverlySarcasticProductions.com/ Find us on Bluesky" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=0yxmVenQj8s) 2025-09-19T15:00Z 2.5M followers, 355.4K engagements "Trope Talk: Those Dang Phones Hey have you noticed how many newer stories are giving the protagonists tools for always-on easy-access instant communication Have you rewatched an older bit of sci-fi and questioned why the characters haven't been using the comms tech they DO have to stay in touch Are you a writer who's noticed YOU'VE been giving your characters cell-phone equivalents without even thinking about it Well I hope you're prepared for a half-hour-long descent into madness as I unpack the history of telecommunication both fictional *and* real and try to convince you that I haven't" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=2Pw_7vAK9k8) 2023-04-07T15:00Z 2.5M followers, 1.4M engagements "Trope Talk: Haunting the Narrative 📌 CTHULU PIN 📌 The Ancient One awakes and he's never been more adorable Available for two spooky weeks https://overlysarcastic.shop/ It's the Spooky Month Let's talk about the spookiest thing of all - the inescapable specter of grief Hoorayyyyy Our content is intended for teenage audiences and up. GET AURORA VOLUME 1: https://comicaurora.com/books/ PATREON: https://www.Patreon.com/OSP PODCAST: https://overlysarcasticpodcast.transistor.fm/subscribe DISCORD: https://discord.gg/osp MERCH: https://overlysarcastic.shop/ OUR WEBSITE:" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=2ZkxpGYHJpM) 2025-10-17T15:00Z 2.5M followers, 702.6K engagements "Miscellaneous Myths: Astraea Greetings Virgos and happy birthday season I come bearing a kingly gift PIN: https://overlysarcastic.shop/products/overly-sarcastic-productions-virgo-pin-presale A lot of the music is: Local Forecast - Elevator Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution [---] License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Our content is intended for teenage audiences and up. PATREON: https://www.Patreon.com/OSP PODCAST: https://overlysarcasticpodcast.transistor.fm/subscribe DISCORD: https://discord.gg/osp MERCH: https://overlysarcastic.shop/" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=2u3qgbc168M) 2024-09-06T15:00Z 2.5M followers, 746.3K engagements "Trope Talk: Idiot Plots Check out campfire here: https://campfirewriting.com/write/book-writing-apputm_source=youtube&utm_medium=video&utm_campaign=OSP_Q4_22 This one's a spicy meatball Today let's talk about the plots that are driven in whole or in part by the characters acting dumb - and how that's not always a bad thing Video examples in order of first appearance: I Love Lucy Divergent Star Wars III Doctor Strange (as a contrasting non-idiot plot example) Spider-Man: No Way Home Captain America: Winter Soldier TMNT [----] Batman v Superman The Three Stooges Twelfth Night Alien Romeo and" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=3-2NH-NVePw) 2022-12-02T16:00Z 2.5M followers, 1.5M engagements "Failed Assassinations History Hijinks If videogames have taught me anything it's that an assassin can solve a lot of problems. But sometimes plans fall apart and sometimes it's for the absolute DUMBEST reasons. SOURCES & Further Reading: "A History of Venice" by Norwich "Rebellion" by Ackroyd "The Poison King" by Mayor This video was edited by Sophia Ricciardi AKA "Indigo". https://www.sophiakricci.com/ Our content is intended for teenage audiences and up. PATREON: https://www.Patreon.com/OSP MERCH LINKS: https://www.redbubble.com/people/OSPYouTube OUR WEBSITE:" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=31g8nCOSOuc) 2020-05-22T15:00Z 2.5M followers, 1.7M engagements "History Summarized: Pope Fights [--] The Reformation Go to http://www.audible.com/overlysarcastic or text OVERLYSARCASTIC to [------] to get a free audiobook [--] free Audible Originals and 30-day free trial. Thank you to our Patron Peter Bemis for commissioning this video To support the channel head over to Patreon.com/OSP You've seen the Double-Pope matchup but what about the Double-Christianity face-off Today's Pope Fights covers the history and aftermath of the Protestant Reformation and Catholic Counter-Reformation. FURTHER READING from shortest to longest books: The Reformation: A Very Short" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=3PiyOojCIDQ) 2019-04-26T15:01Z 2.5M followers, 1M engagements "Trope Talk: Dragons Check out world anvil at https://www.worldanvil.com/overlysarcastic and don't forget to use the code OVERLYSARCASTIC for 20% off a Master or Grandmaster membership Dragons They're big they're scaly they're legendary But how deep does the wyrmhole go Our content is intended for teenage audiences and up. PATREON: https://www.Patreon.com/OSP MERCH LINKS: https://www.redbubble.com/people/OSPYouTube OUR WEBSITE: https://www.OverlySarcasticProductions.com/ Find us on Twitter https://www.Twitter.com/OSPYouTube Find us on Reddit https://www.Reddit.com/r/OSP/ Funny Summary OSP" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=3eXAPwjASEQ) 2020-07-31T15:00Z 2.5M followers, 2.4M engagements "Modern Classics Summarized: Stranger In A Strange Land This book is: 10% Mike 20% stars 15% concentrated power of mars 5% water 50% cult and 100% topics that are very adult This video was requested by our longtime patron Joshua A. Demic Can you use the "product of the times" defense if the book was wildly controversial for its time Asking for a comment section Our content is intended for teenage audiences and up. No seriously. We REALLY MEAN IT. PATREON: https://www.Patreon.com/OSP MERCH LINKS: https://www.redbubble.com/people/OSPYouTube OUR WEBSITE:" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=3jAkplrZci0) 2020-03-20T15:00Z 2.5M followers, 4.1M engagements "In A Minute: THE MAHABHARATA They said it couldn't be done. They said "it's twelve times longer than the iliad and the odyssey combined" To that I say WHATEVER MAN IT DOESN'T NEED TO BE COMPREHENSIVE IF YOU GOTTA GO FAST honestly I feel kinda bad I couldn't squeeze in even one reference to Karna. That dude was fully qualified to be the protagonist it's just his bad luck he ended up the Powerful Rival instead. Poor guy I had a great time making this in-a-minute summary Let us know if you'd like to see more And as always tune in on Friday for our Regularly Scheduled Not-Short Content PATREON:" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=42W6axXrIuw) 2019-09-10T15:00Z 2.5M followers, 2M engagements "OSP AFTER DARK Magic System Tier List Red and Indigo chat about magic systems in an unusually early After Dark" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=43iEDTNTydc) 2022-03-24T01:50Z 2.5M followers, 1.3M engagements "Miscellaneous Myths: Quetzalcoatl Addendum: When I described early America as a universally Christian/European nation I forgot to add the following footnote:* *SLAVERY EXISTED AND SO DO NATIVE AMERICANS I KNOW QUETZALCOATLUS IS A PTEROSAUR NOT A DINOSAUR CAN WE PLEASE FOCUS Really old gods are fun because they tend to have spread out and fractalized over time spawning off culturally specific versions of themselves as their stories travel around. This can lead to a veritable conspiracy wall of potential connections drawing disparate gods together to a common origin. But in the case of the" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=451jzIesWoU) 2018-03-09T16:00Z 2.5M followers, 3.4M engagements "History-Makers: Thucydides Start your free trial at http://squarespace.com/overlysarcastic and use code OVERLYSARCASTIC to get 10% off your first purchase. Ahh ancient Greece it has been *entirely* too long. Today we'll take a look at the foundational work of my entire career path Thucydides' History of the Peloponnesian war a book that almost single-handedly set the standard for how we engage in historical inquiry. Also it has the added benefit of being about Ancient Greece so win-win SOURCES & Further Reading: "History of the Peloponnesian War" by Thucydides "Histories" by Herodotus" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=4UG2YyT2aXA) 2020-08-21T15:00Z 2.5M followers, 659.9K engagements "Trope Talk: Loners Check out world anvil at https://www.worldanvil.com/overlysarcastic and don't forget to use the code OVERLYSARCASTIC for 20% off a [--] or [--] month membership Loners Those super-cool badasses who don't need nobody. Let's discuss how this trope connects with Lancers the ever-present concept of Found Family and all the fun storylines these lone badasses find themselves tangled up in Who's your favorite loner Argue in the comments Our content is intended for teenage audiences and up. PATREON: https://www.Patreon.com/OSP PODCAST:" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=4kDgvpa5k4g) 2020-11-13T16:00Z 2.5M followers, 1.9M engagements "Halloween Special: Werewolves You know 'em you love 'em but you might not know 'em quite as well as you think you do Today let's dive into one of the big-name creatures of the night Huge thanks to Maegan A. Stebbins aka "Maverick-Werewolf" for reaching out to help me with the research on this one Check out http://maverickwerewolf.com/ for more of her stuff PARTIAL TRACKLIST: Fire And Ice Hallelujah Chorus Mars The Bringer Of War Voice of Rushing Waters Celtic Myst Heart of Courage False King Hall of the Mountain King Monster of God Corruption Sky Becomes Water Gradus Vita A Hole In The Sun" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=4mm0KyaovhY) 2021-10-29T15:00Z 2.5M followers, 3.4M engagements "Miscellaneous Myths: Zahak The Serpent King Sometimes you read a myth or folktale and it surprises you how different it is from the narrative conventions you're used to and sometimes literally the exact opposite thing happens and it's incredible. So anyway here's an evil snake emperor overthrown by a charismatic rebel leader and a lost true heir chosen one prophecy hero written ONE THOUSAND YEARS AGO PARTIAL TRACKLIST: Starfall Black Blade Winged Dragon of Ra theme He Who Brings The Night To Victory A Hero's Return False King Star Sky Elevator Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=4n7Iub1HkNg) 2021-07-02T15:00Z 2.5M followers, 2M engagements "Trope Talk: Pinocchio Plots We all know the classic story of "if I am very good and do my homework and never ever misbehave I will be someday rewarded with the privilege of being seen as a human being and maybe even get a smidgen of autonomy in my existence" But enough about the horrors of middle school let's talk about fiction's finest Pinocchios MUSIC: Sneaky Snitch Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution [---] http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Our content is intended for teenage audiences and up. PATREON: https://www.Patreon.com/OSP PODCAST:" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=4qWUKRBhkYY) 2023-06-30T15:00Z 2.5M followers, 672.5K engagements "gold medal murder roomba The Cold Open from episode [---] of the Overly Sarcastic Podcast. The OSPodcast is available on all podcast platforms. PODCAST: https://overlysarcasticpodcast.transistor.fm/subscribe Our content is intended for teenage audiences and up. GET AURORA VOLUME 1: https://comicaurora.com/books/ PATREON: https://www.Patreon.com/OSP PODCAST: https://overlysarcasticpodcast.transistor.fm/subscribe DISCORD: https://discord.gg/osp MERCH: https://overlysarcastic.shop/ OUR WEBSITE: https://www.OverlySarcasticProductions.com/ Find us on Bluesky" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=50SqNn5-IR0) 2026-02-11T14:00Z 2.5M followers, 31.5K engagements "History-Makers: Augustine of Hippo Gets Dragged Into Sainthood "Failing Up" is all part of the plan when God Himself is on your side. Let's meet the embodiment of that dynamic in Augustine of Hippo: the disaster of a man who became one of Christianity's most important Saints ever. SOURCES & Further Reading: The City Of God Against The Pagans by Saint Augustine Confessions by Saint Augustine The Roman Way by Edith Hamilton Augustine Part One and Augustine Part Two from The Early Middle Ages by Philip Daileader Augustine of Hippo and Ambrose Jerome and Gregory the Great from Great Minds of the" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=54ziM0MgGkQ) 2024-12-27T16:00Z 2.5M followers, 344.8K engagements "Miscellaneous Myths: Ra's Secret Name It's a short one this week but today let's talk about the mythological representation of a historical theistic overhaul - aka how Isis (the goddess don't demonetize me bro) usurped Ra and claimed his status as the most powerful god in the pantheon. Respect your elders kids Ever think Apep sounds less like an ultimate deity of serpentine destruction and more like a hip brand of soda Buy a mug that shares your sentiments (https://www.cafepress.com/overlysarcasticproducts.265385763) PATREON: www.patreon.com/useru=4664797 MERCH LINKS: Shirts -" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=5Pin0U316Dg) 2018-05-11T15:00Z 2.5M followers, 2.4M engagements "Trope Talk: Urban Fantasy Check out world anvil at https://www.worldanvil.com/overlysarcastic and don't forget to use the code OVERLYSARCASTIC for 20% off a Master or Grandmaster membership Urban Fantasy A uniquely versatile and hybridized setting with a lot of fun potential It's also got some uniquely tricky writing pitfalls so let's talk about it a little Got a favorite urban fantasy story or a least-favorite urban fantasy staple Drop it in the comments Our content is intended for teenage audiences and up. PATREON: https://www.Patreon.com/OSP MERCH LINKS:" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=5WYR6aRnfPo) 2020-04-03T15:00Z 2.5M followers, 2.1M engagements "History Summarized: England English History has a reputation for being nigh incomprehensible what with all the kings civil wars succession crises and slapfights with France. But with the right perspective (and a little royal-restraint) England can become quite a straightforward story. So let's take a look at this slice of Britain and see how it grew into the master of the Isles. SOURCES & Further Reading: History of England from the Tudors to the Stuarts lecture series for The Great Courses by Robert Bucholz a great look at Renaissance and Early Imperial England. Ten Minute History of England" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=5XW0m9errMs) 2020-04-10T15:31Z 2.5M followers, 1M engagements "Legends Summarized: The Journey To The West (Part II) PART 1: https://www.youtube.com/watchv=61nuXrvqNgI ---YOU ARE HERE--- PART 3: https://youtu.be/W7N-IRcUfB4 PART 4: https://youtu.be/5PTOArO8p9o PART 5: https://www.youtube.com/watchv=dlB_vWGdLlA PART 6: https://youtu.be/Jr5IU8g2SHA The eponymous Journey actually begins Sure hope this doesn't take another eighty-three chapters. OH WAIT Sun Wukong is back and better than ever Or well or worse depending on your point of view. He's getting up to shenanigans again which is generally pretty problematic - but you know what he's doing stuff and" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=5ai5umy9yH0) 2016-01-15T00:33Z 2.5M followers, 5.4M engagements "One Villainous Scene - "You Must Be The Belmont" There's nothing a real Villain loves more than facing a real Hero. Today Dracula is in for a treat. We thiiiink we've figure out how to use media material without summoning the wrath of YouTube's DMCA-Night-Creature armies. One trade-off is using slowed-down footage. Pro-Tip: watch this video at 1.5x speed for the show's clips to play at approximately the right speed. See the rest of ONE VILLAINOUS SCENE here: https://youtube.com/playlistlist=PLd7v7nQLQGwJBoBF_5A1oGIbVh125hkaW Our content is intended for teenage audiences and up. PATREON:" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=5bpVs97dFiY) 2021-08-04T16:00Z 2.5M followers, 3.1M engagements "Legends Summarized: The Monkey King (Journey To The West Part 1) ---YOU ARE HERE--- PART 2: https://www.youtube.com/watchv=5ai5umy9yH0 PART 3: https://youtu.be/W7N-IRcUfB4 PART 4: https://youtu.be/5PTOArO8p9o PART 5: https://www.youtube.com/watchv=dlB_vWGdLlA PART 6: https://youtu.be/Jr5IU8g2SHA Meet the progenitor of all brash impulsive superpowerful anime characters Sun Wukong the Monkey King and Great Sage was the most impulsive of them all "Wreaking havoc in heaven is so much fun it should be illegal" -Monkey probably I might cover something else before continuing with part two of The" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=61nuXrvqNgI) 2015-10-01T14:49Z 2.5M followers, 9.4M engagements "Blue's Dumb History Tales Please check out That Works for the best blacksmithing on YouTube: https://goo.gl/vXsuFt What do you get when you cross a month that has [--] Fridays with a historian who can't do math This nonsense apparently. PATREON: www.patreon.com/OSP MERCH LINKS: Shirts - https://overlysarcasticproducts.threadless.com/designs All the other stuff - http://www.cafepress.com/OverlySarcasticProducts Find us on Twitter @OSPYouTube William Shakespeare (Author) Shakespeare Summarized Funny Summary OSP Overly Sarcastic Productions Analysis Literary Analysis Myths Legends Classics" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=6P5NNwQk53w) 2019-03-08T16:00Z 2.5M followers, 1.5M engagements "History Summarized: Florence Get [--] months of Audible for just $6.95 a month. Thats more than half off the regular price. Visit http://www.audible.com/overlysarcastic or text overlysarcastic to [---] [---]. Can't start a Renaissance without building a few *Domes*. You've seen the memes now learn the history behind the magnificent city of Florence It may sound like sacrilege but many years ago Florence was the first Italian city that little Blue had a cartoonishly-overblown obsession for Move over Venice. In fact Florentine history is basically THE reason I ever started caring about History in the" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=6y_eL_0sQQw) 2019-12-06T16:00Z 2.5M followers, 867.2K engagements "History Summarized: Scotland Go to http://www.audible.com/overlysarcastic or text OVERLYSARCASTIC to [------] to get a free audiobook [--] free Audible Originals and 30-day free trial. Put on your Kilt and grab some bagpipes it's time to talk about Scotland From the earliest beginnings to the modern day the Scots have had a fiercely independent attitude and are absolutely willing to fight about it several times in fact. Fun fact about Kilts I couldn't fit this in the video anywhere but basically Scots used to wear these big complicated vaguely-toga-like wraps of tartan plaid starting in the" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=78YB-YgUD6U) 2019-08-02T15:00Z 2.5M followers, 2M engagements "di-VINE OSP Through our journey to [--] million subscribers we've covered shakespeare classics and assorted world histories and mythologies. Here's some of that modernized for a Hip Meme-Loving Audience Thanks for taking us this far PATREON: https://www.Patreon.com/OSP MERCH LINKS: https://www.redbubble.com/people/OSPYouTube OUR WEBSITE: https://www.OverlySarcasticProductions.com/ Find us on Twitter https://www.Twitter.com/OSPYouTube Find us on Reddit https://www.Reddit.com/r/OSP/ Funny Summary OSP Overly Sarcastic Productions Myths Legends Classics Literature Stories Storytelling History vines" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=7MbVaMaM4zk) 2019-09-25T14:30Z 2.5M followers, 1.5M engagements "History Summarized: The Republic of Venice (Ft. Suibhne) Dive into the great History of seafaring with this #OperationOdysseus Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlistlist=PLDb22nlVXGgd2rdNu1C44t-hoYXA9bL2M For more Medieval goodness see Suibhne's video (https://youtu.be/BnUQAQ5spWE) and History Time's video (https://youtu.be/tEROvgTrjuU). In the late Middle Ages and at the height of the Renaissance all roads on the maritime highway of the Mediterranean Sea led to Venice. Join Blue (and special guest Suibhne) to discover why Venice came to be how they came to dominate naval trade and what" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=7cHK4xzAhzE) 2018-11-24T15:00Z 2.5M followers, 1.4M engagements "Detail Diatribe: Castlevania Nocturne - No Gods No Masters ✨PRE-ORDER AURORA VOLUME 1: https://comicaurora.com/books/ ✨ And if you're curious READ THE COMIC HERE: https://comicaurora.com/aurora/0-1-1/ And if you managed to break it READ THE COMIC HERE INSTEAD: https://comicaurora.tumblr.com/post/654546833938497537/intro-ch1-p1-7 Castlevania is back and bluer than ever Let's talk about what it's saying now 0:00-6:33 - You Must Be Another Belmont 6:33-13:53 - History In MY Historical Fantasy 13:53-23:40 - Let's Stake Fantasy Bioessentialism 23:40-32:26 - My Deus Will Ex Machina Any Minute Now" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=88YeHCIxS9c) 2025-05-02T15:00Z 2.5M followers, 338.4K engagements "Miscellaneous Myths: The Journey Of Ra Hey kids You like snakes Then have I got a mythos for YOU THE LAST TIME WE SAW RA: https://www.youtube.com/watchv=yygW6psCIM4 The sad thing about learning Middle Egyptian is the number of people who can actually read it is so small that I can't sneak in that many proper bilingual jokes. I can always trust that someone will be able to recognize the jokes or references I write in Japanese but hieroglyphs are just esoteric enough that I can't assume the same here. (Also I'm not really willing to demean my knowledge of the language by writing english words" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=8Chrp-H-Jk4) 2018-01-19T16:00Z 2.5M followers, 3.1M engagements "Trope Talk: Sequels Oh no. That movie I liked is getting a sequel. Will it be good or will it make me retroactively dislike the thing I used to like And why is it always such a close call Let's DISCUSS BABY Favorite or least favorite sequel Yell about it in the comments EXAMPLES USED (IN ROUGH ORDER): Star Wars Dragon Ball Star Trek: The Next Generation Dragon Ball Z Young Justice The Incredibles (I and II) Terminator (I and II) Kung Fu Panda Steven Universe Frozen II MCU Batman Beyond Solo: A Star Wars Story X-Men X-Men: First Class X-Men: Apocalypse Avatar: Legend of Korra Our content is" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=8pTLhim5c4g) 2020-05-01T15:00Z 2.5M followers, 1.6M engagements "Miscellaneous Myths: Artemis and Apollo Finally a deep dive into everyone's favorite aesthetically opposed fraternal twins Let's see how two people with such similar origins (or are they) can grow into such different disasters ☀🌙 PLUSH TIME https://overlysarcastic.shop/collections/plushies The Celestial Twins are here and they are SOFT ☀🌙 Artemis and Apollo plushes are available at our merch store bundle both and get $5 off Our content is intended for teenage audiences and up. PATREON: https://www.Patreon.com/OSP PODCAST: https://overlysarcasticpodcast.transistor.fm/subscribe DISCORD:" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=9FuwiKyDxfg) 2023-09-08T15:00Z 2.5M followers, 2.7M engagements "History Summarized: The Acropolis They say of the Acropolis where the Parthenon is. SOURCES & Further Reading: Great Courses Lectures The Acropolis of Athens from World Heritage Sites by Justin Jacobs Athens civic buildings and civic identity from Cities of the Ancient World by Steven Tuck and The Perfection of Greek Architecture from The Greek World: A Study of History and Culture by Robert Garland. Athens by Bruce Clark The Greeks by Roderick Beaton. Our content is intended for teenage audiences and up. PATREON: https://www.Patreon.com/OSP PODCAST:" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=9XvUjdTkJ3o) 2022-04-29T15:00Z 2.5M followers, 651.6K engagements "Classics Summarized: The Oresteia Nobody look at how long ago I promised to do this. That's right The sequel to Iphigenia which itself was a prequel to the Iliad has finally been given the ol' OSP treatment And it only took me TWO AND A HALF YEARS PATREON: www.patreon.com/useru=4664797 MERCH LINKS: Shirts - https://overlysarcasticproducts.threadless.com/designs All the other stuff - http://www.cafepress.com/OverlySarcasticProducts Find us on Twitter @OSPYouTube William Shakespeare (Author) Shakespeare Summarized Funny Summary OSP Overly Sarcastic Productions Analysis Literary Analysis Myths" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=9kpGhivh05k) 2017-07-19T15:00Z 2.5M followers, 3.4M engagements "Legends Summarized: Robin Hood The man The myth The legend What exactly IS this verdant vigilante's deal LET'S TALK ABOUT IT Our content is intended for teenage audiences and up. PATREON: https://www.Patreon.com/OSP MERCH LINKS: https://www.redbubble.com/people/OSPYouTube OUR WEBSITE: https://www.OverlySarcasticProductions.com/ Find us on Twitter https://www.Twitter.com/OSPYouTube Find us on Reddit https://www.Reddit.com/r/OSP/ Funny Summary OSP Overly Sarcastic Productions Analysis Literary Analysis Myths Legends Classics Literature Stories Storytelling History robin hood england english" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=9mshRaY8gTs) 2020-02-21T16:00Z 2.5M followers, 2.9M engagements "How The Batman Fights Like Vengeance Detail Diatribe This month I: went to CapriCon had a great time got fiercely sick and spent a literal week laid out with the Flu thus ruining my regular video production pipeline. So here's a Detail Diatribe about Batman because I really really really like talking about Batman. MUSIC: "Main Theme" from Batman Arkham Asylum OST by Nick Arundel and Ron Fish Sections: 0:00:00 - 0:05:29 Punching Crime in your Underwear 0:05:29 - 0:10:32 Nolan Slander 0:10:32 - 0:15:55 Marvel Slander 0:15:55 - 0:21:28 Snyder Slander 0:21:28 - 0:28:47 Night-light but it makes" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=9zCZHmjIwm8) 2025-02-28T16:00Z 2.5M followers, 516K engagements "Classics Summarized: The Odyssey Want a clean child-friendly version Click here https://youtu.be/kosS54qL9QY PART [--] - THE ILIAD: https://www.youtube.com/watchv=faSrRHw6eZ8 PART [--] - THE AENEID: http://youtu.be/QRruBVFXjnY Funny story. Exporting this monster was almost as difficult as getting back to Ithaca was for our intrepid hero who - as viewers of The Iliad may note - has inexplicably lost his Solid Snake voice in this production. PATREON: www.patreon.com/useru=4664797 MERCH LINKS: Shirts - https://overlysarcasticproducts.threadless.com/designs All the other stuff -" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=A-3rHQ70Pag) 2015-02-03T16:38Z 2.5M followers, 6.5M engagements "History Summarized: Spread of Christianity Things I learned when making this video: 1) when your script goes beyond [--] single-spaced pages you're heading into the danger zone 2) Gregorian Chants are awesome and you should totally listen to them 3) editing always takes longer than you'd hope 4) self care is huffing frankincense for breakfast lunch and dinner and single-handedly sacking a levantine city Have a question about something I mentioned or maybe something I might have left out Leave it down below and I'll do my best to respond PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/OSP MERCH LINKS: Shirts -" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=A86fIELxFds) 2017-01-10T18:00Z 2.5M followers, 1.7M engagements "Trope Talk: Big Dumb Objects Yes that's really what they're called No I couldn't come up with a better name for it Nobody can It's perfect What's YOUR favorite Big Dumb Object or speculative megastructure that could someday become sci-fi's next beloved Big Dumb Object Our content is intended for teenage audiences and up. PATREON: https://www.Patreon.com/OSP PODCAST: https://overlysarcasticpodcast.transistor.fm/subscribe DISCORD: https://discord.gg/osp MERCH: https://overlysarcastic.shop/ OUR WEBSITE: https://www.OverlySarcasticProductions.com/ Find us on Bluesky" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=ABPPF0Eyd3c) 2025-02-21T16:00Z 2.5M followers, 551.6K engagements "Miscellaneous Myths: Hera Crashes Zeus's Wedding I'm sure there's a completely logical explanation for all of this. Don't worry babe he can explain ✨Special GOLD Zeus and Hera pins HERE✨: https://crowdmade.com/collections/overlysarcasticproductions/products/overly-sarcastic-productions-zeus-hera-pin-pack-1 Our content is intended for teenage audiences and up. PATREON: https://www.Patreon.com/OSP PODCAST: https://overlysarcasticpodcast.transistor.fm/subscribe DISCORD: https://discord.gg/osp MERCH: https://overlysarcastic.shop/ OUR WEBSITE: https://www.OverlySarcasticProductions.com/ Find us on" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=ALO4pTYJl9w) 2022-11-18T16:00Z 2.5M followers, 1.2M engagements "Miscellaneous Myths: Hades and Persephone You asked I've answered Today let's discuss greek mythology's most beloved AND most maligned relationship - but which reputation is truly deserved You all know where *I* stand on the matter but today I'll do my best to justify my hot take that Hades And Persephone Is Romantic Actually. Our content is intended for teenage audiences and up. PARTIAL TRACKLIST: Hall of the Mountain King Black Blade Starfall World Annihilation Lacrimosa Voice of Rushing Waters Atlas Breath and Life Fire And Ice PATREON: https://www.Patreon.com/OSP PODCAST:" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=Ac5ksZTvZN8) 2021-02-12T16:00Z 2.5M followers, 6.9M engagements "History RE-Summarized: The Roman Republic The Roman Republic is a fascinating story all on its own but it also serves as an excellent object lesson in civics. This video is a Remastered Definitive Edition of three previous videos from this channel History Summarized: "The Roman Republic" "The Punic Wars" and "Julius Caesar and the Fall of The Republic". This video combines them all into one narrative fully upgrades all of the visuals and adds extra historical notes and clarifications along the way. Please let me know if you enjoyed this and are interested in more videos like this. There are" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=AsR-C9WtoKg) 2020-09-18T15:00Z 2.5M followers, 2.7M engagements "History Summarized: Beauty and Brutalism No no no guys you just don't GET IT Brutalism is actually really clever and impressive and in this essay I wi SOURCES & Further Reading: Architecture in Minutes: [---] key buildings and movements in an instant by Susie Hodge an extremely useful reference for 20th century structures and famous figures outside my usual wheelhouse and the fortuitous inspiration for this video via the entry on Concrete with an opposite-facing image of the Bahai House of Worship Brutalism was the Greatest Architectural Movement in History. Change My Mind. by Pat Finn" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=B7Dc5vaEJfY) 2024-05-10T15:00Z 2.5M followers, 317.1K engagements "Castlevania: The Human Face of Evil Detail Diatribe Red and Blue talking Castlevania again Oh my God we're turning into Belmont. PIIIIIINS The cosmic scales are available in our merch shop The LIBRA enamel pin is on sale now: https://overlysarcastic.shop/ Music: "Reflection" from Hollow Knight OST by Christopher Larkin Sections: 0:00:00 - 0:03:14 Intro 0:03:14 - 0:12:49 Hold on Dracula makes some decent points 0:12:49 - 0:28:28 Killing Humanity with Facts and Logic 0:28:28 - 0:32:40 Styria Is For LoversTM 0:32:40 - 0:35:58 Human Un-Kind 0:35:38 - 0:47:58 Isaac has a lot of stuff to figure out" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=BewsVckeFNA) 2024-10-11T15:00Z 2.5M followers, 546.5K engagements "History Summarized: Julius Caesar and the Fall of the Republic Check out the Remastered edition of the Roman Republic series: https://youtu.be/AsR-C9WtoKg This was supposed to be a 10-minute video on Caesar and Augustus but as you can see I got a little carried away. My next history video will be part of something cool and new that I'm really excited for but after that it's back to Rome to tackle Augustus Constantinople ain't gonna sack itself and we have a lot of Roman history to get through between here and then. So get hype because plenty more videos are on the way Historia Civilis Links:" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=BrZm6tkw87Y) 2017-12-29T16:00Z 2.5M followers, 1.3M engagements "Trope Talk: Power Of Friendship You asked you received This is one of those tropes that tends to polarize along maturity lines - Very Serious Adults are all like "this trope is trite and stupid" while People With Joy In Their Hearts are like "I enjoy being reminded of the good in people's souls". Guess which side I'm on So today let's talk about the Power of Friendship and all the fascinating ways it can be used and abused. A MINOR CLARIFICATION: While the "I shall now torture your friend" thing is certainly done the "your friends have broken in to save you this is very convenient as now I" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=C-cRPmVOtAk) 2017-12-01T16:00Z 2.5M followers, 1.5M engagements "Modern Classics Summarized: Lord Of The Flies Well well well. Well well. Well. I HATE THIS BOOK. In today's exciting episode watch a group of stranded preteens become paranoid and homicidal when isolated from a society that apparently only barely manages to suppress the seething cauldron of homicidal instincts roiling just below the surface. NOTE FROM RED: I'm working on Journey To The West part [--] I promise I've just had to juggle a few projects at once for the past week including drawing a music video for another channel entirely. Don't worry more good stuff is on the way. c: William" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=Cl5r40hzij4) 2016-03-26T05:00Z 2.5M followers, 2.2M engagements "Rulers Who Were Actually Good History Hijinks History is full of Rulers but most of them (especially some famous ones) can be Kind Of Terrible upon closer inspection. So let's take a look at two kings we can actually consider to be Good not perfect not blameless but a heck of a lot more virtuous than the average ruler that's for sure. This topic was requested by our patron Duncan Thank you for your patronage and for the topic suggestion. SOURCES & Further Reading: The Great Courses Plus lectures "Being Persian" by Robert Garland "The Persian Era" by Jean-Pierre Isbouts "Saladin: Chivalry and" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=DJ3-c-sg1uQ) 2021-04-30T15:00Z 2.5M followers, 1.2M engagements "Miscellaneous Myths: Enki and Ninmah Thanks to patron Derek Rucker for requesting this myth It's short sweet and *utterly ridiculous*. TLDR two gods get drunk and have a people-making competition. The one that makes the jankiest dude wins. Make sure to pause for an unnecessarily in-depth explanation of what a harem actually is PARTIAL TRACKLIST: Starfall (Two Steps From Hell) Wind Queen (Two Steps From Hell) Surfin USA Ex's and Oh's "Monkeys Spinning Monkeys" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution [---] http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Our" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=DxR8YYId4lE) 2021-03-12T16:00Z 2.5M followers, 1.6M engagements "Miscellaneous Myths: Cadmus Take a seat plant some teeth and see what sprouts Today let's talk about another Greek hero and his inevitable sticky end Our content is intended for teenage audiences and up. PATREON: https://www.Patreon.com/OSP PODCAST: https://overlysarcasticpodcast.transistor.fm/subscribe DISCORD: https://discord.gg/osp MERCH: https://overlysarcastic.shop/ OUR WEBSITE: https://www.OverlySarcasticProductions.com/ Find us on Twitter https://www.Twitter.com/OSPYouTube Find us on Reddit https://www.Reddit.com/r/OSP/ Want this video in another language Check out our guide to" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=EHoqFR-LPPw) 2024-08-09T15:00Z 2.5M followers, 635.8K engagements "Miscellaneous Myths: Tantalus Tantalus The number one dude known for his eternal punishment in Hades perhaps second only to Sisyphus Our content is intended for teenage audiences and up. PATREON: https://www.Patreon.com/OSP MERCH LINKS: https://www.redbubble.com/people/OSPYouTube DISCORD: https://discord.gg/h3AqJPe OUR WEBSITE: https://www.OverlySarcasticProductions.com/ Find us on Twitter https://www.Twitter.com/OSPYouTube Find us on Reddit https://www.Reddit.com/r/OSP/ Funny Summary OSP Overly Sarcastic Productions Analysis Literary Analysis Myths Legends Classics Literature Stories" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=EnBui-d2SGw) 2020-01-24T16:00Z 2.5M followers, 2.6M engagements "Trope Talk: Sea Monsters ✨PRE-ORDER AURORA VOLUME 1: https://comicaurora.com/books/ ✨ And if you're curious READ THE COMIC HERE: https://comicaurora.com/aurora/0-1-1/ And if you managed to break it READ THE COMIC HERE INSTEAD: https://comicaurora.tumblr.com/post/654546833938497537/intro-ch1-p1-7 Did I get distracted and talk about the Actual Ocean for a big chunk of this video Yes Is it still extremely relevant to the trope this video is about Fortunately also yes For further reading about the real ocean look up Susan Casey's "The Underworld: Journeys to the Depths of the Ocean" It's the book" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=Es2_Zj6-w30) 2025-04-18T15:00Z 2.5M followers, 530.3K engagements "Fables and Folktales: Prince Lindworm Time for a short and sweet Norwegian fairy tale about true love's whip I'm not sorry for the ending song and I never will be PARTIAL TRACKLIST: Starfall (Two Steps From Hell) Wind Queen (Two Steps From Hell) Prince of Darkness (City of the Fallen) Our content is intended for teenage audiences and up. PATREON: https://www.Patreon.com/OSP PODCAST: https://overlysarcasticpodcast.transistor.fm/subscribe DISCORD: https://discord.gg/osp MERCH LINKS: http://rdbl.co/osp OUR WEBSITE: https://www.OverlySarcasticProductions.com/ Find us on Twitter" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=F24DV_Og5ug) 2021-05-07T15:00Z 2.5M followers, 1.8M engagements Limited data mode. Full metrics available with subscription: lunarcrush.com/pricing
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"Modern Classics Summarized: All Quiet On The Western Front This book was requested by $100-tier Patreon pledger Hector Rodriguez Thanks I hate it Sometimes I wonder why I don't like researching history that much. Then I remember it's because a solid 90% of historical literature is either super boring or CRUSHINGLY MISERABLE. "Modern Classics" is probably our most depressing playlist. PATREON: www.patreon.com/useru=4664797 MERCH LINKS: Shirts - https://overlysarcasticproducts.threadless.com/designs All the other stuff - http://www.cafepress.com/OverlySarcasticProducts Find us on Twitter"
YouTube Link 2019-01-18T16:00Z 2.5M followers, 2.4M engagements
"Miscellaneous Myths: Orion Look Up in the sky It's a giant It's a hunter It's Orion PINS: https://crowdmade.com/collections/overlysarcasticproductions/products/overly-sarcastic-productions-overly-sarcastic-pin-pack Our content is intended for teenage audiences and up. PATREON: https://www.Patreon.com/OSP MERCH LINKS: https://www.redbubble.com/people/OSPYouTube OUR WEBSITE: https://www.OverlySarcasticProductions.com/ Find us on Twitter https://www.Twitter.com/OSPYouTube Find us on Reddit https://www.Reddit.com/r/OSP/ Funny Summary OSP Overly Sarcastic Productions Analysis Literary Analysis"
YouTube Link 2020-07-10T15:00Z 2.5M followers, 2.2M engagements
"History-Makers: Homer Visit PhilosophicalPhridays.com to learn more about Blue's BOOK "History-Makers" is a new series from Blue digging into the backstories of history's most influential writers and their great works. We begin at the beginning with the Greek poet Homer trying to figure out how exactly he wound up with the Iliad and Odyssey Let me know which History-Maker you'd like me to cover in the comments below PATREON: www.Patreon.com/OSP MERCH LINKS: Shirts - https://OverlySarcasticProducts.Threadless.com/designs All the other stuff - http://www.Cafepress.com/OverlySarcasticProducts"
YouTube Link 2019-05-10T15:00Z 2.5M followers, 852K engagements
"History Summarized: Mesopotamia The Bronze Age Let's spin the clock way back to the beginning of urbanized civilization and learn about the long history of Mesopotamia from the dawn of the city to the collapse of the last Sumerian empire. This video is part of The Bronze Age collaboration. Find [--] other great videos with this playlist: https://goo.gl/4JLV8s Previous video Cynical Historian: https://youtu.be/xSDn0HSXjgo Next video Epimetheus: https://youtu.be/-RrAoL_PVmo Further reading: "Babylon: Mesopotamia and the Birth of Civilization" By Paul Kriwaczek: https://goo.gl/nyQAdS PATREON:"
YouTube Link 2019-02-22T15:00Z 2.5M followers, 1.1M engagements
"Shakespeare Summarized: Julius Caesar AN IMPORTANT MESSAGE: http://youtu.be/bJU9RO7z_IY Here we go again It's only taken me several months. Sarcastified Shakespeare returns this time with a look at that historical tragedy we all love to write essays about Julius Caesar I think the real main character here was Brutus's crippling self-esteem issues. julius caesar summary Comedy Sarcastic Mark Antony (Military Commander) William Shakespeare Poet Brutus Tragedy I Don't Think There Were Ever Any Roman Cavalry Choirs Humor Julius Caesar (Film) Shakespeare Summarized Cassius Sarcasm William"
YouTube Link 2013-12-01T19:05Z 2.5M followers, 977.6K engagements
"Legends Summarized: The Journey To The West (Part IV) JOURNEY TO THE WEST KAI EPISODE 1: SKELE-FUN It's the episode almost a year in the making (sorry 🙊) The saga of the monk Tripitaka his bodyguard the Monkey King and the rest of his merry band of pilgrims continues in this dramatic episode Friendships are tested Unlikely heroes rise to the occasion Somebody throws a punch PART 1: https://www.youtube.com/watchv=61nuXrvqNgI PART 2: https://www.youtube.com/watchv=5ai5umy9yH0 PART 3: https://www.youtube.com/watchv=W7N-IRcUfB4 ---YOU ARE HERE--- PART 5:"
YouTube Link 2017-03-19T15:00Z 2.5M followers, 4.5M engagements
"Miscellaneous Myths: Dionysus "Hey Red I already know all the Dionysus myths and there's really not much going on with him - so why on earth is this video longer than three minutes And who are those other guys in the thumbnail" LET'S FIND OUT SHALL WE PATREON: www.patreon.com/useru=4664797 MERCH LINKS: Shirts - https://overlysarcasticproducts.threadless.com/designs All the other stuff - http://www.cafepress.com/OverlySarcasticProducts Find us on Twitter @OSPYouTube William Shakespeare (Author) Shakespeare Summarized Funny Summary OSP Overly Sarcastic Productions Analysis Literary Analysis"
YouTube Link 2018-06-15T15:00Z 2.5M followers, 8.5M engagements
"Halloween Special: Dracula It's creepy It's classic It's surprisingly infrequently read It's everyone's favorite gothic horror Bram Stoker's Dracula Wanna bypass the intro Skip straight to 3:16 and party on For those asking the outro song is I Love The Night by Blue Oyster Cult. MERCH LINKS: Shirts - https://overlysarcasticproducts.threadless.com/designs All the other stuff - http://www.cafepress.com/OverlySarcasticProducts William Shakespeare (Author) Shakespeare Summarized Funny Summary OSP Overly Sarcastic Productions Analysis Literary Analysis Myths Legends Classics Literature Dracula"
YouTube Link 2016-10-31T14:00Z 2.5M followers, 4.9M engagements
"History Summarized: Minoan Greece The classical Greeks weren't the first kids on the Aegean block. Long before Athens' golden age before Homer and even before the Trojan War there was a civilization on the island of Krete. The land of King Minos was home to beautiful palaces a fascinatingly-complex economy and something approximating Bull-Cthulu. It's a fun time let's jump in. SOURCES & Further Reading: "The Greeks: An Illustrated History" by Diane Cline for National Geographic "The Greeks: A Global History" by Roderick Beaton Lectures from The Great Courses Plus "Being Minoan and Mycenaean""
YouTube Link 2021-12-17T16:00Z 2.5M followers, 1M engagements
"Trope Talk: Beginnings Welcome to a brand new series with Red - trope talk Where the themes are made up and the cliches don't matter Today we discuss beginnings because I am uncreative and it felt appropriate. If you've got a trope you want me to discuss drop a comment MERCH LINKS: Shirts - https://overlysarcasticproducts.threadless.com/designs All the other stuff - http://www.cafepress.com/OverlySarcasticProducts William Shakespeare (Author) Shakespeare Summarized Funny Summary OSP Overly Sarcastic Productions Analysis Literary Analysis Myths Legends Classics Literature tropes tvtropes"
YouTube Link 2016-09-01T00:47Z 2.5M followers, 2.2M engagements
"Miscellaneous Myths: Kali Tries To Kill Everything "I'll just write up a quick explanation of hinduism to contextualize this wacky little number and then I'll be on my way" said Red moments before realizing just how goddamn complicated the oldest religion on earth really is PATREON: www.patreon.com/useru=4664797 MERCH LINKS: Shirts - https://overlysarcasticproducts.threadless.com/designs All the other stuff - http://www.cafepress.com/OverlySarcasticProducts Find us on Twitter @OSPYouTube William Shakespeare (Author) Shakespeare Summarized Funny Summary OSP Overly Sarcastic Productions"
YouTube Link 2018-07-02T15:00Z 2.5M followers, 3.3M engagements
"Trope Talk: Amnesia Amnesia The trope too powerful for its own good It's a favorite of soap operas and anything else that likes quick and easy drama and when it comes to shuffling around core character traits amnesia is basically a swiss army knife - need to roll back a week or two of character development need to revert a character to a clean slate wanna make one of your lovebirds forget their FIRST KISS amnesia is the trope for you and if you're an audience member sick of being emotionally manipulated by writers doing any and all of the above WELCOME TO THE PARTY What's YOUR favorite"
YouTube Link 2019-09-20T15:00Z 2.5M followers, 1.2M engagements
"Trope Talk: Greatest Fears Check out Rusty Quill's The Magnus Archives here http://rustyquill.com/the-magnus-archives/ And their YouTube channel here https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAfn5ahWLpQmCIN7D0E1YQg Ahh fear What a maligned concept. But everyone's afraid of something and some stories really like putting the spotlight on what scares their characters the most. At worst it's a very effective halloween episode at best it turns into a deep and gripping exploration of their character Let's discuss how the Greatest Fear trope gets used and abused Our content is intended for teenage audiences"
YouTube Link 2020-12-11T16:00Z 2.5M followers, 1.3M engagements
"History Summarized: The Wild West This video was commissioned by Patron Matthew Ritter. Thanks Matthew If you would like to support the channel and earn special rewards check out our Patreon page: www.patreon.com/OSP Articles referenced Because Gun Control and Black Cowboys sound incredulous on paper so I can see why you wouldn't believe me but it's real and there's tons of proof: Gun Control in the West: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/gun-control-old-west-180968013 Black Cowboys: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/lesser-known-history-african-american-cowboys-180962144/ MERCH"
YouTube Link 2018-09-07T15:00Z 2.5M followers, 1.3M engagements
"History-Makers: Sappho It's no use dear algorithm I cannot research for Sappho has crushed me with longing for lost poetry SOURCES & Further Reading: "Sappho: fragments" by Jonathan Goldberg "Girl Interrupted: Who Was Sappho" for The New Yorker by Daniel Mendelsohn (https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2015/03/16/girl-interrupted) "Sappho" from The Poetry Foundation (https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/sappho) Our content is intended for teenage audiences and up. PATREON: https://www.Patreon.com/OSP PODCAST: https://overlysarcasticpodcast.transistor.fm/subscribe DISCORD:"
YouTube Link 2021-03-05T16:00Z 2.5M followers, 985.9K engagements
"Halloween Special: H. P. Lovecraft HAPPY HALLOWEEN IT'S TIME TO GET SPOOKY WITH HISTORY'S MOST PROBLEMATIC HORROR WRITER LET'S GOOOOO While there's something to be said for separating the art from the artist I think there's a lot of merit in CONTEXTUALIZING the art WITH the artist. Did Lovecraft write some pretty incredible horror Sure Was he also a raging xenophobe Absolutely Are his perspectives on life connected with the stories he felt compelled to tell Duh If you look at Lovecraft's writing through the lens of his life clear patterns emerge that allow us to pin down what exactly he built"
YouTube Link 2018-10-31T15:00Z 2.5M followers, 11.4M engagements
"Miscellaneous Myths: The Theogony (Greek Creation Myth) Big thanks to patreon pledger Allen W. Barton for requesting this subject We've spent enough time dabbling in the greek mythosphere I think it's high time we went back to the past and finally looked at how it all began PATREON: www.patreon.com/useru=4664797 MERCH LINKS: Shirts - https://overlysarcasticproducts.threadless.com/designs All the other stuff - http://www.cafepress.com/OverlySarcasticProducts Find us on Twitter @OSPYouTube Funny Summary OSP Overly Sarcastic Productions Analysis Literary Analysis Myths Legends Classics"
YouTube Link 2018-11-30T16:00Z 2.5M followers, 4.4M engagements
"History Summarized: The Tragedy of Classical Greece If most of ancient Greek history is a conspiracy by Big Athens to sell you more Trireme ships what's the rest of Classical Greece look like SOURCES & Further Reading: The Greeks: A Global History by Roderick Beaton [----] The Greeks: An Illustrated History by Diane Cline [----] Classical Greece: The Age of Pericles from The Greek World: A Study of History and Culture by Robert S. J. Garland Athens in Decline from Ancient Greek Civilization by Jeremy McInerney MUSIC: "The Sacred Land of Artemis" "The Hills of Attika" "Naxos Island" "Phoibe The"
YouTube Link 2024-09-13T15:00Z 2.5M followers, 339.9K engagements
"Miscellaneous Myths: The Tarasque There's a lot of D&D in this video but less than you might be expecting. This video was the patreon reward for tier-100 patron Safior PATREON: www.patreon.com/useru=4664797 MERCH LINKS: Shirts - https://overlysarcasticproducts.threadless.com/designs All the other stuff - http://www.cafepress.com/OverlySarcasticProducts Find us on Twitter @OSPYouTube William Shakespeare (Author) Shakespeare Summarized Funny Summary OSP Overly Sarcastic Productions Analysis Literary Analysis Myths Legends Classics Literature Stories Storytelling tarasque tarrasque french france"
YouTube Link 2018-06-25T15:00Z 2.5M followers, 2.1M engagements
"Trope Talk: Tragedy Check out Campfire Blaze here https://www.campfiretechnology.com/blaze/utm_source=YouTube&utm_medium=video&utm_campaign=OSPQ420 Alas alack and all that jazz - today let's discuss a genre we all love to watch crash and burn MUSIC: "Scheming Weasel" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution [---] http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Our content is intended for teenage audiences and up. PATREON: https://www.Patreon.com/OSP PODCAST: https://overlysarcasticpodcast.transistor.fm/subscribe DISCORD: https://discord.gg/osp MERCH LINKS:"
YouTube Link 2021-01-29T16:00Z 2.5M followers, 1.4M engagements
"Miscellaneous Myths: Hou Yi and Chang'E "My wife squandered our chance at mutual immortality to become the goddess of the moon." "That's rough buddy." Have you noticed the trend of moon-affiliated divine figures forsaking existing boyfriends or otherwise embracing the single life forever Wanna wear a hard-to-explain reference to that on a t-shirt WELL NOW YOU CAN (https://overlysarcasticproducts.threadless.com/designs/lunar-deities-cant-be-tied-down/) PATREON: www.patreon.com/useru=4664797 MERCH LINKS: Shirts - https://overlysarcasticproducts.threadless.com/designs All the other stuff -"
YouTube Link 2018-07-20T15:00Z 2.5M followers, 2.2M engagements
"Miscellaneous Myths: The Minotaur Ah Theseus. Athens' favorite trash man. Let's talk about someone a little more interesting - literally anyone involved in this story will do. Good news I found the 1080P button Bad news the minute differences in image resolution are now threatening my sanity. Our content is intended for teenage audiences and up. PATREON: https://www.Patreon.com/OSP DISCORD: https://discord.gg/kguuvvq MERCH LINKS: http://rdbl.co/osp OUR WEBSITE: https://www.OverlySarcasticProductions.com/ Find us on Twitter https://www.Twitter.com/OSPYouTube Find us on Reddit"
YouTube Link 2020-10-09T15:00Z 2.5M followers, 2.5M engagements
"History Summarized: The Meiji Restoration Japan may well have the record for World's Speediest Industrialization but how did they accomplish so much so fast without falling victim to Europe's favorite 19th century pastime of "Colonization" And how did Japan build up a Pan-Asian empire so darn quickly All that and more in this deep-dive into the Meiji Restoration SOURCES & Further Reading: "Modern Japan: A Very Short Introduction" by Goto-Jones. "The Japanese Empire: Grand Strategy from the Meiji Restoration to the Pacific War" by Paine. "Bushido: The Soul of Japan" by Nitobe THAT WACKY"
YouTube Link 2020-05-08T15:00Z 2.5M followers, 1.1M engagements
"Trope Talk: Magnificent Bastards Check out world anvil at https://www.worldanvil.com/overlysarcastic and don't forget to use the code OVERLYSARCASTIC for 20% off a [--] or [--] month membership Ahh magnificent bastards the villainous archetype that's at least 50% charisma by volume. Let's talk about what makes a bastard truly magnificent and what traits bar them from that rarified air of magnificence MUSIC: "Sneaky Snitch" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution [---] http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Our content is intended for teenage audiences and"
YouTube Link 2021-02-26T16:00Z 2.5M followers, 2M engagements
"Legends Summarized: The Heroes Of Greece It's been a hefty decade summarizing an even heftier chunk of centuries. Indulge me in a mega-compilation this week while I ponder the nature of change TIMESTAMPS: 0:00:00-0:01:59 - What The Hell Is This Video 0:01:59-0:16:26 - The Age Of Cautionary Tales 0:16:26-0:30:49 - When There's Something Strange In Your Neighborhood 0:30:49-1:19:42 - Argonauts and Argonaut Accessories 1:19:42-1:58:50 - Surely These Conces Won't Quence 1:58:50-2:04:27 - Wait That's Illegal 2:04:27-2:16:47 - The Constancy Of Change Our content is intended for teenage audiences"
YouTube Link 2024-10-04T15:00Z 2.5M followers, 1.7M engagements
"Legends Summarized: King Arthur Camelooooooot🎵 For a mythos so universally well-known there's not actually much in the way of a canon for King Arthur. Some people will smugly inform you that the Sword in the Stone isn't Excalibur; some will equally smugly tell you that the stone was actually an anvil. Is Merlin a druid a wizard a demon a time-traveler Is Morgan Le Fay Arthur's sister nemesis lover all of the above And where the hell does Mordred fit into all this To answer these questions let's go all the way back to the beginning and trace how this mythos grew and evolved as it moved from"
YouTube Link 2018-02-02T15:30Z 2.5M followers, 6.9M engagements
"History Summarized: Ancient Greece What's that Blue already did a video on the Athenian empire Uh. well. um. LOOK OVER THERE A DISTRACTION For more Greek goodness check out the following: History Summarized: Alcibiades: https://youtu.be/kRLkjBUgB2o History Summarized: Thebes: https://youtu.be/L1x9np5fys8 History Summarized: Athenian Empire: https://youtu.be/cNWDkFkcuP4 This video was produced with assistance from the Boston University Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program. PATREON: www.patreon.com/useru=4664797 MERCH LINKS: Shirts -"
YouTube Link 2017-06-26T15:00Z 2.5M followers, 1.5M engagements
"History Summarized: Poland Poland can into history video This topic was requested by our patron Misza Thank you for your patronage and for the topic suggestion. SOURCES & Further Reading: "A History of Eastern Europe" by Vejas Gabriel Liulevicius via The Great Courses Plus. "God's Playground: A History of Poland" by Norman Davies. Britannica "Poland". And special thanks to our Discord community member Klieg for consulting on my script. Our content is intended for teenage audiences and up. PATREON: https://www.Patreon.com/OSP PODCAST: https://overlysarcasticpodcast.transistor.fm/subscribe"
YouTube Link 2021-05-28T15:00Z 2.5M followers, 1.2M engagements
"Trope Talk: All A Dream Check out world anvil at https://www.worldanvil.com/overlysarcastic and don't forget to use the code OVERLYSARCASTIC for 30% off an annual membership Ahh history's most maligned plot twist. But does it deserve 100% of the vitriol Maybe a conservative 80%. Anyway let's discuss MUSIC: "Sneaky Snitch" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution [---] http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Our content is intended for teenage audiences and up. PATREON: https://www.Patreon.com/OSP PODCAST:"
YouTube Link 2021-07-16T15:00Z 2.5M followers, 969.2K engagements
"How to Do Research Ever wondered how exactly I make the magic happen in my deep-dive videos like Dionysus Aphrodite and King Arthur Wonder no longer Today I'm dishing out all the answers in this extra special bonus video I made in three days We'vewe've been REALLY busy guys. March is CRAZY. PATREON: www.patreon.com/useru=4664797 MERCH LINKS: Shirts - https://overlysarcasticproducts.threadless.com/designs All the other stuff - http://www.cafepress.com/OverlySarcasticProducts Find us on Twitter @OSPYouTube Funny Summary OSP Overly Sarcastic Productions Analysis Literary Analysis Myths Legends"
YouTube Link 2019-03-12T15:00Z 2.5M followers, 1.1M engagements
"History Summarized: The Maya Aztec and Inca Human sacrifice smallpox and the Spanish empire. that's the whole story right Haha eheh hehe HA not even close The civilizations of Mesoamerica are fascinating in their own right and very distinct from each other too Step on in and I'll learn you a thing or two. Also no spoilers but next time I'm covering the Iroquois Confederation Ok maybe that was exactly a spoiler. This video was produced with assistance from the Boston University Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program. PATREON: www.patreon.com/useru=4664797 MERCH LINKS: Shirts -"
YouTube Link 2017-07-29T15:28Z 2.5M followers, 2.2M engagements
"History Summarized: Ethiopia Ethiopian History gets started early and just keeps on going. From the dawn of humanity itself through the medieval period and into the modern day the history of the kingdom at the end of the Blue Nile is full of surprises. SOURCES & Further Reading: Harold Marcus "A History of Ethiopia" and John Jackson's "Ethiopia and the Origins of Civilization" see also Kenneth Vickery's lecture "Ethiopia: Outpost of Christianity" and William Cook's lecture "The Rock-Hewn Churches of Ethiopia" via The Great Courses. This video was edited by Sophia Ricciardi AKA "Indigo"."
YouTube Link 2020-03-13T15:00Z 2.5M followers, 870K engagements
"History Hijinks: Roman Wise Guys I promise Rome was capable of original ideas getting a head start by copying Greece's homework is just Practical. SOURCES & Further Reading: The Roman Way by Edith Hamilton Introductory Readings in Ancient Greek and Roman Philosophy Second Edition edited by C. D. C. Reeve and Patrick Lee Miller General Introduction by Lloyd P. Gerson "De Finibus Bonorum et Malorum" by Cicero Loeb Classical Library via University of Chicago Translated by Bill Thayer https://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Cicero/de_Finibus/1*.html "De Rerum Natura" by Lucretius"
YouTube Link 2024-08-16T15:00Z 2.5M followers, 260.8K engagements
"OSP ANIMATED: [--] Million Subscriber Special We did it Or more accurately YOU did it 🎉 Thank you all so much for sticking with us and taking us to a level we never imagined we'd reach Love you all and here's a quick highlight reel of some of the shenanigans we've gotten up to since the last million of you joined us PINS: https://crowdmade.com/collections/overlysarcasticproductions/products/overly-sarcastic-productions-2-million-subscribers-red-blue-pin-pack Wondering where these clips came from check out our archive of Livestream VODs here:"
YouTube Link 2022-08-19T15:00Z 2.5M followers, 774.9K engagements
"History Summarized: Neoclassical Architecture You asked I deliver: the Neoclassicism tangent receives the full-video spotlight it deserves. But there's plenty more architectural and art-historical analysis where that came from. So if this kind of thing seems fun please comment and let me know SOURCES & Further Reading: "Francesco's Venice" by Francesco Da Mosto "A History of Venice" by John Julius Norwich "Renaissance Architecture" via Britannica and many many many hours spent staring at buildings in Italy. This video was edited by Sophia Ricciardi AKA "Indigo". https://www.sophiakricci.com/"
YouTube Link 2021-04-16T14:00Z 2.5M followers, 509.2K engagements
"Trope Talk: Color-Coded Team With A Theme ✨PRE-ORDER AURORA VOLUME 1: https://comicaurora.com/books/ ✨ And once you've done that if you're in the US snag a FREE STICKER SHEET as thanks: https://site.andrewsmcmeel.com/aurora-pre-order-form And if you're curious READ THE COMIC HERE: https://comicaurora.com/aurora/0-1-1/ And if you managed to break it READ THE COMIC HERE INSTEAD: https://comicaurora.tumblr.com/post/654546833938497537/intro-ch1-p1-7 There's between three and seven of them They've all got the same powers in marginally different fonts They come in bright primary colors and the red"
YouTube Link 2025-06-13T15:00Z 2.5M followers, 453.5K engagements
"The light is always greener on the other side of the water A sneak preview of the After-After-Show-Show for Episode [---] of the Overly Sarcastic Podcast The AASS is an extra half hour or more of OSP discussion available EXCLUSIVELY for our Patrons: https://www.patreon.com/posts/ospod-136-after-149273951 Our content is intended for teenage audiences and up. GET AURORA VOLUME 1: https://comicaurora.com/books/ PATREON: https://www.Patreon.com/OSP PODCAST: https://overlysarcasticpodcast.transistor.fm/subscribe DISCORD: https://discord.gg/osp MERCH: https://overlysarcastic.shop/ OUR WEBSITE:"
YouTube Link 2026-02-04T14:00Z 2.5M followers, 43.9K engagements
"Trope Talk: Train Fights Everyone pack your bags do your hand-stretches and file this one under "trope talks that could easily be bingo cards" Today let's talk about that oh-so-spectacular staple of setpieces the marvelous Train Fight MUSIC: Kevin Macleod "Scheming Weasel" Our content is intended for teenage audiences and up. PATREON: https://www.Patreon.com/OSP PODCAST: https://overlysarcasticpodcast.transistor.fm/subscribe DISCORD: https://discord.gg/osp MERCH: https://overlysarcastic.shop/ OUR WEBSITE: https://www.OverlySarcasticProductions.com/ Find us on Twitter"
YouTube Link 2024-06-28T15:00Z 2.5M followers, 497.2K engagements
"History-Makers: Marco Polo Go to https://NordVPN.com/overlysarcastic and and use code OVERLYSARCASTIC to get 75% off a [--] year plan and an extra month for free. Protect yourself online today On this episode of History-Makers Blue takes a trip alongside the legendary explorer Marco Polo to figure out how the intrepid Venetian merchant made his way to the Mongol Empire and back and what that means for his written account of those Travels. What History-Maker do you want to see next Leave a comment NEW MERCH: "Let's Do Some History""
YouTube Link 2019-07-19T15:00Z 2.5M followers, 728.1K engagements
"Trope Talk: Secret Identities Let's talk about the neverending peek-a-boo game that is comics continuity and the state of the secret identity Got a favorite secret identity drama moment Drop a comment about it Our content is intended for teenage audiences and up. PATREON: https://www.Patreon.com/OSP PODCAST: https://overlysarcasticpodcast.transistor.fm/subscribe DISCORD: https://discord.gg/osp MERCH: https://overlysarcastic.shop/ OUR WEBSITE: https://www.OverlySarcasticProductions.com/ Find us on Twitter https://www.Twitter.com/OSPYouTube Find us on Reddit https://www.Reddit.com/r/OSP/ Want"
YouTube Link 2024-08-23T15:00Z 2.5M followers, 630.8K engagements
"Miscellaneous Myths: The Muses Sing o goddesses of the goddesses we ask very nicely to let our stories come out good Our content is intended for teenage audiences and up. PRE-ORDER AURORA VOLUME 1: https://comicaurora.com/books/ PATREON: https://www.Patreon.com/OSP PODCAST: https://overlysarcasticpodcast.transistor.fm/subscribe DISCORD: https://discord.gg/osp MERCH: https://overlysarcastic.shop/ OUR WEBSITE: https://www.OverlySarcasticProductions.com/ Find us on Bluesky https://bsky.app/profile/overlysarcastic.bsky.social Find us on Reddit https://www.Reddit.com/r/OSP/ Want this video in"
YouTube Link 2025-04-04T15:00Z 2.5M followers, 1M engagements
"Shakespeare Summarized: Antony and Cleopatra Hey remember almost exactly three years ago when I summarized Julius Caesar Published on December 1st even A coincidence I totally planned when I spontaneously decided to do this video today Me neither Here's the sequel. JULIUS CAESAR: https://www.youtube.com/watchv=4e3Y80hUfIQ MERCH LINKS: Shirts - https://overlysarcasticproducts.threadless.com/designs All the other stuff - http://www.cafepress.com/OverlySarcasticProducts William Shakespeare (Author) Shakespeare Summarized Funny Summary OSP Overly Sarcastic Productions Analysis Literary Analysis"
YouTube Link 2016-12-02T13:00Z 2.5M followers, 840.8K engagements
"Trope Talk: Faustian Bargains Nothing bad ever came from a deal with the devil Let's talk about how that stellar business decision can play out and maybe even examine why a very specific variant of this story has slowly slid out of fashion MUSIC: "Scheming Weasel" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution [---] https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Our content is intended for teenage audiences and up. PATREON: https://www.Patreon.com/OSP PODCAST: https://overlysarcasticpodcast.transistor.fm/subscribe DISCORD: https://discord.gg/osp MERCH:"
YouTube Link 2023-06-02T15:00Z 2.5M followers, 1.6M engagements
"Historical Realism Review: Assassin's Creed Mirage Assassin's Creed Mirage touts a "return to the roots" but in their treatment of the history they've done something very different than prior games. How realistic is this depiction of medieval Baghdad Let's see Special thanks to our friend @Ludohistory for having me on his Mirage livestreams for our many conversations about the game and for looking through this video's script. See more of his playthrough here: https://youtube.com/playlistlist=PLvFfHAMv6EH8p21V6_jBQyoGPwbgVJ2rO&si=O-n-zV8m3lCtctoJ Note on Ali Ibn Muhammad & the Zanj Rebellion:"
YouTube Link 2023-10-27T15:00Z 2.5M followers, 174.8K engagements
"TEN YEARS of OSP Detail Diatribe Plot Twist We're Old. ✨GOLDEN PINS✨ https://crowdmade.com/osp THEY'RE SHINY AND GOLD AND 100% GUARANTEED* TO NOT CONSUME YOUR SOUL Available now through the end of Cyber Monday. These extremely limited edition Gold Pins celebrate the 10th anniversary of OSP. We may not ever make these again so if you want 'em go get 'em. Our content is intended for teenage audiences and up. PATREON: https://www.Patreon.com/OSP PODCAST: https://overlysarcasticpodcast.transistor.fm/subscribe DISCORD: https://discord.gg/osp MERCH: https://overlysarcastic.shop/ OUR WEBSITE:"
YouTube Link 2022-11-25T16:00Z 2.5M followers, 476.6K engagements
"OSP AFTER DARK Mentors Tier List Red Blue and Indigo chat about the best and worst fictional mentors in a slightly early After Dark"
YouTube Link 2022-04-06T04:39Z 2.5M followers, 333.5K engagements
"Trope Talk: Prison Break Check out World Anvil at https://www.worldanvil.com/overlysarcastic and don't forget to use the code OVERLYSARCASTIC for 51% off an annual membership Who doesn't love a good stock episode Let's talk about what happens when you take "character doesn't want to be where they currently are" and boil it down to its absolute purest concentrated essence and all the fun () shenanigans that ensue Got a favorite or least-favorite prison break Shout it out in the comments MUSIC: Scheming Weasel Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0"
YouTube Link 2023-08-25T15:00Z 2.5M followers, 638.5K engagements
"History RE-Summarized: The Age of Augustus Many Romans had conquered the Republic but nobody could keep it until Augustus. In the half century after the assassination of Caesar his adoptive son would fundamentally transform the Roman state: expanding it reforming it and bringing it under the control of one man. The Age of Augustus found Rome a Republic and left it an Empire. This video is a Remastered Definitive Edition of three previous videos from this channel History Summarized: "Augustus Versus The Assassins" "Augustus Versus Antony" and "How Augustus Made An Empire". This video combines"
YouTube Link 2021-03-19T15:00Z 2.5M followers, 1.5M engagements
"Trope Talk: Fates Worse Than Death Check out Campfire Blaze here and remember to use the promo code OSP21 for 20% off a lifetime purchase https://www.campfiretechnology.com/blaze/utm_source=YouTube&utm_medium=video&utm_campaign=OSPQ121 Today let's talk about everyone's favorite Stock Nightmare Fuel trope - and no I wasn't expecting to use so many DCAU examples either You know for a colorful kid's cartoon those bad guys sure end up in their own personal hells a lot. This extremely cheerful topic was requested by patron Glen Taylor Thanks I think. MUSIC: "Scheming Weasel" Kevin MacLeod"
YouTube Link 2021-03-26T15:00Z 2.5M followers, 1.7M engagements
"Blue's Top Five Domes There are questions any self-respecting YouTube Historian must ask: "How do you balance entertainment and educational value" "What's the split between your area of expertise and more foreign topics" and of course the most important of all: "Which Dome is the best dome" Today Overly Sarcastic Productions takes a stand on this critical issue and proceeds to shitpost about it. PATREON: www.Patreon.com/OSP MERCH LINKS: Shirts - https://OverlySarcasticProducts.Threadless.com/designs All the other stuff - http://www.Cafepress.com/OverlySarcasticProducts OUR WEBSITE:"
YouTube Link 2019-06-07T15:00Z 2.5M followers, 475.9K engagements
"History Summarized: French Empire (Ft. Armchair Historian) Check out the Armchair Historian channel for more on French Vietnam and the battle of Dien Bien Phu: https://www.youtube.com/watchv=vAVYfh2_GTE Dubious morality drawn out timescales intricate royal politics worldwide stages Colonialism be like that sometimes. And by "Like That" I mean impenetrably complicated. I did my best I'll say that but oh man is history a mess in the 15-1900s. This stuff is the reason I had so much trouble with history for so long. It's just so DENSE. ANYWAY join Blue and Griffin the Armchair Historian for a"
YouTube Link 2019-08-30T15:00Z 2.5M followers, 893.1K engagements
"History-Makers: Plato For the best experience project this video onto the wall of a cave. SOURCES & Further Reading: Five Dialogues by Plato translation and introduction by G. M. A. Grube Introductory Readings in Ancient Greek and Roman Philosophy Second Edition edited by C. D. C. Reeve and Patrick Lee Miller Plato Vol I: Euthyphro Apology Crito and Phaedo from Loeb Classical Library Edited and Translated by Chris Emlyn-Jones and William Preddy. Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy: Plato https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/plato/ I also have a degree in Classical Studies specifically in"
YouTube Link 2023-06-09T15:00Z 2.5M followers, 503.8K engagements
"Piltover Fashion Week (derogatory) The Cold Open from episode [---] of the Overly Sarcastic Podcast. The OSPodcast is available on all podcast platforms. PODCAST: https://overlysarcasticpodcast.transistor.fm/subscribe Our content is intended for teenage audiences and up. GET AURORA VOLUME 1: https://comicaurora.com/books/ PATREON: https://www.Patreon.com/OSP PODCAST: https://overlysarcasticpodcast.transistor.fm/subscribe DISCORD: https://discord.gg/osp MERCH: https://overlysarcastic.shop/ OUR WEBSITE: https://www.OverlySarcasticProductions.com/ Find us on Bluesky"
YouTube Link 2025-11-26T14:00Z 2.5M followers, 64.7K engagements
"Trope Talk: Grimdark Check out world anvil at https://www.worldanvil.com/overlysarcastic and don't forget to use the code OVERLYSARCASTIC for 20% off a [--] or [--] month membership ERRATA: As a few people have pointed out Tolkien fought in World War I not World War II. My b Grimdark A term I've contemptuously used many times - but what does it really mean And is it truly worthy of my scorn Let's pretend I'm unbiased long enough to examine it Our content is intended for teenage audiences and up. PATREON: https://www.Patreon.com/OSP DISCORD: https://discord.gg/kguuvvq MERCH LINKS:"
YouTube Link 2020-09-25T15:00Z 2.5M followers, 1.9M engagements
"Trope Talk: The Dreaded For the characters whose reputation precedes them and that reputation is Big Scary Our content is intended for teenage audiences and up. PATREON: https://www.Patreon.com/OSP PODCAST: https://overlysarcasticpodcast.transistor.fm/subscribe DISCORD: https://discord.gg/osp MERCH: https://overlysarcastic.shop/ OUR WEBSITE: https://www.OverlySarcasticProductions.com/ Find us on Twitter https://www.Twitter.com/OSPYouTube Find us on Reddit https://www.Reddit.com/r/OSP/ Want this video in another language Check out our guide to contributing translated captions:"
YouTube Link 2025-01-24T16:00Z 2.5M followers, 937.1K engagements
"Pope Fights: The Pornocracy Yes it's really called that Guard your browsing histories the Popes are at it again. SOURCES & Further Reading: Rome: A History in Seven Sackings by Matt Kneale Absolute Monarchs: A History of the Papacy by John Julius Norwich "Antapodosis" by Liutprand of Cremona A. Burt Horsley Pontiffs Palaces and PornocracyA Godless Age in Peter and the Popes (Provo UT: Religious Studies Center Brigham Young University 1989) [----]. MUSIC: "Scheming Weasel" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0"
YouTube Link 2024-10-25T15:00Z 2.5M followers, 526K engagements
"The Symbiote: Spider-Man's Perfect Flaw Detail Diatribe Living on the edge 🎵 fighting crime spinning webs 🎵 Swinging from the highest ledge 🎵 he can leap above our heads 🎵 Chapters: 0:00 Intro 4:22 Comics Origin 10:44 Animated Series Venom Saga 25:11 Heresy-mode: Spider-Man [--] 34:57 Heresy-mode: Spider-Man [--] 1:05:38 Spectacular Spider-Man is the BEST 1:27:58 Conclusions "Scheming Weasel" by Kevin MacLeod (Incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution [---] License https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Our content is intended for teenage audiences and up. PATREON:"
YouTube Link 2023-10-13T15:00Z 2.5M followers, 1.1M engagements
"Pope Fights The Italian Wars: History Summarized HOW TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE: LEARN: Understand what is happening in the world around you. Protests don't appear out of a vacuum; they're a result of decades of oppression brutal mistreatment by law enforcement and the murder of innocent people. As a place to start consider watching this video from Trevor Noah (https://youtu.be/v4amCfVbA_c) read this thread from President Obama (https://twitter.com/BarackObama/status/1267534333067382784) and learn what the Black Lives Matter movement stands for: (https://blacklivesmatter.com/what-we-believe/)"
YouTube Link 2020-06-05T15:00Z 2.5M followers, 828.2K engagements
"I am totally a Spy The Cold Open from episode [---] of the Overly Sarcastic Podcast. The OSPodcast is available on all podcast platforms. PODCAST: https://overlysarcasticpodcast.transistor.fm/subscribe Our content is intended for teenage audiences and up. GET AURORA VOLUME 1: https://comicaurora.com/books/ PATREON: https://www.Patreon.com/OSP PODCAST: https://overlysarcasticpodcast.transistor.fm/subscribe DISCORD: https://discord.gg/osp MERCH: https://overlysarcastic.shop/ OUR WEBSITE: https://www.OverlySarcasticProductions.com/ Find us on Bluesky"
YouTube Link 2026-01-28T14:00Z 2.5M followers, 87.9K engagements
"History Summarized: Brazil Start your Squarespace free trial today at http://www.squarespace.com/overlysarcastic and use code OVERLYSARCASTIC to get 10% off your first purchase. And check out our website at www.OverlySarcasticProductions.com Portugal's prodigal colony returns with some unfinished business. Today we'll flip the script a bit to talk about trans-oceanic empires from the Colonial point of view by discussing the History of Brazil PATREON: Patreon.com/OSP MERCH LINKS: Shirts - https://overlysarcasticproducts.threadless.com/designs All the other stuff -"
YouTube Link 2019-01-11T16:00Z 2.5M followers, 1.2M engagements
"Trope Talk: Mentors Check out Campfire HERE: https://www.campfiretechnology.com/proutm_source=YouTube&utm_medium=YouTube&utm_campaign=OSPMentors (Remember to use code OSP2020 for a 20% discount) Mentors Those reliable bastions of fiction always ready to guide and support their protagonist proteges as they navigate the tumultuous world of fiction. Until they die. Bummer. Got a favorite mentor Talk about how cool they are in the comments EXAMPLES USED IN ROUGH ORDER OF FIRST APPEARANCE: Star Wars IV Lord of the Rings Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse Kung Fu"
YouTube Link 2020-02-07T16:00Z 2.5M followers, 1.4M engagements
"Detail Diatribe: 200-ish Years of Mummy Stories You thought we were DONE with mummies You thought Halloween was in the past I DIDN'T HEAR NO BELL TOLLING TIMESTAMPS: 0:00-4:31: Opening of the Video Ceremony 4:31-12:20: This Is The Future Steampunkers Want 12:20-16:48: Goofs and Gaffs 16:48-19:02: These Flags Are Such A Lovely Shade Of Red 19:02-25:16: Elementary My Dead Watson 25:16-36:34: Women's Rights And Women's Wrongs 36:34-45:06: Houdini's Pal Lovecraft 45:06-1:05:16: It Comes To Life 1:05:16-1:13:34: The Mummy's Bland 1:13:34-1:18:07: Bisexual Rights 1:18:07-1:32:02: Wrapping It All Up"
YouTube Link 2024-11-08T16:00Z 2.5M followers, 345.3K engagements
"Miscellaneous Myths: Loki NEW PIN https://crowdmade.com/collections/overlysarcasticproductions/products/overly-sarcastic-productions-loki-pin-sticker-sheet-pack I started researching this goddamn video in june of [----]. I was so young. So innocent. This video is a precious relic of The Before Times and unlike those inconsiderate vikings I went out of my way to take actual notes Our content is intended for teenage audiences and up. PARTIAL TRACKLIST: Starfall Hall Of The Mountain King Sky Becomes Water Flight Of The Silverbird Lacrimosa Reign Of Vengeance He Who Brings The Night "Scheming"
YouTube Link 2021-04-09T15:00Z 2.5M followers, 5.2M engagements
"History Hijinks: Liutprand Gets What He Deserves 📌BIG PIN SALE WOOOOO Our enamel pins are back in stock for Spring Cleaning and we've got a BRAND NEW PACK of Aries and Taurus ✨✨ https://overlysarcastic.shop/ This video is my submission for the Nobel Hate Prize. SOURCES & Further Reading: Antapodosis seu rerum per Europam gestarum and Relatio de legatione Constantinopolitana ad Nicephorum Phocam by Liutprand of Cremona The Works of Liutprand of Cremona edited by G.G. Coulton and Eileen Power The Story of Constantinople by William Holden Hutton MUSIC "Sneaky Snitch" by Kevin MacLeod"
YouTube Link 2025-04-11T15:00Z 2.5M followers, 229.1K engagements
"History Summarized: South Africa In the past few centuries few corners of the African Continent were quite as busy as the south. It's a winding river from the first migrations and waves of colonists in the Cape Colonies to the Rainbow Nation we know today so let's dive in and see how it all played out SOURCES & Further Reading for Black History Month: "The African Experience From 'Lucy' to Mandela" From the Great Courses Plus lectures 15-18 "South Africa: The Dutch Cape Colony & The Zulu Kingdom & Frontier and Unification & Diamonds and Gold" [--] "Segregation and Apartheid in South Africa" and"
YouTube Link 2021-02-19T16:00Z 2.5M followers, 967.7K engagements
"April Fool's Special: Les Miserables For April Fools day [----] Blue and Red take their criticisms into account It's not pretty. Visuals done by Blue (god help us all) Audiovisualizer built by Red (single-handedly) William Shakespeare (Author) Shakespeare Summarized Funny Summary April Fools OSP Overly Sarcastic Overly Sarcastic Productions Les Mis Les Miserables April April [--] William Shakespeare (Author) Shakespeare Summarized Funny Summary April Fools OSP Overly Sarcastic Overly Sarcastic Productions Les Mis Les Miserables April April 1"
YouTube Link 2016-04-01T05:33Z 2.5M followers, 494.2K engagements
"Trope Talk: Plot Twists 🚨WARNING THIS VIDEO CONTAINS MAJOR SPOILERS FOR:🚨 -Game of Thrones (ALL SEASONS) -Steven Universe (SEASON 5) -Spider-Man: Homecoming -Spider-Man: Into the Spiderverse -Terminator 2: Judgment Day -Avengers: Age of Ultron -Captain America: Civil War -Avengers: Endgame IF FOR SOME REASON YOU'RE AVOIDING SPOILERS FOR THESE THIS VIDEO WILL MANIFEST SNAKES IN YOUR HOME (Pst We have more merch now Stay on-brand by starting with the "So Yeah" design HERE: https://www.redbubble.com/people/ospyoutube/works/39877937-so-yeah) PATREON: https://www.Patreon.com/OSP MERCH LINKS:"
YouTube Link 2019-07-26T15:00Z 2.5M followers, 2.8M engagements
"How I make Maps out of Marble OSP Behind The Scenes Self care is taking a break from history videos to do a neat little behind-the-scenes video about mapmaking. I get to talk about a cool thing you get to see the process in action I get to finish a video in about a tenth of the usual time it would take we all have fun. Regular content resumes next Friday. SOURCES & Further Reading: the earth lol Our content is intended for teenage audiences and up. PATREON: https://www.Patreon.com/OSP PODCAST: https://overlysarcasticpodcast.transistor.fm/subscribe DISCORD: https://discord.gg/osp MERCH:"
YouTube Link 2022-01-21T16:00Z 2.5M followers, 317.9K engagements
"Miscellaneous Myths: Actaeon You know the guy who got turned into a deer and devoured by his own hounds AH SHOOT SPOILERS If you missed out on the Olympian enamel pins we're running a spring cleaning sale on our crowdmade shop Link HERE: https://crowdmade.com/collections/overlysarcasticproductions (A pertinent merch design: https://www.redbubble.com/people/ospyoutube/works/52190455-trespasser-signasc=u) Our content is intended for teenage audiences and up. PATREON: https://www.Patreon.com/OSP PODCAST: https://overlysarcasticpodcast.transistor.fm/subscribe DISCORD: https://discord.gg/osp"
YouTube Link 2022-04-08T15:00Z 2.5M followers, 1.5M engagements
"Miscellaneous Myths: Jorogumo Watch Extra Credit's new video on Izanagi and Izanami here: https://www.youtube.com/watchv=BGPo-TvgiGc It's a super special surprise monday video WOOO Let's talk about Japan's most jarringly functional relationship between a regular guy and a shapeshifting murder-demon PATREON: www.patreon.com/useru=4664797 MERCH LINKS: Shirts - https://overlysarcasticproducts.threadless.com/designs All the other stuff - http://www.cafepress.com/OverlySarcasticProducts Find us on Twitter @OSPYouTube Funny Summary OSP Overly Sarcastic Productions Analysis Literary Analysis Myths"
YouTube Link 2018-12-03T16:00Z 2.5M followers, 2.9M engagements
"You Call This Lake Eerie Our content is intended for teenage audiences and up. PATREON: https://www.Patreon.com/OSP PODCAST: https://overlysarcasticpodcast.transistor.fm/subscribe DISCORD: https://discord.gg/osp MERCH: https://overlysarcastic.shop/ OUR WEBSITE: https://www.OverlySarcasticProductions.com/ Find us on Bluesky https://bsky.app/profile/overlysarcastic.bsky.social Find us on Reddit https://www.Reddit.com/r/OSP/ Want this video in another language Check out our guide to contributing translated captions: https://www.overlysarcasticproductions.com/community-captions Funny Summary OSP"
YouTube Link 2025-02-23T14:00Z 2.5M followers, 101.2K engagements
"OSP ANIMATED: Breath of the Wild The OSP gang talks lore speedruns and ludonarrative dissonance Strangely this audio comes from our recent Immortals: Fenyx Rising streams archived unlisted in our Livestream playlist (https://www.youtube.com/playlistlist=PLDb22nlVXGgcchPurej5QU8_UcLxm55yM) Our content is intended for teenage audiences and up. PATREON: https://www.Patreon.com/OSP PODCAST: https://overlysarcasticpodcast.transistor.fm/subscribe DISCORD: https://discord.gg/osp MERCH LINKS: http://rdbl.co/osp OUR WEBSITE: https://www.OverlySarcasticProductions.com/ Find us on Twitter"
YouTube Link 2021-03-02T16:00Z 2.5M followers, 893.3K engagements
"di-VINE OSP [--] Anything is a milestone if you feel it in your heart (For Nova Thanks for being awesome) Our content is intended for teenage audiences and up. PATREON: https://www.Patreon.com/OSP MERCH LINKS: https://www.redbubble.com/people/OSPYouTube OUR WEBSITE: https://www.OverlySarcasticProductions.com/ Find us on Twitter https://www.Twitter.com/OSPYouTube Find us on Reddit https://www.Reddit.com/r/OSP/ Funny Summary OSP Overly Sarcastic Productions Analysis Literary Analysis Myths Legends Classics Literature Stories Storytelling History vine compilation gods as vines literature as vines"
YouTube Link 2020-03-03T16:00Z 2.5M followers, 1.1M engagements
"OSP Stray-Stream-Bonanza (and also Lego Star Wars) CAT GAME (Raising money for Direct Relief)"
YouTube Link 2022-08-08T02:02Z 2.5M followers, 214.4K engagements
"A NEW HAND TOUCHES THE BEACON (SUMMER CHARITY MEGASTREAM) Welcome to the Summer Charity Megastream We're fundraising for the Transgender Law Center and SLAYING SOME DRAGONS"
YouTube Link 2025-07-27T15:03Z 2.5M followers, 65.4K engagements
"OSPodcast Sword of the Sea Bonus (ft. Austin Wintory & Matt Nava) Grab your magic swords and surf the audio-waves as we talk with developers and composers Matt Nava and Austin Wintory from the Sword of the Sea team about their latest foray into atmospheric video game making Where to play Sword of the Sea: https://swordoftheseagame.com Giant Squid: https://giantsquidstudios.com Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2453160/Sword_of_the_Sea PS5: https://www.playstation.com/en-us/games/sword-of-the-sea Epic Games: https://store.epicgames.com/en-US/p/sword-of-the-sea-385364 Socials:"
YouTube Link 2025-09-10T13:01Z 2.5M followers, 21.9K engagements
"History RE-Summarized: The Byzantine Empire The Byzantines (Blue's Version) a project that took an almost unfathomable amount of work and a catastrophic 120+ individual maps. I couldn't be happier. SOURCES & Further Reading: "Byzantium" I II and III by John Julius Norwich "The Byzantine Republic: People and Power in New Rome" by Anthony Kaldellis "The Alexiad" by Anna Komnene "Osman's Dream: The History of the Ottoman Empire" by Caroline Finkel "Sicily: An Island at the Crossroads of History" by John Julius Norwich "A History of Venice" by John Julius Norwich I also have a degree in classical"
YouTube Link 2023-09-29T15:00Z 2.5M followers, 1.8M engagements
"History Summarized: Malta An Empire In Miniature Every so often I talk about Architecture in my history videos and I always make a point to keep the tangents in check lest they take over the whole video. But commenters say "Blue don't hold back make a video full of the architecture tangents" Well when looking at Malta it's hard to do anything BUT go on tangents about architecture so here we are. "Oops All Architecture Tangents" Enjoy SOURCES & Further Reading: Carmel Cassar's "Concise History of Malta" Lonely Planet "Malta & Gozo" And an absolute buttload of first-hand observation taken while"
YouTube Link 2023-08-04T15:00Z 2.5M followers, 338.7K engagements
"Classics Summarized: Iphigenia Moving on to the short prequel to the Iliad today we discuss why Agamemnon is a terrible father. Infanticide isn't the ONLY reason but it IS kind of a big one. William Shakespeare (Author) Shakespeare Summarized Funny Summary Classics (Field Of Study) Iphigenia (Film Character) Iphigenia Summarized William Shakespeare (Author) Shakespeare Summarized Funny Summary Classics (Field Of Study) Iphigenia (Film Character) Iphigenia Summarized"
YouTube Link 2015-01-16T14:37Z 2.5M followers, 1.1M engagements
"Legends Summarized: The Epic of Gilgamesh 📌 NEW PIN TIME WOOOOOOO Check out the Gilgamesh & Enkidu and Taurus pin packs HERE: 📌 GILGAMESH https://crowdmade.com/collections/overlysarcasticproductions/products/overly-sarcastic-productions-gilgamesh-enkidu-pin-pack-pre-sale-1 📌 TAURUS https://crowdmade.com/collections/overlysarcasticproductions/products/overly-sarcastic-productions-bull-of-heaven-glow-in-the-dark-pin-pre-sale-1 When it comes to the oldest known work of literature it turns out you really can't beat the classics. We've got adventure Romance Just guys bein dudes Two giant"
YouTube Link 2023-07-14T15:00Z 2.5M followers, 1.8M engagements
"Trope Talk: Ancient Superweapons Check out world anvil at https://www.worldanvil.com/overlysarcastic and don't forget to use the code OVERLYSARCASTIC for 40% off an annual membership (It used to be 30% but now it's 40% 🎊) And check out their shop here: https://shop.worldanvil.com/ If you think this is just an excuse for me to talk about my favorite Ghibli movies you're right What's your favorite ancient superweapon Argue in the comments Scheming Weasel Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution [---] http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Our content"
YouTube Link 2021-12-10T16:00Z 2.5M followers, 1.4M engagements
"Miscellaneous Myths: Ares' Abduction PINS https://crowdmade.com/collections/overlysarcasticproductions These pins are Pre-Sale and are only available for a Limited Time Production will begin after all orders have been placed and are expected to ship in early November. Well they may have wounded Ares' body and spirit but at least he still has his pride. Oh wait Alternate title: Ares And The Terrible Horrible No Good Very Bad Day Our content is intended for teenage audiences and up. PATREON: https://www.Patreon.com/OSP MERCH LINKS: https://www.redbubble.com/people/OSPYouTube OUR WEBSITE:"
YouTube Link 2020-09-11T15:00Z 2.5M followers, 2.7M engagements
"How Historical is Assassin's Creed Really - Detail Diatribe Pull up your hoods ready your wristblade and climb up on a cathedral spire because we're discussing just how Historical the games of the Assassin's Creed series really are. How close do they come to reaching their promise of a vivid historical playground Well it depends on your criteria and it HEAVILY DEPENDS on which game you're playing. And yes we will be discussing multiple domes in the course of this analysis. Chef's recommendation: if you're curious to see some of this for yourself give Assassin's Creed [--] a try. The Ezio"
YouTube Link 2022-03-18T15:00Z 2.5M followers, 1.1M engagements
"Detail Diatribe: Redeeming "Revenge of the Sith" "Always two Detail Diatribes there are no more no less. A master and an apprentice." -Darth Sorbius Red and Blue are back to talk more about Star Wars Relevant media in order: "Star War The Third Gathers: Backstroke of the West" it's available in pieces on YouTube because of copyright goblins but you can find compilations easily Genndy Tartakovsky's "Clone Wars" Disney+ "Star Wars: The Clone Wars" Disney+ "Obi-Wan Kenobi" Disney + "Battle of Heroes" https://youtu.be/YPx1kTveXpksi=TfKkpVFfkoMwuDLb "Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith" By Matthew"
YouTube Link 2024-07-19T15:01Z 2.5M followers, 703.6K engagements
"Pope Fights: Caterina Sforza Goat-Fish spotted Nab the constellations Capricorn Sagittarius and Aquarius at our merch shop https://overlysarcastic.shop/ If Machiavelli gets to pick favorites then so do I. SOURCES & Further Reading: "The Tigress Of Forli: Renaissance Italy's Most Courageous and Notorious Countess Caterina Riario Sforza de' Medici" by Elizabeth Lev Great Courses Lecture "Milan Under the Sforza" from "The Italian Renaissance" by Kenneth R. Bartlett "Caterina Sforza: The Alchemy and Power of a Renaissance Icon" by Dr Julia Martins"
YouTube Link 2025-03-14T15:01Z 2.5M followers, 314.9K engagements
"Trope Talk: Chosen Ones Do we like this trope Hate it Can we really pin it down at all For such a well-known literary device it really doesn't seem to MEAN much most of the time. But sometimes "chosen one" is more than just "designated hero" and actually opens the story up for some interesting plotlines So to celebrate this happy new year let's all talk about what it means to be a Chosen One Yeah I know that one Lord of the Rings clip widescreened itself off the projector. My bad Got a favorite chosen one/chosen one type Drop a comment EXAMPLES USED (ROUGHLY IN ORDER OF FIRST APPEARANCE):"
YouTube Link 2018-01-05T16:00Z 2.5M followers, 1.8M engagements
"We Went To Italy Back in May we spent a week in Italy Here's how that went Our content is intended for teenage audiences and up. ✨PRE-ORDER AURORA VOLUME 1: https://comicaurora.com/books/ ✨ And once you've done that if you're in the US snag a FREE STICKER SHEET as thanks: https://site.andrewsmcmeel.com/aurora-pre-order-form And if you're curious READ THE COMIC HERE: https://comicaurora.com/aurora/0-1-1/ And if you managed to break it READ THE COMIC HERE INSTEAD: https://comicaurora.tumblr.com/post/654546833938497537/intro-ch1-p1-7 PATREON: https://www.Patreon.com/OSP PODCAST:"
YouTube Link 2025-06-27T15:01Z 2.5M followers, 431.7K engagements
"OSP BEFORE DARK Lancer Tier List The gang reconvene on a standard friday - but at an odd hour - to discuss everyone's favorite Bad Boys of Fiction TIMESTAMPS: 0:00 - What Is A Lancer 4:24 - Han Solo 9:31 - Samwise Gamgee 13:44 - Bucky Barnes/The Winter Soldier 17:50 - Inigo Montoya 23:08 - SASUKEEEEEEE 27:56 - Elementary My Dear Watson 33:48 - Tony Stank 42:37 - The Scooby Doo Question 47:38 - Zuko 53:33 - Clone Wars 58:58 - nananananananana BATMAN 1:08:45 - Glimmer 1:19:11 - Great King Explosion Murder Dynamight and also Todoroki 1:32:27 - Gray Fullbuster 1:40:33 - Into the Voltron Exclusion"
YouTube Link 2022-08-26T23:27Z 2.5M followers, 302.5K engagements
"Miscellaneous Myths: Pride Tales It's pride month Here's a quick anthology of various tales that fit the spirit of the season ALSO HERE'S SOME MERCH: "Every month is pride month if you allow yourself to be consumed by hubris": -https://www.redbubble.com/shop/ap/50158921 Three variants on "Aphrodite holds no power over me" (ace aro aroace): -https://www.redbubble.com/shop/ap/50158576 -https://www.redbubble.com/shop/ap/50158698 -https://www.redbubble.com/shop/ap/50157961 Our content is intended for teenage audiences and up. PATREON: https://www.Patreon.com/OSP OUR WEBSITE:"
YouTube Link 2020-06-12T15:00Z 2.5M followers, 3.7M engagements
"One Musical Scene: Po Finds The Truth For our part in the One Musical Scene collab today let's talk about Kung Fu Panda [--] the greatest work of cinema ever produced THE PLAYLIST: https://youtube.com/playlistlist=PLd7v7nQLQGwKfdYFJbxvpbmVP4Da6k0kl THE SCORE: https://www.youtube.com/watchv=j_-8QPxvF-A&ab_channel=HansZimmer-Topic THE FULL SCENE: https://www.youtube.com/watchv=xNzJ9ukezD4&ab_channel=NM The channel Sideways for more good music analysis: https://www.youtube.com/c/Sideways440/videos TIMESTAMPS: 0:00 - Intro 2:25 - Scene Breakdown 6:44 - Freeform Follow-Up Our content is intended for"
YouTube Link 2022-08-25T16:00Z 2.5M followers, 387K engagements
"Legends Summarized: The Journey To The West (Part VIII) Journey to the West Kai episode 5: Fishy Business and Mountaineering Madness Danger Intrigue Sandy fights a carp Pigsy gets two makeovers Monkey reunites with several old frenemies and Tripitaka gets less screentime than the horse (merry christmas) (Here's a cheeky little bit of merch: https://www.redbubble.com/shop/ap/65660521) FIRST EPISODE: https://www.youtube.com/watchv=61nuXrvqNgI PREVIOUS EPISODE: https://youtu.be/ABuG8hZqynI FULL SERIES: https://www.youtube.com/playlistlist=PLDb22nlVXGgdg_NR_-GtTrMnbMVmtSSXa Our content is"
YouTube Link 2020-12-25T16:00Z 2.5M followers, 3M engagements
"History Summarized: Hong Kong Sometimes small corners of the map can have outsized effects on the surrounding world. Hong Kong is undoubtedly one of History's greatest examples of big things coming from small beginnings. If you're curious about Hong Kong's current political situation there's no better place to start than at the beginning. LEARN MORE about Hong Kongs current events: China is Erasing its border with HK: https://www.youtube.com/watchv=MQyxG4vTyZ8 HKs huge protests explained: https://www.youtube.com/watchv=6_RdnVtfZPY Further Historical Reading: A Modern History of China Steve"
YouTube Link 2019-07-05T15:00Z 2.5M followers, 499.7K engagements
"Legends Summarized: The Journey To The West (Part VII) Journey to the West Kai episode 4: Trouble in Taoist Town Thrills Excitement Pigsy takes a bath Sandy fights an alligator Monkey helps Tripitaka cheat on a high-stakes game show And as always everyone forgets about the horse FIRST EPISODE: https://www.youtube.com/watchv=61nuXrvqNgI PREVIOUS EPISODE: https://www.youtube.com/watchv=Jr5IU8g2SHA FULL SERIES: https://www.youtube.com/playlistlist=PLDb22nlVXGgdg_NR_-GtTrMnbMVmtSSXa Our content is intended for teenage audiences and up. PATREON: https://www.Patreon.com/OSP MERCH LINKS:"
YouTube Link 2019-12-27T16:00Z 2.5M followers, 4.2M engagements
"History Summarized: Persistence of Judaism Gooooood morning everybody Today Blue finishes the trilogy of Abrahamic religions with a video summarizing the history of the Hebrew people and the Jewish faith. There's a lot of ground to cover so fasten your seatbelts for a twenty-minute rundown of the facts the theories and the ever-so-popular misconceptions Look forward to next time when Blue brings it all together to talk about Religious Wars and Religious Philosophy PATREON: www.patreon.com/useru=4664797 MERCH LINKS: Shirts - https://overlysarcasticproducts.threadless.com/designs All the other"
YouTube Link 2017-04-07T13:30Z 2.5M followers, 1.2M engagements
"History Summarized: Alexander the Great Linguistically speaking Alexander means "Defender of Men" from the Greek "alexo" defend and "aner/ander" man. I'll never be able to not internally think of his name as just meaning "Alex-Man". Oh yeah also he conquered an empire or something IDK. I stopped paying attention after his bland name. PATREON: www.patreon.com/OSP MERCH LINKS: Shirts - https://overlysarcasticproducts.threadless.com/designs All the other stuff - http://www.cafepress.com/OverlySarcasticProducts Find us on Twitter @OSPYouTube William Shakespeare (Author) Shakespeare Summarized"
YouTube Link 2017-09-19T15:00Z 2.5M followers, 2.1M engagements
"Trope Talk: Downtime WHOOF. It's been a hell of a year - let's all take it easy and breathe for a bit And today let's talk about what happens when fictional characters do the same things MUSIC: Carefree Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution [---] License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Our content is intended for teenage audiences and up. PATREON: https://www.Patreon.com/OSP PODCAST: https://overlysarcasticpodcast.transistor.fm/subscribe DISCORD: https://discord.gg/osp MERCH: https://overlysarcastic.shop/ OUR WEBSITE:"
YouTube Link 2024-12-06T16:00Z 2.5M followers, 553.9K engagements
"Those Abs can run Doom A sneak preview of the After-After-Show-Show for Episode [---] of the Overly Sarcastic Podcast The AASS is an extra half hour or more of OSP discussion available EXCLUSIVELY for our Patrons: https://www.patreon.com/posts/ospod-128-after-139045152 Our content is intended for teenage audiences and up. GET AURORA VOLUME 1: https://comicaurora.com/books/ PATREON: https://www.Patreon.com/OSP PODCAST: https://overlysarcasticpodcast.transistor.fm/subscribe DISCORD: https://discord.gg/osp MERCH: https://overlysarcastic.shop/ OUR WEBSITE:"
YouTube Link 2025-09-24T13:00Z 2.5M followers, 50K engagements
"You Can Lead Mortals To Fire But You Can't Make Them Think A sneak preview of the After-After-Show-Show for Episode [---] of the Overly Sarcastic Podcast The AASS is an extra half hour or more of OSP discussion available EXCLUSIVELY for our Patrons: https://www.patreon.com/posts/ospod-130-after-141213286 Our content is intended for teenage audiences and up. GET AURORA VOLUME 1: https://comicaurora.com/books/ PATREON: https://www.Patreon.com/OSP PODCAST: https://overlysarcasticpodcast.transistor.fm/subscribe DISCORD: https://discord.gg/osp MERCH: https://overlysarcastic.shop/ OUR WEBSITE:"
YouTube Link 2025-10-23T16:00Z 2.5M followers, 60.9K engagements
"History Summarized: Great Zimbabwe The existence of Great Zimbabwe implies somewhere the existence of Evil Zimbabwe. Evil Zimbabwe uses way too much mortar in their stone architecture and they didn't play a major role in the medieval world's largest trade network either. This is why we at OSP prefer Great Zimbabwe they played the Trade game like a champ and didn't need any mortar. SOURCES & Further Reading: Great Courses Lectures: "Great Zimbabwe and the Cities of the South" from "The African Experience: From Lucy to Mandela" by Kenneth P Vickery and "Civilizations of Sub-Saharan Africa in"
YouTube Link 2023-02-17T16:00Z 2.5M followers, 311.3K engagements
"WINTER MEGASTREAM: Red Plays Skyrim OSP and friends are here to fundraise for the ACLU and slay dragons - and dragons haven't been seen in these parts for centuries"
YouTube Link 2025-01-01T00:26Z 2.5M followers, 135.5K engagements
"Oeuvre-ly Sarcastic A sneak preview of the After-After-Show-Show for Episode [---] of the Overly Sarcastic Podcast The AASS is an extra half hour or more of OSP discussion available EXCLUSIVELY for our Patrons: https://www.patreon.com/posts/ospod-132-after-143372376 Our content is intended for teenage audiences and up. GET AURORA VOLUME 1: https://comicaurora.com/books/ PATREON: https://www.Patreon.com/OSP PODCAST: https://overlysarcasticpodcast.transistor.fm/subscribe DISCORD: https://discord.gg/osp MERCH: https://overlysarcastic.shop/ OUR WEBSITE: https://www.OverlySarcasticProductions.com/"
YouTube Link 2025-11-19T14:00Z 2.5M followers, 49.1K engagements
"one hell of a Ribe The Cold Open from episode [---] of the Overly Sarcastic Podcast. The OSPodcast is available on all podcast platforms. PODCAST: https://overlysarcasticpodcast.transistor.fm/subscribe Our content is intended for teenage audiences and up. GET AURORA VOLUME 1: https://comicaurora.com/books/ PATREON: https://www.Patreon.com/OSP PODCAST: https://overlysarcasticpodcast.transistor.fm/subscribe DISCORD: https://discord.gg/osp MERCH: https://overlysarcastic.shop/ OUR WEBSITE: https://www.OverlySarcasticProductions.com/ Find us on Bluesky"
YouTube Link 2025-10-01T13:00Z 2.5M followers, 38.9K engagements
"Bargaining for burgers and buns The Cold Open from episode [---] of the Overly Sarcastic Podcast. The OSPodcast is available on all podcast platforms. PODCAST: https://overlysarcasticpodcast.transistor.fm/subscribe Our content is intended for teenage audiences and up. GET AURORA VOLUME 1: https://comicaurora.com/books/ PATREON: https://www.Patreon.com/OSP PODCAST: https://overlysarcasticpodcast.transistor.fm/subscribe DISCORD: https://discord.gg/osp MERCH: https://overlysarcastic.shop/ OUR WEBSITE: https://www.OverlySarcasticProductions.com/ Find us on Bluesky"
YouTube Link 2025-08-20T13:00Z 2.5M followers, 39K engagements
"History Summarized: The Pantheon It's a good dome simple as that. SOURCES & Further Reading: The Great Courses lectures: "The Most Celebrated Edifice - The Pantheon" from "Understanding Greek and Roman Technology" by Stephen Ressler and "Roman Art and Architecture" from "The Roman Empire: From Augustus to The Fall of Rome" by Gregory Aldrete. "The Pantheon" by Chris Legare via ATouchOfRome https://www.atouchofrome.com/the_pantheon.html. Additionally I have a university degree in Classical Studies. Our content is intended for teenage audiences and up. PATREON: https://www.Patreon.com/OSP"
YouTube Link 2022-01-07T16:00Z 2.5M followers, 587.8K engagements
"Miscellaneous Myths: Perseus He's brave He's strong He's primarily remembered for being the only Greek hero to actually get a happy ending That's right it's everyone's favorite namesake of a YA protagonist Perseus Known for precisely one adventure Perseus also carries the distinction of being the only Greek hero without an obnoxious character flaw - none of Hercules's rages Jason or Theseus's wifely abandonment or Orpheus's complete inability to keep his sh*t together for five consecutive minutes. Note: Apparently Andromeda was actually ethiopian. I didn't know this when I was drawing her so"
YouTube Link 2016-06-21T08:10Z 2.5M followers, 5.2M engagements
"The King of Games. and IP theft A sneak preview of the After-After-Show-Show for Episode [---] of the Overly Sarcastic Podcast The AASS is an extra half hour or more of OSP discussion available EXCLUSIVELY for our Patrons: https://www.patreon.com/posts/ospod-133-after-144392619 Our content is intended for teenage audiences and up. GET AURORA VOLUME 1: https://comicaurora.com/books/ PATREON: https://www.Patreon.com/OSP PODCAST: https://overlysarcasticpodcast.transistor.fm/subscribe DISCORD: https://discord.gg/osp MERCH: https://overlysarcastic.shop/ OUR WEBSITE:"
YouTube Link 2025-12-03T14:01Z 2.5M followers, 60.8K engagements
"I know you know I'm making a TV theme song reference The Cold Open from episode [---] of the Overly Sarcastic Podcast. The OSPodcast is available on all podcast platforms. PODCAST: https://overlysarcasticpodcast.transistor.fm/subscribe Our content is intended for teenage audiences and up. GET AURORA VOLUME 1: https://comicaurora.com/books/ PATREON: https://www.Patreon.com/OSP PODCAST: https://overlysarcasticpodcast.transistor.fm/subscribe DISCORD: https://discord.gg/osp MERCH: https://overlysarcastic.shop/ OUR WEBSITE: https://www.OverlySarcasticProductions.com/ Find us on Bluesky"
YouTube Link 2025-10-29T13:02Z 2.5M followers, 60.6K engagements
"History Summarized: The British Empire How is it that the history of some islands off the northern coast of Europe balloons into a worldwide history Empire is how Let's dig into the history of Britain since Union of the Crowns of England and Scotland in [----] and follow that narrative through the monumental rise and precipitous fall of the British Empire. Special thanks to the community members on Discord who assisted me with my script: Corvin the Crow Johnny Jdedredhed Joud Juname Klieg RileyTheProcrastinator The Missing Link and thesleepingmeerkat SOURCES & Further Reading: The Great Courses"
YouTube Link 2021-08-20T15:00Z 2.5M followers, 768K engagements
"History-Makers: Virgil Virgil's protagonist Aeneas is the archetypal Roman hero because he is pathologically unfaithful to his wives. Lmao gotem. SOURCES & Further Reading Books - "The Aeneid" & "Georgics" & "Eclogues" by Virgil from the Loeb Classical Library edition translated by H. R. Fairclough and "The Aeneid" by Virgil translated by David Ferry "The Roman Way" by Edith Hamilton Introduction to Virgil by G. P. Goold from the Loeb Classical Library edition. "A Marvelous Scene of Little Things: Honeybees and the Natural Order in the Fourth Georgic of Virgil" by Colin Catlin. BUT ACTUALLY"
YouTube Link 2022-10-14T15:00Z 2.5M followers, 454.3K engagements
"History Summarized: Gilding the Nile PIIIIIINS The cosmic scales are available in our merch shop The LIBRA enamel pin is on sale now: https://overlysarcastic.shop/ Sure Egypt is the resident Goth Kid of the ancient world but what did they do with that winning aesthetic Let's look at the 3000-year history of Egyptian architecture to see how they gilded the Nile SOURCES & Further Reading: "Ultimate Visual History of the World" by Jean Pierre Isbouts for National Geographic "Ancient Cities Brought To Life" by Jean-Claude Golvin Ancient Egyptian Architecture by Joshua J. Mark from World History"
YouTube Link 2024-09-27T15:00Z 2.5M followers, 295.3K engagements
"History Summarized: Naxos The Island Frozen In Time 🦀 SPACE CRAB 🗡🦀 KNIFE CRAB We've got two new constellation pins in our merch store https://overlysarcastic.shop/ Most of History isn't the big momentous events most of it is false starts unfinished projects and relics of ideas too grand to realize. So for an illustrative example let's look at Naxos the Greek island frozen in time. SOURCES & Further Reading: "Oxford Archaeological Guides: Greece" by Christopher Mee & Antony Spawforth "Histories" by Herodotus sections 1.60-1.64 5.28-5.31 "History of the Peloponnesian War" by Thucydides"
YouTube Link 2024-07-05T15:00Z 2.5M followers, 266.4K engagements
"Halloween Special: Doctor Jekyll and Mister Hyde Some monsters are undead creatures of the night. Some monsters are cosmic horror nightmare gods. Some monsters are existential personifications of dread and decay. But perhaps the greatest monster of all is man. Have a very spooky halloween And don't forget the explicit moral of Jekyll and Hyde - that the greatest danger you'll ever face comes from wealthy middle-aged white men who get away with their crimes because society refuses to believe they would ever do such horrible things. Hm. Are we SURE this was written in [----] (Topic originally"
YouTube Link 2019-10-31T15:00Z 2.5M followers, 4.1M engagements
"Telemachus's Mom (Official Music Video) Am I doing this epic musical thing right Our content is intended for teenage audiences and up. PRE-ORDER AURORA VOLUME 1: https://comicaurora.com/books/ PATREON: https://www.Patreon.com/OSP PODCAST: https://overlysarcasticpodcast.transistor.fm/subscribe DISCORD: https://discord.gg/osp MERCH: https://overlysarcastic.shop/ OUR WEBSITE: https://www.OverlySarcasticProductions.com/ Find us on Bluesky https://bsky.app/profile/overlysarcastic.bsky.social Find us on Reddit https://www.Reddit.com/r/OSP/ Want this video in another language Check out our guide to"
YouTube Link 2025-04-01T15:00Z 2.5M followers, 280.5K engagements
"Historical Realism Review: Assassin's Creed Valhalla How Historical is Assassin's Creed Valhalla In some ways Very In other ways Barely It's a mixed bag but that's why we're going through it to see where it succeeds and fails in depicting the history of Viking-Age England. SOURCES & Further Reading: "The Vikings" by Walaker Nordeide and Edwards "Vikings: A Very Short Introduction" by Richards "Age of the Vikings" and "The Conversion of Scandinavia" by Winroth "The Vikings" By Harl via The Great Courses "The Viking World" by Graham-Campbell "The Viking Way" by Price and the generous help of"
YouTube Link 2020-11-20T16:00Z 2.5M followers, 350.6K engagements
"History Summarized: Cleopatra Dust off your ancient Greek because its time to take a look at the final Pharaoh of Egypt: Cleopatra Get your Royal merch here: https://overlysarcasticproducts.threadless.com/designs/cleopatra The Search for Cleopatra's Tomb: https://www.nationalgeographic.com/magazine/2011/07/Cleopatra/ Further reading: Cleopatra: A Life by Stacy Schiff PATREON: www.patreon.com/useru=4664797 MERCH LINKS: Shirts - https://overlysarcasticproducts.threadless.com/designs All the other stuff - http://www.cafepress.com/OverlySarcasticProducts Find us on Twitter @OSPYouTube William"
YouTube Link 2018-08-10T15:00Z 2.5M followers, 1.8M engagements
"Forbidden Lasagna (extra spicy) The Cold Open for our "Oops All Sword of the Sea" bonus episode of the OSPodcast available right here on the channel: https://youtu.be/hWW3TU3eV6Q Our content is intended for teenage audiences and up. GET AURORA VOLUME 1: https://comicaurora.com/books/ PATREON: https://www.Patreon.com/OSP PODCAST: https://overlysarcasticpodcast.transistor.fm/subscribe DISCORD: https://discord.gg/osp MERCH: https://overlysarcastic.shop/ OUR WEBSITE: https://www.OverlySarcasticProductions.com/ Find us on Bluesky https://bsky.app/profile/overlysarcastic.bsky.social Find us on"
YouTube Link 2025-09-10T13:00Z 2.5M followers, 37.7K engagements
"Classics Summarized: Beowulf Beowulf The tale of the baddest Geat to ever Geat. Tolkien said that the Dragon in Beowulf is one of only two true dragons in all of literature - the other being Fafnir. The influence of both these dragons is very visible in a lot of our more modern fantasy: for instance where Beowulf's Dragon inspired Smaug o chiefest and greatest of calamities Fafnir inspired C. S. Lewis to include that cursed bracelet thing that turned Eustace into a dragon in Voyage of the Dawn Treader. And I think we all know the badder of those two dragons so I guess Tolkien - and by"
YouTube Link 2015-08-28T11:13Z 2.5M followers, 6.1M engagements
"Legends Summarized: The Saga of Grettir It's halloween month Let's celebrate with an Icelandic saga full of ghoulies ghosties and SO MANY LEGAL DISPUTES Thanks to longtime patron Gudmundur H Ulfarsson for requesting this back in [----] For full immersion torment yourself with the full text here: https://www.gutenberg.org/files/347/347-h/347-h.htm Our content is intended for teenage audiences and up. PATREON: https://www.Patreon.com/OSP PODCAST: https://overlysarcasticpodcast.transistor.fm/subscribe DISCORD: https://discord.gg/osp MERCH: https://overlysarcastic.shop/ OUR WEBSITE:"
YouTube Link 2022-10-21T15:00Z 2.5M followers, 1.7M engagements
"Trope Talk: Lampshading The trope where the characters acknowledge something we're supposed to assume we were suspending our disbelief about. I'd make a cheeky referential joke here but I sort of always take a meta-commentary tone in these descriptions anyway so I'm not gonna be blowing any minds by pointing out that the comment section or the pause button exists. MUSIC: Scheming Weasel Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution [---] http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Our content is intended for teenage audiences and up. PATREON:"
YouTube Link 2022-10-07T15:00Z 2.5M followers, 1.3M engagements
"Trope Talk: Dystopias (with special guest Hello Future Me) HELLO FUTURE ME'S CHANNEL: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFQMO-YL87u-6Rt8hIVsRjA Today we tackle dystopias - but for a trope this big we might need a little help Everybody say hello to Hello Future Me and check out his channel if you haven't already PATREON: www.patreon.com/useru=4664797 MERCH LINKS: Shirts - https://overlysarcasticproducts.threadless.com/designs All the other stuff - http://www.cafepress.com/OverlySarcasticProducts Find us on Twitter @OSPYouTube William Shakespeare (Author) Shakespeare Summarized Funny Summary OSP"
YouTube Link 2018-07-06T15:00Z 2.5M followers, 1.5M engagements
"History Summarized: the Ancient Greek Post-Apocalypse Turns out the "Studio Ghibli Post-Apocalypse" aesthetic has a historical basis in ancient Greek history's Bronze Age Collapse long Dark Age and slow re-emergence into the Polis Age. I don't know if I'd call the process pleasant but it sure as hell is a vibe. GO READ THE ILIAD: https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-iliad-penguin-classics-deluxe-edition-revised-homer/15279783ean=9780140275360 We enjoy the Fagles translation as it's the typical classroom and library standard but if you want a real treat try the Alexander Pope edition from the"
YouTube Link 2023-03-31T15:00Z 2.5M followers, 595.9K engagements
"Overly Sarcastic Podcast: The Ptolemies Good lord. This is a giant mess of a family tree. Just. Just watch it and see for yourself. Downloadable audio file can be found here: http://www.mediafire.com/file/7d2fkopglxaasjb/OSPodcast+12.m4a And all other episodes can be found here: http://www.mediafire.com/1t64h3ehtg3pe PATREON: www.patreon.com/useru=4664797 MERCH LINKS: Shirts - https://overlysarcasticproducts.threadless.com/designs All the other stuff - http://www.cafepress.com/OverlySarcasticProducts Find us on Twitter @OSPYouTube William Shakespeare (Author) Shakespeare Summarized Funny"
YouTube Link 2017-02-23T02:30Z 2.5M followers, 814.6K engagements
"Legends Summarized: The Trojan War The grandest epic cycle this side of the Aegean Today let's talk about the tale of which The Iliad only makes up a tiny (if impressive) fraction Pst Wanna know more about Quintus Smyrnaeus's Posthomerica Watch Blue's Historymaker video about him HERE: https://www.youtube.com/watchv=wfHGQAzwEKo And if you want to know more about the historical archaeological precedent that indicates some form of this story REALLY HAPPENED watch Blue's video on Mycenaean Greece HERE: https://www.youtube.com/watchv=cki-9ANZTLg&t=40s&ab_channel=OverlySarcasticProductions PARTIAL"
YouTube Link 2022-07-29T15:00Z 2.5M followers, 3.4M engagements
"History Summarized: Ancient Persia From the depths of Zach Snyder's comic book pile comes a story of ancient Persia and how they fought against the Spartans bravely commanded by Ben Affleck's Batman and Henry Cavill's Superman. The battle set in downtown Manhattan will be one to Watch.men. I should really re-evaluate my sources. This video was produced with assistance from the Boston University Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program. PATREON: www.patreon.com/useru=4664797 MERCH LINKS: Shirts - https://overlysarcasticproducts.threadless.com/designs All the other stuff -"
YouTube Link 2017-08-26T15:00Z 2.5M followers, 1.8M engagements
"Over the Garden Wall (And Straight Into Dante's Hell) - DETAIL DIATRIBE It's NEVER too early for HALLOWEEN Today we're talking about the show that managed to capture the entire spooky season and boil it down into a concentrated ten-episode blast - and how much of it is secretly Dante's Inferno in a funny hat Our content is intended for teenage audiences and up. GET AURORA VOLUME 1: https://comicaurora.com/books/ PATREON: https://www.Patreon.com/OSP PODCAST: https://overlysarcasticpodcast.transistor.fm/subscribe DISCORD: https://discord.gg/osp MERCH: https://overlysarcastic.shop/ OUR WEBSITE:"
YouTube Link 2025-10-03T15:00Z 2.5M followers, 338.4K engagements
"History Summarized: The Castles of Wales Every castle tells a story but when one small country has over [---] castles the collective story they tell is something like "holy heck ouch ow oh god why are there so many arrows ouch good lord ow" And that's Wales for you. SOURCES:Caerphilly Castle by Rick Turner provided by Cadw A Concise History of Wales by Geraint H. Jenkins Britains Medieval Castles from The Great Tours: England Scotland and Wales by Patrick N. Allitt Information from the Welsh Historic Environment Service Cadw Cadw.gov.wales Partial Tracklist: "Pippin the Hunchback" Kevin MacLeod"
YouTube Link 2023-06-23T15:00Z 2.5M followers, 272K engagements
"Trope Talk: Damsels In Distress It's time to talk about one of the most polarizing tropes in existence - but unusually this trope is highly polarizing on a PERSONAL level as most people seem to simultaneously love and hate it This is a trope that can be done really well or really badly and when it's done well it can work REALLY well but when it's done badly it can be tedious at best and downright insulting at worst. But today we'll be talking about what happens when you do damseling RIGHT because I'm optimistic like that. Who's your favorite damsel and what kind of damseling do you think"
YouTube Link 2017-09-14T15:00Z 2.5M followers, 1.6M engagements
"Tricky Teaspoon Troubles The Cold Open from episode [---] of the Overly Sarcastic Podcast. The OSPodcast is available on all podcast platforms. PODCAST: https://overlysarcasticpodcast.transistor.fm/subscribe Our content is intended for teenage audiences and up. GET AURORA VOLUME 1: https://comicaurora.com/books/ PATREON: https://www.Patreon.com/OSP PODCAST: https://overlysarcasticpodcast.transistor.fm/subscribe DISCORD: https://discord.gg/osp MERCH: https://overlysarcastic.shop/ OUR WEBSITE: https://www.OverlySarcasticProductions.com/ Find us on Bluesky"
YouTube Link 2025-09-03T13:01Z 2.5M followers, 36.7K engagements
"History Summarized: Aotearoa New Zealand What was New Zealand like before it was "New Zealand" before the arrival of Europeans Join me for a history of "Aotearoa" from the perspective of its first inhabitants the Mori SOURCES & Further Reading: "The Penguin History of New Zealand" by Michael King Great Courses Lecture "Lifeways of Australia and the Pacific" by Craig Benjamin A very special thanks to Literature-YouTube's favorite Kiwi and our friend Hello Future Me who kindly looked over my script. MUSIC: "Adult Swim" from Age of Mythology Retold OST by Tilman Sillescu Our content is intended"
YouTube Link 2025-10-10T15:00Z 2.5M followers, 196.4K engagements
"History Summarized: Mycenaean Greece & the Bronze Age Collapse I'm pronouncing Mycenaean & Mycenae with a hard "K" sound because that's how it sounds in Greek and I would not be so impolite as to mispronounce the name of the first Greek-speaking civilization in history. (The name of "Mycenae" can be spelled or and I'm using the first one: mee-KEE-neh) SOURCES & Further Reading (get ready it's a long one): "The Greeks: A Global History" by Roderick Beaton "The Greeks: An Illustrated History" by Diane Cline Lectures from The Great Courses "Schliemann and Mycenae" & " The Long Twilight" & "The"
YouTube Link 2022-06-24T15:00Z 2.5M followers, 763.4K engagements
"A super shiny New Year's OSPodcast A new year a new New Year's podcast from OSP Join us in recounting our best (and most arduous) videos of the year. Never heard of the OSPodcast before It uploads every other week Subscribe at: https://overlysarcasticpodcast.transistor.fm/ 0:00 - Intro 2:00 - Most Viewed of the Year 8:53 - Our Own Favorites 15:45 - Each Other's Favorites 25:19 - Most Challenging 34:52 - Y'all Sleepin' 44:08 - Q&A Our content is intended for teenage audiences and up. GET AURORA VOLUME 1: https://comicaurora.com/books/ PATREON: https://www.Patreon.com/OSP PODCAST:"
YouTube Link 2025-12-31T14:01Z 2.5M followers, 37.8K engagements
"History Summarized: The Other Side of Greece The plot twist of the Archaic era is that Ionia was hiding all the cool stuff. SOURCES & Further Reading: The Greeks by Roderick Beaton Great Courses Lectures Challenges in the West: [---] [---] from The Persian Empire by John W. I. Lee Emergence of the Polis Ionia and Early Greek Civilization The Persian Conquest Athenian Empire and Spartan Hegemony Alexander the Great and the Diadochi and The Hellenization of Asia Minor from The Great Civilizations of Asia Minor by Kenneth W. Harl The Hellenistic Concert of Powers from Alexander the Great and the"
YouTube Link 2025-03-28T15:01Z 2.5M followers, 476.2K engagements
"Kraven Hunts For A Worthy Sponsor Our content is intended for teenage audiences and up. PATREON: https://www.Patreon.com/OSP PODCAST: https://overlysarcasticpodcast.transistor.fm/subscribe DISCORD: https://discord.gg/osp MERCH: https://overlysarcastic.shop/ OUR WEBSITE: https://www.OverlySarcasticProductions.com/ Find us on Twitter https://www.Twitter.com/OSPYouTube Find us on Reddit https://www.Reddit.com/r/OSP/ Want this video in another language Check out our guide to contributing translated captions: https://www.overlysarcasticproductions.com/community-captions Funny Summary OSP Overly"
YouTube Link 2024-07-25T14:00Z 2.5M followers, 118.9K engagements
"Gotye's "Making Mirrors" is music mastery Detail Diatribe AURORA PINS THE FLOOF SQUAD HAS ARRIVED Kendal Alinua Falst and Erin are available as an enamel pin pack and they glow in the dark Grab them here: https://overlysarcastic.shop/ Yes yes yes "Somebody That I Used To Know" is still a bop but the rest of Gotye's album "Making Mirrors" is Also Amazing and it's time we all appreciated that. SOURCES & Further Reading: Videos "Making Making Mirrors" from Gotye's YouTube channel https://youtu.be/2ZXLyeatI0ssi=ydI3uuxEXJSiwaQG "The Making of Eyes Wide Open" from Gotye's YouTube channel"
YouTube Link 2025-08-29T15:01Z 2.5M followers, 111.6K engagements
"Detail Diatribe: The Last Unicorn (And Why You Should Read It) ✨PRE-ORDER AURORA VOLUME 1: https://comicaurora.com/books/ ✨ And once you've done that if you're in the US snag a FREE STICKER SHEET as thanks: https://site.andrewsmcmeel.com/aurora-pre-order-form And if you're curious READ THE COMIC HERE: https://comicaurora.com/aurora/0-1-1/ And if you managed to break it READ THE COMIC HERE INSTEAD: https://comicaurora.tumblr.com/post/654546833938497537/intro-ch1-p1-7 Before there was a movie there was a book - and there's not another book quite like it DOMINIC NOBLE'S VIDEO ON THE LAST UNICORN"
YouTube Link 2025-07-11T15:01Z 2.5M followers, 318.5K engagements
"Modern Classics Summarized: [----] It's the mother of all dystopias Long before YA dystopia rose to power before the age of Young Attractive Heroes who Rebel Against The State and Also Find Love there was just Winston Smith - a middle-aged man in poor health who Rebelled Against The State and Also Found Love. It just ended much less prettily for him. [----] codified most of the modern dystopia tropes - absolute control of the media black-bagging people who spoke out and a lot of popular terms like "doublethink" "big brother" and "thought police". Unfortunately a lot of those terms got stripped of"
YouTube Link 2017-02-24T14:30Z 2.5M followers, 3.5M engagements
"Miscellaneous Myths: Mt. Mayon Breaking news Mt. Mayon a volcano in the Philippines is erupting As such we interrupt your regularly-scheduled Friday updates to bring you a quick segment on the mythical history of this beautiful natural disaster. The story is sweet the volcano is rather less so. Seriously if you have an evac order please listen to it. PATREON: www.patreon.com/useru=4664797 MERCH LINKS: Shirts - https://overlysarcasticproducts.threadless.com/designs All the other stuff - http://www.cafepress.com/OverlySarcasticProducts Find us on Twitter @OSPYouTube William Shakespeare (Author)"
YouTube Link 2018-01-30T16:00Z 2.5M followers, 2.3M engagements
"Classics Summarized: Paradise Lost I gotta say I've talked about a lot of nominal heroes in my time on the internet but Lucifer's gotta be the nominal-est of them all. The funniest part about this book is it was supposed to be firmly anti-Satan. We were supposed to hear the lies Satan was telling about how things went down and despise him even more for making it sound believable. Unfortunately all he did was make it sound believable and the end result was that Satan became a sympathetic character for the first time in his life. Way to go Milton; your propaganda backfired in the most hilarious"
YouTube Link 2016-02-08T09:25Z 2.5M followers, 5M engagements
"Choose Your Fighter (there is a correct answer) If you're watching this on Cyber Monday it's 20% off for the rest of the day. https://overlysarcastic.shop/ Our content is intended for teenage audiences and up. GET AURORA VOLUME 1: https://comicaurora.com/books/ PATREON: https://www.Patreon.com/OSP PODCAST: https://overlysarcasticpodcast.transistor.fm/subscribe DISCORD: https://discord.gg/osp MERCH: https://overlysarcastic.shop/ OUR WEBSITE: https://www.OverlySarcasticProductions.com/ Find us on Bluesky https://bsky.app/profile/overlysarcastic.bsky.social Find us on Reddit"
YouTube Link 2025-12-01T18:30Z 2.5M followers, 98.8K engagements
"Miscellaneous Myths: Thoth Gambles With The Moon Egyptian mythology is rife with shenanigans drama and bodily fluids but today let's talk about a surprisingly SFW myth with a vital role in establishing the calendar year Alternate title: Red Complains That The Universe Doesn't Align With Her Personal Aesthetic Sensibilities For Five Minutes PARTIAL TRACKLIST: Sky Becomes Water (City of the Fallen) A Hole In The Sun (Two Steps From Hell) Starfall (Two Steps From Hell) Our content is intended for teenage audiences and up. PATREON: https://www.Patreon.com/OSP PODCAST:"
YouTube Link 2022-07-01T15:00Z 2.5M followers, 1.6M engagements
"Trope Talk: Noodle Incidents Check out Campfire here: https://www.campfirewriting.com/reading-apputm_source=youtube&utm_medium=video&utm_campaign=OSP_Q1_24 First rule of The Noodle Incident is you do NOT explain The Noodle Incident. What's your favorite Noodle Incident and was there a time you got a Noodle Incident explanation that actually really worked for you Drop it in the comments Our content is intended for teenage audiences and up. PATREON: https://www.Patreon.com/OSP PODCAST: https://overlysarcasticpodcast.transistor.fm/subscribe DISCORD: https://discord.gg/osp MERCH:"
YouTube Link 2024-03-22T15:00Z 2.5M followers, 905.6K engagements
"Shakespeare Summarized: Titus Andronicus It's gory It's depressing It's pretty much the only non-historical shakespeare play I haven't covered yet It's everyone's favorite revenge fic Titus Andronicus Content warning: this video needed a counter for deaths AND a counter for lost body parts. Consider this fair warning. MERCH LINKS: Shirts - https://overlysarcasticproducts.threadless.com/designs All the other stuff - http://www.cafepress.com/OverlySarcasticProducts William Shakespeare (Author) Shakespeare Summarized Funny Summary OSP Overly Sarcastic Productions Analysis Literary Analysis Myths"
YouTube Link 2016-10-07T12:30Z 2.5M followers, 1.2M engagements
"Trope Talk: Powerhouses Check out world anvil at https://www.worldanvil.com/overlysarcastic and don't forget to use the code OVERLYSARCASTIC for 20% off a [--] or [--] month membership Everyone loves a powerhouse and by "everyone" I mean "me and I'm tired of other people not appreciating them enough" MUSIC: "Sneaky Snitch" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution [---] http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Our content is intended for teenage audiences and up. PATREON: https://www.Patreon.com/OSP PODCAST:"
YouTube Link 2021-04-23T15:00Z 2.5M followers, 1.8M engagements
"Miscellaneous Myths: King Midas We have a new DIONYSUS PIN Get it while it's gettable https://crowdmade.com/collections/overlysarcasticproductions/products/overly-sarcastic-productions-dionysus-pin-sticker-sheet Ahh Midas. Shockingly one of the least Problematic ancient greek kings and certainly one of the funniest to read about. Bizarrely good at surviving direct confrontations with temperamental gods PARTIAL TRACKLIST: Starfall Flight of the Silverbird Sky Becomes Water Starfall "Sneaky Snitch" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0"
YouTube Link 2021-10-22T15:00Z 2.5M followers, 1.6M engagements
"Overly Sarcastic Podcast: SUPERMAN BONUS EPISODE It's a bird It's a plane It's an oops all Superman bonus podcast In the wake of a very charming Superman movie the OSPod crew assembles special guests Nando V Movies and Case Aiken to talk all things Man of Steel. Our excitement that Superman Is A Nice Guy is immeasurable. Where to find Nando: https://www.nandovmovies.com/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@NandovMovies Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/nandovmovies Bluesky: @nandovmovies.bsky.social Twitter: @NandovMovies Where to find Case: Another Pass Podcast:"
YouTube Link 2025-08-13T13:00Z 2.5M followers, 108.5K engagements
"Trope Talk: Musical Numbers Snap your gaze to the middle distance hit "play" on your device of choice or just let the editor pick a jam and slap it on your big moment Today let's talk about how music can be used in mostly-non-music storytelling Our content is intended for teenage audiences and up. GET AURORA VOLUME 1: https://comicaurora.com/books/ PATREON: https://www.Patreon.com/OSP PODCAST: https://overlysarcasticpodcast.transistor.fm/subscribe DISCORD: https://discord.gg/osp MERCH: https://overlysarcastic.shop/ OUR WEBSITE: https://www.OverlySarcasticProductions.com/ Find us on Bluesky"
YouTube Link 2025-09-19T15:00Z 2.5M followers, 355.4K engagements
"Trope Talk: Those Dang Phones Hey have you noticed how many newer stories are giving the protagonists tools for always-on easy-access instant communication Have you rewatched an older bit of sci-fi and questioned why the characters haven't been using the comms tech they DO have to stay in touch Are you a writer who's noticed YOU'VE been giving your characters cell-phone equivalents without even thinking about it Well I hope you're prepared for a half-hour-long descent into madness as I unpack the history of telecommunication both fictional and real and try to convince you that I haven't"
YouTube Link 2023-04-07T15:00Z 2.5M followers, 1.4M engagements
"Trope Talk: Haunting the Narrative 📌 CTHULU PIN 📌 The Ancient One awakes and he's never been more adorable Available for two spooky weeks https://overlysarcastic.shop/ It's the Spooky Month Let's talk about the spookiest thing of all - the inescapable specter of grief Hoorayyyyy Our content is intended for teenage audiences and up. GET AURORA VOLUME 1: https://comicaurora.com/books/ PATREON: https://www.Patreon.com/OSP PODCAST: https://overlysarcasticpodcast.transistor.fm/subscribe DISCORD: https://discord.gg/osp MERCH: https://overlysarcastic.shop/ OUR WEBSITE:"
YouTube Link 2025-10-17T15:00Z 2.5M followers, 702.6K engagements
"Miscellaneous Myths: Astraea Greetings Virgos and happy birthday season I come bearing a kingly gift PIN: https://overlysarcastic.shop/products/overly-sarcastic-productions-virgo-pin-presale A lot of the music is: Local Forecast - Elevator Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution [---] License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Our content is intended for teenage audiences and up. PATREON: https://www.Patreon.com/OSP PODCAST: https://overlysarcasticpodcast.transistor.fm/subscribe DISCORD: https://discord.gg/osp MERCH: https://overlysarcastic.shop/"
YouTube Link 2024-09-06T15:00Z 2.5M followers, 746.3K engagements
"Trope Talk: Idiot Plots Check out campfire here: https://campfirewriting.com/write/book-writing-apputm_source=youtube&utm_medium=video&utm_campaign=OSP_Q4_22 This one's a spicy meatball Today let's talk about the plots that are driven in whole or in part by the characters acting dumb - and how that's not always a bad thing Video examples in order of first appearance: I Love Lucy Divergent Star Wars III Doctor Strange (as a contrasting non-idiot plot example) Spider-Man: No Way Home Captain America: Winter Soldier TMNT [----] Batman v Superman The Three Stooges Twelfth Night Alien Romeo and"
YouTube Link 2022-12-02T16:00Z 2.5M followers, 1.5M engagements
"Failed Assassinations History Hijinks If videogames have taught me anything it's that an assassin can solve a lot of problems. But sometimes plans fall apart and sometimes it's for the absolute DUMBEST reasons. SOURCES & Further Reading: "A History of Venice" by Norwich "Rebellion" by Ackroyd "The Poison King" by Mayor This video was edited by Sophia Ricciardi AKA "Indigo". https://www.sophiakricci.com/ Our content is intended for teenage audiences and up. PATREON: https://www.Patreon.com/OSP MERCH LINKS: https://www.redbubble.com/people/OSPYouTube OUR WEBSITE:"
YouTube Link 2020-05-22T15:00Z 2.5M followers, 1.7M engagements
"History Summarized: Pope Fights [--] The Reformation Go to http://www.audible.com/overlysarcastic or text OVERLYSARCASTIC to [------] to get a free audiobook [--] free Audible Originals and 30-day free trial. Thank you to our Patron Peter Bemis for commissioning this video To support the channel head over to Patreon.com/OSP You've seen the Double-Pope matchup but what about the Double-Christianity face-off Today's Pope Fights covers the history and aftermath of the Protestant Reformation and Catholic Counter-Reformation. FURTHER READING from shortest to longest books: The Reformation: A Very Short"
YouTube Link 2019-04-26T15:01Z 2.5M followers, 1M engagements
"Trope Talk: Dragons Check out world anvil at https://www.worldanvil.com/overlysarcastic and don't forget to use the code OVERLYSARCASTIC for 20% off a Master or Grandmaster membership Dragons They're big they're scaly they're legendary But how deep does the wyrmhole go Our content is intended for teenage audiences and up. PATREON: https://www.Patreon.com/OSP MERCH LINKS: https://www.redbubble.com/people/OSPYouTube OUR WEBSITE: https://www.OverlySarcasticProductions.com/ Find us on Twitter https://www.Twitter.com/OSPYouTube Find us on Reddit https://www.Reddit.com/r/OSP/ Funny Summary OSP"
YouTube Link 2020-07-31T15:00Z 2.5M followers, 2.4M engagements
"Modern Classics Summarized: Stranger In A Strange Land This book is: 10% Mike 20% stars 15% concentrated power of mars 5% water 50% cult and 100% topics that are very adult This video was requested by our longtime patron Joshua A. Demic Can you use the "product of the times" defense if the book was wildly controversial for its time Asking for a comment section Our content is intended for teenage audiences and up. No seriously. We REALLY MEAN IT. PATREON: https://www.Patreon.com/OSP MERCH LINKS: https://www.redbubble.com/people/OSPYouTube OUR WEBSITE:"
YouTube Link 2020-03-20T15:00Z 2.5M followers, 4.1M engagements
"In A Minute: THE MAHABHARATA They said it couldn't be done. They said "it's twelve times longer than the iliad and the odyssey combined" To that I say WHATEVER MAN IT DOESN'T NEED TO BE COMPREHENSIVE IF YOU GOTTA GO FAST honestly I feel kinda bad I couldn't squeeze in even one reference to Karna. That dude was fully qualified to be the protagonist it's just his bad luck he ended up the Powerful Rival instead. Poor guy I had a great time making this in-a-minute summary Let us know if you'd like to see more And as always tune in on Friday for our Regularly Scheduled Not-Short Content PATREON:"
YouTube Link 2019-09-10T15:00Z 2.5M followers, 2M engagements
"OSP AFTER DARK Magic System Tier List Red and Indigo chat about magic systems in an unusually early After Dark"
YouTube Link 2022-03-24T01:50Z 2.5M followers, 1.3M engagements
"Miscellaneous Myths: Quetzalcoatl Addendum: When I described early America as a universally Christian/European nation I forgot to add the following footnote:* *SLAVERY EXISTED AND SO DO NATIVE AMERICANS I KNOW QUETZALCOATLUS IS A PTEROSAUR NOT A DINOSAUR CAN WE PLEASE FOCUS Really old gods are fun because they tend to have spread out and fractalized over time spawning off culturally specific versions of themselves as their stories travel around. This can lead to a veritable conspiracy wall of potential connections drawing disparate gods together to a common origin. But in the case of the"
YouTube Link 2018-03-09T16:00Z 2.5M followers, 3.4M engagements
"History-Makers: Thucydides Start your free trial at http://squarespace.com/overlysarcastic and use code OVERLYSARCASTIC to get 10% off your first purchase. Ahh ancient Greece it has been entirely too long. Today we'll take a look at the foundational work of my entire career path Thucydides' History of the Peloponnesian war a book that almost single-handedly set the standard for how we engage in historical inquiry. Also it has the added benefit of being about Ancient Greece so win-win SOURCES & Further Reading: "History of the Peloponnesian War" by Thucydides "Histories" by Herodotus"
YouTube Link 2020-08-21T15:00Z 2.5M followers, 659.9K engagements
"Trope Talk: Loners Check out world anvil at https://www.worldanvil.com/overlysarcastic and don't forget to use the code OVERLYSARCASTIC for 20% off a [--] or [--] month membership Loners Those super-cool badasses who don't need nobody. Let's discuss how this trope connects with Lancers the ever-present concept of Found Family and all the fun storylines these lone badasses find themselves tangled up in Who's your favorite loner Argue in the comments Our content is intended for teenage audiences and up. PATREON: https://www.Patreon.com/OSP PODCAST:"
YouTube Link 2020-11-13T16:00Z 2.5M followers, 1.9M engagements
"Halloween Special: Werewolves You know 'em you love 'em but you might not know 'em quite as well as you think you do Today let's dive into one of the big-name creatures of the night Huge thanks to Maegan A. Stebbins aka "Maverick-Werewolf" for reaching out to help me with the research on this one Check out http://maverickwerewolf.com/ for more of her stuff PARTIAL TRACKLIST: Fire And Ice Hallelujah Chorus Mars The Bringer Of War Voice of Rushing Waters Celtic Myst Heart of Courage False King Hall of the Mountain King Monster of God Corruption Sky Becomes Water Gradus Vita A Hole In The Sun"
YouTube Link 2021-10-29T15:00Z 2.5M followers, 3.4M engagements
"Miscellaneous Myths: Zahak The Serpent King Sometimes you read a myth or folktale and it surprises you how different it is from the narrative conventions you're used to and sometimes literally the exact opposite thing happens and it's incredible. So anyway here's an evil snake emperor overthrown by a charismatic rebel leader and a lost true heir chosen one prophecy hero written ONE THOUSAND YEARS AGO PARTIAL TRACKLIST: Starfall Black Blade Winged Dragon of Ra theme He Who Brings The Night To Victory A Hero's Return False King Star Sky Elevator Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under"
YouTube Link 2021-07-02T15:00Z 2.5M followers, 2M engagements
"Trope Talk: Pinocchio Plots We all know the classic story of "if I am very good and do my homework and never ever misbehave I will be someday rewarded with the privilege of being seen as a human being and maybe even get a smidgen of autonomy in my existence" But enough about the horrors of middle school let's talk about fiction's finest Pinocchios MUSIC: Sneaky Snitch Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution [---] http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Our content is intended for teenage audiences and up. PATREON: https://www.Patreon.com/OSP PODCAST:"
YouTube Link 2023-06-30T15:00Z 2.5M followers, 672.5K engagements
"gold medal murder roomba The Cold Open from episode [---] of the Overly Sarcastic Podcast. The OSPodcast is available on all podcast platforms. PODCAST: https://overlysarcasticpodcast.transistor.fm/subscribe Our content is intended for teenage audiences and up. GET AURORA VOLUME 1: https://comicaurora.com/books/ PATREON: https://www.Patreon.com/OSP PODCAST: https://overlysarcasticpodcast.transistor.fm/subscribe DISCORD: https://discord.gg/osp MERCH: https://overlysarcastic.shop/ OUR WEBSITE: https://www.OverlySarcasticProductions.com/ Find us on Bluesky"
YouTube Link 2026-02-11T14:00Z 2.5M followers, 31.5K engagements
"History-Makers: Augustine of Hippo Gets Dragged Into Sainthood "Failing Up" is all part of the plan when God Himself is on your side. Let's meet the embodiment of that dynamic in Augustine of Hippo: the disaster of a man who became one of Christianity's most important Saints ever. SOURCES & Further Reading: The City Of God Against The Pagans by Saint Augustine Confessions by Saint Augustine The Roman Way by Edith Hamilton Augustine Part One and Augustine Part Two from The Early Middle Ages by Philip Daileader Augustine of Hippo and Ambrose Jerome and Gregory the Great from Great Minds of the"
YouTube Link 2024-12-27T16:00Z 2.5M followers, 344.8K engagements
"Miscellaneous Myths: Ra's Secret Name It's a short one this week but today let's talk about the mythological representation of a historical theistic overhaul - aka how Isis (the goddess don't demonetize me bro) usurped Ra and claimed his status as the most powerful god in the pantheon. Respect your elders kids Ever think Apep sounds less like an ultimate deity of serpentine destruction and more like a hip brand of soda Buy a mug that shares your sentiments (https://www.cafepress.com/overlysarcasticproducts.265385763) PATREON: www.patreon.com/useru=4664797 MERCH LINKS: Shirts -"
YouTube Link 2018-05-11T15:00Z 2.5M followers, 2.4M engagements
"Trope Talk: Urban Fantasy Check out world anvil at https://www.worldanvil.com/overlysarcastic and don't forget to use the code OVERLYSARCASTIC for 20% off a Master or Grandmaster membership Urban Fantasy A uniquely versatile and hybridized setting with a lot of fun potential It's also got some uniquely tricky writing pitfalls so let's talk about it a little Got a favorite urban fantasy story or a least-favorite urban fantasy staple Drop it in the comments Our content is intended for teenage audiences and up. PATREON: https://www.Patreon.com/OSP MERCH LINKS:"
YouTube Link 2020-04-03T15:00Z 2.5M followers, 2.1M engagements
"History Summarized: England English History has a reputation for being nigh incomprehensible what with all the kings civil wars succession crises and slapfights with France. But with the right perspective (and a little royal-restraint) England can become quite a straightforward story. So let's take a look at this slice of Britain and see how it grew into the master of the Isles. SOURCES & Further Reading: History of England from the Tudors to the Stuarts lecture series for The Great Courses by Robert Bucholz a great look at Renaissance and Early Imperial England. Ten Minute History of England"
YouTube Link 2020-04-10T15:31Z 2.5M followers, 1M engagements
"Legends Summarized: The Journey To The West (Part II) PART 1: https://www.youtube.com/watchv=61nuXrvqNgI ---YOU ARE HERE--- PART 3: https://youtu.be/W7N-IRcUfB4 PART 4: https://youtu.be/5PTOArO8p9o PART 5: https://www.youtube.com/watchv=dlB_vWGdLlA PART 6: https://youtu.be/Jr5IU8g2SHA The eponymous Journey actually begins Sure hope this doesn't take another eighty-three chapters. OH WAIT Sun Wukong is back and better than ever Or well or worse depending on your point of view. He's getting up to shenanigans again which is generally pretty problematic - but you know what he's doing stuff and"
YouTube Link 2016-01-15T00:33Z 2.5M followers, 5.4M engagements
"One Villainous Scene - "You Must Be The Belmont" There's nothing a real Villain loves more than facing a real Hero. Today Dracula is in for a treat. We thiiiink we've figure out how to use media material without summoning the wrath of YouTube's DMCA-Night-Creature armies. One trade-off is using slowed-down footage. Pro-Tip: watch this video at 1.5x speed for the show's clips to play at approximately the right speed. See the rest of ONE VILLAINOUS SCENE here: https://youtube.com/playlistlist=PLd7v7nQLQGwJBoBF_5A1oGIbVh125hkaW Our content is intended for teenage audiences and up. PATREON:"
YouTube Link 2021-08-04T16:00Z 2.5M followers, 3.1M engagements
"Legends Summarized: The Monkey King (Journey To The West Part 1) ---YOU ARE HERE--- PART 2: https://www.youtube.com/watchv=5ai5umy9yH0 PART 3: https://youtu.be/W7N-IRcUfB4 PART 4: https://youtu.be/5PTOArO8p9o PART 5: https://www.youtube.com/watchv=dlB_vWGdLlA PART 6: https://youtu.be/Jr5IU8g2SHA Meet the progenitor of all brash impulsive superpowerful anime characters Sun Wukong the Monkey King and Great Sage was the most impulsive of them all "Wreaking havoc in heaven is so much fun it should be illegal" -Monkey probably I might cover something else before continuing with part two of The"
YouTube Link 2015-10-01T14:49Z 2.5M followers, 9.4M engagements
"Blue's Dumb History Tales Please check out That Works for the best blacksmithing on YouTube: https://goo.gl/vXsuFt What do you get when you cross a month that has [--] Fridays with a historian who can't do math This nonsense apparently. PATREON: www.patreon.com/OSP MERCH LINKS: Shirts - https://overlysarcasticproducts.threadless.com/designs All the other stuff - http://www.cafepress.com/OverlySarcasticProducts Find us on Twitter @OSPYouTube William Shakespeare (Author) Shakespeare Summarized Funny Summary OSP Overly Sarcastic Productions Analysis Literary Analysis Myths Legends Classics"
YouTube Link 2019-03-08T16:00Z 2.5M followers, 1.5M engagements
"History Summarized: Florence Get [--] months of Audible for just $6.95 a month. Thats more than half off the regular price. Visit http://www.audible.com/overlysarcastic or text overlysarcastic to [---] [---]. Can't start a Renaissance without building a few Domes. You've seen the memes now learn the history behind the magnificent city of Florence It may sound like sacrilege but many years ago Florence was the first Italian city that little Blue had a cartoonishly-overblown obsession for Move over Venice. In fact Florentine history is basically THE reason I ever started caring about History in the"
YouTube Link 2019-12-06T16:00Z 2.5M followers, 867.2K engagements
"History Summarized: Scotland Go to http://www.audible.com/overlysarcastic or text OVERLYSARCASTIC to [------] to get a free audiobook [--] free Audible Originals and 30-day free trial. Put on your Kilt and grab some bagpipes it's time to talk about Scotland From the earliest beginnings to the modern day the Scots have had a fiercely independent attitude and are absolutely willing to fight about it several times in fact. Fun fact about Kilts I couldn't fit this in the video anywhere but basically Scots used to wear these big complicated vaguely-toga-like wraps of tartan plaid starting in the"
YouTube Link 2019-08-02T15:00Z 2.5M followers, 2M engagements
"di-VINE OSP Through our journey to [--] million subscribers we've covered shakespeare classics and assorted world histories and mythologies. Here's some of that modernized for a Hip Meme-Loving Audience Thanks for taking us this far PATREON: https://www.Patreon.com/OSP MERCH LINKS: https://www.redbubble.com/people/OSPYouTube OUR WEBSITE: https://www.OverlySarcasticProductions.com/ Find us on Twitter https://www.Twitter.com/OSPYouTube Find us on Reddit https://www.Reddit.com/r/OSP/ Funny Summary OSP Overly Sarcastic Productions Myths Legends Classics Literature Stories Storytelling History vines"
YouTube Link 2019-09-25T14:30Z 2.5M followers, 1.5M engagements
"History Summarized: The Republic of Venice (Ft. Suibhne) Dive into the great History of seafaring with this #OperationOdysseus Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlistlist=PLDb22nlVXGgd2rdNu1C44t-hoYXA9bL2M For more Medieval goodness see Suibhne's video (https://youtu.be/BnUQAQ5spWE) and History Time's video (https://youtu.be/tEROvgTrjuU). In the late Middle Ages and at the height of the Renaissance all roads on the maritime highway of the Mediterranean Sea led to Venice. Join Blue (and special guest Suibhne) to discover why Venice came to be how they came to dominate naval trade and what"
YouTube Link 2018-11-24T15:00Z 2.5M followers, 1.4M engagements
"Detail Diatribe: Castlevania Nocturne - No Gods No Masters ✨PRE-ORDER AURORA VOLUME 1: https://comicaurora.com/books/ ✨ And if you're curious READ THE COMIC HERE: https://comicaurora.com/aurora/0-1-1/ And if you managed to break it READ THE COMIC HERE INSTEAD: https://comicaurora.tumblr.com/post/654546833938497537/intro-ch1-p1-7 Castlevania is back and bluer than ever Let's talk about what it's saying now 0:00-6:33 - You Must Be Another Belmont 6:33-13:53 - History In MY Historical Fantasy 13:53-23:40 - Let's Stake Fantasy Bioessentialism 23:40-32:26 - My Deus Will Ex Machina Any Minute Now"
YouTube Link 2025-05-02T15:00Z 2.5M followers, 338.4K engagements
"Miscellaneous Myths: The Journey Of Ra Hey kids You like snakes Then have I got a mythos for YOU THE LAST TIME WE SAW RA: https://www.youtube.com/watchv=yygW6psCIM4 The sad thing about learning Middle Egyptian is the number of people who can actually read it is so small that I can't sneak in that many proper bilingual jokes. I can always trust that someone will be able to recognize the jokes or references I write in Japanese but hieroglyphs are just esoteric enough that I can't assume the same here. (Also I'm not really willing to demean my knowledge of the language by writing english words"
YouTube Link 2018-01-19T16:00Z 2.5M followers, 3.1M engagements
"Trope Talk: Sequels Oh no. That movie I liked is getting a sequel. Will it be good or will it make me retroactively dislike the thing I used to like And why is it always such a close call Let's DISCUSS BABY Favorite or least favorite sequel Yell about it in the comments EXAMPLES USED (IN ROUGH ORDER): Star Wars Dragon Ball Star Trek: The Next Generation Dragon Ball Z Young Justice The Incredibles (I and II) Terminator (I and II) Kung Fu Panda Steven Universe Frozen II MCU Batman Beyond Solo: A Star Wars Story X-Men X-Men: First Class X-Men: Apocalypse Avatar: Legend of Korra Our content is"
YouTube Link 2020-05-01T15:00Z 2.5M followers, 1.6M engagements
"Miscellaneous Myths: Artemis and Apollo Finally a deep dive into everyone's favorite aesthetically opposed fraternal twins Let's see how two people with such similar origins (or are they) can grow into such different disasters ☀🌙 PLUSH TIME https://overlysarcastic.shop/collections/plushies The Celestial Twins are here and they are SOFT ☀🌙 Artemis and Apollo plushes are available at our merch store bundle both and get $5 off Our content is intended for teenage audiences and up. PATREON: https://www.Patreon.com/OSP PODCAST: https://overlysarcasticpodcast.transistor.fm/subscribe DISCORD:"
YouTube Link 2023-09-08T15:00Z 2.5M followers, 2.7M engagements
"History Summarized: The Acropolis They say of the Acropolis where the Parthenon is. SOURCES & Further Reading: Great Courses Lectures The Acropolis of Athens from World Heritage Sites by Justin Jacobs Athens civic buildings and civic identity from Cities of the Ancient World by Steven Tuck and The Perfection of Greek Architecture from The Greek World: A Study of History and Culture by Robert Garland. Athens by Bruce Clark The Greeks by Roderick Beaton. Our content is intended for teenage audiences and up. PATREON: https://www.Patreon.com/OSP PODCAST:"
YouTube Link 2022-04-29T15:00Z 2.5M followers, 651.6K engagements
"Classics Summarized: The Oresteia Nobody look at how long ago I promised to do this. That's right The sequel to Iphigenia which itself was a prequel to the Iliad has finally been given the ol' OSP treatment And it only took me TWO AND A HALF YEARS PATREON: www.patreon.com/useru=4664797 MERCH LINKS: Shirts - https://overlysarcasticproducts.threadless.com/designs All the other stuff - http://www.cafepress.com/OverlySarcasticProducts Find us on Twitter @OSPYouTube William Shakespeare (Author) Shakespeare Summarized Funny Summary OSP Overly Sarcastic Productions Analysis Literary Analysis Myths"
YouTube Link 2017-07-19T15:00Z 2.5M followers, 3.4M engagements
"Legends Summarized: Robin Hood The man The myth The legend What exactly IS this verdant vigilante's deal LET'S TALK ABOUT IT Our content is intended for teenage audiences and up. PATREON: https://www.Patreon.com/OSP MERCH LINKS: https://www.redbubble.com/people/OSPYouTube OUR WEBSITE: https://www.OverlySarcasticProductions.com/ Find us on Twitter https://www.Twitter.com/OSPYouTube Find us on Reddit https://www.Reddit.com/r/OSP/ Funny Summary OSP Overly Sarcastic Productions Analysis Literary Analysis Myths Legends Classics Literature Stories Storytelling History robin hood england english"
YouTube Link 2020-02-21T16:00Z 2.5M followers, 2.9M engagements
"How The Batman Fights Like Vengeance Detail Diatribe This month I: went to CapriCon had a great time got fiercely sick and spent a literal week laid out with the Flu thus ruining my regular video production pipeline. So here's a Detail Diatribe about Batman because I really really really like talking about Batman. MUSIC: "Main Theme" from Batman Arkham Asylum OST by Nick Arundel and Ron Fish Sections: 0:00:00 - 0:05:29 Punching Crime in your Underwear 0:05:29 - 0:10:32 Nolan Slander 0:10:32 - 0:15:55 Marvel Slander 0:15:55 - 0:21:28 Snyder Slander 0:21:28 - 0:28:47 Night-light but it makes"
YouTube Link 2025-02-28T16:00Z 2.5M followers, 516K engagements
"Classics Summarized: The Odyssey Want a clean child-friendly version Click here https://youtu.be/kosS54qL9QY PART [--] - THE ILIAD: https://www.youtube.com/watchv=faSrRHw6eZ8 PART [--] - THE AENEID: http://youtu.be/QRruBVFXjnY Funny story. Exporting this monster was almost as difficult as getting back to Ithaca was for our intrepid hero who - as viewers of The Iliad may note - has inexplicably lost his Solid Snake voice in this production. PATREON: www.patreon.com/useru=4664797 MERCH LINKS: Shirts - https://overlysarcasticproducts.threadless.com/designs All the other stuff -"
YouTube Link 2015-02-03T16:38Z 2.5M followers, 6.5M engagements
"History Summarized: Spread of Christianity Things I learned when making this video: 1) when your script goes beyond [--] single-spaced pages you're heading into the danger zone 2) Gregorian Chants are awesome and you should totally listen to them 3) editing always takes longer than you'd hope 4) self care is huffing frankincense for breakfast lunch and dinner and single-handedly sacking a levantine city Have a question about something I mentioned or maybe something I might have left out Leave it down below and I'll do my best to respond PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/OSP MERCH LINKS: Shirts -"
YouTube Link 2017-01-10T18:00Z 2.5M followers, 1.7M engagements
"Trope Talk: Big Dumb Objects Yes that's really what they're called No I couldn't come up with a better name for it Nobody can It's perfect What's YOUR favorite Big Dumb Object or speculative megastructure that could someday become sci-fi's next beloved Big Dumb Object Our content is intended for teenage audiences and up. PATREON: https://www.Patreon.com/OSP PODCAST: https://overlysarcasticpodcast.transistor.fm/subscribe DISCORD: https://discord.gg/osp MERCH: https://overlysarcastic.shop/ OUR WEBSITE: https://www.OverlySarcasticProductions.com/ Find us on Bluesky"
YouTube Link 2025-02-21T16:00Z 2.5M followers, 551.6K engagements
"Miscellaneous Myths: Hera Crashes Zeus's Wedding I'm sure there's a completely logical explanation for all of this. Don't worry babe he can explain ✨Special GOLD Zeus and Hera pins HERE✨: https://crowdmade.com/collections/overlysarcasticproductions/products/overly-sarcastic-productions-zeus-hera-pin-pack-1 Our content is intended for teenage audiences and up. PATREON: https://www.Patreon.com/OSP PODCAST: https://overlysarcasticpodcast.transistor.fm/subscribe DISCORD: https://discord.gg/osp MERCH: https://overlysarcastic.shop/ OUR WEBSITE: https://www.OverlySarcasticProductions.com/ Find us on"
YouTube Link 2022-11-18T16:00Z 2.5M followers, 1.2M engagements
"Miscellaneous Myths: Hades and Persephone You asked I've answered Today let's discuss greek mythology's most beloved AND most maligned relationship - but which reputation is truly deserved You all know where I stand on the matter but today I'll do my best to justify my hot take that Hades And Persephone Is Romantic Actually. Our content is intended for teenage audiences and up. PARTIAL TRACKLIST: Hall of the Mountain King Black Blade Starfall World Annihilation Lacrimosa Voice of Rushing Waters Atlas Breath and Life Fire And Ice PATREON: https://www.Patreon.com/OSP PODCAST:"
YouTube Link 2021-02-12T16:00Z 2.5M followers, 6.9M engagements
"History RE-Summarized: The Roman Republic The Roman Republic is a fascinating story all on its own but it also serves as an excellent object lesson in civics. This video is a Remastered Definitive Edition of three previous videos from this channel History Summarized: "The Roman Republic" "The Punic Wars" and "Julius Caesar and the Fall of The Republic". This video combines them all into one narrative fully upgrades all of the visuals and adds extra historical notes and clarifications along the way. Please let me know if you enjoyed this and are interested in more videos like this. There are"
YouTube Link 2020-09-18T15:00Z 2.5M followers, 2.7M engagements
"History Summarized: Beauty and Brutalism No no no guys you just don't GET IT Brutalism is actually really clever and impressive and in this essay I wi SOURCES & Further Reading: Architecture in Minutes: [---] key buildings and movements in an instant by Susie Hodge an extremely useful reference for 20th century structures and famous figures outside my usual wheelhouse and the fortuitous inspiration for this video via the entry on Concrete with an opposite-facing image of the Bahai House of Worship Brutalism was the Greatest Architectural Movement in History. Change My Mind. by Pat Finn"
YouTube Link 2024-05-10T15:00Z 2.5M followers, 317.1K engagements
"Castlevania: The Human Face of Evil Detail Diatribe Red and Blue talking Castlevania again Oh my God we're turning into Belmont. PIIIIIINS The cosmic scales are available in our merch shop The LIBRA enamel pin is on sale now: https://overlysarcastic.shop/ Music: "Reflection" from Hollow Knight OST by Christopher Larkin Sections: 0:00:00 - 0:03:14 Intro 0:03:14 - 0:12:49 Hold on Dracula makes some decent points 0:12:49 - 0:28:28 Killing Humanity with Facts and Logic 0:28:28 - 0:32:40 Styria Is For LoversTM 0:32:40 - 0:35:58 Human Un-Kind 0:35:38 - 0:47:58 Isaac has a lot of stuff to figure out"
YouTube Link 2024-10-11T15:00Z 2.5M followers, 546.5K engagements
"History Summarized: Julius Caesar and the Fall of the Republic Check out the Remastered edition of the Roman Republic series: https://youtu.be/AsR-C9WtoKg This was supposed to be a 10-minute video on Caesar and Augustus but as you can see I got a little carried away. My next history video will be part of something cool and new that I'm really excited for but after that it's back to Rome to tackle Augustus Constantinople ain't gonna sack itself and we have a lot of Roman history to get through between here and then. So get hype because plenty more videos are on the way Historia Civilis Links:"
YouTube Link 2017-12-29T16:00Z 2.5M followers, 1.3M engagements
"Trope Talk: Power Of Friendship You asked you received This is one of those tropes that tends to polarize along maturity lines - Very Serious Adults are all like "this trope is trite and stupid" while People With Joy In Their Hearts are like "I enjoy being reminded of the good in people's souls". Guess which side I'm on So today let's talk about the Power of Friendship and all the fascinating ways it can be used and abused. A MINOR CLARIFICATION: While the "I shall now torture your friend" thing is certainly done the "your friends have broken in to save you this is very convenient as now I"
YouTube Link 2017-12-01T16:00Z 2.5M followers, 1.5M engagements
"Modern Classics Summarized: Lord Of The Flies Well well well. Well well. Well. I HATE THIS BOOK. In today's exciting episode watch a group of stranded preteens become paranoid and homicidal when isolated from a society that apparently only barely manages to suppress the seething cauldron of homicidal instincts roiling just below the surface. NOTE FROM RED: I'm working on Journey To The West part [--] I promise I've just had to juggle a few projects at once for the past week including drawing a music video for another channel entirely. Don't worry more good stuff is on the way. c: William"
YouTube Link 2016-03-26T05:00Z 2.5M followers, 2.2M engagements
"Rulers Who Were Actually Good History Hijinks History is full of Rulers but most of them (especially some famous ones) can be Kind Of Terrible upon closer inspection. So let's take a look at two kings we can actually consider to be Good not perfect not blameless but a heck of a lot more virtuous than the average ruler that's for sure. This topic was requested by our patron Duncan Thank you for your patronage and for the topic suggestion. SOURCES & Further Reading: The Great Courses Plus lectures "Being Persian" by Robert Garland "The Persian Era" by Jean-Pierre Isbouts "Saladin: Chivalry and"
YouTube Link 2021-04-30T15:00Z 2.5M followers, 1.2M engagements
"Miscellaneous Myths: Enki and Ninmah Thanks to patron Derek Rucker for requesting this myth It's short sweet and utterly ridiculous. TLDR two gods get drunk and have a people-making competition. The one that makes the jankiest dude wins. Make sure to pause for an unnecessarily in-depth explanation of what a harem actually is PARTIAL TRACKLIST: Starfall (Two Steps From Hell) Wind Queen (Two Steps From Hell) Surfin USA Ex's and Oh's "Monkeys Spinning Monkeys" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution [---] http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Our"
YouTube Link 2021-03-12T16:00Z 2.5M followers, 1.6M engagements
"Miscellaneous Myths: Cadmus Take a seat plant some teeth and see what sprouts Today let's talk about another Greek hero and his inevitable sticky end Our content is intended for teenage audiences and up. PATREON: https://www.Patreon.com/OSP PODCAST: https://overlysarcasticpodcast.transistor.fm/subscribe DISCORD: https://discord.gg/osp MERCH: https://overlysarcastic.shop/ OUR WEBSITE: https://www.OverlySarcasticProductions.com/ Find us on Twitter https://www.Twitter.com/OSPYouTube Find us on Reddit https://www.Reddit.com/r/OSP/ Want this video in another language Check out our guide to"
YouTube Link 2024-08-09T15:00Z 2.5M followers, 635.8K engagements
"Miscellaneous Myths: Tantalus Tantalus The number one dude known for his eternal punishment in Hades perhaps second only to Sisyphus Our content is intended for teenage audiences and up. PATREON: https://www.Patreon.com/OSP MERCH LINKS: https://www.redbubble.com/people/OSPYouTube DISCORD: https://discord.gg/h3AqJPe OUR WEBSITE: https://www.OverlySarcasticProductions.com/ Find us on Twitter https://www.Twitter.com/OSPYouTube Find us on Reddit https://www.Reddit.com/r/OSP/ Funny Summary OSP Overly Sarcastic Productions Analysis Literary Analysis Myths Legends Classics Literature Stories"
YouTube Link 2020-01-24T16:00Z 2.5M followers, 2.6M engagements
"Trope Talk: Sea Monsters ✨PRE-ORDER AURORA VOLUME 1: https://comicaurora.com/books/ ✨ And if you're curious READ THE COMIC HERE: https://comicaurora.com/aurora/0-1-1/ And if you managed to break it READ THE COMIC HERE INSTEAD: https://comicaurora.tumblr.com/post/654546833938497537/intro-ch1-p1-7 Did I get distracted and talk about the Actual Ocean for a big chunk of this video Yes Is it still extremely relevant to the trope this video is about Fortunately also yes For further reading about the real ocean look up Susan Casey's "The Underworld: Journeys to the Depths of the Ocean" It's the book"
YouTube Link 2025-04-18T15:00Z 2.5M followers, 530.3K engagements
"Fables and Folktales: Prince Lindworm Time for a short and sweet Norwegian fairy tale about true love's whip I'm not sorry for the ending song and I never will be PARTIAL TRACKLIST: Starfall (Two Steps From Hell) Wind Queen (Two Steps From Hell) Prince of Darkness (City of the Fallen) Our content is intended for teenage audiences and up. PATREON: https://www.Patreon.com/OSP PODCAST: https://overlysarcasticpodcast.transistor.fm/subscribe DISCORD: https://discord.gg/osp MERCH LINKS: http://rdbl.co/osp OUR WEBSITE: https://www.OverlySarcasticProductions.com/ Find us on Twitter"
YouTube Link 2021-05-07T15:00Z 2.5M followers, 1.8M engagements
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