The Newsroom - this clip, from the pilot, you’ve probably seen.

Deep dives into 21st century US History, as it happened in real time. Aaron Sorkin (The West Wing) style. Remixed with melodrama about the people within the Newsroom. Sloan Sabbith is my favourite.

Topics include:

• Deepwater Horizon

• SB 1070 (Arizona’s racist detention law)

• the Gabrielle Giffords shooting

• Arab Spring

• Citizens United ruling

• Fukushima Daiichi nuclear accident

• the Death of Osama bin Laden

• Glass-Steagall Act (this video threads a few scenes together)

• the Tea Party (described as the American Taliban) - significant because The Tea Party is antecedent to MAGA

• Occupy Wall Street

• The Boston Marathon bombing

• Climate Polycrisis (chef’s kiss)

• Edward Snowden leaks