I've been wanting to collaborate on a video with Evan for a long while, and this is a great way to do it. Rare Earth tells a lot of stories that I just can't find the words for!
Dammit, Tom gets to go on adventures with a real-life astronaut. If you ever need an incompetent hack to go along with you guys, you know where to find me.
I was half expecting him to say "something something Canada," then gesture to his pants, "something something Britain," lift his right pant leg to expose his Union Jack sock, and finally "something something United States," lift his left pant leg and show off the Stars and Stripes.
To everyone who's never watched an episode of Rare Earth:- Rare Earth is a series hosted by Evan Hadfield. He basically tells the stories of people and places, similar to the one about Mackenzie King. If you're a fan of Tom's work its definitely up your ally.
Damn, this is going to make me seem like a git, but... alley: a narrow passageway between or behind buildings. ally: one with whom one has entered into an alliance
I'm just guessing now, but i think it was a conciencious choise to not mention that fact in the video. If you only ever get to be known as some famous person's son or daughter, you might feel like you don't truly have something of your own.
I don't think so, since on the Hadfield channel the relationship is mentioned right in the channel trailer. I think it's more that giving backstory doesn't add to it or matter
Video was good, but I'm left with a strong desire to know more of King and less about the definition of legacy.. It almost feel like a documentary opening than a complete video.. Byt still good ans well made
Felt like an essay that couldn't find enough references and citations so it just kept bringing up the opening hook and thesis statement, again and again and again Wanted to know more about his occultism, if there were any personal memoirs about the prostitures, and if churchhill or other prominent figures had quotes or written statements about him.
You can say that again. Sorry to be critical, but I kept waiting for the part where he was going to explain what he actually *did* that made him great, or how his weirdness played into it or something. He just ended up repeating the same points.
We specifically avoid being explainer videos. I realize it doesn't exactly line up with the expectation of Tom Scott viewers, but it makes a ton more sense if you look at our other (better made) videos. Unfortunately, this one was loaded with problems from the start.
Rare Earth - I definitely expect videos to support their claims if they are branded as educational content. I Iiked your video's subject, but wish it went into more detail.
Two of my favorite channels on a collaboration effort? Awesome video. Glad to see Rare Earth getting more views and Tom Scott reaching out yet again to an awesome content creator.
wow I've been following rare earth for a while now but i didn't realise the guy was canadian until now. it's really cool to see him on your channel ^-^
Thanks for doing a collab with Evan! Rare Earth is the only other channel whose videos I watch every single one. He tackles tough controversial issues that 99% of content producers or media would never dare to touch on, and yet he can manage close to 100:1 like to dislike ratio. Absolutely incredible job. p.s. I know Evan has probably heard this a million times, but he surely has inherited the chill and charm that are so characteristic of his father Chris. People with those qualities always succeed no matter what they do, astronaut and public educator alike.
I had a feeling he was going to turn out to be related to Commander Hadfield when I saw the name. Great video, and awesome to see it seems to run in the family!
Face it: It's highly photogenic, especially from the Islands. Think of Manhattan from New Jersey. Montreal and Vancouver, Ottawa and even Quebec City, just don't have the view.
@@UtilityCurve I see what you’re saying, but I personally think there are far more photogenic areas in Canada. Like Banff, Alberta, some parts of Newfoundland and Nova Scotia, and I also think Vancouver is prettier than Toronto.
"we had a leader who wasn't afraid [...] to say no to conscription" ... except there was conscription under Mackenzie King. This part of the video seems to me to take historical shortcuts, IMHO.
I only recently started getting into Rare Earth, about the time you started this round of guest videos; actually, from one of your guest videos it was a recommended video. That's UA-cam's crystal ball for ya.
I've only very recently discovered Rare Earth and they quickly became one of my favourite channels. Kinda awesome that you suddenly did this collab with them!
I'm gonna go to college and won't be able to watch your videos. Which is deeply saddening,but hey! Rare Earth right before I go? One jolly good show, I might say. This is tremendously good.
You could (if you want to) use youtube-dl to download all video's on a channel and transfer them to a external hard drive. (you need ffmpeg installed too)
I'm glad you featured Rare Earth, they deserve the subs they're gonna get from this. Also it's weird seeing my country featured in one of Tom's videos...
I discovered Rare Earth because of your Arctic trip, I went searching for Other members of that expedition. Rare Earth has become one of my favourite channels to follow. Thank you for helping to promote the channel. And yes you have been a long standing member of channels I love watching.
Given that the longest serving PM of the UK was Robert Walpole, it appears that eccentricity is a common factor for long serving leaders. That is entirely unsettling in the current US.
Eh, I’d don’t mind trump. The media makes him seem worse than he is, if they would have elected Hillary, the media would be constantly praising her. Not that he always acts the way he should.
I really love Rare Earth, and it was very unexpected when it started though. I was just a fan of David Bowie and space, and so Chris Hadfield ticked both those boxes.
Concentration camps were invented by the Spanish in Cuba in 1896 by General Weyler. For the same reasons that we used them. Churchil was an observer in the Span-Am war. With the Spanish army.
MacKenzie King is quite hated in Quebec. So many people were hiding from the military police during the conscription, which he promised not to enact. He passed a referedum(pebliscite) for the conscription and he went on with it. Quebecers felt betrayed by him since they voted for the provincial Liberals with the promise that there would no conscription. I know that some great things were done when he was in office (welfare program, elderly benefits, creation of the CBC/SRC...), but he is not well remembered here.
Um, OK, so William Lyon Mackenzie King was “weird”-that would be hard to miss-but what, exactly, was his legacy? Canada gets to vote on sending people to fight in wars? Canada and the US are “friends”? Even _one_ straightforward line about that would have helped.
That was really rather interesting. I wish I knew more about HOW he managed it, but it's also good to get an overview of why it was important. By the way, Can Mr. Hadfielied negotiate in my country's capital? A disinterested party might be what we need.
This video completely gets the WHOLE point about King wrong. We consider King a weirdo EXACTLY because when he died, he had no legacy. No wife or children, or a loving family to protect him after his death. His dying wish of having his personal journals destroyed were not respected by his extended family sore at King for having given Mackenzie Estate to the government, and so his journals were published and people were able to read stuff King did not want known. Thus the public idea that King was a weirdo was born because they were able to read his very private and personal journal. So the whole POINT of this video goes about King completely backwards. Unfortunate.
His legacy isn't in what people know about him, it is what he did to the nation. I don't use the word to mean how the public remembers him, but how the country changed due to his influence. That's the main point of the video, masked in the idea of his strangeness. Whether anyone found his journals or not, he left a *massive* legacy on Canadian politics and identity. The rest is just tabloid fun that gets a person to pay attention.
I've been wanting to collaborate on a video with Evan for a long while, and this is a great way to do it. Rare Earth tells a lot of stories that I just can't find the words for!
Your smile lights up my world
Why is this 4 weeks ago?
4 weeks ago....wot
@Tom; at 4m30s, in the subtitles, "Quebec war" should be "Québécois"; he's talking about the people, not some war-in-progress.
A not so subtle allusion to a modern leader. The video apologies for these type of men make me want to puke.
Thanks Tom. Francesco and I really appreciate you hosting us. It means a lot. Looking forward to our next adventure together!
Dammit, Tom gets to go on adventures with a real-life astronaut. If you ever need an incompetent hack to go along with you guys, you know where to find me.
Getting more Rare Earth on another channel was a very pleasant surprise.
I hope this video helps your channel gain more traction. It pains me to see so many fantastic videos go on with so little views.
Rare Earth is one of the most underrated channels imo. Im sure they will gain traction soon enough
welcome to Canada where we're nice to you even if you wear such pants.
Whoa those pants are... loud.
I was going to say that they are weird.
So loud that they scream "American!" to me.
Shockingly Canadian and so very un-Canadian at the same time... I might have to buy a pair.
Loudly singing "OOOOHHH CAAANAADAAA!"
I think that they are intended to be pyjamas
Everyone else: War, I get that. Economy, makes sense. But Quebec? isn't that just one part of Canada?
Canadians: .....it's a long story.....
A Loooooooooooooooong story
you would think that would you...
Real Canadians don’t accept that side of Canada 😂 we all want to split away from eastern Canada.
a vary long story
So it's like the Southern California of the other CA.
Canadian trousers but British socks? I already like this guy.
Personally I think flags are kitsch, especially as fashion items. I have an almost irresistible desire to burn all and any flags on sight.
Everyone in this thread would make a good canadian politician.
Don't remind me. ;p
I don't need any more of my anti-american prejudices confirmed today thanks. ;p
And American flag underpants but don't tell the Yanks.
I was half expecting him to say "something something Canada," then gesture to his pants, "something something Britain," lift his right pant leg to expose his Union Jack sock, and finally "something something United States," lift his left pant leg and show off the Stars and Stripes.
Who does this guy think he is? The son of an Astronaut?
A slightly off-centred potato. Looks like it
OH! I didn't realize!
Which one of the 17 kids is he
To everyone who's never watched an episode of Rare Earth:-
Rare Earth is a series hosted by Evan Hadfield. He basically tells the stories of people and places, similar to the one about Mackenzie King. If you're a fan of Tom's work its definitely up your ally.
The style and content is great. One of the only channels I make sure to watch as soon as they update.
Damn, this is going to make me seem like a git, but...
alley: a narrow passageway between or behind buildings.
ally: one with whom one has entered into an alliance
Rare Earth is absolutely awesome!
Dam canucks
I'm not sure I, nor my ally, want me to be up my ally.
Is he related to Chris Hadfield?
Edit: Of course he is. He's the guy who took over Chris' channel. Just realised that.
Yep, Evan is Chris' son.
I'm just guessing now, but i think it was a conciencious choise to not mention that fact in the video.
If you only ever get to be known as some famous person's son or daughter, you might feel like you don't truly have something of your own.
I don't think so, since on the Hadfield channel the relationship is mentioned right in the channel trailer.
I think it's more that giving backstory doesn't add to it or matter
+Das Ganon I dunno about that. Recently, they changed the name of the channel from “Chris Hadfield’s Rare Earth” to just “Rare Earth”.
@fren yea but since the start of rare earth chris hadfield explained that his son would eventually take over the channel with rare earth.
The son of Chris Hadfield - the Canadian astronaut who recorded Space Oddity on the International Space Station.
Video was good, but I'm left with a strong desire to know more of King and less about the definition of legacy.. It almost feel like a documentary opening than a complete video.. Byt still good ans well made
Olivier Bilodeau go watch rare earth
Felt like an essay that couldn't find enough references and citations so it just kept bringing up the opening hook and thesis statement, again and again and again
Wanted to know more about his occultism, if there were any personal memoirs about the prostitures, and if churchhill or other prominent figures had quotes or written statements about him.
Dentists: politicians with more money.
Put that on a dentist's tombstone.
Fox, I guess he means that dentists are politicians with more money and he just used the wrong symbol. He should've used ; instead of : .
I want that in mine
...Legacy, what is a legacy?
It’s planting seeds in a garden you never get to see
hamilton
This is awesome. As a Canadian I don't learn nearly enough about my countries own history.
Everyone: "Why pick a weird hill to die on,
when you can pick a soft hill to lie on?"
King: *Legacy*
What made him an effective politician? What policies did he make to continue his successful government? I feel like these were glossed over...
Well you could always research them. He stated he wouldn't go into policies in this video.
You can say that again. Sorry to be critical, but I kept waiting for the part where he was going to explain what he actually *did* that made him great, or how his weirdness played into it or something. He just ended up repeating the same points.
We specifically avoid being explainer videos. I realize it doesn't exactly line up with the expectation of Tom Scott viewers, but it makes a ton more sense if you look at our other (better made) videos. Unfortunately, this one was loaded with problems from the start.
Rare Earth - I definitely expect videos to support their claims if they are branded as educational content. I Iiked your video's subject, but wish it went into more detail.
Ian Cook the point of these videos is to show off other channels not to be like tom.
Two of my favorite channels on a collaboration effort? Awesome video. Glad to see Rare Earth getting more views and Tom Scott reaching out yet again to an awesome content creator.
Very nice video
Ps: cant unsee those pants.
Yeah, I caught one glance of them and... Wow. XD
I love them :-D
I need them; and damnit, I live 10 minutes from Parliament Hill even.
Incredibly pleasant surprise to see Evan here!
Rare Earth is one of the best, highest-quality channels on UA-cam. Glad to see this collab.
oh that's chris hadfield's son i thought i recognized him
casey woah
casey what really that's crazy
Evan is a great guy, and Rare Earth is a great series. I just finished binge watching it yesterday
I love Evan and Rare Earth, so glad to see him here. Great to see Canada in the "spotlight"
Kudos Tom for featuring guest videos from some (more) great channels, I trust you had an excellent break. Cheers from PEI Canada, Bryan.
Been watching Rare Earth for a few months now an loving it.
Thanks Evan
MAN Evan is seriously top notch. This is one of the best videos I've ever seen on UA-cam. Just phenomenal.
Thanks for getting him on, I really like this guy's channel & I'm happy that I discovered his stuff.
woulda been cool if you went into what he did to make it happen? feels like i just listened to the words "weird" and "legacy" over and over for 8 mins
I guess that's this video's weird legacy then.
"Churchill but Canadian."
Evan is one of the most underrated people on UA-cam. Watched all his rare Earth videos and looking forward to his cuba series..
Also shout-out to Francisco behind the camera and the "THREE DUDES WHO AREN'T ITALIAN" for this particular video xD
wow I've been following rare earth for a while now but i didn't realise the guy was canadian until now. it's really cool to see him on your channel ^-^
Holy crap one of my favorite underrated channels collating w Tom? Dream come true
YAAAAAASSSSS RARE EARTH!!!!!
Thank god, more people need to watch that channel
Thanks for doing a collab with Evan! Rare Earth is the only other channel whose videos I watch every single one. He tackles tough controversial issues that 99% of content producers or media would never dare to touch on, and yet he can manage close to 100:1 like to dislike ratio. Absolutely incredible job.
p.s. I know Evan has probably heard this a million times, but he surely has inherited the chill and charm that are so characteristic of his father Chris. People with those qualities always succeed no matter what they do, astronaut and public educator alike.
Does he always say the words weird and legacy that much?
No, not really. He's quite soothing to listen to.
I had a feeling he was going to turn out to be related to Commander Hadfield when I saw the name. Great video, and awesome to see it seems to run in the family!
I just found out about this channel last week and loved it. Good to see this channel get a nice spotlight! Cheers!
God I just love how Canada’s completely represented by Toronto alone…
Face it: It's highly photogenic, especially from the Islands. Think of Manhattan from New Jersey. Montreal and Vancouver, Ottawa and even Quebec City, just don't have the view.
@@UtilityCurve I see what you’re saying, but I personally think there are far more photogenic areas in Canada. Like Banff, Alberta, some parts of Newfoundland and Nova Scotia, and I also think Vancouver is prettier than Toronto.
I'm really glad you featured Rare Earth, the more people know about it the better.
"we had a leader who wasn't afraid [...] to say no to conscription" ... except there was conscription under Mackenzie King. This part of the video seems to me to take historical shortcuts, IMHO.
Dude I love Rare Earth! I hope they get more views and appreciation after this
I found rare earth a few days ago. Great to see you like the channel to!
I Love Rare Earth channel, to me it's one of those rare gems on UA-cam.
I love how he repeats his points and emphasises them
This is definitely one of my most favourite and surprising channels for a long while.
I only recently started getting into Rare Earth, about the time you started this round of guest videos; actually, from one of your guest videos it was a recommended video. That's UA-cam's crystal ball for ya.
I've only very recently discovered Rare Earth and they quickly became one of my favourite channels. Kinda awesome that you suddenly did this collab with them!
Wau, that was amazing, thanks Tom for new channel to watch... these collabs are amazing...
wow, I was so surprised when you mentioned rare earth. love the channel!
Wow, two of my favourite UA-camrs in a totally unexpected collab!
YESSSSSS Rare Earth is literally one of my favourite series on UA-cam hell yes
yay he's finally in your video
I highly recommend Rare Earth, such a good channel!
But he uses the words “weird” and “legacy” so much it’s almost funny.
Suprised to find Rare Earth here. I love their documentaries. Hope this brings more (well deserved) attention to their channel.
I'm gonna go to college and won't be able to watch your videos. Which is deeply saddening,but hey! Rare Earth right before I go? One jolly good show, I might say. This is tremendously good.
You could (if you want to) use youtube-dl to download all video's on a channel and transfer them to a external hard drive. (you need ffmpeg installed too)
Nuclear Effect what college do you go to that they don't have the internet and UA-cam?
Two of my favourite UA-camrs collaborating? Yes please! An absolutely awesome video and I look forward to Tom's return!
The Canadian and war time PM with such a small tombstone, even smaller then his granddad. That seems so humble.
It's the Canadian way. Be understated, then get them in a corner and jersey them.
This was different but good. I enjoyed it.
Good on King for Prime Ministering well.
I'm glad you featured Rare Earth, they deserve the subs they're gonna get from this. Also it's weird seeing my country featured in one of Tom's videos...
I discovered Rare Earth because of your Arctic trip, I went searching for Other members of that expedition. Rare Earth has become one of my favourite channels to follow. Thank you for helping to promote the channel. And yes you have been a long standing member of channels I love watching.
Oh my god it's Rare Earth! Crazy to see these two channels collaborate! I hope Rare Earth gets the recognition it deserves.
I love Rare Earth, and am looking forward to Season 3. It was nice to see a video about Canada. Maybe Tom will come here one day too.
I just discovered rare earth this past week and now Tom is collabing!!!!! Love you both!
Great on the cooperation with Rare Earth,
greater on Evan for his trousers.
Wow, thank you for introducing me to this!
Yes! I was pleasently surprised with the collaboration with Evan Hadfield!
my two favourite chill channels combine
Been a fan of Evan for years...never knew he was a fellow Canadian! 😃
Given that the longest serving PM of the UK was Robert Walpole, it appears that eccentricity is a common factor for long serving leaders. That is entirely unsettling in the current US.
Don't worry.
The US had the sense to impose term limits on the President, so you have to swap them out after 8 years, no matter what.
rngwrldngnr unfortunately we have term limits, so the great president Trump can only be here 8 years
It was Walpole!
That's more than enough time for that orange orangutan to cause irreparable damge.
Eh, I’d don’t mind trump. The media makes him seem worse than he is, if they would have elected Hillary, the media would be constantly praising her. Not that he always acts the way he should.
Hmm... I suppose those pants count as the "red shirt" we are so fond of.
W1NT3CH it's red, it's clothes. works for me.
I love Rare Earth, glad to see you partner with them
"Executive produced by Chris Hadfield but it's not his fault" Someone call 911 because these credits killed me xD
Now I've watched all the way through, I am certain that Francesco makes all the difference to Rare Earth videos.
0.5 Warp Yeah he's the best. Don't tell him though.
What a very Canadian narration. Self-deprecating, dry humour, and a straight delivery.
I really love Rare Earth, and it was very unexpected when it started though. I was just a fan of David Bowie and space, and so Chris Hadfield ticked both those boxes.
I love both these channels it's great to see them come together
I highly recommend Rare Earth, Evan is a great storyteller and there's some really cool stories on that channel
Concentration camps were invented by the Spanish in Cuba in 1896 by General Weyler. For the same reasons that we used them. Churchil was an observer in the Span-Am war. With the Spanish army.
99% of other channels would be in mass uproar about a new (temp) host. Absolutely love this channel and it's fanbase!
There's a trope called "Bunny Ears Lawyer" and I think King fits that to a T. If you do your job well enough, everyone overlooks your eccentricity.
MacKenzie King is quite hated in Quebec. So many people were hiding from the military police during the conscription, which he promised not to enact. He passed a referedum(pebliscite) for the conscription and he went on with it. Quebecers felt betrayed by him since they voted for the provincial Liberals with the promise that there would no conscription.
I know that some great things were done when he was in office (welfare program, elderly benefits, creation of the CBC/SRC...), but he is not well remembered here.
Um, OK, so William Lyon Mackenzie King was “weird”-that would be hard to miss-but what, exactly, was his legacy? Canada gets to vote on sending people to fight in wars? Canada and the US are “friends”? Even _one_ straightforward line about that would have helped.
longest running prime minister
how did I know evan would be presenting this before I even clicked on it
Already subbed to Rare Earth great ideas being talked about and good cinematography.
Great video! I couldn't subscribe to Rare Earth fast enough!
You know, if you've ever been to Wincester, it's city hall looks remarkably like Canada's parliament building.
Plus, Manchester City Hall has a similar Gothic interior.
I can’t wait for next week!
I always forget about Canada. Thanks for reminding me!
That was really rather interesting. I wish I knew more about HOW he managed it, but it's also good to get an overview of why it was important.
By the way, Can Mr. Hadfielied negotiate in my country's capital? A disinterested party might be what we need.
Full Disclosure: When you said “Weird Willy”, I was looking at a particular half a maple leaf and I felt both admiration and discomfort.
That conjoined bi-flag is an abomination.
This video completely gets the WHOLE point about King wrong. We consider King a weirdo EXACTLY because when he died, he had no legacy. No wife or children, or a loving family to protect him after his death. His dying wish of having his personal journals destroyed were not respected by his extended family sore at King for having given Mackenzie Estate to the government, and so his journals were published and people were able to read stuff King did not want known. Thus the public idea that King was a weirdo was born because they were able to read his very private and personal journal. So the whole POINT of this video goes about King completely backwards. Unfortunate.
His legacy isn't in what people know about him, it is what he did to the nation. I don't use the word to mean how the public remembers him, but how the country changed due to his influence. That's the main point of the video, masked in the idea of his strangeness.
Whether anyone found his journals or not, he left a *massive* legacy on Canadian politics and identity. The rest is just tabloid fun that gets a person to pay attention.
"You don't have to be great at being a person, to be great politician" confirmed by most politicians I know.
Tremendous!! Evan is a storytelling hero
Dope. Two Rare Earth videos in two days. Love it.
Rare earth is amazing it's good to see this collab
Thanks for introducing me to Rare Earth, I will subscribe, but always look out for your next submission.
Great episode Evan!
This got deep. Awesome video ♥︎
Those are some glorious pants, and I’m not even Canadian.
Glorious and FREE pants. (Look up Canada’s national anthem in English if you don’t get the joke.)
I love rare earth. Always fun to see two channels u like get in touch and collaborate
Good to get some more background on the Canadian cemetery in my hometown in Belgium. Didn't expect that from the video.
I never knew Canadian politics could be so interesting. Cool video.