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Immigration, independent media, subcultures.

Reported by Maceo · Denver · 4 min · filmed

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Shot on 4 April 2026.

Outside Andrew Callaghan’s Channel 5 show in Denver, a local filmmaker is starting a company for the city’s underground scene. He meets the We Them Media bounty programme, and the two pitches talk to each other for four minutes.

The programme is explained as a proof of concept: what if Callaghan could pay for primary sources in a city he is not in, “I’ll give $100 to my favorite content and I’ll pick as many as I want for my video.” So far: “We have people submit from Nigeria, Kenya, Uganda, and in India so far like the last like three weeks.”

Paul, the filmmaker, has been shooting DJs, a High Times event, a three-day writing camp, and is moving toward “finding different subcultures in and around Denver and Colorado,” starting with a family whose food truck is opening its first physical location. Neither of them is from here; both are from Pennsylvania. The interviewer’s own Denver story comes out in passing: a crypto conference five weeks ago, a car that broke down, and a hole he climbed out of by making videos, “I’ve been getting people around the world to try and do my fucking weekly bounties.”

The last minute is a piece to camera outside a sold-out show. “This is definitely a case study in independent media and journalism That’s what Channel 5 is,” and the ticket count he watched fall from four hundred to under a hundred over two days. Filmed by Maceo.

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0:00There’s a lot of conversation here about immigration, I would say. For example, could Andrew be like, okay, I’m not in Denver, but I want to get people to go out and get the perspective of people in Denver on what’s going on. Or maybe, say, in Minneapolis. Say he didn’t go to Minneapolis, but he said, I want people to go out and I’ll give $100 to my favorite content and I’ll pick as many as I want for my video. And then all of a sudden he has like primary sources from a foreign context And he’s kind of leaving out the through line That’s kind of what I’d like to prove a concept for my project

0:28And so right now we’ve had people participate in my my weekly bounties of a hundred bucks We have people submit from Nigeria, Kenya, Uganda, and in India so far like the last like three weeks That’s crazy man Yeah, thanks

0:44I’m starting a company for real this month, but I’ve just been doing entertainment stuff, I did a High Times Magazine event, Recap, and another, there’s like a three day writing camp, I don’t know what to explain it, but I’m filming DJs and music and events, but I’m going to stay away from the music side, I’m trying to get more entertainment in the journalists, finding different subcultures in and around Denver and Colorado. The mic is on, I was giving it to you because you’re talking Oh cool, yeah, so He’s like, throw it in my hand and shake it up I’m starting another page and it’s going to be my legitimate, you know, business where I’m meeting up with this family who has a food truck

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1:27And they’re opening their first physical location in Denver So I’m going to do a, you know, opening, grand opening video where it shoots from like a food truck to their grand opening thing Yeah, yeah Well cool, are you guys from here? Neither of us, we’re from Pennsylvania actually But I lived here now. So did this just bring you on a journey out here or what? I came out here for a crypto conference, like ETH Denver, which was like five weeks ago. And I drove out here and my car broke down and I’ve kind of been like in a pot, like in a hole. Okay. And I’ve just gotten inspired and I’ve been doing a lot of shit.

1:57Like I’ve been making a lot of videos. I’ve been getting people around the world to try and do my fucking weekly bounties. I finished a crypto class I was teaching. I feel like I’ve been overcommitted in so many ways. But we’ve been hustling, man. That’s pretty badass, man. Well, hopefully you get your way back on that Oh, yeah, can I ask you a couple questions though for the video? Sure Oh, yeah You want this guy? Yeah, definitely, hit it to him I guess so Yeah Let’s go, pass the camera around, baby And I like it because we got this Mase Ensemble That’s the word, right?

2:24I’m waiting for some buddies that have my ticket So if they show up, I gotta bounce That’s okay, that’s okay But let’s try and get this like signed behind us I feel like this is like a fucking epic scene Oh, here he is It’s like the meme sound, boom That’s okay, have fun, man Enjoy the show What was your name again? Paul, shout out to Paul Okay, okay

2:48Alright, so what’s up guys? We’re outside the Channel 5 Carnival here in Denver, Colorado We’re about to hear people talk about their experience with Channel 5, what they like about it This is definitely a case study in independent media and journalism That’s what Channel 5 is, that’s what Gaya Cinco is, what all this shit is And I’m honestly, in a city like Denver, Colorado, this thing is sold out Over the past couple days, I looked up the website on Ticketmaster There was like 400 tickets, there was like 200 tickets And today I saw him posting a story, less than 100 tickets Bruh, I wonder being able to sit in the front row

3:17Having to sit in the fucking back of the room Because I didn’t buy that shit in time So, you can tell people in Denver are fucking excited for this show And so I’m excited to talk to some people out here Fuck yeah And I have on two mics, this shit is loud as fuck

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