Kind of tired watching trash from YT.

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    Climate Town - Does a decent job explaining climate-related topics and still makes them interesting.
    Jay Foreman - Very funny map trivia.
    JerryRigEverything - A bit too much promotion on some stuff, but really comprehensive tear downs.
    MIT OpenCourseWare - learn good.
    Pop Culture Detective - Deconstructive pop culture tropes that make you think a lot.
    SNES drunk - retrogaming (not just SNES) but well done, 0% additives just prime content.
    stacksmashing - electronics trivia and hardcore reverse engineering.
    The National Gallery - If you’re into history, this is an excellent channel about art trivia. I’m not much into art and this is always top quality for me.
    Tom Scott plus - Tom Scott does British telly stuff like playing board games or chasing people on the streets with an apple tag.
    Voices of the Past - This is slow, exhaustive history for nerds. Worth it if you want to let the story wash all over you.
    Vox - slightly left leaning great journalism, albeit sometimes too brief to explain complex topics.
    Weird History - They get some stuff wrong, but it’s still entertaining.
    Project Farm - Wanna buy an angle grinder? Now you do.
    Insider - Had a series of “How Real Is It?” videos that let professionals describe stuff seen in movies, and it is both entertaining and a learning experience.
    Corridor - Some stuff of dubious quality but if you’re interested in FX, it’s good.
    LegalEagle - Law is hard, but is law fun?
    brian david gilbert - Existential horror camouflaged as comedy.
    PBS Space Time - Good but hard space science.
    BurtBot - Orcs with normal voices.
    Joel Haver - Neat if you’re into deadpan humor.
    Taskmaster - Probably some of the best british television available in YT.

    Bonus round:
    Practical Engineering - How stuff is built but explained well enough that even I can understand it.

    Plus, use FreeTube, not You Tube. Don’t be a slave of their terrible algorythm and all the recommendations will turn out to be of your taste.

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    Adam Something - Mostly about civil engineering and public transportation, but also a ton of commentary on the right wing from a European leftist perspective.

    Ladyknightthebrave - Film theory and criticism.

    King Arthur Baking - Just solid baking videos.

    Tasting History with Max Miller - Cooking show about historical foods with brief dives into the dish’s history.

    Oversimplified - Short animated videos on history.

    F.D. Signifier - Black leftist takes on society, politics, and pop culture.

    Lindsay Ellis - Now retired from YouTube due to harassment, but excellent film theory and criticism, originated the current film theory video format.

    Chinese Cooking Demystified - Chinese cooking videos that focus on how it’s actually done in China.

    All Gas No Brakes/Channel 5 - Modern gonzo documentary news.

    Breadsword - Film theory and criticism.

    Contrapoints - Leftist trans commentary on philosophy, political theory, pop culture, and basically everything.

    Luetin09 - Incredibly deep dives into Warhammer 40,000 lore.

      • @Mugmoor@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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        He had to rebrand as Channel 5 News. The initial investor for AGNB retains the trademark to that name.

        He’s since left YouTube and is Patreon-only now. A real shame too, he does some really great work, but not enough that I’m willing to pay a sub for it.

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      Gotta give a shout out to Oculus Imperia for warhammer content! Not exactly for watching so much as listening, but his narration is impeccable and all of his stuff I’ve seen has been of top quality

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    Some More News - a disheveled and sarcastic anchor does a deep dive into a current topic

    Contrapoints - an ex-philosopher does a really deep dive into a topic (sometimes a concept or a phenomenon, sometimes a particular person or event), with incredibly high production value and costumes. Unfortunately this means she only puts out 2 videos a year, but they’re now usually 1-2 hours long.

    Podcasts - some have YT channels, but often no video, so if you’re looking for something to watch, this may not be helpful

    Behind the Bastards - a deep dive (often 2+ hour+ episodes) into different historical or current terrible people

    5-4 - a podcast about why the Supreme Court sucks

    Maintenance Phase - two journalists talk about various health, diet, and wellness scams and misconceptions

    If Books Could Kill (no YT channel) - Michael Hobbes from Maintenance Phase and Peter from 5-4 talk about “airport books”–bad pop science books

    You’re Wrong About - Sarah Marshall and Michael Hobbes (until late 2021) talk about pop culture misconceptions, everything from O.J. to the Satanic Panic to Iran-Contra and more.

  • crtbob
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    Haven’t seen anyone mention Posy. The guy made an entire video on mouse cursors, it’s great.

  • @Splosion@lemmy.world
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    51 year ago

    ISHITANI FURNITURE

    Abroad in Japan

    Girlfriend Reviews

    Jeremy Fielding

    Kai W

    Matthias Wandel

    Periodic Videos

    Primitive Technology

    Veritasium

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    (I’ll edit this post continually to add more channels detail. Kind of busy at the moment)

    Warlockracy

    Mandalore Gaming

    Civvie11

    Tim Cain

    Minisodes

    Olden Demon

    Bedtime Stories

    Beware The Qu

    Alt Shift X

    Historia Civilis

    Forgotten Weapons

    Paper Skies

    ConeOfArc

    RedLetterMedia

    Bobby Broccoli

    Sam O’Nella

  • @HootinNHollerin@sh.itjust.works
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    Timeline - remember when history Channel was awesome? It was all timeline documentaries

    Odyssey - ancient history documentaries

    Steve Mould - engineering and how things work

    Crux - news (mostly concerning the war in Ukraine) that is subtitles w music background