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I'm exactly the same. Some favourites I've collected over the years: 3Blue1Brown - math essays AlfieAesthetics - Bushcraft, botany and survival skills with so

I'm exactly the same. Some favourites I've collected over the years: 3Blue1Brown - math essays AlfieAesthetics - Bushcraft, botany and survival skills with some fun english humour mixed in CNLohr - fun hardware hacking livestreams Eliminator Performance - mechanical troubleshooting and maintenance vlogs Engineering Explained - Automotive engineering explainers and mini-lectures FearlessFront - Mechanical engineering, welding, and vehicle hacking How to make everything - multi-skill projects on making things from scratch as much as possible Kurzgesagt - Philosophy and science essays Lie Likes Music - Music essays Mathologer - Advanced (to me) Maths essays Matthew Cremona - Woodworking Matthias Wandel - Woodworking Nativlang - Essays on the history of spoken and written language Nerdwriter1 - Essays on Art, philosophy, and the sciences Nightmare Masterclass - Essays on fringe culture Numberphile - Mini-lectures on Maths Polyphonic - Essays on Music Primitive Technology - Vlogs on primative/ancient building techniques Rick Beato (specifically his "What makes this song great" series) - Essays on what separates iconic music from the rest Strange Parts - Hardware hacking projects, mainly based in Shenzhen, China The Drug Classroom - Scientific essays on recreational drugs This Exists - Essays on cultural oddities and internet culture specficially Uri Tuchman - Very intricate woodworking and engraving Wendover Productions - Video Essays on a variety of subjects including economics, travel, geography Wisecrack - Essays which examine pop culture through a philosophical lens.

tshannon 8y ago
Great list. I love when people do this, as I inevitably find new channels to follow. Thanks,
robotnixon 8y ago
I'd recommend adding Ishitani Furniture to your woodworking list. Very relaxing and the he makes gorgeous stuff.
- s0l1dsnak3123 8y ago
  Brilliant, added!
Balgair 8y ago
Alec Steele - A hyperactive Brit makes swords in Montana Invitica - essays on ancient civilizations Wintergarten - a Swede in France making a musical marble machine to millisecond precision. Good project management tips are included. Man At Arms ReForged - Baltimore swordsmiths make ridiculous videogame sized swords that are mostly unusable. EDIT: A few others Bon Appetite's "Brad Makes": A New Jerseyian mumbles his way through fermenting anything edible. Frequent field trips ensue. Kiwami Japan: A very very strange Japanese man makes the same knife, over and over, from various materials such as jello, underwear, and pasta. ASMRy. Primitive Technology: The journey of a mute, nearly naked QLD programmer in the forest and his attempts to make a nuclear reactor from local mud. Turn on English subtitles. Contrapoints: A trans PhD dropout comments on current issues through the lens of grad-level philosophy and copious innuendo. Impeccable set design and pacing.
- s0l1dsnak3123 8y ago
  Thanks, I've subscribed to them as they all sound really interesting :)
- mrguyorama 8y ago
  You can't mention Brad from Bon Appetite and not mention "Half-sour Saffitz"! She recently got brought back onto the team to continue her "Professional chef makes oreos/twizzlers/twinkies etc" videos.
  - s0l1dsnak3123 8y ago
    Yes! Brad's "it's alive" and Claire's "Gourmet makes" are both great. I started making Kombucha and Sauerkraut because of Brad's video on the subject. Giardiniera next!
    - jetru 8y ago
      OMG, they're my favourite youtube people. So, much, joy.
sdenton4 8y ago
Contrapoints - applied philosophy, set design.
- s0l1dsnak3123 8y ago
  I already liked Contrapoints but I hadn't subscribed until now. Thank you!
bad_good_guy 8y ago
Nerdwriter is just psuedo-intellectual trash that panders to already popular opinions
- s0l1dsnak3123 8y ago
  I'm not really qualified to be able to tell the difference; what makes you say that?
  - forgot-my-pw 8y ago
    He tends to over-explain things and perhaps looking too deeply into things that aren't there. He does have a substantial following, so there must be a lot of people who like that style. Example, his 9 minute explanation of the Las Meninas painting: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WKRKrpz09Fk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WKRKrpz09Fk I much prefer this shorter 3 minute explanation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=loMy3sbW64g https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=loMy3sbW64g - concise and easy to understand
jhallenworld 8y ago
I use it for free audio books: for example, HP Lovecraft is great for medium car trips. Joe Pieczynski, mrpete222, clickspring: machine shop skills. I finally bought a lathe due to these videos. Shango066: revive old TVs and radios in Los Angeles Mustie1: revive old engines in New Hampshire ADVChina/Laowhy86/Serpentza: x-pats in China. If you really want to know about life in China, watch these. Mine Explorers: shango066 underground Scott Manley: rocket science w2aew: RF electronics Applied Science: for the garage science lab Isaac Arthur: futurology Kombi Life: living as a VW bus nomad Curators Corner: some shorts from the British Museum Machine Thinking: history of technology CuriousMarc: old computers Practical Engineering: civil engineering bigcliveotcom: for his soothing voice glasslinger: DIY vacuum tubes Lots and lots of food channels: recently I enjoyed the "Modern History TV" ones on medieval food. Also I watched the YouTube original "Origin" recently- not bad, but not quite at the Netflix level.
wgj 8y ago
Good list! I met Rick Beato at Summer NAMM this year. Really nice guy. 12tone - Excellent music theory in fast, whimsically illustrated episodes agadmator - Best chess channel I've found
- jhallenworld 8y ago
  I'll second you on agadmator, the explanations are excellent.

tshannon 8y ago

Great list. I love when people do this, as I inevitably find new channels to follow. Thanks,

robotnixon 8y ago

I'd recommend adding Ishitani Furniture to your woodworking list. Very relaxing and the he makes gorgeous stuff.

s0l1dsnak3123 8y ago
Brilliant, added!

Balgair 8y ago

Alec Steele - A hyperactive Brit makes swords in Montana Invitica - essays on ancient civilizations Wintergarten - a Swede in France making a musical marble machine to millisecond precision. Good project management tips are included. Man At Arms ReForged - Baltimore swordsmiths make ridiculous videogame sized swords that are mostly unusable. EDIT: A few others Bon Appetite's "Brad Makes": A New Jerseyian mumbles his way through fermenting anything edible. Frequent field trips ensue. Kiwami Japan: A very very strange Japanese man makes the same knife, over and over, from various materials such as jello, underwear, and pasta. ASMRy. Primitive Technology: The journey of a mute, nearly naked QLD programmer in the forest and his attempts to make a nuclear reactor from local mud. Turn on English subtitles. Contrapoints: A trans PhD dropout comments on current issues through the lens of grad-level philosophy and copious innuendo. Impeccable set design and pacing.

s0l1dsnak3123 8y ago
Thanks, I've subscribed to them as they all sound really interesting :)
mrguyorama 8y ago
You can't mention Brad from Bon Appetite and not mention "Half-sour Saffitz"! She recently got brought back onto the team to continue her "Professional chef makes oreos/twizzlers/twinkies etc" videos.
- s0l1dsnak3123 8y ago
  Yes! Brad's "it's alive" and Claire's "Gourmet makes" are both great. I started making Kombucha and Sauerkraut because of Brad's video on the subject. Giardiniera next!
  - jetru 8y ago
    OMG, they're my favourite youtube people. So, much, joy.

sdenton4 8y ago

Contrapoints - applied philosophy, set design.

s0l1dsnak3123 8y ago
I already liked Contrapoints but I hadn't subscribed until now. Thank you!

bad_good_guy 8y ago

Nerdwriter is just psuedo-intellectual trash that panders to already popular opinions

s0l1dsnak3123 8y ago
I'm not really qualified to be able to tell the difference; what makes you say that?
- forgot-my-pw 8y ago
  He tends to over-explain things and perhaps looking too deeply into things that aren't there. He does have a substantial following, so there must be a lot of people who like that style. Example, his 9 minute explanation of the Las Meninas painting: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WKRKrpz09Fk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WKRKrpz09Fk I much prefer this shorter 3 minute explanation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=loMy3sbW64g https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=loMy3sbW64g - concise and easy to understand

jhallenworld 8y ago

I use it for free audio books: for example, HP Lovecraft is great for medium car trips. Joe Pieczynski, mrpete222, clickspring: machine shop skills. I finally bought a lathe due to these videos. Shango066: revive old TVs and radios in Los Angeles Mustie1: revive old engines in New Hampshire ADVChina/Laowhy86/Serpentza: x-pats in China. If you really want to know about life in China, watch these. Mine Explorers: shango066 underground Scott Manley: rocket science w2aew: RF electronics Applied Science: for the garage science lab Isaac Arthur: futurology Kombi Life: living as a VW bus nomad Curators Corner: some shorts from the British Museum Machine Thinking: history of technology CuriousMarc: old computers Practical Engineering: civil engineering bigcliveotcom: for his soothing voice glasslinger: DIY vacuum tubes Lots and lots of food channels: recently I enjoyed the "Modern History TV" ones on medieval food. Also I watched the YouTube original "Origin" recently- not bad, but not quite at the Netflix level.

wgj 8y ago

Good list! I met Rick Beato at Summer NAMM this year. Really nice guy. 12tone - Excellent music theory in fast, whimsically illustrated episodes agadmator - Best chess channel I've found

jhallenworld 8y ago
I'll second you on agadmator, the explanations are excellent.