I subscribe, but will probably be ending my sub at the end of this year. It's a mixed bag, but more positive than the phrase implies. The great ones are great,

I subscribe, but will probably be ending my sub at the end of this year. It's a mixed bag, but more positive than the phrase implies. The great ones are great, even if they are just infotainment, but there are some deeper ones as well. At the very least it's a great way to sample different creative fields and find out more about them. My two main observations are: 1. There's a reason most of them say "So-and-so teaching <vague phrase>". You're not going to learn scales from any musicians, how to make jokes from any comedians, or how to write good from any writers. The craft part is up to you; they'll teach concepts, ideas, abstractions, etc relevant to their field, and ways to apply that craft effectively. 2. They all have elements of "Strong educational content" (EDU) and "infotainment / autobiography / motivational speaking" (TAIN), but some of them swing much harder in one direction than the other. --- Here's some hand-wavy opinions of the ones I've watched. (Obviously the TAIN value will be higher if you're already interested in that person) - - Aaron Sorkin teaches Screenwriting (Strong EDU and TAIN) - Tom Morello teaches Electric Guitar (Strong EDU and TAIN) - Tony Hawk teaches Skateboarding (Strong EDU and TAIN) - Daniel Negreanu teaches Poker (Strong EDU and TAIN) - Niki Nakayama teaches Modern Japanese Cooking (Strong EDU, Medium TAIN) - Bob Iger teaches Business Strategy and Leadership (Read his book) - Dan Brown teaches Writing Thrillers (Strong EDU, Medium TAIN) - Hans Zimmer teaches Film Scoring (Medium EDU, Strong TAIN) - Neil Gaiman teaches the Art of Storytelling (Medium EDU, Strong TAIN) - St Vincent teaches Creativity (Medium EDU, Strong TAIN) - Danny Elfman teaches Music for Film (Medium EDU and TAIN) - Itzhak Perlman teaches Violin (Medium EDU and TAIN) - Steve Martin teaches Comedy (Read his book) - Billy Collins teaches Poetry (Medium EDU, Low TAIN) - Herbie Hancock teaches Jazz (Low EDU, Medium TAIN) - Yo-Yo Ma teaches Music and Connection (Low EDU, Medium TAIN)