The Youtube channels I would recommend are the following:
Tech/Science
S3 - The stories of people working to change the world.
Modern Day Eratosthenes - A great STEM communicator who provides a moderate level breakdown of STEM topics. Videos are less than 12 minutes long.
Ziroth - This channel focuses on highlighting new science and engineering projects that are helping the world transition to a zero carbon future!
Speculative Science
Isaac Arthur - This channel focuses on exploring concepts in science with an emphasis on futurism and space exploration, along with a healthy dose of science fiction. While we explore many concepts and technologies that are far beyond us now, we try to keep everything inside the bounds of known science or major theories.
Analytical Tech News/Stories
TechAltar - Analytical videos about tech companies [and their products or services].
Tech Business/Economics/History Video Essays
Asianometry - One of my favorite YT channels. He does a great job producing high quality videos about tech history, tech related economics, and sometimes dives into what that latest tech is and how it might play a part in our future.
Humorous Business Journalism
Good Work - “Edge-cutting” business journalism, with a healthy dose of humor mixed in. Actually covers things that you might want to know more about in the realm of business, trading, and why the American economy is so freaking weird.
The Making of a Movie/TV Show
It Was A Sh*t Show - Making stuff is hard, especially in the entertainment world when there are millions of dollars on the line. And we are going to talk about these disastrous, never ending, and sometimes dangerous productions. With video documentaries and a companion conversational podcast, It Was A Sh*t Show is an entertaining look at some of your favorite films and tv shows, and why they were such a nightmare to make.
Frame Voyager - Mini-documentaries on films without the clickbait negativity.
Mini/Full Documentary Makers
Peter Dibble - Obscure history from the Pacific Northwest and beyond. I recommend checking out America’s First Cross-Country Auto Race.
Kirby Ferguson - He’s best known for his documentary series called, Everything is a Remix. He made an updated and extended version of it. I recommend it.
Climate town: investigative journalism on various climate related stuff. He’s funny enough to offset the rage it’ll bring you.
Errant signal: art, indie and retro video game essays
These are mostly science and technology related.
Just Have a Think: Energy, electricity, fuels, batteries, renewables
Engineering with Rosie: electricity production, transmission, storage etc.
xkcd’s What If?: physics, silly questions, silly answers
Applied Science: Science, technology, DIY lab stuff
Elina Charatsidou: Nuclear physics
Future Proof Health: anything health related
AlphaPhoenix: Material science, physics, technical stuff
Design Theory: In-depth explanations on why items are designed to look a particular way.
If you like applied Science I highly recommend breaking taps
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Yeah, totally can recommend. Awesome electron microscopy, detailed explanations and all that.
This is a fairly niche answer, but Noah Caldwell-Gervais.
He does very smart critical analysis of video games as a medium, often in multi-hour long retrospectives of entire franchises. They are all split into chapters, so it’s easy to watch in parts. The visuals and editing are not very flashy, pretty much just footage of the game he’s talking about, but they are so well written and thoughtful I find them extremely compelling. There’s also road trip travelogues, but I’m not as into those.
Love me some Noah
Alexander the Ok - 101k subscribers, does some great hour long engineering / computer science videos. F-14 central air data computer (first microprocessor), Minuteman missile (led to the first desktop computers), B-29 turret system (networked mechanical computers), and Buran (not really computers, but a really good video anyways).
Learn Linux TV. Great educational channel for all things Linux.
For music fans, I highly recommend Trash Theory. Very thorough deep dives into songs and bands that leave you with a much better understanding of music history.
For commentary on modern popular music I recommend Todd in the Shadows and Mic the Snare.
Here’s my list, included snippets of their own youtube descriptions.
Angela Collier theoretical physicist.
Andrew Millison is a permaculture teacher and practitioner.
Climate Town Rollie Williams and a ragtag team of climate communicators, creatives and comedians are here to examine climate change in a way that doesn’t make you want to eat a cyanide pill. Get informed about the climate crisis before the weather does it for you.
Crime Pays But Botany Doesn’t A Low-Brow, Crass Approach to Plant Ecology & Evolution as muttered by a Misanthropic Chicago Italian. We study plants through the lens of ecology and evolution, rather than what supposed anthropocentric uses they can provide (as if holding up the biosphere wasn’t enough).
Dr Fatima i went to grad school and all i got was this lousy understanding of systemic problems in science.
Meditations for the anxious mind
Noah Daniel interior & spatial design
Stewart Hicks Takes on Buildings and Cities.
I like your taste in youtubers!
The Tim traveller : https://www.youtube.com/@TheTimTraveller/videos
GothicLordUK a gaming YouTuber who plays a variety of rouge like and puzzle games.
Terrasteel a YouTuber who explains quirks and fun facts about Terraria.
Lance Hedrick makes really cool data driven videos about coffee.
Etchy makes videos about generation 4 of Pokémon
Lost in the Movies - fewer than 10k subscribers, but he deserves so many more.
His work is generally on movies and TV, usually with a more art house feel.
His major piece of work though is his 30-40 part video series (and also podcast/blog) on Twin Peaks.
None of your, “Here’s the explanation of EVERYTHING,” nonsense here though.
Instead he looks at the show, its characters and its arcs with a contemplative eye, picking out interesting visual and narrative parallels, examining the show and film as a piece of art rather than as a puzzle to be ‘solved’.
It’s exceptional and it mystifies me that it’s not more well known. He’s been doing it for about ten years now I think. If you’re a Peaks fan, it’s an absolute must IMO.
The US Chemical Safety Board- does indepth non-politcal analysis of industrial accidents.
Bobby Fingers. I promise it’s worth the time and wait between videos.
Engels Coach Shop. Dude rebuilds wagons and other horse pulled things from piles of rubble. Really nice calm guy out in Wyoming.
Pat Finnerty breaks down bad songs in hilarious fashion.
Alpha Phoenix is a good science channel
Kari, she’s a retro gaming nerd, really young but absolutely knows her shit
Look Mum No Computer. An extremely talented musician who does videos around analog electronic music gear.
Mbmmllc. They do mining videos. The Kenya video is unbelievable and I learned so so much about the world from it.
Periscope Films. Stock footage that varies wildly
V. Birchwood, Historical fashion
Andy Ward’s Ancient Pottery, dude digs up clay and teaches you how to make pots in a campfire.
These are my picks.
J. Draper makes a lot of interesting videos on London history, including bits not normally discussed.
Miles in Transit is a guy named Miles who takes a lot of transit. And that is a fun fact.
Movie Bob is an interesting movie reviewer that I like.
Patrick (h) Willems is not a content creator, he is a cinematic interpreting powerhouse.
