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I really enjoy learning while I work, but sometimes I just have trouble finding good new interesting channels to learn from.
There’s a few threads about bad YT series, and one about just general channels people enjoy. (there is one the about niche interests, however that’s a little too obscure). but I’d like to try to make a list specifically of useful or informative channels/playlists.
I’ll give a few:
”Documentary Style”
Defunctland - does some really interesting stories about the history of failed theme parks and attractions. much of what I’ve seen has that Discovery channel style setup of “how it should have gone”... but and then “the actual story”.
Jay Foreman - is a recent guilty pleasure, somewhere between comedian, light documentarian and musician. He discusses maps, politics, and the like. I don’t wholly agree with his views on everything, but he’s knowledgable, informative, and amusing.
James Burke - probably needs no introduction. Probably one of the more interesting pop-history documentarians, rewatching Connections is what made me think of making this list. Sadly, he doesn’t have A channel, but this playlist has most of his videos.
Tom Scott - I think is another that many people have probably heard of. Again, somewhat pop knowledge. I do find some of his videos feel less accurate or more pop than others, but he is willing to admit he’s wrong sometimes, which goes a long way to me. He has a good style - informative, somewhat inspirational.
Various Convention Talks:
Deviant Ollam - Discusses penetration testing, physical and social engineering and other security stuff. I can’t find a playlist of his stuff, so I just included a link to the first video of his I watched. He tends to do a lot of speaking engagements at cons, but he’s a really dynamic speaker with lots of great stories.
Ashens - Most people know his channel, he‘s that weird British dude what eats the gross food and discusses old video games. But I think his best piece is actually the history of the game Hareraiser.
Game Developer’s Convention - Someone has made a playlist of about 300 of the free talks from the last decade or some of GDC. Some of them are quite niche (designing touch controls, or the mathematics of platformers). Some are a bit up their own ass. But there are some genuinely interesting talks to be had in there on things like postmortems of game design, player psychology and the like.
Various Informational Type Stuff
Watch It Played - I find a great resource for learning to play new board games. Not a total replacement for a rulebook, but sometimes pretty close.
Computer Club - I mostly watch for stuff of him busting/breaking down scam tech, but he does a lot of other stuff as well.
Game Theory 101 - Just a really solid breakdown of the mathematics underlying game theory in a relatively understandable way. Not to be confused with the channel that basically discusses video game fan fiction.
Game Maker’s Toolkit - Some interesting discussions about game design
Nile Red - I admit to being a casual watcher, but he basically does weird chemistry stuff.
Kiwami Japan - This guy makes knives out things that one does not usually make knives out of. Things like milk, bacilli, fungus, and candy.
Cooking
I don’t know about you, but I don’t really consider cooking shows quite the same as learning shows, but I have a few good ones.
It’s Alive With Brad - Most of Bon Appetit’s channel I can take or leave, but It’s Alive With Brad is all about fermentation. Brad is a dynamic guy to watch, fermentation is an interesting subject, and it’s genuinely funny.
Cooking With Dog - traditional Japanese meals, prepared by an older Japanese woman, and taught by a dog named Francis. Very informative, very soothing. Everything looks super delicious. I binge-watched the whole channel.
Donal Skehan - used to make a lot of simple stuff with a twist, and also took a lot of foreign recipes and tried to make them with easier to find/use ingredients, which got the ‘cultural appropriation‘ people all angry. Less interesting nowadays.
Josh Weissman - I find him to have a nice balance of providing a recipe while still boiling it down to ‘add some stuff as it makes sense’ to be good for not getting overwhelmed when trying something.
Anyway, there’s some stuff from me. If anyone else has some good documentaries, especially, I’d be really excited to hear about them.
There’s a few threads about bad YT series, and one about just general channels people enjoy. (there is one the about niche interests, however that’s a little too obscure). but I’d like to try to make a list specifically of useful or informative channels/playlists.
I’ll give a few:
”Documentary Style”
Defunctland - does some really interesting stories about the history of failed theme parks and attractions. much of what I’ve seen has that Discovery channel style setup of “how it should have gone”... but and then “the actual story”.
Jay Foreman - is a recent guilty pleasure, somewhere between comedian, light documentarian and musician. He discusses maps, politics, and the like. I don’t wholly agree with his views on everything, but he’s knowledgable, informative, and amusing.
James Burke - probably needs no introduction. Probably one of the more interesting pop-history documentarians, rewatching Connections is what made me think of making this list. Sadly, he doesn’t have A channel, but this playlist has most of his videos.
Tom Scott - I think is another that many people have probably heard of. Again, somewhat pop knowledge. I do find some of his videos feel less accurate or more pop than others, but he is willing to admit he’s wrong sometimes, which goes a long way to me. He has a good style - informative, somewhat inspirational.
Various Convention Talks:
Deviant Ollam - Discusses penetration testing, physical and social engineering and other security stuff. I can’t find a playlist of his stuff, so I just included a link to the first video of his I watched. He tends to do a lot of speaking engagements at cons, but he’s a really dynamic speaker with lots of great stories.
Ashens - Most people know his channel, he‘s that weird British dude what eats the gross food and discusses old video games. But I think his best piece is actually the history of the game Hareraiser.
Game Developer’s Convention - Someone has made a playlist of about 300 of the free talks from the last decade or some of GDC. Some of them are quite niche (designing touch controls, or the mathematics of platformers). Some are a bit up their own ass. But there are some genuinely interesting talks to be had in there on things like postmortems of game design, player psychology and the like.
Various Informational Type Stuff
Watch It Played - I find a great resource for learning to play new board games. Not a total replacement for a rulebook, but sometimes pretty close.
Computer Club - I mostly watch for stuff of him busting/breaking down scam tech, but he does a lot of other stuff as well.
Game Theory 101 - Just a really solid breakdown of the mathematics underlying game theory in a relatively understandable way. Not to be confused with the channel that basically discusses video game fan fiction.
Game Maker’s Toolkit - Some interesting discussions about game design
Nile Red - I admit to being a casual watcher, but he basically does weird chemistry stuff.
Kiwami Japan - This guy makes knives out things that one does not usually make knives out of. Things like milk, bacilli, fungus, and candy.
Cooking
I don’t know about you, but I don’t really consider cooking shows quite the same as learning shows, but I have a few good ones.
It’s Alive With Brad - Most of Bon Appetit’s channel I can take or leave, but It’s Alive With Brad is all about fermentation. Brad is a dynamic guy to watch, fermentation is an interesting subject, and it’s genuinely funny.
Cooking With Dog - traditional Japanese meals, prepared by an older Japanese woman, and taught by a dog named Francis. Very informative, very soothing. Everything looks super delicious. I binge-watched the whole channel.
Donal Skehan - used to make a lot of simple stuff with a twist, and also took a lot of foreign recipes and tried to make them with easier to find/use ingredients, which got the ‘cultural appropriation‘ people all angry. Less interesting nowadays.
Josh Weissman - I find him to have a nice balance of providing a recipe while still boiling it down to ‘add some stuff as it makes sense’ to be good for not getting overwhelmed when trying something.
Anyway, there’s some stuff from me. If anyone else has some good documentaries, especially, I’d be really excited to hear about them.
