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Ask HN: YouTube Channels for the Intellectually Curious

by maxutility·4y ago·316 comments·view on hn ↗
As someone who is intellectually curious and has had great success finding articles on sites like Hacker News and blogs like kottke.org, I haven’t yet figured out where to find the most interesting content on YouTube. Let me know in the comments if you have found certain channels and creators to be particularly rewarding to follow, or if there are other ways you’ve found to consistently track down good content.
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- Technology Connections for general household "how stuff works"

- DIY Perks, which is on the project/creation end of things

- Xyla Foxlin for a variety of projects

- Veritasium for well basically anything and everything science

- Simone Giertz does a lot of projects to solve problems in both ridiculous and entertaining ways

- Element14 Presents, if you're interested in building your own electronics

- Hugh Jeffreys for device repair

- Both Steve Mould and Joe Scott for miscellaneous general science learning

- Major Hardware, all you wanted to know about computer fan design and then some

- Primitive Technology, an almost zen-like demonstration of building things the way our ancestors mostly had to

- The Modern Rogue, for all things shady and interesting

- Electroboom for all things electricity (and loud noises)

- Undecided w/Matt Ferrel, for a look at emerging tech

- The Hook Up for a wide variety of Home Automation and IoT reviews and projects

Familiar to a greater or lesser degree with most, but not all of those. I'd take exception to a couple inclusions.

- Undecided w/Matt Ferrel

This one is probably the most questionable. I was always a bit leery due to the titles being a bit too accepting of anything you might find on r/Futurology, and then happened on a Thunderf00t Busted (not a regular viewer there either) about some of his videos and yeah. I think it's safe to say he's not doing much of a critical evaluation of anything as he is just reading whatever cool sounding press releases he finds. I'm usually fairly allergic to more absolute statements (part of the reason I'm not such a regular viewer of Thunderf00t's), but even with the limited amount I've seen I'm pretty confident in writing off Undecided w/Matt Ferrel. At the very least, it deserves the same kind of credibility as anything you might find on r/Futurology.

- Veritasium

Yeah, I know. But his repeated issues with basically doing ad-spots as videos, and his lack of acknowledging the issue, really soured me on him. If I'm learning about something through somebody like Veritasium, it's not a topic I'm well versed in to begin with and it's unlikely that I'm going to pursue it all that much further independently. That sort of format is also particularly prone to causing me to drop my more rigorous filters. All of that means credibility is particularly important there, and Veritasium completely lost my trust that he wouldn't try to slip advertising by me while pretending it's relatively unbiased information that's been checked in good faith.

Even before that, he seemed to me to tend a little too far towards fully selling high school style explanations, without making it clear that that's what he's doing. By high school style explanations, I mean those that are nearly outright lies, serve to help students work their way to the point that they can make use of the next more nuanced and complex explanation which is closer to the truth.

There's nothing inherently wrong with using those sorts of explanations, but when addressing such a wide audience with no expectation that they will be looking deeper later, I think it's very important to be clear about the limitations of the information provided. With Derek, you get exactly as much nuance as he thinks makes for a good story, and he does his best to leave you with the impression that's all there is.

> Undecided w/Matt Ferrel, for a look at emerging tech

Person with soothing voice reads PR releases of mostly fluff and hype. It is like a tabloid of "science-y" things. I don't think he belongs on an otherwise fine list, just an opinion.

Nobody mentioned styropyro yet? Dude is pretty cool https://youtube.com/c/styropyro
EEVBlog: https://www.youtube.com/c/EevblogDave
- Matthias Wandel, who creates woodworking machines to make all kinds of things https://www.youtube.com/c/Matthiaswandel
- Stuff Made Here for absolutely top-notch insane home hardware engineering https://www.youtube.com/c/StuffMadeHere
I really loved technology connections but after a while (and not sure if it was me or him changing, probably me) the pedantic ranti-ness of it started to make it less fun to watch, even though that was a draw at first.
Alphaphoenix - high quality science content that doesn’t feel overly simplified. https://youtube.com/c/AlphaPhoenixChannel

Applied Science - impressive reproductions of existing science https://youtube.com/c/AppliedScience

Stuff made here - impressive maker/engineering projects https://youtube.com/c/StuffMadeHere

Explosions & Fire - (and related channels) Home explosives synthesis. Fun explosions. Notable for it’s honest look at how science works (and doesn’t work). Low production value. https://youtube.com/c/ExplosionsFire2

Math:

   - 3Blue1Brown: https://www.youtube.com/c/3blue1brown

   - Numberphile: https://www.youtube.com/c/numberphile
CS:

   - Computerphile: https://www.youtube.com/user/Computerphile
Physics:

   - PBS Spacetime: https://www.youtube.com/c/pbsspacetime
Philosophy and Pop Culture:

   - Philosophy Tube: https://www.youtube.com/c/thephilosophytube

   - Folding Ideas: https://www.youtube.com/c/FoldingIdeas

   - ContraPoints: https://www.youtube.com/c/ContraPoints
Film:

   - Nerdwriter: https://www.youtube.com/user/Nerdwriter1

   - Patrick H Willems: https://www.youtube.com/c/patrickhwillems

   - Every Frame a Painting: https://www.youtube.com/c/everyframeapainting
   
   - https://www.youtube.com/c/LessonsfromtheScreenplay
I'm personally especially fascinated by the less well known, more underground, and more "organic" creators:

https://www.youtube.com/c/CNLohr - making electronics and software projects while working around amusing constraints

https://www.youtube.com/c/scanlime - hardware electronics hacker, thorough knowledge of transistors to gateware

https://www.youtube.com/c/SladorSoft - small pieces of info on logic design

https://www.youtube.com/c/SammSheperd - drone and UAV design. simply best of the best. unfortunately he passed away. RIP SNRS

https://www.youtube.com/c/PhilS94 - PCB design

https://www.youtube.com/c/RobertBaruch - logic design

https://www.youtube.com/user/0033mer - laid back electronic circuits

https://www.youtube.com/user/MacPuffdog - fully home brew quadcoptor design

Less techy stuff:

- Kirsten Dirksen, for videos about self-sufficiency and architecture https://www.youtube.com/user/kirstendirksen

- Hainbach, music-making using test equipment and esoteric synthesizers https://www.youtube.com/c/Hainbach

- Linus Boman, graphic design https://www.youtube.com/c/LinusBoman/videos

- Sebastian Lague, game programming 'coding adventures' https://www.youtube.com/c/SebastianLague

- Great Art Explained https://www.youtube.com/c/GreatArtExplained

- Martijn Doolaard, dutch guy is renovating a house on a mountain in Italy https://www.youtube.com/c/MartijnDoolaard

- Afrorack, guy in Africa makes DIY synths https://www.youtube.com/c/Afrorack/videos

- Voices of the Past, first hand accounts from people throughout history https://www.youtube.com/c/VoicesofthePast

- Mr. Chickadee, large scale carpentry using hand tools https://www.youtube.com/c/MrChickadee

- Jorge Rodriguez, game math https://www.youtube.com/c/JorgeVinoRodriguez

* Not Just Bikes - urban planning and public transit - https://youtube.com/c/NotJustBikes

* Real Engineering - in-depth videos with amazing visuals on all sorts of subjects like how and with what materials were used for supersonic planes, what went wrong with the Concorde design, how did logistics for D-Day work, how does pumped up hydro work, etc. - https://youtube.com/c/RealEngineering

* Real Time History - historical channel, the team behind The Great War channel (highly recommend as well) with long in-depth videos on historical subjects such as the Russo-Japanese war, Napoleon's invasion of Russia, Franco-Prussian war - https://youtube.com/c/realtimehistory and https://youtube.com/c/TheGreatWarSeries

* similarly to The Great War channel/Real Time History, World War 2 and TimeGhost - WW2 week by week, with extra focus in separate videos on crimes against humanity, spying, etc. - https://youtube.com/c/WorldWarTwo and https://youtube.com/c/TimeGhost

Huge fan of:

- PBS Space Time (w/ physicist Matt O’Dowd) [1] for deep space and fundamental astrophysics in an accurate but approachable way

- Kurzgesagt —- In a nutshell [2] for entertaining yet informative, beautifully animated videos on everything from science to politics to philosophy

[1]: https://m.youtube.com/c/pbsspacetime

[2]: https://m.youtube.com/c/inanutshell

Some random suggestions:

Steve Mould - Physics https://www.youtube.com/c/SteveMould

Project Farm - Product Testing https://www.youtube.com/c/ProjectFarm

Lock Picking Lawyer - Lock Picking https://www.youtube.com/c/lockpickinglawyer

Scott Manley - Space Flight https://www.youtube.com/c/szyzyg

The Plain Bagel - Finance https://www.youtube.com/c/ThePlainBagel

Perun - Geopolitics https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCC3ehuUksTyQ7bbjGntmx3Q

Almazan Kitchen - Cooking https://www.youtube.com/c/AlmazanKitchen

Practical Engineering - Infrastructure https://www.youtube.com/c/PracticalEngineeringChannel

Mind Your Decisions - Logic Puzzles https://www.youtube.com/c/MindYourDecisions

Two Minute Papers - https://www.youtube.com/c/K%C3%A1rolyZsolnai

Dr. Zsolnai has been a great recap for computer graphic and AI research as its released. He presents the authors' research, sometimes shows his own attempts on their models, and often reflects on the authors' previous publications.

America's Test Kitchen - https://www.youtube.com/c/AmericasTestKitchen

Always a nice addition; America's Test Kitchen is consistently referenced on other channels as the reason they do X thing for their recipe.

Disney Research Hub - https://www.youtube.com/user/DisneyResearchHub

Disney doesn't post weekly videos, typically they drop 4-5 videos at once. Similar to Two Minute Papers (and sometimes covered there as well), it gives you a nice look in where we are in state of the art CGI.

Um, Actually - https://www.youtube.com/c/umactually

This is more in case you're a nerd, but still like some general fun. Um, Actually is a game show format from Dropout.tv/CollegeHumor where a statement from geeky franchises you know and love is slightly incorrect, and its the job of the guests to figure out the mistake. They're releasing their COVID-Zoom videos right now, but they're back in the studio now and have stated those videos are coming.

Freya Holmér covers the math and programming behind computer graphics: https://www.youtube.com/c/Acegikmo

Here are some more mathematics channels:

https://www.youtube.com/user/HarveyMuddCollegeEDU

https://www.youtube.com/c/Aleph0

https://www.youtube.com/c/3blue1brown

Here are some channels on physics:

https://www.youtube.com/c/TenMinutePhysics

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCPZvrtffxEZ7KZQ9dYCG0xg <- Carver Mead's channel.

Here's something of historical interest: all of the episodes of The Computer Chronicles. https://www.youtube.com/user/ComputerChroniclesYT

Acorn to Arabella https://youtube.com/c/AcornToArabella: They're building a 38' sailboat from stump to ship, then taking it around the world. Already 223 episodes in and very educational.

Michael Penn https://youtube.com/c/MichaelPennMath: Covering calculus, number theory and more. Classic black board lectures, highly enjoyable.

Andreas Kling https://youtube.com/c/AndreasKling: Livestreaming development on SerenityOS (https://github.com/SerenityOS/serenity)

I have some, let me know which ones you like, I might have more suggestions for you!

In no particular order:

Lex Friedman podcast, lots of scientific interviews: https://youtube.com/c/lexfridman

Crecganford, This one I discovered recently, expert in ancient and prehistoric mythology: https://youtube.com/c/Crecganford

Isaac Arthur, science and futurism, some sci-fi, but very very stimulating: https://youtube.com/channel/UCZFipeZtQM5CKUjx6grh54g

Matt Ferrel, weekly interesting topics, generally about coming soon scientific products (like, it’s is joe possible to do X with grapheme, how does it compare to y): https://youtube.com/c/UndecidedMF

Joe Scott, same format, but more generalist (spaces from climate change solutions to Victorian era to urban legends): https://youtube.com/c/joescott

Sabine Hossenfelder, an actual scientist explaining physics-related topics, her articles usually made it to top HN: https://youtube.com/c/SabineHossenfelder Blog http://backreaction.blogspot.com/?m=1

Not Just Bikes. The Dutch solved a lot of urban problems that most other countries still haven. This is a guy from Canada living in Holland, talking about urbanism, mobility and all the rest.
I'm suprised no one has mentioned "exurb1a", by far my most favorite channel on YouTube.

The videos are always thought-provoking, intelligent and hilarious as well.

I can recommend every single video of him.

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCimiUgDLbi6P17BdaCZpVbg

My favorite list:

Physics/Math:

Physics Girl: https://www.youtube.com/c/physicsgirl

Dr. Becky: https://www.youtube.com/c/DrBecky

3Blue1Brown: https://www.youtube.com/c/3blue1brown

Physics Videos by Eugene Khutoryansky: https://www.youtube.com/user/EugeneKhutoryansky

Electronics:

Usagi Electric: https://www.youtube.com/c/Nakazoto

James Sharman: https://www.youtube.com/c/weirdboyjim

FriendlyWire: https://www.youtube.com/c/FriendlyWire

I like "Kurzgesagt – In a Nutshell", its good information, easily understandable because its targeted to general population including kids. Perfect watch for tired brain after intense working session.

https://www.youtube.com/c/inanutshell

For GeoPolitics -https://www.youtube.com/user/CaspianReport I usually find his perspective unbaised and usefull.Geopolitics will play key in future as world becomes multipolar

For Breakthrough Tech : https://www.youtube.com/c/CleoAbram https://www.youtube.com/c/UndecidedMF

I like to follow the standford blockchain club: https://www.youtube.com/c/StanfordBlockchainClub

Helps me know how the smartest kids and mind are thinking of the new tech.

For Excel Geeks: https://www.youtube.com/c/ExcelTutorials

For Personal Knowledge Management : https://www.youtube.com/c/VisualPKM A underrated channel with brillant insights and tools.

They help me with identifying and knowing which areas can be of focus in the next few years if they progress as planned

Stuff Made Here is super cool: https://www.youtube.com/c/StuffMadeHere

He's like a younger version of Applied Science: https://www.youtube.com/c/AppliedScience

I also consider the likes of

Bismuth https://www.youtube.com/c/Bismuth9 and

SummoningSalt https://www.youtube.com/c/SummoningSalt

to be intellectual in the deep dive historian type of way.

LPL has already been linked: https://www.youtube.com/c/lockpickinglawyer

I used to follow NightHawkInLight but his content has slowed recently: https://www.youtube.com/c/Nighthawkinlight

Matt Parker is awesome (I have his book, too): https://www.youtube.com/user/standupmaths

He appears often on: https://www.youtube.com/c/numberphile

In no particular order:

FarmCraft101 (repairs/restoration, woodworking and useful tips) - https://www.youtube.com/c/FarmCraft101

KYLE.ENGINEERS (aero and car tech) - https://www.youtube.com/c/KYLEDRIVES/

Machine Thinking (history of machining) - https://www.youtube.com/c/machinethinking/

Greg's Airplanes and Automobiles (historical, technical deep dives) - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCynGrIaI5vsJQgHJAIp9oSg/

Huygens Optics (optics history and manufacture) - https://www.youtube.com/c/HuygensOptics/

w2aew (RF electronics and tutorials) - https://www.youtube.com/user/w2aew/

Aaron Lanterman (electronic classes, esp audio) - https://www.youtube.com/c/Lantertronics/

MicroType Engineering (electronics and pcb design) - https://www.youtube.com/c/MicroTypeEngineering/

Project Farm (unbiased tool/hardware reviews) - https://www.youtube.com/c/ProjectFarm/

Tod's Workshop (historical weapons) - https://www.youtube.com/c/TodsWorkshop1

rctestflight (RC stuff) - https://www.youtube.com/c/rctestflight

Biblaridion - "Alien Biospheres" is a great popsci series about speculative evolution. He also does constructed language stuff, but I haven't gotten around to diving into that.

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMjTcpv56G_W0FRIdPHBn4A

Channel 5 with Andrew Callaghan, formerly All Gas No Brakes (had a falling out with behind-the-scenes business types) - a feet-on-the-ground look into various subcultures and events. If you see beyond what's usually a hilarious and definitely slightly voyeuristic facade of "haha people are weird", at its core it's excellent vox populi journalism. Kind of a left field recommendation for this thread, but genuinely something that broadened my horizons by a lot.

https://www.youtube.com/c/Channel5YouTube

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCtqxG9IrHFU_ID1khGvx9sA

Most of the folks I follow have already been mentioned, some that seem to be missing:

Transit/city planning:

Jago Hazzard (mostly London focused) - https://www.youtube.com/c/JagoHazzard

Distraction Bucket (also London) - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCB4CG5PB7DCp4R4sxRqrRGQ

Geoff Marshall (UK) - https://www.youtube.com/user/geofftech2

RMTransit - https://www.youtube.com/c/RMTransit

Jay Foreman - https://www.youtube.com/c/JayForeman

Chemistry:

NurdRage - https://www.youtube.com/c/NurdRage

Other:

MyTechFun (3D printing) - https://www.youtube.com/c/MyTechFun

History Matters - https://www.youtube.com/c/TenMinuteHistory

jan Misali - https://www.youtube.com/c/HBMmaster

[Simons Institute] https://www.youtube.com/c/SimonsInstituteTOC - my favorite source for current research on theoretical CS, AI, computational sciences.

[MITCBMM - Center for Minds, Brains and Machines] https://www.youtube.com/c/MITCBMM - great lecture source for AI, cognitive science, neuroscience.

[Steve Brunton] https://www.youtube.com/c/Eigensteve - great lecturer on applied math for engineering and computation science. Like an advanced Khan academy

[The Royal Institution] https://www.youtube.com/c/TheRoyalInstitution - science talks for lay audiences, like Ted Talks but more advanced.

[Mathologer] https://www.youtube.com/c/Mathologer - misc math topics, like 3blue1brown. This guy is quirky and funny and good at explaining some advanced math topics.

[Numberphile] https://www.youtube.com/c/numberphile - topics on mostly math, but also CS adjacent.

I happen to have a list of channels I found fun and/or interesting at hand (<https://defanor.uberspace.net/links.xhtml#Videos>), so here's a rather long one: Cody's Lab, How To Make Everything, Isaac Arthur, Linus Tech Tips, Numberphile, Stand-up Maths, Computerphile, Veritasium, SmarterEveryDay, Adam Savage's Tested, The 8-Bit Guy, Primitive Technology, StanfordUniversity, Geek & Sundry, Viva La Dirt League, Sixty Symbols, The Royal Institution, Harry Rogers, Ben & Lois Orford, 3Blue1Brown, David Butler, PBS Eons (and PBS channels are nice in general), Adam Ruins Everything, OverSimplified, Sean Carroll's The Biggest Ideas in the Universe, Economics Explained, minutephysics, ElectroBOOM, NileRed, Stuff Made Here, GreatScott!, Electrician U, The Honest Carpenter, Fermilab, my mechanics, Hand Tool Rescue, Technology Connections, Practical Engineering (practical.engineering), Machine Thinking, Jeremy Fielding, Wristwatch Revival, StarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson, Matthew Fairbanks, Weird History, Nutty History, Modern History TV, Thoughty2, Ordinary Things, Grandpa Amu, AvE, Townsends, Tom Scott, Applied Science, Wondastic Tech.
Big Clive for general how electronics works, really good at tearing down, explaining how circuits work etc https://youtube.com/c/Bigclive
Sports are not regarded as intellectually fulfilling but these channels would change your perspective on how much Technique and Game Planning is involved at the highest level:

The Modern Martial Artist: https://www.youtube.com/c/TheModernMartialArtist

Adam Ondra (Olympian Climber): https://www.youtube.com/c/AdamOndra

Wylie’s Art and Science of Boxing: https://www.youtube.com/c/LeeWylie1

Also, I see no one mentioning Real Engineering: https://www.youtube.com/c/RealEngineering

Would also like to highlight Terra Mater (animal extinction & habitat): https://www.youtube.com/c/TerraMaterOfficial

Not so much channels but interesting series:

Playlist of all Susskind Physics lectures: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pyX8kQ-JzHI&list=PL6i60qoDQh...

Sanderson Writing class (fantasy but applies to all genres): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0cf-qdZ7GbA&list=PLSH_xM-KC3...

Channels:

Andreas Spiess aka Guy With the Swiss Accent for embedded / microcontrollers: https://www.youtube.com/c/AndreasSpiess

Hoopers Beta for a scienctific/medical POV about climbing: https://www.youtube.com/c/HoopersBeta

IppSec for HackTheBox to learn security: https://www.youtube.com/c/ippsec

LiveOverflow for security: https://www.youtube.com/c/LiveOverflow

Yannic Kilcher for ML news / overviews: https://www.youtube.com/c/YannicKilcher

French Guy Cooking: https://www.youtube.com/c/FrenchGuyCooking

If you're into aviation you might find these interesting:

1. Mentour Pilot https://www.youtube.com/c/MentourPilotaviation/videos

Petter from Sweden explains aircraft systems, crash investigations, how pilots handle awkward situations in the air. Very thorough.

2. Captain Joe

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC88tlMjiS7kf8uhPWyBTn_A

Joe is from somewhere in Europe, and he explains flight systems, how things work. Lots of overlapping content with Mentour Pilot.

3. 74 Gear

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCovVc-qqwYp8oqwO3Sdzx7w

Kelsey from America has tonnes of incredibly funny anecdotes.

Unlike the other two pilots who do mostly short flights within Europe (though Captain Joe recently changed jobs I think, and so I'm not so sure anymore), Kelsey does long-haul in a 747, and his stories are also diverse.

Usagi Electric and his series about reviving old Centurion minicomputer - https://www.youtube.com/c/Nakazoto/

Plainly Difficult for radioation accidents and and other science/technology gone wrong stuff - https://www.youtube.com/c/PlainlyDifficult

VWestlife for reviews of various old audio equipment and other thrift store finds - https://www.youtube.com/c/vwestlife

Tim Traveller for trip reports from various unusual places (weird country borders and stuff) - https://www.youtube.com/c/TheTimTraveller

Tentacrul for UX explained on DAWs and other music stuff - https://www.youtube.com/c/Tantacrul

Railways Explained for... well explaining the history and future of various world railways systems - https://www.youtube.com/c/RailwaysExplained

NFKRZ for explaining context of living in Russia - https://www.youtube.com/c/MultiNfz

Bald and Bankrupt for unusual travelogs in post-soviet countries and other places - https://www.youtube.com/c/baldandbankrupt

The one which no one has mentioned so far: Big Think - https://www.youtube.com/c/bigthink

I like the no-nonsense, ~5mins video from the authors summarizing core message of their research/book.

Examples:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ovBtoHkeK68

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xJL8A6vQyW0

PBS Nova and Frontline often have their latest episodes on Youtube, they go more in depth than commercial documentaries. "Boeing's Fatal Flaw" in a great example: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wXMO0bhPhCw

Georgia Tech professor Aaron Lanterman has class lectures on music synthesis, electric guitars amps and effects, and general electronics: https://www.youtube.com/c/Lantertronics

Documentaries Particle Fever CERN: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Lx109jdGCc

Slingshot, Dean Kamen - has the origin of FIRST Robotics: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0AsJXjK0CSo

To improve your health:

Dr. Sten Ekberg: https://youtube.com/c/drekberg

Diet Doctor: https://youtube.com/c/DietDoctorVideo

What I've Learned: https://youtube.com/c/WhatIveLearned

K Boges: https://youtube.com/user/Kbogea

To improve your understanding of the ongoing culture war:

Academy of Ideas: https://youtube.com/c/academyofideas

Ryan Chapman: https://youtube.com/c/RyanChapmanPolitics

Adding those not mentioned yet.

Animal Logic - https://www.youtube.com/c/animalogic

NHK World - https://www.youtube.com/c/NHKWORLDJAPAN

Asu (Bonsai with water features, if you want to calm yourself down.) - https://www.youtube.com/c/AsuGreen11

Goto Conferences - https://www.youtube.com/c/GotoConferences

Simple History - https://www.youtube.com/c/Simplehistory

TED - https://www.youtube.com/c/TED

TED Ed - https://www.youtube.com/teded

Economist - https://www.youtube.com/c/TheEconomist

The First Take (Japanese Music done in one shot) - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9zY_E8mcAo_Oq772LEZq8Q

Vice Asia - https://www.youtube.com/c/VICEAsia

Wired - https://www.youtube.com/c/WIRED

As much as I enjoy nicely produced content most often mentioned here, lately I tend to prefer less-produced videos made by professionals in a field.

When I got interested in Asian cuisine, I learned a lot from Chef Wang Gang, there is a retired F1 engineer called Malcolm Oastler documenting his project of motorbike-powered race car, a Canadian artist David Bull living in Japan and specializing in Japanese poster art. It takes much longer to find them, but I find the results much more satisfying in the long term.

* My mechanics: https://www.youtube.com/c/mymechanics

He repairs old worn down items and shows every step of the way in high details. Very satisfying to both learn the elegant mechanisms of old items, as well as to see something broken become beautiful once more.

* Andreas Kling: https://www.youtube.com/c/AndreasKling

Continuously posts videos on him+his community developing the operative system SerenetyOS (I know he's been posted here on HN before)

* Economics Explained: https://www.youtube.com/c/EconomicsExplained

Explains... economics..

Huygens Optics https://youtube.com/c/HuygensOptics