What are lemmy’s favorite video channels for more depth then you get from average news and television sources?
Prerun is one that comes to mind as he digs, thinks, and explains, and is willing to say he’s wrong. Business Insider is another one that has a great number of in depth topics, even if not quite as much as one might want sometimes. DW is another. RealLifeLore also seems to some great explaining. LegalEagle similar.
All of these are debatable to a greater or lesser degree, but I’m interested in alternative sources. What else is out there? What platform? Why?
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- Not just bikes a channel on bikes, biking, traffic and street design to accommodate bikes and biking… plus fawning over how good everyone’s favorite country has set this up.
- Mega projects: channel on some of the worlds largest projects in engineering and beyond.
- The B1M: Construction!
- Kurzgesagt : fun animated explanations of large difficult concepts.
- Wendover productions: Cool explanations om random subjects. Also has a sister channel Half as interesting with even more random subjects.
- Good times, Bad times: Geopolitics old and new.
- William spaniel: Game theory and Geopolitics.
Some other fun channels:
- How to ADHD: hints tips and tricks for people with adhd.
- Lock picking lawyer: Never trust any lock anymore.
- Primitive technology: A guy using primitive technology to survive in his own piece of jungle.
Hah checked out the B1M mega construction videos and immediately stumbled onto the Fehmarn tunnel project which brings up a memory from when I took the train from Germany to Denmark some 10 years ago. In the middle of the journey, the train suddenly went into a hangar and maybe fifteen minutes later we were asked to A) leave all of our stuff in the train and B) descend.
Which we begrudgingly did.
We all followed the person giving the orders up through some staircases and … the weirdest thing I have ever experienced I think, through a door out on the deck of a large boat in the middle of the sea 🌀🌌🐵
Didn’t expect that 😁
Cool. That’s pretty unique.
I had the pleasure of experiencing the train transfer from Mongolia to China. All train wagons are moves into a hangar in batches and lifted off their undercarriage. The undercarriages are removed, then the rail width is changed, new undercarriages are rolled in and the cabins lowered onto them… It was one hell of a sight.
Lots of good ones in there. Thanks!
B1M is great, Mega Projects and others of Simon’s channels are good (some better then others). Wendover is amazing, I just wish he out more out, but the production quality is probably to high to increase the rate.
I’ll have to check the rest out. :)
Technology Connections. I now know an absurd amount about home AC, pinball machines, and refrigerators.
Lets talk about latent heat and the refrigeration cycle!
when the
latent heat of vaporizationiscritical to the functionality of refrigeration
Some More News is excellent!
Coffezilla does awesome journalism.
ExtraHistory has also really stepped up it’s game.
Behind The Bastards… Tells you about history’s greatest bastards.
I really like what they do but mostly find them unlistenable. If you don’t enjoy listening to people just chatting and making lots of—often bad—jokes in the middle of the narrative, this podcast is not for you.
If you don’t mind that, they do a great job of deep diving into the history of despicable people.
“And, of course, this podcast is sponsored by the Claymore Corporation! Remember folks, Claymore Landmines: fuck the person directly in front of you!”
If you’re into cooking, history, or both, Tasting History with Max Miller is great. Lots of wonderful history, from the common to the obscure. He works hard to find primary sources for every story he shares, as well as calling out fake stories. He also corrects himself when he gets something wrong. And the recipes are fascinating!
Been getting into Bonsai Mirai lately. Very educational, in-depth videos about how to do Bonsai, with tips for everyone from a beginner to an expert. Also very relaxing to watch.
Friendlyjordies - Australian news and politics (plus Warhammer 40k and some other random stuff, not sure if he’ll go back to politics now)
Adam Conover - usually talks about tech, politics, etc, has long-form videos talking to experts or shorter videos talking about topics
Punter’s Politics - Aussie politics
Joe Scott - talks about tech etc
Doctor Elliott - psychology and LGBT stuff in TV shows
Matt Baume - history of LGBT in cinema and Hollywood
Tale Foundry - literature tropes etc
Belief it or Not - atheist breaking down Christianity (for ex-Christians who are struggling and need help breaking away from the mental hold it has)
Jill Bearup - movie fight scenes from a trained actor combatant PoV
(Hope these were what you’re looking for, apologies for lack of links, I’m on mobile)
LEMMiNO - doesn’t post videos often but it’s good stuff when he does
The granddaddy of science fiction and futurism channels is Science Fiction and Futurism with Isaac Arthur. The channel has content for days about all kinds of shenanigans humans could be getting up to in space and beyond.
A close second is futurist and science fiction author John Michael Godier. His voice will either weigh your soul down to the core of the earth or you’ll find it grating… there’s really no in-between.
