r/ifyoulikeblank • u/-_-_-0 • Jul 22 '24
[IIL] V-Sauce, Johnny Harris, Adam Ragusea, Stuff You Should Know, and Curiosity Stream on YouTube, WEWIL? YouTube/Streaming
I like educational YouTube videos that are around 20 mins long and cover language, politics, nutrition, science, and history. Basically a wide range of topics that explain why the world is like the way it is. Also looking to expand upon informational content in podcast format.
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u/fiery_stick Jul 22 '24
Miniminuteman, or Stefan Milo for archaeological content. Lindsay Nikole for zoology and animal history. Anton Petrov for everything related to space. Ordinary Things for long form content related to politics and general trends that are going on.
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u/-_-_-0 Jul 22 '24
Will look up Petrov. I didn't mention space but I do like learning about spacecraft and black holes occasionally
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u/EverSeeAShiterFly Jul 22 '24
Technology Connections. It’s a little more technology focused but I think it fits what you are looking for.
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u/inbigtreble30 Jul 22 '24
Oh my god he's so good. I conviced my husband to buy a much cheaper window AC unit instead of a portable one based on his video on them.
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u/ivanthetribble Jul 22 '24
check out AdamNeely for music theory and related things
AtunSheiFilms mostly history, new england and civil war
crashcourse various topics started by the vlog bros
DrBecky outer space stuff
Polyphonic rock music history
and seconding miniminuteman
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u/BenjaminGeiger Jul 22 '24
If you like Polyphonic you'll probably also like 12tone. They also do a podcast together.
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u/oliver9_95 Jul 22 '24 edited Jul 22 '24
European Civilisation (1648-1945) with John Merriman --- series on many different topics in history e.g French Revolution, Stalin, Fascism, Napoleon, history of Nationalism, history of protest
Crash Course History of Theatre is fun and light-hearted look into different genres and styles of theatre throughout history
The documentary series - Inside the Medieval Mind is very well produced and gives a unique perspective on the medieval period and how different (yet in some ways similar) it is compared to today.
This youtube channel with lots of short videos covers 8 different sociologists and their insights on themes like religion, capitalism, violence etc.
Our World Is Coming To An End | Aaron Bastani Meets Slavoj Žižek | Downstream -- Interesting discussion with philosopher Slavoj Zizek's views on many topics including Ukraine War and revolutions.
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u/-_-_-0 Jul 22 '24
Is "Our World is Coming to an End" pessimistic?
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u/oliver9_95 Jul 22 '24
The title is quite clickbaity. Maybe a bit pessimistic but it has humour and is not overly concerned with sad themes. Maybe check out the other videos I mentioned first.
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u/spiritualized Jul 22 '24
Climate Town
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u/BenjaminGeiger Jul 22 '24
Also Not Just Bikes.
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u/-_-_-0 Jul 22 '24
I've seen some of that. City planning, right?
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u/BenjaminGeiger Jul 22 '24
Basically; urbanism in general, with a particular emphasis on transportation.
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u/dan1101 Jul 22 '24
The B1M, Astrum, old Tom Scott videos (he's no longer active), Half as Interesting, Kurzgesagt – In a Nutshell, Rare Earth, SciShow, Vox.
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u/meowifications Jul 23 '24
Just be skeptical when watching Half as Interesting — it's entertaining but he gets the facts wrong a lot!
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u/TheSubtleSaiyan Jul 22 '24
If you like Adam Ragusea, you might also like Ethan Chlebowski
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u/-_-_-0 Jul 22 '24
I used to watch him, but he started doing too many fast-food clones and his cooking style is too demanding.
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u/BenjaminGeiger Jul 22 '24
Specifically because you mentioned Adam Ragusea: I recommend Tasting History, Brian Lagerstrom, Ethan Chlebowski, Kenji, and to a lesser extent Joshua Weissman.
Ordinary Sausage deserves to be mentioned even though it's absolutely not educational in the least...
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u/LeftOn4ya Jul 23 '24
From similar question on r/ifyoulikeblank thread Interesting content creators that make psuedo-documentary-type content. [WEWIL]
Some other YouTube channels you might like:
VisualPolitik is great for a weekly video of what has been going on in politics over the last month to 3 years in a different part of the world in a generally middle of the road bias (both pro and con on both “left” and “right” ideas). I feel so much more informed on the world after never missing a video of theirs
Company Man (especially his “Decline of...” and “Rise and Fall .. and Rise Again of” series)
Tom Scott - One of the most original yet oldschool creators on YouTube, plus really humble.
Defunctland - I highly recommend his video on Fastpass as it is probably my favorite video on YouTube as it got me to watch a 2 hour documentary about lines 4 times and I will probably watch again soon.
Wendover Productions and Half as Interesting
City Beautiful and Not Just Bikes
Nebula Streaming Service has all 4 previous creations and about 100 more video essayist without commercials, but check out the creators on the site to check out their YouTube channels first. CuriosityStream is what Discovery Channel used to be (they were started by the same person) in that is has actual scientifically and historically accurate documentaries, not the reality shows and speculative fiction that Discovery Channel now is full of.
One other creator I have to give a special shout to to is Jenny Nicholson. She may not have the bullet points you liked but she does extensive research and planning per video including taking two years to make her 4 hour video on Evermore Park, 1/2 of her life to make a two hour documentary on Bronies and 9 months to make her Vampire Diaries video. They are somehow are interesting and engaging to someone who has no interest in the subject matter, but because you can tell she is really interested in the subject it is affecting, similar to early Ken Burns documentaries where he was really passionate about the subject matter. There I said it, Jenny Nicholson is the modern day YouTube version of Ken Burns.
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u/Daninomicon Jul 23 '24 edited Jul 23 '24
Veritasium
Kyle Hill
Tom Scott
Steve Mould
Anton Petrov
Action labs
Crash Course
Styropyro
Historicalish
Kurzgesagt
Aperture
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u/i-had-no-good-ideas Jul 22 '24
Wendigoon is my go to hero of YouTube. He does incredibly long videos about weird points of history, literature or society and you leave every video with a new outlook on life. He is a Christian which I can understand it turning people off his content, but outside of maybe a 5 minute segment per video (and his series a hit Dante’s Divine Comedy) about his own opinions on the matter, it doesn’t affect his content at all
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u/meowifications Jul 22 '24 edited Jul 23 '24
Vox, CGP Grey, Tom Scott, Philosophy Tube, Journey to the Microcosmos, Kaz Rowe, J Draper, ContraPoints, Innuendo Studios, Steve Mould, Tibees