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?
If you want a deep dive on how fridges, christmas lights, or oldschool pinball machines operate, you need Alec at https://www.youtube.com/@TechnologyConnections
You will never get your hours back, and you’ll still be happy about it.
If you mention the word “heat pump” in the suburbs of Chicago too loudly you may be stopped for a brief hour-long explainer.
You can find Alec on Mastodon, too.
- 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.
Primitive technology: A guy using primitive technology to survive in his own piece of jungle
I’ve always wanted to make a meal entirely from scratch in memory of our ancestors. That means either growing or catching it with tools that I made myself. I’d have to prepare and cook it from scratch too Everything as if I was living 50k years ago. Just haven’t found a tribe to do it with yet.
There’s that guy that did that. He said it wasn’t a very good sandwich.
*as this is a youtuber thread, he has a channel. It’s okay. https://youtube.com/@htme?si=qfrFo68rA3Wi4cTL
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.
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.
Folding Ideas is basically must-watch content. Dan’s thoughtfulness and thoroughness are unmatched.
Angela Collier goes into detail on physics topics, especially astrophysics. Don’t miss her video on crackpots.
If you’re into 3D printing you should be watching CNC Kitchen. Stefan does a lot of stress-test comparisons between different filaments and printing settings.
Moon Channel has some of the best sociocultural documentaries I’ve seen on YouTube. I particularly recommend Kawaii: Anime, Propaganda, and Soft Power Politics.
Practical Engineering is excellent. Grady is a civil engineer who discusses infrastructure and makes excellent demonstration models like this one on Why Engineers Can’t Control Rivers.
The 8-Bit Guy will teach you things about the early days of digital computers that you didn’t know enough to ask.
Jenny Nicholson does some great reviews of pop culture topics. Her video about Evermore: the theme park that wasn’t is fantastic, as is her review of Disney’s Galactic Cruiser (the Star Wars hotel).
Another great list.
Practical Engineering is beloved. I used to like Smarter Everyday about the same, but Grady is just so much more consistent and interesting on the infrastructure world.
And Jenny is a geek I can get along with. The Starwars hotel failure was fascinating. Wish there was a bit more economic context, but she’s great.
Looking forward to some binges here.
