Haven't seen it here yet, but it's one of the greatest and most prolific YouTube channels about science fiction and the future... Science Fiction and Futurism With Isaac Arthur
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Just FYI he's got a bit of a speech impediment, but after like 2-3 episodes you don't really hear it and the content is so fantastic. He's a legit physicist and the President of the American National Space Society, so he's very respected outside just creator circles.
For stuff about films, I like 'Thomas Flight' and 'Like Stories Of Old'. LSOO has just released a video about Gladiator II that I'm going to watch in a bit (I'm hoping he hated it as much as I did!)
I like the Why Files, very entertaining even if they have to ruin the fun by "telling the actual story" at the end.
- Weird Fruit Explorer
- Tasting History
Peter Santanello
Dime Store Adventures
Moon
SomeOrdinaryGamers
SamONella
There's probably more, but these are the ones I recall
Jeff Gerstmann, video game journalist
Lindsay Nikole, paleontology pop sci
Gutsick Gibbon, prehistoric anthropology pop sci and some academic stuff
Spacetime and SEA, cosmology pop sci sometimes leaning more academic
Rifftrax/mst3k, comedians that add audio tracks over bad mostly public domain movies, there's a ton of them
Ben G Thomas, prehistoric biology pop sci
Let me lead with this: I'm taking recommendations for spooky channels.
Okay, first of all, how the fuck has nobody mentioned Crime Pays But Botany Doesn't? [https://youtube.com/@crimepaysbutbotanydoesnt](Crime Pays But Botany Doesn't)
You get to hear the angriest man alive nerd out about plants.
Someone else mentioned Tasting History with Max Miller and I must second that recommendation, it's a really good channel if you appreciate Cooking, History, and especially both.
For spooky stuff, I recommend Midnight Broadcast. They basically take 4chan/reddit creepypasta threads, clean it up a bit for the YouTube algo, feed it to an AI reader, and publish them as 20-30 minute videos. There's also a now dead channel called "Chass" that did the same thing, mixed in a bit of its own lore, and also did a couple of specials like the Epic of MonkeyHumper (11/10 story, possibly the best creepypasta ever published, cannot recommend enough). Though, Chass kept a bit more of the raw 4chan elements than MB does, so be ye warned.
Overanalyzing Avatar does that good 20-min long videos where he just really goes maximum nerd on Avatar The Last Airbender and Korra. It's passionate, funny, and interesting, and if you even kind of like the cartoons, I highly recommend giving him a try.
I'll add some more if I think of them
This Old Tony: home machinist that fixes stuff and makes other stuff in his garage, but does everything very well thought out. Humorous and good editing.
Depends on my mood, and some creators have come and go from my rotation, some random ones: Krystal Kyle and Friends (left leaning politics podcast) Warfronts (more medium form, but I think it's a good balance) The Right Opinion (long form documentaries, generally around controversial internet figures) Jim Can't Swim (JCS Criminal Psychology) Fredrick Knudsen (down the rabbit hole series) Karl Jobst (speed running documentaries essentially) Radking (Fallout lore stuff) SmoughTown (Elden Ring lore stuff) Ymfah (ridiculous video game challenges with humorous editing)
There's tons more ofc
MLiG
Hakim, Mental Outlaw, Second Though , Alice Capelle, The Hated One
I haven't seen it mentioned but I enjoy channels like Solo Solo Travel - slow-TV style videos about public transportation. What food can you get on a first class flight from Tokyo to Australia? All the videos have zero commentary unless you turn on the subtitles.
I enjoy them a lot because they're very relaxing and make me feel very cozy.
A podcast about the collapse of civilizations throughout history.
Why do civilizations collapse? What happens afterwards? And what did it feel like to watch it happen?
The original podcast episodes have been set to high-quality video of the area being discussed and whatever remains of the civilization are possible to capture on video.
The discussion of what we know about these dead civilizations and what happened to them is really fascinating.
Define long form? Under an hour is about all I can take.
This Old Tony - if you like tools, machines, and clever dad jokes. He's the best.
"Mr. Beat" (no S) is a nice little US history class, but there are TONS of streamers just starting out with no viewers who could really use your support.