Recommended YouTube channels
While the pandemic rages and people are stuck at home, it’s worth exploring YouTube a little more seriously than usual — whether you’re looking for entertainment, enlightenment, relaxation, or cool stuff for your kids to watch while they’re home from school. [PS. my YouTube channel is here; please subscribe]
Here are my favorite channels, arranged by topic, with links:
Popular Science:
Applied Science (Twitter: @BenKrasnow): link
Economics Explained: link
Kurzgesagt [great animated short films about science, ethics, and the meaning of life; Twitter: @Kurz_Gesagt]: link
Journey to the Microcosmos [tiny things explained; Twitter: @JourneyToMicro]: link
Intelligence Squared [structured debates about science, politics, current affairs; Twitter: @intelligence2]: link
National Geographic [geography; Twitter: @NatGeo]: link
Peacockspiderman [tiny peacock spiders]: link
PolyMatter [animated popular science, politics, economics, geopolitics; Twtter: @PolyMatters] link
PsychologicalScience [talks by leading psychology researchers; Twitter: @PsychScience]: link
Sam Harris [interviews with leading thinkers; Twitter: @SamHarrisOrg]: link
SciShow [Twitter: @SciShow]: link
TED [high quality short talks on diverse topics; Twitter: @TEDTalks]: link
Veritasium [Twitter: @veritasium]: link
Politics, Current Affairs, Viewpoint Diversity:
American Enterprise Institute [Twitter: @AEI]: link
The Cato Institute [Twitter: @CatoInstitute]: link
The Economist [videos from the world’s best magazine; Twitter: @TheEconomist]: link
Tim Pool [Twitter: @Timcast]: link
Quillette [Twitter: @Quillette]: link
PragerU [Twitter: @prageru]: link
ReasonTV [videos from the leading libertarian magazine; Twitter: @reason]: link
Rebel Wisdom [Twitter: @WisdomRebel]: link
Joe Rogan Experience [PowerfulJRE; Twitter: @joerogan]: link
The Rubin Report [Twitter: @RubinReport]: link
Subverse News [Twitter: @onSubverse]: link
Triggernometry [Twitter: @triggerpod]: link
Eric Weinstein [Twitter: @EricRWeinstein]: link
Friends & Family
Geoffrey Miller [my channel: please subscribe; Twitter: @primalpoly]: link
Diana Fleischman [my wife: evolutionary psychology; Twitter: @sentientist]: link
Justin Murphy [housemate: political theory; Twitter: @jmrphy]: link
Effective Altruism:
Centre for Effective Altruism [twitter: @Effect_Altruism]: link
Future of Life Institute [Twitter: @FLIxrisk]: link
80,000 Hours [Twitter: @80000Hours]: link
Life & Self-Improvement
Jordan B Peterson [Twitter: @jordanbpeterson]: link
Science Fiction:
Dust [HD animated science fiction short films; Twitter: watchdust]: link
Culture, Media, Film
Engineering, Military Tech
The Infographics Show [animated shorts about diverse tech, science, military topics; Twitter: @TheInfoShow]: link
Military History Visualized [Twitter: @MilHiVisualized]: link
Real Engineering [animated short films about tech, engineering, military stuff]: link
Eye Candy:
Maths Town [fractal zooms; Twitter: @MathsTown]: link
HDCOLORS [kaleidescopes]: link
CodeParade [computer animation; Twitter: @_CodeParade_]: link
Felix Colgrave [weird artsy animation; Twitter: @FelixColgrave]: link
StatusSilver [finger tutting; Twitter: @StatusSilver]: link
Ear Candy/ASMR:
YouTube Production & Video