I thought it would be fun to introduce you to some of my favorite YouTube channels. This list isn’t exhaustive and isn’t the only channels I’ll visit but it does have my favorites on it! I’ll give a brief summary of each so hopefully you’ll find something worth viewing as well!
- Folding Ideas: This is a channel by a guy named Dan Olson. His speciality is long deep dives into specific meme worthy topics. I first came across him after someone recommended his video In Search of a Flat Earth (this, btw is one of the best overviews of QAnon I’ve seen) and have stuck around ever since!
- LastWeekTonight: John Oliver. What more needs to be said? Their channel has web exclusives and I think they will be uploading full episodes of early seasons too.
- ZeFrank: I’m a faithful viewer here because of his True Facts series. The dry humor about weird facts about animals is gold.
- LegalEagle: I love his short (typically less than 20 min) legal takes on super relevant news topics. It’s helpful to figure out what might be going on in the legal world.
- David Pakman Show: Independent news media. I find him to be pretty fair and balanced - more so than I often see.
- SwitchUp: My favorite channel all about the Nintendo Switch! They do great reviews and roundups and general switch news.
- Dave’s Little Beasties: A weird choice, maybe. Dave’s channel is all about his care of exotic animals, predominantly tarantulas. It’s oddly fascinating and his care and passion really comes through.
- Guga & GugaFoods & Sous Vide Everything: These are my favorite cooking channels. Guga is great! I love all of his wild experiments and then the cooking advice and recipe suggestions are just a great bonus.
- Ryukahr: Highly entertaining Super Mario Maker streamer. I don’t do twitch but enjoy the abbreviated YouTube uploads. There are some highly entertaining Mario maker levels!
- Jarvis Johnson: Jarvis Johnson covers pop culture. I like his humor and takes. Probably not for everyone (but then what is?).
- Postmodern Jukebox: PMJ remakes popular songs, mostly in jazz and swing styles. They are fabulous most of the time.