I Actually Watched All of Them
I have actually watched ALL of the videos on these channels and I don’t even feel bad about it :-) I actually like new videos from some of the ones below (like NativLang, for example) but they maybe don’t hold up in the early videos.
- Space Time: PBS Physics, sooo good -- https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC7_gcs09iThXybpVgjHZ_7g -- Great first video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K8gV05nS7mc
- Lindsay Ellis: Really, really intelligent video essays about film and culture -- https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCG1h-Wqjtwz7uUANw6gazRw -- Great First Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vpUx9DnQUkA&t=1s
- Periodic Videos: Chemistry, including a video for every element -- https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCtESv1e7ntJaLJYKIO1FoYw -- Great first video (obviously): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6rdmpx39PRk
Other Math and Science
- 3Blue1Brown: Amazing math visualizations -- https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYO_jab_esuFRV4b17AJtAw -- Great first video, how e^pi*i works: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v0YEaeIClKY
- NumberPhile: Fun math videos -- https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCoxcjq-8xIDTYp3uz647V5A -- Great first video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wBU9N35ZHIw
- PBS Eons: Biology! -- https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzR-rom72PHN9Zg7RML9EbA -- Great first video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gMdv3JlPizw
- PBS Infinite Series: Math math math, really really hard math -- https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCs4aHmggTfFrpkPcWSaBN9g -- Great first video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=63HHmjlh794
- SciShow: Science! More poppy but fun -- https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZYTClx2T1of7BRZ86-8fow -- Silly first show: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZELEjE92D-c
-- Actual physics: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J4Ej3Q_QquA
- VSauce: Science-y? -- https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6nSFpj9HTCZ5t-N3Rm3-HA -- Great first video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ktkjUjcZid0
- Practical Engineering: -- https://www.youtube.com/c/PracticalEngineeringChannel -- Great first video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0olpSN6_TCc
Other Humanities
- Alliterative: Connections via language -- https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCG6tBbWzY_ZR4_rd72vp6CA -- Great first video about gin and gimlets: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V7jEH6E6l90
- Bon Appetit: Such fun food stuff! -- Gourmet Makes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H2nY7Tu1Qgs -- It’s Alive: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zx8pYMkkKXg
- Masaman: Genetics and human migration (and low production values sadly) -- https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1vVNQN-TCy8d3Mb_Owr2Kw -- Great first video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fc2Qcca8xkE
- NativLang: Animated shorts about language -- https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMk_WSPy3EE16aK5HLzCJzw -- Great first video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J7vreUPCl9c
- Vox: Never for the news, but for the “other” series -- https://www.youtube.com/user/voxdotcom/featured -- Check out this amazing video about Venezuela and Columbia: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NU0RqwweuWY -- Or this video about giant steps: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=62tIvfP9A2w&list=PLJ8cMiYb3G...
- Cogito!! (No links yet…) -- https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCKMnl27hDMKvch--noWe5CA -- Great first video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1oQ5Jd7p2aY