Title essentially. Youtube’s algorithm is hot garbage, so I can’t search for anything anymore without a ton of AI slop and rage bait. So, who do you go to for actual good long form videos? Exposes, scandals, behind the scenes, documentaries, film, travel, transit, who do you recommend I follow?

    • ajoebyanyothername@lemmy.world
      5·
      9 days ago

      These two were my first thought! I’ll add that both cover a range of topics, Jenny does do a lot of videos around Star Wars, but also covers obscure films, and theme parks, wherenl HBomber runs the gamut from flat earth to vaccines to video games to plagiarism. Both are incredibly well researched and, in my opinion, offer very fair takes on the subject matter.

    • ChapulinColorado@lemmy.world
      12·
      8 days ago

      It might be worth adding that some people might find him (and similar long form content) verbose if they are not into the topics. I watch probably most of his episodes, but some people in my life don’t vibe with those. The same people did not appreciate the 7 color e-ink display I had been tinkering around with until I made it display a dog pic, so it’s also about how the topic relates to what you already like.

  • sik0fewl@lemmy.ca
    34·
    9 days ago

    Angela Collier for commentary on physics. She has a lot of good commentary on the field itself (see her recent Feynman video), but also good science videos… that I usually lose track of about 3/4 of the way through, but I enjoy nonetheless.

  • InvisibleShoe@lemmy.world
    341·
    9 days ago

    Crime related:

    Disaster related:

    Weird medical stories: https://www.youtube.com/@chubbyemu

    Interesting economic vids: https://www.youtube.com/coldfusion/

    Business and economics: https://www.youtube.com/c/Wendoverproductions/

    Geopolitics explainer vids: https://www.youtube.com/@CaspianReport/

    Theme park history: https://www.youtube.com/@Defunctland/

    Interesting historical themed vids: https://www.youtube.com/@YoreHistory/

    • somenonewho@feddit.org
      2·
      9 days ago

      So … Do you have any recommendations for more like technology connections? I’ve watched through every video+even the ones in the backlog). A year or so ago I stumbled on cathode ray dude (similar nerd vibes) and I’ve also seen everything from him so if anyone has a recommendation on similar channels please let me know.

      • jawsua@lemmy.one
        1·
        7 days ago

        So it’s not exactly the same but in my head they’re heavily related. NightHawkInLight. He’s this rural tinkerer/chemist dude that takes real science papers and patent info, then tries to reproduce and refine them with easier and more available means. He’s done really cool stuff with fire resistant paint, radiative cooling, and phase change materials. Plus, he has a similar " Midwestern" delivery style that’s low key and easy to listen to. Everytime he releases a video I’m excited to see what he’s been up to

        • somenonewho@feddit.org
          3·
          8 days ago

          He’s definitely similar and I’ve seen a couple of vids of his. But he didn’t quite “catch” me the same way.

  • Nefara@lemmy.world
    27·
    9 days ago

    Along with Technology Connections, Philosophy Tube, and Primitive Technology, here are my “must watch” subs

    Climate Town - Excellent videos about climate change and environmental impact that are insightful and funny

    Contrapoints - Well written and meticulous deconstructions of philosophical concepts in media, pop culture and society with a dry wit

    Every Frame a Painting - Amazing content on film-making. No longer active, but if you haven’t seen it yet, lucky you, enjoy.

    Pop Culture Detective - Interesting meta analyses of popular tropes in pop culture

    Because I’m into historical clothing and fashion, Bernadette Banner and Abby Cox both do great videos on costuming, history and creating cool stuff

    • ChapulinColorado@lemmy.world
      7·
      8 days ago

      Love climate town. I hate that someone needs to waste their time disproving lies from the oil, gas, politicians and the like, but it does give me hope in the future that there are people like that out there.

      • Nefara@lemmy.world
        5·
        9 days ago

        Yes! It was such a pleasant surprise on my feed. Unfortunately they said they won’t be continuing because of Youtube’s enforcement policies around copyrighted material so those videos were meant to be a limited series.

    • dual_sport_dork 🐧🗡️@lemmy.world
      131·
      9 days ago

      AvE (though I’m pretty sure he’s conservative)

      You’re right. AvE went completely off the deep end during the height of Covid, and revealed that his being a scumbag isn’t just doing a bit for the camera.

      • demesisx@infosec.pubEnglish
        16·
        9 days ago

        Do you have a link to his undoing?

        His knowledge of everything mechanical and electronic is pretty useful though. I’ve learned a TON from him but now I prefer Cutting Edge Engineering to scratch that kind of itch.

    • Treczoks@lemmy.world
      2·
      9 days ago

      Good list, many hits with my list. Let me recommend “Tally Ho” and “Escape to Rural France” to you, although the latter might be too short for “long format” with 10 minutes per episode, give or take.

    • livingcoder@programming.dev
      1·
      8 days ago

      Great list! I would just add The Majority Report if you’re looking to learn more about politics while also trying to understand what is happening today. They do a ~2.5-hour live show every weekday which includes a quick overview of the latest headlines for today, an interview of someone with knowledge about some politics-related topic, and then an hour of mostly right wing videos that they discuss, argue with, and vent about.

      I love it for how informative it is and for keeping me sane.

  • Sunsofold@lemmings.worldEnglish
    25·
    8 days ago

    I actively avoid shorts so most of what I watch is long form.

    • Technology Connections - A guy needing out about household tech
    • Unlearning Economics - a trained economist turned public edutainer who kept learning after Econ 101, unlike others who shall remain nameless
    • Behind the Bastards - Chummy laughter about the worst people ever
    • RPG with DBJ - RPG talk with a focus on creativity and exploring the opportunities afforded by the space of ‘limited only by your imagination’
    • We’re in Hell - A guy looking at pieces of media and the ideology infused into them by culture
    • Gresham College - lectures on widely ranging topics, presented by professors but targetting the layperson
    • The Morbid Zoo - A cool gal doing analysis of movies, usually horror, but sometimes others, with an eye toward ideology and culture (Hellraiser, Smile, Twilight, PotC, etc.)
    • Folding Ideas - More film analysis, but with a tack toward various criticisms
    • Doctor Who - the old series are all on the tubes now. Not educational, but fun.
    • TrueStoryBob@lemmy.world
      1·
      7 days ago

      Behind the Bastards is fucking great! If you like their stuff, you might also enjoy “Respect The Dead (A Podcast Where We Don’t).” It’s a kind of queer younger sibling to BTB and a whole lot of fun, but they only cover people who are for sure dead.

  • shyguyblue@lemmy.worldEnglish
    21·
    9 days ago

    Red letter media

    I love Star Trek, but don’t want to watch the modern Alex kurtzman garbage, so they take the bullet for me.

    I’m also not a movie guy, so watching their reviews/analysis while playing Minecraft is more entertaining than the movies they talk about.

    Best of the worst is them watching B and direct to video movies that i wouldn’t otherwise know about.

    • BowtiesAreCool@lemmy.world
      3·
      9 days ago

      Watch strange new worlds, Mike is rightfully dead inside after disco, but I genuinely like a majority of Strange New worlds, and generally align with Mike and Rich on most other Star Trek. I do think they praised season 3 of picard too much.

    • Ledericas@lemm.eeEnglish
      1·
      8 days ago

      kurtzman is so trash for NUTREK, and there are so many people actually defending the current franchises on youtube videos, did they not noticed the material was most lifted off of memory alpha and the fan novels? why it so bad in taste. the animated series, however im partial to.

      as for SNW ITS BETWEEN disco in terribleness(its a sold C- show), but not as bad but no where near “2000s enterprise series level of great series”. the enterprise series wouldve continued beyond 4 seasons, if not for LES MOONVEs, who hated star trek.

      both picard and disco were just plain cringey. almost always on the 3 series, use romulan at end of season 1 as clickbait and then completely dropping thier arcs.

  • Leavingoldhabits@lemmy.world
    191·
    9 days ago

    Haven’t seen Philosophy Tube on here yet.

    High quality and engaging deep dives on various philosophy-related topics. Abigail, the face of the channel is an actor and playwright (and an academic) and that very much shines through.

    • NKBTN@feddit.uk
      2·
      9 days ago

      Seconded. Love their stuff. Also Contrapoints (who Philosophy Tube kinda ripped off, but hey ho, both great content.)

      FD Signifier is good too.

      • captainlezbian@lemmy.world
        3·
        8 days ago

        Contra and Philosophytube are an excellent example of how two people with a lot of similarities can do the same concept and wind up with wildly different results even when both are excellently done.

  • somenonewho@feddit.org
    18·
    9 days ago

    Well … My go-to is still Hbomberguy. Eben if I don’t know/care about the topic I know every vid of bis will be interesting and worth the time investment. The jokes are really funny (even on rewatches) and I’ve learned a lot. I watch old Hbomb videos to Fall asleep to almost every night.

    Main issue: there’s one video every 1-2 years … However if you’ve never seen one you’ll have the back log to get through.

    • sem@lemmy.blahaj.zone
      3·
      9 days ago

      Have you seen his latest? It’s all about algorithms and a societal shift in what people expect from computers and media.

    • Scrollone@feddit.it
      1·
      9 days ago

      Yes, I also love it! But sometimes he’s a bit repetitive. I usually watch his videos at 1.2x speed

  • BowtiesAreCool@lemmy.world
    15·
    9 days ago

    Peter Dibble has some great documentaries on historical curiosities around the Pacific Northwest, and beyond.

    Technology Connections does deep dives into topics of technology, specific devices and appliances, and generally is very entertaining and informative.

    RedLetterMedia for film critiques, so bad it’s good reviews, and comedy.

    Defunctland does documentaries around theme parks.

    Tasting History with Max Miller is a very educational historical food dishes show. Not super long form.

    Matt Baume does great “LGBTQ+ in TV, historically” type of content. And wrote a book about it which is great too.

    Stand-up Maths does great math content. Yeah, it’s math, but it’s fun. Bonus is he also wrote a great book relating to his content about engineering and maths mistakes in real life on large scales.

    LGR- retro computer tech

    Techmoan- retro audio tech