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[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago

I'm amazed none of these have been mentioned yet. Here are some of my faves

Explaining stuff that's happening

  • Real Life Lore (I'm almost signing for Nebula because of him, gorgeous map graphics)
  • Cold Fusion
  • Wendover

History stuff

  • Fall of Civilizations - Hands down the best documentary-like content I know of. Takes forever for new stuff to show up (because research), but it's so fucking worth it!
  • Study of Antiquity and the Middle Ages
  • Kings and Generals (the narrator butchers every non-anglo name, it really grinds my gears)
  • Heroes and Legends - The long form, documentary-level videos are amazing. Watch the ones on Gertrude Bell and Voltaire

Gamurrs

  • Basement Brothers - Almost monotone narration, but possibly the only channel in english that plays and shows several details of old Japan exclusive PC games (PC88 and PC98 mostly)
  • Russian Badger - There's a very high chance you've seen some of the memes straight out of his videos. Start with "Heavy flamer heresy" if you've never seen any.