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[โ€“] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

What I think are underrated channels, alreayd listed channels removed. Some have irregular schedules but still worth checking out.

Animals

  • Cal Falcons: live stream of a falcon nest on a rooftop
  • Deep Look: small world biology (PBS)
  • Journey to Microcosmos: smaller world biology (Hank Green)
  • Saveafox: domestic fox rescue

Science/Tech

  • Captain Dissilusion: video editing vs disinformation
  • Cody's Lab: currently building a "Mars" habitat
  • The Friday Checkout: weekly tech highlights

Music

  • CSGuitars: electric guitar science
  • First of October (Andrew Huang, Rob Scallon): very constrained songwriting
  • Rhythm in Africa: sub-Saharan instruments
  • Wataru Kousaka: Japanese instruments

Pop culture

  • Game Changer: improv comedy as a game show (CollegeHumor)
  • Overanalyzing Avatar: "This man is dead. Appa killed a man"
  • Solid jj: voiced superhero comic parodies

History

  • Jay Foreman: British culture and/or maps
  • Lateral with Tom Scott: lateral thinking puzzle as a podcast
  • Objectivity: very interesting objects (Brady Haran)
  • Sam O'Nella Academy: badly researched and animated trivia satire
[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

add Jim Lill and Mike George to music, guitarist of six years I vouch strongly