Ask HN: YouTube Channels for the Intellectually Curious

Transit/city planning:

Jago Hazzard (mostly London focused) - https://www.youtube.com/c/JagoHazzard

Distraction Bucket (also London) - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCB4CG5PB7DCp4R4sxRqrRGQ

Geoff Marshall (UK) - https://www.youtube.com/user/geofftech2

RMTransit - https://www.youtube.com/c/RMTransit

Jay Foreman - https://www.youtube.com/c/JayForeman

Chemistry:

NurdRage - https://www.youtube.com/c/NurdRage

Other:

MyTechFun (3D printing) - https://www.youtube.com/c/MyTechFun

History Matters - https://www.youtube.com/c/TenMinuteHistory

jan Misali - https://www.youtube.com/c/HBMmaster

Dr. Zsolnai has been a great recap for computer graphic and AI research as its released. He presents the authors' research, sometimes shows his own attempts on their models, and often reflects on the authors' previous publications.

America's Test Kitchen - https://www.youtube.com/c/AmericasTestKitchen

Always a nice addition; America's Test Kitchen is consistently referenced on other channels as the reason they do X thing for their recipe.

Disney Research Hub - https://www.youtube.com/user/DisneyResearchHub

Disney doesn't post weekly videos, typically they drop 4-5 videos at once. Similar to Two Minute Papers (and sometimes covered there as well), it gives you a nice look in where we are in state of the art CGI.

Um, Actually - https://www.youtube.com/c/umactually

This is more in case you're a nerd, but still like some general fun. Um, Actually is a game show format from Dropout.tv/CollegeHumor where a statement from geeky franchises you know and love is slightly incorrect, and its the job of the guests to figure out the mistake. They're releasing their COVID-Zoom videos right now, but they're back in the studio now and have stated those videos are coming.

In no particular order:

Lex Friedman podcast, lots of scientific interviews: https://youtube.com/c/lexfridman

Crecganford, This one I discovered recently, expert in ancient and prehistoric mythology: https://youtube.com/c/Crecganford

Isaac Arthur, science and futurism, some sci-fi, but very very stimulating: https://youtube.com/channel/UCZFipeZtQM5CKUjx6grh54g

Matt Ferrel, weekly interesting topics, generally about coming soon scientific products (like, it’s is joe possible to do X with grapheme, how does it compare to y): https://youtube.com/c/UndecidedMF

Joe Scott, same format, but more generalist (spaces from climate change solutions to Victorian era to urban legends): https://youtube.com/c/joescott

Sabine Hossenfelder, an actual scientist explaining physics-related topics, her articles usually made it to top HN: https://youtube.com/c/SabineHossenfelder Blog http://backreaction.blogspot.com/?m=1

He talks about philosophy, social trends and politics (I know this can be controversial, but he does quite in depth analysis of current trends based on a philosophical background)