# How About Another Round Of YouTube Channel Recommendations? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 8, 2018, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-about-another-round-of-youtube-channel-recommendations/817521 "2018-07-08T14:51:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![teela\_brown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d9b06d/32.png) [@teela\_brown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teela_brown)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2018, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-about-another-round-of-youtube-channel-recommendations/817521/41 "2018-07-12T16:33:48Z")
Last night I discovered a new channel and have already binged the heck out of it. It’s called [A Chick Called Albert](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBjh-uGy5RcclATnFpQBobw). A man likes to hatch out various birds - domestic and wild - using his incubator and considerable nurturing skills. He raises up sickly hatchlings and if they’re domestic, keeps them as pets. If they’re wild, he sets them free. He also rescues abandoned wild fledglings and if he can’t reintroduce them to their nest, keeps them in the incubator and feeds them to maturity and releases them. It’s very satisfying to watch, as well as interesting to see the tricks he uses to get fledglings to feed. ---
**Author:** ![SOJA](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e274bd/32.png) [@SOJA](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SOJA)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2018, 6:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-about-another-round-of-youtube-channel-recommendations/817521/42 "2018-07-14T06:22:46Z")
> [@GargoyleWB](#): > > My favorites that I don’t think I’ve seen mentioned yet… > > Music stuff: > JustinGuitar Songs - Guitar instruction for all levels in a very well presented and paced format. Skip all other instruction channels before checking this one out. > Rick Beato - Music pro (producer, teacher) blogging about various music theory, production, industry stuff. Check out his “What makes this song great” series. > LickNRiff - Fingerstyle guitar instruction, my other go-to for wonderful presentation and format. > DrowningInGuitars - Guitar demos of one guy’s ludicrously vast guitar collection. Worth it just for the very skilled playing and jamming. > > Science-hack stuff: > ElectroBOOM - Comedic how-to’s of how not to do > Simone Giertz - Funny bad robot builds and tech blogging > Joerg Sprave - The Slingshot Channel, wonderful homebuilds of plywood and rubber weaponry Oh, wow. Thank you. I’ve been looking for guitar instruction because I’m really rusty at it now and I haven’t had luck on one of those paid sites like Lynda. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2018, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-about-another-round-of-youtube-channel-recommendations/817521/43 "2018-07-15T03:31:57Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > [Say Good Night Kevin](https://www.youtube.com/user/saygoodnightkevin). Kevin is a Christian who criticizes Christian themed movies and television from the point of view of critiquing rather than praising. Thanks for the recommendation. Mrs. Mahaloth and I watched his review of Saving Christmas and we think we’ll check out more of his movie reviews. ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2018, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-about-another-round-of-youtube-channel-recommendations/817521/44 "2018-07-15T03:39:58Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > What the heck? [Vet Ranch](https://www.youtube.com/user/VetRanch) is about saving condemned-to-death animals who would be put to sleep if they can’t be treated and saved to find adoptive homes. Doctor Matt from Demolition Ranch is hardly even in it any more, so I don’t understand the fan boy comment. I have to admit, I really don’t watch Vet Ranch at all. I’ve seen maybe one or two of them. Another channel I don’t think I’ve seen mentioned yet is [Hydraulic Press Channel](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcMDMoNu66_1Hwi5-MeiQgw) (as well as [Beyond The Press](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCveB47lgzZJ1WOf4XYVJNBw)). Make sure you’re watching the actual channel and not one of the knock offs. If you don’t hear Lauri’s Finnish accent and Anni yelping in the background each time, you’re watching the wrong one. Watch your volume, the videos start out with somewhat loud music. ---
**Author:** ![Rick\_Kitchen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rick_kitchen/32/522_2.png) [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2018, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-about-another-round-of-youtube-channel-recommendations/817521/45 "2018-07-15T04:28:52Z")
[Lindybeige](https://www.youtube.com/user/lindybeige). A weapons and history channel. He discusses the creation and use of weapons throughout history, as well as discussing battles. ---
**Author:** ![tim314](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tim314/32/3468_2.png) [@tim314](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tim314)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2018, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-about-another-round-of-youtube-channel-recommendations/817521/46 "2018-07-15T20:22:16Z")
> [@borschevsky](#): > > [Numberphile](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCoxcjq-8xIDTYp3uz647V5A) is full of great little introductory videos on different math topics. The guy who runs the channel has a few other good channels as well. If you like Numberphile (I do, too), you might also enjoy [Mathologer](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1_uAIS3r8Vu6JjXWvastJg). (Actually the first Mathologer video I watched was [this one](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YuIIjLr6vUA&t=166s) criticizing Numberphile’s 1 + 2 + 3 + … = -1/12 video. Of course the series really diverges to infinity, and in general 1[sup]-z[/sup] + 2[sup]-z[/sup] + 3[sup]-z[/sup] + … only converges for z \> 1, but the _analytic continuation_ of this series is the Riemann zeta function, which has a value of -1/12 at z = -1. That’s what Numberphile was really getting at, but Mathologer spelled it out really well.) As a Star Trek fan, I like Steve Strives’ [Trek, Actually](https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL0-LSnSBNInfrr7MDRuXmfk1LJ_KjvaXt) series. He convinced me that Jellico (from the “There are four lights!” episode of TNG) was [actually a good captain](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=09TySF0FN6Y&t=19s&index=2&list=PL0-LSnSBNInfrr7MDRuXmfk1LJ_KjvaXt), and certainly [better than Janeway](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=goxoB0l2Ezw&list=PL0-LSnSBNInfrr7MDRuXmfk1LJ_KjvaXt&index=3). Humor is of course subjective, but I think [Jenny Nicholson](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC7-E5xhZBZdW-8d7V80mzfg) is one of the funniest people on youtube. Try [A Critical Brony Analysis of My Little Pony: The Movie](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xd2W3YLFzfc) or [Rating. Every. Porg.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1yw6z9G7p1g). I like to watch her videos at 2x speed, which gives them a delightfully manic quality. If you ever wanted to learn sign language (ASL), [Bill Vicars](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvd8SHzSp07_U55qFI0-dDA) has multiple semesters worth of his college ASL class posted online (with links to more material on his website). ---
**Author:** ![Terminus\_Est](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terminus_est/32/3087_2.png) [@Terminus\_Est](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terminus_Est)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2018, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-about-another-round-of-youtube-channel-recommendations/817521/47 "2018-07-17T04:56:42Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > [Lindybeige](https://www.youtube.com/user/lindybeige). A weapons and history channel. He discusses the creation and use of weapons throughout history, as well as discussing battles. If you like Lindybeige you may also like [Scholagladiatoria](https://www.youtube.com/user/scholagladiatoria), who covers the practical aspects of fighting with swords. That’s real swords made of steel, not foam or rattan. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2018, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-about-another-round-of-youtube-channel-recommendations/817521/48 "2018-07-17T15:46:39Z")
> [@HeyHomie](#): > > We do this from time to time, and now is as good a time as any. Here are some of my favorites, arranged by category. If you have any to recommend for me or for other Dopers, let’s do so in this thread. I’ve never seen a thread like this one, so my suggestions may have appeared before: [Acapellascience.](https://m.youtube.com/user/acapellascience) A musical channel with a smart Canadian fella parodying popular songs into science-themed videos, on which he does all of the voices and beatboxing (usually). The science is usually over my head, but when I CAN follow it, it seems sound. And even when I can’t, I think I come away at least marginally better-informed. [Drunk Disney.](https://m.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL2uYDUbWnr5eSnJSmXG4iMuOEL_hq3IWr) Three friends and a special guest watch Disney movies while getting drunk, offering commentary and riffs (not MST-caliber, but funny), and explain what they got out of the movie. ---
**Author:** ![epbrown01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7ba0ec/32.png) [@epbrown01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/epbrown01)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2018, 9:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-about-another-round-of-youtube-channel-recommendations/817521/49 "2018-07-23T09:55:47Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > I’ll admit that one of the reasons (but not the only one) that I watch [Anna Akana’s videos](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZC45sBWNdkqSQ9Bwtt5lfA) is because she’s good looking. Just an aside: her interview on The Financial Diet channel was hilarious. For example, the worst money she ever spent? $500 on a Princess Leia costume to fuck a guy. A recent discovery of mine is “Movies Explained For” with fun summaries of various movies, such as [Jurassic Park Explained for Realists](https://youtu.be/Dr2h0_6Rcd8). ---
**Author:** ![Merneith](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/57b2e6/32.png) [@Merneith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Merneith)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2018, 12:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-about-another-round-of-youtube-channel-recommendations/817521/50 "2018-07-23T12:04:38Z")
My favorite gaming streamer is Cohh Carnage. He plays lots of different types of games at a very high level but he stays relaxed and welcoming the whole time. He tries to keep his community focused on good vibes and takes Sundays for a community showcase, where everyone can show off their projects or just talk about what’s going on. Here’s his playlist on YouTube - > **[CohhCarnage](https://www.youtube.com/user/CohhCarnage/playlists?flow=grid&view=1)** > > CohhCarnage and The Cohhilition are a community of people who all share the "Happy, Helpful, Respectful" Mantra. A home for everyone who is looking for a great community of friends and family. > > CohhCarnage can be found live casting everyday at... And here’s, for example, his Cuphead playthrough - a game I couldn’t get passed the first level. https://www.youtube.com/embed/jCt699hXtpk?feature=oembed&wmode=opaque&list=PLN39y5i_H0FnguEbBWG2a-QSNRF4sNT98 Cohh streams on Twitch most days, morning and afternoon. https://player.twitch.tv/?channel=CohhCarnage&parent=boards.straightdope.com&autoplay=false ---
**Author:** ![zoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zoid/32/336_2.png) [@zoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoid)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2018, 12:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-about-another-round-of-youtube-channel-recommendations/817521/51 "2018-07-23T12:12:17Z")
> [@Joey\_P](#): > > Another one, I didn’t think of it because I’m not subscribed to it, I just buzzed through all the episodes. > [The Katering Show](https://www.youtube.com/user/LeadBalloonTV/featured). > > I first found out about them when I was looking into the Instant Pot and someone (here?) linked to their [review](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4yr_etbfZtQ) of the ThermoMix. BTW, that thing really is $2000. After I got past the language and how they present the recipe, it still took a few episodes before I could tell if it was intended to be a real cooking show or a joke. Holy Shit that Thermomix episode had me in tears 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Sage\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sage_rat/32/399_2.png) [@Sage\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sage_Rat)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2018, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-about-another-round-of-youtube-channel-recommendations/817521/52 "2018-11-25T22:55:13Z")
I’d like to add the [Royal Institution channel](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYeF244yNGuFefuFKqxIAXw), mostly (atm) to share the works of Andrew Szydlo: https://www.youtube.com/embed/0g8lANs6zpQ?feature=oembed&wmode=opaque&list=PLbnrZHfNEDZxPZ369tAF0wjnNo-A3EcDi But there is a lot of good content on the channel. It’s like TED but less fake and more practical. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-about-another-round-of-youtube-channel-recommendations/817521.md?page=2)