I love long-form videos that tell information and stories. Documentaries about most any topics, especially ones that last an hour or more, are my bread and butter. But when I’m using YouTube on my TV, I can’t tell from thumbnails what the quality of a channel is. Sometimes I find gold, but other times it’s obvious they’re using an AI voice over or AI imagery and I immediately turn it off. I’m so tired of trudging through the slop, even though it’s just beginning.
So for now, I figure I’ll check with y’all - do you have any preferred/recommended channels that make the sort of video I’m looking for, that are still human-made? I’d love to hear about them.
If you are interested in (astro)physics, here are two channels which i enjoy and can assure for their correctness on research topics:
Dr. Becky Astrophysicist talking about what’s happening in space from planets currently visible by nakedness eye to new impactfull research papers. She explains everything in an approachable way.
Angela Collier Theoretical physicist, makes long story telling videos about physics and societal topics surrounding research. Most videos are >50 minutes, some are more than three hours. However, they often stray from the original topic.
For some talk about philosophy, I can recommend Philosophy Tube. Most videos are somewhat short of an hour, but explain some philosophical topic in an approachable and interesting manner. Just don’t be detered by her extraordinary costumes for each session. I think she research the philosophical questions quite well.
Universe Today is fantastic space news
John Michael Godier has informative science based space and metaphysics, sci fi writer. Good stuff
PBS SpaceTime is wonderful
Fig Leaf wonderful history, love this woman and style
Dark5 Ancient Mysteries
North 02
+1 PBS SpaceTime!