In no particular order (probably newest at the top), here are my favorite YouTube channels…
saveitforparts – lots of satellite stuff, radios, alaska, general weirdness.
ISEE Blast Video of the Month: Quick Supply Co. – explosions. mostly civil engineering. once a month or less.
Mythfits Podcast – Tori & Kari, stories from Mythbusters.
Anton Petrov – daily or so science news, usually space or physics, but always interesting. might be russan, nttawwt. he’s never political. always ends with the goffiest smile, likely similar to what i would do.
The Bearded Butchers – watching these guys cut up a side of beef is a great education. reminder to try “chuck eye steaks, from beside the rib eye, veery flavourful at half the cost.
bigclivedotcom – teardowns of simple electrical devices, esp chinesium devices. love his accent. and his reverse engineering explainers are great. also does “will it fizz”? where he sodastreams various drinks (spirits, dairy, etc.)
What’s Going on in Shipping? – 10-15mins summary of world-wide shipping.
Inside Russia – long discussion about Russia, from a Russian who fled after Russia invaded Ukraine. Much focus on economics.
Anna from Ukraine – short, daily summaries Russia invasion of Ukraine, from someone living in Ukraine.
Project Farm – tool reviews. if you can stand his voice and the very repetative patter, you will learn more than you ever wanted to about tools. This one on cheap vs. expensive ratchets is typical.
The Bearded Butchers – watching these guys break down a complete cow is quite educational.
Michael Anthony Videos – Gordie Howe International Bridge videos.
Niagara Falls Live – Niagara Falls, mostly Horseshoe Falls.
Garbage Dump Recycle Transfer Station Trash Pit Webcam Dozer Waste Management Oregon USA – a garbage / recycling transfer station in Oregon. I think Id like the job of the dozer operators. kinda like sidewalk snow plow job.
Chris Bowden – lots of large machinery, especially hydro power generation.
Nautilus Live – Quad Stream – E/V Nautilus is exploring unknown regions of the ocean seeking out new discoveries in biology, geology, and archaeology. Join us 24/7 for live video from the seafloor and to ask questions of our explorers currently aboard Nautilus .
Sampson Boat Co. – Restoring Tally Ho
Dangar Marine – restoring a steel trawler – the first guy I ever bought merch from (T-shirt).
AvE – one of my first YouTube man crushes.
RC models at Leipzip 2016 – low-speed 1:14 scale trucks and such
Bears at Brooks Falls – live cam
Ben Eater’s series on building an 8-bit computer on a breadboard. I should send Ben the money I spent on college.
Adam Savage’s Tested
Alex the french cooking guy.
The Hydraulic Press Channel and Anni’s channel. Learned a lot about Finnish licorice from her.
Clickspring – amazing machining videos.
Electroboom – ya, most of his “shocks” are either fake or setup. But he funny.
James Hoffman – my favorite coffee guy.
The Lock Picking Lawyer – is there any lock he can’t open?
Project Farm – pretty good tool and home hacker reviews. But that voice… 🙁
Still It – small batch distilling.
Beau of the Fifth Column – politics; he looks like a redneck, sounds like a redneck…
Dr. John – some reasonably (to me) good coverage of the COVID-19 stuff
