Can anyone recommend an interesting YouTube channel?

[Elessar Zappa]

I’m bored and need something interesting to watch. All subject matters welcome.

[MicaelS]

1. Girl With Dogs

If you like to watch dogs and cats getting groomed.

https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=girl+with+dogs

[paleotn]

7. Good one!

I can say that as a proud parent of a husky.

[Skittles]

44. that gal thinks huskies are THE biggest drama queens

yes INDEED

[paleotn]

48. That they are!

[Skittles]

52. Fredo is her favorite

[paleotn]

55. They really know how to throw a fit.

Stubborn and nippy if not trained. They can be talkative and loud. And a couple times a year they explode with shed undercoat all over the place. Fur that would kill any normal vacuum. We have to haul out the shopvac when he's blowing coat.

[Skittles]

57. "blowing coat"

[MontanaMama]

2. I use youtube a lot for random things I'm interested in.

Just use their search function and you'll be amazed at what is out there. One video will lead to another and another. I'll only add that youtube's commercials are a nightmare...it makes some videos unwatchable. That said, I have a parrot at home and there are a million videos for parrots that keep them entertained and happy. That's something I can't imagine doing without.

[Elessar Zappa]

12. Yeah, it's amazing how much content there is on YouTube.

As far as commercials go, I’m a sucker and pay them $12 a month so I don’t see ads/commercials.

[spockeye]

3. Just for laughs, I watch Bushman videos.

Juanillo Bushman (Granada), Nickxar (Dublin), and Prankman (Wakiki).

[Elessar Zappa]

11. Thank you!

[highplainsdem]

4. Just a few...

Funny stuff:

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC4Z5Qn2Fbm07Oh1UhtGe0tA/videos

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCC71qO4vdnIZQVfRIwPBPjg/videos

Music analysis/appreciation:

https://www.youtube.com/c/wingsofpegasus/videos

https://www.youtube.com/c/RickBeato/videos

[Elessar Zappa]

9. Thank you!

[gibraltar72]

5. Building everything you can imagine. Jimmie Diresta has a great channel.

[Elessar Zappa]

10. Thanks!

[Voltaire2]

6. free youtube has become unwatchable because of the ad frequency

[Elessar Zappa]

8. Yeah, I'm a sucker

and pay them $12 every month so that I don’t see any ads.

[gibraltar72]

14. Geez I can watch it for hours most ads

you can stop after 5 seconds. Invaluable resource for me.

[highplainsdem]

18. I use Adblock Plus on my laptop and never see an ad there. I do see them when I'm watching

on TV via Roku, but they really aren't all that bad if you watch for the "Skip Ads" link and click that as soon as it counts down 5 seconds or so.

[TheBlackAdder]

37. Firefox with the "Enhancer for YouTube" plug-in. No more ads, ever again.

[yonder]

38. What sometimes works on the longer ads viewed on TV, especially when the clip starts

is to hit exit, then click back to your clip and if another ad, repeat. Sometimes it will only take a couple of these cycles, sometimes several and sometimes it will completely boot you out of what you wanted. It's worth it to me to avoid a Liberty Mutual or other annoying ad. YMMV

Not necessary on a computer with AdBlock or something else, just TV.

[Different Drummer]

13. If you're like me and like old commercials...

Two of the best channels are Bionic Disco and tvdays.

[Elessar Zappa]

21. Thanks!

[bbernardini]

35. I'll second Bionic Disco. nt

[FuzzyRabbit]

15. Adblockers for Youtube

Try searching for youtube adblock software for your browser. I use one and see very few ads. It makes watching youtube much more pleasant.

Favorites:
- Foxes and Fossils (wonderful music)
- 3 minutes of Aviation
- dashcam videos (will change how you drive)
- Celebrating Aviation with Mike Machat
- Jackson Galaxy (advice for cat owners)

[Elessar Zappa]

22. Great!

[happybird]

16. MrBallen

A great story teller.

DR Mitesh Dave
Anatomy lectures and dissection. It’s for med students to study for practicals but fascinating

[Elessar Zappa]

23. Cool, thank you!

[Cartoonist]

17. If the subject is trains

Virtual Railfan

[Elessar Zappa]

24. Thank you!

[Jade Fox]

19. 'Geography King' and 'The History Guy'

[Elessar Zappa]

25. Thanks!

[50 Shades Of Blue]

20. Here are a few of the many YT channels I subscribe to.

"Book hauls, book reviews and the joys of English country living. I especially enjoy reading golden age mysteries, classic literature, vintage books and nature writing." Miranda Mills

TV & Movie Home Tours, plus design lessons using secrets from the cinema as our guide." Marina Coates - Mockingbird Lane

"Academic videos discussing mythology, history, and culture across humanities history. From the Vikings to the Vedas, from Zeus to Zoroastrianism, and from Sacrifices to Spirituality." Crecganford - Our Ancestors' Stories

"What would happen if you put several Royals from history on the same Zoom call? Well, this therapist is about to find out! Hold onto your crowns it’s going to be a bumpy ride...." Monarchs Anonymous


Adventures of two darling cats and a darling dog in S. Korea. Milky Boki Tan

[Elessar Zappa]

26. Those sound very interesting!

[iemanja]

27. If you like Game of Thrones, House of the Dragons, or Tolkien

In Deep Geek is very good. He streams live every Thursday at 4 pm CST. He also produces videos that are not lives.

If you like poker, Daniel Negreanu's channel is good.

[Elessar Zappa]

28. I'm a big fantasy fan.

Thanks for the channel suggestions!

[iemanja]

31. He covers the Witcher too

as his knowledge base comes from careful, obsessive actually, study of the books.

[woodsprite]

29. I have several that help me steer away from news and current events. Here's an eclectic list :)

Tasting History with Max Miller - Cooking show w/ historical references

Townsends - American history/reenactment.

Ms Mojo - Love their musical theater vids.

Bondi Rescue - Australian surf rescue on Bondi Beach.

Emmy Made - Cooking, MRE tastings, and a plethora of other subjects.

Glen and Friends Cooking - Cooking from historical cookbooks.

B&H Photo Video - Photography vids/tutorials.

[Elessar Zappa]

30. Thanks for the list!

I can always count on DU.

[debm55]

32. Elessar, if you are interested in crafts, youtube has tons of them. I follow many for polymer clay.

But there are other craft channels to watch and learn from. Like knitting, crochet, painting, cooking, One channel on youtube shows the old Bob Ross videos.

[Elessar Zappa]

33. I am interested in crafts, thank you!

[debm55]

36. Just type in the type of craft you are interested in. I know for crochet that there are MANY

channels. I learned how to make the granny square a couple of years ago. I made over 300 blankets for the VETs and a local nursing home. Also, many have directions you can print out. Good luck.

[bbernardini]

34. I could do this all day, but here's one:

https://youtube.com/@UncommonEphemera

[TheBlackAdder]

39. Zorro , Cokain.fr , TheHistoryGuy , ShawnWoods , Just for Laughs Gags , Project Farm , Charlotte

.

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCr2JI3DskpnxVN8qheetVGw

https://www.youtube.com/@Cokainfr

https://www.youtube.com/c/TheHistoryGuyChannel

https://www.youtube.com/c/ShawnWoodsprimitive-archer

https://www.youtube.com/gags

https://www.youtube.com/c/ProjectFarm

https://www.youtube.com/c/CharlotteDobre

.

[yonder]

40. Thanks for your posted question - it gave me several new things to explore.

[royable]

41. How about some turn-of-the-century piano music by composers you've probably never heard of

that can be found on this channel:
https://www.youtube.com/@SeigneurReefShark

I especially like listening to this nine-hour recording with scrolling music score:

as I work. I find most of the music fascinating and exciting and novel and inspirational. At times, I'll say, "HOW is the music written to achieve that effect I've never heard before?" and I'll look at the score to see. But that's just me. A description of that recording:

Medtner - 14 Piano Sonatas (Many performers)
"I repeat what I said to you back in Russia: you are, in my opinion, the greatest composer of our time." – Sergei Rachmaninov (1921)

It would be hard to overestimate the importance of this set. The 14 Medtner's piano Sonatas are the peak of the great Russian romanticism. Musically, technically and intellectually his works are very difficult, and don't show-off, which may explain their neglect.
Born on December 24, 1879 according to the Julian calendar (in use in Russia at that time), Nikolai Medtner was a few years younger than Rachmaninoff and Scriabin, who had long overshadowed him before his music was the object a new craze, thanks in particular to the interpretations of pianists like Emil Gilels and more recently Geoffrey Tozer, Marc André Hamelin, Hamish Milne and Severin von Eckardstein, who allow a new rediscovery of Medtner's music these years.
Recitalist and concertist, Medtner was also a professor at the Moscow Conservatory but chose to leave Soviet Russia in 1921. He lived in the United States then in Paris and finally settled in London, where he died. He had the extravagant good fortune to arouse the enthusiasm of the Maharajah of Mysore (in the state of Karnataka, India), who allowed him to record his own compositions.
Most of Medtner's works (fourteen sonatas, three concertos, chamber music works, melodies) are intended for the piano or use the piano. To put it quickly, they show romanticism, nostalgia, passion, tragic, violence (not brutal though). Medtner never recognized himself in the research carried out by his contemporaries, as he explained in his book The Muse and Fashion (1935) where he defends "the sacred laws of Eternal Art".

[Angleae]

42. If you like football, then UrinatingTree.

https://www.youtube.com/@UrinatingTree
(you will have to do a copy/paste with the address, apparently DU doesn't like a "@" symbol in the address)

especially if you like snark & sarcasm with your football.

[Texaswitchy]

43. There is a young man that goes around unplugging drains.

There is another one from Poland where the young man cleans rugs.

YouTube has lots off interesting channels.

Not as boring as it sounds.

There is a van living channels also.

I subscribe to a lot of channels.

Once your start watching channels more will come on your feed.

[niyad]

45. Dr. Octavia Cox on youtube. Close readings of classical literature. I love her

segments on Jane Austen.

[sakabatou]

46. Got a few

Into gaming? Check out theRadBrad.

Into 3D models singing songs, and other stuff? Check out Hololive English.

Into metal covers of awesome songs? Check out 331Erock

Wanna know how to make your favorite alcoholic beverages? Check out How to Drink

Into Lo Fi music? Check out LofiGirl

Like history, literature and mythology, as well as major historical events? Check out Overly Sarcastic Productions.

[malthaussen]

47. All about warships:

https://www.youtube.com/@Drachinifel/videos

Unlike many soi-disant "history" channels, Drac sticks mostly to the facts and doesn't introduce any political or ideological spin, nor is he interested in making sensational titles just for the clicks.

This video is especially good, about one of the more amazing battles of WWII:

-- Mal

[Kaleva]

49. That's one I watch

[Kaleva]

50. Sam Aronow - Jewish History

[hunter]

51. No nonsense cooking...

https://www.youtube.com/@helenrennie

This wise ass watches entire movies so you don't have to:

https://www.youtube.com/@MinuteMovies1

[jmowreader]

53. If you're into commercial aviation, check out Mentour Pilot

The host is a Swedish 737-800 captain who also works as an instructor pilot.

[CottonBear]

54. Sailing Yacht Florence (British couple circumnavigating the world since 2016)

https://m.

&t=26s

Stunning videography and some of the best real sailing footage of any YouTube sailing channel.

They’ve just made landfall on an island off the coast of Brazil in their most recent video.
They release videos every two weeks. Beautiful footage of their sailing voyages and land explorations is what makes this channel special.

[Victor_c3]

56. Channel 5

It’s highly entertaining. It gives good insight into how crazy some groups of people are.

https://m.

https://m.

&t=3s

[ruet]

58. Event Horizon, John Michael Godier, Anton Petrov, Nat's What I Reckon,...

PBS Space Time, SEA, Veritasium, Isaac Arthur, GeologyHub, Project Farm, Vaush, Gameranx, Videogamedunkey, Elvis the Alien, Weird History, Sea of Tranquility, Donut Media, Doug DeMuro, Throttle House, Lost in Vegas, Jamel_AKA_Jamal, The Adventures of TNT, RedLetterMedia, Ethan Chlebowski, Guga Foods, Worth It (BuzzFeedVideo), Townsends, Glen and Friends Cooking , Adam Ragusea, Steve Lehto, Technology Connections.


Have fun.