Video blogs to expand your mind
- Vsauce — Deep explorations of things you never knew. Hosted by Michael Stevens. Highly recommended!
- In a Nutshell – Kurzgesagt — Animations to learn complicated things easily
- Veritasium — Exploring how science affects our everyday lives
- Crash Course — Short video "courses" teaching the basics of several subjects from science to economics to history. Visit the playlists for topics.
- C. G. P. Grey — Geography trivia and strange country borders. There's other stuff in there so you'll have to look for the geography ones, which I like the best.
Podcasts
- Hello Internet — A series of discussions between C.G.P. Grey and Brady Haran, both popular YouTube producers in their own right. There is also a YouTube channel duplicating the episodes.
- 99% Invisible — Informative productions about various topics, especially concerning design, architecture, and history.
Fictional series
- Star Trek Continues — A new and independently produced series following the adventures of James T. Kirk and the USS Enterprise. It picks up where the original television series abruptly ended when the show was canceled. These new episodes attempt to complete the Enterprise's stated five-year mission. It is meticulously faithful to the original series in style, feel, and effects; yet with a subtle eye toward linking to the Star Trek: The Next Generation future. After only a short adjustment to the new actors it will quickly feel as if the original series was never canceled. Full of cameos and high production quality. Read more on the Wikipedia article.
Art and film
- Peter Draws — A master of the doodle, and a good storyteller
- Mark Crilley — Learn drawing from this master of manga, cartooning, and his nearly unbelievable "reality challenge".
- Every Frame a Painting — Film techniques and analyses
- The Nerdwriter — Analysis of film and art, one subject at a time
- Now You See It — Analysis of film and video themes and techniques
- CinemaSins — A lighthearted critique of movies in their fun "Everything Wrong With ..." series.
- Lewis and Tolkien (playlist) by Ryan Reeves — A great series of theological and thematic analyses of the works and lives of C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien. Ryan also has lots videos on other historical-theological topics for those interested.
Builders and makers
- Tested (Adam Savage) — Run by Adam Savage of MythBusters fame and his small crew. Covers a broad spectrum of topics, especially the film and special effects industry, prop replicas, and with plenty of hands-on maker topics.
- James Burton (X Robots) — Watch this talented Brit build detailed costumes and robots and replicas of our favorite film characters.
Math, physics, and science
- Minute Physics — Physics topics explained very quickly
- Physics Girl — Experiments and explanations of physics in everyday life
- Vi Hart — A self proclaimed "math-musician", she explores advanced math topics intermixed with magic marker art and music. You've never seen math like this before. My favorites include: Reel, Wind and Mr. Ug, What was up with Pythagoras?.
- Dr. Physics — (Advanced) The math behind many physics and nuclear chemistry topics. View the playlists to organize by topic.
- Suskind Lectures (complete playlist) by Stanford University — (Advanced) The in-classroom physics lectures by renouned physicist Leonard Suskind. Especially in-depth lectures on topics such as relativity, quantum mechanics, string theory, cosmology theory, and more. Smaller playlists for just a few of his topics follow:
About: These are my own curated links to sites and blogs that I have found most useful or interesting. It is not meant to be comprehensive. Sometimes links may disappear; if you find one that no longer works feel free to email me. You can sometimes find dead sites from The Internet Archive.
Adding links: I do not receive any compensation for these nor do I practice "link exchange". If you want me to add a link to your site, be aware that I generally don't link to anything I don't read or use myself; especially if it is a commercial entity. But if you think I might really like something, send it to me.
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