I mostly watch youtube to unwind and not think so hard, a few I tend to get really into:
On cooking & food:
jastownsendandson - 18th century history and recipes
foodwishes - nice succinct no fuss recipes, focus on the recipes
TabiEats - casual/fast food reviews and stuff from Japan
gundog4314 - reviews of military rations
Global news and Culture:
PBS NewsHour - public news, nice balanced and thoughtful news without lots of histrionics
ARIRANG TV - korean state cultural TV, mostly because I have Korean family members, but some interesting shows from time to time also "ARIRANG NEWS" for regional news and local Korean politics and ARIRANG CULTURE for more specific Korean arts stuff
Great Big Story - hard to explain, but brilliant short videos from all over that make you feel better about the world after a hard day
Big Think - another hard to explain channel
TheJapanChannel - mostly interesting vignettes from Japan, I find them kind of soothing for some reason
Talk to me in Korean - supposed to be a language learning course, but interesting insights into Korean culture, sometimes some interesting walks around different parts of Korea, skip the language stuff and enjoy the rest
Abroad In Japan - an Englishman in Japan, very dry humor, endlessly entertaining
Korean Englishman - an Englishman in Korea, less dry humor, also endlessly entertaining
OsiyoTV - Cherokee Nation TV, well produced show on Cherokee topics
2hearts1seoul - nice fairly calm looks at stuff in Korea
NHKWorld - Japanese national shows
Simon and Martina - two hyper hipsters in Asia, I like them, but they can be polarizing
TheKoreaSociety - serious talks on Korea and regional issues
Retrocomputing and gaming and stuff:
Kim Justice - some incredible histories of the UK computer gaming scene, fantastically produced all around, an actual hidden gem on youtube
TNT Amusements - business advertisement for a company that refurbs arcade games, fun crew and can be entertaining and informative from time to time
Pixelmusement - old games, my favorite show is "Shovelware Diggers"...strangely relaxing review of crapware dos and early windows games from a 1000 games CD.
Retro Core - English reviews of retro games from Japan. The guy who does it is kind of infectious and opinionated, but has a definite voice.
Computerphile - interesting old to new light computing topics
The Ben Heck Show - various electronics and retro gaming/computing topics, serious hardware hacking
Top Hat Gaming Man - reviews of various games and stuff, puts a bit of effort into production
Grand Illusions - weird toys and nick-nacks, infectious host
Techmoan - odd old things, just watch it
EEVblog - intense teardowns of everything
Game Sack - great, well produced retro gaming
Metaljesusrocks - another great, well produced retro gaming show
Matt Barton - his show "Matt Chat" has interviews with some absolute gaming legends, amazing stuff
Jeremy Parish - one of the "old men" of gaming journalism, has lots of on-line presence, but does tons of interesting reviews
Damn! That's a lot. Thanks for the descriptions for all of them too. About 6 channels seem interesting to me. I'm not into cars (that's what happens when you blow most of your early lucky web money on a Porsche and then go broke :p), or cooking or Asian culture beyond listening to Kpop. But still seems like I might like the handful of ones that seem interesting to me.
Haha for sure. I've already found 2 other niche YT channels that look interesting. Also it's just that it prob took you a long time to write your whole list haha.
On cooking & food:
jastownsendandson - 18th century history and recipes
foodwishes - nice succinct no fuss recipes, focus on the recipes
TabiEats - casual/fast food reviews and stuff from Japan
gundog4314 - reviews of military rations
Global news and Culture:
PBS NewsHour - public news, nice balanced and thoughtful news without lots of histrionics
ARIRANG TV - korean state cultural TV, mostly because I have Korean family members, but some interesting shows from time to time also "ARIRANG NEWS" for regional news and local Korean politics and ARIRANG CULTURE for more specific Korean arts stuff
Great Big Story - hard to explain, but brilliant short videos from all over that make you feel better about the world after a hard day
Big Think - another hard to explain channel
TheJapanChannel - mostly interesting vignettes from Japan, I find them kind of soothing for some reason
Talk to me in Korean - supposed to be a language learning course, but interesting insights into Korean culture, sometimes some interesting walks around different parts of Korea, skip the language stuff and enjoy the rest
Abroad In Japan - an Englishman in Japan, very dry humor, endlessly entertaining
Korean Englishman - an Englishman in Korea, less dry humor, also endlessly entertaining
OsiyoTV - Cherokee Nation TV, well produced show on Cherokee topics
2hearts1seoul - nice fairly calm looks at stuff in Korea
NHKWorld - Japanese national shows
Simon and Martina - two hyper hipsters in Asia, I like them, but they can be polarizing
TheKoreaSociety - serious talks on Korea and regional issues
Retrocomputing and gaming and stuff:
Kim Justice - some incredible histories of the UK computer gaming scene, fantastically produced all around, an actual hidden gem on youtube
TNT Amusements - business advertisement for a company that refurbs arcade games, fun crew and can be entertaining and informative from time to time
Pixelmusement - old games, my favorite show is "Shovelware Diggers"...strangely relaxing review of crapware dos and early windows games from a 1000 games CD.
Retro Core - English reviews of retro games from Japan. The guy who does it is kind of infectious and opinionated, but has a definite voice.
Computerphile - interesting old to new light computing topics
The Ben Heck Show - various electronics and retro gaming/computing topics, serious hardware hacking
Top Hat Gaming Man - reviews of various games and stuff, puts a bit of effort into production
Grand Illusions - weird toys and nick-nacks, infectious host
Techmoan - odd old things, just watch it
EEVblog - intense teardowns of everything
Game Sack - great, well produced retro gaming
Metaljesusrocks - another great, well produced retro gaming show
Matt Barton - his show "Matt Chat" has interviews with some absolute gaming legends, amazing stuff
Jeremy Parish - one of the "old men" of gaming journalism, has lots of on-line presence, but does tons of interesting reviews
Cars:
Motor Trend Channel - you know what this is about
fullychargedshow - electric cars
Music:
NewRetroWave
Generic Male DJs
A Tribe Called Red
WinhamhillLovers
Movies:
RedLetterMedia - sarcasm at its finest
Nerdwriter1 - great analysis of films