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.

  • snoons@lemmy.caEnglish
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    11 days ago

    Not sure if these are what you’re looking for, but:

    • Dr. Becky

    • What’s Going On With Shipping?

    • Not Just Bikes

    • Sampson Boat Co.

    • Primitive Technology

    • Bad Obsession Motorsport

    • Practical Engineering

    • B1M

    • Jay and Mark

    • Florian Gadsby

    There are also channels that are focused on the war in Ukraine and related international shenanigans (in order of avg. video length):

    • Perun

    • Denys Davydov

    • Reporting from Ukraine

    • Suchomimus (poor chap made a channel to nerd out about dinosaurs, then the Russians attacked…)

    Also check out ytch.xyz; It serves videos from a curated list of channels such that it behaves like cable television.

    Also also check out nebula.tv if you can afford it.