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[–] 61 points 4 weeks ago* (9 children)

I have stopped using the youtube frontpage and blocked the algorithmic recommendations from appearing.
Now I only browse my subscriptions.
My recommendations for food history: Tasting History with Max Miller + Townsends
For Military History: Lindybeige
For Medieval Clothing: Bernadette Banner
Medieval Life: V. Birchwood
General History: Premodernist

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  • [–] 24 points 4 weeks ago (1 child)

    More recommendations:

    Miniminuteman (history/debunking viral claims)

    Ancient Americas (video essays about various pre-contact societies in the Americas)

    Time Team (filming archaeologists as they excavate a site)

    A Brush With Bekah (demonstrations of historical pigment use, plus education about why it's toxic AF)

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  • [–] 2 points 4 weeks ago

    Seconding Max Miller. For history I would also like to recommend Timeghost. I suspect that most people interested in the world wars already know, but for those who don't; they've done both WWI and WWII week by week, with deep dives into big events (including a 24-hour D-Day documentary) and a big focus on the human cost of war. I cannot recommend them enough to anyone interested in recent history!

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  • [–] 2 points 4 weeks ago

    For ancient history and prehistory, there are extraordinary riches:
    History With Cy
    Dan Davis History
    Stefan Milo
    Ancient Architects
    World Of Antiquity
    toldinstone

    A good way to find more, pull that thread, is to see which other YouTube channels these channels follow.

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  • [–] 2 points 3 weeks ago

    For food, Weird Fruit Explorer is awesome. It's very niche, but high level he's a contortionist who loves extremely rare fruit and travels the world on a mission to try every fruit there is, the rarer and weirder the better.

    https://youtu.be/FkKPpOomdpQ

    It's a very fun show. Sort by most watched though since not all episodes are the most interesting IMO.

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