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Episode: 4589
Title: YouTube Subscriptions 2025 #15
Source: https://hub.hackerpublicradio.org/ccdn.php?filename=/eps/hpr4589/hpr4589.mp3
Transcribed: 2026-07-31 16:14:35 (official HPR transcript)

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This is Hacker Public Radio Episode 4589, for 2026-03-05
Today's show is entitled, "YouTube Subscriptions 2025 #15"
The host is Ahuka and the duration is 00:14:31
The flag is Clean, and the license is CC-BY-SA
The summary is "Part fifteen of my list of subscribed channels"
You are listening to a show from the Reserve Q. This show was submitted in January 2025 to cover
occasions just like this, where there are gaps in the regular schedule.
Hello, this is Ahuka, welcoming you to Hacker Public Radio and another exciting episode.
So with that, I'm going to continue on what I have been doing for the Reserve Q in this go-around,
um, which is, I'm recording in January of 2025, and I'm looking at my YouTube channels that I am
subscribed to and discussing them. So I'm going to start this time with TimeGhost History.
TimeGhost is something we've mentioned before, one of the real-time history groups that came out of
the Great War, uh, channel. Um, now, TimeGhost is one of those groups, and for their major projects,
they have dedicated channels like World War II, um, Korean War, things like that. Um, but they
did smaller things as well, so they have a TimeGhost History channel, um, where they did something
like, uh, between, like, uh, between two wars. So, like, you know, what went on between World War I and
World War II. Um, they did one on, um, Ukrainian identity, um, talking about the war in Ukraine. Um,
they did something on Israel and Palestine and asking questions about, are the British the ones who
really started all of that? Um, so, they also have a channel called TimeGhost Podcast. Um, I'm not sure
they're doing it anymore. It looks like they released about, uh, six videos a couple of years
ago and then stopped. Um, but I, as I often do with these, I'll just leave the channel in because
there's no reason not to, something might pop up. Uh, next one is, uh, Toby Hadoke's channel. Uh,
Toby Hadoke is, uh, someone who's very active in the Doctor Who community. Um, he is active with Big
Finish. Um, he goes around to conventions. He's got a comedy monologue called, uh,
Moths Ate My Doctor Who Scarf that he does at conventions. So, he's an interesting fellow and I
like to follow what goes on. Next channel is Tom Sedell. Uh, Tom Sedell is a, uh, artist, cartoonist
particularly, um, who has a online web comic called Gunner Krieg Court, which I quite enjoy.
And this is his channel. The next one is called Touropia. Uh, and this is a travel-related channel.
Uh, and they're sort of the, their bailiwick is to go to a place and say, you know, what are the top
things to do here? What are the top areas you should visit? What have you? So, uh, the length of the video
can vary a lot between a, you know, 15 or 20 minute, um, all the way up to an hour, depending
on what sort of topic they're taking. So, they did, uh, 12 best places to visit in Vietnam. That
was about a 20 minute. The 50 best places to visit in Asia, that was an hour. Um, the 23 most beautiful
islands in the Mediterranean. That's about 41 minutes. Uh, so, you know, 12 best places to visit
in Peru, 18 minutes.
Now, the next channel is, uh, TPM TV. TPM stands for Talking Points Memo. And that is a press
organization in the United States that, uh, I follow pretty closely. And in fact, I'm a, uh,
subscriber, paid subscriber. Um, so it's, covers politics, basically, what's going on in Washington
from a liberal point of view. Next channel is Trek Culture. Now, there's a, a organization called
What Culture that is just sort of geek things in general, but then they set up specific channels.
Uh, and so there's a Who Culture, uh, and there's a Trek Culture. There's others, but those are the
two that I subscribe to. Um, and this is videos, uh, you know, talking about, um, Star Trek. Um,
the lengths can vary a little bit, but on the average, they're probably 15 to 20 minutes. Um,
then there's a channel called Tall Tapes. Um, this is about Jethro Tull. I mentioned before, uh,
progressive rock is, uh, something I very much enjoy. I'm a big Jethro Tull fan. So, uh, a lot of
this is concert footage, uh, and, you know, people may have, um, shot this. Uh, in other words,
an audience, uh, recording for a lot of these. So, it's, it's not necessarily very high quality,
but, uh, there's also some documentary stuff that gets in here.
Then there's Ursa Ryan. Uh, Ursa Ryan is another one of those game people who does a number of
things, but does a lot of civilization, and that's what I'm interested in. Uh, and same for the next
channel, which is Van Bradley, um, who will discuss other things, but mostly does civilization,
and that's why I am subscribed to it. Then there's Veritasium. Uh, and Veritasium, he says,
is an element of truth. Videos about science, education, and anything else I find interesting.
Um, so, the, the host is, uh, fellow named Derek, and so, um, he did things like, uh, people said
this experiment was impossible, so I tried it. So, and it, something involving thermite. That was about
a half hour long. Um, do people understand the scale of the universe? You know, 15 minute, um,
uh, why don't railroads need expansion joints?
So, it's, it's, uh, science in general. Uh, next one is Viking. Uh, I'm, this Viking,
Viking is in reference to the cruise line. Um, my wife and I have done two Viking river cruises,
one on the Rhine and one on the Danube. Uh, enjoyed them both tremendously. Uh, so, I'm subscribing to
the channel, and then, in addition to the Viking channel, the Viking channel is mostly relatively short,
um, um, uh, promotional kinds of things. And you're talking like two, three minutes. Then there's,
they have another one called Viking TV with longer ones. And those typically would, uh, involve, uh,
involve interviews, uh, with people, uh, regarding some of the things that you might do on a Viking
cruise. Um, so, you know, Christmas on the Rhine, um, is one of the things they do. Um,
you know, beyond the brochure, taking a look at, like, the Lyon and Provence is one of the ones they do.
The Antarctic Explorer is another one they do. Then there's Vlog Brothers. Um, and this was the channel
that was started long time ago by two brothers. And they would just make it a point a couple of times
a week. They would record a video to talk to the other one. And, uh, that led to them doing Crash Course
and creating the company called Complexly, and which is now involved with, um, PBS Digital Studios. But,
you know, this is the channel where they are still doing, um, those, uh, videos. One on Tuesday and one on
Friday. So, Tuesday, John Green, who you might know as an author, um, does his video. And then his
brother Hank does, uh, his video in response on Friday. And they're typically, you know, about five
minutes in length, but they don't stick to that necessarily. And there's, um, Washington Monthly.
Uh, Washington Monthly is a magazine, again, from a fairly left liberal perspective on politics in the
United States. It's one of the ones I support. Then there's Who Culture. Um, uh, we talked about
Trek Culture a few minutes ago. So, this is the one about Doctor Who. Uh, it's the same group of people,
uh, talking about, uh, Doctor Who, uh, and specifically the different episodes.
Then there is Walter's World. And this is a fellow, um, who is named Walters. That's his last name. Um,
and so he and his wife and children do, um, travel around the world. And so he'll do videos about,
uh, things that he's learned in doing that. Um, so for instance, he just did one on, um,
five big travel rule changes for 2025, how you need to get a visa now to get to Europe.
I don't remember exactly when that kicks in. I think it's in a few months. Um, that was about
five minutes. Then Mistakes Tourists Make in Austria. That was about 15 minutes. Um,
so he does these, a couple of these a week. Um, then there's World War II. Um, this is another
time ghost production. They, they did a fantastic job, um, of covering World War II. Again, real time.
So each week we're covering the corresponding week, um, in the war, but also they did two,
uh, extra special productions. One was about Pearl Harbor and the other was about D-Day.
And in each one, uh, what they did is they just expanded, uh, or, you know, zoomed in kind of
to, uh, do, uh, do hour by hour what was going on. Um, and so the D-Day, it's, they cover 24 hours
of D-Day with about 24 hours worth of video. Um, so, you know, it's a really good one. If you have
any interest in World War II history, check it out. Then, um, XKCD, uh, which is a web comic that
I think geeks are fairly familiar with in many cases. And, um, Randall Munro, the writer also,
um, uh, wrote some books called What If, and then created this What If channel where he does videos
about, you know, what, what if we put a pool on the moon? What would a magnitude 15 earthquake be
like? What if you swam in a nuclear storage pool? The next one is You Can't Unhear This.
Um, and this is a channel about the Beatles, and what it does is it digs into some aspect,
um, typically, you know, 10 to 15 minute videos. Like, there was one on paperback writer, how
that changed the Beatles sound forever, the amazing recording history of Here Comes the Sun,
uh, the drum mystery in the Beatles song, Dear Prudence.
All right.
So, with that, I have concluded all of the subscriptions in my YouTube subscription list.
Took a long time to do that, but then I subscribed to a lot of channels.
Well, I hope this hasn't bored you too much. This is Ahooka for Hacker Public Radio signing
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