Abhayagiri
Official YouTube archive for Abhayagiri Buddhist Monastery — Forest Sangha talks, ceremonies, and community teaching from the California monastery.
Useful for: People exploring the Western Ajahn Chah tradition and monastery life.
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Buddhism and meditation
Practice-facing teaching: meditation, ethics, and living the path — mostly Theravāda and Forest traditions, chosen for clarity over performance spirituality.
Ajahn Achalo Bhikkhu
Talks and Q&A with Ajahn Achalo — Forest tradition teaching aimed especially at lay practitioners dealing with craving, emotion, and daily practice.
Useful for: Lay practitioners who want honest talk about desire, emotion, and keeping a practice alive.
Ajahn Anan Dhamma
Dhamma talks and reflections connected with Ajahn Anan and the Ajahn Chah lineage, including material drawing on Ajahn Chah’s teaching style.
Useful for: Listeners who want Forest Sangha warmth with practical reminders about the mind.
Ajahn Kalyano Dhamma
YouTube channel of Dhamma talks from Ajahn Kalyano in the Thai Forest tradition — contemporary monastic teaching for lay and monastic listeners.
Useful for: People who want clear, practice-facing Forest talks without spiritual theatre.
Ajahn Punnadhammo
Dhamma talks by Ajahn Punnadhammo — Theravāda monastic teaching with a reflective, text-aware style.
Useful for: Listeners who want thoughtful monastic commentary without rush.
Ajahn Sona
Dhamma talks and live Q&A with Ajahn Sona of Birken Forest Monastery — clear Canadian Forest teaching with an accessible Q&A format.
Useful for: People who learn best when a teacher answers real questions out loud.
Clear Mountain Monastery
Teaching channel from Clear Mountain Monastery — Theravāda practice with a strong early-Buddhist and sutta-literate flavour, including talks by Ajahn Kovilo and guests.
Useful for: Practitioners who want meditation guidance that stays close to the early texts.
Dhamma Talks at Dhammagiri
Recorded Dhamma talks from Dhammagiri Forest Hermitage in Queensland — Australian Forest Sangha teaching for local and online listeners.
Useful for: Anyone wanting monastery talks with an Australian Forest flavour.
Hillside Hermitage
Sutta-centred teaching from Hillside Hermitage — rigorous early-Buddhist analysis of meditation, sense restraint, and the path as found in the Nikāyas.
Useful for: Practitioners who want challenging, text-rooted teaching rather than soothing content.
The Freedom in You
Readings and recordings of classic Theravāda and vipassanā material — including Forest teachers and older practice literature presented as audio.
Useful for: People who learn well by listening to classic practice texts.
Pāli and sutta study
Early Buddhist texts, translations, and study channels that help you read the suttas with less guesswork and more confidence.
BAUS Chuang Yen Monastery
Teaching archive from BAUS Chuang Yen Monastery — recorded monastery talks and programmes.
Useful for: People exploring monastery teaching archives outside the Thai Forest stream.
Beth Upton
Meditation teaching from Beth Upton — practitioner-teacher guidance with an insight and early-Buddhist practice orientation.
Useful for: Serious lay meditators looking for clear, experience-informed instruction.
Dhamma Talks by Thanissaro Bhikkhu
Talks by Thanissaro Bhikkhu (Ajaan Geoff), linked with the dhammatalks.org translation and teaching project.
Useful for: Students who want practice commentary from a major English translator of the Pāli Canon.
Dhammanet
Buddhist study and course recordings associated with Bhante Sujato and related early-Buddhist education projects.
Useful for: People working through structured early Buddhist meditation or sutta courses.
Doug's Dharma
Educational YouTube channel on early Buddhism and the historical Buddha’s teaching — clear explainers aimed at serious beginners and intermediate students.
Useful for: People who want to understand early Buddhism without needing Pāli fluency first.
Study Buddhism
Educational Buddhist channel with structured explainers — study-oriented presentations of Buddhist ideas and practices.
Useful for: Learners who want orderly introductions rather than freeform talks.
Translate84000
Media from 84000: Translating the Words of the Buddha — talks and sessions around canonical Buddhist translation work (primarily Tibetan Buddhist canonical literature).
Useful for: Readers interested in how canonical Buddhist texts get translated and preserved.
Tricycle
Video channel of Tricycle: The Buddhist Review — interviews, teachings, and magazine-adjacent Buddhist media across traditions.
Useful for: People who want curated Buddhist conversation beyond a single lineage.
Yuttadhammo Bhikkhu
Teaching channel of Yuttadhammo Bhikkhu — technical Theravāda meditation instruction and doctrinal explanation.
Useful for: Meditators who want precise, technical instruction rather than soft guidance.
AI and useful tools
Channels that cut through AI noise: agents, models, and workflows you can actually use to build and think — not just announce the next model.
AI Engineer
Conference-style AI engineering talks — practitioners presenting agent systems, tooling, and production lessons.
Useful for: Engineers who want conference-depth talks rather than daily news.
AI News & Strategy Daily | Nate B Jones
Daily AI news and strategy commentary focused on how model and product changes affect real work — less launch hype, more “what does this change?”.
Useful for: People who need AI updates framed as decisions, not spectacle.
Chase AI
Hands-on AI workflow channel with heavy coverage of Claude, agents, and practical coding/automation setups.
Useful for: Builders experimenting with agentic Claude workflows.
David Ondrej
Agentic engineering and AI coding workflow channel — practical sessions on building with modern agent tools.
Useful for: Developers refining an agentic coding practice.
Greg Isenberg
Product and indie-business oriented AI channel — opportunities, app ideas, and founder-facing commentary on the AI stack.
Useful for: Builders thinking about AI products and solo businesses.
Matthew Berman
Broad AI product and demo channel covering new models, tools, and notable releases across the ecosystem.
Useful for: General AI watchers who want fast product-level coverage.
Nate Herk | AI Automation
AI automation tutorials aimed at building and selling workflows — practical build videos for non-traditional and technical builders alike.
Useful for: People automating work with AI rather than only chatting with models.
Prompt Engineering
Technical channel on prompts, agents, and model behaviour — oriented toward builders who care how systems fail and how to harden them.
Useful for: Engineers who want agent design insight beyond tip lists.
Sam Witteveen
Hands-on AI demos and explainers — models, agent harnesses, and applied experiments presented in a technical demo style.
Useful for: Practitioners who learn by watching someone run the thing.
The Next New Thing
AI tools roundup channel covering new models, repos, and product launches — fast survey-style videos for keeping a map of the landscape.
Useful for: Builders who want a high-signal skim of what is newly usable in AI tooling.
Technology and monitoring
Linux, homelab, networking, security, and observability — practical systems craft for people who run and watch infrastructure.
Better Stack
Observability and developer-tooling channel from Better Stack — demos and explainers around logging, monitoring, and related infrastructure tools.
Useful for: People who care about seeing systems clearly when they break.
Christian Lempa
Homelab and DevOps tutorials — secrets management, self-hosted services, and infrastructure how-tos.
Useful for: Homelab builders tightening how they run services safely.
DevOps Toolbox
DevOps tooling roundups and demos — surveys of tools worth knowing in modern delivery and operations workflows.
Useful for: Engineers scanning the DevOps tool landscape.
Grafana
Official Grafana Labs channel — product updates, community calls, and observability deep dives across the Grafana stack.
Useful for: Teams running Grafana, Loki, Tempo, or related observability tooling.
Lawrence Systems
Homelab, networking, and security channel from Lawrence Systems — self-hosting, firewalls, and practical infrastructure talk.
Useful for: Homelab operators and small-network builders.
Mischa van den Burg
Linux and platform-engineering oriented channel — distros, tooling, and practitioner commentary for people who live in terminals.
Useful for: Linux users and platform engineers who want opinionated practical content.
NetworkChuck
High-energy networking, security, and Linux teaching channel — labs and explainers designed to make network concepts stick.
Useful for: Learners who want networking and security taught with hands-on labs.
Techno Tim
Homelab and self-hosting channel — service inventories, setups, and practical self-hosted infrastructure content.
Useful for: People designing or refining a self-hosted stack.
TechWorld with Nana
Structured DevOps learning channel — clear path-oriented videos for building DevOps skills deliberately.
Useful for: People learning DevOps in a sequence rather than by random incident.
That DevOps Guy
DevOps and container engineering channel — deeper technical explainers on containers, Kubernetes, and related platform topics.
Useful for: Engineers who want container/platform depth beyond intro playlists.
Personal development
Long-form conversations and craft channels about learning, work, and behaviour change — the useful 5%, not hustle theatre.
David Perell
Writing and learning craft channel from David Perell — interviews and lessons for people who want to think and write more clearly.
Useful for: Writers and knowledge workers improving their craft.
Dr Rangan Chatterjee
Health-behaviour and lifestyle medicine channel from Dr Rangan Chatterjee — practical conversations about habits, stress, and everyday health change.
Useful for: People working on behaviour change around sleep, stress, and daily health.
Odysseas
Learning-systems channel with a strong Obsidian and personal knowledge management focus — setups and methods for studying with tools.
Useful for: People building a second brain / PKM practice that should survive contact with real study.
The Diary Of A CEO
Long-form interview podcast/channel hosted by Steven Bartlett — extended conversations with founders, scientists, and public figures.
Useful for: People who learn from long interviews and want ideas stress-tested in conversation.
The Diary Of A CEO Clips
Short clips cut from The Diary Of A CEO interviews — highlight segments from the main long-form conversations.
Useful for: Scouting guests and ideas before committing to a full episode.
The Peter McCormack Show
Long-form interview show with Peter McCormack — conversations across economics, culture, health, and public ideas.
Useful for: Listeners who want wide-ranging interviews adjacent to money, society, and meaning.
Tim Ferriss
Tim Ferriss show archive — long-form interviews and experiment-oriented personal development content.
Useful for: People who like dissected habits, tactics, and interviews with high performers.
Health and movement
Movement, recovery, and longevity with a bias toward mechanics and evidence over trends. Bodies that need to keep working.
Andrew Huberman
Huberman Lab channel — long-form neuroscience and health protocol discussions covering sleep, stress, training, and related biology.
Useful for: Listeners who want deep, protocol-oriented health science conversations.
Conor Harris
Biomechanics and posture-oriented training channel — assessments and corrective frameworks for movement quality.
Useful for: People chasing better movement quality and posture, not just load.
Dr Brad Stanfield
Evidence-leaning longevity and health channel from Dr Brad Stanfield — study-aware commentary on exercise, aging, and health claims.
Useful for: People who want longevity content that argues with studies, not vibes.
El Paso Manual Physical Therapy
Physical therapy education channel focused on manual therapy concepts, pain, and movement — clinical teaching style for patients and practitioners.
Useful for: People dealing with musculoskeletal pain who want clearer physical-therapy framing.
Movesmethod
Movement and longevity-oriented exercise channel — simple movement practices framed around aging well and staying capable.
Useful for: People who want longevity movement without a full athletic programme.
SpineCare Decompression and Chiropractic Center
Spine and neck pain relief channel (Dr Rowe / SpineCare) — short guided mobility videos aimed at common spinal complaints.
Useful for: People wanting quick, specific mobility sequences for neck and back discomfort.
Squat University
Biomechanics and strength channel focused on squat mechanics, mobility, and injury-aware lifting education.
Useful for: Lifters and movers who want mechanics explained clearly.
Upright Health
Pain and posture education channel — frameworks for understanding and working with common musculoskeletal complaints.
Useful for: People trying to understand stubborn pain patterns without jumping to extremes.
WeShape
Training and exercise programming channel — workouts and movement content aimed at building a consistent training practice.
Useful for: People who want structured training ideas rather than random exercises.
Will Harlow – Over-Fifties Specialist Physio
Physiotherapy channel aimed at over-fifties mobility, strength, and pain — age-aware exercise guidance from a specialist physio.
Useful for: Adults who want mobility and strength advice that respects aging bodies.
Finance and markets
Macro, markets, and money systems — interviews and analysis saved for signal, not day-trading tips. Useful context, not a crystal ball.
Adam Taggart | Thoughtful Money
Thoughtful Money interview channel with Adam Taggart — long conversations on markets, macro risk, and portfolio thinking.
Useful for: Investors who want macro interviews with more patience than cable-news pace.
Bravos Research
Macro narrative channel presenting big-picture market and monetary theses in short documentary-style videos.
Useful for: People who want a compressed macro storyline to argue with.
Commodity Culture
Interview channel focused on commodities and macro guests — especially precious metals and related monetary themes.
Useful for: Listeners following metals and commodity macro debates.
David Lin
Macro and markets interview channel hosted by David Lin — frequent conversations with economists, investors, and market strategists.
Useful for: People following macro and market debates through guest interviews.
Eurodollar University
Macro and liquidity-focused channel explaining eurodollar / shadow-money system dynamics and their market implications.
Useful for: People who want a systems view of liquidity and credit conditions.
FX Evolution - Trading Academy
Cross-asset technical market channel covering indices and related markets with frequent chart commentary.
Useful for: Traders and observers following short-term technical structure.
Gareth Soloway
Technical market commentary channel from Gareth Soloway — chart-focused analysis across indices, commodities, and crypto.
Useful for: People who follow technical levels and want frequent chart commentary.
George Gammon
Macro commentary channel focused on Fed policy, credit conditions, and market risk — explanatory videos on system stress and policy mistakes.
Useful for: Listeners tracking Fed/credit macro arguments.
Jason Pizzino
Market and cycle-oriented commentary channel — equities, commodities, and macro reset narratives with technical overlays.
Useful for: People tracking cycle and commodity narratives alongside charts.
Rebel Capitalist
Macro and markets channel (Rebel Capitalist) — commentary and interviews on treasuries, bubbles, and global market risk.
Useful for: People following contrarian macro commentary and related interviews.