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A language learning podcast using a unique method. It is somewhat similar to the Pimsleur style: quizzed spaced repetition and conversation based vocabulary and grammar. The very large, and important, change though is that both words and grammar are connected back to the native language (English) as much as possible.

I find their German series to be especially interesting with its insights on the connections between German and English (as both are Germanic languages). I really enjoy its focus on both how the languages diverged and how they remain similar. 

The French series (which I have only tested out so far), is also interesting but doesn't have the same level of interconnection (which is to be expected). I have not tried any of the other languages but am curious to.

They currently have French, Swahili, Italian, Greek, German, Turkish, Arabic, and Spanish series. All are also completely free and the project is supported by donations.

While I haven't tried more than the German and French series, I think the method is interesting and promising. I would recommend trying the first few episodes of a language and then deciding for yourself its value to you.

A table top role-playing game podcast, by three brothers and their father. They play different games (they started with D&D), with different homebrew worlds, storylines, and items (including listener made items). 

I find their voices and style easier to follow than other D&D podcasts that I have tried. I also like the mix of their more silly or even absurdist moments balanced with their serious story telling and character development. 

I also love the creativity of the homebrew worlds and items, as well as the commitment to letting the story build itself and develop naturally instead of being railroaded to pre-planned story (something I also enjoy when DMing D&D games).

They have a ton of episodes so you can decide to either start at the beginning of the current story arc or start from the beginning of the podcast. Their silly “goofs” are at times overplayed and I could understand it ruining it for some - for those people I would recommend their more recent stuff as they have grown and improved their craft over the years. To the more tolerant listener I would recommend the first story arc as a creative overall story.

A "true crime" style podcast on digital security related events as well as stories from interviews of pentesters and hackers.

This is perhaps a guilty pleasure of mine (similar to how many listen to true crime podcasts or youtube videos). Some episodes are interesting or fun stories, but some episodes are not so much enjoyable as rewarding - like knowing about it makes you more prepared.

If you like the "true crime" style & tone and are interested in digital security or hacking, then try it out, it might become your new guilty pleasure.

A cooking channel with a focus more on average people cooking in real life. Content covers viral recipes, cooking hacks, and gadget testings as well different challenges (like giant food, tiny food, etc.). Barry is a lighthearted and lovable everyday-family-man, and he often has his wife and kids in his videos.

Barry tests gadgets with everyone in mind (thinking of those who have limited mobility, or grip strength, or even just those who don't have the money to waste on gadgets that might not even work, etc.).

He isn't a chef, technical, nor an expert (which is what I generally look for with cooking content or recipes) but he tries, is curious, listens, does research (if only light), and doesn't shy away from mistakes, messing up, being wrong, or trying again.

If you want to know if a gadget, hack, or viral recipe is actually worth your time, effort or money I would recommend checking Barry's channel for it before you buy it. I would also recommend Barry's Channel if you just love content from very genuine feeling people who are able to laugh at themselves.

A channel that both reviews books (etc.) and also compares and contrasts an adaptation to its book (etc.).

I enjoy his videos themselves (although sometimes they end up being him torturing himself by reading something requested that he was never going to like). I appreciate him supporting his opinions directly with the text instead of vague or unsupported opinions.

I also sometimes use his videos to get a better idea of if I would like a book (or to discover books, which I hadn't known inspired a movie or tv show, etc.).

Your enjoyment of his channel will likely rely on your taste in books and if you happen to mind his style of delivery and editing.

A (mostly) sudoku channel that also does rare sudoku rules and unique or custom challenges that may or may not be sudoku related.

While I don't watch it often, I like watching occasionally (picking out which puzzle looks the most interesting at the moment). I mostly only watch Simon’s videos because I like that when he is stumped he persists, changes his methods, and keeps trying to reason through the issue without getting upset or flustered and when he does figure it out he chuckles at himself.

If you enjoy puzzles, or want to understand how people solve puzzles, I think you should try this channel out. Also if you like sudoku puzzles in particular, you can learn many advanced and budding sudoku strategies.