Youtube is the New Audible and College Forum

Sorry local university. I don't need to

1. Drive to campus
2. Nod approvingly at the ushers
3. Find a seat
4. Wait
5. Listen to a hammy introduction
6. Wait for the speaker
7. Listen to college students yammer in half whispers
8. Stay for inane questions

Youtube talks to us. Deep stuff, light stuff, how to make metaphorical and actual sausage.

I turn on an interview or lesson and work around the house with my Sennheiser Wireless RS-170 headphones. Such bliss. No installed speaker audio to fade in and out.

You should try the following:

CinemaSins Jeremy - From the team that vivisects movies' factual and production errors comes...Jeremy. "Conversations with Myself" are well produced short essays in a stream-of-consciousness narrative. The visuals are pared down so that we are alone with Jeremy in his head. Poetic.


GoodBadFlicks - Another happy nerd's 10-20 minute long reviews and discussions of critically panned movies. Cecil is very forgiving of tepid filmmaking and turns his focus towards the creative, over-the-top, and daring aspects of film. None of the subjects are at fault for being boring; his merit is helping us discover the not-so-dark-side of entertaining duds.

More after the jump



Kevin Pollack's Chat Show - Smarmy and a bit of an ego-maniac (and sexual dynamo with Jaime, yeech) he comes well-prepared for his guests. One of the more engaging shows. Often runs over two hours. Live shows on Sundays.



The Norm MacDonald Show -The titular comic returns (when he feels like it) for a seasonal show of self-deprecation and comedic legends. Begins with a 10-15 minute comedy run, with co-host Adam Eget the butt of most jokes. Norm and Adam speak to a guest for an hour or so and wrap up with some witticisms.


Oliver Harper's Retrospectives - A cheery movie nerd's 15-25 minute feature-ettes on the flicks of yesteryear. The format is typically

Trailer style movie cut
Movie poster (begin narration)
Review of plot points (without spoiling the third act)
Discussion of the movie making process
Frank reviews of the tie-in video games and marketing
Closing thoughts
another movie cutshow, but more respect to the lighting, actors, and processesdiscussed

A delight.


RedLetterMedia's Best of the Worst and Half in the Bag - from the mind of the Star Wars / Star Trek prequel Plinkett reviews. Best of the Worst is a panel dissection of awful movies. Half in the Bag is critiques of current (and past related) films. Self-aware but honest.




A note on hype
Dan Carlin's Hardcore History is an inflated wreck of sermon style bullet points trapped in wordy circular-reasoning/round-about narratives. All the lectures you loathed are back, and you have the choice of which subject matter mangle. Hardcore indeed.