Podcasts and Youtube channels
A list of useful YouTube channels and podcasts for learning Academic English.
History
YouTube
- Extra History - Mixed content
- Historia Civilis - Animated blocks (no people), focused on politics and Roman history
- Kings and Generals - Mainly military history
- Crash Course
- Ancient Americas - Mesoamerican history
- Parabellum - Ancient history
- Oversimplified - Simplified animated history
Podcasts
- Fall of Civilizations - Ancient history, also has a YouTube channel with captions
- Hardcore History - In-depth historical analysis. Spotify link with captions/scripts
- Revisionist History - Re-examination of history
Geography, Geopolitics, and Current Events
- Johnny Harris - Explore current events, high production value
- Caspian Report - Current geopolitics
- Coldfusion - Current events and trends
- Howtown - Podcast-style conversations
- Atlas Pro - Geography, geology, biology, and ecology
- Geodiode - Geography
- PolyMatter - Geopolitics, supply chain, social issues
Miscellaneous
- Scishow - Science facts
- Wendover Productions - Logistics
- Economics Explained - Economics
- Adam Ragusea - Cooking & food
- Besmart - Science
- 3Blue1Brown - Mathematics
- K Klein - Linguistics
- Dami Lee - Architecture
- Computerphile - Computers and IT
- Kurzgesagt - General science with great animations