Some YouTube videos stay useful because they are not trying to be current. SmarterEveryDay’s backwards bicycle video is one of them. It begins with a simpl
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YouTube Pick: Never Too Small makes a 36sqm New Zealand micro-loft feel generous
Small homes are easy to romanticise and easy to design badly. Never Too Small is worth recommending because its best videos do neither. The channel treats
YouTube Pick: For the Record turns music history into a proper adventure
Some YouTube recommendations are good because they are quick. This one is good because it gives itself room. For the Record: An Incomplete History of Music
YouTube Pick: Why Hokusai’s Great Wave Still Feels So Alive
This week’s YouTube pick is The Great Wave by Hokusai: Great Art Explained . It is the kind of video that does something deceptively difficult: it takes an
YouTube Pick: The B1M makes Christchurch’s new stadium feel legible
Some city projects are so large that residents stop seeing them clearly. They become arguments about budget, traffic, branding, naming rights and delays. T
YouTube Pick: Ōamaru’s Steampunk Festival is local creativity at full volume
Some videos are worth recommending because they are polished. Others are worth recommending because they catch a place doing something only that place woul
YouTube Pick: Tom Scott turns Predator Free 2050 into a clear lesson about impossible public goals
This week’s YouTube pick is Tom Scott’s “This is impossible, but New Zealand is trying anyway.” The video looks at New Zealand’s Predator Free 2050 ambitio
YouTube Pick: Practical Engineering makes rivers, locks and infrastructure feel wonderfully understandable
This week’s YouTube pick is Practical Engineering . It is a strong recommendation for anyone who reads infrastructure news and wants the physical systems t
YouTube Pick: Kurzgesagt’s loneliness video is popular because it is gentle, not simplistic
This week’s YouTube pick is Kurzgesagt’s Loneliness explainer. It is not new, and that is part of the point: some videos remain useful because they give la
YouTube Pick: Archives New Zealand turns old travel film into a calm way to see Aotearoa
Some YouTube recommendations are useful because they slow the internet down. Archives New Zealand’s official channel is one of those places: public memory,