I’ve never actually read any of her stuff, but I’ve known enough Libertarians and played enough Bioshock in my day to be passingly familiar with Ayn Rand’s whole…thing. So when I spotted Owl Criticism’s recent five-plus hour deep dive [05:19:15] into Rand’s life, philosophy, and her magnum opus Atlas Shrugged, I knew I had to click. This creator is new to me, and I really like his chill, humour-tinged delivery; a five hour commitment sounded like a lot, but I really found it worth it.

all new videos by benn jordan (he used to make audio production videos but now pivoted into consumer advocacy and privacy), the latest one is called “The Richest Country Is Pretty Mid Now” (44mins): https://youtu.be/4FZy1lBNykA and is about why things are the way the are in this day and age, how capitalism works and how none of it is by accident.

“Cultural Nihilism and the Rise of The Grifter” a 58min video by Jarrett Moore: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qjna7PROMZ8
it’s about the new wave of “content creators” (term used deliberately) and the struggle of the mainstream media and how seemingly all of it is a grift nowadays

(his other videos are also very good)

“True Detective S1 – Mythology, Folklore & The Occult” a 4h40m video by Novum:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=02_HTdOWr5Y
it’s not a recounting of the episodes, it analyses its motifs and themes and how the series and it’s characters express and deal with them

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6z2OclkYdw4 Star Wars Republic Commando Deserved Better is a 30-minute video about an old star wars game. the passion bleeds through, the writing is heartfelt, and i left the vid wanting to play a game I’d never heard of prior. heads up, if you hate plot synopses, this maybe isn’t the video for you, but it’s only got 1000 views so i think it’s worth a shout-out