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🗓️ 24 July 2025
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0:09.2 | upward mobility, and economic prosperity, regardless of race, gender, or geography. |
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0:20.3 | You've heard of YouTube rabbit holes. |
0:22.6 | We're recommending a few of our favorites today. |
0:25.0 | These are the YouTube channels that we find ourselves returning to again and again on subjects, including board games, culinary history, silly tasks, celebrity interviews, urbanism, and ear gunk. |
0:37.0 | That last one's going to require some explanation. I'm Glenn Weldon, and today on NPR's Pop Culture Happy Hour, we're recommending some great YouTube channels you should check out. Joining me is Kristen Mineser. She co-hosts the Daily Fail, a podcast that does comedic, close readings of the tabloids. Hey, Kristen. Hey, Glenn. Nice to see you again. Great to see you. And spoiler alert, folks. Kristen's picks are epic. We have a lot to get to here, |
0:58.8 | so no shilly-shallying around. What's your first pick, Kristen? |
1:01.8 | My first pick is Tasting History with Max Miller. Oh my gosh. Okay. I love this YouTube channel. |
1:09.0 | On tasting history. |
1:15.9 | Max shows viewers how to make historic dishes while exploring the history around those dishes. |
1:25.9 | And his research includes not just historical cookbooks, even though he does have many of those, but also newspaper clippings, print ads, menus, and other written accounts. |
1:31.9 | And what I love about him is he's not a professional, but he is enthusiastic. |
1:33.1 | He's funny. |
1:34.5 | He's unpretentious. |
1:36.7 | He's just excited about what he's presenting. |
1:41.8 | And he's really honest when something tastes good or doesn't taste good, whether it's breakfast on the Titanic. |
1:43.5 | Yes, he has made many Titanic menus or 1980s |
1:47.7 | school cafeteria, Sloppy Joe's. By the way, we should play a clip of this because it will give you |
1:53.6 | an idea not just about sloppy Joe's, but about the broader world that he talks about when he's |
1:58.7 | talking about food. People referred to their messy |
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