Andy Guitar (opens provider site in a new tab)
Friendly beginner lessons and songs in small steps. Ideal for your very first weeks.
Free Beginner
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Beginner
In: Guitar
Basics with Babish (opens provider site in a new tab)
Clear episodes on essential techniques — knife skills, eggs, sauces. Approachable and well produced.
Free Beginner
In: Cooking
Brandon Sanderson's 2020 BYU creative writing lectures (opens provider site in a new tab)
A bestselling novelist's full university course, free. Plot, character, and the business of publishing.
Free Beginner
In: Writing
Casey Faris (opens provider site in a new tab)
Friendly, thorough DaVinci Resolve tutorials, including color grading and Fusion basics.
Free Beginner
In: Video Editing
Japanese Ammo with Misa (opens provider site in a new tab)
Misa explains grammar nuances clearly with many examples. Ideal for "but why?" questions.
Free Beginner
In: Japanese
Justin Odisho (opens provider site in a new tab)
Quick, practical Premiere and After Effects tips. Learn one technique at a time.
Free Beginner
In: Video Editing
Let's Get Rusty (opens provider site in a new tab)
Walks through The Book on video, plus ecosystem news. For people who'd rather watch than read.
Free Beginner
In: Rust
Marty Music (opens provider site in a new tab)
Slow, clear tutorials for thousands of popular songs. Learn the music that made you pick up a guitar.
Free Beginner
In: Guitar
Satori Graphics (opens provider site in a new tab)
Practical design tips and speed-design sessions. Easy to follow and heavy on real technique.
Free Beginner
In: Graphic Design
StatQuest with Josh Starmer (opens provider site in a new tab)
Friendly, precise explanations of each algorithm. Watch the relevant video whenever a concept feels fuzzy.
Free Beginner
Two Cents (PBS) (opens provider site in a new tab)
Short, well-researched videos on budgeting, debt, and investing basics. Fun and trustworthy.
Free Beginner
In: Personal Finance
Intermediate
Abdul Bari — Algorithms (opens provider site in a new tab)
Whiteboard explanations of dynamic programming, graphs, and complexity that many find clearer than textbooks.
Free Intermediate
Ben Felix (opens provider site in a new tab)
Evidence-based investing explained through academic research. A rare antidote to finance hype.
Free Intermediate
In: Personal Finance
Chinese Cooking Demystified (opens provider site in a new tab)
Authentic Chinese home cooking explained with precision. A model for learning any cuisine properly.
Free Intermediate
In: Cooking
Cinecom (opens provider site in a new tab)
Creative transitions and effects tutorials for Premiere and Resolve.
Free Intermediate
In: Video Editing
Corey Schafer — Python tutorials (opens provider site in a new tab)
Clear, unhurried videos on OOP, decorators, logging, and Flask. Older, but still correct.
Free Intermediate
In: Python
Easy French (opens provider site in a new tab)
Street interviews in Paris with dual subtitles. Hear how French is really spoken.
Free Intermediate
In: French
Easy Spanish (opens provider site in a new tab)
Street interviews with dual subtitles. Real accents at real speed — a bridge to native media.
Free Intermediate
In: Spanish
Ethan Chlebowski (opens provider site in a new tab)
Thoughtful videos on how to think about cooking — flavor, efficiency, and building your own recipes.
Free Intermediate
In: Cooking
Every Frame a Painting (opens provider site in a new tab)
Video essays on how editing and framing create meaning. Changes how you watch — and cut — film.
Free Intermediate
In: Video Editing
Film Riot (opens provider site in a new tab)
Practical filmmaking and effects breakdowns. Fun, fast, and full of usable techniques.
Free Intermediate
In: Video Editing
Fireship (opens provider site in a new tab)
Fast, dense overviews of tools and language features. Great for context; follow up with the docs.
Free Intermediate
In: JavaScript
Go Concurrency Patterns (Rob Pike) (opens provider site in a new tab)
Rob Pike's classic talk on goroutines and channels. Still the best mental model for Go concurrency.
Free Intermediate
In: Go (Golang)
J. Kenji López-Alt (opens provider site in a new tab)
Unscripted first-person cooking with running commentary on the science. Like cooking beside a friend.
Free Intermediate
In: Cooking
Kevin Powell (opens provider site in a new tab)
Practical CSS layouts explained patiently. A few videos fix most "why won't this center" frustration.
Free Intermediate
In: Web Development
Maangchi (opens provider site in a new tab)
Korean home cooking taught with warmth and clarity. Proof one cuisine can teach you a lot.
Free Intermediate
In: Cooking
Mandarin Corner (opens provider site in a new tab)
Natural conversations with Chinese, pinyin, and English subtitles. Excellent listening practice.
Free Intermediate
In: Mandarin
MicroConf (opens provider site in a new tab)
Talks on bootstrapping software businesses without venture capital. Refreshingly practical on pricing.
Free Intermediate
In: Startup Founding
Paul Davids (opens provider site in a new tab)
Thoughtful lessons on theory, technique, and creativity. Helps you think like a musician.
Free Intermediate
In: Guitar
Sales Gravy (Jeb Blount) (opens provider site in a new tab)
Direct, practical training on prospecting and objection handling. Good for daily discipline.
Free Intermediate
In: Sales
Sean Allen (opens provider site in a new tab)
Practical iOS code and career videos, including realistic take-home project walkthroughs.
Free Intermediate
In: iOS & Swift
Sean Tucker (opens provider site in a new tab)
Reflective videos on seeing, creativity, and the photographer's mindset. Rare depth on YouTube.
Free Intermediate
In: Photography
Signals Music Studio (opens provider site in a new tab)
Clear lessons on scales, modes, and the fretboard. For players stuck in the same pentatonic box.
Free Intermediate
In: Guitar
The Futur (opens provider site in a new tab)
Chris Do and team on branding, pricing, and the business of design. Strong on thinking, not just tools.
Free Intermediate
In: Graphic Design
Vinh Giang (opens provider site in a new tab)
Vocal variety, body language, and presence — demonstrated rather than described.
Free Intermediate
In: Public Speaking
What the heck is the event loop anyway? (Philip Roberts) (opens provider site in a new tab)
The clearest 26 minutes recorded on async JavaScript. Watch before your first promise-related bug.
Free Intermediate
In: JavaScript
Advanced
Jon Gjengset — Crust of Rust (opens provider site in a new tab)
Long live-coding sessions on iterators, lifetimes, and async internals. Unmatched depth, zero fluff.
Free Advanced
In: Rust
mCoding (opens provider site in a new tab)
Short videos on Python's sharp edges — mutable defaults, descriptors, performance traps. Dense and precise.
Free Advanced
In: Python
Nihongo no Mori (opens provider site in a new tab)
JLPT N1–N2 grammar and vocabulary taught in Japanese. Demanding and very effective.
Free Advanced
In: Japanese
Rick Beato (opens provider site in a new tab)
Ear training, harmony, and song analysis from a producer and educator. Deep musicianship.
Free Advanced
In: Guitar
The Art of Photography (Ted Forbes) (opens provider site in a new tab)
Essays on master photographers and their methods. Builds visual literacy beyond technique.
Free Advanced
In: Photography
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