*Late August 2025 Edition* ## YouTube Category Bar My YouTube category bar is a little different on each visit. This is what is was on a recent one. > All, Podcasts, Music, Sitcoms, Mixes, RuPaul's Drag Race, Romatic comedies, Movie musicals, Auditions, Theatre, Thrillers, Vibration, Binaural beats, Game shows, AI, Playlists, Live, Classical Music, Recently uploaded, Watched, New to you # Bookmarked Videos <iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/-zoCpFfOH04?si=J1yIxED0Bf4O2Gtk" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" referrerpolicy="strict-origin-when-cross-origin" allowfullscreen></iframe> **2025: The end of our world as we know it | Peter Leyden** from [Freethink](https://www.youtube.com/@freethink) <iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/gpSV_oavvyY?si=7VIuUwMWA3AbEa-8" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" referrerpolicy="strict-origin-when-cross-origin" allowfullscreen></iframe> **34 Ways to make a Cookie** with Alvin from [Babish Culinary Universe](https://www.youtube.com/@babishculinaryuniverse) <iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/u-_FnU9FaeA?si=uimW9wjSwSjWIE7L" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" referrerpolicy="strict-origin-when-cross-origin" allowfullscreen></iframe> **How to Cook with Stainless Steel** from [Joshua Weissman Recipes](https://www.youtube.com/@JoshuaWeissmanRecipes) <iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/5MS_Fczs_98?si=beC_0GC7_qkPuBAh" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" referrerpolicy="strict-origin-when-cross-origin" allowfullscreen></iframe> **Tommy Cash - Espresso Macchiato | Estonia** from [Eurovision Song Contest](https://www.youtube.com/@EurovisionSongContest) <iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/urTfEEsGHds?si=706gnAAqn5S1S_6f" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" referrerpolicy="strict-origin-when-cross-origin" allowfullscreen></iframe> **Someday, by Spike Jonze (Airpods Promo)** from [Apple](https://www.youtube.com/@Apple) # Who I’ll Always Watch YouTube subscriptions are one thing, but when someone shows up with a newly posted video on my homepage, these are the ones I’ll always prioritize watching. ### [Claire Saffitz](https://youtube.com/@csaffitz) In the heyday of Bon Appetit’s YouTube channel, one of my favorite hosts was Claire Saffitz and seeing her takes on [Gourmet Makes](https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLKtIunYVkv_RwB_yx1SZrZC-ddhxyXanh) — her own reverse engineering and recreation of some of our most favorite snacks like Twinkies. She’s now gone independent and does a [Claire Recreates](https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLUUVA1IsKg-WqgEu55gWCHpi8Wfs_YqcZ) series, which is great, as well as sharing general recipe and baking videos. She’s got cats, she lives upstate now. ### Trixie Mattel & Katya Zamolodchikova I love just watching Trixie and Katya riff and make each other laugh. Whether it is [The Bald & the Beautiful](https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLeuxZvL-qVvnCAzTJHT7Ob592bycBXQZI) or [UNHhhh](https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLhgFEi9aNUb2BNrIEecCGXApgeX7Yjwz8) or [I Like To Watch](https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLs9aWCCF6Oy6CnOuLsq3GuDsb-9lZFrEf)… I love to watch! ### [Reverse Engineering with Chris Morocco](https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLKtIunYVkv_TeKGHShP_jd6c-BP7lkwKR) The remaining person I follow at Bon Appetit is Chris Morocco and I always look forward to his blindfolded blind tasting recreations of recipes. He is indeed a super taster and it’s just fun to watch him do his thing. ### Titanique I haven't seen the show but their version of [Taking Chances](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QMXxuTsTqYQ) is officially an ear worm that I can't stop listening to. ### The West Wing The algorithm is telling me it is time for a rewatch of [The West Wing](https://www.youtube.com/@TheWestWing) by surfacing a lot of videos of this show that shows me such an aspirational view of the federal government. ### Brooklyn 99 It's also surfacing so many videos from [Brooklyn 99](https://www.youtube.com/@NBCBrooklyn99). Did you know I wrote my own lyrics to the theme song? Ask me to sing it for you sometime. ### Lucy Darling aka Carissa Hendrix Magician and comedienne [Lucy Darling](https://www.youtube.com/@carisahendrix) (portrayed by Carissa Hendrix) is just delightful. I'd love to catch one of her shows sometime and see some of that crowd work in person. ### The Good Place And finally, [The Good Place](https://www.youtube.com/@NBCTheGoodPlace) is the feel-good show that continues to deliver.