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Not even kidding - the AskHistorians reddit. I use their Sunday digest links as a magazine: https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/search/?q=title%3A%22...

It's filled in both so many gaps and made me increasingly curious about many periods/places that I previously felt disengaged about -- and led to much more reading of actual history

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I found this Chinese-Canadian history teacher's course on World Civilization to be interesting. His perspective is unique, no doubt due to his journey growing up a poor immigrant in Toronto, a Yale education, and years in China. His treatment seems to offer his Chinese students a western lense, while also revealing insight into Chinese understanding. He's a charismatic presenter.

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLREQ8S3NPaQvNTsYrqph8T4hn...

His more recent work has waded into more speculative and controversial subjects but I don't think his World Civ playlist is itself controversial.

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