Best Online Teachers to Learn From for Free

Among many wonderful things, the innovations in smartphone and internet technologies have expanded the possibilities of learning for everyone. As long as we have an internet connection, we can learn through reading, listening, watching, while walking, while lying down and all for mostly free. This has also enabled people to share their knowledge with anyone in the world who is interested in listening. The teachers. The givers, who have taken upon themselves to set up a camera and share what they’ve learnt with the world. They’re not necessarily professors or phd graduates. They’re anyone, who is good at what they do. And they show up, to share what they know, with everyone.

Who should we listen to?

Depends on what you like. With everyone imparting their valuable experiences, sometimes as a student it becomes difficult to even choose our teachers. To choose what would make us better, who would be the best one to teach us and what to even learn.

It is a real problem, and we at Phrazee are here to solve it. To ensure that everyone has access to these teachers, we’d only mention the teachers whose videos are available on YouTube.

The list begins

We’d start off with general topics and then move onto more subjective ones which are interesting to us, and chances are, they’d be interesting to you as well:

For learning anything

1. Ted Ted is platform channel which showcases talks from teachers, specialists, industry leaders from all across the world. It is a great platform to find a lesson on any topic you’d like. From learning, psychology, politics, to dancing, music, art. Ted has something for everything. Some of our favourite talks:

   1. Thoughts on fame, humanity and love - Shah Rukh Khan This speech is bound to move you to become the best future version you can aspire to be. With insights from his own life, Shah Rukh takes the listeners on a journey by creating a comparison between our future self and his current self. It’s a wonderful talk and you’ll especially like it if you’re his fan.
   2. The four letter code to selling anything - Derek Thompson If you’re interested in marketing Derek’s four letter code is going to provide the best practical insights that you’d need to sell anything you’re thinking of building. Be it a pen or a rocket. This speech will offer a working model of how to sell anything. Want to know the four letter code? It’s - MAYA. Watch the video to know more.

2. Kurzgesagt - In a Nutshell This is an all animated channel explaining things from biology, exercise, physics and the future. Their videos involve cute animated characters to explain very difficult concept in their own way. With 2.29 Cr subscribers, this channel has made its mark on online learning. So much so that they even released an illustrated book! Some notable episodes are:

   1. We need to rethink exercise
   2. Fever feels horrible, but it’s actually awesome
   3. How dinosaurs actually died

3. The Joe Rogan Experience If you like listening to riveting conversations then Joe Rogan’s podcast is definitely something you might want to try. In this show, Joe invites authors, comedians, scientists, fighters and many more accomplished individuals to have a conversation about their particular field of experience. You won’t even realise it, but you’ll end up listening to a one and a half hour conversation in one sitting. Some notable guests are:

   1. James Nestor
   2. Mathew Walker
   3. Sadhguru
   4. Elon Musk
   5. Mark Zuckerberg

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For learning about particular topics

Want to go into specialty videos? The following is the list of channels which are particularly good in their own field. Check them out and learn anything from “Why making blue LED lights are so difficult” to “Why spending 20 minutes in the sun is so important after waking up”. These are:

1. Jordan B. Peterson - Psychology & Literature
   1. Notable episode: How to use reading and writing to find your path
2. Startalk - Astrophysics meets pop-culture
   1. Notable episode: Everything you want to know about clouds
3. Daily stoic - Philosophy
   1. Notable episode: 12 Valuable stoic truths
4. Naval - How to get rich
   1. Notable episode: How to get rich
5. Veritasium - Science
   1. Notable episode: What game theory reveals about life, the universe and everything
6. Andrew Huberman - Health
   1. Notable episode: How to burn fat
7. Y Combinator - Business & startups
   1. Notable episode: How to talk to users