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58/1002:19:08Kevin Spacey: Power, Controversy, Betrayal, Truth & Love in Film and Life | Lex Fridman Podcast #432B1-B2 · ~3,000 words · fastLex Fridman58/10037:43Biomedical Scientist Answers New Pseudoscience Questions | Tech Support | WIREDC1-C2 · ~14,000 words · mediumWIRED58/1002:05:56AUTONeil deGrasse Tyson: The Harsh Truth About Horoscopes (sorry but it’s true)B1-B2 · ~4,000 words · fastThe Diary Of A CEO58/10032:22Biomedical Scientist Answers More Pseudoscience Questions | Tech Support | WIREDC1-C2 · ~16,000 words · mediumWIRED58/10030:32BOX SET: 6 Minute English - 'Technology 3' English mega-class! 30 minutes of new vocab!B2-C1 · ~6,000 words · fastBBC Learning English58/10030:28BOX SET: 6 Minute English - 'Climate change 2' English mega-class! 30 minutes of new vocab!B2-C1 · ~7,000 words · fastBBC Learning English59/1001:32:25AUTOSpeak With Me: 90 Minute English Speaking PracticeB1-B2 · ~3,000 words · fastSpeak English With Vanessa59/10042:0432 Important English Phrases: advanced vocabulary lessonB1-B2 · ~3,000 words · fastSpeak English With Vanessa59/10030:11AUTODropped with $0 in China’s Richest CityB1-B2 · ~3,000 words · fastYes Theory59/1002:29:55AUTOYou’re Watching the End of the World in Real Time - Eric WeinsteinB2-C2 · ~5,000 words · fastThe Diary Of A CEO59/10033:27AUTO96 Hours Inside Afghanistan in 2020B1-B2 · ~3,000 words · fastYes Theory59/1001:03:22All Of Human History In One HourB2-C2 · ~9,000 words · fastKurzgesagt – In a Nutshell59/1002:28:37Robert F. Kennedy Jr: CIA, Power, Corruption, War, Freedom, and Meaning | Lex Fridman Podcast #388B2-C2 · ~6,000 words · fastLex Fridman59/10040:23Europe's Most Remote Island Village (400 people live here)B1-B2 · ~3,000 words · fastYes Theory59/10030:42BOX SET: 6 Minute English - 'Travel and tourism' English mega-class!B2-C1 · ~8,000 words · fastBBC Learning English59/10030:34BOX SET: 6 Minute English - 'Food 2' English mega-class! 30 minutes of new vocab!B2-C2 · ~7,000 words · fastBBC Learning English59/1003:28:19Rick Spence: CIA, KGB, Illuminati, Secret Societies, Cults & Conspiracies | Lex Fridman Podcast #451B2-C1 · ~6,000 words · fastLex Fridman59/10031:34Vowels! (Part One)┃Learn American English Pronunciation On the GoB2-C2 · ~12,000 words · fastRachel's English59/10041:30200 Important English Expressions: English vocabulary lessonB1-B2 · ~5,000 words · fastSpeak English With Vanessa59/10030:38BOX SET: 6 Minute English - 'Family' English mega-class! 30 minutes of new vocab!B2-C1 · ~6,000 words · fastBBC Learning English59/10030:07BOX SET: 6 Minute English - 'Communication 2' English mega-class! 30 minutes of new vocab!B1-B2 · ~5,000 words · fastBBC Learning English59/10032:38AUTOSpeak English Confidently: Daily Life VocabularyB1-B2 · ~4,000 words · fastSpeak English With Vanessa59/1002:59:22Examining History of a Dictatorship | Inside North Korea MEGA Episode | National GeographicB2-C1 · ~7,000 words · fastNational Geographic60/1002:53:32AUTOJoe Rogan Experience #2503 - Eric WeinsteinB2-C1 · ~5,000 words · fastPowerfulJRE

Which English channel to start with

Ranked by median difficulty, easiest first. The bar is a range, not a label — a channel typically spans a wide stretch of the scale, so one level would be false for its own hardest videos.

3 of these 4 channels carry the same vocabulary band (B1-B2), and their scores still run from 0 to 86. That gap is pace: what separates the easiest of these channels from the hardest is how fast people talk, not which words they use. How that is measured →