YurkshireLad ,

Time Team on YouTube, but it’s an archeology show so you really have to like that topic.

Mwallerby ,

Was about to say the same thing - just annoying it's not all available online in the UK

YurkshireLad ,

There are a lot of episodes on YouTube, on there official channel and on other channels. Plenty to keep me occupied for a while.

NakariLexfortaine ,

Might not be up your alley, but there's a dude called "Just Background Noise" who does various Morrowind challenge runs. It's neat stuff, but his name is quite accurate. Makes for some great background listening.

etchinghillside ,

Im sold. Added - thanks.

Hadriscus ,

That would be my jam. Cheers

businessfish ,
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right up my alley, thank you!

FrozenHandle ,

Trackmania gameplay. It's an arcade racing game, purely skill based, no story to follow. Players will play the same track multiple times until they get a good time, that way you don't miss anything important if you look away for a while. Probably not gonna work for you if you're not into the game though.

Cwilliams ,

Yes! TrackMania footage is so satisfying. Wirtual's documentaries on the game are also great

businessfish ,
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trackmania has that in common with basically all speedrunning streams/content. super nice to have in the background since it can be repetitive and you can pay attention if they get a good run going :)

and there are people who speedrun probably every game you've ever enjoyed, so there is plenty of options!

kandoh ,

Japanese City Pop.

sanguinepar ,
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MST3K, especially some of the episodes I'm most familiar with.

whotookkarl ,
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That's weird because 'In the background while you do stuff' is Golden Corral's new slogan

Corno ,
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xamirozar ,

Yes! The Deep Web Browsing Playlist is some good background stuff but definitely has moments to check out directly.

hondaguy97386 ,

Josh Strife Hays. Absolutely whelming 2nd monitor content.

silverblade ,

+1 for Josh, particularly the "was it good?" Series where he replays ancient titles start-to-finish while giving his thoughts about the game design.

xamirozar ,

Love his stuff a bunch. I could listen to his voice all day. Great guy. :) btw, "3rd monitor, stay humble"

RozhkiNozhki ,
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I always have Lofi Girl playing quietly in the background when I'm working.

Hadriscus ,

Valeur sûre

PiJiNWiNg ,

I like the free Plex channels for Antiques Roadshow and BBC.

fjordbasa ,

I believe that’s the same source as Pluto tv, if not, Pluto tv also has those channels

pelletbucket ,
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we really need to set up a Discord server where people can live chat all the Pluto TV channels

pelletbucket ,
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Futurama. there's an entire subreddit for Futurama sleepers and I think it's the largest of its category

MeetInPotatoes ,

My Relias training...

card797 , (edited )

King of the Hill,
Top Gear UK,
Travel Man with Richard Ayoade

dumbass ,
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Anything from the Simon Whistlerverse, today I found out, brain blaze, casual criminalist, they're all good to have playing in the background, especially when Simon starts ranting.

Grimy , (edited )

Audio books are nice. I like short story collections where each story is maybe 20 to 40 minutes long.

GlenRambo ,

Any recomendations?

Grimy ,

I'm currently going to through the BBC classics ultimate story collection. I also liked the BBC radio 4 rendition of Dorian grey. The radio ones tend to have multiple voices and some special effects. I also loved the blade trilogy by Joe Abercrombie.

If you like sci-fi, I can recommend the children of time and deepness in the sky. Vernor vinge also has a novella in audio format called fast times at Ridgemont high.

grasshopper_mouse ,
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Northernlion/The Library of Letourneau, he plays videogames and just kinda does a stream of consciousness thing that often has nothing to do with the game itself. It's entertaining and he has a nice voice.

TheSignPainter ,

+1 for NL and librarian's cuts. Just got into him 2 months ago, super good for background stuff

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