Wendover Productions — Best Videos According to Hacker News

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The Economics of Airline Class

Wendover Productions

“Would highly recommend the YouTube video below [0] from Wendover”

6 HN recommenders · 2017–2025

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Why Trains Suck in America

Wendover Productions

“This is worth your 8 minutes of time.”

6 HN recommenders · 2017–2022

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The Carbon Offset Problem

Wendover Productions

“does a much better job than the article of both highlighting specific examples and laying out the perverse incentive structures”

5 HN recommenders · 2022–2023

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Big Plane vs Little Plane (The Economics of Long-Haul Flights)

Wendover Productions

“This is a great video on the economics of the hub and spoke vs. direct model embodied by the A380 vs 787”

8 HN recommenders · 2017–2023

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Drone Delivery Was Supposed to be the Future. What Went Wrong?

Wendover Productions

“I think that Wendover has the best summary”

4 HN recommenders · 2022–2023

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Small Planes Over Big Oceans (ETOPS Explained)

Wendover Productions

“did a fanatastic video about this, really recommend it”

4 HN recommenders · 2017–2020

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Why Trains are so Expensive

Wendover Productions

“There's a good video that breaks down the costs that make up your train ticket”

5 HN recommenders · 2017–2022

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How Overnight Shipping Works

Wendover Productions

“is a good Youtube video that discusses how overnight shipping systems like Fedex etc. have works.”

4 HN recommenders · 2018–2023

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Why China Is so Good at Building Railways

Wendover Productions

“Please, I urge you to watch this.”

4 HN recommenders · 2018–2021

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How Airlines Quietly Became Banks

Wendover Productions

“Wendover Productions had a good video about this, framed around United getting a loan during the pandemic”

5 HN recommenders · 2021–2026

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Why Planes Don't Fly Faster

Wendover Productions

“airplanes used to fly much faster in the 1960s than they do today.”

3 HN recommenders · 2018–2022

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The UK's Failed Experiment in Rail Privatization

Wendover Productions

“the people on the Wendover YouTube channel did a video on this back in March which explained the issue really well.”

4 HN recommenders · 2021–2024

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The One Tiny Law That Keeps Amtrak Terrible

Wendover Productions

“Wendover Productions made a great video [0] explaining this situation.”

4 HN recommenders · 2023–2025

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The Five Freedoms of Aviation

Wendover Productions

“This video has a lot of good info on it”

3 HN recommenders · 2018–2023

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How to Design Impenetrable Airport Security

Wendover Productions

“If you actually want to be informed on the subject I highly recommend”

2 HN recommenders · 2019–2023

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The Super-Fast Logistics of Delivering Blood By Drone

Wendover Productions

“Wendover Productions did a great video detailing this a few years back.”

2 HN recommenders · 2019–2023

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The US Military’s Massive Global Transportation System

Wendover Productions

“Wendover Productions has a great video about the insane amount of logistics”

2 HN recommenders · 2022–2025

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How Budget Airlines Work

Wendover Productions

“Wendover has a short 8 minute video”

2 HN recommenders · 2017–2019

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Why Everywhere in the US is Starting to Look the Same

Wendover Productions

“Here's a good video on the subject”

2 HN recommenders · 2022–2024

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Why There are Now So Many Shortages (It's Not COVID)

Wendover Productions

“see for a much better explanation than I could provide”

2 HN recommenders · 2021–2022

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How Dollar Stores Quietly Consumed America

Wendover Productions

“I think it does a good job explaining the problem”

2 HN recommenders · 2023–2025

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The Art Market is a Scam (And Rich People Run It)

Wendover Productions

“Good time as ever to plug Wendover's recent video about how the art world works.”

1 HN recommenders · 2021–2022

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How to Stop a Riot

Wendover Productions

“Wendover Productions made great video coverage on "How to Stop a Riot" based on the research”

1 HN recommenders · 2018–2020