Idea Channel is Ending

(NOT CLICKBAIT), as the kids say

1:24 --- WHY?
4:30 --- WHATS NEXT?
4:59 --- WHERE ELSE IS MIKE?
6:19 --- WHAT ABOUT THE IC TWITTER, ETC?

-- Q+A Links --

REDDIT

FACEBOOK

TWITTER

-- FIND MIKE ELSEWHERE--

[pbsvoices]

Idea Channel community,

This has been an *incredible* five years. We’ve appreciated coming to the comments section every week to see discussions, banter, and insight from all of you. You have made everyone at Digital Studios a more learned and a more curious group of people.

What Mike said was right--this is YOUR community much more than it is his or Idea Channel’s or ours. We hope you continue to listen, share your ideas, and engage with each other as we see what internet culture continues to bring us. #zhaif4laif <3

[braincraft]

Mike, in my mind this was an OG edu channel that popularised a format, set a very high bar and brought public media to a whole new demo on YouTube. I'll miss your ideas terribly and anxiously await more Content™, wherever that may be. ❤️

[ImpressionBlend]

That awkward moment when you just subscribed last week...

[brockmckelvey]

Here's an idea: it's okay to mourn a YouTube channel

[giraffecat]

Here's an idea: Are we reaching the end of what was a golden era for YouTube? With the YouTube algorithm now preferring quantity over quality (as discussed on a recent video on Veritasium2) are we going to see a decline in production of quality videos like idea channel? My subscription list is filled with channels from pbs digital studios and other similar channels (anything by the Green brothers for example) and I hope that the ending of idea channel isn't the start of a trend away from high quality educational videos towards endless fidget spinner like videos. Don't make me go back to television 😢

[Kainthereaper]

Since he won't say it. Very likely this is caused by PBS not receiving proper budget.

[okRegan]

You guys were the first you tube channel that introduced me to the analysis and critique of the world around us, you gave me the passion of knowledge, you helped me be better and know more in every We'll miss you

[pbsideachannel]

Uh just a word of warning: if you type "no" with a bunch of o's --- the spam filter REALLY likes those. Thinks they're delicious. No word on if alternating Os and 0s helps.

[julie]

i feel like i'm being broken up with

[DamnFoolishKids]

I'm about to ramble my adoration because more than any television show, book series, movie franchise, media format, whatever else that has ever ended, this is one that I will remember. I am not an active community member but as one of the many subscribers that simply tune in each week, it has truly been impactful and a pleasure.

This has been an initial seedling in what I have transformed into my own personal media experience garden. This is the channel that introduced me to a new type of educational media that has engaged me like no other and likely will continue through my entire life. Because of this channel over time I have regulated my media diet and curated my experience on the internet to filter out hedonistic entertainment (which certainly has its place) in favor of the curious and intellectually engaging. I have become engaged in world news, politics, economics, I read long form articles regularly, I am subscribed to many podcast covering a broad range of topics. All because I was initially engaged in lifelong learning and thinking from PBS Idea Channel.

[hikaruyoroi]

Oh no. Please no. Your content has been a shining beacon of quality among a sea of clickbait. I wish you all the best, and thank you for everything.

[phantomstrider]

It's certainly our loss. As you said, we need more channels like Idea Channel now more than ever before on YouTube. Having a channel that keeps that consistent sense of integrity, professionalism and intelligence isn't always easy to find, and I have a lot of respect for Idea Channel as it has always sustained those traits. All the best in whatever your next project might be Mike.

[lifenoggin]

Sad to see this channel go! It's truly been one of the most interesting and inspiring channels on YouTube.

[yamihirano]

This is the first video I get after subscribing....

[TorgoHiggins]

I saw this in my feed and thought, "This is clickbait. It's going to be an episode about clickbait. Ya got me." And then it wasn't. Somehow that feels appropriate.

Gonna miss the show, dude. It's a pity too, considering the Patreon launch wasn't that long ago and splitting up topics and comments into separate videos had all the earmarks of a channel seriously amping up production for the future. Hope that all is well and this isn't the result of any negative goings-on, either professionally with the show personally for yourself or staff.

[josephtamarez]

Damn, this comment section is like a funeral...

[DanielPianoful]

Rewatching this after 7 years. Still mourning it

[JephLewis]

I had always assumed that Mike would be the Mr Rogers for Millennials. A constant comrade in the struggle to better understand the world we inhabit. While the world will go on, it will be a little less bright without Idea Channel.

[BitingLips]

I literally scream when I saw this on my notifications. 😓😓😫

[alexisfa]

Been having kind of a bad week for personal reasons, and this just made it worse. Despite pronouncing gif wrong, idea channel was both an inspiration and a beacon of light in my life.
I'm gonna miss you dearly, and I wish you the best.