YouTube — 2026-03-29#

Watch First#

How The Economic Fallout From The Iran War Could Get Worse is an urgent look from CNBC at the ticking economic clock of the Iran War. It details how global stopgap measures to artificially keep oil flowing, like tapping the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, are rapidly running out by mid-April, which could soon lead to severe rationing and market shocks.

Highlights by Theme#

News & Business#

CNBC unpacks the bizarre but lucrative world of Wall Street investing in Pokémon and sports cards, treating them as alternative, physical assets to hedge against inflation and stock volatility. On the Chinese-language side, the “美投讲美股” channel delivers a fantastic breakdown of Nassim Taleb’s risk philosophy, explaining how to use “barbell” strategies and antifragility to actively profit from unpredictable Black Swan events. For practical advice, GQ Taiwan features former Wall Street trader Vivian Tu rapid-firing through personal finance concepts, warning against the predatory trap of “Buy Now, Pay Later” apps and advocating for the transparency of “loud budgeting” among friends.

Learning & Ideas#

In a striking TED Talk, Dominique Condo highlights the paradoxical pressure female Olympians face: being judged on their aesthetics rather than their capabilities. Up to 70 percent of elite female athletes report body image concerns, which often leads to under-fueling, hormonal dysregulation, and injury. For history buffs, the LIFEANO CLUB channel has Yuan Tengfei answering viewer questions on topics ranging from Columbus’s fallout with the Spanish royal family over New World profits, to the nuances of colonial Hong Kong’s legal systems. Additionally, a sermon from Timberlake Church intriguingly references Iain McGilchrist’s neuroscience work on the left and right brain to explain why humanity struggles with complex, existentially unsolvable doubts.

Tech & AI#

The Wall Street Journal finally diagnoses the maddening iPhone autocorrect bug—where typed characters simply wouldn’t register and caused rampant typos—and confirms that the iOS 26.4 update fixes the worst of it. GQ Taiwan also has a brief but fascinating short on how Formula 1 teams are leaning into AI and predictive analytics to run through 10,000 possible race strategies, though as they note, modeling the human driver remains the hardest variable.

Everything Else#

Gao Xiaosong’s “松言松语” offers a beautifully nostalgic monologue on old Beijing restaurants and how deeply intertwined food is with Chinese literary classics (like Dream of the Red Chamber) compared to Western literature. Finally, BBC Earth drops you directly into the Okavango Delta with a 360-degree video featuring a surprisingly curious lion cub playfully testing its boundaries with the camera crew.