Sam Denby
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| Born | Sam Denby 18 March 1997[citation needed] Washington D.C., U.S. | |||||||||
| Nationality | American | |||||||||
| Occupation | Content producer | |||||||||
| Website | wendoverproductions | |||||||||
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| Genre | Educational entertainment | |||||||||
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Sam Denby is an American YouTube personality and podcaster, best known for creating the YouTube channels Wendover Productions and Half as Interesting.
Career
Wendover Productions
Denby created the YouTube channel Wendover Productions on 11 February 2010. He uploaded his first video about the psychology of advertising on 31 August 2015. Denby has since uploaded hundreds of other videos. As of June 2020,[update] he has over 2.6 million subscribers and more than 341 million total views.[1] His videos are most commonly about logistics, most notably those of aviation, as well as geography and economics.[2] His video on Tourism in Iceland received significant attention.[3]
Half as Interesting
On 31 August 2017, Denby announced the creation of a second channel called Half as Interesting.[4] The channel was launched to be a continuation of a series called "That Wikipedia List" or TWL, which had covered topics Denby chose from Wikipedia:Unusual articles, but the new channel would not be limited to that list.[4] Videos are released 3 times every 2 weeks, every Thursday and every other Tuesday at 10:30 am Eastern Time,[5] and cover various assorted topics.[6]
As of August 2020,[update] the channel has over 1.5 million subscribers and over 236 million channel views.[6]
Other works
In March 2018, he was invited to film with scientist Neil deGrasse Tyson on his show StarTalk, where Denby, Tyson and Chuck Nice talked about the possibilities of interstellar travel.[7] This coincided with the launch of his third channel, Sam from Wendover.[8]
On June 2019, Denby created a podcast called Extremities about the logistics of living in the world's most isolated populated locations.[9][10] The first season was about Pitcairn Island, consisting of six episodes. Season 2 started on 25 September 2019 and is about Svalbard. Season 3 started on 27 November 2019 and is about Saint Helena.[11] Also, on 31 December 2019, Wendover Productions released on YouTube the documentary The World's Most Useful Airport, which documents the origins of the airport of St. Helena, the troubles with being certified for operational use, etc. alongside a segment that talks about the airport's medevac value with a testament from the mother of a patient.[12]
He was one of the original founders of the Standard creator community along with Dave Wiskus, CGP Grey, Philipp Dettmer and many other creators. Through Standard, he has released most of his content on the Nebula streaming video service, as well as one Nebula Exclusive The Final Years of Majuro[13]
Personal life
While Denby was born in Washington, D.C.,[citation needed] he explained during the launch of his third channel that he has lived in Edinburgh, Scotland, for at least two years.[8] As of April 2018,[update] he studies international business.[14]
References
- ↑ "Wendover Productions". YouTube. Retrieved 5 April 2018.
- ↑ Dudley, David (August 19, 2020). "Bad Trains, Explained". City Lab. Retrieved June 17, 2020.
- ↑ Hafstað, Vala (7 June 2019). "Iceland's Tourism Explosion Explained". Iceland Monitor. Retrieved 17 June 2020.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Denby, Sam (27 March 2018). TWL is back! (But not here...) (Video). Wendover Productions. Retrieved 20 December 2019 – via YouTube.
- ↑ "Half as Interesting". YouTube. Retrieved 9 February 2020.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Patkar, Mihir (21 September 2019). "5 Fascinating and Educational YouTube Channels to Keep You Engrossed". MakeUseOf. Retrieved 20 December 2019.
- ↑ deGrasse Tyson, Neil; Nice, Chuck; Denby, Sam (27 March 2018). Interstellar Travel with Wendover and Neil Tyson (Video). StarTalk. Retrieved 20 December 2019 – via YouTube.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 Denby, Sam (27 March 2018). A Moderately Successful Face Reveal (Video). Sam from Wendover. Event occurs at 1:25. Retrieved 6 April 2018 – via YouTube.
- ↑ Scott, Richard (5 July 2019). "'Extremities': taking you to the world's most isolated places" (Audio). Radio New Zealand. The Podcast Hour. Retrieved 20 December 2019.
- ↑ Denby, Sam (12 June 2019). Announcing a New Podcast That Nobody Asked For (Video). Half as Interesting. Event occurs at 1:00. Retrieved 13 June 2019 – via YouTube.
- ↑ Denby, Sam [@wendoverpro] (2019-11-28). "Extremities season three has now started!" (Tweet). Retrieved 2020-06-11 – via Twitter.
- ↑ "The World's Most Useful Airport [Documentary]". Wendover Productions. 31 December 2019 – via YouTube.
- ↑ Hale, James (June 10, 2019). "Creators Can't Always Take Risks With Their Content. That's Why YouTuber Community Standard Built Nebula — A Platform For Its Creators To Experiment". TubeFilter. Retrieved June 24, 2020. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ Denby, Sam. "Economics has too much math. I study International Business". Reddit. Retrieved 6 April 2018.
Further reading
- Bowler, Jacinta (11 May 2018). "There's a Road in The US That Illustrates America's Weird Relationship With The Metric System". ScienceAlert. Retrieved 20 December 2019.
- Denby, Sam (22 June 2017). "Five myths about air travel". Washington Post. Retrieved 20 December 2019.
- Dudley, David (19 August 2016). "Here Are All the Reasons Trains in the U.S. Are So Terrible". CityLab. Retrieved 20 December 2019.
- Morrison, Geoffrey (30 April 2017). "Why Airlines Charge Crazy Fees". Forbes. Retrieved 6 April 2018.
- Plush, Hazel (23 May 2016). "Revealed: What airlines really spend your money on". The Telegraph. Retrieved 6 April 2018.
- "Exploring the Super-Fast Logistics of Delivering Blood By Drones". Interesting Engineering.
External links
- Official website
- Sam Denby's channel on YouTube
- Sam Denby's second channel on YouTube
- Extremities podcast
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