Vox: the videos Hacker News recommends
Not the channel's most viewed videos: the ones HN commenters kept linking with real commentary. The top pick, "The most feared song in jazz, explained", recommended as a well-produced, accessible explanation of Giant Steps and the harmonic ideas behind Coltrane's work.
- 5 HN recommenders 4 months 2021–2025explainerRecommended as a well-produced, accessible explanation of Giant Steps and the harmonic ideas behind Coltrane's work.
- 4 HN recommenders 3 months 2018–2019explainerHN commenters recommend it as a concise, captivating introduction to the Hong Kong conflict during the 2019 extradition-law protests.
- 4 HN recommenders 4 months 2017–2025explainerHN commenters recommend it as a clear, well-made summary of the linguistics of color naming and how culture shapes it.
- 3 HN recommenders 3 months 2019–2023explainerHN recommends it as an accessible explanation of rhyme craft that works even for people who aren't hip hop fans.
- 2 HN recommenders 2 months 2019explainerHN recommends it as a concise explanation of what caused the 737 Max crashes.
- 2 HN recommenders 2 months 2022–2023explainerHN uses it as a high-level intro to how US megaprojects get stalled by regulation, litigation and local demands.
- 2 HN recommenders 2 months 2019–2025explainerHN uses it as the short, canonical explainer of Norman doors and affordances, linked in design and UX discussions.
- 1 HN recommenders 1 months 2021–2023explainerLinked in transit and infrastructure threads as a general explanation, with one commenter drawing the point that good transit depends on networks.
- 1 HN recommenders 1 months 2017–2022explainerHN cites it as the go-to example of how impossible it is to get prices in advance for US medical care.
- 1 HN recommenders 1 months 2016–2026documentaryHN uses it as the standard example of sneakernet media distribution via hard drives.
- 1 HN recommenders 1 months 2019–2022explainerCited in housing and real estate threads as a vivid illustration of extreme scarcity and Hong Kong's land-price dynamics.
- 1 HN recommenders 1 months 2020–2022explainerCited as an accessible overview of the looted-artifacts debate around the British Museum.
- cited 3× 0 months 2017commentaryCited as an example of how cable news turns politics into sports-style controversy, not recommended much as a watch.
- cited 3× 0 months 2017–2018explainerHN links it as a concise explanation of why free parking is not really free and how parking rules shape cities.
- cited 3× 0 months 2018–2019explainerCited as a quick explainer in threads about rooftop solar, renewables, and grid load.
- cited 3× 0 months 2017–2024explainerCited as an example of reducing car dominance and as a model for walkable neighborhoods.
Questions
Which Vox video does Hacker News recommend most?
The most feared song in jazz, explained: recommended in 4 different months by 5 HN users between 2021 and 2025.
Is this every Vox video?
No. Only videos that at least three different HN users linked, in at least three different months, with at least a sentence of their own commentary. That filter is what makes the list useful.
Video list and Hacker News comment labels from HackerTube (prompted by @karpathy), released under ODC-By 1.0, built on the open-index/hacker-news archive. Hacker News data is provided by Y Combinator; comments remain the work of their authors. Video titles, channel names and thumbnails belong to their creators and are shown via YouTube. HackerTube Watch is an unofficial edition. Data export of 2026-10-31.