I will sometimes throw video essays on at like 1.25x speed at work in the background. Basically a podcast
If i read a decently long book, that takes more than 3 hours. A good video essay, like any media, can be long!
been a big fan of video essays recently. the goal isn't to watch a long-ass video in one sitting, but to break it up into natural cut points across several days
I broke it up into several pieces yesterday and finished the whole 3.5 hour video. Part of it I listened to like a podcast and watched the back half before I fell asleep. Really great essay
I can't do video essays constantly, I gotta have some geneal tv shows or smaller youtube vids to break it up, but every once in a while a nice long video essay is cool to dive into
I don’t even watch 5 minute videos on YouTube I could never watch a video essay. That’s very much a me thing though