[Hoot Gibson]

While binge watching the bald and bankrupt YouTube channel, which is produced by Ben Rich, I found a similar channel belonging to Ben's Norwegian friend, Harald Baldr, who has a very successful travel channel of his own. These two guys have opened my eyes to the basic goodness of most human beings on this planet, regardless of where they live and regardless of whether they live in poverty or not. According to Ben Rich, the scariest areas that he has visited have been downtown Atlanta and Nashville - and he has traveled through many areas with reputations for being very dangerous. Some of their best videos feature the two of them traveling together.

If you want a shot of optimism, try watching a few videos on these two channels. Be forewarned that a few of the videos, especially on the bald and bankrupt channel feature some illegal or immoral content but don't let that stop you from enjoying the overall positive messages that these two guys deliver. For example, in a few videos that Ben Rich made in Bolivia, he bought small bags of coca leaves to try to break the ice with local villagers. Apparently, chewing coca leaves is legal and popular in Bolivia, but the country was one of the scariest place that he visited, and the coca leaves did not make the villagers any friendlier.

Harald is a genuinely nice guy who often gives generous sums of money to struggling entrepreneurs. In one video, the gave a 26 year old owner of a small tea shop in Thailand $1.000 to cover his rent for a month. In another video, he gave a free lance tour guide more than $1,000 after she described her business and gave him a tour of Florence. Harald has an interest in history and often features abandoned forts, museums, ancient churches and temples, etc. in his videos.

Below are some example videos.

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