Age of Exploration 🌍 Utopian Scholastic Music Mix (No AI)

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  @KesterSpach · 4 weeks ago (edited) · pinned

  ⬇ &nbsp;Full credits below<br><br>💓 Thanks to all those who encouraged me to make another Utopian Scholastic video and gave me lots of ideas!<br><br>☕ If you enjoy this video, please consider supporting my work by buying me a coffee 😊 <a href="https://bmc.link/kester">https://bmc.link/kester</a> <br><br>🎧 Listen on Spotify: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0xQbS7U3ZCMplyrua43D6e?si=9d9481f70ea94f33">https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0xQbS7U3ZCMplyrua43D6e?si=9d9481f70ea94f33</a><br><br>🌍 You can watch my first Utopian Scholastic video here: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6QOUNvMX-ws">https://youtu.be/6QOUNvMX-ws</a> <br><br>🚫 No generative AI was used in the making of this video. In case you&apos;re interested, my channel is AI-free. You can subscribe for more human-created and curated content. <br><br>📖 Song and video list: <br><br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d7XdtzDEEPk">0:00</a> Chapter One - Intro<br>Song: Light of the Spirit - Universal Production Music<br>Background image: Digital collage made in Photoshop<br>Globe images: Monte&apos;s Planisphere projected onto a 3D sphere <a href="https://www.davidrumsey.com/blog/2017/11/26/largest-early-world-map-monte-s-10-ft-planisphere-of-1587">https://www.davidrumsey.com/blog/2017/11/26/largest-early-world-map-monte-s-10-ft-planisphere-of-1587</a><br>Video: The Tribe That Time Forgot (Nova/PBS) <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W4RSwwMymj0">https://youtu.be/W4RSwwMymj0?si=MP9EFMpyCrERG474</a><br><br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d7XdtzDEEPk&amp;t=184">3:04</a> Chapter Two - First Discoveries<br>Song: Ancient Secrets - Karunesh<br>Video: In Search of Human Origins: Surviving in Africa (Nova) <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3tLPGxlcVZw">https://youtu.be/3tLPGxlcVZw?si=L4XHHrHBitAbR40L</a><br><br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d7XdtzDEEPk&amp;t=409">6:49</a> Chapter Three - Africa: Cradle of Humankind<br>Song: Free World - Richard Myhill<br>Video: In Search of Human Origins: Surviving in Africa (Nova) <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3tLPGxlcVZw">https://youtu.be/3tLPGxlcVZw?si=L4XHHrHBitAbR40L</a><br><br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d7XdtzDEEPk&amp;t=617">10:17</a> Chapter Four - Beringia Bridge<br>Song: Conquests Main Menu (Civilization III) - Roger Briggs and Mark Cromer<br>Video: In Search of History - The First Americans (History Channel) <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wgtYhTGDWcg">https://youtu.be/wgtYhTGDWcg?si=oOuNXOhO2glO0iDN</a><br><br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d7XdtzDEEPk&amp;t=886">14:46</a> Chapter Five - Wayfinders <br>Song: Appaloosa - Davol<br>Video: Nomads of the Wind: The Faraway Wind (BBC) <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3RJEke3gbQE">https://youtu.be/3RJEke3gbQE?si=CCMxksFUApT34Gh3</a><br><br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d7XdtzDEEPk&amp;t=1156">19:16</a> Chapter Six - Charting the Heavens<br>Song: Circulation - Douglas Morton<br>Video: Amazing Space - StarTrekking (TLC) <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MNmRgcEY4KA">https://youtu.be/MNmRgcEY4KA?si=IRjDPU4TvPILAYv_</a><br><br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d7XdtzDEEPk&amp;t=1390">23:10</a> Chapter Seven - &nbsp;Ancient Odysseys<br>Song: Pi - Sign Libra<br>Video: The Ancient Greeks: Crucible of Civilization (PBS) <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G2tFoTa-i6w">https://youtu.be/G2tFoTa-i6w?si=GDS-flt5Hbcq9WO2</a><br><br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d7XdtzDEEPk&amp;t=1570">26:10</a> Chapter Eight - The Phoenicians<br>Song: Carolina Rig - Edward Karl Hanson<br>Video: The Quest For The Phoenicians (National Geographic) <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uBObLQZdeq8">https://youtu.be/uBObLQZdeq8?si=barQTon-sXhyUq3O</a><br><br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d7XdtzDEEPk&amp;t=1680">28:00</a> Chapter Nine - Silk Roads <br>Song: Hemispheres - Universal Production Music<br>Video: The Silk Road: A Thousand Kilometres Beyond The Yellow River (NHK and CCTV) <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vw6PzjNOu9s">https://youtu.be/vw6PzjNOu9s?si=zq5me4dmYN04TS6A</a><br><br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d7XdtzDEEPk&amp;t=1896">31:36</a> Chapter Ten - Wonders of the Ancient World <br>Song: Paradise Disc - Blank Banshee<br>Video: Seven Wonders of the Ancient World (Discovery Channel) <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c3RbnQlbyqw">https://youtu.be/c3RbnQlbyqw?si=1hd0kq21TC9s4IiX</a><br><br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d7XdtzDEEPk&amp;t=2088">34:48</a> Chapter Eleven - Roman Expansion<br>Song: Planetary Pulse - Network Music Ensemble<br>Video: The Roman Empire: Legions of Conquest <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h_kqBooApZE">https://youtu.be/h_kqBooApZE?si=JzFyNytNZ04dWuvc</a><br><br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d7XdtzDEEPk&amp;t=2411">40:11</a> Chapter Twelve - Trade Monsoons<br>Song: Season of Monsoon - Open Canvas<br>Video: The Rich Origins Of India &amp; The Oldest Civilisation with Michael Wood (BBC) <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WZDQWwTeFbk">https://youtu.be/WZDQWwTeFbk?si=MPTKNVrpGso8EDA3</a><br><br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d7XdtzDEEPk&amp;t=2705">45:05</a> Chapter Thirteen - Vikings <br>Song: Ancient People - Cusco<br>Video: The Real Vikings (History Channel) <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ba28zWI1wdA">https://youtu.be/Ba28zWI1wdA?si=q07fQEyTUKSdeDny</a><br><br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d7XdtzDEEPk&amp;t=2970">49:30</a> Chapter Fourteen - The Islamic Golden Age <br>Song: Satori - Network Music Ensemble<br>Video: When the Moors Ruled in Europe (2005) <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pq5fmfKH8Rw">https://youtu.be/Pq5fmfKH8Rw?si=lF7588NYzaNb9O0j</a><br><br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d7XdtzDEEPk&amp;t=3305">55:05</a> Chapter Fifteen - Marco Polo <br>Song: The Bell Curve - Douglas Morton<br>Video: Marco Polo (PBS World Explorers) <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jUUUJSenkQg">https://youtu.be/jUUUJSenkQg?si=KbGd6m9DqxIaSUE4</a><br><br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d7XdtzDEEPk&amp;t=3545">59:05</a> Chapter Sixteen - Across the Sahara <br>Song: Savannah - Universal Music Production<br>Video: The Quest for Gold (National Geographic) <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YaA3meA9PBo">https://youtu.be/YaA3meA9PBo?si=oecZMXJ88W-5T3Ep</a><br><br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d7XdtzDEEPk&amp;t=3759">1:02:39</a> Chapter Seventeen - The Travels of Ibn Battuta <br>Song: China Main Theme - Homeless Balloon<br>Video: Ibn Battuta (PBS World Explorers) <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YaA3meA9PBo">https://youtu.be/YaA3meA9PBo?si=k2ZSJ_wulaXz4lkL</a><br><br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d7XdtzDEEPk&amp;t=3915">1:05:15</a> Chapter Eighteen - Treasure Ships<br>Song: Art of Xen - Jay Price<br>Video: Ghost Fleet: The Epic Voyage of Zheng He (National Geographic) <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ntzc6HVKSac">https://youtu.be/Ntzc6HVKSac?si=YYENzfNwWJ0AwT8M</a><br><br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d7XdtzDEEPk&amp;t=4073">1:07:53</a> Chapter Nineteen - Qhapaq Ñan <br>Song: Two Rivers - David Arkenstone<br>Video: Inca Mummies: Secrets of a Lost Empire (National Geographic) <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oOA2xUYLnpo">https://youtu.be/oOA2xUYLnpo?si=7QCgkNzHzVHVa5J5</a><br><br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d7XdtzDEEPk&amp;t=4413">1:13:33</a> Chapter Twenty - Age of Sail <br>Song: Stars (Civilization III) - Roger Briggs and Mark Cromer<br>Video: Voyages of Discovery: Circumnavigation (BBC) <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CaK3Dqj66VU">https://youtu.be/CaK3Dqj66VU?si=nUb_LE3XBAid1Hgr</a><br><br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d7XdtzDEEPk&amp;t=4640">1:17:20</a> Chapter Twenty-one - Turtle Island<br>Song: May You Walk In Sunshine - Sacred Spirit<br>Video: 500 Nations (CBS) <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m6K4ar1nm5A">https://youtu.be/m6K4ar1nm5A?si=uKiFl6PjZYbu7JN8</a><br><br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d7XdtzDEEPk&amp;t=4881">1:21:21</a> Chapter Twenty-two - Starry Messenger<br>Song: Another Land - Davol<br>Video: The Universe: Galileo Galilei (History Channel) <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-QUegBP3qwg">https://youtu.be/-QUegBP3qwg?si=fb5yX8j_DSpemvbn</a><br><br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d7XdtzDEEPk&amp;t=5148">1:25:48</a> Chapter Twenty-three - Amazonia <br>Song: Below the Canopy - Kyle Van Wiltenburg and Tavi Zeir<br>Video: The Tribe That Time Forgot (Nova/PBS) <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W4RSwwMymj0">https://youtu.be/W4RSwwMymj0?si=MP9EFMpyCrERG474</a><br><br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d7XdtzDEEPk&amp;t=5281">1:28:01</a> Chapter Twenty-four - Unseen Worlds <br>Song: Mechanoid, Pt. 1 - Jeff Newmann<br>Video 1: The Nasty Feud Between Isaac Newton and Robert Hooke (Smithsonian) <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mxjsGnqRuhE">https://youtu.be/mxjsGnqRuhE?si=e1CLAmxummHOA3CP</a><br>Video 2: Almanac: Discovering Bacteria (CBS) <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SnplgJiqhIQ">https://youtu.be/SnplgJiqhIQ?si=MwVaxr-ptOJkvsni</a><br><br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d7XdtzDEEPk&amp;t=5421">1:30:21</a> Chapter Twenty-five - Voyage of the Beagle<br>Song: Time for Communication - Fast Floor, Ron Wells, and Paul Frazer Clarke<br>Video: Charles Darwin and the Evolution Theory (CBC) <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b9L4uJdYvoo">https://youtu.be/b9L4uJdYvoo?si=DUgbYL2SzXWmhUl6</a><br><br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d7XdtzDEEPk&amp;t=5550">1:32:30</a> Chapter Twenty-six - Maze of the Mind<br>Song: Gemini 2 - Rolf Krueger<br>Video: Santiago Ramon y Cajal (Redes) <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bpUZcAStXkY">https://youtu.be/bpUZcAStXkY?si=a0K1uj3j33w69nEJ</a><br><br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d7XdtzDEEPk&amp;t=5672">1:34:32</a> Chapter Twenty-seven - Modern Prometheus<br>Song: Into the Labyrinth - Trevor Jones<br>Video: Great Books: Mary Shelley - Frankenstein (Discovery Channel) <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0uzHneTLuYE">https://youtu.be/0uzHneTLuYE?si=6baPD8xsnT87Zqk9</a><br><br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d7XdtzDEEPk&amp;t=5805">1:36:45</a> Chapter Twenty-eight - The Atomic Age <br>Song: Computer Lab - Sound Chip Radio<br>Video: A Is for Atom (1953) <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hhHXQYFEO7o">https://youtu.be/hhHXQYFEO7o?si=ZchKO_YAkrkj2wgs</a><br><br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d7XdtzDEEPk&amp;t=5987">1:39:47</a> Chapter Twenty-nine - Into the Abyss<br>Song: Dream&apos;s End - Davol<br>Video 1: Deep Ocean: Descent Into the Mariana Trench (NHK) <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tb1zOLIi04U">https://youtu.be/Tb1zOLIi04U?si=Y5CUEmw7L7mXzmu-</a><br>Video 2: Underwater in Cuba (PBS) <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=irCUnaJ2TUM">https://youtu.be/irCUnaJ2TUM?si=AuhH4GHBjIb0sqzx</a><br><br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d7XdtzDEEPk&amp;t=6271">1:44:31</a> Chapter Thirty - New Frontiers<br>Song: Uncharted Spaces - Kyle Jameson<br>Video: Space in the 70s (NASA) <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tIDVYUHVdKc">https://youtu.be/tIDVYUHVdKc?si=ia50Pp1viVjdPaX3</a><br><br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d7XdtzDEEPk&amp;t=6744">1:52:24</a> Chapter Thirty-one - Interconnected World<br>Song: Internet Connection Firewall - BARCHboi<br>Video: The World Wide Web Explained (ABC) <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tnB_Niw91Vc">https://youtu.be/tnB_Niw91Vc?si=BQeV4ErB7rdt2UKC</a><br><br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d7XdtzDEEPk&amp;t=6912">1:55:12</a> Chapter Thirty-two - Global Villagers<br>Song: Epicenter (SimCity 4) - The Humble Brothers<br>Video: Baraka (1992) <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aLH8lEjbiiU">https://youtu.be/aLH8lEjbiiU?si=HP8KHtA0d8iytVM1</a>

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  @kenzieprice6745 · 1 month ago

  It&apos;s crazy how niche and obscure this genre is but at the same time would absolutely resonate and hit the soul of so many people.

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  @davidcaldwell5420 · 4 weeks ago (edited)

  How do we bring back this level enthusiasm &amp; staunch humanitarianism into the present? <br><br>Utopia Scholastic isn&apos;t just an aesthetic. It&apos;s entire philosophy of being. A reminder that man is not separate from nature. And that the future is not a colorless void. <br><br>May this aesthetic fill us with profound understanding in the days to come.

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  @hyggedone · 1 month ago

  I can smell my elementary school library. My God.

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  @matthewschoen9827 · 4 weeks ago

  The strap around the TV is critical to the structural integrity of the school system

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  @FrozenMurican · 4 weeks ago

  I just realized how different the entire culture around education has changed since the 90s

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  @UOAPlays · 1 month ago

  &quot;No generative AI was used in the making of this video&quot;<br><br>I respect that. That&apos;s becoming increasingly more difficult to find these days.

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  @Maid_In_Abyss · 4 weeks ago

  The 80&apos;s/90&apos;s sure made us feel like we were on the verge of something incredible, huh?

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  @windstargreen · 4 weeks ago

  all of us here, all of us despairing 90s kids - we will persevere. the wheel will turn.

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  @SwordsmanMercenary · 3 weeks ago

  Ahhh the 90s Educational videos, back then we were all encouraged to become astronauts and engineers, and the future actually did look hopeful, we thought the internet would be a boon to all mankind.

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  @mikaelalucido · 1 month ago

  AND WHEN THE WORLD NEEDED YOU MOST, YOU RETURNED 🥹

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  @dwarfplayer · 1 month ago

  I LOVE LEARNING ABOUT THE WORLD AND ITS DIFFERENCES AND COOPERATING WITH PEOPLE INTO MAKING A BETTER WORLD WHERE EVERYONE IS INCLUDED I STILL HAVE HOPE

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