[lancefisher]

This is a fun video from a series on compression that explains it well, and features Mike Burrows:

https://youtu.be/4WRANhDiSHM

He shares the origin of the algorithm as well as a story about how it was first published.

The Compressor Head video series is the best introduction to compression that I’ve found.

[visarga]

That was great. It's one of the greatest things about YouTube that you can find such videos on it.