Here's HN's #1 pick in every category:
Books: Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs
Essays: Politics and the English Language, Orwell
Blogs and magazines: The Economist
Movies: The Matrix
TV: Star Trek: The Next Generation
Documentaries: Connections, James Burke
Podcasts: Hardcore History
Online video: 3Blue1Brown
Courses: Andrew Ng's Machine Learning
Music: SomaFM
Video games: Factorio
Board games: Catan
Comics: xkcd
Art: Guernica
Places: Computer History Museum
Food and drink: Philz Coffee
Live performance: Hamilton
Other: Vipassana 10-day meditation retreat