Alan Moore’s The Curse is in that direction.

Glenn Gould? When he’s holding forth, he seems like a Nixon impersonator doing college radio.

For math, I think 3blue1brown does an incredible job. Here is his take on the essence of calculus. If you prefer textbooks, there are many open-source options. MIT is a good source of open lectures, texts, and problem sets.

For general expert suggestions about a variety of subjects, I like five books, for example here are some suggested books on linguistics, religious studies, international relations, and art theory.

I got a lot out of Saundra Yancy McGuire’s books “teach students how to learn” and “teach yourself how to learn”. If your library has them, that might be the way to go. Not sure they’re meaty enough to justify a purchase.

But that said, her illustration of Bloom’s taxonomy using the story of Goldilocks could provide a week’s-worth of lessons.