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0 pointsCodeGlitch5y ago0 comments

Thanks for your response - feel free to rant.

I agree with what you said, but given there's only so many hours in the day, and I only watch TV to "switch my brain off", I didn't feel it worth the cost given that Netflix et al fills that hole just fine- for far less.

To get my science / nature / news I turn to podcasts.

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LatteLazy5y ago

Thanks for YOUR response! Sorry if mine was too confrontational.

I definately know what you mean. I've spent more time vegitating in front of Brooklyn Nine-nine than watching enriching educational material myself.

May I recommend 2 BBC podcasts for science etc as our ships pass in the night?

The life scientific

40 to 60min interviews with scientists about what they do, how they did it, why they ended up in the field. Very interesting!

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b015sqc7

More or Less

A statistics program. Only about 20m per episode, they take a statistical question or a lie or similar and research where it came from and what the truth is. There are some really good episodes on Covid stats recently as well as a few that answer (disprove) articles that have cropped up here.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p02nrss1/episodes/downloads

Both have RSS feeds.

UK-Al055y ago

There's tons science courses, maths courses and stats courses on the internet where you learn these things in depth. Most documentaries are often 'pop' takes at things.

LatteLazy5y ago

I think the BBC are actually really great at avoiding the pop trap. They either do it very well or they just don't do it. I'd point to a lot of popular podcasts as "pop" rip offs of BBC pieces.

"Stuff you should know" is really just "In Our Time" with easier topics and no experts for instance. Plus no 500 episode backlog over several decades.

CodeGlitchOP5y ago

Will check those out. Thanks again.

Edit: aha it has Professor Jim Al-Khalili in it... He is an excellent presenter

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LatteLazy5y ago

Thanks for YOUR response! Sorry if mine was too confrontational.

I definately know what you mean. I've spent more time vegitating in front of Brooklyn Nine-nine than watching enriching educational material myself.

May I recommend 2 BBC podcasts for science etc as our ships pass in the night?

The life scientific

40 to 60min interviews with scientists about what they do, how they did it, why they ended up in the field. Very interesting!

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b015sqc7

More or Less

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p02nrss1/episodes/downloads

Both have RSS feeds.

UK-Al055y ago

There's tons science courses, maths courses and stats courses on the internet where you learn these things in depth. Most documentaries are often 'pop' takes at things.

LatteLazy5y ago

I think the BBC are actually really great at avoiding the pop trap. They either do it very well or they just don't do it. I'd point to a lot of popular podcasts as "pop" rip offs of BBC pieces.

"Stuff you should know" is really just "In Our Time" with easier topics and no experts for instance. Plus no 500 episode backlog over several decades.

CodeGlitchOP5y ago

Will check those out. Thanks again.

Edit: aha it has Professor Jim Al-Khalili in it... He is an excellent presenter

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