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.
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.
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.
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
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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.