# I need a good education podcast... **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [December 5, 2011, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-a-good-education-podcast/605186 "2011-12-05T21:46:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Kron](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kron/32/12444_2.png) [@Kron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kron)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2011, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-a-good-education-podcast/605186/1 "2011-12-05T21:46:57Z")
… to get me through the workday. Preferably something science-y! The two hours of Science Friday per week just aren’t cutting it for me. This thread may actually belong in CS, but I figure “good” makes it somewhat opinion-based, but if it is felt it should be elsewhere, feel free to move it. Thanks! ETA: Okay, the thread title makes me sound like I just need a good education… ---
**Author:** ![Tangent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tangent/32/3098_2.png) [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2011, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-a-good-education-podcast/605186/2 "2011-12-05T22:17:00Z")
**[Radiolab](http://www.radiolab.org/about/)** is another NPR show that I love. You can subscribe to them in iTunes. It is usually “science-y.” ---
**Author:** ![Ferret\_Herder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e47774/32.png) [@Ferret\_Herder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferret_Herder)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2011, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-a-good-education-podcast/605186/3 "2011-12-05T22:55:46Z")
“Stuff You Should Know” by [howstuffworks.com](http://howstuffworks.com) (Discovery Channel) is another good pick. ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2011, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-a-good-education-podcast/605186/4 "2011-12-06T02:38:36Z")
[Here are links to a selection of free college courses/lectures](http://diyscholar.wordpress.com/best-webcasts-podcasts/). ---
**Author:** ![Ferret\_Herder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e47774/32.png) [@Ferret\_Herder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferret_Herder)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2011, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-a-good-education-podcast/605186/5 "2011-12-06T02:41:38Z")
I forgot - the “Ted” lecture series (in audio-only and video versions) is excellent as well. ---
**Author:** ![Algher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Algher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Algher)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2011, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-a-good-education-podcast/605186/6 "2011-12-06T03:02:15Z")
There is an entire Stanford channel on iTunes now. ---
**Author:** ![Rand\_Rover](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/db5fbb/32.png) [@Rand\_Rover](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rand_Rover)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2011, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-a-good-education-podcast/605186/7 "2011-12-06T03:15:41Z")
> [@Tangent](#): > > **[Radiolab](http://www.radiolab.org/about/)** is another NPR show that I love. You can subscribe to them in iTunes. It is usually “science-y.” > [@Ferret\_Herder](#): > > “Stuff You Should Know” by [howstuffworks.com](http://howstuffworks.com) (Discovery Channel) is another good pick. Well, turns out I have no new suggestions, I just have to second these. And they both have about a gazillion old episodes you can get. ---
**Author:** ![Kron](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kron/32/12444_2.png) [@Kron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kron)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2011, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-a-good-education-podcast/605186/8 "2011-12-06T16:23:02Z")
Thanks for the suggestions! I have started on RadioLab now. I will be checking the others as well! ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2011, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-a-good-education-podcast/605186/9 "2011-12-06T16:55:03Z")
> [@Ferret\_Herder](#): > > “Stuff You Should Know” by [howstuffworks.com](http://howstuffworks.com) (Discovery Channel) is another good pick. Its “sister shows” _Stuff You Missed In History Class_, _Tech Stuff_, and _Stuff Mom Never Told You_ are also awesome. I listen to these while I work out. ---
**Author:** ![brix11](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c37758/32.png) [@brix11](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brix11)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2011, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-a-good-education-podcast/605186/10 "2011-12-06T17:00:33Z")
I know you’re looking for science, but if you’re willing to give history a try, check out [Backstory](http://backstoryradio.org/). The BBC’s [In Our Time](http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006qykl) podcast often has episodes devoted to science topics, with particular emphasis on how our understanding of those topics has evolved over time. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2011, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-a-good-education-podcast/605186/11 "2011-12-06T17:10:00Z")
[Skeptics Guide To The Universe.](http://www.theskepticsguide.org/) ---
**Author:** ![Kron](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kron/32/12444_2.png) [@Kron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kron)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2011, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-a-good-education-podcast/605186/12 "2011-12-06T20:00:58Z")
> [@brix11](#): > > I know you’re looking for science, but if you’re willing to give history a try, check out [Backstory](http://backstoryradio.org/). > > The BBC’s [In Our Time](http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006qykl) podcast often has episodes devoted to science topics, with particular emphasis on how our understanding of those topics has evolved over time. I’m really willing to listen to anything that I feel teaches me something. Now that my lecture class is coming to a close, I am back to once-a-week This American Life, Wait Wait Don’t Tell Me, SciFri, and Car Talk- and now I have more to check out. Thank you everybody for the great suggestions! ---
**Author:** ![chappachula](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/d2c977/32.png) [@chappachula](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chappachula)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2011, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-a-good-education-podcast/605186/13 "2011-12-07T18:24:54Z")
check out [http://academicearth.org/](http://academicearth.org/) Lots of university lectures, in any subject you want. Filmed right in the classroom. Watching these videos,(and seeing the students in the audience taking notes, soooo seriously and sincerely!) makes me feel 20 years old again, full of excitement at all the knowledge out there for me to absorb.