Nature Podcasts

When I was growing up, I was only allowed to watch a half hour of television programming per day. But I could extend that limit if I was watching a movie like the Wizard of Oz or The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, or Seven Brides for Seven Brothers — stuff my parents like to watch.

Then one evening, my parents decided to amend the half hour rule by adding that I was only able to watch an hour of nature shows or public programming per day. (Even though it seemed out of the blue, I'm guessing my dear mom had tea with the other mothers that morning where they had all agreed that our social health and welfare depended on us viewing killer whales slaughtering baby seals.) Trust me, slow shots of a lion sleeping, voice professional with coma-inducing narrative, and no muppets can kill an ADD child. And make one even more unpopular on the playground.

But now that I am old like my parents I am absolutely into coma-inducing programming that investigates meaningful things — like male infertility, how the brain categorises visual information and and the death of a star.

If you want to get all Nature with me, have a listen to Nature's Podcasts. Learning is cool kids.