While I do not posess a lot of the dead giveaway traits of a typical geek (I’m not into fantasy stuff like Lord of The Rings at all, have never played DnD, I can talk to the opposite sex without staring at my feet, etc), there are certainly some traits I do have. I almost hate to admit it, but one of my favorite TV channels over the past few months has been the Research Channel. It’s on channel 9000-something on Dish Network, and is essentially just a bunch of recorded college lectures in the fields of Science and Technology. Over the past few months I’ve seen lectures on everything from Obesity (guilty as charged) to the Internet2, and it’s been super great.

If you’re of curious mind and get tired of watching 800 commercials for 2 minutes of light content, I’d highly recommend checking it out. You can also stream it from their website, as well as watch old shows. I’d say it’s sort of a cross between PBS and C-Span for sci-tech really, but probably very dry if you never found yourself enjoying any college lectures.