Comment on Is there any such thing as "edutainment" shows for adults?
kmartburrito@lemmy.world 1 day ago
If you haven’t yet watched Cosmos with Carl Sagan as the host, you should consider watching it. It’s borderline not what you asked for because it doesn’t really have fiction, however Carl was so incredibly good at storytelling and making incredibly complex Science understandable through his awesome narrative abilities, I’d recommend it if you hadn’t already seen it.
Some other mentions -
Chernobyl - HBO drama of the disaster, but the last episode goes into extreme detail of the actual event and why things happened the way they did. Fascinating
MythBusters - I’m sure you have likely seen this but it’s entertaining and you learn a lot. Lots of jokes and personality.
Forged in Fire - show where blacksmith/bladesmith contestants compete to make forged blades using varied metals, and then the judges put those finished blades through grueling tests, to ultimately crown a single smith as the winner each episode. I’m not anywhere close to this profession, yet it taught me a TON about blacksmithing and bladesmithing, and if I had an acreage with a big shop, I’d definitely be doing it as a hobby. So cool to see the things they create.
FreshParsnip@lemmy.ca 1 day ago
Those spund interesting. I have seen Mythbusters. That was a fun show
kinship@lemmy.sdf.org 1 day ago
Adam Savage has a cool one season show called “Savage Builds” (www.imdb.com/title/tt10233836/)
FreshParsnip@lemmy.ca 1 day ago
Sounds cool