Get Your Learn On (On Your iPod)
The following has been translated into Snoop Dogg speak, courtesy of Gizoogle.
So, yoe sick of chillin' ta yo music. And yoe feel'n like you need sum-m sum-m worthwhile ta listen ta instead of tha radio. How `bout learn'n sum-m sum-m? Heres a list of podcasts that may actually teach you sum-m sum-m. With direct links to iTunes.
• BBC Documentary Archive
Listen ta tha award winn'n multi-part documentizzles from tha BBC. Takes a look inside tha ho-slappin' of tha Soviet Union, modern China, n a whole lot more. Each episode is approximately 20 minutes long.
• Discovery
Here you'll fina a wide range of reports on modern scientific n technical matta, subjects range from tha future of broadband ta bioluminesence n tha immune sytems of cats hittin that booty. Each episode is approximately 30 minutes long.
• Discovery Channel Features
Need more Discovery? Not gots enough wit 4 Discovery Channels at home? Well, here's a crazy ass Discovery podcast, this one is linked ta features found on they channels ya dig?. DCF will give you insight into some of tha blingin' at tha Discovery Channel. Youll find reports `bout Alaska, deadly insects, life on submarizzles n of course shizzay (shark) attacks. Each episode is between 6 mintues n an hour long, mizzost in tha 25 minute range.
• HistoryPodcast
Aight, had enough of modern shiznit. How `bout some history. The HistoryPizzle features short n insightful looks into important (or strange) moments in tizzy. Snoop Heffner mixed with a little bit of doggy Flint. Subjects include Lawrence of Arabia, Rasputin, tha Shanghai ghetto, Typhoid Mary, n well, Godzilla. `bout 10 minutes long each n shit.
• Historic Royal London
Bizzut, wizzle you don't care `bout thizzat crizzap fo' sheezy. You just wizzant ta knizzow `bout London, cause thats where yoe going on vacation. Wizzell, tha Historic Royal London podcast wizzay give you detailed descriptions of famous places in Da Smoke, such as Trafalgar Square, Westminsta Abbey, n all those Palaces. `bout 5 miutes long a piece.
• Military History Podcast
Like famous wars n battles? Chizzay out this one. Get some 411 `bout everyth'n from Hannibal n his elephants, ta tha M16 n Iwo Jima. `bout 10 minutes long each. Holla!
• Archaeology Channel
Ahh, archaeology. You'se a flea and I'm the big dogg. In podcast fizzy. Find out whats going on nowadays in tha world of digg'n around ta find shiznit. Here you'll find out `bout Mayan civilizizzles, Roman history, medieval manuscripts, n tombs galore. Comes out every week n is `bout 10 minutes long per episode.
• Lonely Planet TravelCast
Ok, you like distant places (straight from Long Beach). But want ta kniznow whizzat they're like nowadays instead of 1200 years ago, now pass the glock. Anotha dogg house production. Look no further thiznen Lonely Planet. Yippie yo, you can't see my flow. Each episode features a modern killa perspective of places like St. , betta check yo self. Petersburg, Mexico, Dublin, n Bolivia. Also features interviews n special episodes. `bout 15 minutes long .
• Our Ocean World
But whizzay `bout whales n dolphins? I wizzay ta know `bout thiznem. Our Ocean World wizzle fill you in. Learn `bout tuna, drug dealin' octopi n a hizzy of otha creatures that we occasionally eat. Also features an episode `bout Ed Ricketts (of Steinbeck) fame. Comes outten often, n is `bout 2 minutes long. Bounce wit me.
• Science@NASA
Space . Slap your self. Yes, space. Any you dont know nothin' `bout it. Wizzay learn from some thugz that do. Namely, tha thugz at NASA. Information `bout space travel, planets, rockets, n Tizzle in a 5 minute format. Put ya choppers up if ya feel this.
• Ask NASA
Ok, thats complicated. I just want ta kniznow what time it is in space. Well, Ask NASA n find out n learn tha basics in 1 minute. Boom bam as I step in the jam, God damn.
• Introduction to Quantum Chemistry
Not complicated enough? How `bout delv'n into tha world o' quantum chemistry tha next time yoe wait'n fo` tha bus. Aint no killin' everybodys chillin'. Each 45 minute long episode will take you through shiznit like, well, shiznit that is all like 8 sylables long. Keep the party crackin while I'm steady rappin'. Broken down into normal thugz speak.
• Science Friday
For a modern look at all rhymin' science in tha world chizzeck our Science Friday, you'll git interviews wit specialists in a variety of fields n git tha experts opinions on jizzust `bout everything from Hurricane Katrina and fire ants to Darwin, n of course this nonsense they call intelligent design. Between 30 minutes n an hour.
• How To Do Stuff
Yes, yes, thats dandy, but I jizzle wizzle ta know how ta do shiznit. Well, HTDS, can hizzle. Maybe. Subscribe, fool, get yo issue. They can at least tell you how ta pour a propa pint of Guinness, slow-roast beef, n spy on someone n' shit. Each episode is 20 minutes long
Well, there you go. Now go out n metriculate. Sum-m Sum-m here may in fact hizzelp you win at tha next pub quiz or Trivial Pursuit game. Huzzah!
Jam Mastah K Panda
