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It's worth finding a DVD of this as it's hard to find all in one place. I linked the first full episode above, and it's a doozy. Watch it with your friends.
"Look Around You" offers a combination of satire and homage to British educational programs of the 1970s and 1980s. A different scientific topic is tackled in each episode, including calcium, water, germs and iron, and running gags continue from week to week, as the series goes on.
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Each episode is essentially a feast of interesting facts that are connected by common themes. Truly good ol’ natured nerdy fun. It’s hosted by the researchers of the Brit quiz show Qi, they’re good for a laugh👍🏼👍🏼
Apr 19, 2024
A British reality show about a gang of hippie archeologists that ran on BBC channel 4 for 20 seasons from 1994 to 2014. In each episode the team is given access to a historical site in Great Britain for 3 days in which they scan the area using “geo fizz” and work on digs which uncover remains and artifacts. Each episode ends with the team having a pint in the local pub. I watch this when I’m tired.
Feb 15, 2024
Public broadcast show featuring archaeologists and geophysicists (nerds, lovingly) who have three days do exploratory digs at sites around the UK.
They could find an ancient Saxon burial, but usually it’s just a lot of talk about digging trenches and finding what may have once been a wall or something lol.
Endlessly soothing and there’s hundreds of episodes on YouTube, I dream in time team at this point!! The digs also actually benefited real research teams. They could pick up where the time team left off once a site had been confirmed to be significant (without having to shoulder the cost of the exploratory digs)
Apr 25, 2024
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The perfect lil snack for when you don’t want a big snack
Apr 3, 2024
Here it is, folks! Volume I of what could very well be a continuous project. Thank you so much to everyone that submitted - I smiled the entire time I was putting this together. It's best listened to with headphones ☺️
Liner Notes:
This collection of field recordings is a collaborative effort with users of PI.FYI, each of which recorded their own pieces. It features audio from all over the world and exhibits eclectic moments from London Underground commutes to cuckoo bird calls in Dhaka to the sounds of a century-old American diner.
Online communities like PI.FYI often represent a diverse set of people, places, and experiences, but together, the submissions form a living collage that highlights the commonalities of modern life - a unifying message for such a tumultuous time. The first track features all of the sounds played at once in an attempt to create an audio snapshot of an online community but in their offline lives.
The individual recordings are unedited except for minor gain and compression adjustments for consistency across the collection.
Mar 29, 2025
