What happened to all of the educational channels?

[Jonathan Whatley]

Maybe I should check out PBS. Otherwise, I get my educational fix by listening to NPR.

Absolutely you should check out PBS. To Maniac's shout-out for Nova add NewsHour, American Experience, Frontline, Nature, and specials all the time.

I like the CBS Evening News which is going for a traditional hard news position with Scott Pelley, who's a tough customer. Oh hey, he's from San Antonio, that must explain it. CBS News Sunday Morning is different and special.

Back to radio, let me get in an recommendation for White Coat, Black Art with Dr. Brian Goldman. This is from CBC Radio in Canada and it should stream online internationally. This is a long-running "medical show" that's possibly never done a story about the latest study about this {food, supplement, exercise, surgery} and that {condition}. Instead WCBA emphasizes higher-level views of… health care systems, professional roles and relationships, medical ethics and humanities. Recent stories or full episodes: Doctors and med students with disabilities. Expanding roles for pharmacists in primary care. Captain Sully on lessons from aviation safety that could be applied to medicine. A full episode for "unsung heroes of health care… doctors and nurses need not apply."