You know it’s the doldrums of summer when even The Tonight Show is cutting back its new episodes during the summer. The week of July 30 continued the season’s trend (echoed throughout the year) of a notable dip in science and technology content.
What little I can offer comes from repeats from daytime programs, items I likely missed the first time around. The Ellen DeGeneres Show and Harry have been in repeats all summer. On Tuesday the 31st the show reaired an episode from May featuring Amy Poehler and Nick Offerman. They co-host a crafting/making competition show called Making It currently airing on NBC. The next day the Ellen repeat (from featured perennial visitor to these posts Jim Parsons, who plays a scientist on The Big Bang Theory. Not to be outdone (but unaware of being in competition), the Thursday August 2 repeat of Harry featured former astronaut Peggy Whitson.
Pasco Phronesis 