Last summer I had a great time revisiting my geek childhood by watching old episodes of Carl Sagan’s Cosmos on iTunes. As I blogged here, it may be as badly dated as a disco ball, but it’s still wonderfully captivating to my twenty-first century daughters.

Well, if you didn’t fork over $1.99 per episode then, here’s a new recession-era deal you can’t refuse. Cosmos is now on Hulu. Here’s episode one…

Originally published March 24, 2009. Copyright 2009 Carl Zimmer.