Rabbit Hole of Research
By Jotham Austin, II PhD, Nick Elizalde, and Georgia Geis
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Our goal is to have fun learning science through the lens of science fiction, fantasy, and pop-culture. We will start in one place and let the conversation lead us down the winding scenic road exploring the science in science fiction, separating the facts from the Handwavium. We’ll have a little fun and you’ll learn a few facts you can use to impress your friends at a party or use as a conversation starter to go down your own rabbit holes.
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The Crazies
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Oct 14, 2026 |
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The Mini: Nick vs the AI chef
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Oct 07, 2026 |
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Disability in Horror
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Sep 30, 2026 |
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The Mini: E.T. addendums, Science Holes and Media The Crew is Digging
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Sep 23, 2026 |
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E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
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Sep 16, 2026 |
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The Mini: The Cloud
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Sep 09, 2026 |
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Data Centers
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Sep 02, 2026 |
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The Mini: Magic
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Aug 26, 2026 |
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Magic: Power and Its Costs
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Aug 19, 2026 |
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The Mini: Save Trees so Spidey can Swing
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Aug 12, 2026 |
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Briar East Woods and Urban Deforestation
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Aug 05, 2026 |
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The Mini: Spider-man Villains
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Jul 29, 2026 |
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Spider-Man villains part 3: What His Villains Reveal About Him
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Jul 22, 2026 |
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The Mini: Chimeras
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Jul 15, 2026 |
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Spider-Man villains part 2: Scorpion and the other Chimeras
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Jul 08, 2026 |
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The Mini: Lab Safety
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Jul 01, 2026 |
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Spider-Man villains part 1: Lab Safety
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Jun 24, 2026 |
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The Mini: Geoglyphs
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Jun 17, 2026 |
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Nazca Lines of Peru and Crop Circles
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Jun 10, 2026 |
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The Mini: Hive Mind
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Jun 03, 2026 |
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The Hive Mind
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May 27, 2026 |
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The Mini: Planetary Defense
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May 20, 2026 |
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Saving Earth from Other Worldly Impact
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May 13, 2026 |
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The Mini: Living Underground
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May 06, 2026 |
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Living Underground: Terrestrial and Extraterrestrial
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Apr 29, 2026 |
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The Mini: Splatterpunk
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Apr 22, 2026 |
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Fear, Phobias, and Splatterpunk: When Terror Becomes Entertainment
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Apr 15, 2026 |
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The Mini: Lassoing Truth
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Apr 08, 2026 |
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Lassoing the Truth Serum
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Apr 01, 2026 |
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The Mini: Let's Chat about the HUMAN in AI
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Mar 25, 2026 |
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The Science of Chatbots & Future of Human Connection
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Mar 18, 2026 |
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The Mini: Future of Medicine
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Mar 11, 2026 |
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Medicine of the Future: From Fantasy to Patient Care
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Mar 04, 2026 |
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Who Turned Off the Lights?
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Feb 25, 2026 |
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Directed Energy Weapons: Who Turned Off the Lights?
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Feb 18, 2026 |
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What's Smell Got to Do With Love?
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Feb 11, 2026 |
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What’s Love Got To Do With It?
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Feb 04, 2026 |
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Space Arks episode recap
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Jan 28, 2026 |
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Space Arks and Colonizing New Worlds
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Jan 21, 2026 |
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Extreme Performance episode recap
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Jan 14, 2026 |
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The Physics and Biology of Extreme Performance
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Jan 07, 2026 |
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Season 2 recap and a Happy New Year
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Dec 31, 2025 |
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RHR Season 2 Finale: What Makes a Christmas Movie? (And Is Die Hard One?)
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Dec 24, 2025 |
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Gremlins recap: A Mini Batch
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Dec 17, 2025 |
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Gremlins and Holiday Science
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Dec 10, 2025 |
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Heart to Heart
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Dec 03, 2025 |
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The Heart of a Superhero
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Nov 26, 2025 |
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Is Your Brain Lying to You?
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Nov 19, 2025 |
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EP 48: Perception vs Perspective
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Nov 12, 2025 |
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47.1: The Thing Thawed out
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Nov 05, 2025 |
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EP 47: Who Goes There? The Thing and The Shape of Paranoia
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Oct 29, 2025 |
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46.1: Slashing Slashers
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Oct 22, 2025 |
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EP 46: Slashers
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Oct 15, 2025 |
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45.1: Ghosts Revisited
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Oct 08, 2025 |
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EP 45: Ghost, Graveyards and Cats
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Oct 01, 2025 |
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44.1: Lake Michigan and 10K Downloads
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Sep 24, 2025 |
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EP 44: Lake Michigan, Life, Mermaids, and Everything in Between
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Sep 17, 2025 |
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43.1: The mini recap: Swarms
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Sep 10, 2025 |
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EP 43: Animal Swarms
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Sep 03, 2025 |
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42.1: The mini recap: Forced Leisure
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Aug 27, 2025 |
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EP 42: Broken Futures
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Aug 20, 2025 |
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41.1: The mini recap: Crimes in Time
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Aug 13, 2025 |
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EP 41: Crimes in Time
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Aug 06, 2025 |
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40.1: The mini recap: Exploring Stretching
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Jul 30, 2025 |
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EP 40: Fantastic 4 series: Mr. Fantastic (Reed Richards): Stretching
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Jul 23, 2025 |
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39.1: The mini recap: Exploring Spontaneous Combustion
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Jul 16, 2025 |
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EP 39: Fantastic 4 series: Johnny Storm and Spontaneous Combustion
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Jul 09, 2025 |
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38.1: The mini recap: Exploring Tough Skin
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Jul 02, 2025 |
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EP 38: Fantastic 4 series: Ben Grimm and The Thing About Skin
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Jun 25, 2025 |
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37.1: The mini recap: Exploring Invisibility
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Jun 18, 2025 |
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EP 37: Fantastic 4 series: Invisibility
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Jun 11, 2025 |
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36.1: The mini recap: Exploring Loki
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Jun 04, 2025 |
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EP 36: Loki, Satire, and Chaos
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May 28, 2025 |
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35.1: The mini recap: Exploring Plants
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May 21, 2025 |
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EP 35: Weird Plants
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May 14, 2025 |
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34.1: The mini recap: Exploring Rain
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May 07, 2025 |
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EP 34: What's in That Rain?
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Apr 30, 2025 |
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33.1: The mini recap: Exploring Doctor Who
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Apr 23, 2025 |
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EP 33: Doctor Who? Time Travel, Science, and Fandom
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Apr 16, 2025 |
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32.1: The mini: Exploring Godzilla recap
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Apr 09, 2025 |
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EP 32: Unveiling the Mysteries of Godzilla and the Kaiju Genre
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Apr 02, 2025 |
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31.1: The mini: Exploring Speedsters
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Mar 26, 2025 |
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EP 31: The Fast and the Curious: How Fast is too Fast?
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Mar 19, 2025 |
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30.1: The mini: Exploring Money
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Mar 12, 2025 |
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30: Money of the Future
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Mar 05, 2025 |
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29.1: The mini: Exploring Noir
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Feb 26, 2025 |
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29:Digging into the Dark: The Science of Noir Films
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Feb 19, 2025 |
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Exploring Nanomachines 28.1
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Feb 12, 2025 |
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28:Nanomachines: Handwavium or Future Reality?
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Feb 05, 2025 |
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Exploring Utopias and Dystopias: Mini Episode 27.1
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Jan 29, 2025 |
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27:Utopia and Dystopia: Fiction or Foresight?
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Jan 22, 2025 |
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Exploring the Simulation Hypothesis: Mini Episode 26.1
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Jan 15, 2025 |
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26: Are we living in a Computer Game? Exploring the Simulation Hypothesis
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Jan 08, 2025 |
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Episode 25.1: Happy New Year 2025!
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Jan 01, 2025 |
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Episode 25: Season 1 Finale Fun: Recap, Drinks, Handwavium, and Laughter!
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Dec 25, 2024 |
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Episode 24.1: the b-side of Superpowers
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Dec 18, 2024 |
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Episode 24: Exploring Awesome Superpowers: which is the Best Power?
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Dec 11, 2024 |
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Episode 23.1: the b-side of Shrinking
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Dec 04, 2024 |
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Episode 23: The Science and Handwavium of Shrinking
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Nov 27, 2024 |
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Episode 22.1: the b-side of the Multiverse
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Nov 20, 2024 |
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Episode 22: Exploring the Multiverse: Theories, Pop Culture, and What-Ifs
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Nov 13, 2024 |
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Episode 21.1: the b-side of Vampires, Candy & Bruce Campbell
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Nov 06, 2024 |
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Breaking News! Creepy Kids, Chaos, and Handwavium!
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Oct 31, 2024 |
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Episode 21: Vampires Suck or Do They?
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Oct 30, 2024 |
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Episode 20.1 Revisiting Possessions, Spooky Laughs, and Locking Doors
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Oct 23, 2024 |
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Episode 20: Exploring the Science and Handwavium of Possessions: A Journey Through Supernatural Horror
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Oct 16, 2024 |
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Episode 19.1 the b-side of Werewolves, Werecars, and Adamantium vs Lightsabers: Oh my!
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Oct 09, 2024 |
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Episode 19: Exploring the Science and Myth of Werewolves. Transformations, Calories, and Handwavium
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Oct 02, 2024 |
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Episode 18.1 the b-side: Cyborg B-Sides and Fan Reactions
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Sep 25, 2024 |
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Episode 18: Cybernetic Futures: Amazing Technology Meets Humanity Are We Ready?
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Sep 18, 2024 |
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Episode 17.1 the b-side: One Day Will You Unlock Your Cell Phone with Brainwaves?
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Sep 11, 2024 |
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Episode 17: Brainwaves and Superpowers: Can Humans Really Move Objects with Their Minds?
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Sep 04, 2024 |
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Episode 16.1 the b-side: Ultimate Alien Invasions, Panspermia, and Jeff Goldblum.
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Aug 28, 2024 |
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Episode 16: Exploring Alien Invasions: Movies, Theories, and is Jeff Goldblum the Ultimate Alien Actor
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Aug 21, 2024 |
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Episode 15.1 the mini b-side—clarifications and more Apocalypse Wow!
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Aug 14, 2024 |
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Episode 15: Our Favorite Apocalypses: Zombies, Viruses, Meteors, oh my or Apocalypse Wow!
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Aug 07, 2024 |
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Episode 14.1 the b-side—clarifications and more Regeneration Insights
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Jul 31, 2024 |
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Episode 14: Exploring Regeneration from Wolverine and Deadpool to Actual Factual Science
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Jul 24, 2024 |
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Episode 13: Blockbusters and Frozen Landscapes: Climate Change Through the Lens of Pop Culture
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Jul 10, 2024 |
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Episode 12: Eye Popping Superpowers: Movies, Comics, and Real Science
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Jun 26, 2024 |
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Episode 11: Cloning. Episode 11: Cloning.
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Jun 12, 2024 |
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Episode 10: Time Travel is Weird!
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May 29, 2024 |
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Episode 9: Sleep Studies and Dreams
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May 15, 2024 |
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Episode 8: Teleportation, coming soon to a multidimensional universe near you.
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May 01, 2024 |
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Episode 7: All about the science of Lighthouses. Let us show you the light.
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Apr 17, 2024 |
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Episode 6: Everything you wanted to know about Zombies
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Apr 03, 2024 |
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Episode 5: What's in those genes? We talk about Mutants we love.
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Mar 20, 2024 |
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Episode 4: Giant Animals
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Mar 06, 2024 |
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Episode 3: Villains ain't that bad!
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Feb 21, 2024 |
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Episode 2: We Talking about AI
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Feb 07, 2024 |
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Episode 1: Take Me Down to Electric Avenue
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Feb 07, 2024 |
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Welcome to the Rabbit Hole of Research Podcast
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Feb 04, 2024 |