That's Absurd Please Elaborate

Mar 27 2025 79 ep. 71 mins 368
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Seriously researched answers to absolutely ridiculous questions. New episodes every week.

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Terminal Thoughts

Mar 27 2025 71 mins  
Ever get caught in a light drizzle and think, "Ah, this is nice"? WELL WHAT IF IT WAS ACTUALLY HORRIFYING??? Julian explores the several ways air resistance keeps rainstorms from becoming catastrophic bombardments from the sky. Then Trace tries to get inside the mind of Julian's chihuahua. Turns out most of her thoughts boil down to "shake" and "bark".

Headaches Wheelie Hurt (I'm Sorry)

Mar 20 2025 68 mins  
Wheel wheel wheel … this episode definitely gave us both a headache. I swear we’re not going to conquer every silly meme from your group text (or maybe we will?).

My Broccoli Dog Ate My English Homework | Feat. MJ Wu

Mar 13 2025 108 mins  
This episode Trace tears into the age-old question, “What color should your English notebook be?” Special guest MJ Wu from the podcast Everything is Public Health looks at dogs and broccoli and somehow relates them to public health, and Julian attempts to find permanent sunscreen for his pale, pale, oh-so-pale skin. Is it gross? You betcha!

Honey, I shrunk the the… OjkdfiAGH!!

Mar 06 2025 62 mins  
If you were shrunk REALLY ʀᴇᴀʟʟʏ ᵣₑₐₗₗᵧ ₛₘₐₗₗ … would we be able to live? Did the documentary “Honey, I shrunk the kids” LIE to us?! Julian grabs his magnifying glass to learn Mor(anis). Meanwhile, Trace wants to know if … if the … uh, the … BLARG! IF SPEAKING A NONSENSE WORD can actually help!

Red Sky at Night Batman’s Delight! | feat. Yasmin Khan

Feb 27 2025 123 mins  
Easter is around the corner, but where does that weird Bunny get all the eggs? And why are there eggs in the first place? Guest Yasmin Khan (The Young Turks) has an answer. Meanwhile, Julian explores the word of bat-style crime fighting on a budget and Trace explores if living on Mars would make us super aggro!

Outweigh. Outshine. Outlast.

Feb 20 2025 68 mins  
Can the sun be beaten at its own game… OF BEING A SUN?! Julian shines some light on it. Meanwhile, as he spends time on the science of the extremely large, Trace gathers data concerning the massive impact of 0s and 1s. Note: they are very very very very smol.

Rounding Up 1+1

Feb 13 2025 64 mins  
Happy love celebration week!! In honor of how much we LOVE our patreon subscribers, Trace and Julian answer two winners of our Patreon polls! It takes two 🎶 to make a dream come true 🎶 It just takes two — or is it three? What if it was three? Julian checks the math. Meanwhile, Trace (wait doesn’t that mean three again?) gets around in the animal kingdom, but not the waay

Where'd You Get the Coconut? The Replicator!?

Feb 06 2025 67 mins  
Space, the final frontier — of cuisine. This week Trace unpacks the standard food replicator used by the United Federation of Planets. Meanwhile, in Scene 34, Julian ponders of coconuts could actually find their way to Arthurian England vis-a-vis Monty Python and the Quest for the Holy Grail. In both answers one COULD find yourself asking, “Where’d ya get the coconut?”

AI Chefs and Unqualified Sled Dogs

Jan 30 2025 79 mins  
This episode Julian gears up for the last great race with an irresponsible amount of chihuahuas while Trace finds a use for AI that it might actually be suited for.

Oops All the Drugs

Jan 23 2025 78 mins  
Julian explores a pharmacological impossibility. Trace cuts deep into the science of prosthetics and implants.