32 episodes

Seriously researched answers to absolutely ridiculous questions. New episodes every week.

That's Absurd Please Elaborate Trace Elements Media

    • Science
    • 4.9 • 35 Ratings

Seriously researched answers to absolutely ridiculous questions. New episodes every week.

    Making Peace With Squirrels, Waging War With Crabs | feat. Deboki Chakravarti

    Making Peace With Squirrels, Waging War With Crabs | feat. Deboki Chakravarti

    Did you know scientists turned a swarm of crabs into a computer? Julian explores if it can play an old video game. Plus, our guest Deboki feels out animal pregnancy, and Trace learns that Ben Franklin wrote a eulogy for a pet squirrel.

    • 1 hr 31 min
    What if People Reproduced Like Plants? | feat. Maynard Okereke (Hip Hop MD)

    What if People Reproduced Like Plants? | feat. Maynard Okereke (Hip Hop MD)

    This time around, guest Hip Hop MD stamens your pistol and Julian admits (surprising no one) that he flows with nerd core.

    • 1 hr 2 min
    It’s a Fart Rocket Breakthrough! Time to Hyper-Sleep to Jupiter

    It’s a Fart Rocket Breakthrough! Time to Hyper-Sleep to Jupiter

    This week Julian explores the rocket science of farts. That’s a sentence that had likely never been written until this moment. Trace talks about the science of stasis, a.k.a hyper-sleep, a.k.a. cryo-freeze. As a bonus, we all get to learn the predictive powers of the 1993 classic film “Demolition Man.”

    • 55 min
    An Endless Eclipse and Pineapple-Based Crimes

    An Endless Eclipse and Pineapple-Based Crimes

    This episode Trace imagines what it would take to lock a world in darkness while Julian does something very suspicious with pineapples.

    • 57 min
    !! BIG IMPORTANT PODCAST ANNOUNCEMENT !!

    !! BIG IMPORTANT PODCAST ANNOUNCEMENT !!

    An important-ish update about the show's release schedule.

    • 3 min
    Eww… Eww!! Potatoes? | feat. Sam Jones

    Eww… Eww!! Potatoes? | feat. Sam Jones

    In this revolting episode, our guest Dr Sam Jones asks Julian to never see a man about a horse again, Sam weeds out the filth in the animal kingdom, and Trace gives us a palate cleanser of starchy, potatoey goodness.

    • 1 hr 21 min

Customer Reviews

4.9 out of 5
35 Ratings

35 Ratings

Gooberroo ,

A phenomenal science (and comedy!) podcast

You know when a question pops into your brain and you go “huh I wonder if there’s an actual scientific explanation for that?”? That’s what this show is!!! Trace and Julian look into the actual science and history behind those questions and it is wonderful and informative and just an absolute delight.

JadeC2003 ,

So fun!

Found this show through SciShow Tangents and am so pleased with what I’ve heard so far! Funny and interesting. Definitely recommend. I’ve already recommended it to a family and friends. Hope for many episodes to come. 😁

Dj Mally Mals ,

Fun/quirky topics, fun quirky hosts.

Fun/quirky topics, fun quirky hosts.

Real knowledge & research for us non-knowledgable researchers

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