REPOPULATE The Earth!

Explore the captivating journey of humanity's potential restart on Earth after an extinction event, delving into the resilience, challenges, and unexpected twists of repopulating the planet.

scifi, technology, audience, biology, cloning, environment, evolutionPhilip ShaneMarch 1, 2024

Martinis On VENUS!

Join us on a cosmic quest, inspired by Super Iffer Dan, to make Venus habitable through science, martinis, and a dash of imagination.

biology, environment, chemistry, climate change, audiencePhilip ShaneOctober 13, 2023

BEES Control The Weather!

Dive into a world with Gaby and Philip where bees don't just buzz—they control the very weather around us!

biology, environment, newsPhilip ShaneOctober 6, 2023

ICE Insanity!

Join the "What The IF?" team as they chill with a mind-bending question: What if water didn't have its highest density at four degrees Celsius, turning our aquatic world and life as we know it on its head?

audience, biology, environment, evolution, sea life, chemistryPhilip ShaneJune 9, 2023

BATS - With Emily Driscoll!

Join "What The IF?" hosts and special guest Emily Driscoll as they dive into the incredible world of echolocation, upside-down sleeping, and the unique adaptations of bats, including the inspiring story of a critically endangered bat species in India.

scifi, biology, environment, space travel, astronauts, engineering, exploration, mars, nasa, technologyPhilip ShaneMay 5, 2023

Humans to MARS! With Chris Carberry of EXPLORE MARS

On the eve of the Humans to Mars Summit in Washington, DC, our guest Chris Carberry, CEO of Explore Mars, braves the interplanetary hurdles of hosting a conference on Mars, planning it at the foot of Olympus Mons!

scifi, biology, environment, space travel, astronauts, engineering, exploration, mars, nasa, technologyPhilip ShaneApril 28, 2023

SPACE Is An OCEAN! (Our "1 Million Plays" Special!)

Tune in to our latest episode where we explore the mind-boggling question of whether space could be breathable. You're in for a wild ride that will have you snorting with laughter. And who knows, you might even learn something new about the universe along the way.

scifi, biology, environment, evolution, physics, sea life, space travel, whalesPhilip ShaneApril 21, 2023

OXYGEN Overload!

Explore the intriguing possibilities of a world with doubled oxygen levels as Philip and Gaby dive into the science of breathing, athletic performance, and the limits of oxygen in this eye-opening episode of "What The IF?"

biology, environmentPhilip ShaneApril 7, 2023

CANCER Virus Hunters!

biology, scientific method, ecology, environment, evolution, history, history of sciencePhilip ShaneAugust 26, 2022

A Nation Without SANITATION!

biology, scientific method, ecology, environment, evolution, history, history of sciencePhilip ShaneAugust 19, 2022

FLOATING Continents!

engineering, audience, biology, climate change, environment, evolution, geology, sea lifePhilip ShaneJuly 29, 2022

Summiting On MARS with Chris Carberry!

What the IF your next awesome science conference were taking place... on MARS?

No FOSSIL FUEL For You!

biology, audience, climate change, ecology, engineering, environment, geology, history, technologyPhilip ShaneJanuary 29, 2022

DUNE - Holy Spit!

communication, scifi, technology, aliens, artificial intelligence, biology, climate change, ecology, economics, engineering, environment, evolution, religionPhilip ShaneJanuary 6, 2022

Stop, In The Name of LAVA! With Robin George Andrews

YOU versus the Volcano?

climate change, engineering, environment, geology, historyPhilip ShaneNovember 6, 2021guests

NAKED Mars Rats!

Is it possible to bring these real life creatures to Mars to slowly terraform it, cultivating the land from underneath, rebuilding the atmosphere, for eventual Earth-like living?