NITROGEN Doomsday!

Explore the dual nature of ammonia and its profound impact on both agriculture and warfare in our latest episode.

apocalypse, chemistry, history, history of science, technologyPhilip ShaneJune 7, 2024

Recording BRAINS!

Join Gaby and Philip as they unravel the 'What The IF?' of recording our brains, blending mind-bending science with thought-provoking fiction in this electrifying episode!

scifi, technology, apocalypse, astronauts, audience, ecology, engineering, physics, space travelPhilip ShaneAugust 18, 2023

Space JUNK!

Join Matt and Philip on a cosmic rollercoaster as they navigate the universe's vast junkyard, exploring the dance of debris and pondering on space artifacts that might just land in your pocket!

scifi, technology, apocalypse, astronauts, audience, ecology, engineering, physics, space travelPhilip ShaneAugust 11, 2023

HAL 9000 is my guest! We discuss: "AI, Friend or FOE?"

Join us on "What The IF?" as we chat with HAL 9000 about the future of AI, discussing Elon Musk's open letter and exploring the ethics and humor of being a "millennial" AI.

society, apocalypse, artificial intelligence, computer science, elon musk, news, psychology, robots, scifi, technologyPhilip ShaneMarch 31, 2023ai

ZOMBIE Fungus! The Science of "The Last of Us"

biology, apocalypse, genetics, scifiPhilip ShaneJanuary 27, 2023

METEOR Rain!

engineering, apocalypse, astronomy, history, scifi, technologyPhilip ShaneJanuary 6, 2023

How To REBOOT Your Civilization!

technology, society, communication, engineering, history, scifi, apocalypse, religion, teachingPhilip ShaneApril 29, 2022

No OCEANS? Oh, shiiiiii---!!!

Water, water... nowhere!

biology, history of science, physics, aliens, apocalypse, audience, climate change, ecology, environment, evolution, geology, mars, scifi, sea life, society, space travelPhilip ShaneJuly 2, 2021

Microbreweries on MARS! - With CHRIS CARBERRY of the SPACE DRINKS Association

The exciting, burgeoning world of SMALL BUSINESS in space!

biology, physics, scifi, apocalypse, audience, video games, astronauts, astronomy, astrophysics, space travel, technologyPhilip ShaneMay 21, 2021guests

Solar WIND Makes For A Very BAD HAIR DAY

Can You FEEL The SOLAR WIND?

biology, physics, scifi, apocalypse, audience, video games, astronauts, astronomy, astrophysics, space travel, technologyPhilip ShaneMay 14, 2021

When NEIGHBORS Get Into An ARMS Race!

Evolution Out Of Whack!

biology, evolution, physics, scifi, apocalypse, audience, history, psychology, society, technology, video games, world dominationPhilip ShaneMay 7, 2021evolution

The BERSERKER Hypothesis

Has the galaxy gone BERSERK?!

Stop The UNIVERSE, I Want To Get Off!

What The If the UNIVERSE stopped spinning?

physics, apocalypse, audience, cosmology, universePhilip ShaneSeptember 4, 2020space, funny, feature, physics, fans, super iffers, audience, universe, cosmology, galaxy

ONE Language For EVERYONE?

What The If we all spoke the same language, and there were no other languages at all?

aliens, history, seti, space travel, apocalypse, psychology, society, communicationPhilip ShaneJune 11, 2020feature, language, brain, communication, society, linguistics, guests, psychology, civilization, history, imagination, peace

Welcome Back, ANIMALS! With Biologist Vanessa Pirotta

An animal friendly world?

apocalypse, biology, ecology, environment, evolution, news, psychology, sea life, whalesPhilip ShaneMay 14, 2020feature, biology, nature, animals, animal psychology, quarantine, ecology, environment, guests

SPECIAL EPISODE: “What the PANDEMIC?” With Virologist Gaby Paniccia

Let’s make this VIRUS unhappy!

apocalypse, biology, news, scientific methodPhilip ShaneApril 5, 2020virus, biology, disaster, government, hazmat, outbreak, quarantine, research, scientific method, news

POWER From PEOPLE??? Bow To Our Matrix Overlords!

If you were an evil robot overlord and you wanted to use people as your power source... how'd ya do it?

LIGHTSABERS For Hands? It’s a STAR WARS If!

We celebrate the conclusion of the Star Wars saga by diving into this great space-operatic question!

apocalypse, audience, engineering, evolution, robots, technology, virtual realityPhilip ShaneDecember 24, 2019star wars, movies, science fiction, pop culture, audience, ethics, experimentation, geek, scifi, super iffers, technology, the force, rise of skywalker, lightsabers, society, evolution, cyborg, post human, silly, funny

Planet NIBURU Crashes Into EARTH! With Astronomer BOB KING

Is there a DOOMSDAY PLANET named NIBIRU heading our way? Nope! But what the IF there was? We challenge astronomer & astrophotographer Bob King to play out the RAM-ifications of this Earth SHATTERING scenario, from which we learn a WHOPPING amount of real science.