ZOMBIES!

What The If Zombies were real!?

biology, cloning, einstein, elon musk, genetics, history of science, neurology, relativity, world dominationPhilip ShaneOctober 23, 2020brain, science fiction, feature, horror, movies, supernatural, funny, death, life, biology, magic, culture, pop culture

Earth In A BOTTLE?

Show the universe your best side!

aliens, collaborations, exploration, history, mars, nasa, seti, space travel, technology, universePhilip ShaneJune 4, 2020feature, Carl Sagan, seti, aliens, NASA, space travel, exploration, space archaeology, voyager, pioneer, solar system, interstellar, culture, pop culture, preview

Can ROBOTS Host A PODCAST?

What the if ROBOTS were hosting their very own PODCAST?

artificial intelligence, audience, computer science, robots, technology, world dominationPhilip ShaneFebruary 27, 20202001, audience, computer-history, computer-science, consciousness, funny, future, pop culture, post human, robots, super iffers

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.

apocalypse, astronomy, cosmology, history, news, occult, physics, psychology, skepticismPhilip ShaneDecember 11, 2019asteroids, astronomy, comet, disaster, legend, physics, pop culture, science fiction, solar system, vespa, guests

The COMET from Beyond!

It's interstellar, baby!

astronomy, astrophysics, exploration, news, physics, seti, space travelPhilip ShaneOctober 11, 2019astronomy, astrophysics, seti, exploration, solar system, interstellar, physics, planet, science fiction, aliens, comet, oumouamoua, pop culture, scifi, sun, imagination, space travel, space, comets, earth

ASTROLOGY??? Heaven Help Us!

Astrology is super complicated and totally crazy. But! What The IF... Astrology were REAL? An encore presentation of one of our most popular episodes.

astronomy, astrophysics, cosmology, god, history, history of science, mars, occult, psychology, religion, skepticismPhilip ShaneMay 29, 2019pseudoscience, astrology, ancient astronomy, pop culture, magic, magical thinking

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