What if TIME ran the OTHER WAY?

cosmology, einstein, history, mathematics, neurology, physics, psychology, relativity, time travelPhilip ShaneMarch 9, 2020consciousness, comsmology, einstein, funny, imagination, measurement, physics, relativity, time

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?

MEGASTRUCTURES! With Journalist & Science Fiction Author MATT WILLIAMS

What’s the absolute BIGGEST thing we could ever build in the entire UNIVERSE?

elon musk, engineering, physics, psychologyPhilip ShaneJanuary 14, 2020colonization, engineering, habitation, hard sf, humans in space, industry, international, physics, science fiction, scifi, solar system, space elevators, space station, guests

ALASTAIR REYNOLDS: Come Fly With Me... To MARS!

Project yourself with telepresence… to Mars!

mars, astronauts, elon musk, exploration, physics, robotsPhilip ShaneJanuary 1, 2020science fiction, alastair reynolds, hard sf, books, mars, robots, teleportation, kim stanley robinson, terraforming, astronauts, virtual reality, guests

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

LEAP Into a QUANTUM COMPUTER!

We shrink into ELECTRONS and dive into the freakish world inside a QUANTUM COMPUTER!

Spelunking Deep Inside A SOLID STATE Brain!

Step into your anti-static hazmat suit and let's go!

Waltz INSIDE A Classical COMPUTER!

What's going on inside this GIANT machine they call a UNIVERSAL COMPUTER?

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

SEAN CARROLL: Phone Calls from MANY WORLDS!

MANY WORLDS, sooooooooo many!

Inter-Galactic MAILBAG!

Our fans, aka our Super IFFers discuss our most mind-blowing shows and share their own mind-bending IF's!

astronomy, audience, teaching, cosmology, physics, psychologyPhilip ShaneSeptember 10, 2019australia, big bang, cosmology, geek, government, history, higher dimensions, jupiter, arthur c. clarkes, planet, NASA, physics, astronomy, international, fans, audience, super iffers, community, measurement, units, teaching, students, geometry, cartography, star trek, sun, 2001, 2010, science fiction, science education, stem, senses, skepticism, policy, science outreach, scientific research

ALASTAIR REYNOLDS: Teleport to Mars in a FLYING ROBOT!

Project yourself with telepresence… to Mars!

mars, astronauts, elon musk, exploration, physics, robotsPhilip ShaneJuly 22, 2019science fiction, alastair reynolds, hard sf, books, mars, robots, teleportation, kim stanley robinson, terraforming, astronauts, virtual reality

PAUL McAULEY shrinks the Sun!

Can we MOVE the Earth to avoid the death of the Sun? Let’s try!

engineering, astronomy, astrophysics, geology, physics, space travelPhilip ShaneJuly 1, 2019sun, science fiction, books, solar, engineering, red giant, death of sun, white dwarf, paul mcauley, planet, earth, future, hard sf, guests

Living INSIDE The Big BANG

Join us inside the freakish inflating spacetime bubble that began it ALL!

Spacetime GOGGLES

What the IF we could see spacetime?

How To Cook With A Star Trek REPLICATOR

Beam up with us and let's get cookin'!

artificial intelligence, engineering, physics, quantum mechanics, technologyPhilip ShaneJune 6, 2019star trek, engineering, physics, future, science fiction, television

EINSTEIN'S WAR - Part Two

Part Two: WTiF World War I never happened? Would Einstein have solved his Theory of Relativity sooner -- or, perhaps, NEVER AT ALL?

EINSTEIN'S WAR

WTiF World War I never happened? Would Einstein have solved his Theory of Relativity sooner -- or, perhaps, NEVER AT ALL?

Magnetic Poles Gonna ROLL

Another awesome IF inspired by a listener! This week, listener Kyle asks, WHAT THE IF would happen if the Earth's magnetic pole FLIPPED?

audience, biology, environment, geology, physicsPhilip ShaneFebruary 15, 2018geology, biology, earth, magnetic field, physics, geophysics, disaster

Bad Kids With Badass Lasers

We imagine trying to tame the quantum world with cute barking dogs, get trapped in a backward flowing river of time, and ponder the outcome of cute little kids with nefarious world dominating plans, and lasers. An epic journey of WTiF!

world domination, physics, quantum mechanics, time travel, einstein, relativityPhilip ShaneSeptember 16, 2017

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