Ride Inside A VIRUS! With Virologist Gaby Paniccia

Know thy enemy, from the inside!

Hazmat FASHION: Life Under QUARANTINE!

What The IF... we were ISOLATED all of the time!

biology, environment, psychology, robots, technologyPhilip ShaneMarch 17, 2020science, hazmat, virus, self isolation, quarantine, star trek, post human, environment, science podcast, podcast, amazing, biology, community, commerce, clothing, fashion, evolution, earth, global warming, habitation, international, measurement, NASA, planet, research, utopia, water, experimentation, psychology, outbreak, contagion, coronavirus, news

Backwards TIME! --- !EMIT sdrawkcaB

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

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

CATS and EARTHQUAKES! With Geophysicist Celeste Labedz

Could our CATS create an EARTHQUAKE WARNING system?

engineering, exploration, geology, scientific method, technology, world dominationPhilip ShaneFebruary 20, 2020engineering, environment, geology, technology, disaster, earth, experimentation, funny, hard sf, imagination, planet, research, guests

Scientist VS Artist CAGE MATCH! - With JANCY McPHEE of the SciArt Exchange

A scientist and an artist are trapped in an elevator. Can they learn to understand each other?

biology, history of science, neurology, psychology, scientific method, skepticism, teachingPhilip ShaneFebruary 2, 2020culture, scientific method, scicomm, science education, art, artists, culture clash, geek, guests

If NASA Won MEGAMILLION$$$ - with CASEY DREIER From The PLANETARY SOCIETY!

"No BUCKS, no Buck Rogers," says Gus Grissom in The Right Stuff. What the if… NASA had TRILLION$$$ more bucks!!!

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

Can We Open A PUB On MARS? With Chris Carberry, author of ALCOHOL IN SPACE!

We're joined by Chris Carberry, the distinguished CEO of EXPLORE MARS and author of the awesome new book, ALCOHOL IN SPACE.

astronauts, biology, history, mars, nasa, psychology, religion, space travelPhilip ShaneJanuary 8, 2020funny, spaceprogram, space, NASA, humansinspace, alcohol, history, books, 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

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

Welcome to LAMARCK-issic Park! No Darwins Allowed!

What the if EVOLUTION were very DIFFERENT? Strap on your pith helmet, and lock the doors!

audience, biology, evolution, genetics, history of science, god, religionPhilip ShaneDecember 18, 2019audience, evolution, genetics, animals, biology, breeding, heredity

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.