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Snail-zillas Disrupting the Tooth Commodity Market | Halloween Spooktacular II31 Oct 202400:57:45

Happy Halloween, absurd friends! This time around Julian comes out of his shell to calculate the speed of a Kaiju snail (so much mucus 🤢). Meanwhile, Trace pulls out all the molars—uh, pulls out all the stops on his Fae business plan for TOUTHS Incorporated, The Uber for children’s teeth, and asks: Would That Solve Anything™?!

QUESTIONS

Trace: "What does the tooth fairy do with all the teeth" from Emily

Julian: "Would you have to run from a Godzilla-sized snail?” from Kara

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CREDITS

This episode of That's Absurd Please Elaborate was written by Trace Dominguez and Julian Huguet, edited by Kyle Sisk, and produced by all three of us. Additional editing this week by Sam Grant.

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Double Jump Over This Human Meatball24 Oct 202401:10:34

It's spoOOooOoky season! This week we're scaring you with a giant pasta topping! 👻 Not scared? What if I told you it's a meatball made of EVERY HUMAN? Oh, did I forget to mention that crucial detail? What's more terrifying than a GIANT MEATBALL OF ALL HUMANS?! MWAHAHAHA! (Just imagine the ODOR.) Would something that massive have its own gravity? What would it be like? Julian frightens himself silly pondering this one. Meanwhile, Trace envisions a world where a video game mechanic becomes reality. Would you want the ability to double jump? Personally, I'm far too clumsy. Let's leap into this episode — extreme Mario voice — WAH HOO!!

QUESTIONS

Julian: "Would a human meatball made up of every human have a noticeable gravitational effect?" from Clarke

Trace answers a Patreon Poll Winning question: "How would a society evolve it we all had double jump?" sent in by Micheal via Spotify

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Exploding Three Ways (Yikes)22 Aug 202401:13:01

Welcome to episode 48. Are you allergic to cats? When you visit friends does their cat seem to know (somehow) and roll up on you even though you’re ignoring it?! “WTF CAT. YOU’RE LITERALLY MURDERING ME,” you think intensely while sipping your white wine. “Wait, does the cat… KnOW?!” Trace pours himself a glass of that crisp white, and digs into the science.

Meanwhile, Julian crushes the game and learns exactly how screwed we’d all be if every atom in the human body spontaneously went up one place on the periodic table of elements. Let me tell you, this is a bad idea. Don’t do it.

QUESTIONS

Julian: "What would happen if, spontaneously, all the element atoms in my body go up 1 place in the periodic table?" from Juan in Australia

Trace: "Can cats tell who’s allergic to them?" from Jill in Wisconsin

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Volcanos. Tornadoes. Nuclear Waste… This is Fine.15 Aug 202401:24:05

For this episode Julian and Trace tackled the very uplifting and shiny topics of tornados and nuclear waste. No worries y’all! Everything here is so great! We’re not trying to lift giant building with natural disasters! No way! We’re not attempting to create a wild atomic disaster by throwing waste into an active volcano! HAHA Who would do that?! Cringe, right?

QUESTIONS

Julian: "How many tornados would it take to lift a skyscraper?" from Josh

Trace: "Would dropping nuclear waste into a volcano be a viable solution?" from Fred

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Two Butts. No Bones. Thriving. | Feat. Ben Bowlin08 Aug 202401:44:17

In episode 45 Julian deconstructs the human experience without our boney scaffold, Trace calculates the detriment (or delight?) of doubling the derriere, and our guest Ben Bowlin (from iHeart Radio’s Ridiculous History, Stuff they Don’t Want You to Know) sings the praises of the American accent.

QUESTIONS

Julian: "What if humans no bones?" from Fabie

Ben: "Why do we have accents?" from Cori

Trace: "What would happen if we all had two butts?" from Super Surprised Pikachu

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Photosynthetic Nudists and Solving Problems with Copious Amounts of Seawater01 Aug 202401:21:12

Trace returns to find out if humans could take the green stuff from plants and make enough energy to live. meanwhile, Julian tries to understand if a wild idea would solve anything… Anything at all?

QUESTIONS

Julian: “What if you filled the grand canyon with ocean water? Would that solve anything?” from Roman

Trace combines two questions: “What if humans performs photosynthesis?” from Danielle, with “How would society function if we were photosynthetic?” from William

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Radioactive Bunnies & Infinite-Sided Dice | feat. Nora Bailey25 Jul 202401:11:02

This week astrophysicist Dr Nora Bailey joins Julian roll a set of huge, spherical dice on the future of irradiated bunnies in mech suits. Yes this is a real question. Does this sound like an episode of that Morty show to you? Me too.

QUESTIONS

Julian: "What is the maximum number faces you can fit on a die before it becomes a sphere?" from Aaron

Nora: "How much radiation would it take to kill a bunny?" from Jarrett

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Hiccuping Chickens & Wheeled Wildlife | feat. Sophie Shrand18 Jul 202401:10:29

This week’s guest host *hic* Sophie Shrand *hic* explores the silly spasm of *hic* hiccuping. Meanwhile, Julian attempts to understand why evolution didn’t re-invent the wheel.

QUESTIONS

Sophie: "Do animals other than humans hiccup?" from Hillary

Julian: "Why don't we seem to see any animals that have evolved wheels?" from Jade

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Either You Iocaine or You 1-0-can’t11 Jul 202401:16:31

In this episode, it's a battle of (nit)wits! Trace discovers the deadly truth about poison immunity while Julian figures out how to make the worst numbering system imaginable.

Questions

Julian: "Can you still do maths using a unary (base 1) numeral system?" from Mason

Trace: "How long would it have taken Westley to build up his immunity to iocaine powder?" from Tessa

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It's Like Rocket Science, But Dumber04 Jul 202401:24:55

When Trace was a kid he was a sleepwalker. His parents closed the door to his bedroom. They heard him bonking against the door over and over. They love to tell this story. Now I'm telling you! Sleepwalking is weird, right? Are we the only ones who do that? Julian looks into it. Plus, as long as we’re wondering things … have you ever wondered if you could fling an animal into space? Like a marmot or a coyote! Could a coyote actually go to orbit on top of a giant pile of TNT? (He definitely isn’t going to catch that pesky road runner; does anyone under 30 even get this reference?). Trace explores what is clearly a Julian-focused question.

🧨 Happy Fireworks Week Americans 🎆 and a Happy Early July to everyone else!

QUESTIONS

Julian: "Are humans the only animal that sleepwalks?" from Henry (via his mom, Becca)

Trace: "What animal could survive a spin launch, catapult, or explosion to space? Could any?" from Rowin in Australia

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Filthy Witches and Body Blimps27 Jun 202401:14:46

This episode Trace travels to the magical land of Oz. It’s disgusting. Meanwhile Julian is going to meet him there as soon as he can fill his head with 7 cement trucks' worth of gas. 


**QUESTIONS**


Julian: "If you were to blow up a person like a balloon, how big would we need to get before we can fly under our own power?" from Isaiah

Trace: "How unclean was the wicked witch of the west?" from Nick


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This episode of *That's Absurd Please Elaborate* was written by Trace Dominguez and Julian Huguet, edited by Kyle Sisk, and produced by all three of us. 


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Reach for the Neutron Stargate20 Jun 202401:00:15

Science agrees: black holes are really cool. TAPE listener Robert, on the other hand, disagrees with science, and thinks their slightly-less-dense-but-still-absurdly-dense cousins known as Neutron Stars are cooler. He’s decided to pet one. Julian explores the smorgasbord of ways he would probably die horribly if he tried. Meanwhile Trace geeks out about Stargate, in an effort to dial-in how accurate the gates would really be!

QUESTIONS

Julian: "If I tried to pet a neutron star, what would kill me first?" from Robert Trace: "If Stargate were real, would the address be accurate enough to dial a gate?" from Corey

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This episode of That's Absurd Please Elaborate was written by Trace Dominguez and Julian Huguet, edited by Kyle Sisk, and produced by all three of us.

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Immortal Squirrels Slain By Salad17 Oct 202401:03:27

In this wild episode, Julian infects your brain with the realization that plants can be VERY murdery, and Trace is driven NUTS looking for an elusive immortal animal.

QUESTIONS

Julian: "Why aren’t there plant-based diseases that affect animals?" from Isaiah

Trace: "What food could you feed a squirrel to make it immortal?" from Trevor

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DnD Pee and Chickpea TNT13 Jun 202400:57:41

This week Trace’s quest for answers takes him to a magical fantasy land of wizards, frozen keys, and bodily fluids. Meanwhile Julian discovers that there are about 3 degrees of separation between chickpeas and dynamite. Yes, really.

QUESTIONS

Julian: "Could you make an explosive out of chick peas?" from Jesse Trace: "Can you pee on an object that is so cold that the act of peeing on it can make you colder?" from Luke

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Mistaken Artifacts, Tiny Tasty Treats, and War (Seriously, What is it Good For?) | feat Joe Scott06 Jun 202401:34:10

Imagine there’s no war. Would we have cell phones? GPS? Shovels?! Would we still be able to pop open a tube of delicious mini-M&Ms? Will a future historian believe the Green M&M was some kind of Goddess of Love? (Yes).

This is a wild ride of an episode featuring TAPE friend Joe Scott of the YouTube show Answers with Joe! Double doses of history PLUS the psychology of food? Chew on that!

QUESTIONS

Julian: "How different would technology be if there was no war?" from Joe Scott

Joe Scott: "Which mundane technologies is likely to be misinterpreted by future historians?" from Cari

Trace: "Why are mini foods so much better than their normal-sized counterparts" from Reyna

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THE BOOK CARI MENTIONED

David Macaulay’s “Motel of Mysteries”

Find it from a local bookseller: https://bookshop.org/p/books/motel-of-the-mysteries-david-macaulay/11270539

Or at your local library!

https://www.overdrive.com/media/573893/motel-of-the-mysteries

THE M&M SQUARE CUBE CALCULUS

Shout out to DAN. Your math was instrumental to my answer.

Find it here: http://blog.recursiveprocess.com/2014/05/30/mms-mega/

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This episode of That's Absurd Please Elaborate was written by Trace Dominguez and Julian Huguet, edited by Kyle Sisk, and produced by all three of us.

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Metaphorically Heavy Fog Juice30 May 202400:57:43

Have you ever felt someone’s gaze on you? This episode Julian explores why we seem to sense when eyes are on us. Meanwhile Trace gets lost in a fog so thick he has to drink his way out.

QUESTIONS

Julian: "How much does regard weigh?" from Sabrina

Trace: "Can you drink fog?" from Grace

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CREDITS

This episode of That's Absurd Please Elaborate was written by Trace Dominguez and Julian Huguet, edited by Kyle Sisk, and produced by all three of us.

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You Shower Too Often But Can Never Helicopter Enough23 May 202401:15:02

You are showering too often. Helicopters are insane. Soap is ancient magic chemistry.

This time around, Trace tells everyone all about cleanliness while attempting to dodge the wellness and clean eating industry zealots. Then, Julian geeks out on the wild engineering of helicopters AND debunks a related meme about jets going to the gym.

QUESTIONS

Trace: "How clean is too clean?" from NeatNit

Julian: "What would happen if you kept a helicopter stationary in the air for 12 hours?" from Amanda

AND Julian answers a BONUS question “A jumbo jet is on a treadmill. The treadmill is programmed to move at the exact speed of the planes wheels in the opposite direction. Can the plane take off?” from Brock

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CREDITS

This episode of That's Absurd Please Elaborate was written by Trace Dominguez and Julian Huguet, edited by Kyle Sisk, and produced by all three of us.

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A Whole New Word, An Old Pair of Genes16 May 202400:57:44

This episode Trace tries to track down the first word ever uttered by human kind and Julian gets confused about how reproduction works… again…

QUESTIONS

Julian: "What if every set of DNA passed on from each individual were identical, respectively?" from Brandon

Trace: "What was the first word?" from Tyler

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CREDITS

This episode of That's Absurd Please Elaborate was written by Trace Dominguez and Julian Huguet, edited by Kyle Sisk, and produced by all three of us.

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Could We Colonize a Gas Giant? What if we were Vampires? | feat. Dr Simon Clark09 May 202401:27:24

In this absolutely absurd episode, Dr Simon Clark ponders if human's could colonize an atmosphere like Jupiter's -- Star Wars Cloud City is on trial. Speaking of gas giants, Julian digs into the evolutionary experiment that could give rise to a vampire. But first, Trace leads us off by learning about the uneven distribution of kitty cat toe beans!

QUESTIONS

Julian: "What environmental pressures would have to be present to lead to the evolution of humanoid vampires?" from Jade

Simon: "Could we colonize a breathable gas giant?" from Drew

Trace: "Why do cats have different numbers of toe beans on their front and back paws?" from Simon

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CREDITS

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THE ABSURD-IVERSARY LIGHTNING ROUND SPECTACULAR!!!!02 May 202401:18:02

🎉 Happy Anniversary to us!! 🎊

It’s been one year since we launched That's Absurd Please Elaborate and what an absurdly fun ride it's been. To celebrate we tweaked the show just a bit. Our special guest, producer/editor Kyle Sisk, has selected six listener-submitted questions for Julian and Trace to answer.

The catch? They only have five minutes to do their research.

I know right?

Important Reminder: This format means our hosts cannot spend hours fact checking their answers. Typically we do our best to make sure the science and concepts we present on the show are accurate. We add sources our answers and spend a lot of time checking our facts and figures so we feel comfortable. All that is out the window here. This is important for you to know. From us. We don’t want to be wrong, but if we’re wrong — know we did it for the sake of a fun, lighthearted adventure through several absurd questions. Thanks for coming with us on this journey!

We all really hope you enjoy this anniversary special. Thank you all for being listeners. Whether this was your first episode, or your 31st we really are absolutely blown away by you all being a part of this show.

🎂

QUESTIONS

“Would it be possible to write my name on the moon with a laser?” from Sean

“Could we pop the earth?” from Edward

“How far does my car go on the average dinosaur?” from JW

“What is the fastest movement a human can make under their own power?” from Ben

“What food makes the best building material?” from Mark

“Prove you exist, go on prove it.” from Susan

Thank you again to all our listeners who submit such excellent questions.

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CREDITS

This episode of That's Absurd Please Elaborate was written and produced by Trace Dominguez, Julian Huguet, and Kyle Sisk. It was edited by Kyle Sisk.

Theme Music and sound effects by Epidemic Sound; learn more here: http://nebula.tv/epidemic

Question Music courtesy Tiny Speck Inc., who released the copyright to “help others in their creative endeavours and build on [the video game] Glitch’s legacy of simple fun, creativity and an appreciation for the preposterous" We think we're keeping in that spirit and we’re pumped to use this music… haven’t we heard it somewhere before other than on Glitch?

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Making Peace With Squirrels, Waging War With Crabs | feat. Deboki Chakravarti25 Apr 202401:31:06

Did you know scientists turned a swarm of crabs into a computer? Julian explores if it can play an old video game. Plus, our guest Deboki feels out animal pregnancy, and Trace learns that Ben Franklin wrote a eulogy for a pet squirrel.

QUESTIONS

Trace: "Would squirrels still be so annoying if we weren’t around to observe them?" from Deboki

Deboki "Can any mammals (other than humans) tell that they are pregnant? " from 80-hd Neumann

Julian: "How long would it take to complete a playthrough of Doom on a computer made entirely out of crabs?" from Cy

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What if People Reproduced Like Plants? | feat. Maynard Okereke (Hip Hop MD)18 Apr 202401:02:33

This time around, guest Hip Hop MD stamens your pistol and Julian admits (surprising no one) that he flows with nerd core.

QUESTIONS

Julian: "What rapper would make the greatest scientist, and what would their game changing discovery or invention be?" from Maynard

Maynard (Hip Hop MD): "What if people reproduced like plants do" from Anonymous

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CREDITS

This episode of That's Absurd Please Elaborate was written by Trace Dominguez and Julian Huguet, edited by Kyle Sisk, and produced by all three of us.

Theme Music by Epidemic Sound; learn more here: http://nebula.tv/epidemic

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It’s a Fart Rocket Breakthrough! Time to Hyper-Sleep to Jupiter11 Apr 202400:55:47

This week Julian explores the rocket science of farts. That’s a sentence that had likely never been written until this moment. Trace talks about the science of stasis, a.k.a hyper-sleep, a.k.a. cryo-freeze. As a bonus, we all get to learn the predictive powers of the 1993 classic film “Demolition Man.”

QUESTIONS

Julian: "How hard would I have to far to lift off the ground?" from Ricky

Trace: "Could hyper-sleep ever be a possibility?" from Dartland

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The Inescapable Sadness of the Kool-Aid Man | feat. Dr Rohin Francis of Medlife Crisis10 Oct 202401:12:28

This episode Trace tries to find the secret to happiness and special guest host Dr Rohin Francis swaps out blood for something with a tangy, fruity kick. Oh yeah! Oh no!

QUESTIONS

Trace: "Must we know a negative thing to understand the positive?" from Buena

Rohin: "Could you replace all your blood with kool-aid?" from Allyson

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CREDITS

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An Endless Eclipse and Pineapple-Based Crimes04 Apr 202400:57:19

This episode Trace imagines what it would take to lock a world in darkness while Julian does something very suspicious with pineapples.

QUESTIONS

Trace: "Would it be possible to have a permanent solar eclipse?" from Aaron

Julian: "Is there an amount of pineapple that can dissolve a human body?" from Macks

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CREDITS

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!! BIG IMPORTANT PODCAST ANNOUNCEMENT !!01 Apr 202400:03:23

One year ago today we announced the launch of That's Absurd Please Elaborate. Now on this April Fools' day we have another exciting (and real!) announcement (because we're bad at marketing and didn't consider that announcing things on April 1st might cause people to doubt it's veracity).

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Eww… Eww!! Potatoes? | feat. Sam Jones28 Mar 202401:21:35

In this revolting episode, our guest Dr Sam Jones asks Julian to never see a man about a horse again, then she weeds out the filth in the animal kingdom, and finally Trace gives us a palate cleanser of starchy, potatoey goodness.

QUESTIONS

Julian: "If all humans never had to poop again — how would it affect the world?" from Sam

Sam Jones: "What is the filthiest absolutely disgusting animal" from Danielle

Trace: "What is the best way to potato" from Mallory

To hear more of Dr Sam Jones’ fantastic work, check out her podcast Tiny Matters from the American Chemical Society.

Tiny Matters on the ACS website: https://www.acs.org/pressroom/tiny-matters.html

Tiny Matters on PodLink: https://pod.link/1599757941

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CREDITS

This episode of That's Absurd Please Elaborate was written by Trace Dominguez and Julian Huguet, edited by Kyle Sisk, and produced by all three of us.

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The BONKERS Reason Ice IS NOT Slippery | feat. Matthew Krol14 Mar 202401:01:16

This time on T.A.P.E. — Matt Krol digs into cinema history to answer a deathly serious question, and Trace is out cold answering a question mulled over by scientists for centuries.

Julian is helping out at NASA so he’ll be back next week.

QUESTIONS Trace: "Why EXACTLY is ice slippery?" from Matt Krol

Matt: “What actor has died the most in movies?” from Cole

For more of Matthew Krol’s wonderful work you can look on Nebula or YouTube for:

Extra History: https://www.youtube.com/@extrahistory

Extra Credits: https://www.youtube.com/extracredits

The Only* Podcast About Movies: https://onlymoviepodcast.com

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CREDITS

This episode of That's Absurd Please Elaborate was written by Trace Dominguez and Julian Huguet, edited by Kyle Sisk, and produced by all three of us.

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Ahem, No. X-Rays Will NOT Cook Soup29 Feb 202401:04:32

This week Julian wonders if you can really cook your jumblies with microwaves and 5G, and Trace dives into linguistics and chemistry to learn if the ocean is actually a very broth-forward soup.

QUESTIONS

Julian: "Microwaves are the most common way to use radiation to cook food, could we use radio, gamma, or X-Rays to cook food?" from Aaron

Trace: "What is soup?" from Silas

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CREDITS

This episode of That's Absurd Please Elaborate was written by Trace Dominguez and Julian Huguet, edited by Kyle Sisk, and produced by all three of us.

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Real Weird Things About The Human Body That Need Fixing15 Feb 202401:10:55

This episode Trace indulges us with why chocolate is so popular on valentines day and Julian goes deep on why his body (and everyone else’s for that matter) is such a mess.

QUESTIONS

Julian: "Can the human body “design” be improved on intentionally" from Xander

Trace: "Why do people like chocolate so much on special holidays" from Lee

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CREDITS

This episode of That's Absurd Please Elaborate was written by Trace Dominguez and Julian Huguet, edited by Kyle Sisk, and produced by all three of us.

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Oh No. Did You Time Travel with a Chicken?!01 Feb 202400:55:25

In this episode, Trace wonders if "Weird" Al Yankovic influenced a generation of people to say "my back teeth are floating," and Julian time travels to the Triassic with a cold (and maybe a chicken).

QUESTIONS

Trace: "Why do my teeth feel like they are floating or vibrating when I really have to go to the bathroom. " from Spencer

Julian: "If you went back in time to see the dinosaurs, would they go extinct from the common cold?" from Nitai

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CREDITS

This episode of That's Absurd Please Elaborate was written by Trace Dominguez and Julian Huguet, edited by Kyle Sisk, and produced by all three of us.

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But Will Aliens Actually Comprehend “On Your Left?”18 Jan 202401:15:06

This episode Trace resets the solar system to see what life would look like on “Wee Earth” and Julian finally learns his left from his right thanks for particle physics.

QUESTIONS

Julian: "If I had some magic communicator to speak to someone in another galaxy, could I explain what "left" and "right" were?" from Anonymous

Trace: "How would have life evolved if Earth was two [to] three times smaller?" from Moma

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A Throwback: What Is the UN-Pointiest Thing?04 Jan 202401:26:20

This episode we have special guest Ralph Crewe (Writer/Producer, Practical Engineering) who gets exhausted trying to explain continuous breathing, Julian mulls over the least pointy thing (shout out to Pod 007) and Trace takes a Mayan Bak-tun to explain why the heck there are 60 minutes in an hour.

QUESTIONS

Trace: "Are there other systems of timekeeping besides Hours/Minutes/Seconds?" from Julian

Ralph: "Can we evolve or engineer ourselves to breathe continuously?" from Henry in Singapore

Julian: "What is the least-pointy thing?" from Ralph

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[[ RALPH ]]

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Practical Engineering: https://practical.engineering/

YouTube: @isntthatsomething

[[ JULIAN ]]

Instagram: @Huggetout

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[[ TRACE ]]

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CREDITS

This episode of That's Absurd Please Elaborate was written by Trace Dominguez and Julian Huguet, edited by Kyle Sisk, and produced by all three of us.

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Legumes, Fruits and Ticklish Mooses | Holiday Special21 Dec 202301:03:55

This episode Trace cracks the mystery of nuts, and Julian tickles a moose and a buffalo* for science!? You’ll have to listen to find out!

QUESTIONS

Julian: "Is riding a moose more like petting a buffalo or tickling a grizzly bear?" from Brendan F.

Trace: "Are nuts actually fruit pits?" from Sandy in Seattle

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Instagram: @tracedominguez

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CREDITS

This episode of That's Absurd Please Elaborate was written by Trace Dominguez and Julian Huguet, edited by Kyle Sisk, and produced by all three of us.

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A Ghostly Fireworky Glow Up | feat. Ceri Riley of SciShow Tangents03 Oct 202401:11:55

We haven’t seen this many fireworks since the Rockefeller Center did that spectacularly wild “Salute to Fireworks” back in 2007. This time around, guest-host Ceri Riley ponders what if fireworks were a normal part of the weather? And Trace ponders the spirits of the great beyond. He tries so, so hard not to bring up his time in the Victorian Era. Spoiler: He fails, almost as spectacularly as those damn fireworks.

Julian is off this week, so send him lots of messages telling him how much he’s missed.

QUESTIONS

Ceri: "What would happen if fireworks were a naturally occurring weather pattern?" from

Trace: "If ghosts were real, how fast would they move? Speed of light? Faster?" from Ceri & Julian

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HERE'S THE AEROGEL CLIP WE SHOW

Adam Savage Blown Away by Neil deGrasse Tyson's Aerogel

https://youtu.be/ZRYM2jTFJ0U?t=84

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CREDITS

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Ex Machina de Toilet Paper | feat. Vanessa Hill07 Dec 202301:15:27

In this week's episode, Julian tracks the history of toilet paper to its source, Trace gives a gorilla some workout advice, and special guest Vanessa Hill grows a whole human after an unfortunate fireworks accident.

QUESTIONS

Julian: "Before the invention of toilet paper, how did people relieve their bottom as to not clog the pipes?" From Vanessa

Trace: "How strong could a gorilla be if it knew proper bodybuilding techniques?" from listener Jaren K.

Vanessa: "With just a little chunk of my tissue and blood, how much could an alien figure out about what humans are and look like, and specifically what about me could they find out?" from listener Aaron H.

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This episode of That's Absurd Please Elaborate was written by Trace Dominguez and Julian Huguet, edited by Kyle Sisk, and produced by all three of us. Special thanks to our guest, Vanessa Hill.

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Eat a Variety of Colorful Humans | Thanksgiving Special23 Nov 202301:02:49

This week Trace explains why organic doesn’t mean what you think it means and Julian researches whether grizzly bears have more biological variation than humans do!

Happy Thanksgiving to all who celebrate. We're most thankful for YOU listening to this little show.

QUESTIONS

Trace: "If we only ate organic vegetables how many people would starve?" from listener Chris J.

Julian: "Why do humans come in so many more sorts of shapes and colors than other species?" from listener Abbie G.

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So… Why Do We Have Lawns?09 Nov 202300:59:22

This episode Julian takes a pole on the magnetic dynamo inside our planet, and Trace explores how 19th century French landscaping grew on everyone.

QUESTIONS

Julian: "Could you wirelessly charge using the Earth’s magnetic field?" from listener 26Matso

Trace: "Who invented the Lawn?" from listener Brian M.

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A Carnivorous Horse & Headless Human | Halloween 202326 Oct 202301:05:53

In this (very scary) episode, Julian loses his head (no one seems to notice) and Trace unleashes the ultimate nightMare: an apex predator HORSE! WHINNY! THUNDER CLAP! ORGAN MUSIC!!!

QUESTIONS

Julian: "How long could we survive without a head?" from Trace

Trace: "What if horses were apex predators?" from listener Meg

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Exhaling Backwards | feat. Ceri Riley12 Oct 202301:25:45

This episode Trace finds out if lolcats make other cats lol, Julian makes continents collide (his insurance company was very unhappy about it), and SPECIAL GUEST Ceri Riley (Co-host of the podcast SciShow Tangents) takes a deep breath and undoes the entire science of chemistry.

QUESTIONS

Julian: "Will the continents ever form another Pangea?" from Ceri

Trace: "Can animals tell jokes?" from listener Gerald

Ceri Riley: “What would happen if all humans suddenly inhaled CO2 and exhaled O2?” From listener Elizabeth

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CREDITS

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Lifting Earth's Orbit to Stop Global Warming28 Sep 202301:03:16

In this episode Julian wants to push the Earth further from the sun to stop climate change, and Trace learns if pineapple on pizza is actually … good?

QUESTIONS

Julian: "What would happen if we moved the Earth further from the Sun?" from Jason J.

Trace: "Why do some people hate pineapple on pizza (they’re wrong). Why do people taste things differently?" from Nicola F.

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Parmesan Apocalypse14 Sep 202301:06:25

This episode Julian eats something he probably shouldn’t (again) and Trace is given the small task of preserving all of human knowledge through multiple apocalypses... Apocalypsi? Apocalypsees? Ends to the world.


QUESTIONS

Julian: "Why can we eat mould on cheese but not other food?" from listener jcol001

Trace: "What is the best way to preserve information to survive any and all apocalypse? " from listener MJ

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Digitally Gifted Babies | feat. Ashley Hamer31 Aug 202301:15:47

This episode Trace smells a smell out of existence, Julian loses an arm wrestling contest to a baby, and special guest Ashley Hamer explains the key to understanding music.

QUESTIONS

Ashley: “Why aren't all musical compositions in the key of C major?” from listener David B.

Julian: "What if we were born with hands/feet at adult size" from Ashley

Trace: "Can something disintegrate from being smelly?" from Julian

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Rump-Shaking Dyslexic Shrimp | feat. Dr Virginia Schutte17 Aug 202301:29:46

This episode Julian learns the REAL alphabet, also known as the ABG’s (not a typo). Trace discovers we are all constantly online whether we like it or not by exploring the mysteries of WiFi. Special guest Dr Virginia Schutte dives into a super-powered animal propelled by twerking.

QUESTIONS

Virginia: “What if humans had mantis shrimp powers?” from listener Samara D

Julian: "Who invented alphabetical order?" from listener Paul P

Trace: "Where is the internet?" from guest Virginia Schutte, PhD

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Universally Bricked03 Aug 202300:55:42

This episode, Trace attempts to rebuild the sun out of (BRAND NAME CONSTRUCTION TOY) and Julian systematically destroys the universe by changing one tiny thing. 

QUESTIONS

Julian: "What would happen if you could cancel each of the four fundamental forces?" from Clifton B

Trace: "How long would it take to build a replica of the sun from plastic bricks?" from a young listener in Canada

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The "Creative" Engineering of Star Wars Blasters26 Sep 202401:25:36

This is the episode you're looking for.

This week Trace gets creative with an answer about unponderable ponderances, and Julian goes pew pew a lot with a poll-winning quesiton about Picard’s favorite weapon! We have a NEW HOPE that you’ll enjoy episode 52!

QUESTIONS

Julian: "What would a Star Wars blaster and/or ray gun be like if it could exist?" from poll winner, Nic

Trace: "Where does creativity come from?" from Meredith

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Sisters who Share a Brain20 Jul 202300:44:37

This episode Julian finds out if cartoon logic could power your sail boat and Trace tries to answer the question “can we have a hive mind?” But, of course, if we did, I guess you’d already know the answer.

QUESTIONS

Julian: "Could a sail boat be powered by a fan?" from Samara D

Trace: "What if all humans shared the same brain?" from X

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But it is pointy?06 Jul 202300:47:45

This episode Julian puts too fine a point on what the pointiest thing ever and why it exists in the first place, and Trace casts a wary eye toward the other species just waiting to take over when humanity disappears.

QUESTIONS 

Julian: "What’s the pointiest thing?"

Trace: "If all humans disappeared which species would take over?"

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This episode of That's Absurd Please Elaborate was written by Trace Dominguez and Julian Huguet, edited by Kyle Sisk, and produced by all three of us. Special thanks to friends and family for listening to the edits and help us make this better.

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A Missing Moon | feat. Dr. Ali Mattu22 Jun 202301:26:28

This episode Julian explores the moon (or a lack thereof), Trace placates us with placenta pontification, and special guest Dr. Ali Mattu tells the robots it’s OK to feel feelings.

QUESTIONS

Trace: "What happened to placentas and umbilical cords in the past" from Dr. Mattu

Dr. Ali Mattu: “Can robots love” from ChatGPT

Julian: "What would the world be like if there was no moon?" from Trace

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CREDITS

This episode of That's Absurd Please Elaborate was written by Trace Dominguez and Julian Huguet, edited by Kyle Sisk, and produced by all three of us. Special thanks to Ali Mattu for joining, and for everyone listening. Your feedback helps make this better.

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Scores of Mutual Nightmares08 Jun 202300:56:36

This episode Trace thinks about thinking, which is pretty cool when you think about it, and Julian explores alternative disaster prevention strategies (Spoiler: it causes a bigger disaster).

QUESTIONS

Julian: "What if you plugged a volcano with concrete?" from Trace

Trace: "What are thoughts made of?" from Julian

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CREDITS

This episode of That's Absurd Please Elaborate was written by Trace Dominguez and Julian Huguet, edited by Kyle Sisk, and produced by all three of us. Special thanks to friends and family for listening to the edits and help us make this better.

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