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What The If? — 131 episodes

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

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MEGASTRUCTURES! With Journalist & Science Fiction Author MATT WILLIAMS

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Can We Open A PUB On MARS? w/the Author of ALCOHOL IN SPACE, Chris Carberry!

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

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

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Welcome to LAMARCK-issic Park! No Darwins Allowed!

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Planet NIBURU Crashes Into EARTH! With Astronomer BOB KING

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LEAP Into a QUANTUM COMPUTER!

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I Married A NEANDERTHAL - A SciFi Love Story

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Spelunking Deep Inside A SOLID STATE Brain!

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Waltz INSIDE A Classical COMPUTER!

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The AZTECS Were Awesome SEISMOLOGISTS - with Robin George Andrews!

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Did VENUS Have VENUSIANS? w/Planetary Geologist KIRBY RUNYON!

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

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The COMET from Beyond!

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All the TREES are GONE? With Kyle Crichton!

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Let's CRISPR with Carl ZIMMER!

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SEAN CARROLL: Phone Calls from MANY WORLDS!

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111 - Is There GOLD In Them ASTEROIDS!

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110 - Inter-Galactic MAILBAG!

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109 - CONQUER the SOLAR SYSTEM with Matt Williams!

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108 - The HELIOPAUSE That Refreshes - with Kirby "NASA Man" Runyon!

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107 - Land A Man On The EARTH! - with Nancy Atkinson

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106 - What The MONKEY? Part 2 of Our TWIS Special!

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105 - What The KIKI? Part 1 of Our TWIS Special!

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104 - Walking on IO with Robin Andrews!

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103 - Alastair Reynolds!

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102 - WTiF Apollo Never Stopped? Encore Presenation With FRASER CAIN!

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101 - Planet of POISON!

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100 - Paul McAULEY Shrinks The SUN!

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99 - Living INSIDE The Big BANG

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98 - OWN Your Own BRAIN

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97 - Spacetime GOGGLES

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96 - How To Cook With A Star Trek REPLICATOR

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95 - ASTROLOGY??? Heaven Help Us!

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94 - MEAT Vs. The WORLD

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93 - EINSTEIN'S WAR - Part Two - With Author MATT STANLEY

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92 - EINSTEIN'S WAR - Part One - With Author MATT STANLEY

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91 - Standing TALL On A Dwarf PLANET - Visit PLUTO With Kirby Runyon!

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90 - VOLCANOES Like To Party - With Volcanologist Karen Holmberg!

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89 - Fraser Cain - WTiF Apollo Never Stopped!

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88 - Sci - Fi Author, DAN MOREN - "What The IF ENCRYPTION Runs Amok?"

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87 - Galactic MAILBAG!

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86 - The Science Of NOTHING - Ness!

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85 - WTiF NASA Asked YOU For Help? - #NASAsocial At KSC & The Planetary Society's DAY OF ACTION

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84 - Planet Of The Identical TWINS!

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83 - COLD Blooded People

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82 - CETACEAN INVASION! WTiF Whales Take Back The Land?

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81 - Love Thy MOON

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80 - HAGFISH - Champion Of The SLIMER BOWL!

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79 - The Notorious BIG... BANG!

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78 - PIGEON VISION

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77 - Let's Pretend We're WHALES! Dr. Vanessa Pirotta Turns Us Into Super Smart Cetaceans

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76 - Now We Know How Many BRAINS It Takes To Fill The Albert Hall

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75 - WTiF You Could See EARTH RISE... With Your Own Eyes?

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74 - Bubbling Brew Of PARALLEL UNIVERSE Stew

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73 - It's An ARTHUR C. CLARKE Christmas!

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72 - How To Tell People EARTH IS MELTING Without Killing The Party

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71 - Does A Watched PLANET Ever BOIL?

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71 - Does A Watched PLANET Ever BOIL?

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70 - Victory Over GRAVITY!

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69 - Dummies VS Gravity!

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68 - Are We Entertaining The MARTIANS?

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67 - KEPLER'S Planets & EGOMANIACAL Mathematicians!

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66 - Danger, SLOW BRAIN Ahead! TIME DILATION From Head To Toe

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65 - Can You Trust Your Family ROBOT?

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64 - Physicist CLIFFORD JOHNSON Peers Deep Into A BLACK HOLE And Finds...?

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63 - Astronomy SMELLS - The Art & Science Of Data Visualization

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62 - GHOSTS!

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61 - FLAT EARTH YouTube LIVE Special! - Joining Forces With The NonSequitur Show

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60 - See The RADIO WAVES All Around YOU! The Science & Wonder Of Electromagnetic Fields

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59 - DEEPER Into THE SUN We Go - Flying And Frying... For Science!

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58 - How To THINK Like A BIRD! The Science of Animal Consciousness With DR. KIKI

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57 - Our SUBMARINE Dives... Into The SUN!

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56 - CRUSHED Or BROILED - Choose Your Fate At The Global Warming BBQ!

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55 - Standing On A SIZZLING Earth - Ultra Fast Greenhouse Effect!

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54 - BACTERIA Have Sent You A FRIEND REQUEST!

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53 - Honey, I Shrunk The UNIVERSE!

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52 - Is Earth A BOSS LEVEL, Or Just A LOOT BOX?

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51 - Do We LIVE In A VIDEO GAME?

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50 - DARK SIDE Of The EARTH

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49 - OUMUAMAUA Has It's Eyes On YOU

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48 - The Girl Scouts Make A STARGATE

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47 - The Early Bird Gets The WORMHOLE

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46 - WTiF There's ANIMALS On MARS? Cute Ones!

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45 - The Plato Has Landed

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44b - Bonus! - LOSING THE NOBEL PRIZE - Astronomer Brian KEATING On His Bestselling Book

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44a - Journey To The CENTER OF THE GALAXY - With Astronomer Brian KEATING

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43 - The World According To Greek Weirdos

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42 - SuperMegaUltraHyperConnectedWORLD!

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41 - M.I.T., The Mysterious Inter-Terrestrial

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40 - DON'T FLIP OFF THE FRICTION

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39 - Slip Slidin' Away!

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38 - KILLER CLUTTER OF QUANTA!

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37 - ASTROLOGY??? Heaven Help Us!

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36 - BIG BANGS Are The Best Toys!

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35 - Stephen Hawking Says, "FEAR NOT The Black Hole!"

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34 - Struttin' Down QUANTUM Street

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33 - How SLOW Can You GLOW?

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32 - Black Hole BONGO!

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31 - OOPS, Earth Did It Again

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30 - Magnetic Poles Gonna ROLL

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29 - ELON and the Incredible, Wonderful, Not Bad, Very GOOD Day

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28 - Global Munchies Attack! But There's No More SALT!

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27 - Earth Will ROCK YOUR WORLD

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26 - Dance For Us, Human! DANCE!

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25 - The "T" in "E.T." stands for TEASE. Arghhhh!

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24 - Alien Abduction: PRO TIPS!

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23 - Say Hello To A UFO

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22 - Dinosaurs With Big Brains And Bad Ideas

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21 - Welcome to FLAT EARTH, Safety Not Guaranteed

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20 - When An IF! Runs AMOK

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19 - The HAIKU At The Center Of The Universe

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18 - MATH -- The Elephant In All The Rooms

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17 - NASA Stolen By Philosophers Hopped Up On Pipe Smoke

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16 - DO NOT TOUCH THE GRAVITY DIAL

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15 - Dark Matter: You're Soaking In It!

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14 - Who Shall Inherit The Earth, And How Furry Will They Be?

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13 - Hot Rod Rocket Cars, Burnin' Mars Gas!

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12 - Alien Big Mac Wrapper Found On The Moon

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11 - Can God Be Hacked???

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10 - Gee, Your Universe Smells Terrific

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9 - A Naughty Chair For The Whole World

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8 - Bad Kids With Badass Lasers

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7 - How Will You Feel On YOUR First Trip In Space?

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6 - When Logic Lets You Down

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5 - Fear The Cookies & Tea Apocalypse

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4 - How Many Brains Does It Take To Fill The Albert Hall?

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3 - Time Dilation, From Head To Toe

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2 - Attack Of The Therapy Bots

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1 - Astronomy Smells