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Did VENUS Have VENUSIANS? w/Planetary Geologist KIRBY RUNYON!
This week's show is ripped from the headlines! A study by Michael Way and Anthony Del Genio of NASA's Goddard Institute for Space Studies reveals that VENUS may have been habitable for it's first THR…
Published on 6 years, 1 month ago
If NASA Won MEGAMILLION$$$ - with CASEY DREIER from The PLANETARY SOCIETY!
"No BUCKS, no Buck Rogers," says astronaut Gus Grissom in "The Right Stuff." So we ask, what the if... NASA got hundreds of billions more, or even TRILLIONS of dollars more in funding? Imagine it hap…
Published on 6 years, 1 month ago
The COMET from Beyond!
COMET BORISOV just showed up in our solar system, only the second INTERSTELLAR OBJECT known to visit us! What is it, where does it come from, where's it going and will Earthlings be able to study it …
Published on 6 years, 2 months ago
All the TREES are GONE? With Kyle Crichton!
What The IF... All the TREES were GONE? Would we still have air to breathe? Water to drink? Well don't ponder those questions too long because there's an AVALANCHE coming your way! Our guest Kyle Cri…
Published on 6 years, 2 months ago
Let's CRISPR with Carl ZIMMER!
Would you CRISPR your baby? The great science journalist Carl Zimmer, award winning columnist for the New York Times and author of thirteen (!) books joins us to imagine the steep up sides and the sl…
Published on 6 years, 2 months ago
SEAN CARROLL: Phone Calls from MANY WORLDS!
As you read these words, copies of you are being created. Theoretical physicist SEAN CARROLL says the astonishing MANY WORLDS theory might be correct, and if it is… 5,000 times per second your reali…
Published on 6 years, 2 months ago
111 - Is There GOLD In Them ASTEROIDS!
Listener Daniel asks: WTiF we could get rich from drilling for gold… in space? --- Please REVIEW our podcast! itunes.apple.com/podcast/id1250517051?mt=2&ls=1 SUBSCRIBE (for free!) pod.link/1250517051…
Published on 6 years, 3 months ago
110 - Inter-Galactic MAILBAG!
Once again, our listener mail bag is exploding! Our fans, aka our #SuperIFFers discuss our most mind-blowing shows and share their own mind-bending IF's! What the IF... you could hang out with the sm…
Published on 6 years, 3 months ago
109 - CONQUER the SOLAR SYSTEM with Matt Williams!
Science journalist and Science Fiction author Matt Williams joins us and asks: What the IF humanity conquered the entire solar system, inhabiting every planet, moon, asteroid, nook, cranny and whatev…
Published on 6 years, 3 months ago
108 - The HELIOPAUSE That Refreshes - with Kirby "NASA Man" Runyon!
What the IF you could travel to the very EDGE of the SOLAR SYSTEM... and beyond? What would you see when you looked BACKWARDS? What would happen when you encountered the river of energized particles …
Published on 6 years, 3 months ago