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38 - KILLER CLUTTER OF QUANTA!
Super fan and fellow IFFER Eric is desperate to de-clutter his apartment and, gosh darnit, no matter how much he piles things together, the dagnabbit things don't get smaller... THE UNIVERSE REFUSES …
Published on 7 years, 8 months ago
37 - ASTROLOGY??? Heaven Help Us!
Astrology is super complicated and totally crazy. But! What The IF... Astrology were REAL? Would there be "personality rays" shooting out of the planets? So many, many questions. Our crack Crazy Elab…
Published on 7 years, 8 months ago
36 - BIG BANGS Are The Best Toys!
Edward Teller, creator of the Hydrogen Bomb wondered one day (smoke drifting from his pipe) could NUCLEAR BOMBS be used for (puff puff) PEACEFUL purposes? Could you build a harbor with the flick of a…
Published on 7 years, 8 months ago
35 - Stephen Hawking Says, "FEAR NOT The Black Hole!"
In memoriam, we remember and celebrate Stephen Hawking by turning up his HAWKING RADIATION to eleven!!! What the IF would happen if, as Black Holes not only evaporate, as Hawking discovered, but they…
Published on 7 years, 9 months ago
34 - Struttin' Down QUANTUM Street
What The IF we experienced our world operating by the BIZARRO rules of QUANTUM MECHANICS? Matt is holding up an umbrella and urging us to join him on the street corner, where we'll team up by the bud…
Published on 7 years, 9 months ago
33 - How SLOW Can You GLOW?
What The IF the SPEED OF LIGHT were much much much much much s... l... o... w... e... rrrrrrrrrrrr? Like WTiF it were only 4 MPH, so that when you went walking, you were already rocketing along, step…
Published on 7 years, 9 months ago
32 - Black Hole BONGO!
From the pre-Harry Potter Scottish Enlightenment to public relations wizardry of Galileo to the classic anchor pairings of Fox News to genius of SETI and.... badda-BING we find ourselves asking What …
Published on 7 years, 9 months ago
31 - OOPS, Earth Did It Again
It's an epic WTiF DOUBLE FEATURE! The apocalyptic scenario served up to us by our imaginative listener Kyle, in which the Earth's core dances like a chicken at a chicken wedding... continues! In our …
Published on 7 years, 10 months ago
30 - 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? Birds depend on it, fish depend on it, and by golly WE depend …
Published on 7 years, 10 months ago
29 - ELON and the Incredible, Wonderful, Not Bad, Very GOOD Day
ELON MUSK launched his own car into space, on a flight to Mars and beyond. What The IF we could ALL do that? And ride in our space cars wherever we wanted to go?
Published on 7 years, 10 months ago