74: Autumn Leaves & Swearing
Why do leaves change color? No... like really? Like, show-me-the-scientific-literature-really? After all how mysterious could the answer be? And holy frick we're finally doing a topic on swearing!! W...
21 Nov 20241h 49min
73: Linguist Gretchen McCulloch, Latin in Science, and Internet Linguistics
Internet linguist Gretchen McCulloch of Lingthusiasm joins us to casually answer all of our pressing linguistics questions with the most mind blowing facts. Why does science use so much dang latin, a...
7 Nov 20241h 25min
72: Former Cryptids & The Art of a Scary Story
Cryptids may be spooky, but what about the spooky animals that turned out to be... real?? And what makes a good spooky story? Could it be something secretly... heartwarming??Timestamps:(00:07:15) Intr...
24 Okt 20241h 57min
71: 🎂 Good Invasive Species, Rock Climbing, and Ig Interviews
For our birthday this year, we've each gifted a topic for one another! For Caroline, an environmental hot take: can invasive species ever be... good? For Tom, an entire topic about one of his favorite...
10 Okt 20242h 5min
70: The Core of the Earth & Planned Obsolescence
What's actually going on in the center of the Earth, and just how interesting and useful could it be? And how did the now ubiquitous Planned Obsolescence start with... bicycles??Images we Talk About:...
26 Sep 20241h 52min
69: Hank Green, Sex Science, Reverse Platypi, and the First Dick Drawing
Longtime inspiration and friend of the show Hank Green joins us for a very special episode! How do colonial organisms with just one queen avoid incest? How many Ig Nobels have gone to sex science? Ca...
12 Sep 20242h
68: Phrenology & Lego
It's an infamous pseudoscience, but what haven't we learned from the rise and fall of Phrenology? And Lego are ubiquitous, which means there's a lot to learn and a lot of nuance for our love of these ...
29 Aug 20241h 42min
Recast: LLE on SIF - Eeny, meeny, miny, moe
While we're sending Tom "Well Wissage" and a speedy recovery, enjoy Ella & Caroline on this tremendous episode of one of our sibling shows on the network, Secretly Incredibly Fascinating!
15 Aug 20241h 5min
