36 episodes

Seriously researched answers to absolutely ridiculous questions. New episodes every week.

That's Absurd Please Elaborate Trace Elements Media

    • Science
    • 4.9 • 35 Ratings

Seriously researched answers to absolutely ridiculous questions. New episodes every week.

    You Shower Too Often But Can Never Helicopter Enough

    You Shower Too Often But Can Never Helicopter Enough

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

    • 1 hr 15 min
    A Whole New Word, An Old Pair of Genes

    A Whole New Word, An Old Pair of Genes

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

    • 57 min
    Could We Colonize a Gas Giant? What if we were Vampires? | feat. Dr Simon Clark

    Could We Colonize a Gas Giant? What if we were Vampires? | feat. Dr Simon Clark

    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. Plus, since we’re talking about 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!

    • 1 hr 27 min
    THE ABSURD-IVERSARY LIGHTNING ROUND SPECTACULAR!!!!

    THE ABSURD-IVERSARY LIGHTNING ROUND SPECTACULAR!!!!

    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.

    • 1 hr 18 min
    Making Peace With Squirrels, Waging War With Crabs | feat. Deboki Chakravarti

    Making Peace With Squirrels, Waging War With Crabs | feat. Deboki Chakravarti

    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.

    • 1 hr 31 min
    What if People Reproduced Like Plants? | feat. Maynard Okereke (Hip Hop MD)

    What if People Reproduced Like Plants? | feat. Maynard Okereke (Hip Hop MD)

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

    • 1 hr 2 min

Customer Reviews

4.9 out of 5
35 Ratings

35 Ratings

Gooberroo ,

A phenomenal science (and comedy!) podcast

You know when a question pops into your brain and you go “huh I wonder if there’s an actual scientific explanation for that?”? That’s what this show is!!! Trace and Julian look into the actual science and history behind those questions and it is wonderful and informative and just an absolute delight.

JadeC2003 ,

So fun!

Found this show through SciShow Tangents and am so pleased with what I’ve heard so far! Funny and interesting. Definitely recommend. I’ve already recommended it to a family and friends. Hope for many episodes to come. 😁

Dj Mally Mals ,

Fun/quirky topics, fun quirky hosts.

Fun/quirky topics, fun quirky hosts.

Real knowledge & research for us non-knowledgable researchers

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