In this special end-of-year episode we pull Kyle out of his editing hole and the three of us talk through... more

We have systems in place to prevent this from happening, but somehow we failed. I swear this all happened exactly... more

There's a quote attributed to Albert Einstein, "sit with a pretty girl for an hour and it feels like a... more

This week, Trace delves into some temporal fantasies, like: why people think if they could travel into the past they’d... more

If you made a video call with a very long stick, could you poke the person before the video showed... more

In this holiday rerun of Episode 6: Julian explores what would happen to a world without a moon, Trace performs... more

Friction! It’s what makes the world go rou— No, wait. That’s not it. Friction. It’s what keeps the world from spinning... more

This episode Julian attempts to make jokes but only hears crickets, Trace turns LA into a flaming dumpster fire and... more

Fun fact: the dinosaur in Jurassic Park that spit acid on Nedry doesn’t exist! I mean, Dilophosaurus does, but it... more

Happy Halloween, absurd friends! This time around Julian comes out of his shell to calculate the speed of a Kaiju... more

It's spoOOooOoky season! This week we're scaring you with a giant pasta topping! 👻 Not scared? What if I told... more

In this wild episode, Julian infects your brain with the realization that plants can be VERY murdery, and Trace is... more

This episode Trace tries to find the secret to happiness and special guest host Rohin Francis swaps out blood for... more

We haven’t seen this many fireworks since the Rockefeller Center did that spectacularly wild “Salute to Fireworks” back in 2007.... more

This is the episode you’re looking for. In this episode Trace gets creative with an answer about unponderable ponderances, and Julian... more

Get your moisture sensors ready. In this episode Dr Alex Dainis slides into the scientific journals all about lubrication to... more

You’re at a hockey game. You grabbed nachos and your favorite sports beverage. The Mighty Ducks are playing their rivals,... more

A rogue viking pirate planet hurtles through space looking for plunder and booty. The human race has become a destitute... more

Today in Pod 48 Ellen Weatherford from “Just The Zoo of Us” (family friendly) and “Spellbound and Gagged” (NSFW) joins... more

Are you allergic to cats? When you visit friends does their cat seem to know (somehow) and roll up on... more

For this episode Julian and Trace tackled the very uplifting and shiny topics of tornados and nuclear waste. No worries... more

In episode 45 Julian deconstructs the human experience without our boney scaffold, Trace calculates the detriment (or delight?) of doubling... more

Trace returns to find out if humans could take the green stuff from plants and make enough energy to live.... more

This week astrophysicist Dr Nora Bailey joins Julian roll a set of huge, spherical dice on the future of irradiated... more

This week’s guest host *hic* Sophie Shrand *hic* explores the silly spasm of *hic* hiccuping. Meanwhile, Julian attempts to understand... more

In this episode, it's a battle of (nit)wits! Trace discovers the deadly truth about poison immunity while Julian figures out... more

Sleepwalking is weird, right? Are we the only ones who do that? Julian looks into it. Plus, as long as... more

This episode Trace travels to the magical land of Oz. It’s disgusting. Meanwhile Julian is going to meet him there... more

Science agrees: black holes are really cool. TAPE listener Robert, on the other hand, disagrees with science, and thinks their... more

This week Trace’s quest for answers takes him to a magical fantasy land of wizards, frozen keys, and bodily fluids.... more

Imagine there’s no war. Would we have cell phones? GPS? Shovels?! Would we still be able to pop open a... more

Have you ever felt someone’s gaze on you? This episode Julian explores why we seem to sense when eyes are... more

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

This episode Trace tries to track down the first word ever uttered by human kind and Julian gets confused about... more

In this absolutely absurd episode, Dr Simon Clark ponders if human's could colonize an atmosphere like Jupiter's -- Star Wars... more

It’s been one year since we launched That's Absurd, Please Elaborate and what an absurdly fun ride it's been. ... more

Did you know scientists turned a swarm of crabs into a computer? Julian explores if it can play an old... more

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

This week Julian explores the rocket science of farts. That’s a sentence that had likely never been written until this... more

This episode Trace imagines what it would take to lock a world in darkness while Julian does something very suspicious... more