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That's Absurd Please Elaborate
That's Absurd Please Elaborate
Trace Elements Media

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

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Episodes

2024's Stickiest Questions | feat. Producer Kyle

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

09 Jan 2025 · 1 hour, 15 minutes
Oh No. Our Chicken is Cooked

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

26 Dec 2024 · 1 hour, 13 minutes
Hot Hot DNA

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

19 Dec 2024 · 1 hour, 2 minutes
High-Level Poop Talk and Deadly Temporal Fantasies

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

12 Dec 2024 · 1 hour, 2 minutes
Poke the Moon and Land Amongst the Clocks

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

05 Dec 2024 · 1 hour, 16 minutes
Ali Mattu and the Missing Moon | Thanksgiving Rerun!

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

28 Nov 2024 · 1 hour, 30 minutes
Frictionless Ultrasonic Banger

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

21 Nov 2024 · 1 hour, 14 minutes
Surviving Urban Volcanoes Through Cuteness and Butt Hearing | Feat. Dr. Joe Hanson

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

14 Nov 2024 · 1 hour, 46 minutes
We Ship Acid-Spitting Humans

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

07 Nov 2024 · 1 hour, 12 minutes
Snail-zillas Disrupting the Tooth Commodity Market | Halloween Spooktacular II

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

31 Oct 2024 · 57 minutes
Double Jump Over This Human Meatball

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

24 Oct 2024 · 1 hour, 10 minutes
Immortal Squirrels Slain By Salad

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

17 Oct 2024 · 1 hour, 3 minutes
The Inescapable Sadness of the Kool-Aid Man | feat. Dr Rohin Francis of Medlife Crisis

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

10 Oct 2024 · 1 hour, 12 minutes
A Ghostly Fireworky Glow Up | feat. Ceri Riley of SciShow Tangents

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

03 Oct 2024 · 1 hour, 11 minutes
The "Creative" Engineering of Star Wars Blasters

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

26 Sep 2024 · 1 hour, 25 minutes
Is Lava Wet?! | feat Dr Alex Dainis

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

19 Sep 2024 · 46 minutes
The Poor Goaile is… Everywhere | feat. Tom Scott

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

12 Sep 2024 · 1 hour, 19 minutes
Deep Conversations With Whales

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

05 Sep 2024 · 1 hour, 16 minutes
Freaky Mermaids, "REAL" Dragons, and Trace's Evil Twin| feat Ellen Weatherford (Just the Zoo of Us)

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

29 Aug 2024 · 2 hours, 17 minutes
Exploding Three Ways (Yikes)

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

22 Aug 2024 · 1 hour, 13 minutes
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In this wild episode, Julian infects your brain with the realization that plants can be VERY murdery, and Trace is driven NUTS... more