The Multiverse Employee Handbook

Our Other Nearest Neighbours

24 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Humanity has spent thousands of years naming constellations, building calendars, and writing mythology onto the night sky — largely ignoring the act...

Is Tau Ceti Our Project Hail Mary?

17 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Eleven point nine light-years away, in the constellation of a mythological sea monster, sits a star that astronomers, SETI researchers, and science fi...

Rewind: Don’t Panic - 42 and the Cosmic Coincidences

11 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Join us for a towel-mandatory celebration of Douglas Adams as we explore the most suspiciously significant number in the multiverse! 🎧 Love the sho...

Why The Renewed Interest in Uranus?

10 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Uranus has been rolling through the solar system on its side for four and a half billion years, confidently labelled an ice giant since a single space...

What Happens if We Catch a Graviton? (It Changes Everything)

03 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Gravity has been operating continuously, without maintenance, since approximately 13.8 billion years ago — and it still hasn't confirmed its own car...

Srinivasa Ramanujan: A Life in Numbers

24 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

In January 1913, Cambridge mathematician G.H. Hardy received a letter from an unknown clerk in Madras containing nine pages of mathematical theorems w...

Can We Live On the Moon?

17 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

More than fifty years after Eugene Cernan left the last human bootprint in lunar regolith, the Moon has become the focal point of a new space race dri...

The Red Dots At The Beginning of Time

10 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

In 2022, the James Webb Space Telescope discovered something impossible: compact, mysteriously bright red objects scattered throughout the early unive...

Space Hotels Are Here (Sort Of)

03 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Space tourism has arrived—sort of—transitioning from impossible dream to technically achievable reality for the extraordinarily wealthy. 🎧 Love...

Where Are We?

27 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

An exploration of humanity's most straightforward question that turns out not to be straightforward at all: where are we? 🎧 Love the show? Help us ...

Artemis II

20 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

An exploration of Artemis II—humanity's first crewed return to lunar space in over fifty years, launching February 2026. 🎧 Love the show? Help us...

GPS: How the Military Built Your Fitness Tracker

13 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

An exploration of how GPS evolved from $12 billion military infrastructure designed to guide nuclear missiles into the civilian technology that tracks...

Aliens Are Probably Boring (And That’s the Real Problem)

06 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

A look at the Fermi Paradox, the Great Silence, and the unsettling possibility that advanced civilizations evolve into something indistinguishable fro...

2025 As a Mathematical Concept

30 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

As 2025 draws to a close, we're examining 2025 as a number—ignoring the arbitrary calendar to explore its mathematical properties. 🎧 Love the sho...

The End of the ISS (and What Comes After)

23 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The International Space Station—humanity's most ambitious construction project and longest-running orbital flatshare—is scheduled for retirement i...

That “Lost” Asteroid That Might Hit Earth

17 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In 2007, astronomers spotted a 54-million-ton asteroid, tracked it for just 1.2 days, and then lost it. 🎧 Love the show? Help us improve in 2 minut...

A Brief History of Humans Yelling Into Space: The Arecibo Message

18 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This week marks fifty-one years since humanity’s most enthusiastic “Hello” to the cosmos — a three-minute binary broadcast known as the Arecib...

Bonus: Close Encounters of the Third Kind

14 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

November 15th, 2025 marks forty-eight years since the release of Close Encounters of the Third Kind, the film that turned alien contact into a musical...

Your Quantum Startup Kit Has Arrived

11 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In "Your Quantum Startup Kit Has Arrived," we explore quantum mechanics—the operating system running everything from atoms to stars—starting with ...

What 3I/ATLAS Taught Us About the Galaxy—and Ourselves

04 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

When an interstellar comet drifts through our Solar System, the scientists study it—and the Square-Haired Boss throws it a welcome party with no cak...

Alpha Centauri: That Neighbour You’ve Never Met

28 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Explore the Alpha Centauri system—our nearest stellar neighbors at 4.37 light-years—and discover why "nearby" in cosmic terms still means impossib...

Rewind: Oumuamua. Not What Astronomers Thought

21 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Another rewind. This time, 'Oumuamua! AI Transparency: In a universe of AI-generated content, we believe in being transparent about what's human an...

Rewind: Are We Living In A Simulation?

14 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In this rewind episode from season one, we dive into Nick Bostrom's simulation argument, which suggests there are only three possibilities: advanced c...

Is The Multiverse Real? Or Just Bad Science?

07 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Join us as we explore whether the multiverse is legitimate science or elaborate excuse-making for fine-tuning problems. 🎧 Love the show? Help us im...

Engage: The Science of the Holodeck

30 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This week we examine the rather optimistic notion that one might construct a room capable of becoming anywhere in the universe, provided one doesn't m...

We Explain Nothing!

23 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This week we tackle nothing—not the Seinfeld variety, but the rather more complicated scientific sort that refuses to behave properly despite centur...

The Kardashev Scale And Other Measurements That Make Us Feel Small

16 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Discover cosmic measurement scales that make ant farms look like thriving metropolises as we dive into humanity's hilariously insignificant position i...

What is China Doing in Space?

09 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This week, we examine China's approach to space exploration, which bears a striking resemblance to that employee who arrives fashionably late to the g...

The Light That Left Before You Were Born

02 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Stargazing, if we’re honest, is just flipping through the universe’s backlog of outdated correspondence. Every speck of light is a cosmic memo del...

Season 3 Trailer - The Multiverse Employee Handbook

26 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Season 3 drops on September 2nd! The multiverse of employment expands once again! Season 3 of The Multiverse Employee Handbook arrives with more scien...

Our First Trip Around the Sun: A Multiverse Evaluation

21 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In keeping with the ancient corporate rite of pretending time is a measurable thing, The Multiverse Employee Handbook presents its inaugural performan...

Einstein Was Wrong?

19 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Join us for our last episode of season 2 as we explore how MIT's groundbreaking 2025 experiment finally settled the century-old Einstein-Bohr debate a...

Fusion Propulsion: Almost Working Since Forever

12 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Join us as we explore humanity's 70-year quest to harness controlled nuclear fusion for space propulsion, where the gap between science fiction's conv...

A Trash Tour of the Moon

05 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to the ultimate cosmic real estate disaster! Join us as we explore how 65 years of space exploration accidentally turned the Moon into humanit...

The Great Cosmic Void: Rethinking Our Place in Space

29 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Scientists have discovered Earth may be floating in a 2-billion-light-year-wide bubble of cosmic nothingness—the universe's equivalent of premium ru...

Are We Close To Finding Alien Life?

22 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Are we about to make first contact… or have aliens left us on hold for the last 50,000 years with a playlist titled “Symphony for Quasar and Dark ...

NASA and the Cosmic Tragedy of Apollo 18–20

15 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Discover how trained astronauts, assembled rockets, and planned lunar bases fell victim to the most destructive force in the universe: bureaucratic en...

The Long, Strange History of Lagrange Points

08 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Ever wondered how to achieve perfect work-life balance in the vacuum of space? Join us for humanity's most successful example of building infrastructu...

Project West Ford: The Day the U.S. Tried to Fill Space with Needles

01 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Discover the most audacious Cold War experiment ever launched: America's plan to solve communication vulnerabilities by gift-wrapping Earth in 480 mil...

Bonus Episode: The Strange Science of Time Crystals (feat. Frank Wilczek’s Wild Idea)

27 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Perpetual motion machines that actually work? Welcome to the impossible physics of time crystals! https://multiverseemployeehandbook.com Join us as we...

Is Time Real - Or Just An Illusion?

24 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Ever wondered why time flies when you're having fun but crawls during team meetings? Scientists now think your subjective experience might be revealin...

This Tube of Dirt Will Take 15 Years to Get Here

17 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The most expensive dirt delivery service in the solar system meets the universe's most unforgiving schedule. https://multiverseemployeehandbook.com Jo...

Dark Matter: Does It Matter? (featuring the Rubin Observatory)

10 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

From the Atacama Desert at the foot of the revolutionary Vera C. Rubin Observatory, we explore the universe's greatest cosmic mystery: why most of rea...

Math is Weird

03 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Discover why humanity's greatest intellectual achievement involves strategic symbol arrangement and existential confusion about whether "nothing" can ...

Part 2, The Employee Guide to Planetary Termination

27 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The panic intensifies! We conclude our Towel Day tribute to Douglas Adams with the top four most efficient methods for planetary termination. From ast...

Trailer - Part 2, The Employee Guide to Planetary Termination

23 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Ready to add some cosmic perspective to your Memorial Day weekend? This trailer previews Tuesday's apocalypse finale, where we count down the universe...

The Employee Guide to Planetary Termination, A Towel Day Special

20 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Don't panic! In honor of Douglas Adams, we present the universe's most efficient methods for serving humanity an "Existence Eviction Notice." https...

First Contact: The Science of Alien Dialogue

13 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

What if aliens have been trying to call us for centuries, but we've been holding the cosmic telephone upside down? In this mind-bending episode, we ex...

Wormholes: The Universe's Administrative Shortcut

06 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Breaking news from Black Hole Week 2025! While NASA explores cosmic dead ends, we're mapping the universe's secret shortcuts. When the Interstellar Tr...

The Actual Science of Entropy

29 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Ever wondered why your desk gets messier, never tidier, when left alone? Join us for a deep dive into entropy – the universe's one-way street that e...

Bonus Episode: Entropy Rising - Interstellar Colonization

25 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In this special crossover episode, we're swapping content with our friends at Entropy Rising! Join hosts Jacob and Lucas as they explore the fascinati...

Life on K2-18b? The Interstellar Smell Test

22 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Did astronomers just detect evidence of life 124 light-years away? Explore the groundbreaking discovery of potential biosignatures on exoplanet K2-18b...

The Silurian Hypothesis: Earth's Forgotten Civilization?

15 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Join us as we explore the Silurian Hypothesis - a fascinating scientific thought experiment that asks: if an industrial civilization existed on Earth ...

Robotic Emissaries to the Cosmos

08 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Journey through the solar system with humanity's mechanical ambassadors! From Soviet Luna probes to interstellar Voyagers, we explore how these sophis...

Celebrating 2001: A Space Odyssey

02 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

A cosmic journey through cinema's most influential space odyssey, where murderous AI meets corporate culture. https://multiverseemployeehandbook.com J...

The Anthropic Principle: When the Universe Reads the Handbook

01 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The universe seems suspiciously fine-tuned for our existence - cosmic coincidence or the ultimate corporate policy manual? https://multiverseemployeeh...

The More We Learn, The Jupiter We Feel

25 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

How the solar system's protective bouncer teaches us the unexpected value of massive presence. https://multiverseemployeehandbook.com Join us as we ...

The Twin Paradox

18 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Journey through the spacetime fabric of corporate relativistic policies as we explore Einstein's famous Twin Paradox! In this episode, we present "The...

Einstein's Day: Relatively Special Birthday

14 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Join us for a spacetime celebration as we explore the life and legacy of a patent clerk who bent the universe with nothing but thought experiments and...

Don’t Panic: 42 and the Cosmic Coincidences

11 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Join us for a towel-mandatory celebration of Douglas Adams as we explore the most suspiciously significant number in the multiverse! https://multivers...

The Standard Model: A Corporate Guide to Everything

04 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Seeking another podcast? We love Entropy Rising: https://www.entropy-rising.com/links Join us as we explore the Standard Model of Particle Physics thr...

The Wow! Signal

25 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

What was that other podcast? Oh! Here it is! Listen to Entropy Rising: https://www.entropy-rising.com/links When the cosmos attempts a cold call, d...

The Best Groundhog Day?

18 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Are all time loops created equal? Join us as we explore temporal recursion through the lens of an increasingly frustrated shipping department employee...

Bonus Episode: Galileo at 461

14 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Drop in for a special birthday tribute to Galileo Galilei, history's most famous corporate disruptor. Learn how a routine career change from medicine ...

NASA's Pioneer Mystery

11 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

When two reliable spacecraft start breaking the laws of physics, you get a puzzle that took decades to solve. Join us as we explore the Pioneer Anomal...

How Cold is Space?

04 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Join us as we explore the extreme temperatures of space through the lens of the eternal office thermostat war. In this episode, we present "The Great ...

Bonus Episode: A Brief History of Animals in Space

31 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

What happens when HR decides the best candidate for space travel is someone who can't file their own W-2? Join us for a special bonus episode celebrat...

Quantum Navigation: Why GPS Won't Cut It

28 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

When traditional GPS fails you, where do you turn? Into another dimension, apparently. Join us as we explore the cutting-edge world of quantum navigat...

'Oumuamua: Not What Astronomers Thought

21 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

When marketing meets mysterious interstellar objects, hilarity and scientific discovery collide faster than particles in the Large Hadron Collider. Jo...

CERN for Sale: When Sales Teams Collide with Particle Physics

14 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The hilarious collision of corporate ambition and particle physics! When Brad from Sales decides to disrupt the fundamental forces of nature with "qua...

Bonus Episode: Celebrating the Life and Genius of Stephen Hawking

08 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Dive into the quantum realm of humor and science with our special episode celebrating Stephen Hawking's birthday! This physics humor podcast episode e...

Quantum Computing: No More Binary Excuses

07 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to Season 2! Have you ever wondered what happens when your IT department decides to take Schrödinger's approach to technical support? Join us...

New Year, No Staff: A Quantum State of Restructuring

31 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

The Multiverse Employee Handbook returns in 2025 - where we explore what happens when a podcast achieves the ultimate cost-cutting measure by existing...

Employee of the Multiverse Awards - A Quantum Celebration

24 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to The Multiverse Employee Handbook, where science meets satire and quantum chaos collides with corporate culture! In today's episode, we dive...

The Science of Interstellar, Plus it’s Christmas!

17 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Join us for a festive exploration of interstellar physics as we celebrate both the 10th anniversary of Christopher Nolan's "Interstellar" and the holi...

Are We Living In A Simulation?

10 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Ever wondered if your office printer's inexplicable behavior is actually a glitch in the Matrix? Join us as we explore the mind-bending possibility th...

Bonus Episode: Heisenberg Breaking Bad - The Formula

05 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

🔬 Celebrate Werner Heisenberg's birthday with this special bonus episode of The Multiverse Employee Handbook, where we explore the fascinating inte...

AI Multiverse: The Neural Network Effect

03 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Journey into the mind-bending intersection of artificial intelligence and quantum mechanics 🌌 in this hilarious exploration of what happens when AI...

The “Science” of Star Wars

26 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Journey to a corporate galaxy far, far away ✨ as The Multiverse Employee Handbook tackles the questionable physics of Star Wars! When a Jedi Master ...

Delete to: Event.Horizon

19 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Dive into the cosmic chaos of digital destruction as The Multiverse Employee Handbook explores what happens when someone tries to permanently delete t...

Quantum Customer Service: Supporting Users Across the Multiverse

12 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Journey into the chaotic realm of interdimensional tech support where "Have you tried turning it off and on again?" becomes a question of metaphysical...

Bonus Episode: Remember, Remember the Quantum 5th of November

05 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Join us for a special Science Break episode where Guy Fawkes meets quantum mechanics! Discover how the famous revolutionary exists across infinite rea...

The Multiversal Suggestion Box

05 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Step into the quantum realm of corporate feedback as The Multiverse Employee Handbook explores what happens when every possible employee suggestion ma...

The Multiversal Office Party

29 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Step into the ultimate interdimensional Halloween celebration where The Multiverse Employee Handbook explores the collision of quantum electrodynamics...

M-Theory And Meetings About Meetings

22 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Step into the eleventh dimension of corporate culture with The Multiverse Employee Handbook's latest episode, "M-Theory and Meetings About Meetings." ...

Chapter 11

15 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Dive into interdimensional finance with The Multiverse Employee Handbook! 🌌💼 Explore: • Multiversal bankruptcy paradoxes 🔄💰 • Time-...

The Ninth Doctor

08 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Join us as we channel the Ninth Doctor to navigate the time vortex of interdimensional office life. Discover the perils of supply closet time travel i...

Office Romances Across the Multiverse

01 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Explore the hilarious complexities of multiversal dating in this episode of The Multiverse Employee Handbook. Learn how quantum physics and corporate ...

The Infinite Performance Review

24 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Unlock your career potential across the multiverse with our latest episode of The Multiverse Employee Handbook! 🚀 Journey through the mind-bending ...

Bonus Episode: From Telescopes to Multiverses - Cosmic Observation Evolution

20 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

🔭🌌 Join The Multiverse Employee Handbook for a mind-bending journey through astronomy history! Explore milestones from Galileo's spyglass to the...

Interdimensional Team Building

17 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Join us as we navigate the mind-bending world of "Interdimensional Team Building"! Discover why "trust falls" become "quantum leaps" and "icebreakers"...

The Multiversal Mail Room

10 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

📬🌌 Welcome to the Multiversal Mail Room, where your package is simultaneously lost and delivered! Dive into the mind-bending world of interdimen...

Bonus Episode: The Universe as a Hologram - Unpacking the Holographic Principle

05 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Dive into the mind-bending Holographic Principle with us! 🌌💾 In this special science break: Explore how our 3D universe might be encoded on a 2D...

Interdimensional Health & Safety

03 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Navigate the perils of multiversal workplace safety with us! 🦺🌌 In this episode: Learn proper handling of antimatter in office microwaves; Maste...

Dress for Success: Multidimensional Edition

27 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Step into the quantum closet with our guide to multiversal style! 👔🌌 In this episode: Learn why Klein bottles are the new power suits; Avoid pl...

Interdimensional Commuting 101

22 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Buckle up, interdimensional road warriors! 🚀🕳️ Navigate the cosmic commute conundrum with us. In this episode: Master essential wormhole etiqu...

Orientation Day

21 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to The Multiverse Employee Handbook! 🌌👔 Buckle up for your first day in the interdimensional workplace! In this episode: Learn why your ...