What The If?
Episodes
48 - The Girl Scouts Make A STARGATE
27 Jun 2018
Contributed by Lukas
48 - The Girl Scouts Make A STARGATE by Philip Shane, Matt Stanley, Gabrielle Paniccia
47 - The Early Bird Gets The WORMHOLE
20 Jun 2018
Contributed by Lukas
47 - The Early Bird Gets The WORMHOLE by Philip Shane, Matt Stanley, Gabrielle Paniccia
46 - WTiF There's ANIMALS On MARS? Cute Ones!
11 Jun 2018
Contributed by Lukas
46 - WTiF There's ANIMALS On MARS? Cute Ones! by Philip Shane, Matt Stanley, Gabrielle Paniccia
45 - The Plato Has Landed
07 Jun 2018
Contributed by Lukas
(Apologies if you heard this episode earlier, it was accidentally uploaded last week for a brief time. Still... it's a fun one! Enjoy.)
44b - Bonus! - LOSING THE NOBEL PRIZE - Astronomer Brian KEATING On His Bestselling Book
29 May 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Professor Brian Keating is an astrophysicist with UC San Diego’s Department of Physics. He and his team develop telescopes to study the Big Bang. He...
44a - Journey To The CENTER OF THE GALAXY - With Astronomer Brian KEATING
29 May 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Professor Brian Keating is an astrophysicist with UC San Diego’s Department of Physics. He and his team develop telescopes to study the Big Bang. He...
43 - The World According To Greek Weirdos
23 May 2018
Contributed by Lukas
43 - The World According To Greek Weirdos by Philip Shane, Matt Stanley, Gabrielle Paniccia
42 - SuperMegaUltraHyperConnectedWORLD!
16 May 2018
Contributed by Lukas
42 - SuperMegaUltraHyperConnectedWORLD! by Philip Shane, Matt Stanley, Gabrielle Paniccia
41 - M.I.T., The Mysterious Inter-Terrestrial
08 May 2018
Contributed by Lukas
41 - M.I.T., The Mysterious Inter-Terrestrial by Philip Shane, Matt Stanley, Gabrielle Paniccia
40 - DON'T FLIP OFF THE FRICTION
02 May 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Professor Matt returns to the WTIF Studios to drop some knowledge on all the questions and imaginary scenarios we generated in our last episode when w...
39 - Slip Slidin' Away!
20 Apr 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Did you ever try ice skating? Did you fall, or did you fly??? This week, Philip flips the friction switch! What if we could TURN OFF FRICTION all acro...
38 - KILLER CLUTTER OF QUANTA!
14 Apr 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Super fan and fellow IFFER Eric is desperate to de-clutter his apartment and, gosh darnit, no matter how much he piles things together, the dagnabbit ...
37 - ASTROLOGY??? Heaven Help Us!
29 Mar 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Astrology is super complicated and totally crazy. But! What The IF... Astrology were REAL? Would there be "personality rays" shooting out of the plane...
36 - BIG BANGS Are The Best Toys!
24 Mar 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Edward Teller, creator of the Hydrogen Bomb wondered one day (smoke drifting from his pipe) could NUCLEAR BOMBS be used for (puff puff) PEACEFUL purpo...
35 - Stephen Hawking Says, "FEAR NOT The Black Hole!"
14 Mar 2018
Contributed by Lukas
In memoriam, we remember and celebrate Stephen Hawking by turning up his HAWKING RADIATION to eleven!!! What the IF would happen if, as Black Holes no...
34 - Struttin' Down QUANTUM Street
08 Mar 2018
Contributed by Lukas
What The IF we experienced our world operating by the BIZARRO rules of QUANTUM MECHANICS? Matt is holding up an umbrella and urging us to join him on ...
33 - How SLOW Can You GLOW?
01 Mar 2018
Contributed by Lukas
What The IF the SPEED OF LIGHT were much much much much much s... l... o... w... e... rrrrrrrrrrrr? Like WTiF it were only 4 MPH, so that when you wen...
32 - Black Hole BONGO!
23 Feb 2018
Contributed by Lukas
From the pre-Harry Potter Scottish Enlightenment to public relations wizardry of Galileo to the classic anchor pairings of Fox News to genius of SETI ...
31 - OOPS, Earth Did It Again
15 Feb 2018
Contributed by Lukas
It's an epic WTiF DOUBLE FEATURE! The apocalyptic scenario served up to us by our imaginative listener Kyle, in which the Earth's core dances like a c...
30 - Magnetic Poles Gonna ROLL
15 Feb 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Another awesome IF inspired by a listener! This week, listener Kyle asks, WHAT THE IF would happen if the Earth's magnetic pole FLIPPED? Birds depend ...
29 - ELON and the Incredible, Wonderful, Not Bad, Very GOOD Day
08 Feb 2018
Contributed by Lukas
ELON MUSK launched his own car into space, on a flight to Mars and beyond. What The IF we could ALL do that? And ride in our space cars wherever we wa...
28 - Global Munchies Attack! But There's No More SALT!
22 Jan 2018
Contributed by Lukas
SALT is life. Potato chips are even better life! No salt, NO LIFE. What The IF all the salt in the world ran out??? A very special, very imaginat...
27 - Earth Will ROCK YOUR WORLD
19 Jan 2018
Contributed by Lukas
TODAY WAS CRAZY because GEOLOGY suddenly sped up like craaaaaazzzzy. No more waiting eons for mountains to rise, watch 'em before your very eyes. Heck...
26 - Dance For Us, Human! DANCE!
11 Jan 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Today we solve, once and for all, one of humanity's greatest mysteries: WHY are the Aliens TEASING US??? Plan for the best, prepare for the worst, peo...
25 - The "T" in "E.T." stands for TEASE. Arghhhh!
04 Jan 2018
Contributed by Lukas
PART THREE OF THE WTiF UFO CHRONICLES. Philip rubs his hands together and plots how to score an interview with one of the aliens who've abducted him. ...
24 - Alien Abduction: PRO TIPS!
28 Dec 2017
Contributed by Lukas
DEAR ALIEN ABDUCTEES: Please help us out, take pictures! Also, can we get AIRLINES to pick us up at home, while we're sleeping, too??? It'd be so much...
23 - Say Hello To A UFO
21 Dec 2017
Contributed by Lukas
We watch the skies, and read the New York Times and we shout OMG! A very special What The IF?
22 - Dinosaurs With Big Brains And Bad Ideas
14 Dec 2017
Contributed by Lukas
WE DELAY THE ASTEROID that killed the dinosaurs by five minutes, and thus... the giant lizard dudes and dudettes continued to breed, and evolve. And t...
21 - Welcome to FLAT EARTH, Safety Not Guaranteed
07 Dec 2017
Contributed by Lukas
• Email us [email protected], let us know you're listening & share your thoughts! FLAT EARTH: words the strike fear into the heart of every...
20 - When An IF! Runs AMOK
30 Nov 2017
Contributed by Lukas
How FAR can you stretch a thought experiment? How much can you bend your mind? How far off the cliff can we run without looking down? Today we push th...
19 - The HAIKU At The Center Of The Universe
23 Nov 2017
Contributed by Lukas
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18 - MATH -- The Elephant In All The Rooms
22 Nov 2017
Contributed by Lukas
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17 - NASA Stolen By Philosophers Hopped Up On Pipe Smoke
17 Nov 2017
Contributed by Lukas
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16 - DO NOT TOUCH THE GRAVITY DIAL
09 Nov 2017
Contributed by Lukas
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15 - Dark Matter: You're Soaking In It!
02 Nov 2017
Contributed by Lukas
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14 - Who Shall Inherit The Earth, And How Furry Will They Be?
25 Oct 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Enjoy the show? Leave an iTunes review! http://getpodcast.reviews/id/1250517051 We humans share the Earth with many species, and some people see us H...
13 - Hot Rod Rocket Cars, Burnin' Mars Gas!
18 Oct 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Using gravity waves, Astronomers announced they discovered two neutron stars colliding in an epic explosion! Forbes Magazine's favorite fact about thi...
12 - Alien Big Mac Wrapper Found On The Moon
11 Oct 2017
Contributed by Lukas
NASA has emergency plans for what to do if they find an alien artifact on the Moon or anywhere in space (for real!). Elon Musk probably does, too. Wha...
11 - Can God Be Hacked???
07 Oct 2017
Contributed by Lukas
If miracles could be proven by science, oh man, wouldn't things would be better for everyone? Wouldn't it be awesome? And fun? And super helpful? We i...
10 - Gee, Your Universe Smells Terrific
30 Sep 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Imagine if space was breathable... If you could swim in it, fly in it, go anywhere you want wearing only your bathing suit, or your birthday suit! Wou...