On Speculations, the rules and guidelines are straightforward: 

Me and a guest are given a prompt—challenged to explain a thing we don’t know much about. We have 5 minutes to prepare what we think are sensible and correct statements—something that’s true about our prompt. No research, only hand-written notes. 5 minutes is up. 

We hit record and educatedly guess and profess for ~10 min, building on each other’s tenuous ideas and sometimes desperate statements. A true expert then critiques our speculations, sets the record straight, and curates cool learning links in the episode notes. 

Topic ideas? Drop them in the comments and I’ll tag you if your suggestion becomes a prompt on a future episode. Just one or two words. Ex. wicca, rainbows, anarchism, offshore oil.