Hosts: Rob & Ish

What would happen if every person ever was a ghost? There have been theoretically 100 billion people who've ever lived, so that's just under a dozen ghosts per person. What could ghosts do? Could you hire them on fiver?

Anyway, moon's haunted.

Oh and check out the What If series from the creator of XKCD

https://what-if.xkcd.com/ (not sponsored)

Better content creators:

https://www.youtube.com/@decodingtheunknown2373

https://papadosio.com/

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Rob & Matt

People enjoy music, people enjoy alcohol, what if we Reese's peanut buttered those two things? You don't realize how freely available music is until you try to figure out how people would deal with it making you drunk. We are working towards a bigger guest list but missed the mark this time, maybe some day.

Here's a movie that is out that seems interesting: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Fiction_(film)

We may have brought up Shatner as possibly being music but also maybe not: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_0hTtsqiFCc

And it turns out the movie Footloose may have had a point in this alternate universe

Our recommended podcasts

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/john-michael-godiers-event-horizon/id1590788152

https://500songs.com/podcast/episode-76-stagger-lee-by-lloyd-price/

And lastly a typewriter orchestra: https://friendsofrobbinslibrary.org/boston-typewriter-orchestra-wednesday-january-17-2024-7-pm-2/

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Hosts: Rob & Matt

In this episode we ask what if Santa had to abide by FAA regulations. How safe is a single man driving wooden sleigh through busy ATC airspace? Who would win: Jolly old Saint Nick or a C130 Hercules?

Please remember to review us on your podcatcher of choice.

And as always: podcasts that are doing a better job than us:

Cool Worlds Podcast (Run by an actual scientist): https://coolworldslab.podbean.com/

If Books Could Kill: https://www.ifbookspod.com/

And a bonus link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0zi8jcmELpM The 90s were wild

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Hosts: Rob & Ish

On this episode we ask what society would do if we couldn't taste food. How would rich people ruin things for others and exploit them? What would the corn industry do?

Podcasts or other creators better than us:

https://dollemore.com/

https://thealwayssunnypod.com/

https://www.lespecial.net/

Remember to leave a review if you want

Also Isherwood81 is also famous:

https://www.twitch.tv/isherwood81

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Hosts: Rob & Dave

On today's episode we ask what would happen if fossil fuels didn't shape American transportation. It sounds like a lot, and boy is it.

We have an email address now! (But it's in the episode because I don't want to get destroyed by spam). Feel free to email us with ideas and feedback. And please leave a review on your platform of choice. Please share too.

And here we go with more content from creators more capable than us:

https://rss.com/podcasts/cpit/

https://www.goodreads.com/series/309211-dungeon-crawler-carl

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Hosts: Rob & Matt

Today's episode asks the very important question of what would happen if food never went bad. What would capitalism do, what would culture do? Have we already broken entropy with candy corn, twinkies, and circus peanuts? And most importantly, should this show have an email? Well, I guess that last one will happen. Stay tuned for this and other things in the future. *waves hands*

Podcasts better than us:

https://friendlyatheistpodcast.com/

https://www.buzzsprout.com/2218399

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Hosts: Rob & Matt

This was a weird one. There are fewer jokes, much death, and a dash of sci fi. In this episode we discuss the things that might happen if your midlife crisis actually happened when 50% of your life is over. Did I mention the death talk.

Podcasters better than us:

https://open.spotify.com/show/2isrOkJ401yfYNVDEhtdey

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/within-reason/id1458675168

Coincidentally my shirt was on point. This is the closest I could find:

https://www.amazon.com/Trendy-Halloween-Reaper-Makes-T-Shirt/dp/B09HVDQL27

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Hosts: Rob & Matt

We have a guest host! Don't worry, Dave is still around, not in my basement or performing a covert op in another country. This episode we talk about company towns. What if they still existed? We have several tangents, as expected.

Here's some notes for things we referenced:

Bagdad AZ https://bagdadaztown.com

Important again in 2023 https://visitlosalamos.org/

Secret CIA Towns?

https://www.the-sun.com/news/1928101/secrets-cia-fake-town-the-farm-spies-torture/

https://www.reddit.com/r/self/comments/hh7lty/fake_town_in_southern_utah_somewher_off_89/

And there's Hershey at #5 on this list https://www.popularmechanics.com/culture/g34498423/company-towns-to-visit/

Toilet paper in Iceland? https://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-news-from-elsewhere-40959123

Podcasts better than ours:

Maintenance Phase! https://www.maintenancephase.com

True Stories Podcast: https://www.truestoriespodcast.com/

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Hosts: Rob & Dave

Everyone talks about setting grudges and various violent things, but all crime is legal for 24 hours, so why not explore what else you could do, and what effects that may have?

Shout out to podcasts that are better than us:

The Casual Criminalist: https://podcastaddict.com/podcast/the-casual-criminalist/3406745

How did this get made?: https://podcastaddict.com/podcast/how-did-this-get-made/3692906

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Hosts: Rob & Dave

On our very first episode we decide to share our names and discuss the theme of the podcast, which is answering absurd or historical what if question. In this particular episode we ask what would happen if the US and Vatican armies change places. In 2022 the US military employed 1.4 million active personnel across all branches. In 2022 the Vatican employed 110 officers.

We also decided to make baptism madlibs which you can play along with and we'll air on an upcoming episode. Make submissions here:

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1ZFY7iFDHsLpt8jq38vl7dPz7EUMcmw8FA5fR-XkK0-k/edit?usp=sharing

We also share some of our favorite media from people who are better at it than us:

https://www.whoshatontheflooratmywedding.com/

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCPxHg4192hLDpTI2w7F9rPg

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