Improbable Research

Improbable Research

By Marc AbrahamsScience
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Improbable Research episodes

  • Episode #1045: “Do Cats Sometimes Pay Some Attention to Their Owners?”

    In Episode #1045, Marc Abrahams shows an unfamiliar research study to Jean Berko Gleason. Dramatic readings and reactions ensue.

    The research mentioned in this episode is featured in the special Human Heads & Garlic Juice issue (Vol. 22, #1) of the Annals of Improbable Research Magazine.

    Remember, our Patreon donors, on most levels, get access to each podcast episode before it is made public.

    Seth Gliksman, Production Assistant

    19 min
  • Episode #1044: "Boring Machines"

    In Episode #1044, Marc Abrahams shares with Chris Cotsapas a number of boring machines. Dramatic readings and reactions ensue.

    The patents mentioned in this episode of the Improbable Podcast are further elaborated upon in the special Boring Machines issue (Vol. 19, #3) the Annals of Improbable Research Magazine

    Remember, our Patreon donors, on most levels, get access to each podcast episode before it is made public.

    Seth Gliksman, Production Assistant

    8 min
  • Pocket-Sized: "Leaping Fish Injuries"

    In Pocket-Sized episode #1043, Marc Abrahams shows an unfamiliar research study to Nicole Sharp. Dramatic readings and reactions ensue.

    The research mentioned in this episode is featured in the special Human Heads & Garlic Juice issue (Vol. 22, #1) of the Annals of Improbable Research Magazine.

    Remember, our Patreon donors, on most levels, get access to each podcast episode before it is made public.

    Seth Gliksman, Production Assistant

    11 min
  • Pocket-Sized: “Drunk German Speech”

    In this Pocket-Sized episode #1041, Marc Abrahams shows some unfamiliar research studies to Jean Berko Gleason. Dramatic readings and reactions ensue.

    Remember, our Patreon donors, on most levels, get access to each podcast episode before it is made public.

    Seth Gliksman, Production Assistant

    15 min
  • Pocket-Sized: “Automatically Recognize Boredom”

    In this Pocket-Sized episode #1040, Marc Abrahams shows some unfamiliar research studies to Nicole Sharp. Dramatic readings and reactions ensue.

    The research mentioned in this episode is featured in the special Time & Boredom issue (Vol. 22, #3) of the Annals of Improbable Research Magazine.

    Remember, our Patreon donors, on most levels, get access to each podcast episode before it is made public.

    Seth Gliksman, Production Assistant

    12 min
  • Pocket-Sized: “The A-through-L of Social Dilemmas”

    In this Pocket-Sized episode #1039, Robin Abrahams explores some of the engineering in a classic research study. Dramatic readings and reactions ensue.

    Remember, our Patreon donors, on most levels, get access to each podcast episode before it is made public.

    Seth Gliksman, Production Assistant

    8 min
  • Pocket-Sized: "Ice Cream & Sluggo"

    In this special Pocked-Sized episode #1038, Marc Abrahams extracts some flash-frozen bits of history from techno-sociologist Gus Rancatore, proprietor of Toscanini’s Ice Cream.

    Today, Gus shares with us the tale of Sluggo and the ice cream flavor that manifested thereafter.

    Remember, our Patreon donors, on most levels, get access to each podcast episode before it is made public.

    Seth Gliksman, Production Assistant

    10 min
  • Pocket-Sized: "Chernoff Faces"

    In this Pocket-Sized episode #1037, Marc Abrahams shows just a wee bit of unfamiliar research studies to Mason Porter. Dramatic readings and reactions ensue.

    The research mentioned in this episode is featured in the special Mathematics issue (Vol. 16, #4) of the Annals of Improbable Research Magazine.

    Remember, our Patreon donors, on most levels, get access to each podcast episode before it is made public.

    Seth Gliksman, Production Assistant

    24 min
  • Pocket-Sized: "Ice Cream & Intense Scholars"

    In this special Pocked-Sized episode #1036, Marc Abrahams extracts some some flash-frozen bits of history from techno-sociologist Gus Rancatore, proprietor of Toscanini’s Ice Cream.

    Today, Gus shares with us the phenomena of the intense scholar and their many idiosyncrasies.

    Remember, our Patreon donors, on most levels, get access to each podcast episode before it is made public.

    Seth Gliksman, Production Assistant

    12 min

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Research that makes people LAUGH, then THINK — research about anything and everything, from everywhere —research that's good or bad, important or trivial, valuable or worthless. Presented by Marc…

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