Pedantic Handwavium

Hello everyone! This week (a little late thanks to holidays) we discuss Fullmetal Alchemist. In this episode discuss homunculi and their powers. We also touch on the horrors that are chimera. Oh, and we also figure out what the human soul is. Thanks to Joe Sopchak for our theme music. And as always, feel free...

Hello everyone! This week (a little late thanks to holidays) we discuss Fullmetal Alchemist. In this episode discuss homunculi and their powers. We also touch on the horrors that are chimera. Oh, and we also figure out what the human soul is. Thanks to Joe Sopchak for our theme music. And as always, feel free...

Welcome back everyone! This week we discuss Pokemon! In this episode we consider if people eat their pokemon friends. And have you ever wondered how pokeballs work? We have and it might be terrifying. We touch on potions and berries (and Simon learns that sometimes a berry is just a berry). We also spend maybe...

Welcome back everyone! This week we discuss Pokemon! In this episode we consider if people eat their pokemon friends. And have you ever wondered how pokeballs work? We have and it might be terrifying. We touch on potions and berries (and Simon learns that sometimes a berry is just a berry). We also spend maybe...

Welcome back, we’re now on our regular bi-weekly broadcast schedule! This week we discuss the magics of Harry Potter. This quickly leads to the ramifications of conservation mass and energy as wizards use their wands to seemingly create mass and energy. Other main talking points include what might be involved in apparition, the ethical concerns...

Welcome back, we’re now on our regular bi-weekly broadcast schedule! This week we discuss the magics of Harry Potter. This quickly leads to the ramifications of conservation mass and energy as wizards use their wands to seemingly create mass and energy. Other main talking points include what might be involved in apparition, the ethical concerns...

Welcome back, everybody! This week we aim high and take on hard sci-fi. Turns out it’s a pretty high mark that is hard to hit if you don’t give it much forethought. In this episode we get frustrated with established lore while finding an explanation for cylons. We also tackle more mundane, and easier, problems...

Welcome back, everybody! This week we aim high and take on hard sci-fi. Turns out it’s a pretty high mark that is hard to hit if you don’t give it much forethought. In this episode we get frustrated with established lore while finding an explanation for cylons. We also tackle more mundane, and easier, problems...

What’s this? Another new episode of Pedantic Handwavium so soon? That’s right listeners! Just for you we decided to release a second episode in one day! This special second launch day episode is on breakfast cereal mascots. We will be discussing how so many anthropomorphic animal mascots, like Tony the Tiger and the Trix rabbit,...

What’s this? Another new episode of Pedantic Handwavium so soon? That’s right listeners! Just for you we decided to release a second episode in one day! This special second launch day episode is on breakfast cereal mascots. We will be discussing how so many anthropomorphic animal mascots, like Tony the Tiger and the Trix rabbit,...