Tonight our chefs have prepared an all-natural pasture-raised and pristine ivory-hued plutonic entree, slow-cooked under rich, Indian-spiced tectonic compression for 50 million years, adorned with a constellation of tourmaline and garnet, presented alongside gossamer-thin schist ribbons. Then, for dessert, an insulative coating of CHOOH2 which should leave your myelinated neuronal strands feeling slick and hyper-conductive.

QUESTIONS

Julian: "Would coating your nervous system in a conductive or insulative material boost someone's reflexes?" from Kronik Dreamer

Trace answers TWO similar questions: "How many people would it take to consume the Himalaya mountain range?” and “How many rocks could I eat?” from Justin and Trevor, respectively

Do you have an absurd question? Maybe it's silly idea you had, a shower thought about the nature of reality, or a ridiculous musing about your favorite food? If you want an answer, no matter the question, tell us!

HOW TO ASK A QUESTION

🖥️ Submit on our website: thatsabsurdshow.com/ask

☎️ Leave a voicemail: (302) TAPE-SHO [+1-302-827-3746‬]

📬 E-mail questions to hello at thatsabsurdshow.com

If we use your question we’ll give you a shout out in the episode.

✨️✨️ NOW ON YOUTUBE TOO ✨️✨️

Do you love our podcast but just wish you could see our weird looking faces? NOW YOU CAN.

Just go to —> YouTube.com/@Trace-Elements

There’s one big difference: The audio version of the podcast will get multiple questions in each episode, but the video version is just one question per video. We’ll post questions from the archives as often as we can until we catch up.

If you love the show here you might love revisiting the questions with us! Go find out!

WANT MORE US? SUPPORT THE SHOW!

Want to support us and other indie creators? Join Nebula go.nebula.tv/thatsabsurdshow

Want to help decide which questions we answer? Join our patreon patreon.com/thatsabsurdshow

SOCIALS

[[ FOLLOW OUR SHOW ]]

Instagram: @ThatsAbsurdShow

Threads: @ThatsAbsurdShow

Bluesky: @thatsabsurdshow.com

[[ FOLLOW JULIAN ]]

Instagram: @Huggetout

Threads: @Huggetout

[[ FOLLOW TRACE ]]

Instagram: @tracedominguez

YouTube: @tracedominguez

Threads: @tracedominguez

BlueSky: @tracedominguez.com

And don’t sleep on ThatsAbsurdShow.com. There you can browse images and videos we find during our research and listen to every episode of the show.

CREDITS

This episode of That's Absurd Please Elaborate was written by Trace Dominguez and Julian Huguet, edited by Kyle Sisk, and produced by all three of us.

Theme Music by Epidemic Sound; learn more here: http://nebula.tv/epidemic

Thanks for listening to That's Absurd Please Elaborate. We appreciate you!

See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

In this episode, we learn Julian used to wear fedoras. He says, it’s been forever and a day, but I’m going to wait a Planck beard-second to see if that bears out. Before that, Trace combs through the hairy subject of human fur — about which he’s an experienced expert. Plus, like a hair on the tongue of your mind we just can’t seem to stop screaming about this one emo song.

QUESTIONS

Trace: "What if we had the same kind of hair everywhere? Would that solve anything?" from Emilia from Poland

Julian: “What idiom for waiting actually takes the longest?” from Adam — ✨️Poll Winning Question✨️

Do you have an absurd question? Maybe it's silly idea you had, a shower thought about the nature of reality, or a ridiculous musing about your favorite food? If you want an answer, no matter the question, tell us!

HOW TO ASK A QUESTION

🖥️ Submit on our website: thatsabsurdshow.com/ask

☎️ Leave a voicemail: (302) TAPE-SHO [+1-302-827-3746‬]

📬 E-mail questions to hello at thatsabsurdshow.com

If we use your question we’ll give you a shout out in the episode.

WANT MORE US? SUPPORT THE SHOW!

Want to support us and other indie creators? Join Nebula go.nebula.tv/thatsabsurdshow

Want to help decide which questions we answer? Join our patreon patreon.com/thatsabsurdshow

FLY WITH TRACE IN ZERO-G!

Enter by April 15th for your chance to win a once-in-a-lifetime experience: spaceforhumanity.org/flywithtrace

✨️✨️ NOW ON YOUTUBE ✨️✨️

Do you love our podcast but just wish you could see our weird looking faces? NOW YOU CAN.

Just go to → YouTube.com/@Trace-Elements

The audio version of the podcast will get multiple questions in each episode, but the video version is just one question per video. We’ll post questions from the archives as often as we can until we catch up.

If you love the show here you might love revisiting the questions with us! Go find out!

SOCIALS

[[ FOLLOW OUR SHOW ]]

Instagram: @ThatsAbsurdShow

Threads: @ThatsAbsurdShow

[[ JULIAN ]]

Instagram: @Huggetout

Threads: @Huggetout

X (formerly, Twitter): @Huggetout

[[ TRACE ]]

Instagram: @tracedominguez

YouTube: @tracedominguez

Threads: @tracedominguez

BlueSky: @tracedominguez

X (formerly, Twitter): @tracedominguez

And don’t sleep on ThatsAbsurdShow.com. There you can browse images and videos we find during our research and listen to every episode of the show.

CREDITS

This episode of That's Absurd Please Elaborate was written by Trace Dominguez and Julian Huguet, edited by Kyle Sisk, and produced by all three of us.

Theme Music by Epidemic Sound; learn more here: http://nebula.tv/epidemic

Thanks for listening to That's Absurd Please Elaborate. We appreciate you!

See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Ever get caught in a light drizzle and think, "Ah, this is nice"? WELL WHAT IF IT WAS ACTUALLY HORRIFYING??? Julian explores the several ways air resistance keeps rainstorms from becoming catastrophic bombardments from the sky. Then Trace tries to get inside the mind of Julian's chihuahua. Turns out most of her thoughts boil down to "shake" and "bark".

QUESTIONS

Julian: "What if rain drops did not have a terminal velocity?" from Frederik

Trace: "Do animals think and/or form thoughts in their own language?" from Cooper

Do you have an absurd question? Maybe it's silly idea you had, a shower thought about the nature of reality, or a ridiculous musing about your favorite food? If you want an answer, no matter the question, tell us!

HOW TO ASK A QUESTION

🖥️ Submit on our website: thatsabsurdshow.com/ask

☎️ Leave a voicemail: (302) TAPE-SHO [+1-302-827-3746‬]

📬 E-mail questions to hello at thatsabsurdshow.com

If we use your question we’ll give you a shout out in the episode.

FLY WITH TRACE IN ZERO-G!

Enter by April 15th for your chance to win a once-in-a-lifetime experience: spaceforhumanity.org/flywithtrace

✨️✨️ NOW ON YOUTUBE ✨️✨️

Do you love our podcast but just wish you could see our weird looking faces? NOW YOU CAN.

Just go to → YouTube.com/@Trace-Elements

The audio version of the podcast will get multiple questions in each episode, but the video version is just one question per video. We’ll post questions from the archives as often as we can until we catch up.

If you love the show here you might love revisiting the questions with us! Go find out!

WANT MORE US? SUPPORT THE SHOW!

Want to support us and other indie creators? Join Nebula go.nebula.tv/thatsabsurdshow

Want to help decide which questions we answer? Join our patreon patreon.com/thatsabsurdshow

SOCIALS

[[ FOLLOW OUR SHOW ]]

Instagram: @ThatsAbsurdShow

Threads: @ThatsAbsurdShow

[[ JULIAN ]]

Instagram: @Huggetout

Threads: @Huggetout

[[ TRACE ]]

Instagram: @tracedominguez

YouTube: @tracedominguez

Threads: @tracedominguez

BlueSky: @tracedominguez

And don’t sleep on ThatsAbsurdShow.com. There you can browse images and videos we find during our research and listen to every episode of the show.

CREDITS

This episode of That's Absurd Please Elaborate was written by Trace Dominguez and Julian Huguet, edited by Kyle Sisk, and produced by all three of us.

Theme Music by Epidemic Sound; learn more here: http://nebula.tv/epidemic

Thanks for listening to That's Absurd Please Elaborate. We appreciate you!

See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Wheel wheel wheel … this episode definitely gave us both a headache. I swear we’re not going to conquer every silly meme from your group text (or maybe we will?).

QUESTIONS

Julian: “Are there more windows or doors in the world?” from Liam

Trace: "Headaches… Why???!” from Anna from Athens

Do you have an absurd question? Maybe it's silly idea you had, a shower thought about the nature of reality, or a ridiculous musing about your favorite food? If you want an answer, no matter the question, tell us!

HOW TO ASK A QUESTION

🖥️ Submit on our website: thatsabsurdshow.com/ask

☎️ Leave a voicemail: (302) TAPE-SHO [+1-302-827-3746‬]

📬 E-mail questions to hello at thatsabsurdshow.com

If we use your question we’ll give you a shout out in the episode.

WANT MORE US? SUPPORT THE SHOW!

Want to support us and other indie creators? Join Nebula go.nebula.tv/thatsabsurdshow

Want to help decide which questions we answer? Join our patreon patreon.com/thatsabsurdshow

SOCIALS

[[ FOLLOW OUR SHOW ]]

Instagram: @ThatsAbsurdShow

Threads: @ThatsAbsurdShow

[[ JULIAN ]]

Instagram: @Huggetout

Threads: @Huggetout

X (formerly, Twitter): @Huggetout

[[ TRACE ]]

Instagram: @tracedominguez

YouTube: @tracedominguez

Threads: @tracedominguez

BlueSky: @tracedominguez

X (formerly, Twitter): @tracedominguez

And don’t sleep on ThatsAbsurdShow.com. There you can browse images and videos we find during our research and listen to every episode of the show.

CREDITS

This episode of That's Absurd Please Elaborate was written by Trace Dominguez and Julian Huguet, edited by Kyle Sisk, and produced by all three of us.

Theme Music by Epidemic Sound; learn more here: http://nebula.tv/epidemic

Thanks for listening to That's Absurd Please Elaborate. We appreciate you!

See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

This episode Trace tears into the age-old question, “What color should your English notebook be?” Special guest MJ Wu from the podcast Everything is Public Health looks at dogs and broccoli and somehow relates them to public health, and Julian attempts to find permanent sunscreen for his pale, pale, oh-so-pale skin. Is it gross? You betcha!

QUESTIONS

Julian: "Permanent Sunscreen?" from MJ

MJ: “What are the wildest journeys that plants or animals have taken because of us?“ from Anna

Trace: "What Color is English?" from Liza

Do you have an absurd question? Maybe it's silly idea you had, a shower thought about the nature of reality, or a ridiculous musing about your favorite food? If you want an answer, no matter the question, tell us!

HOW TO ASK A QUESTION

🖥️ Submit on our website: thatsabsurdshow.com/ask

☎️ Leave a voicemail: (302) TAPE-SHO [+1-302-827-3746‬]

📬 E-mail questions to hello at thatsabsurdshow.com

If we use your question we’ll give you a shout out in the episode.

WANT MORE US? SUPPORT THE SHOW!

Want to support us and other indie creators? Join Nebula go.nebula.tv/thatsabsurdshow

Want to help decide which questions we answer? Join our patreon patreon.com/thatsabsurdshow

SOCIALS

[[ FOLLOW OUR SHOW ]]

Instagram: @ThatsAbsurdShow

Threads: @ThatsAbsurdShow

[[ JULIAN ]]

Instagram: @Huggetout

Threads: @Huggetout

[[ TRACE ]]

Instagram: @tracedominguez

YouTube: @tracedominguez

Threads: @tracedominguez

BlueSky: @tracedominguez

[[ MJ ]]

Instagram: @everythingispublichealth

BlueSky: @everythingisph

Threads: @everythingispublichealth

And don’t sleep on ThatsAbsurdShow.com. There you can browse images and videos we find during our research and listen to every episode of the show.

CREDITS

This episode of That's Absurd Please Elaborate was written by Trace Dominguez and Julian Huguet, edited by Kyle Sisk, and produced by all three of us.

Theme Music by Epidemic Sound; learn more here: http://nebula.tv/epidemic

Thanks for listening to That's Absurd Please Elaborate. We appreciate you!

See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

If you were shrunk REALLY ʀᴇᴀʟʟʏ ᵣₑₐₗₗᵧ ₛₘₐₗₗ … would we be able to live? Did the documentary “Honey, I shrunk the kids” LIE to us?! Julian grabs his magnifying glass to learn Mor(anis). Meanwhile, Trace wants to know if … if the … uh, the … BLARG! IF SPEAKING A NONSENSE WORD can actually help!

QUESTIONS

Both questions this week are POLL WINNERS selected by our Patrons! Thanks for voting!

Julian: "I've been shrunk down to 1.8 cm and left in a random suburban backyard; what can I do to increase my odds of survival?" from Aaron

Trace: "Why does speaking gibberish for a second help to fix being tongue tied?" Meason from Australia (Double winner! 🥇)

Do you have an absurd question? Maybe it's silly idea you had, a shower thought about the nature of reality, or a ridiculous musing about your favorite food? If you want an answer, no matter the question, tell us!

HOW TO ASK A QUESTION

🖥️ Submit on our website: thatsabsurdshow.com/ask

☎️ Leave a voicemail: (302) TAPE-SHO [+1-302-827-3746‬]

📬 E-mail questions to hello at thatsabsurdshow.com

If we use your question we’ll give you a shout out in the episode.

WANT MORE US? SUPPORT THE SHOW!

Want to support us and other indie creators? Join Nebula go.nebula.tv/thatsabsurdshow

Want to help decide which questions we answer? Join our patreon patreon.com/thatsabsurdshow

SPECIAL THANKS TO DR DIANE PAUL

American Speech-Language-Hearing Association Making effective communication, a human right, accessible and achievable for all.

Learn more about them: https://www.asha.org/

SOCIALS

[[ FOLLOW OUR SHOW ]]

Instagram: @ThatsAbsurdShow

Threads: @ThatsAbsurdShow

[[ JULIAN ]]

Instagram: @Huggetout

Threads: @Huggetout

X (formerly, Twitter): @Huggetout

[[ TRACE ]]

Instagram: @tracedominguez

YouTube: @tracedominguez

Threads: @tracedominguez

BlueSky: @tracedominguez.com

X (formerly, Twitter): @tracedominguez

And don’t sleep on ThatsAbsurdShow.com. There you can browse images and videos we find during our research and listen to every episode of the show.

CREDITS

This episode of That's Absurd Please Elaborate was written by Trace Dominguez and Julian Huguet, edited by Kyle Sisk, and produced by all three of us.

Theme Music by Epidemic Sound; learn more here: http://nebula.tv/epidemic

Thanks for listening to That's Absurd Please Elaborate. We appreciate you!

See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Easter is around the corner, but where does that weird Bunny get all the eggs? And why are there eggs in the first place? Guest Yasmin Khan (The Young Turks) has an answer. Meanwhile, Julian explores the word of bat-style crime fighting on a budget and Trace explores if living on Mars would make us super aggro!

QUESTIONS

Julian: "How can I be Batman on a Budget?" from Wyn (featuring Jasmine from Give Directly)

Yasmin: "Where did the Easter Bunny get the eggs?" from Emily A

Trace: "Would we all be more aggressive if we lived under a martian red sky?" from guest Yasmin Khan

Do you have an absurd question? Maybe it's silly idea you had, a shower thought about the nature of reality, or a ridiculous musing about your favorite food? If you want an answer, no matter the question, tell us!

HOW TO ASK A QUESTION

🖥️ Submit on our website: thatsabsurdshow.com/ask

☎️ Leave a voicemail: (302) TAPE-SHO [+1-302-827-3746‬]

📬 E-mail questions to hello at thatsabsurdshow.com

If we use your question we’ll give you a shout out in the episode.

WANT MORE US? SUPPORT THE SHOW!

Want to support us and other indie creators? Join Nebula go.nebula.tv/thatsabsurdshow

Want to help decide which questions we answer? Join our patreon patreon.com/thatsabsurdshow

SOCIALS

[[ GIVE DIRECTLY ]]

Be a real superhero and help people without punches, just give them a lil’ bit. It goes a long way!

Just visit: givedirectly.com/nebula

[[ FOLLOW OUR SHOW ]]

Instagram: @ThatsAbsurdShow

Threads: @ThatsAbsurdShow

[[ YASMIN ]]

Instagram: @yazzzzzk

Threads: @yazzzzzk

Linktree: linktr.ee/yazzzzzk

[[ JULIAN ]]

Instagram: @Huggetout

Threads: @Huggetout

[[ TRACE ]]

Instagram: @tracedominguez

YouTube: @tracedominguez

Threads: @tracedominguez

BlueSky: @tracedominguez

X (formerly, Twitter): @tracedominguez

And don’t sleep on ThatsAbsurdShow.com. There you can browse images and videos we find during our research and listen to every episode of the show.

CREDITS

This episode of That's Absurd Please Elaborate was written by Trace Dominguez and Julian Huguet, edited by Kyle Sisk, and produced by all three of us.

Theme Music by Epidemic Sound; learn more here: http://nebula.tv/epidemic

Thanks for listening to That's Absurd Please Elaborate. We appreciate you!

See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Can the sun be beaten at its own game… OF BEING A SUN?! Julian shines some light on it. Meanwhile, as he spends time on the science of the extremely large, Trace gathers data concerning the massive impact of 0s and 1s.

Note: they are very very very very smol. 

QUESTIONS

Julian: "How many lions would beat the sun?" from Daniel

Trace: "How much does data weigh?" from Yael

Do you have an absurd question? Maybe it's silly idea you had, a shower thought about the nature of reality, or a ridiculous musing about your favorite food? If you want an answer, no matter the question, tell us!

HOW TO ASK A QUESTION

🖥️ Submit on our website: thatsabsurdshow.com/ask

☎️ Leave a voicemail: (302) TAPE-SHO [+1-302-827-3746‬]

📬 E-mail questions to hello at thatsabsurdshow.com

If we use your question we’ll give you a shout out in the episode.

WANT MORE US? SUPPORT THE SHOW!

Want to support us and other indie creators? Join Nebula go.nebula.tv/thatsabsurdshow

Want to help decide which questions we answer? Join our patreon patreon.com/thatsabsurdshow

SOCIALS

[[ FOLLOW OUR SHOW ]]

Instagram: @ThatsAbsurdShow

Threads: @ThatsAbsurdShow

[[ JULIAN ]]

Instagram: @Huggetout

Threads: @Huggetout

X (formerly, Twitter): @Huggetout

[[ TRACE ]]

Instagram: @tracedominguez

YouTube: @tracedominguez

Threads: @tracedominguez

BlueSky: @tracedominguez

X (formerly, Twitter): @tracedominguez

And don’t sleep on ThatsAbsurdShow.com. There you can browse images and videos we find during our research and listen to every episode of the show.

CREDITS

This episode of That's Absurd Please Elaborate was written by Trace Dominguez and Julian Huguet, edited by Kyle Sisk, and produced by all three of us.

Theme Music by Epidemic Sound; learn more here: http://nebula.tv/epidemic

Thanks for listening to That's Absurd Please Elaborate. We appreciate you!

See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Happy love celebration week!! In honor of how much we LOVE our patreon subscribers, Trace and Julian answer two winners of our Patreon polls! It takes two 🎶 to make a dream come true 🎶 It just takes two — or is it three? What if it was three? Julian checks the math. Meanwhile, Trace (wait doesn’t that mean three again?) gets around in the animal kingdom, but not the waay you thiiiink!

If you want to join the patreon go to https://patreon.com/thatsabsurdshow

QUESTIONS

Julian: "What if 1+1=3?" from Nick

Trace: "What is the most spherical animal?" from Adam

Do you have an absurd question? Maybe it's silly idea you had, a shower thought about the nature of reality, or a ridiculous musing about your favorite food? If you want an answer, no matter the question, tell us!

HOW TO ASK A QUESTION

🖥️ Submit on our website: thatsabsurdshow.com/ask

☎️ Leave a voicemail: (302) TAPE-SHO [+1-302-827-3746‬]

📬 E-mail questions to hello at thatsabsurdshow.com

If we use your question we’ll give you a shout out in the episode.

WANT MORE US? SUPPORT THE SHOW!

Want to support us and other indie creators? Join Nebula go.nebula.tv/thatsabsurdshow

Want to help decide which questions we answer? Join our patreon patreon.com/thatsabsurdshow

SOCIALS

[[ FOLLOW OUR SHOW ]]

Instagram: @ThatsAbsurdShow

Threads: @ThatsAbsurdShow

[[ JULIAN ]]

Instagram: @Huggetout

Threads: @Huggetout

X (formerly, Twitter): @Huggetout

[[ TRACE ]]

Instagram: @tracedominguez

YouTube: @tracedominguez

Threads: @tracedominguez

BlueSky: @tracedominguez

X (formerly, Twitter): @tracedominguez

And don’t sleep on ThatsAbsurdShow.com. There you can browse images and videos we find during our research and listen to every episode of the show.

CREDITS

This episode of That's Absurd Please Elaborate was written by Trace Dominguez and Julian Huguet, edited by Kyle Sisk, and produced by all three of us.

Theme Music by Epidemic Sound; learn more here: http://nebula.tv/epidemic

Thanks for listening to That's Absurd Please Elaborate. We appreciate you!

See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Space, the final frontier — of cuisine. This week Trace unpacks the standard food replicator used by the United Federation of Planets. Meanwhile, in Scene 34, Julian ponders of coconuts could actually find their way to Arthurian England vis-a-vis Monty Python and the Quest for the Holy Grail.

In both answers one COULD find yourself asking, “Where’d ya get the coconut?”

QUESTIONS

Julian: "What would be the most likely way that coconuts would be transported to Arthurian England" from Joshua

Trace: "Is a replicator (the magic food and beverage generating system from Star Trek) even something feasible with enough technological advancement?" from Kevin

Do you have an absurd question? Maybe it's silly idea you had, a shower thought about the nature of reality, or a ridiculous musing about your favorite food? If you want an answer, no matter the question, tell us!

HOW TO ASK A QUESTION

🖥️ Submit on our website: thatsabsurdshow.com/ask

☎️ Leave a voicemail: (302) TAPE-SHO [+1-302-827-3746‬]

📬 E-mail questions to hello at thatsabsurdshow.com

If we use your question we’ll give you a shout out in the episode.

WANT MORE US? SUPPORT THE SHOW!

Want to support us and other indie creators? Join Nebula go.nebula.tv/thatsabsurdshow

Want to help decide which questions we answer? Join our patreon patreon.com/thatsabsurdshow

SOCIALS

[[ FOLLOW OUR SHOW ]]

Instagram: @ThatsAbsurdShow

Threads: @ThatsAbsurdShow

[[ JULIAN ]]

Instagram: @Huggetout

Threads: @Huggetout

X (formerly, Twitter): @Huggetout

[[ TRACE ]]

Instagram: @tracedominguez

YouTube: @tracedominguez

Threads: @tracedominguez

BlueSky: @tracedominguez

X (formerly, Twitter): @tracedominguez

And don’t sleep on ThatsAbsurdShow.com. There you can browse images and videos we find during our research and listen to every episode of the show.

CREDITS

This episode of That's Absurd Please Elaborate was written by Trace Dominguez and Julian Huguet, edited by Kyle Sisk, and produced by all three of us.

Theme Music by Epidemic Sound; learn more here: http://nebula.tv/epidemic

Thanks for listening to That's Absurd Please Elaborate. We appreciate you!

~~~~~

Here's a secret for those of you who actually read the show notes… we're going to start making videos! If you see this message me so I can congratulate you for being one of the first to know! ~ trace

See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.