What The If?

By Philip Shane, Matt Stanley, Gabrielle PanicciaScience

What The If? episodes

February 22, 2021 The NOISIEST Place In The GALAXY!!!!!!
Welcome to our new WTIF show, where we use SCIENCE to build up -- and break down -- fabulous SCI-FI and FANTASY worlds!
This week, we struggle to hear each other when we visit the gigantic city planet of CORUSCANT, the VERY NOISY capital of the STAR WARS galaxy.
Hosted by documentary filmmaker Philip Shane, NYU Historian of Science Matthew Stanley, and Rockefeller University scientist Gaby Paniccia.
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47 min
February 19, 2021 No COSMOS For You with Jo Marchant!
This week on What The If? We have a very special guest, Jo Marchant. Jo has written multiple books like Decoding the Heavens and the Shadow King. She has a new book out called "The Human Cosmos: A Secret History of the Stars"! Check it out at https://www.jomarchant.com
Jo comes to our show with the question: What the IF we couldn't see the stars!? Would the cosmos even exist? Would Galileo have even championed heliocentrism?! Who knows!? So buckle up for a wild ride where we try and see the stars through light pollution and cloudy skies!!
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Got an IF of your own? Want to have us consider your idea for a show topic? Send YOUR IF to us! Email us at [email protected] and let us know what's in your imagination. No idea is too small, or too big!
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Special thanks to Kyle Crichton for his help with the show.
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Keep On IFFin',
Philip & Matt
1 hr 2 min
February 05, 2021 Junkyard GALAXY!
Space JUNK!
Space is just a JUNKYARD for ancient remnants of alien civilizations!
Need a spare part for your FTL drive? Head on out into space, and get yourself to the scrap yard Oumuamua may have came from!
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Got an IF of your own? Want to have us consider your idea for a show topic? Send YOUR IF to us! Email us at [email protected] and let us know what's in your imagination. No idea is too small, or too big!
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Special thanks to Kyle Crichton for his help with the show.
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Keep On IFFin',
Philip & Matt
57 min
February 01, 2021 MIND MELD with a VIRUS!
Every week, we DIVE into the human body, navigating our submersible, the good ship IF! Join documentary filmmaker Philip Shane, NYU Historian of Science Matthew Stanley, and Rockefeller University virologist Gaby Paniccia as we take a fantastic journey to learn the magical wonders of biology... up close... and in living AUDIO color!
This week, we pilot the good ship IF into a VIRUS and we attempt a MIND MELD with it! Inspired by the X-Files, Gabi brings it back to the lab for a thorough INVESTIGATION, to dissect the fiction and we find a surprising bounty of FACTS!
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Comments, questions, and more are welcome! Visit WhatTheIF.com/contact or email us at [email protected].
40 min
January 30, 2021 Ancient Babylonian INTERNET!
The network of the ancients!
Take a ride through history, to the days of the inventors of astrology, and get CONNECTED to the ancient Babylonian World Wide Web! Before the dot com bubble was even a thought!
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Got an IF of your own? Want to have us consider your idea for a show topic? Send YOUR IF to us! Email us at [email protected] and let us know what's in your imagination. No idea is too small, or too big!
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Special thanks to Kyle Crichton for his help with the show.
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Keep On IFFin',
Philip & Matt
58 min
January 22, 2021 Life Aboard ACHILLES SHIELD
Prepare for battle, Trojans! It's time to gather your weapons and your SHIELD!
Get ready as we head into Ancient Greece, to learn about the OTHER flat earth theory, the Earth is shaped...like ACHILLES SHIELD!
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Got an IF of your own? Want to have us consider your idea for a show topic? Send YOUR IF to us! Email us at [email protected] and let us know what's in your imagination. No idea is too small, or too big!
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Special thanks to Kyle Crichton for his help with the show.
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Keep On IFFin',
Philip & Matt
49 min
January 19, 2021 VAX Voyage DEBRIEF!
Every week, we DIVE into the human body, navigating our submersible, the good ship IF! Join documentary filmmaker Philip Shane, NYU Historian of Science Matthew Stanley, and Rockefeller University virologist Gaby Paniccia as we take a fantastic journey to learn the magical wonders of biology... up close... and in living AUDIO color!
This week, we debrief what we learned by riding INSIDE THE COVID VACCINE, and Gaby fills us in on how to DEBUNK ANTI-VAX rumors and conspiracy theories, and Matt asks about when kids might be able to get their VAX, too!
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Comments, questions, and more are welcome! Visit WhatTheIF.com/contact or email us at [email protected].
20 min
January 15, 2021 Edison VS Tesla - REMATCH
The FIGHT of the century, AGAIN?!
This is the REMATCH of two of the most famous and ELECTRIC inventors.
Hang on to your phone chargers, we're looking at your wireless charger folks!
It's time to see who wins! EDISON OR TESLA!
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Got an IF of your own? Want to have us consider your idea for a show topic? Send YOUR IF to us! Email us at [email protected] and let us know what's in your imagination. No idea is too small, or too big!
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Special thanks to Kyle Crichton for his help with the show.
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Keep On IFFin',
Philip & Matt
1 hr 10 min
January 12, 2021 Duck! WHITE BLOOD Cells Coming!
Ride In The Covid Vaccine -- part deus!
Every week, we DIVE into the human body, navigating our submersible, the good ship IF! Join documentary filmmaker Philip Shane, NYU Historian of Science Matthew Stanley, and Rockefeller University virologist Gaby Paniccia as we take a fantastic journey to learn the magical wonders of biology... up close... and in living AUDIO color!
This week, we pilot the good ship IF into a syringe for a very, very chilly, very turbulent, super fast and amazing ride INSIDE THE COVID VACCINE! Hop in, and let's watch the cavalry ride to the rescue... inside you!
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Have you subscribed? Grab one (always free!) at pod.link/1250517051 and never miss an episode!
Comments, questions, and more are welcome! Visit WhatTheIF.com/contact or email us at [email protected].
49 min
January 08, 2021 YouTube For Your BRAIN!
Long time listener and Super IFFer Tom from Virginia asks: WTiF everyone's MEMORIES were recorded and available to all? Could you log in MEMORY SURF... in virtual reality? What would it be like? What would society be like? Are we headed there now?
Strap on your imagination goggles and let's find out!
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Got an IF of your own? Want to have us consider your idea for a show topic? Send YOUR IF to us! Email us at [email protected] and let us know what's in your imagination. No idea is too small, or too big!
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Keep On IFFin',
Philip & Matt
53 min

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