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Ep. #10 - What If Sinbad Was A Genie? [The Mandela Effect] Jan 30, 2017

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Lydia and Josiah are back to discuss the Mandela Effect. Lydia teaches us about confabulation, Josiah suggests we're living in a multiverse, Ryan thinks he invented roller skates, and Spencer isn't buying it.

Hot Topics: 2,000 Pretzel Diet, The Highlander, Mom What If They Put Wheels On Shoes?!, We Suck At Spelling, Grander Cosmic Loaf, Abducted By Bigfoot, and Much More.

Ep. #9 - What If Karma Is Real? Jan 25, 2017

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Lydia Liza and Josiah Lemanski join us to talk about karma. Spencer tells a story about reincarnation, Lydia talks about death by hot air balloon, Ryan thinks Earth might have cancer, and Josiah shows up to talk about goat sacrifice.

Hot Topics: Felicity Stevens, Ghost Dogs, You're Not My Dad, A Bug's Life, Jump On Your Friends' Heads, Oops All Dead, Shitty Little Garbage Boy, and much more.

Ep. #8 - What If Public Education Was Really For The Public? Jan 20, 2017

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Spencer and Crump talk public education. Who does it serve, why are things the way they are, and how can we make it better? Crump raises some questions about special education and the origins of public schools, Spencer wonders about the school to prison pipeline, and they both think we should hurry up and legalize weed already.

Hot Topics: $2 Hennessy, Jamal Told Me To Eat A Dick, Dairy Milk And The Pyramid Of Things We Need, I Can't Feel My Face, Ferengi Rules Of Acquisition, The Elusive White Mexican, and much more.

Ep. #7 - What If Art Had No Value? Jan 18, 2017

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Peter Gjovik joins us as we try to define what art is and how we value it. We take a deep dive into the work of Henry Darger and outsider art. Spencer thinks chicken wings might be art, Ryan gets creeped out by illustrations of dead kids, and Peter provides some actual information.

Hot Topics: Merry Christmas, Vin Diesel As Performance Art, Joshua Bell, Hardware Hank, Artisanal Chicken Wings, and much more.

The work of Henry Darger

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Joshua Bell plays his million dollar violin in the subway and no one cares

Outro music by Eric Mayson

Ep. #6 - What If It Really Happened? [Paranormal Mysteries] Jan 07, 2017

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Serial guest Eric Mayson joins us for a dark and candle-lit trip through the spooky and scary. We wonder what happens if the unreal actually becomes real. Join us on a paranormal dive into the mind, as we talk about ghost stories, alien abductions, and time slips. Ryan wants proof, Spencer wants more Star Trek references, and Mayson blasts a hiccup.

Hot Topics: Alien Nostrils, Wolverine Dreams, What’s In Your Brain?, Mayson in 50 Years, Ghost Taxi Mayhem, and much more.

Ep. #5 - What If You Joined A Cult? [Scientology, Raelians, Jim Jones] Jan 07, 2017

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Robert Crump joins us to discuss the ins and outs of cults around the world and what it looks like to join one. From Scientology to Raeliens, the strangeness abounds. Ryan talks government infiltration, Spencer is pumped about cults that spread love, and Crump educates us on Jim Jones (not the rapper).

Hot Topics: Red Prada Loafers, Strange & Sinister, Meeting Jesus, Buddha, & the Dalai Lama, Ancient Alien Hair, Sex Comets, Spying On The IRS, and much more.

Ep. #4 - What If You Got Attacked By A Bear? Jan 07, 2017

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Friend of the show and guest Eric Mayson comes back aboard the What If? train for a ride through the wilderness as we discuss the unlikely but terrifying subject of bear attacks. Ryan sees the worst picture in the world, Spencer reads tweets from a bear, and we barely tolerate Mayson’s puns.

Hot Topics: Please Bear With Us, Warning: Extremely Gruesome, “Wait, Does Blood Freeze?”, Bear Calorie Counting, I’m Sorry We’re Laughing, The Worst Marathon Prize Ever, and much more.

Ep. #3 - What If We’re Living In A Simulation? [Simulation Theory] Jan 07, 2017

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With guest Max Selim, we discuss the merits of whether we’re living a lie - a.k.a. - simulation theory. Is all this just zeroes and ones? Is everything we see simulated by a computer? And if so, how many billions of these are there? Which one are we in? IS THIS REAL LIFE? Ryan is afraid and confused, Spencer is pumped, and Max steers the simulation theory ship.

Hot Topics: Blade Runner, Philip K. Dick Is Terrifying, We’re All Gonna Die, Flavor Tripping, “Don’t Put This On The Podcast,” Total Recall, If None Of This Is Real, and much more.
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Ep. #2 - What If Dolphins Could Skydive? [Animal Intelligence] Jan 07, 2017

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With guests Eric Mayson and Chance York, we discuss animal intelligence through a variety of stories, from skydiving dolphins, to painting elephants, to talking birds, and militarized monkeys. Ryan advocates book-burning, Spencer reads the autobiography of a horse, Chance thinks something’s fishy, and Mayson finds a bug.

Hot Topics: Soviet Dolphin Paratroopers, There’s A Bug In This Room, Don’t Save The Dolphins, Flooded-Basement Dolphin-Tank Party-Time, Written By A Horse, Yeah But Think About Birds, and much more.

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Ep. #1 - What If You Got Away With It? [Heists] Jan 07, 2017

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Today, we tell three tales of people who did unlikely, illegal, and incredible things - and never got caught. From D.B. Cooper, to The Max Headroom Incident, to one of the only successful Las Vegas casino robberies in history - Ryan is geeked about Air Pirates, Spencer dreams of TV phreaking, and we wonder together about the rare few who actually got away with it.

Hot Topics: The Tomb Level In Goldeneye, Interrupting Dr. Who, Twin Peaks, Flying in the 50’s Must’ve Been Amazing, “Settle Down, I’m Workin’ Here!”, Armored Truck Parking, and much more.

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