Losing your head isn't good, but what actually happens, and what can it tell us about animals, ethics, and bad science? And what is a constructed language, when does it fail, and when can it be use to make great... art? As they say, Ni Lernu Ĉion! Content Warning that today's science topic can be a bit grim, so if you want, you can skip ahead to 54:54 Things we Talk About: Mike The Chicken Sea Slug Moving The Narmer Palette Timestamps: (00:00:00) Intro (00:02:36) Don't Lose Your Head! (00:54:55)...
Feb 29, 2024•1 hr 40 min
How have human beings evolved, and how could we evolve in the future? And what are some famous first messages, and what can we learn from looking at them? Images we Talk About: Telegram First Record Image Second Record Image Other Record Images Tom's Ingenuity Comic Support us with a Max Fun Membership! Join our Discord! Timestamps: (00:00:00) Intro (00:03:15) Are We Still Evolving? (00:52:00) Famous First Messages (01:38:17) Outro We also learn about: DANGER BOO BOO, Ella has her own discord?? ...
Feb 15, 2024•1 hr 43 min
How did eels evolve electricity? And when is "women's work" neither women's nor work? Images we Talk About: Socks More Socks Thimble Bag Crochet Art Timestamps: (00:00:00) Intro (00:03:26) Evolving Electricity (00:51:13) "Women's Work" (01:38:46) Outro Support us with a Max Fun Membership! Join our Discord! We also learn about: Happy moisturizer to all who celebrate, Ella’s just here for moral support, when did they put batteries in eels, someone's just statically charging these eels, what did w...
Feb 01, 2024•1 hr 44 min
While we take our January break we're rebroadcasting our appearance on Creature Feature! Katie pulled out some of the wildest facts for us, so enjoy, thanks for your patience, and see y'all in 2 weeks!
Jan 18, 2024•1 hr 2 min
It's our annual Q&A episode where we look back on 2023 and answer your questions to learn about our process, our favorite things, and each other! Support us with a Max Fun Membership! Join our Discord! We also learn about: Ella gets on the album, Dodie is very frog people music, pigeons fruit flies and sloths, our favorite topics of each others, black holes and microscopes and extinct animals, there’s one whole picture of Ella and Caroline, I need more than 5 seconds of this lady, Nessie Krampus...
Jan 04, 2024•1 hr 47 min
It's the HaLearnDays! The time of year when we share gifts of fun facts from us and friends of the show! Support us with a Max Fun Membership! Join our Discord! We also learn about: I wish Katie and Alex were real, pooping every 20 minutes, a human creates 320 pounds of poop a year, when I think about dangerous, “when I think of dangerous bird boop”, cube pooped saves on the poly count, poopin and pleasin, Watching the Sky and Thinking a Thought, smuggling instruments to space, sonic boooooms, t...
Dec 21, 2023•1 hr 41 min
What are the superheavy elements, and how did we make them? And what is public domain day, and why is next year's going to be so interesting? Things we Talk About: The Mickey Mouse Curve Support us with a Max Fun Membership! Join our Discord! Timestamps: (00:00:00) Intro (00:03:17) Superheavy Elements (00:37:41) Public Domain Day (01:19:19) Outro We also learn about: It’s like we’re in school again, ordering the periodic table before discovering the electron, Mendelev didn't even like electrons,...
Dec 07, 2023•1 hr 24 min
Submit your questions for our end of year Q&A episode at letslearneverything.com/question or in our discord!
Nov 30, 2023•52 sec
Investigative journalist Amy Westervelt from Drilled asks us: what is carbon capture and is it good or bad or... complicated? What is the Atlas Network and why are they comically evil dark avengers of the climate world? And how do you go from recording a podcast in your car to creating an award winning podcast network? 🎤 See Tom perform comedy in Brooklyn for Earth Alliance! 🎤 Support us with a Max Fun Membership! Join our Discord! Timestamps: (00:00:00) Intro (00:05:14) Carbon Capture (00:39:...
Nov 23, 2023•1 hr 12 min
Are we really all destined to turn into crabs? Why are there so many animal algorithms, and are they all legit? And just how many times have we been wrong about the lemming? Things we talk about: All the Crabs Caroline mentions The Big List of Animal Algorithms Boid Video Support us with a Max Fun Membership! Join our Discord! Timestamps: (00:00:00) Intro (00:04:03) Carcinization (00:42:00) The Animal Algorithm Mystery (01:25:46) The Many Lemming Lies (01:45:35) Outro We also learn about: Endles...
Nov 09, 2023•1 hr 51 min
Why do we get goosebumps when we hear nails on a chalkboard? Obviously aliens didn't make the pyramids, but how were they made and what does that teach us about humanity? And what's the story behind nessie and why the queer community loves cryptids? Things we talk about: Egyptian painting of using water to pull a statue Video of modern people pulling a block The famous Nessie photograph Support us with a Max Fun Membership! Join our Discord! Timestamps: (00:00:00) Intro (00:05:59) Goosebumps (00...
Oct 26, 2023•1 hr 56 min
For our 2nd anniversary and our 50th episode (which it definitely is, don't check) we cooperatively tackled a topic folks have been asking us to do for ages: The Ig Nobel Prize! Check out our new merch! Hats! Posters! Mugs! Images and Videos we talk about: The Levitating Frog Video The Best of Miss Sweetie Poo Ocean Mixing Anchovy Diagram The Grabbing Tentacle Robot Video Necrobotic Spider Diagram Necrobotic Spider Video The Juke 8 Daisuke Practicing his Speech Join our Discord! Timestamps: (00:...
Oct 12, 2023•2 hr 6 min
We all use Wikipedia, but how did it come to be? What's the first number to not have a Wikipedia page, and what does that say about math and humans? And what on Earth is Perpetual Stew? Follow Annie and Depths of Wikipedia on Instagam / Twitter / Tiktok! Images we talk about: Sloane's Gap nostalgia.wikipedia.com Support us with a Max Fun Membership! Join our Discord! Timestamps: (00:00:00) Intro (00:07:33) The History of Wikipedia (00:50:16) The First Boring Number (01:12:09) Wikimania and Perpe...
Sep 28, 2023•1 hr 35 min
What lies below the depths of the sea... and why should we stop being so afraid of it? Okay we know crystals can't heal you, but could they actually do... something? And why are time capsules more complicated than you'd think, and why should we love them anyway? Images/Videos we talk about: New Yorker Comic about the Deep Sea The Phantom Jellyfish (warning for Thalassophobia) The Venus Flow Basket Sponge Support us with a Max Fun Membership! Join our Discord! Timestamps: (00:00:00) Intro (00:05:...
Sep 14, 2023•2 hr
Why are lawns so bad, and what could we grow instead? How much can we learn from an esoteric word like Psammophile? And why is the Guinness Book of World Records wonderful and terrible at the same time? Images/Videos we talk about: Snakes in Sand The Jerboa/Kangaroo Rat/Kangaroo Mouse Support us with a Max Fun Membership! Join our Discord! Timestamps: (00:00:00) Intro (00:05:44) Lawn Loathing (00:45:55) Spelling Psammophile (01:19:26) Guinness World Records (01:50:38) Outro We also learn about: ...
Aug 31, 2023•1 hr 55 min
What previous scientific theories would turn into the ones we know today, and what can they teach us? Why is Tuberculosis still a thing in the modern age? And who were the Radium girls, and what did they give us? Support us with a Max Fun Membership! Join our Discord! We also learn about: Oh Fuck Tom and Ella and Caroline, theory vs pseudoscience, scientific glow up, the LLE game show theme, any time Tom isn’t talking he’s doing a little dance, preformationism, tiny growing dinosaur gametes, mia...
Aug 17, 2023•1 hr 55 min
Special guests Alex Schmidt and Katie Goldin from Secretly Incredibly Fascinating and Creature Feature answer: Have birds ever been to space? Why does Katie love birds so much? And how did Alex bring about the bison emoji to everyone's phones? Things we Talk About: The Quails in Space video we watched over and over The Club Winged Manakin's "Call" Katie's Snoopy Comics Support us with a Max Fun Membership! Join our Discord! Timestamps: (00:00:00) Intro (00:07:13) Space Birds (00:38:46) Birds & B...
Aug 03, 2023•1 hr
How long have we been searching for Gravitational Waves? What is the loneliest animal, and what does it mean to be lonely? And what really makes graffiti... graffiti? Support us with a Max Fun Membership! Join our Discord! Timestamps: (00:00:00) Intro (00:04:26) Gravitational Waves (00:41:01) The Loneliest Animal (01:14:17) Graffiti (01:45:21) Outro We also learn about: Invisible ripples in spacetime that move at the speed of light and squeeze and stretch spacetime, Aristotle would have lost his...
Jul 20, 2023•1 hr 50 min
How complicated is trying to scientifically study gender? Why does it feel like water get discovered on Mars every other month? And what's so great about these pigeons I see everywhere? Images we talk about: The Brain Gender Chart The Jacobin Pigeon The Pouter Pigeon Support us with a Max Fun Membership! Join our Discord! Timestamps: (00:00:00) Intro (00:03:38) Gender Complexity (00:42:27) Mars Water Deja Vu (01:18:16) Pigeons (01:38:21) Outro We also learn about: Caroline snipes Tom’s joke, let...
Jul 06, 2023•1 hr 42 min
It's our first Best Of episode! We sat down to listen to and talk about the topics YOU told us were your favorites! Temporal Illusions! Eurovision! Dodos, and so much more! Support us with a Max Fun Membership! Join our Discord! We also learn about: The handsome Dr. Ella Hubber, if a friend recommended this to you they’re amazing and didn’t start that orphanage fire, declaring Tom’s love for Carly in the first episode, the first “Comedy”, Tom’s Eurovision indoctrination, the grim Holiday Episode...
Jun 19, 2023•1 hr 32 min
What are some of the wildest ways that eyes have evolved? What would happen if we got rid of all mosquitos, and how would we even do it? And how on Earth did some Canadians come to love bagged milk? Images we talk about: The Picture Tom had on his Dorm Wall The Sheep Video Support us with a Max Fun Membership! Join our Discord! Timestamps: (00:00:00) Intro (00:05:15) Eyevolution (00:44:03) Eliminating Mosquitos (01:18:11) Bagged Milk (01:41:18) Outro We also learn about: Ella you’ve made it! it’...
Jun 08, 2023•1 hr 47 min
Who is the most recent human we all share our DNA with? How can CRISPR be used to help the climate crisis? And what do telephones have to do with music? Support us with a Max Fun Membership! Join our Discord! Timestamps: (00:00:00) Intro (00:04:22) Mitochondrial Eve (00:39:21) Climate Change CRISPR (01:14:15) Telephone Music (01:47:15) Outro Images we talk about: Early Headphone Advertisement We also learn about: Dartboard topics, Most recent common female ancestor, that’s actually the topic! en...
May 31, 2023•1 hr 51 min
Tom threw out his voice screaming about the new Zelda game (not actually) so we're delaying the next episode. But! We're not shifting the release schedule so the next episode will still come out the Thursday after! In the meantime, check out the episode of Veritasium that Tom researched and wrote! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZMQbHMgK2rw
May 25, 2023•2 min
What are the myths and facts around the hormonal birth control pill? Why are there two highest points on Earth, and does that teach us about our planet? And what are all the ways period products affect the world we live in? Support us with a Max Fun Membership! Join our Discord! Timestamps: (00:00:00) Intro (00:03:04) The Pill (00:52:01) The 2 Highest Points on Earth (01:28:28) Period Products (01:49:10) Outro We also learn about: Now that’s a rabbithole I can go down, taking half the pill makes...
May 11, 2023•1 hr 53 min
Special guest Ellen Weatherford joins us to ask: just how interesting can water and fish be? And are there any pokemon inspired by strange but real animals? Check out Ellen's podcasts "Just the Zoo of Us" and "Spellbound and Gagged" Support us with a Max Fun Membership! Join our Discord! We also learn about: defining fish, “just be cool about it”, defining drowning, Ellen and Caroline teach Tom and Ella about where water oxygen comes from, history of breathing, where we’re going we don’t need bo...
Apr 27, 2023•1 hr 22 min
Is there more to learn than to fear from toxic animals? How would we warn future humans about present dangers? And what are better ways for us to be buried? Things we mention: WIPP Mock Up Images Support us with a Max Fun Membership! Join our Discord! We also learn about: This ant can kill 1 million elephants, haven’t found a venomous mushroom… yet, a lot of my friends are toxic frogs, nom nom nom I eat poison, don’t touch shit, from none to death, the schmidt sting index, I want the data not th...
Apr 13, 2023•2 hr
Apologies all, Ella's computer kicked the bucket, so we'll be back next week with a fresh episode!
Apr 06, 2023•2 min
IT'S THE MAX FUN DRIVE!!! See our Game Night Livestream Monday March 27th at 5pm EST! Get cool drive rewards and listen to our special bonus episode! Can Large Language Models be used for good in scientific fields? Could space smell... good? And what olympic events have we tried, abandoned, and completely forgotten about? Things we mention: Compulsory Figures Support us with a Max Fun Membership! Join our Discord! We also learn about: Using ChatGPT to break up with your partner, it’s all very dr...
Mar 23, 2023•1 hr 58 min
Today we're rebroadcasting our appearance on Just the Zoo of Us as we prepare for an episode coming NEXT week for the MaxFunDrive! On this episode we combine our shows formats to bring you a full Topic, Question, and misc, all about one of the most misunderstood, intelligent, and rascally animals: the rat! Join Tom at a MaxFunDrive Meetup! Support us with a Max Fun Membership! Join our Discord!...
Mar 16, 2023•1 hr 11 min
Is it really possible to bring back the Dodo, and what even really happened in the first place? Are there any games left that humans can beat computers at, and why might that be okay? And what can art forgery tell us about art and the art world? Images/Videos we Mention: The TinkerToy Tic Tac Toe Computer The Rock Paper Scissors Robot Support us with a Max Fun Membership! Join our Discord! We also learn about: The Cherished Dodo, tinction, what does a dodo taste i mean look like, dodo art teleph...
Mar 02, 2023•2 hr 2 min
