What The If?

Philip Shane, Matt Stanley, Gabrielle Paniccia

Learn how to think like EINSTEIN! Every week we learn science running imaginative thought experiments. Our brilliant guests are some of the world’s greatest science fiction writers, scientists & science communicators. Leap into a journey to answer the most fascinating question in the universe: What The IF?

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What The If?

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What The If?

Aug 4, 2026
39¼ minutes
54 MB

What the if scientists were as famous as football stars? Picture packed bars, roaring crowds, and a physicist on the big screen getting absolutely destroyed by a rival's data. Come find out who wins. Inspired by "What People Get Wrong About Scientists" by Dava Sobel, Scientific American, June 16, 2026. Three sentences, 33 words. The middle one now carries the joke, because the stadium energy and the lab-coat detail collide inside a single image instead of sitting in separate sentences. —— When she's not studying zombie fungus at Harvard or helping us break the universe every week, our very own Gaby Paniccia writes science fict...

What The If?

Nobel Winners Sign SNEAKER Deals!

Philip Shane, Matt Stanley, Gabrielle Paniccia

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