
That's Absurd Please Elaborate
Science & Technology News
Seriously researched answers to absolutely ridiculous questions. New episodes every week.
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Seriously researched answers to absolutely ridiculous questions. New episodes every week.
Language:
English
Episodes
Sucking Blueberries to Space 'Til You're Blue in the Face
8/14/2025
Oompa Loompa, do-ba-dee-doo, Julian’s got a blueberry question for you…
Oompa Loompa, do-ba-da-dee, it you are wise you'll listen to … this podcast??
What do you get from a hose to space?
“Is it a straw or a siphon,” asked Trace?
Blaming us for these silly quest-ions
You know exactly what… else happ-pens!
We dig deep and will answer them!
Oompa Loompa do-ba-dee-da,
If you like this pod then you will go far.
You will live in happiness too,
Like the oompa loompa do-ba-dee-doo!
QUESTIONS
Julian: "What would happen if you ran a hose from the ocean into space" from Pinky
Trace: "How many blueberries would you have to eat to actually turn blue?" from Justin
Do you have an absurd question? Maybe it's a silly idea that popped into your head, a shower thought about the nature of reality, or a ridiculous musing about your favorite food? Whatever your question, we want to answer it—tell us!
HOW TO ASK A QUESTION
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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!
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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 with the support of our Patrons.
Theme Music by Epidemic Sound; learn more here: http://nebula.tv/epidemic
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Duration:01:05:49
Reverse-Muscled Cat Prisoners
8/7/2025
In this episode, Trace investigates whether your furry companion is cuddling you... or forging a trauma bond in exchange for treats. Meanwhile, in a shocking twist of anatomy, Julian answers what would happen if your muscles worked in reverse. Flexing? Cancelled. Walking? Complicated. Cuddling your trauma-bonded cat? Still mandatory.
QUESTIONS
Julian: "What if muscles worked in the opposite direction?" from Eline from the Netherlands
Trace: "Does my cat have Stockholm syndrome?" from Rob
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/@TraceElements
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!
✨️✨️ NOW IN VIDEO ON NEBULA ✨️✨️
Do you love our podcast but just wish you could see our weird looking faces? NOW YOU CAN.
go to → nebula.tv/thatsabsurdvideo
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!
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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!
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Duration:01:14:33
Trying to Explain 'Left' to Aliens from our Itty Bitty Earth
7/31/2025
In this rebroadcasted episode, Trace resets the solar system to observe what life would be like on a 2/3rds-sized "Wee Earth." Julian, meanwhile, uses particle physics to finally distinguish between his left and right hands.
QUESTIONS
Julian: "If I had some magic communicator to speak to someone in another galaxy, could I explain what "left" and "right" were?" from Anonymous
Trace: "How would have life evolved if Earth was two-three times smaller?" from Moma
Do you have an absurd question? Maybe it's a silly idea that popped into your head, a shower thought about the nature of reality, or a ridiculous musing about your favorite food? Whatever your question, we want to answer it—tell us!
HOW TO ASK A QUESTION
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If we use your question we’ll give you a shout out in the episode.
SEE OUR VIDEOS ON NEBULA
Do you love our podcast but just wish you could see our weird looking faces? NOW YOU CAN.
go to → nebula.tv/thatsabsurdvideo
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!
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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 with the support of our Patrons.
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.
Duration:01:17:19
Keeping aBREAST of Our Wild Dreams | feat. Deboki Chakravarti
7/24/2025
In this episode Trace takes way, way too long to explain that dreams are pretty darn short. Meanwhile, friend of the absurd, Deboki Chakravarti squeezes every last drop of information about breastfeeding.
QUESTIONS
Deboki Chakravarti: "Why do we only breastfeed our babies, but not other close relatives and friends to boost each other's immune systems?" from Kathy
Trace: "How does time in dreams work" from Haurane
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
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☎️ 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/@TraceElements
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!
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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!
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Duration:01:29:12
SHAAAAAAAARRRRKKKKS | Feat. Jaida Elcock
7/17/2025
It's the most wonderful time of the year! When the fish in the water make the kids scream and holler and panic with fear! That's right, it's Shark Time. You all know what we're referring to but we think the term might be trademarked like the Tuber Bowl and Taco Thursday. Anyway, we're kicking off the celebrations and to help us do so we went out and (politely) caught the coolest shark expert we know, Jaida Elcock, to answer your shark-related musings!
QUESTIONS
Julian: "What adaptation, that is completely absent from all sharks, would be best to add to sharks and why?" from Jaida
Jaida: "How fast would the ecosystem collapse - or the creature itself die - if a megladon got plopped into the ocean?" from Hannah (YES, THAT HANNAH)
Trace: "What does it smell like underwater?" from Tom
Do you have an absurd question? Maybe it's a silly idea that popped into your head, a shower thought about the nature of reality, or a ridiculous musing about your favorite food? Whatever your question, we want to answer it—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!
✨️✨️ NOW IN VIDEO HERE ON NEBULA ✨️✨️
Do you love our podcast but just wish you could see our weird looking faces? NOW YOU CAN.
go to → nebula.tv/thatsabsurdvideo
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!
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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!
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Duration:01:42:09
H2Oooooh myyyyyyy!
7/10/2025
In this strange episode Trace obsesses over the wild water system stretching across North America, and Julian contemplates indoor clouds and ACTUALLY ANSWERS: Does this solve anything?!?!
Thanks to Dr Brian Rahm from the New York State Water Resources Institute at Cornell University for answering my silly questions.
Find out more about water: https://cals.cornell.edu/water-resources-institute
QUESTIONS
Julian: "Is it possible to create a cloud indoors?" from Josh in Bozeman, Montana
Trace: "What would happen if everyone in North America turned on all their taps and hoses and just let the water run indefinitely?" from Patreon poll winner: Tammy
Do you have an absurd question? Maybe it's a silly idea that popped into your head, a shower thought about the nature of reality, or a ridiculous musing about your favorite food? Whatever your question, we want to answer it—tell us!
HOW TO ASK A QUESTION
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If we use your question we’ll give you a shout out in the episode.
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Do you love our podcast but just wish you could see our weird looking faces? NOW YOU CAN.
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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!
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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!
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Duration:01:06:20
DINOSAURS!! (We didn't stop to think if we should, oops)
7/3/2025
This week we try something a little different — the ⚡️THUNDER ROUND ⚡️ as Jeff Goldblum says in Jurassic Park Uno, “Your [science nerds] were so preoccupied with whether they could, they didn't stop to think if they should!”
In this special episode, Julian and Trace snagged every dinosaur related question we could fit in a shaving cream can. Then, like a couple of velociraptors in a kitchen we made a huge mess of things. There’s a new Jurassic World movie, so we figured if not now — then when? Maybe people are going to go DINO-CRAZY! (we hope). If you have a Jurassic-leaning friend send them this episode; we spared no expense on it!
QUESTIONS
Julian:
Trace:
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
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☎️ 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 IN VIDEO ON NEBULA ✨️✨️
Do you love our podcast but just wish you could see our weird looking faces? NOW YOU CAN.
go to → nebula.tv/thatsabsurdvideo
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!
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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!
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Duration:01:30:30
Soaring to the Sweater-Powered Ozone Layer With Our Pinkies OUT
6/26/2025
Setting: Dry, warm evening in a small pub in Los Angeles.
Deputy Julian: "Whew-whee! What's that smell?!"
Detective Kyle (with a light drawl): "That's ozone, Julian. Something out of this world happened in this English phone box."
Dep. Julian (looking up at the sky): "By out of this world…you mean up there in the sky?"
Det. Kyle: sighs heavily
Dep. Julian: "I'm going to go check!"
Julian unfurls his giant grotesque wings. After a few large flaps, he has risen into the air. He begins sweating profusely.
Dep. Julian: "GAH, I should've taken off this heavy sweatshirt!"
Det. Kyle: Pulls out his bubble pipe "Bye, LaForge. I think you've got it!"
QUESTIONS
Julian: "Could humans ever actually evolve to have the ability to fly? How hard would it be?" from Madeline
Trace: "How many sweatshirt you have to remove to inhale a lethal dose of ozone created by static discharge?" from Phillippe
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!
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✨️✨️ 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!
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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!
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Duration:01:15:45
How a Color Could Make You Faster and a Humidifier Could Make Your House Bigger
6/19/2025
Trace WOOD really like you to know that Dr Sam Zelinka from the Forest Products Lab is really SWELL, and he is KNOT KIDDING (I’m out of puns). Also, Julian talks about airplanes (again).
QUESTIONS
Julian: "What is the fastest color?" from Rey
Trace: "How much does my house shrink in the winter and expand in the summer?" from Chris
Do you have an absurd question? Maybe it's a silly idea that popped into your head, a shower thought about the nature of reality, or a ridiculous musing about your favorite food? Whatever your question, we want to answer it—tell us!
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✨️✨️ NOW ON YOUTUBE TOO ✨️✨️
Do you love our podcast but just wish you could see our weird looking faces? NOW YOU CAN.
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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!
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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!
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Duration:01:05:24
Kiss a Boo-Boo and Drug a Dog
6/12/2025
When I was a kid, I ran around a corner and a tree branch went right into my eye. Luckily, my mom kissed it and made it all better… or… was it my brain that made it better? And can dogs do that too? Brb, gonna go kiss my dog.
QUESTIONS
Julian: "Do animals get the placebo effect??" from Trevor (poll winner)
Trace: "How long have people been kissing kids boo-boos, and does it work?" from Jenn (she/her)
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Duration:01:01:49
LIVE SHOW : Tunnels of Allergic Plants and Blinding Fireflies | feat. Naila Moriera
6/5/2025
This is our first LIVE SHOW ever!! We were invited to perform the podcast live at Smith College in Massachusetts and people actually came! Thanks for all your support these past two years. We wouldn’t be here without you all. Thank you!
QUESTIONS
Julian: "Is it possible to maintain a tunnel from one side of the earth to the other? What would be the environmental effects?" from Weina Lu (she/her)
Trace: "Is there a quantity of fireflies that could blind someone?" from Smith student Sarah (she/her)
Naila: “What if plants were allergic to us?” from 5c community member Billy (they/them)
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CREDITS
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Duration:01:07:23
Massacring Mosquitoes with a Billion Bananas - An Episode Specifically for Hannah
5/29/2025
Bananas are positively aching to murder you. They’re radioactive, they’re clones, they’re slippery, they’re filled with potassium (which explodes when it hits water). Ignore those mosquitoes over there in the corner, pay attention to this murderous banana! NO DON’T PULL THE CURTAIN
QUESTIONS
Julian: "How many bananas would it take to kill a man?" from Hannah (she/her)
Trace: "Could Mosquitoes go extinct with nothing bad happening to the ecosystem in the aftermath?" from Hannah (she/her)
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Duration:01:05:57
Chatty Planties Under Twin Suns | feat Maren Hunsberger
5/22/2025
Turns out plants are absolute CHATTERBOXES! They talk so much that they make Julian look like a silent partner (he’s not). Instead, he uses a silly German accent to accost our guest Maren Hunsberger all about plant communication. And, speaking of intense interrogations, Star Wars’ Tatooine gets a lot of play in the pop-science space news, but here at home having two suns is way hotter, and also (surprisingly) WAY COLDER!
QUESTIONS
Julian: "What would happen if our Solar System had two suns" from Hannah
Maren: "If plants ‘scream’ when cut, do they talk for other reasons?" from Xander
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Duration:00:57:30
Americas? Gone. Half the Population? Gone! My Keys?... Uh Oh.
5/15/2025
Let’s just wait a minute while everyone logs on… just a miiiiinnuuuuute, OK do we? I think… Yes, we have everyone! Welcome y’all to our weekly corporate roundtable, before we get started let’s all do some SNAPS for Norm for his Thanos Post-Mortem! The deck was amazing and I think there were some incredible insights to share. But today we’re throwing it over to Trace to speak to our MISSING AMERICAS strategic initiative, and then later, Julian will unpack the objectives and KEY reports which, I think will OPEN so MANY DOORS for our group moving forward. Okay? OK. Let’s get started! ✨️
QUESTIONS
Trace: "What if no Americas?" from Sakari
Norm Chan "What would be the real consequences of a Thanos' snap? How screwed is society?” from Morgan
Julian: "Which key opens the most doors?" from Art
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Duration:01:34:02
"I Flick My Space Boogers at You" - the Sun, Probably
5/8/2025
Ever notice that our fingers seem to fit perfectly in our nostrils? Is... is that supposed to be like that? Our Patreon subscribers picked this little gem so Trace dug deep to find an answer. Then Julian tries to figure out just what it would take to make a star-encapsulating super structure, better known as a Dyson Sphere.
QUESTIONS
Julian: "What percentage of the earth mass it would take to make a Dyson sphere?" from Phillipe
Trace: "Are we supposed to pick our nose?" from Trevor
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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. Our associate producer is Sabrina Capello.
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Duration:01:06:23
TAPE Classic | Rump-Shaking Dyslexic Shrimp | feat. Dr Virginia Schutte
5/1/2025
Hi All! Trace and Julian are taking a bit of a break this week but fear not, we still have some content for you! This is one of our favorite old episodes where Julian learns the REAL alphabet, also known as the ABG’s (not a typo); Trace discovers we are all constantly online whether we like it or not by exploring the mysteries of WiFi; and special guest Dr Virginia Schutte dives into a super-powered animal propelled by twerking.
QUESTIONS
Virginia: “What if humans had mantis shrimp powers?” from listener Samara D
Julian: "Who invented alphabetical order?" from listener Paul P
Trace: "Where is the internet?" from guest Virginia Schutte, PhD
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Duration:01:31:59
Internally Screaming Until Leap Year
4/24/2025
This episode Julian tries to think of an even better calendar (too bad "Julian Calendar" was already taken) and Trace thinks a thought so hard his head hurts.
QUESTIONS
Julian: "Is there a better calendar than the Gregorian? Would it solve any obscure problems?" from Daniel
Trace: "Can you think something in your head so loud that it can physically hurt you?" from Austin
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Duration:01:06:09
Belting Fly Brains and Melting Gold with Rain
4/17/2025
Let’s get ready to RUMMMMMMMBBBLLLEEE!! In this corner, we have a normal human who is definitely not a psychopath, and in the opposite corner we have… a fly. Just like, a fly. Also Julian is here and has an amazing story about melting gold with acid rain!
QUESTIONS
Julian: "Could we produce enough air pollution to make the sky rain aqua regia? At what point would it begin to dissolve gold?" from Mateo
Trace: "What is the smallest creature that can be knocked out with a punch?" from Sean
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Duration:01:14:16
Going Full Goron on the Himalayas
4/10/2025
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
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Duration:01:11:29
Forever and a Hair
4/3/2025
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.
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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✨️
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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
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Duration:01:21:37