That's Absurd Please Elaborate

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! WANT MORE US? SUPPORT THE SHOW! Want to support us and other indie creators? Join Nebula go.nebula.tv/thatsabsurdshow Want to help decide which questions we answer? Join our patreon patreon.com/thatsabsurdshow SOCIALS [[ FOLLOW OUR SHOW ]] Instagram: @ThatsAbsurdShow Threads: @ThatsAbsurdShow Bluesky: @thatsabsurdshow.com [[ FOLLOW JAIDA ]] Instagram: @sofishtication_ YouTube: @soFISHtication_ TikTok: sofishtication Bluesky: sofishtication [[ FOLLOW JULIAN ]] Instagram: @Huggetout Threads: @Huggetout [[ FOLLOW TRACE ]] Instagram: @tracedominguez Threads: @tracedominguez BlueSky: @tracedominguez.com YouTube: youtube.com/@tracedominguez And don’t sleep on ThatsAbsurdShow.com. There you can browse images and videos we find during our research and listen to every episode of the show. 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! See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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 🖥️ 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 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! Want to support us and other indie creators? Join Nebula go.nebula.tv/thatsabsurdshow Want to help decide which questions we answer? Join our patreon patreon.com/thatsabsurdshow SOCIALS [[ FOLLOW OUR SHOW ]] Instagram: @ThatsAbsurdShow Threads: @ThatsAbsurdShow Bluesky: @thatsabsurdshow.com [[ FOLLOW JULIAN ]] Instagram: @Huggetout Threads: @Huggetout [[ FOLLOW TRACE ]] Instagram: @tracedominguez Threads: @tracedominguez BlueSky: @tracedominguez.com YouTube: youtube.com/@tracedominguez And don’t sleep on ThatsAbsurdShow.com. There you can browse images and videos we find during our research and listen to every episode of the show. 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! See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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 🖥️ 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 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! Want to support us and other indie creators? Join Nebula go.nebula.tv/thatsabsurdshow Want to help decide which questions we answer? Join our patreon patreon.com/thatsabsurdshow SOCIALS [[ FOLLOW OUR SHOW ]] Instagram: @ThatsAbsurdShow Threads: @ThatsAbsurdShow Bluesky: @thatsabsurdshow.com [[ FOLLOW JULIAN ]] Instagram: @Huggetout Threads: @Huggetout [[ FOLLOW TRACE ]] Instagram: @tracedominguez YouTube: @tracedominguez Threads: @tracedominguez BlueSky: @tracedominguez.com And don’t sleep on ThatsAbsurdShow.com. There you can browse images and videos we find during our research and listen to every episode of the show. 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! See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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! 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! WANT MORE US? SUPPORT THE SHOW! Want to support us and other indie creators? Join Nebula go.nebula.tv/thatsabsurdshow Want to help decide which questions we answer? Join our patreon patreon.com/thatsabsurdshow SOCIALS [[ FOLLOW OUR SHOW ]] Instagram: @ThatsAbsurdShow Threads: @ThatsAbsurdShow Bluesky: @thatsabsurdshow.com [[ FOLLOW JULIAN ]] Instagram: @Huggetout Threads: @Huggetout [[ FOLLOW TRACE ]] Instagram: @tracedominguez YouTube: @tracedominguez Threads: @tracedominguez BlueSky: @tracedominguez.com And don’t sleep on ThatsAbsurdShow.com. There you can browse images and videos we find during our research and listen to every episode of the show. 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! See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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! 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! WANT MORE US? SUPPORT THE SHOW! Want to support us and other indie creators? Join Nebula go.nebula.tv/thatsabsurdshow Want to help decide which questions we answer? Join our patreon patreon.com/thatsabsurdshow SOCIALS [[ FOLLOW OUR SHOW ]] Instagram: @ThatsAbsurdShow Threads: @ThatsAbsurdShow Bluesky: @thatsabsurdshow.com [[ FOLLOW JULIAN ]] Instagram: @Huggetout Threads: @Huggetout [[ FOLLOW TRACE ]] Instagram: @tracedominguez Threads: @tracedominguez BlueSky: @tracedominguez.com YouTube: youtube.com/@tracedominguez And don’t sleep on ThatsAbsurdShow.com. There you can browse images and videos we find during our research and listen to every episode of the show. 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! See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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) 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 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! Want to support us and other indie creators? Join Nebula go.nebula.tv/thatsabsurdshow Want to help decide which questions we answer? Join our patreon patreon.com/thatsabsurdshow SOCIALS [[ FOLLOW OUR SHOW ]] Instagram: @ThatsAbsurdShow Threads: @ThatsAbsurdShow Bluesky: @thatsabsurdshow.com [[ FOLLOW JULIAN ]] Instagram: @Huggetout Threads: @Huggetout [[ FOLLOW TRACE ]] Instagram: @tracedominguez YouTube: @tracedominguez Threads: @tracedominguez BlueSky: @tracedominguez.com And don’t sleep on ThatsAbsurdShow.com. There you can browse images and videos we find during our research and listen to every episode of the show. 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! See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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) Do you have an absurd question? Maybe it's a 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/@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! WANT MORE US? SUPPORT THE SHOW! Want to support us and other indie creators? Join Nebula go.nebula.tv/thatsabsurdshow Want to help decide which questions we answer? Join our patreon patreon.com/thatsabsurdshow SOCIALS [[NAILA MORIERA]] from Smith College! Go to her website and pre-order her new book: Nailamoreira.com … and find her on instagram: https://www.instagram.com/naila_fin/ [[ FOLLOW OUR SHOW ]] Instagram: @ThatsAbsurdShow Threads: @ThatsAbsurdShow Bluesky: @thatsabsurdshow.com [[ FOLLOW JULIAN ]] Instagram: @Huggetout Threads: @Huggetout [[ FOLLOW TRACE ]] Instagram: @tracedominguez Threads: @tracedominguez BlueSky: @tracedominguez.com YouTube: youtube.com/@tracedominguez And don’t sleep on ThatsAbsurdShow.com. There you can browse images and videos we find during our research and listen to every episode of the show. 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! See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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) 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/@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! WANT MORE US? SUPPORT THE SHOW! Want to support us and other indie creators? Join Nebula go.nebula.tv/thatsabsurdshow Want to help decide which questions we answer? Join our patreon patreon.com/thatsabsurdshow SOCIALS [[ FOLLOW OUR SHOW ]] Instagram: @ThatsAbsurdShow Threads: @ThatsAbsurdShow Bluesky: @thatsabsurdshow.com [[ FOLLOW JULIAN ]] Instagram: @Huggetout Threads: @Huggetout [[ FOLLOW TRACE ]] Instagram: @tracedominguez YouTube: @tracedominguez Threads: @tracedominguez BlueSky: @tracedominguez.com And don’t sleep on ThatsAbsurdShow.com. There you can browse images and videos we find during our research and listen to every episode of the show. 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! See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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 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/@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! WANT MORE US? SUPPORT THE SHOW! Want to support us and other indie creators? Join Nebula go.nebula.tv/thatsabsurdshow Want to help decide which questions we answer? Join our patreon patreon.com/thatsabsurdshow SOCIALS [[ FOLLOW OUR SHOW ]] Instagram: @ThatsAbsurdShow Threads: @ThatsAbsurdShow Bluesky: @thatsabsurdshow.com [[ FOLLOW JULIAN ]] Instagram: @Huggetout Threads: @Huggetout [[ FOLLOW TRACE ]] Instagram: @tracedominguez Threads: @tracedominguez BlueSky: @tracedominguez.com YouTube: youtube.com/@tracedominguez And don’t sleep on ThatsAbsurdShow.com. There you can browse images and videos we find during our research and listen to every episode of the show. 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! See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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 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/@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! WANT MORE US? SUPPORT THE SHOW! Want to support us and other indie creators? Join Nebula go.nebula.tv/thatsabsurdshow Want to help decide which questions we answer? Join our patreon patreon.com/thatsabsurdshow SOCIALS [[ FOLLOW OUR SHOW ]] Instagram: @ThatsAbsurdShow Threads: @ThatsAbsurdShow Bluesky: @thatsabsurdshow.com [[ FOLLOW JULIAN ]] Instagram: @Huggetout Threads: @Huggetout [[ FOLLOW TRACE ]] Instagram: @tracedominguez YouTube: @tracedominguez Threads: @tracedominguez BlueSky: @tracedominguez.com And don’t sleep on ThatsAbsurdShow.com. There you can browse images and videos we find during our research and listen to every episode of the show. 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! See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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 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! Want to support us and other indie creators? Join Nebula go.nebula.tv/thatsabsurdshow Want to help decide which questions we answer? Join our patreon patreon.com/thatsabsurdshow SOCIALS [[ FOLLOW OUR SHOW ]] Instagram: @ThatsAbsurdShow Threads: @ThatsAbsurdShow Bluesky: @thatsabsurdshow.com [[ FOLLOW JULIAN ]] Instagram: @Huggetout Threads: @Huggetout [[ FOLLOW TRACE ]] Instagram: @tracedominguez YouTube: @tracedominguez Threads: @tracedominguez BlueSky: @tracedominguez.com And don’t sleep on ThatsAbsurdShow.com. There you can browse images and videos we find during our research and listen to every episode of the show. 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. Our associate producer is Sabrina Capello. 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.

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 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! Submit questions directly to us thatsabsurdshow.com/ask or email them to hello at thatsabsurdshow.com. We'll give you a shout out in the episode if we use your question! We create art for each episode of That's Absurd Please Elaborate! You can find it on our Instagram @ThatsAbsurdShow, and on our website ThatsAbsurdShow.com. While on our site you can listen to every episode of the show and find full transcripts of each. SOCIALS [[ DR VIRGINIA SCHUTTE ]] TikTok: @vgwschutte Instagram: @vgwschutte Website: VirginiaSchutte.com [[ JULIAN ]] Instagram: @huggetout Threads: @huggetout [[ TRACE ]] Instagram: @tracedominguez YouTube: @tracedominguez Threads: @tracedominguez BlueSky: @tracedominguez 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. Music Provided by Epidemic Sound. Learn more here. 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.

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 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/@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 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! Want to support us and other indie creators? Join Nebula go.nebula.tv/thatsabsurdshow Want to help decide which questions we answer? Join our patreon patreon.com/thatsabsurdshow SOCIALS [[ FOLLOW OUR SHOW ]] Instagram: @ThatsAbsurdShow Threads: @ThatsAbsurdShow Bluesky: @thatsabsurdshow.com [[ FOLLOW JULIAN ]] Instagram: @Huggetout Threads: @Huggetout [[ FOLLOW TRACE ]] Instagram: @tracedominguez YouTube: @tracedominguez Threads: @tracedominguez BlueSky: @tracedominguez.com And don’t sleep on ThatsAbsurdShow.com. There you can browse images and videos we find during our research and listen to every episode of the show. 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! See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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 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. 🎸 Speaking of shout outs, super duper extra thank you to Brendan Mulhern who sang solo on our C.Elegans guitar riff. It’s magical. He’s a hero. (Yeah) ✨️✨️ 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! WANT MORE US? SUPPORT THE SHOW! Want to support us and other indie creators? Join Nebula go.nebula.tv/thatsabsurdshow Want to help decide which questions we answer? Join our patreon patreon.com/thatsabsurdshow SOCIALS [[ FOLLOW OUR SHOW ]] Instagram: @ThatsAbsurdShow Threads: @ThatsAbsurdShow Bluesky: @thatsabsurdshow.com [[ FOLLOW JULIAN ]] Instagram: @Huggetout Threads: @Huggetout [[ FOLLOW TRACE ]] Instagram: @tracedominguez YouTube: @tracedominguez Threads: @tracedominguez BlueSky: @tracedominguez.com And don’t sleep on ThatsAbsurdShow.com. There you can browse images and videos we find during our research and listen to every episode of the show. 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! See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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 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/@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! WANT MORE US? SUPPORT THE SHOW! Want to support us and other indie creators? Join Nebula go.nebula.tv/thatsabsurdshow Want to help decide which questions we answer? Join our patreon patreon.com/thatsabsurdshow SOCIALS [[ FOLLOW OUR SHOW ]] Instagram: @ThatsAbsurdShow Threads: @ThatsAbsurdShow Bluesky: @thatsabsurdshow.com [[ FOLLOW JULIAN ]] Instagram: @Huggetout Threads: @Huggetout [[ FOLLOW TRACE ]] Instagram: @tracedominguez YouTube: @tracedominguez Threads: @tracedominguez BlueSky: @tracedominguez.com And don’t sleep on ThatsAbsurdShow.com. There you can browse images and videos we find during our research and listen to every episode of the show. 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! See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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. QUESTIONS 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✨️ 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. WANT MORE US? SUPPORT THE SHOW! Want to support us and other indie creators? Join Nebula go.nebula.tv/thatsabsurdshow Want to help decide which questions we answer? Join our patreon patreon.com/thatsabsurdshow FLY WITH TRACE IN ZERO-G! Enter by April 15th for your chance to win a once-in-a-lifetime experience: spaceforhumanity.org/flywithtrace ✨️✨️ NOW ON YOUTUBE ✨️✨️ 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 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! SOCIALS [[ FOLLOW OUR SHOW ]] Instagram: @ThatsAbsurdShow Threads: @ThatsAbsurdShow [[ JULIAN ]] Instagram: @Huggetout Threads: @Huggetout X (formerly, Twitter): @Huggetout [[ TRACE ]] Instagram: @tracedominguez YouTube: @tracedominguez Threads: @tracedominguez BlueSky: @tracedominguez X (formerly, Twitter): @tracedominguez And don’t sleep on ThatsAbsurdShow.com. There you can browse images and videos we find during our research and listen to every episode of the show. 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! See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Ever get caught in a light drizzle and think, "Ah, this is nice"? WELL WHAT IF IT WAS ACTUALLY HORRIFYING??? Julian explores the several ways air resistance keeps rainstorms from becoming catastrophic bombardments from the sky. Then Trace tries to get inside the mind of Julian's chihuahua. Turns out most of her thoughts boil down to "shake" and "bark". QUESTIONS Julian: "What if rain drops did not have a terminal velocity?" from Frederik Trace: "Do animals think and/or form thoughts in their own language?" from Cooper 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. FLY WITH TRACE IN ZERO-G! Enter by April 15th for your chance to win a once-in-a-lifetime experience: spaceforhumanity.org/flywithtrace ✨️✨️ NOW ON YOUTUBE ✨️✨️ 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 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! Want to support us and other indie creators? Join Nebula go.nebula.tv/thatsabsurdshow Want to help decide which questions we answer? Join our patreon patreon.com/thatsabsurdshow SOCIALS [[ FOLLOW OUR SHOW ]] Instagram: @ThatsAbsurdShow Threads: @ThatsAbsurdShow [[ JULIAN ]] Instagram: @Huggetout Threads: @Huggetout [[ TRACE ]] Instagram: @tracedominguez YouTube: @tracedominguez Threads: @tracedominguez BlueSky: @tracedominguez And don’t sleep on ThatsAbsurdShow.com. There you can browse images and videos we find during our research and listen to every episode of the show. 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! See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Wheel wheel wheel … this episode definitely gave us both a headache. I swear we’re not going to conquer every silly meme from your group text (or maybe we will?). QUESTIONS Julian: “Are there more windows or doors in the world?” from Liam Trace: "Headaches… Why???!” from Anna from Athens 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. WANT MORE US? SUPPORT THE SHOW! Want to support us and other indie creators? Join Nebula go.nebula.tv/thatsabsurdshow Want to help decide which questions we answer? Join our patreon patreon.com/thatsabsurdshow SOCIALS [[ FOLLOW OUR SHOW ]] Instagram: @ThatsAbsurdShow Threads: @ThatsAbsurdShow [[ JULIAN ]] Instagram: @Huggetout Threads: @Huggetout X (formerly, Twitter): @Huggetout [[ TRACE ]] Instagram: @tracedominguez YouTube: @tracedominguez Threads: @tracedominguez BlueSky: @tracedominguez X (formerly, Twitter): @tracedominguez And don’t sleep on ThatsAbsurdShow.com. There you can browse images and videos we find during our research and listen to every episode of the show. 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! See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

This episode Trace tears into the age-old question, “What color should your English notebook be?” Special guest MJ Wu from the podcast Everything is Public Health looks at dogs and broccoli and somehow relates them to public health, and Julian attempts to find permanent sunscreen for his pale, pale, oh-so-pale skin. Is it gross? You betcha! QUESTIONS Julian: "Permanent Sunscreen?" from MJ MJ: “What are the wildest journeys that plants or animals have taken because of us?“ from Anna Trace: "What Color is English?" from Liza 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. WANT MORE US? SUPPORT THE SHOW! Want to support us and other indie creators? Join Nebula go.nebula.tv/thatsabsurdshow Want to help decide which questions we answer? Join our patreon patreon.com/thatsabsurdshow SOCIALS [[ FOLLOW OUR SHOW ]] Instagram: @ThatsAbsurdShow Threads: @ThatsAbsurdShow [[ JULIAN ]] Instagram: @Huggetout Threads: @Huggetout [[ TRACE ]] Instagram: @tracedominguez YouTube: @tracedominguez Threads: @tracedominguez BlueSky: @tracedominguez [[ MJ ]] Instagram: @everythingispublichealth BlueSky: @everythingisph Threads: @everythingispublichealth And don’t sleep on ThatsAbsurdShow.com. There you can browse images and videos we find during our research and listen to every episode of the show. 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! See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

If you were shrunk REALLY ʀᴇᴀʟʟʏ ᵣₑₐₗₗᵧ ₛₘₐₗₗ … would we be able to live? Did the documentary “Honey, I shrunk the kids” LIE to us?! Julian grabs his magnifying glass to learn Mor(anis). Meanwhile, Trace wants to know if … if the … uh, the … BLARG! IF SPEAKING A NONSENSE WORD can actually help! QUESTIONS Both questions this week are POLL WINNERS selected by our Patrons! Thanks for voting! Julian: "I've been shrunk down to 1.8 cm and left in a random suburban backyard; what can I do to increase my odds of survival?" from Aaron Trace: "Why does speaking gibberish for a second help to fix being tongue tied?" Meason from Australia (Double winner! 🥇) 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. WANT MORE US? SUPPORT THE SHOW! Want to support us and other indie creators? Join Nebula go.nebula.tv/thatsabsurdshow Want to help decide which questions we answer? Join our patreon patreon.com/thatsabsurdshow SPECIAL THANKS TO DR DIANE PAUL American Speech-Language-Hearing Association Making effective communication, a human right, accessible and achievable for all. Learn more about them: https://www.asha.org/ SOCIALS [[ FOLLOW OUR SHOW ]] Instagram: @ThatsAbsurdShow Threads: @ThatsAbsurdShow [[ JULIAN ]] Instagram: @Huggetout Threads: @Huggetout X (formerly, Twitter): @Huggetout [[ TRACE ]] Instagram: @tracedominguez YouTube: @tracedominguez Threads: @tracedominguez BlueSky: @tracedominguez.com X (formerly, Twitter): @tracedominguez And don’t sleep on ThatsAbsurdShow.com. There you can browse images and videos we find during our research and listen to every episode of the show. 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! See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.