7.2
Talking Dead
2011
The Unexplainable team — Noam Hassenfeld, Byrd Pinkerton, and Meradith Hoddinott — take listeners right up to the edge of what we know…and then keeps on going, tackling scientific mysteries, unanswered questions, and everything we learn diving into the unknown.
Are you a lyric person or a music person?Jul 13, 2026 · 28mWhen people listen to songs, why do some people pay more attention to the music, and some people pay more attention to the lyrics? The answer goes way deeper than you might think — to the heart of what it means to hear anything at all.
Dinosaur mysteries with Riley BlackJul 20, 2026 · 27mHow do we know what we know about dinosaurs? Riley Black takes us back to the Mesozoic Era and explains how paleontologists piece together the lives of dinosaurs from often fragmentary clues.An argument for the sunJul 27, 2026 · 26mIt can be hard to know how to interact with the sun. Some people have swung to opposite ends of the spectrum — either over-tanning or avoiding the sun entirely. But what would a middle ground look like?Ed Yong on The hidden world that birds seeAug 3, 2026 · 23mBirds navigate using Earth’s magnetic field, but scientists still don’t know how they actually sense it. Called the holy grail of sensory biology, magnetoreception offers a window into the thousands of unique sensory worlds animals experience.Why Hank Green takes pseudoscience seriouslyAug 10, 2026 · 22mDismissing pseudoscience is too easy. Understanding why it spreads so quickly is harder. It can teach us why real science works and how to spot the difference between the two.Episode 6Aug 17, 2026
The Unexplainable team — Noam Hassenfeld, Byrd Pinkerton, and Meradith Hoddinott — take listeners right up to the edge of what we know…and then keeps on going, tackling scientific mysteries, unanswered questions, and everything we learn diving into the unknown.
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