Robb Corrigan

The Multiverse Employee Handbook

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The Multiverse Employee Handbook is a science comedy podcast where workplace humor meets cosmic exploration. From quantum mechanics explained through staff meetings to space history through annual reviews, we decode scientific mysteries through corporate metaphors. Each episode combines rigorous science with absurdist office scenarios, whether exploring the strange physics of black holes or the equally baffling logic of expense reports. Perfect for curious minds who suspect their workplace might exist across multiple dimensions, we deliver astronomical insights wrapped in corporate satire. Whe...

Author

Robb Corrigan

Category

Science

Latest episode

May 12, 2026

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Episodes

First Contact: The Science of Alien Dialogue 13.05.2025

What if aliens have been trying to call us for centuries, but we've been holding the cosmic telephone upside down? In this mind-bending episode, we explore the sensory barriers that might make communicating with extraterrestrial intelligence the ultimate lost-in-translation scenario. https://multiverseemployeehandbook.com Join us as we dissect our embarrassingly limited human perception (spoiler a...

Wormholes: The Universe's Administrative Shortcut 06.05.2025

Breaking news from Black Hole Week 2025! While NASA explores cosmic dead ends, we're mapping the universe's secret shortcuts. When the Interstellar Transit Authority demands Marty attend a meeting 4.3 light-years away in 10 minutes, he discovers an unauthorized wormhole in maintenance closet B. But Einstein-Rosen bridges aren't like corporate fast-tracks—this one leads to HR's "negative energy den...

The Actual Science of Entropy 29.04.2025

Ever wondered why your desk gets messier, never tidier, when left alone? Join us for a deep dive into entropy – the universe's one-way street that ensures everything trends toward chaos. In "The Orderly Revolution," we'll witness what happens when Quantum Probability Solutions implements an AI designed to reverse entropy in the workplace, only to discover that violating the Second Law of Thermodyn...

Bonus Episode: Entropy Rising - Interstellar Colonization 25.04.2025

In this special crossover episode, we're swapping content with our friends at Entropy Rising! Join hosts Jacob and Lucas as they explore the fascinating possibilities and challenges of interstellar colonization through generation ships. What would motivate humanity to leave our solar system? How would we design vessels capable of sustaining life for centuries? And what social structures might emer...

Life on K2-18b? The Interstellar Smell Test 22.04.2025

Did astronomers just detect evidence of life 124 light-years away? Explore the groundbreaking discovery of potential biosignatures on exoplanet K2-18b, where the James Webb Space Telescope has detected sulfur compounds that, on Earth, are primarily produced by living organisms. https://multiverseemployeehandbook.com   Join our quantum-superposed host as we unpack the recent findings published in T...

The Silurian Hypothesis: Earth's Forgotten Civilization? 15.04.2025

Join us as we explore the Silurian Hypothesis - a fascinating scientific thought experiment that asks: if an industrial civilization existed on Earth millions of years before humans, would we be able to detect it? https://multiverseemployeehandbook.com In this episode, we present "The Corporation vs the Silurians" - a tale of what happens when ancient reptilians encounter modern corporate culture...

Robotic Emissaries to the Cosmos 08.04.2025

Journey through the solar system with humanity's mechanical ambassadors! From Soviet Luna probes to interstellar Voyagers, we explore how these sophisticated machines have revolutionized our understanding of the cosmos while battling radiation, extreme temperatures, and occasionally, corporate restructuring. https://multiverseemployeehandbook.com In this episode, we present "The Interdimensional P...

Celebrating 2001: A Space Odyssey 02.04.2025

A cosmic journey through cinema's most influential space odyssey, where murderous AI meets corporate culture. https://multiverseemployeehandbook.com Join us as we explore Stanley Kubrick's masterpiece "2001: A Space Odyssey" through the lens of its tumultuous premiere and lasting legacy. In this episode, we present "A Corporate Evolution" - a tale of what happens when visionary filmmaking meets co...

The Anthropic Principle: When the Universe Reads the Handbook 01.04.2025

The universe seems suspiciously fine-tuned for our existence - cosmic coincidence or the ultimate corporate policy manual? https://multiverseemployeehandbook.com Join us as we explore the Anthropic Principle through the lens of "The Universal Parameters Committee" - a tale of cosmic bureaucracy facing the ultimate deadline: setting fundamental constants before the universe launches in T-minus 13.8...

The More We Learn, The Jupiter We Feel 25.03.2025

How the solar system's protective bouncer teaches us the unexpected value of massive presence.  https://multiverseemployeehandbook.com Join us as we explore Jupiter's paradoxical role as both the most chaotic and stabilizing force in our cosmic neighborhood. In this episode, we present "The Jovian Promotion" - a tale of what happens when your company installs an enormous gas-filled manager who app...

The Twin Paradox 18.03.2025

Journey through the spacetime fabric of corporate relativistic policies as we explore Einstein's famous Twin Paradox! In this episode, we present "The Expendable Employee" - a tale of what happens when your cloned colleagues age decades while you're on a simple business trip to Proxima Centauri. https://multiverseemployeehandbook.com Discover how Einstein's Special Relativity transforms ordinary o...

Einstein's Day: Relatively Special Birthday 14.03.2025

Join us for a spacetime celebration as we explore the life and legacy of a patent clerk who bent the universe with nothing but thought experiments and mathematical audacity. In this special bonus episode, we present "The Cosmic Clock-Puncher" - a tale of what happens when revolutionary ideas collide with institutional physics. https://multiverseemployeehandbook.com Our quantum-superposed scientifi...

Don’t Panic: 42 and the Cosmic Coincidences 11.03.2025

Join us for a towel-mandatory celebration of Douglas Adams as we explore the most suspiciously significant number in the multiverse! https://multiverseemployeehandbook.com In this special birthday episode, we put aside our regular corporate chaos to honor the man who taught us the importance of always knowing where your towel is. Join our quantum-superposed guide as we investigate why the number 4...

The Standard Model: A Corporate Guide to Everything 04.03.2025

Seeking another podcast? We love Entropy Rising: https://www.entropy-rising.com/links Join us as we explore the Standard Model of Particle Physics through the lens of corporate organizational charts. In this episode, we present "The Yogurt Uprising" - a tale of what happens when a break room refrigerator houses the next evolution in quantum consciousness. Discover fermions and bosons as the classi...

The Wow! Signal 25.02.2025

What was that other podcast? Oh! Here it is! Listen to Entropy Rising: https://www.entropy-rising.com/links   When the cosmos attempts a cold call, do you send it to voicemail? Join us as we explore the mysterious Wow! Signal through the lens of corporate communications. In this episode, we present "The Greatest Missed Call in Corporate History" - a tale of what happens when the front desk receive...

The Best Groundhog Day? 18.02.2025

Are all time loops created equal? Join us as we explore temporal recursion through the lens of an increasingly frustrated shipping department employee. In this episode, we present "The Temporal Delivery" - a tale of what happens when a simple package delivery to Woodstock, Illinois meets quantum mechanics. https://multiverseemployeehandbook.com Key topics include: Kurt Gödel's rotating universe so...

Bonus Episode: Galileo at 461 14.02.2025

Drop in for a special birthday tribute to Galileo Galilei, history's most famous corporate disruptor. Learn how a routine career change from medicine to physics led to humanity's first cosmic restructuring, and why suggesting the Earth wasn't the center of the universe is like telling Medieval Inc. their entire organizational chart needs revision. https://multiverseemployeehandbook.com   From impr...

NASA's Pioneer Mystery 11.02.2025

When two reliable spacecraft start breaking the laws of physics, you get a puzzle that took decades to solve. Join us as we explore the Pioneer Anomaly through the lens of project management mishaps and misplaced assumptions. In this episode, we present "The Consultant Who Killed Momentum" - a tale of what happens when management theories collide with fundamental forces. https://multiverseemployee...

How Cold is Space? 04.02.2025

Join us as we explore the extreme temperatures of space through the lens of the eternal office thermostat war. In this episode, we present "The Great Thermodynamic Standoff" - a tale of what happens when a quantum HVAC system achieves consciousness and decides to recreate cosmic temperature extremes. https://multiverseemployeehandbook.com Key topics include: The cosmic microwave background radiati...

Bonus Episode: A Brief History of Animals in Space 31.01.2025

What happens when HR decides the best candidate for space travel is someone who can't file their own W-2? Join us for a special bonus episode celebrating Ham the Astrochimp's historic spaceflight and all the other pioneering pets who ventured into the final frontier. https://multiverseemployeehandbook.com In this episode, we explore how NASA's most diverse hiring initiative sent over 30 different...

Quantum Navigation: Why GPS Won't Cut It 28.01.2025

When traditional GPS fails you, where do you turn? Into another dimension, apparently. Join us as we explore the cutting-edge world of quantum navigation through the lens of a catastrophically mismanaged office parking system. In this episode, we present "The Wrong Turn That Saved Reality" - a tale of what happens when an overeager boss tries to disrupt physics itself. https://multiverseemployeeha...

'Oumuamua: Not What Astronomers Thought 21.01.2025

When marketing meets mysterious interstellar objects, hilarity and scientific discovery collide faster than particles in the Large Hadron Collider. Join us as we explore dark comets through the lens of corporate branding attempts, featuring "The Interstellar Marketing Crisis" - a tale of what happens when an overeager boss demands the impossible: making invisible space rocks go viral. https://mult...

CERN for Sale: When Sales Teams Collide with Particle Physics 14.01.2025

The hilarious collision of corporate ambition and particle physics! When Brad from Sales decides to disrupt the fundamental forces of nature with "quantum-enabled synergy," the results are more explosive than a particle accelerator malfunction. Join us as we explore the fascinating science behind CERN's Large Hadron Collider while watching a sales team try to monetize the Higgs boson. https://mult...

Bonus Episode: Celebrating the Life and Genius of Stephen Hawking 08.01.2025

Dive into the quantum realm of humor and science with our special episode celebrating Stephen Hawking's birthday! This physics humor podcast episode explores how the universe's most famous physicist rewrote the laws of nature while maintaining a gravitational pull on popular culture. https://multiverseemployeehandbook.com Join our quantum-superposed narrator as we traverse Hawking's timeline, from...

Quantum Computing: No More Binary Excuses 07.01.2025

Welcome to Season 2! Have you ever wondered what happens when your IT department decides to take Schrödinger's approach to technical support? Join us for a mind-bending exploration of quantum computing, where every technical issue exists in a superposition of "have you tried turning it off and on again?" and "sorry, that feature only works in parallel universes." Get more multiversal tips  https:/...

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