The What If? Podcast

We haven’t been cancelled yet! Mayson’s here and we’re talking about remote viewing. We break down Major Edward Dame’s book Tell Me What You See, Ryan tells us about Project Stargate, we read through a declassified CIA document about remote viewing Mars a million years ago, and Mayson thinks it’s a ALL A BUNCH OF BULLSHIT! (He's probably right).   Hot Topics: British-Lady.com, Stranger Things, Ed...

P.O.S and Eric Mayson join us for our very first live episode. Ryan asks "holy shit does someone own this"?, Spencer talks about Humanzees, Stef thinks money is to blame, and Mayson claims not to own oxygen.    Hot Topics: Chumans, Intellectual Property, What Is My Purpose?, Everybody Sample Stef's Shit, The World's Saddest Kindergartner, Uncle Mouse, Naruto, How Do You Milk A Snake?, Stalin Was A...

Crump’s in the house to talk crop circles. Ryan gives some history of the phenomenon, Spencer thinks Carl Sagan might be an ancient alien enthusiast, and Crump schools us on Mayan clocks. Hot Topics: Bring Back Kazaa, Dr. Horace Knows Everything, The Mowing Devil, Sam & Dave, Spencer Doesn’t Know Who Ed Harris Is, Time Traveling Squids, Microwaves Did It, ISIS Sharks, and much more. Dr. Michio Kak...

Spencer and Ryan continue their conversation about near-death experiences, delving into some possible scientific explanations. They discuss Dr. Michael Wirth-Davis' story from last episode, Ryan tells us about the god helmet, and Spencer gets off on a weird Terence McKenna/DMT tangent.  Hot Topics: God Helmet, DMT, Terence McKenna, Oops All Braindead, I Felt A Presence, Michael Persinger, Somebody...

The dudes are talking about near-death experiences. Spencer and Ryan discuss the work of Dr. Raymond Moody, Dr. Bruce Greyson, and Dr. Michael Sabom. Dr. Michael Wirth-Davis joins the show to share his personal near-death experience.  Hot Topics: Near-Death Experience, Dr. Raymond Moody, That's Quacktastic, I Got Better, Light Beings, Ryan Has Seen A Movie, The Afterlife, and much more.    Music b...

Max Selim is back to talk about genomics and the privacy of our genetic data. Max gives us the quick history of genomics and the Human Genome Project, Spencer thinks aliens have been manipulating our DNA for thousand of years, and Ryan has a 23 and Me-induced existential crisis.    Hot Topics: Genomics, 23 and Me, Louis Vuitton Babies, X-Men, The Nephilim, Alien-Human Hybrids, Genetic Manipulation...

The guys are talking about espionage in the social media age. Spencer talks about numbers stations and their 21st century counterparts, Ryan breaks down Cicada 3301 and maybe starts a chocolate factory.  Hot Topics: Numbers stations, Cicada 3301, Web Driver Torso, The German Language Is Scary, Jimmy's Chocolate Factory, UVB-76, I'm Sorry I Can't Do That Dave, Shakespearean Robot Wars, SierraGolf5,...

Mayson's back to discuss demonic possession. Spencer tells a story about being possessed by the grinning man, Mayson shares a list of the best and worst demons to be possessed by, and Ryan plays Devil's advocate.  Hot Topics: Demons, Possession, Malachi Martin, The Exorcist, Ergot Poisoning, Scream Puking, Educated and Vile, The Demon of Working Weekends, What Mel Wants, R.I.P. Dog Source, Bonus C...

Sam McCullough shows up to talk about the Gaia hypothesis. Sam thinks James Lovelock might have just been a weirdo, Spencer suggests we’re doing our civil duty by keeping the planet warm until the reptilians get back, and Ryan really wants to throw things off of boats. Hot Topics: Gaia, James Lovelock, David Icke, The Sun’s Gonna Kill Us, Not The Mama, The Magic School Bus Is On Netflix, Yoga Mant...

Max Selim returns to ask what if we could talk to E.T.? Ryan offers some immediate practical recommendations for humanity, Spencer thinks we should send dick pics to the Greys, and Max tells us about the golden record.    Hot Topics: Bob Lazar, To Serve Man, They Took Our Jobs, USOs, Into Eternity, Crop Circles, Arecibo Message, Voyager Probe, Golden Record, Contact, Accurate Junk Depictions, and...

Lydia and Josiah are back to discuss the Mandela Effect. Lydia teaches us about confabulation, Josiah suggests we're living in a multiverse, Ryan thinks he invented roller skates, and Spencer isn't buying it.  Hot Topics: 2,000 Pretzel Diet, The Highlander, Mom What If They Put Wheels On Shoes?!, We Suck At Spelling, Grander Cosmic Loaf, Abducted By Bigfoot, and Much More. 

Lydia Liza and Josiah Lemanski join us to talk about karma. Spencer tells a story about reincarnation, Lydia talks about death by hot air balloon, Ryan thinks Earth might have cancer, and Josiah shows up to talk about goat sacrifice.  Hot Topics: Felicity Stevens, Ghost Dogs, You're Not My Dad, A Bug's Life, Jump On Your Friends' Heads, Oops All Dead, Shitty Little Garbage Boy, and much more. 

Spencer and Crump talk public education. Who does it serve, why are things the way they are, and how can we make it better? Crump raises some questions about special education and the origins of public schools, Spencer wonders about the school to prison pipeline, and they both think we should hurry up and legalize weed already.  Hot Topics:  $2 Hennessy, Jamal Told Me To Eat A Dick, Dairy Milk And...

Peter Gjovik joins us as we try to define what art is and how we value it. We take a deep dive into the work of Henry Darger and outsider art. Spencer thinks chicken wings might be art, Ryan gets creeped out by illustrations of dead kids, and Peter provides some actual information.  Hot Topics: Merry Christmas, Vin Diesel As Performance Art, Joshua Bell, Hardware Hank, Artisanal Chicken Wings, and...

Serial guest Eric Mayson joins us for a dark and candle-lit trip through the spooky and scary. We wonder what happens if the unreal actually becomes real. Join us on a paranormal dive into the mind, as we talk about ghost stories, alien abductions, and time slips. Ryan wants proof, Spencer wants more Star Trek references, and Mayson blasts a hiccup.   Hot Topics: Alien Nostrils, Wolverine Dreams,...

Robert Crump joins us to discuss the ins and outs of cults around the world and  what it looks like to join one. From Scientology to Raeliens, the strangeness abounds. Ryan talks government infiltration, Spencer is pumped about cults that spread love, and Crump educates us on Jim Jones (not the rapper). Hot Topics: Red Prada Loafers, Strange & Sinister, Meeting Jesus, Buddha, & the Dalai Lama, Anc...

Friend of the show and guest Eric Mayson comes back aboard the What If? train for a ride through the wilderness as we discuss the unlikely but terrifying subject of bear attacks. Ryan sees the worst picture in the world, Spencer reads tweets from a bear, and we barely tolerate Mayson’s puns. Hot Topics: Please Bear With Us, Warning: Extremely Gruesome, “Wait, Does Blood Freeze?”, Bear Calorie Coun...

With guest Max Selim, we discuss the merits of whether we’re living a lie - a.k.a. - simulation theory . Is all this just zeroes and ones? Is everything we see simulated by a computer? And if so, how many billions of these are there? Which one are we in? IS THIS REAL LIFE? Ryan is afraid and confused, Spencer is pumped, and Max steers the simulation theory ship. Hot Topics: Blade Runner, Philip K....

With guests Eric Mayson and Chance York, we discuss animal intelligence through a variety of stories, from skydiving dolphins, to painting elephants, to talking birds, and militarized monkeys. Ryan advocates book-burning, Spencer reads the autobiography of a horse, Chance thinks something’s fishy, and Mayson finds a bug. Hot Topics: Soviet Dolphin Paratroopers, There’s A Bug In This Room, Don’t Sa...

Today, we tell three tales of people who did unlikely, illegal, and incredible things - and never got caught. From D.B. Cooper, to The Max Headroom Incident, to one of the only successful Las Vegas casino robberies in history - Ryan is geeked about Air Pirates, Spencer dreams of TV phreaking, and we wonder together about the rare few who actually got away with it. Hot Topics: The Tomb Level In Gol...