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Everyone does it. Why can’t I?
I’m about to burst. Guests: LaryngologistDr. Robert Bastian (https://bastianvoice.com/about/meet-the-staff/robert-w-bastian-m-d/) andNoel King (https://www.vox.com/authors/noel-king), co-host and editorial director of the Vox daily news pod
Mysterious objects near the beginning of time
Astronomers are putting together a new picture of the early universe. It involves a lot of very weird black holes, and it could help us understand how our own galaxy formed. Guest: Caitlin Casey (https://www.physics.ucsb.edu/people/caitlin-
Cloud atlas
It’s surprisingly hard to predict how clouds form, move, and change, but it’s essential to try. Because how clouds react to a warming world helps determine how hot our future will be. (Originally aired in 2021) Guests: Vox contributor Umair
What's good sound?
Every hand-crafted instrument from violin maker Michael Doran holds its own unexplainable questions. Guest: Michael Doran of Doran’s Violin’s (https://www.doranviolins.com/) For show transcripts, go to (https://drive.goo
No data, just vibes
There's been a real rollback of one of the US government's most fundamental tasks: gathering data. Vox correspondents Dylan Scott and Umair Irfan take a look at what a future with less data means for climate and health care in the US. Guest
It's not all bad
Things in the news have been feeling kind of…bleak, so we called in some reinforcements. Vox's senior editorial director and resident good news (https://www.vox.com/good-news-newsletter) expert Bryan Walsh joins editor Joanna Solotaroff to
Superbabies?
Parents are supposed to provide the best life possible for their kids, right? But what does that mean when genetic testing for the baby enters the picture? And how far should they go? Vox senior reporter Sigal Samuel received that ethically
The G-word
Is geoengineering the answer to the climate crisis? Or is it too dangerous to even discuss? It’s been theoretical so far, but now, one startup says their technology could soon shield the Earth from the sun. Guest: Robinson Meyer (https://he
Who's afraid of big, bad Yellowstone?
Yellowstone can be a deadly place... but not for the reasons you might think. Guest: Mike Poland (https://www.usgs.gov/staff-profiles/michael-poland), scientist in charge at the Yellowstone Volcano Observatory For show transcripts, go to
Vitamin C and the common cold
A two-time Nobel Prize-winning scientist changed chemistry, biology, and the politics of science. But when he pushed vitamin C as a cure-all, did he go too far? Guest: Daniel M. Davis (https://profiles.imperial.ac.uk/d.davis), head of the d
Your moments of silence (The Sound Barrier #5)
This episode is a follow-up to The Sound Barrier (https://www.vox.com/podcasts/467048/unexplainable-hearing-audio-podcast-brain) series, which explores our brain's relationship to sound. In our third episode of the series, we asked listener
Diary of a teenage brain, part 2
As our brains develop throughout our childhood and teens, they form connections and then prune back the ones that aren't used. What can we learn from them? Guests: Alison Barth (https://www.cmu.edu/bio/people/faculty/barth.html), professor
Diary of a teenage brain
What's going on in teens' heads? Scientists working on a country-wide study following thousands of young people have spent the last decade trying to answer that question. Guests: Raul Gonzalez Jr (https://case.fiu.edu/about/directory/profil
The trees of death
Way back when forests first evolved on Earth... they might have triggered one of the biggest mass extinctions in the history of the planet. (Originally aired in 2024) Guests: Charles Ver Straeten (https://nysm.nysed.gov/research-collections
That's no moon...
It's a quasi-moon. Or, a quasi-satellite. Whatever you want to call it, it's hanging out near Earth. And it could be the source of some fascinating new science. Guests: Nick Moskovitz (https://lowell.edu/people/nick-moskovitz/), astronomer
Lost on the road to enlightenment
So many of us have been told that meditation can make us less stressed, more productive, and happier. But for a small group of people, it has a dark side. What’s going on? Guests: Willoughby Britton (https://vivo.brown.edu/display/wbritton)
Is animal grief real?
A dog on its owner’s grave. A killer whale carrying around its dead calf. A goose that isolates when its mate dies. These behaviors in animals may look like human mourning, but should scientists call them "grief"? (First published in 2023)
The Sound Barrier #4: Listen to the universe
When Wanda Diáz-Merced lost her sight as a college student, she thought her dreams of becoming an astronomer were over — until she learned to listen to space instead. Wanda is one of several pioneering scientists listening to space. For thi
The Sound Barrier #3: What does silence sound like?
A scientist asked people to sit in a silent room for 15 minutes. Almost half of them decided to give themselves a painful electric shock instead. What is it about our brains that makes our relationship with silence so strange? And should we
The Sound Barrier #2: The noise that isn't there
Almost 15% of adults suffer from a persistent, often intolerable sound... that is literally just in their heads. Why does the brain do this to us? We help one of our listeners get some answers. This is the second episode of our new four-par
The Sound Barrier #1: The myth of hearing
Just like optical illusions trick our eyes, audio illusions can trick our ears. It makes scientists wonder: What exactly are we hearing, when we're hearing? This is the first episode of our new four-part series, The Sound Barrier (https://w
Solve me a river
This week on Unexplainable or Not, Sally Helm, the newest member of our team, tries to figure out what's killing mussels, why rivers suddenly change course, and what the longest river in the world is. Guests: Douglas Edmonds (https://eart
This episode is haunted and spooky
Now why would you click on something like this? What's wrong with you?! Why are you — and so many other people — into scary stuff? Two scientists are trying to find out. (Originally aired in 2024) Guests: Mathias Clasen (https://pure.au.dk/
Consider the shrimp
Killing two people is worse than killing one. What about 440 billion crustaceans? Adapted from Dylan Matthews's essay on Vox.com (https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/461008/shrimp-welfare-project-controversy). This story is part of a series
When talent vanishes overnight
Think about the thing you’ve practiced more than anything else in the world. Maybe it’s painting. Or writing. Or playing baseball. Now, imagine you wake up one day, and you just can’t do it. You’re not sick. You’re not injured. But suddenly
Composing chaos
Terry Riley's "In C" (https://bangonacan.bandcamp.com/album/terry-riley-in-c) is one of the most influential pieces of music of the last century...but you'll never hear it the same way twice. Guest: Evan Ziporyn (https://www.ziporyn.com/),
Does Tylenol cause autism?
Donald Trump and RFK Jr. seem convinced that it does. But our friends at Science Vs (https://open.spotify.com/show/5lY4b5PGOvMuOYOjOVEcb9) say the data is far more complicated. Guest: Meryl Horn (https://merylhorn.com/about-me/), senior pro
Real-life zombies
Zombies might seem like the stuff of horror movies, but there are lots of examples of parasites taking over bugs’ bodies and bending them to their will. Guest: Mindy Weisberger (https://mindyweisberger.com/), author of Rise of the Zombie Bu
How to change your personality
Who are you, really? Our friends at The Gray Area ask whether it's really possible to change. Guest: Olga Khazan (https://bookshop.org/p/books/me-but-better-the-science-and-promise-of-personality-change-olga-khazan/7ed65fde935f7166?ean=97
What’s A
The centuries-old international battle over the real sound of a musical note. Guest: Fanny Gribenski, historical musicologist and author of Tuning the World (https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/T/bo186006661.html): The Rise of
