What If Series

    When our primordial ancestors hauled themselves up from the depths and clamored onto dry land, they probably looked up at the sky and sighed. We’re all about what we can’t have, and flying, thoug…

Clothing has always been, and always will be, one of the primary ways we as people identify who we are. Its unlikely you’ll see a well groomed person in a business suit and assume they’re homeless, o…

I can’t tell you how many times I’ve wished I could be in two places at once. If I could stay at home and laze around all day while another, less important, me went to work? Sounds a bit like paradis…

  At what point did fast food stop being fast, and just start being food? The service is still quick (on good days) and the experience (hopefully) convenient, but it’s not the last resort or infreque…

We make our technology smaller, our houses bigger, and all the while space becomes more and more scarce. Do you ever wish you could shrink down all the junk in your basement? The car in your garage? …

It’s no wonder the ancient world saw signs in the weather. A brutal storm or enduring drought could only be a sign that the gods are upset, right? If the harvest is great, and the weather fair, well,…

In the modern world, fear is more of an inconvenience than a motivator. If something frightens you, you can probably just avoid it. Sure, doing so is an imperfect solution, and for some fear remains …

It was such a big deal when we started crossing the oceans that we called it the ‘age of sail’. I think that says a lot about how much the water keeps humanity separated. It’s different now, sure, wi…

The dead stay dead. It’s something that defines our whole world. We fear death, we prepare for it, we recover from it, we stave it off when we can. Almost everything that makes us human comes back to…

Why did they call it the ‘new’ world when explorers landed in the Americas? Was it just because it was unlike their home? Or was it the possibilities it presented; what treasures, dangers, and miracl…

We’re so used to the divide between man and animal that it’s a basic part of life. Even religion acknowledges a fundamental difference. If you call a person an animal, you’re basically calling them l…

Hello and welcome to the first episode of our new series! In this episode, we just wanted to give a quick introduction of ourselves and let you in on a bit of our podcasting background. We are incred…