Unexplainable podcast

Unexplainable

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Unexplainable takes listeners right up to the edge of what we know…and then keeps on going. The Unexplainable team — Noam Hassenfeld, Julia Longoria, Byrd Pinkerton, and Meradith Hoddinott — tackles scientific mysteries, unanswered questions, and everything we learn diving into the unknown. New episodes Mondays and Wednesdays. From Vox and the Vox Media Podcast Network.

Unexplainable takes listeners right up to the edge of what we know…and then keeps on going. The Unexplainable team — Noam Hassenfeld, Julia Longoria, Byrd Pinkerton, and Meradith Hoddinott — tackles scientific mysteries, unanswered questions, and everything we learn diving into the unknown. New episodes Mondays and Wednesdays. From Vox and the Vox Media Podcast Network.

 

#232

What’s A

The centuries-old international battle over the real sound of a musical note. Guest: Fanny... more

24 Sep 2025

26 MINS

26:47

24 Sep 2025


#231

Did we find signs of life on Mars?

NASA found a Martian rock that might have traces of ancient life. It's perhaps the most ta... more

22 Sep 2025

33 MINS

33:40

22 Sep 2025


#230

The metabolism myth

Recent research — and one surprising season of The Biggest Loser — has scientists wonderin... more

17 Sep 2025

30 MINS

30:06

17 Sep 2025


#229

The Vagina Voyages

Join our friends at The Longest Shortest Time for a deep dive into the misunderstood world... more

15 Sep 2025

39 MINS

39:36

15 Sep 2025


#228

A rabbi and the Lorax walk into a bar...

How the bedtime stories we grew up with inspire the stories we tell now. For show transcri... more

10 Sep 2025

22 MINS

22:26

10 Sep 2025


#227

Is a little alcohol bad for you?

We spoke to two researchers who disagree about the answer to this question. But they do ag... more

08 Sep 2025

28 MINS

28:49

08 Sep 2025


#226

Ice Sheet Time Machine

The US military carved a tiny city into the Greenland ice sheet. What they found, and lost... more

27 Aug 2025

31 MINS

31:40

27 Aug 2025


#225

Animals in the year 20202025

What do scientists think animals might be like millions of years from now? (First publishe... more

25 Aug 2025

27 MINS

27:19

25 Aug 2025


#224

Nightmare at the end of the universe

Dark energy is the strange stuff that makes up the vast majority of the universe and will ... more

18 Aug 2025

26 MINS

26:09

18 Aug 2025


#223

Life in plastic — not fantastic?

Much of our modern world is made of plastic, but as more signs point to its dangers to hum... more

13 Aug 2025

29 MINS

29:35

13 Aug 2025


#222

When waves go rogue

Towering walls of water sometimes appear in the ocean without warning or apparent cause. W... more

06 Aug 2025

28 MINS

28:26

06 Aug 2025


#221

Good news for people who love bad news

Good news can be hard to find, especially when our brains — and the media — are biased aga... more

04 Aug 2025

28 MINS

28:10

04 Aug 2025