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Vaguely Scientific #203: Bananas Are Blowing Up Right Now
Jun 17, 2026
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Vaguely Scientific #202: Hibachi Is Donezo
Jun 3, 2026
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Vaguely Scientific #201: Space Kangaroos
May 20, 2026
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Vaguely Scientific #200: A Look Back
May 6, 2026
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Vaguely Scientific #199: Let Your Hair Down
Apr 22, 2026
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| Date | Episode | Topics | Guests | Brands | Places | Keywords | Sponsor | Length | |
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| 6/17/26 | Vaguely Scientific #203: Bananas Are Blowing Up Right Now | In this episode, Jim and Derek are joined by Joel to take a banana (for scale) and cause it to explode! Then, are the folks in musicals aware they're in musicals? That's a more complicated question than it sounds like. Panelists: Jim, Derek, Joel | — | ||||||
| 6/3/26 | Vaguely Scientific #202: Hibachi Is Donezo | In this episode, Jim and Derek are joined by Joe to discover all of the fun and exciting ways that life would be different if Earth's gravity was halved. Then, we investigate how elaborate death traps in movies like Indiana Jones or Tomb Raider work... and if they actually would work. Panelists: Jim, Derek, Joe | — | ||||||
| 5/20/26 | Vaguely Scientific #201: Space Kangaroos | In this episode, Jim and Derek are joined by Jonathan to talk about some of the traits we might see in something that could theoretically evolve to live in outer space. Then, we look for examples of the ever popular sci-fi concept of the hive mind out in nature. Panelists: Jim, Derek, Jonathan | — | ||||||
| 5/6/26 | Vaguely Scientific #200: A Look Back | In this episode, Jim and Derek are joined by twenty of our panelists! We revisit some of the many questions we've answered over the last several years in a celebration of two hundred episodes. Panelists: Jim, Derek, Adam, Aly, Andy, Anne, Big A, Brian, Catherine, Chris, Dac, Dave, Hunter, Jeremiah, Joe, Joel, Jonathan, Justin, Mark, Ryan, Sierra, Sydney | — | ||||||
| 4/22/26 | Vaguely Scientific #199: Let Your Hair Down✨ | Rapunzeldomestication of bears | Ben Burns | Let Your Hair DownRapunzel+1 | — | — | — | 53m 27s | |
| 4/8/26 | Vaguely Scientific #198: Chugga Choo Choo✨ | April Foolsscience+1 | JustinHunter | — | — | Science Fact or Fictionbot spam | — | 1h 17m 56s | |
| 3/25/26 | Vaguely Scientific #197: Embrace Your Hirsute✨ | memory erasureSaiyan power+1 | Dave | — | — | comedyscience+1 | — | 49m 07s | |
| 3/11/26 | Vaguely Scientific #196: Different Sounds for Different Creatures✨ | soundnature+1 | Aly | Different Sounds for Different Creatures | — | treesforest+2 | — | 56m 20s | |
| 2/25/26 | Vaguely Scientific #195: 300,000 Hamster Hours✨ | animal fightselectricity generation+1 | Andy | — | — | comedyscience+1 | — | 50m 25s | |
| 2/11/26 | Vaguely Scientific #194: Cool Is Just Stuck✨ | traffic roundaboutsintersections+1 | Mark | — | — | trafficdebate+1 | — | 1h 01m 44s | |
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| 1/28/26 | Vaguely Scientific #193: Going Through Bird Town✨ | birdspower outage+1 | Sydney | — | — | electrical linepower outage+1 | — | 58m 55s | |
| 1/14/26 | Vaguely Scientific #192: Time for Waterworld Again✨ | land to water ratioFountain of Youth+1 | Brian | Waterworld Again | Earth | Earthwaterworld+2 | — | 50m 56s | |
| 12/31/25 | Vaguely Scientific #191: Liquid Nitrogen Would Kill Mr. Fantastic✨ | gremlinsairplanes+3 | Jeremiah | — | — | liquid nitrogencomedy+1 | — | 57m 26s | |
| 12/17/25 | Vaguely Scientific #190: Sympathy for the Grinch✨ | GrinchSanta+2 | Joe | — | — | festivecomedy+1 | — | 1h 00m 59s | |
| 12/3/25 | Vaguely Scientific #189: Sleeping on a Sheep Lung | In this episode, Jim and Derek are joined by Joel to come up with the worst cures for insomnia. Then, we ponder whether or not a masked vigilante in our world would be able to keep their identity secret. Panelists: Jim, Derek, Joel | — | ||||||
| 11/19/25 | Vaguely Scientific #188: A Good Ghost Host | In this episode, Jim and Derek are joined by Anne to discuss which appliances would be really obnoxious if a ghost inhabited them. Then, could we erase an entire species from the fossil record? Panelists: Jim, Derek, Anne | — | ||||||
| 11/5/25 | Vaguely Scientific #187: Super Saiyan God Particle | In this episode, Jim and Derek are joined by Dac to talk about the physics of Dragonball Z type energy beams. Turns out it's weirder than we thought. Then, if we had to hide a paperclip from a detective for an entire week, how badly would we do? Panelists: Jim, Derek, Dac | — | ||||||
| 10/22/25 | Vaguely Scientific #186: Vaguely Spooky 8 - Dreamscapes | In this episode, Jim and Derek are joined by Mark and Spooky Dave to try and figure out how Freddy Krueger would kill us each individually. Then, why can't we kill slashers? It'd make our lives so much easier. And to round out our spooky episode, what scary media do we like best? Panelists: Jim, Derek, Mark, Spooky Dave | — | ||||||
| 10/8/25 | Vaguely Scientific #185: A Parade on Aircraft Carriers | In this episode, Jim and Derek are joined by Chris because he knows a lot about explosions, and we need to use all of these weapons of mass destruction to terraform a planet. Then, how do we build a bridge across the entire ocean? It doesn't matter which ocean, really. Any will do. Panelists: Jim, Derek, Chris | — | ||||||
| 9/24/25 | Vaguely Scientific #184: Wood Isn't Brave Enough | In this episode, Jim and Derek are joined by Jonathan to try and figure out why wood doesn't just melt when it gets hot. Then, we talk about the types of pain that a totally invulnerable person may (or may not) experience. Panelists: Jim, Derek, Jonathan | — | ||||||
| 9/10/25 | Vaguely Scientific #183: A Labyrinth with Sticky Walls | In this episode, JIm and Derek are joined by Justin and Aly to discuss whether we should build a separate internet. Honestly, it seems like a good idea on paper. Then, how can we make the labyrinth a more effective trap using modern technology? Panelists: Jim, Derek, Justin, Aly | — | ||||||
| 8/27/25 | Vaguely Scientific #182: Turn Down the Brightness of Your Moon | In this episode, Jim and Derek are joined by Hunter to try and figure out why it's so doggone hard to take a good picture of the moon. Then, we look into some... unorthodox methods of generating electricity. Panelists: Jim, Derek, Hunter | — | ||||||
| 8/13/25 | Vaguely Scientific #181: Solid, Liquid, and Gas Consonants | In this episode, Jim and Derek are joined by Mark to determine if the letter R is actually secretly a vowel. Then, what should pirates stick on their limbs instead of hook hands and peg legs? Panelists: Jim, Derek, Mark | — | ||||||
| 7/30/25 | Vaguely Scientific #180: Sonic Breathes Carbon Monoxide | In this episode, Jim and Derek are joined by Joe to discuss which Moon landing conspiracy theories are actually the most compelling. Then, could Sonic the Hedgehog actually breathe huge bubbles underwater to keep going? Panelists: Jim, Derek, Joe | — | ||||||
| 7/16/25 | Vaguely Scientific #179: We're All Connected to Moose | In this episode, Jim and Derek are joined by Aly to discuss what Spider Man's Spider Sense actually is. Then, which real world animals have not yet been been the basis for a Pokémon yet? Panelists: Jim, Derek, Aly | — | ||||||
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