Unexplainable
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Play S1 E1The Unexplainable team — Noam Hassenfeld, Byrd Pinkerton, and Meradith Hoddinott — take listeners right up to the edge of what we know…and then keeps on going, tackling scientific mysteries, unanswered questions, and everything we learn diving into the unknown.
Cast: Noam Hassenfeld, Byrd Pinkerton, Meradith Hoddinott
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Season 1
8 episodes
1. Are you a lyric person or a music person?When people listen to songs, why do some people pay more attention to the music, and some people pay more attention to the lyrics? The answer goes way deeper than you might think — to the heart of what it means to hear anything at all.TV-14CC28minJul 13, 2026- 2. Dinosaur mysteries with Riley BlackHow do we know what we know about dinosaurs? Riley Black takes us back to the Mesozoic Era and explains how paleontologists piece together the lives of dinosaurs from often fragmentary clues.TV-14CC27minJul 20, 2026
- 3. An argument for the sunIt can be hard to know how to interact with the sun. Some people have swung to opposite ends of the spectrum — either over-tanning or avoiding the sun entirely. But what would a middle ground look like?TV-14CC26minJul 27, 2026
- 4. Ed Yong on The hidden world that birds seeBirds navigate using Earth’s magnetic field, but scientists still don’t know how they actually sense it. Called the holy grail of sensory biology, magnetoreception offers a window into the thousands of unique sensory worlds animals experience.TV-14CC23minAug 3, 2026
- 5. Why Hank Green takes pseudoscience seriouslyDismissing pseudoscience is too easy. Understanding why it spreads so quickly is harder. It can teach us why real science works and how to spot the difference between the two.TV-14CC22minAug 10, 2026
- 6. Episode 6No synopsis available yet.TV-14CCAug 17, 2026
- 7. Episode 7No synopsis available yet.TV-14CCAug 24, 2026
- 8. Episode 8No synopsis available yet.TV-14CCAug 31, 2026
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The Unexplainable team — Noam Hassenfeld, Byrd Pinkerton, and Meradith Hoddinott — take listeners right up to the edge of what we know…and then keeps on going, tackling scientific mysteries, unanswered questions, and everything we learn diving into the unknown.
Creators and cast
- Studio
- Vox Media Podcast Network
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Audio languages
English
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