The podcast that applies science to fictional worlds
Hello! This week we start our discussion on everyone’s favorite first person shooter, Halo. Thanks to Joe Sopchak for our theme music. And as always, feel free to reach out and give us suggestions for future show topics you want us to discuss through our contact page or by email. And be sure to visit…
Hello! This week we discuss the hit reality show Stranger Things. Thanks to Joe Sopchak for our theme music. And as always, feel free to reach out and give us suggestions for future show topics you want us to discuss through our contact page or by email. And be sure to visit us at pedantichandwavium.com…
Hello! This week we take some time to discuss some of the Arnold Schwarzeneggers best films like Predator and Total Recall. Thanks to Joe Sopchak for our theme music. And as always, feel free to reach out and give us suggestions for future show topics you want us to discuss through our contact page or…
Hello! This week we explore The Fifth Element. We hit topics like how food works in the future, floating cars, and why it seems so easy to unlock and use a doomsday super weapon. Thanks to Joe Sopchak for our theme music. And as always, feel free to reach out and give us suggestions for…
Hello! This week we discuss our distant future and Martian invaders while taking a look at the works of H.G. Wells Thanks to Joe Sopchak for our theme music. And as always, feel free to reach out and give us suggestions for future show topics you want us to discuss through our contact page or…
Hello! This week we take another crack at some hard sci-fi concepts like faster than light travel and how they manage it in Mass Effect. We also discuss why so many aliens are so similar to humans. Thanks to Joe Sopchak for our theme music. And as always, feel free to reach out and give…
Hello! This week we’ll dive into some of the intricacies found in Assassins Creed. Questions like: ancestral memory: how does that work? What cool things can half human and alien people do? Just what exactly these pieces of Eden are? Thanks to Joe Sopchak for our theme music. And as always, feel free to reach…
Hello! This week we’ll be discussing some of the slightly less crazy things going on in Dune. Topics include spice being both a totally normal drug that also allows for faster than light travel, a bunch of stuff with the Bene Gesserit, and how still suits keep the person wearing it cool and alive in…
Hello! This week we’ll be drilling down into some of the very minor scientific flaws in the movie Armageddon. Some of the topics include how they got centripetal force backward, guns in space, and how that sneaky asteroid got so close without anyone noticing. Thanks to Joe Sopchak for our theme music. And as always,…
Hello! This week we will be taking a look at Futurama. We explore topics like Fry being his own grandfather, nibbler (yeah, just kinda a lot around nibbler), and the mutants that live in the sewers. Thanks to Joe Sopchak for our theme music. And as always, feel free to reach out and give us…
Hello! This week we get into the fine details of some of your favorite movie monsters. This spooky fellows include Sharknado, Lavalantula, and an actual tire. Thanks to Joe Sopchak for our theme music. And as always, feel free to reach out and give us suggestions for future show topics you want us to discuss…
Hello! This week we discuss the Thing from the 1982 film The Thing. Thanks to Joe Sopchak for our theme music. And as always, feel free to reach out and give us suggestions for future show topics you want us to discuss through our contact page or by email. And be sure to visit us…
Hello! This week we discuss Transformers. You know the ones. The robots in disguise. Which, incidentally, how they disguise themselves is one of our talking points. We also discuss the AllSpark, Cybertron, Primus, and Unicron. Thanks to Joe Sopchak for our theme music. And as always, feel free to reach out and give us suggestions…
Hello! This week we discuss the Teletubbies. We explore questions like, what are they, why do they have televisions as part of their body, and why is the sun a baby. Thanks to Joe Sopchak for our theme music. And as always, feel free to reach out and give us suggestions for future show topics…
Hello! This week we dive into Wallace and Gromit! We finally uncover how and why the moon is made of cheese, how mechanical pants work, and how people turn into were-rabbits. Thanks to Joe Sopchak for our theme music. And as always, feel free to reach out and give us suggestions for future show topics…
Hello! In this episode we dip our toes into a pretty rich vein of handwavium, Trump tweets. That’s right folks; Things like why windmills are bad, vaccines are bad, light bulbs are bad. You know, normal things like that. Just lean back and enjoy the ride. Thanks to Joe Sopchak for our theme music. And…
Hello! In this episode we unpack one of the best sports movies of all time, Space Jam. In this episode we discuss how to steal and store a persons talent. We also, surprisingly, figure out just how cartoon physics work which leads to the real question: What restrains cartoon physics? Thanks to Joe Sopchak for…
Hello, and welcome back to real time and new episodes! This week we discuss The Matrix, the computer simulation we all maybe live in. But realistically we’re going to discuss the movies because we don’t want to upset the actual matrix. Some points of interest include are humans even good batteries? How do machines track…
Hello! In this episode we abandon our friends and timeline to go adventuring with The Doctor. On these adventures we work out how the TARDIS and regeneration work. We also explore a few different antagonists, such as the sontaran, the cybermen, the daleks, and more. Oh, and once we started to tease apart the sonic…
Hello! In this episode we puzzle out how animorphs work. Come along and find out how the antagonists, the Yeerk, take people over. And of course we discuss the Andalites. And how could we forget about the Hork-Bagir. Oh, and we also touch on humans morphing into animals, I guess that’s kind of relevant to…
Hello everyone! In this episode we discuss Avatar (the movie, not the cartoon). Topics of conversation here include: how can people control organic copies of an alien? We also discuss the plants and animals in this world because Simon needs to know why everything is able to physically connect and communicate with everything else. Also…
Welcome back, everybody! This week we aim high and take on hard sci-fi. Turns out it’s a pretty high mark that is hard to hit if you don’t give it much forethought. In this episode we get frustrated with established lore while finding an explanation for cylons. We also tackle more mundane, and easier, problems…
Welcome to Pedantic Handwavium! For our first episode we’re jumping straight into the deep end and discussing Star Wars. We already hear you asking, “How many scientific issues could there possibly be in something as solid as Star Wars?” Well, don’t you worry, there are so many. In this special hour long inaugural episode we…
