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Science communicators Ella Hubber, Tom Lum, and Caroline Roper learn about anything and everything interesting! Each episode they teach each other about a science topic, and learn about a miscellaneous topic. Whether it's bugs on drugs, temporal illusions, or fanfiction, there's so much out there, so let's learn everything! Join our Discord, email us, and follow us everywhere at www.LetsLearnEverything.com

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  • Avg 1 hr 26 min
  • English

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  • October 22 · 59 min

    115: LIVE - Eyevolution III & Fat Bear Week

    It's our first ever LIVE SHOW!!! We return to the threequel of eyevolution to look at... eyelids? How interesting could that be? And Caroline teaches us about the competition, the science, and the adorable bears of fat bear week!

  • October 8 · 1 hr 44 min

    114: La Brea's Bone Count & Giant Pumpkins

    How many bones are in the La Brea tar pits? And what can that teach us about life, death, and oil? And what's the point of growing giant vegetables? Well, the pure whimsy of it all, as well as some fascinating techniques and tales.

  • September 24 · 1 hr 54 min

    113: Rediscovered Organs & Bird Watching

    Wait, how are we rediscovering organs in 2026?? Or... are we? Well let's learn about the history and fads of the insides of our bodies! And what is bird watching, why do we all love it, and how casual and competitive can you get with it?

  • September 10 · 1 hr 58 min

    112: Life in Exclusion Zones & Every Single Character

    What happens to life inside exclusion zones like Chernobyl? Is it good? Bad? Or something much more interesting? And what happens when you try to codify every single character from human language? Well, it definitely leads to some fascinating linguistic rabbit holes!

  • July 30 · 1 hr 46 min

    110: Horsepower & Makeup

    What even is horsepower? Is it a silly unit of measurement, or actually an underrated marvel?? And how old is makeup? Why do we do it? And what historic looks can you steal for your next night out?

  • July 16 · 1 hr 18 min

    109: Scientific Publishing

    What are the flaws in scientific publishing, who's responsible, and how can we fix it?

  • June 18 · 1 hr 24 min

    107: The Sci Guys, Acupuncture, and THAT Dolphin Story

    Corry and Luke from the Sci Guys podcast join us, at last completing elaborate 4 year scheme to have them on! We learn about whether acupuncture is bullshit, and learn a bit more about That famous dolphin story. We also talk shop about mistakes, debunking, and curiosity! Timestamps: (00:00:00) Intro (00:10:51) Acupuncture (00:32:27) THAT Dolphin Story (00:54:20) Mistakes & Debunking (01:21:10) Outro Support us with a Max Fun Membership! Join our Discord! We also learn about: I’m biggly judging, the only thing I love more than science is a weird bit, Caroline’s 4 year plan to get in a zoom call with these bozos, kind of feels like you came to the top of the mountain and came down to meet us, Brian Cox does Not follow Tom, I know something that will fix Ella’s connection, the corry-luke scale, the peripheral nervous system, free opiod receptors, endogynous, different kind of needles for that opiod, fake accupuncture, treating sever hiccups, min-maxing heroin, it’s tricky to study pain, maybe therapy works more than accupuncture, by the way I don’t need you to share everything, dolphins weren’t so great at finding land mines, I’ll just leave some dead air, an open bar for editting, the sensory deprivation tank, you’re paying for this open bar Tom, I won’t tell you the name of the paper but I will tell you about lisa simpson, was really hoping the apartment would have a dolphinarium, now do your duolingo, this was all to communicate with aliens, Tom tries to have a teachable moment, well someone was certainly “arriving”, raising a chimp as a human, Bunny’s backlash, weird studies, language is complicated and we don’t even think about it so we underestimate it, did we not all read coco transcripts in college - oh i guess not, Corry’s corona mistake, double checking even when we know someone’s wrong, can you believe there are podcasts where people try to learn everything? a meta message not about being right but about science, QI’s mistake rate, the science debunking complex can get toxic, when we debunk it’s not with antagonism but curiosity, the mould effect saga, I think what you were trying to say correy is that it’s important to foster curiosity. Sources: Harvard Medical School, Science of Acupuncture Review: Is Acupuncture Placebo? Review: Acupuncture for Fibromyalgia Treatment Guardian: NASA's Dolphin Project Atlantic: Margaret Lovatt's Dolphin Experiment Help support this show and unlock bonus content! Become a member at https://maximumfun.org/joinlearn

  • June 4 · 1 hr 59 min

    The Best of Everything 2026

    It's the Best of Everything! The episode where we look at the topics that YOU thought were our best from the past year, and chat some behind the scenes about them! It's a great place to start and a great time to brush up on things you may have forgotten.

  • May 21 · 1 hr 58 min

    106: The Polygraph & Dentistry History

    You may know the polygraph is junk science, but what is the real science of lying and what wild turns did the polygraph take to get to today? And how old is dentistry? If ancient cave men didn't brush why do I have to? Well it turns out for good reason, and some fascinating dental science.

  • May 21 · 1 hr 58 min

    106: The Polygraph & Dentistry History

    You may know the polygraph is junk science, but what is the real science of lying and what wild turns did the polygraph take to get to today? And how old is dentistry? If ancient cave men didn't brush why do I have to? Well it turns out for good reason, and some fascinating dental science.

  • May 7 · 1 hr 58 min

    105: The Marine Carnivore Question & Collecting

    Are there more carnivores in the ocean than land? Yes! But... why? And what does that teach us about how we study ecosystems? And what constitutes a collection? Well it goes way back in time, and can cover anything and everything interesting, and maybe even teach us about ourselves and each other.

  • April 30 · 57 min

    Preview: Frogs & Improv

    Caroline's Frogs campaign and our improv class were some of our favorite bonus episodes we've done, so we wanted to share a sample of what they sound like!

  • April 27 · 23 min

    MaxFunDrive Bonus: Tom's Casters on Casters

    Folks we're halfway through the MaxFunDrive! And to keep the celebration we have Tom chatting behinds the scenes with other Max Fun hosts! For all the details about MFD perks, the livestream, and how to support the show, go to LetsLearnEverything.com!

  • April 23 · 2 hr 26 min

    104: The Anthropocene Argument & Sound Effects

    What is the Anthropocene? No really, who came up with it, when does it start, and why does that matter? Well it involves nuance, scientific beef, and a surprising amount of freaky little guys. And we all know of some sound effects we love, but what is their history, where are the weird places they've shown up, and what can they teach us about art?

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