Let's Learn Everything!

Maximum Fun

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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Thursday · 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?
July 2 · 1 hr 59 min
108: Quicksand and Other Childhood Worries & The Undying Game of Pinball
We all thought quicksand would be a bigger deal than it is, but what is the science behind them and all the other worries I had as a kid? And how does pinball reflect the changing cultures of our time, and could now be the best era of pinball?
June 29 · 3 min
Second London Live Show! 1pm Sunday Oct 18th!
We've added a SECOND live show in London, and it's a Sunday matinee! See all the details at LetsLearnEverything.com/live
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 20 · 2 min
Vote for the Best Of Everything! LetsLearnEverything.com/vote
It's that time of year to vote for the Best Of Everything! https://www.letslearneverything.com/vote
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?
April 20 · 25 min
MaxFunDrive Kickoff! Ella's Casters on Casters
IT'S THE MAX FUN DRIVE!!! We kickoff with a crossover "Casters on Casters" with Ella 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 9 · 1 hr 22 min
103: Sage The Bad Naturalist & The Frog Mushroom Mystery
Why aren't mushroom animals? Why is this mushroom growing out of a frog?? WHAT KIND OF MUSHROOM IS TOAD?!?! Well Sage the Bad Naturalist is here to answer all our festering fungus questions!
March 26 · 1 hr 55 min
102: The Vitamin Saga & The Evolution of Fairies
Why are there so many vitamins, what even IS a vitamin?? Well Tom finally understands, and takes us on a tour through their infuriating past. And how did the cheerful fairy we know and love today, evolve into its current form? Well we'll only tell if you can answer our riddles three and- or you can just listen to the episode.
March 12 · 1 hr 46 min
101: Why is the Sky Blue & Speech Disfluency
For episode 101, we're challenging ourselves to make a technically family friendly, swear free episode! Why is the sky blue? Well it turns out it took a lot of science to understand why! And what is speech disfluency? Well it's like... um... you'll see!
February 26 · 53 min
Out Sick Recast: SciShow Tangents w/ Tom!
Tom & Ella are out sick! So enjoy this recast of when Tom was healthy and on SciShow Tangents! OR enjoy our 2 hours on the Project 4 Awesome livestream, basically a video podcast! LetsLearnEverything.com/p4a2026
February 12 · 2 hr 17 min
100: Everything
You asked, and we finally answered, today we are Finally, actually learning everything! Something that is definitely possible and easy to do. Caroline covers infinity, which can include basically anything, Ella covers what everything is made of, and Tom does the rest! Simple, right?
January 29 · 1 hr 14 min
99.5: Iszi Lawrence, Getting to Ancient Egyptian Heaven, and Storytelling
The author, historian, and person of many fascinations Iszi Lawrence teaches us how to get into ancient Egyptian heaven! Plus we learn about a bit of everything else from dinosaurs to medieval almond milk!
January 15 · 1 hr 51 min
Recast: Escape This Podcast - Oceananigans
While we take some time to rest and plan out the new year, enjoy our episode of Escape This Podcast as the three of us use cleverness and chaos to solve this escape room!