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What The If? · October 30 · 38 min

VAMPIRES Are Real!

Happy Halloween! This week we're getting spooky and asking: what the if vampires were real, and scientists got to study them up close? You'll learn why our bodies slowly lose the knack for swapping old cells for fresh ones, and why a vampire would need a whole lot of bathroom breaks. And yes, we get into billionaires who take young men's blood, hoping to live forever. Grab your garlic and press play! —— When she's not studying zombie fungus at Harvard or helping us break the universe every week, our very own Gaby Paniccia writes science fiction. Her short story "The Automatic Grocery Store" is now featured on the popular podcast Escape Pod! Listen here: https://escapepod.org/2026/02/19/escape-pod-1033-the-automatic-grocery-store/ —— Check out our membership rewards! Visit us at Patreon.com/Whattheif —— Got an IF of your own? Want to have us consider your idea for a show topic? Send YOUR IF to us! Visit https://whattheif.com/contact and let us know what's in your imagination. No idea is too small, or too big! Keep On IFFin', Philip, Matt & Gaby

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Happy Halloween! This week we're getting spooky and asking: what the if vampires were real, and scientists got to study them up close? You'll learn why our bodies slowly lose the knack for swapping old cells for fresh ones, and why a vampire would need a whole lot of bathroom breaks. And yes, we get into billionaires who take young men's blood, hoping to live forever. Grab your garlic and press play!

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When she's not studying zombie fungus at Harvard or helping us break the universe every week, our very own Gaby Paniccia writes science fiction. Her short story "The Automatic Grocery Store" is now featured on the popular podcast Escape Pod! Listen here: https://escapepod.org/2026/02/19/escape-pod-1033-the-automatic-grocery-store/

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Check out our membership rewards! Visit us at Patreon.com/Whattheif

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Got an IF of your own? Want to have us consider your idea for a show topic? Send YOUR IF to us! Visit https://whattheif.com/contact and let us know what's in your imagination. No idea is too small, or too big!

Keep On IFFin',
Philip, Matt & Gaby

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