020: A Big Pointless Episode

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This episode special guest Ralph Crewe (Writer/Producer, Practical Engineering) gets exhausted trying to explain continuous breathing, Julian mulls over the least pointy thing (shout out to Pod 007) and Trace takes a Mayan Bak-tun to explain why the heck there are 60 minutes in an hour.

QUESTIONS

Trace: "Are there other systems of timekeeping besides Hours/Minutes/Seconds?" from Julian

Ralph: "Can we evolve or engineer ourselves to breathe continuously?" from Henry in Singapore

Julian: "What is the least-pointy thing?" from Ralph

 

CREDITS

This episode of That's Absurd Please Elaborate was written by Trace Dominguez and Julian Huguet, edited by Kyle Sisk, and produced by all three of us. Special thanks to friends and family for listening to the edits and help us make this better.

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Trace Dominguez

Science communicator, television presenter, video producer, and podcaster. I use digital media to teach viewers about science, engineering, history, technology, psychology, and our universe. 

https://tracedominguez.com
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