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The Multiverse Employee Handbook

The Multiverse Employee Handbook is a science comedy podcast where workplace humor meets cosmic exploration. From quantum mechanics explained through staff meetings to space history through annual reviews, we decode scientific mysteries through corporate metaphors. Each episode combines rigorous science with absurdist office scenarios, whether exploring the strange physics of black holes or the equally baffling logic of expense reports. Perfect for curious minds who suspect their workplace might

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31:10

Is Time Real - Or Just An Illusion?

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2025/06/24

Ever wondered why time flies when you're having fun but crawls during team meetings? Scientists now think your subjective experience might be revealing profound truths about quantum reality itself. Tell us what you love, what you tolerate, and what our HR department should really stop doing—take our 2-minute listener survey: https://tally.so/r/nr1evM Join us as we explore the ultimate question that's keeping physicists awake at night: is time fundamentally real, or just the universe's most

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32:06

This Tube of Dirt Will Take 15 Years to Get Here

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2025/06/17

The most expensive dirt delivery service in the solar system meets the universe's most unforgiving schedule.https://multiverseemployeehandbook.com Join us as we explore Mars Sample Return through the lens of interplanetary project management gone beautifully wrong. In this episode, we present "The Interdimensional Logistics Catastrophe" - a tale of what happens when cosmic bureaucracy meets orbital mechanics and fifteen years of careful planning. Discover why Mars Sample Return isn't just the

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39:23

Dark Matter: Does It Matter? (featuring the Rubin...

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2025/06/10

From the Atacama Desert at the foot of the revolutionary Vera C. Rubin Observatory, we explore the universe's greatest cosmic mystery: why most of reality has been playing hide-and-seek for 13.8 billion years.Tell us what you love, what you tolerate, and what our HR department should really stop doing—take our 2-minute listener survey: https://tally.so/r/nr1evM Join us as we present "The Upside-Down Observatory" - a tale of what happens when Quantum Improbability Solutions accidentally builds

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34:15

Math is Weird

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2025/06/03

Discover why humanity's greatest intellectual achievement involves strategic symbol arrangement and existential confusion about whether "nothing" can be "something."https://multiverseemployeehandbook.com Join us as we explore humanity's 5,000-year mathematical journey through the lens of Dr. Isabella Fibonacci's corporate crisis. In this episode, we present "The Zero Integration Incident" - a tale of what happens when a functioning accounting system meets the revolutionary concept that you can

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35:44

Part 2, The Employee Guide to Planetary Termination

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2025/05/27

The panic intensifies! We conclude our Towel Day tribute to Douglas Adams with the top four most efficient methods for planetary termination. From asteroid impacts that make dinosaur extinction look like a minor HR incident to vacuum decay events that rewrite the laws of physics faster than corporate policy updates.Part 2 of our cosmic countdown reveals extinction scenarios where survival rates drop from "statistically insignificant" to "mathematically zero." Follow Marcus from Quantum

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04:30

Trailer - Part 2, The Employee Guide to Planetary...

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2025/05/23

Ready to add some cosmic perspective to your Memorial Day weekend? This trailer previews Tuesday's apocalypse finale, where we count down the universe's ways to delete humanity faster than you can say "So long, and thanks for all the fish." Missed Part 1? Go back and catch up on extinction scenarios 10-5 first – trust us, you'll want the full countdown experience! Perfect listening for your Towel Day celebrations – because nothing says "cosmic preparedness" like a comprehensive catalog of improbable

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30:15

The Employee Guide to Planetary Termination, A Towel...

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2025/05/20

Don't panic! In honor of Douglas Adams, we present the universe's most efficient methods for serving humanity an "Existence Eviction Notice." https://multiverseemployeehandbook.com From satellite debris cascades trapping us behind a barrier of our own technological waste to dark matter filaments, geomagnetic tantrums, and stellar catastrophes—we rank cosmic doom scenarios by survival probability. Join our quantum-superposed panic management specialist as they explain why knowing where your towel

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33:48

First Contact: The Science of Alien Dialogue

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2025/05/13

What if aliens have been trying to call us for centuries, but we've been holding the cosmic telephone upside down? In this mind-bending episode, we explore the sensory barriers that might make communicating with extraterrestrial intelligence the ultimate lost-in-translation scenario.https://multiverseemployeehandbook.com Join us as we dissect our embarrassingly limited human perception (spoiler alert: we're basically wearing sensory blindfolds) and discover Earth creatures with perceptual

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30:04

Wormholes: The Universe's Administrative Shortcut

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2025/05/06

Breaking news from Black Hole Week 2025! While NASA explores cosmic dead ends, we're mapping the universe's secret shortcuts. When the Interstellar Transit Authority demands Marty attend a meeting 4.3 light-years away in 10 minutes, he discovers an unauthorized wormhole in maintenance closet B. But Einstein-Rosen bridges aren't like corporate fast-tracks—this one leads to HR's "negative energy density meeting room," where Marty arrives three days before receiving the meeting request

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29:36

The Actual Science of Entropy

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2025/04/29

Ever wondered why your desk gets messier, never tidier, when left alone? Join us for a deep dive into entropy – the universe's one-way street that ensures everything trends toward chaos. In "The Orderly Revolution," we'll witness what happens when Quantum Probability Solutions implements an AI designed to reverse entropy in the workplace, only to discover that violating the Second Law of Thermodynamics creates consequences more disastrous than any failed

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44:05

Bonus Episode: Entropy Rising - Interstellar...

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2025/04/25

In this special crossover episode, we're swapping content with our friends at Entropy Rising! Join hosts Jacob and Lucas as they explore the fascinating possibilities and challenges of interstellar colonization through generation ships.What would motivate humanity to leave our solar system? How would we design vessels capable of sustaining life for centuries? And what social structures might emerge when multiple generations live their entire lives aboard these cosmic arks? This thought-provoking

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25:53

Life on K2-18b? The Interstellar Smell Test

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2025/04/22

Did astronomers just detect evidence of life 124 light-years away? Explore the groundbreaking discovery of potential biosignatures on exoplanet K2-18b, where the James Webb Space Telescope has detected sulfur compounds that, on Earth, are primarily produced by living organisms. https://multiverseemployeehandbook.com Join our quantum-superposed host as we unpack the recent findings published in The Astrophysical Journal Letters and witness the chaos of premature alien announcements in "The

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38:23

The Silurian Hypothesis: Earth's Forgotten Civilization?

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2025/04/15

Join us as we explore the Silurian Hypothesis - a fascinating scientific thought experiment that asks: if an industrial civilization existed on Earth millions of years before humans, would we be able to detect it?https://multiverseemployeehandbook.com In this episode, we present "The Corporation vs the Silurians" - a tale of what happens when ancient reptilians encounter modern corporate culture and find mandatory trust falls more terrifying than extinction. We then dive into the real science

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33:41

Robotic Emissaries to the Cosmos

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2025/04/08

Journey through the solar system with humanity's mechanical ambassadors! From Soviet Luna probes to interstellar Voyagers, we explore how these sophisticated machines have revolutionized our understanding of the cosmos while battling radiation, extreme temperatures, and occasionally, corporate restructuring.https://multiverseemployeehandbook.com In this episode, we present "The Interdimensional Performance Review" - the tale of Probe-42, an AI-equipped deep space explorer convinced it's overdue for

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21:34

Celebrating 2001: A Space Odyssey

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2025/04/02

A cosmic journey through cinema's most influential space odyssey, where murderous AI meets corporate culture.https://multiverseemployeehandbook.com Join us as we explore Stanley Kubrick's masterpiece "2001: A Space Odyssey" through the lens of its tumultuous premiere and lasting legacy. In this episode, we present "A Corporate Evolution" - a tale of what happens when visionary filmmaking meets confused executives and transcendent philosophical questions. Key topics include: The disastrous premiere

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25:13

The Anthropic Principle: When the Universe Reads the...

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2025/04/01

The universe seems suspiciously fine-tuned for our existence - cosmic coincidence or the ultimate corporate policy manual? https://multiverseemployeehandbook.com Join us as we explore the Anthropic Principle through the lens of "The Universal Parameters Committee" - a tale of cosmic bureaucracy facing the ultimate deadline: setting fundamental constants before the universe launches in T-minus 13.8 billion years. Key topics include: Fine-tuning's impossible precision: gravity, strong nuclear force,

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35:38

The More We Learn, The Jupiter We Feel

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2025/03/25

How the solar system's protective bouncer teaches us the unexpected value of massive presence. https://multiverseemployeehandbook.com Join us as we explore Jupiter's paradoxical role as both the most chaotic and stabilizing force in our cosmic neighborhood. In this episode, we present "The Jovian Promotion" - a tale of what happens when your company installs an enormous gas-filled manager who appears to do nothing but spin rapidly and create massive storms, yet secretly protects everyone from

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24:25

The Twin Paradox

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2025/03/18

Journey through the spacetime fabric of corporate relativistic policies as we explore Einstein's famous Twin Paradox! In this episode, we present "The Expendable Employee" - a tale of what happens when your cloned colleagues age decades while you're on a simple business trip to Proxima Centauri.https://multiverseemployeehandbook.com Discover how Einstein's Special Relativity transforms ordinary office politics into temporal conundrums, from performance reviews spanning generations to retirement

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18:15

Einstein's Day: Relatively Special Birthday

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2025/03/14

Join us for a spacetime celebration as we explore the life and legacy of a patent clerk who bent the universe with nothing but thought experiments and mathematical audacity. In this special bonus episode, we present "The Cosmic Clock-Puncher" - a tale of what happens when revolutionary ideas collide with institutional physics. https://multiverseemployeehandbook.com Our quantum-superposed scientific storyteller guides you through Einstein's journey from "much too fat" baby to wild-haired icon,

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32:43

Don’t Panic: 42 and the Cosmic Coincidences

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2025/03/11

Join us for a towel-mandatory celebration of Douglas Adams as we explore the most suspiciously significant number in the multiverse! https://multiverseemployeehandbook.com In this special birthday episode, we put aside our regular corporate chaos to honor the man who taught us the importance of always knowing where your towel is. Join our quantum-superposed guide as we investigate why the number 42 keeps appearing in the fabric of reality like an interdimensional typo that nobody can quite

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