Unexplainable

Noam Hassenfeld, Julia Longoria, Byrd Pinkerton, Meradith Hoddinott

Booking Overview

This is a science and history explainer show focused on mysteries, unanswered questions, and the limits of human knowledge, typically featuring external interviews with authors, academics, and expert science communicators. Credible pitches include researchers, professors, subject-matter authors, paleontologists, historians, and other experts with distinctive findings or accessible books; booking difficulty is medium.

Metrics

Episodes: 303

Frequency: Multiple_weekly

Rating: 4.6/5.0

Estimated listeners: 10k-100k

Gender skew: Neutral

Location: USA

Contact Information

Publicly listed emails

unexplainable@vox.com

podcasting@voxmedia.com

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Host

Noam Hassenfeld - Member of the Unexplainable editorial team covering scientific mysteries and unanswered questions.

Julia Longoria - Member of the Unexplainable editorial team covering scientific mysteries and unanswered questions.

Byrd Pinkerton - Member of the Unexplainable editorial team covering scientific mysteries and unanswered questions.

Meradith Hoddinott - Member of the Unexplainable editorial team covering scientific mysteries and unanswered questions.

Booking Intelligence

Booking Requirements

medium

Typical Credentials:

Subject-matter experts with academic or professional expertise in science, history, archaeology, paleontology, or related fields; published authors and experienced science communicators are strong fits.

Required Achievements:

Published books, Academic research or professorships, Recognized science writing, Professional consulting or specialist expertise

Recent Guest Discussions

Rowan Jacobsen - Sunlight, Health, And Evidence-based Approaches To Sun Exposure.

Eric Cline - The Late Bronze Age Collapse, The Trojan War Era, And Interconnected Ancient Societies.

Riley Black - How Paleontologists Reconstruct Dinosaur Lives From Fragmentary Evidence.

Recent Topics

Science, History, Archaeology, Paleontology, Astronomy

Episodes

Here's the recent few episodes on

Unexplainable

Can these corals take the heat?

August 17, 2026

Warming waters are an existential threat to coral reefs, and for people who want to restore them. But in the Republic of Palau, researchers are testing out an approach to help restored reefs survive hotter temperatures — before it's too late. To watch this episode on video, find us on Netflix! Guests: Benji Jones, senior environmental correspondent at Vox For show transcripts, go to ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠vox.com/unxtranscripts⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠For more, go to ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠vox.com/unexplainable⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠...

Why Hank Green takes pseudoscience seriously

August 10, 2026

Dismissing pseudoscience is too easy. Understanding why it spreads so quickly is harder. It can teach us why real science works and how to spot the difference between the two. To watch this episode on video, find us on Netflix! Guest: Hank Green, creator of SciShow and Crash Course, co-host of Vlogbrothers For show transcripts, go to ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠vox.com/unxtranscripts⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ For more, go to ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠vox.com/unexplainable⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ And please email us! ⁠⁠⁠⁠unex...

A trip to the twilight reefs

August 05, 2026

Down beneath the waves, where the light starts to fade, there's an ecosystem scientists don't fully understand. About a decade ago, some researchers left structures in this mysterious world and let them grow encrusted with life. Now they're pulling them back up again and unwrapping them like scientific presents.Guests: Luiz Rocha, ichthyology curator at the California Academy of Sciences, along with Johanna Loacker, Lynn Bonomo, Chris Meyer, Sarah Tweedt, Tito Monteiro da Cruz Lotufo, Emily R...

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