Too Much Hug Then Die, I Guess | Halloween Episode!

Oct 29, 2026

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It's Halloween, nerds, which means it's time to get into the really horrifying stuff: the limits of the human body. Trace and Julian explore the science of squeezing, squishing, popping, crushing... and, well, just about any way too much pressure can make a human go *pop.* Let's just say the human body has some pretty interesting limits, and the physics of finding them gets more than a little unsettling. And gross. It's a little body horror, a little science, and a whole lot of reasons to be grateful for your squishy little existence this spooky season.

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