324 Episodes

  1. ELI5 Dopamine - is it a feel good drug? (hint, it's not)

    Published: 12/6/2019
  2. ELI5 Noise Canceling - why are noise cancelling headphones more effective with low pitch sounds but not with high pitched frequencies?

    Published: 11/29/2019
  3. ELI5 Xmas - Special Guest Episode with Christmas Past host Brian Earl

    Published: 11/22/2019
  4. ELI5 Photography - ISO, shutter speed, aperture explained

    Published: 11/15/2019
  5. ELI5 Standing Still - why is the world record for time walking longer than time standing?

    Published: 11/8/2019
  6. ELI5 Left Handed - why aren't 50% of people lefties?

    Published: 11/1/2019
  7. ELI5 Recycling - wrong thing in the recycle bin, what happens next?

    Published: 10/24/2019
  8. ELI5 Truffles - What makes them special and so expensive?

    Published: 10/18/2019
  9. ELI5 Marathons - What happens to the body over 26.2 miles?

    Published: 10/10/2019
  10. ELI5 Tea - Why you should never put a tea bag in the microwave!

    Published: 10/4/2019
  11. ELI5 Scars - How does the body repair a wound?

    Published: 9/27/2019
  12. ELI5 Bicycles - Why are women's bike frames different to men's?

    Published: 9/19/2019
  13. ELI5 Air Conditioning - How does it work?

    Published: 9/13/2019
  14. ELI5 Weddings - Where do wedding traditions (eg not seeing the bride in her dress) come from?

    Published: 9/5/2019
  15. ELI5 Morning People - What makes someone a morning person?

    Published: 8/29/2019
  16. ELI5 Sore Muscles - Why the delay in soreness after a workout?

    Published: 8/23/2019
  17. ELI5 Flight Delays - how do airports manage major disruptions such as weather cancellations?

    Published: 8/15/2019
  18. ELI5 Jeans - Do you have to wash your Levi's?

    Published: 8/9/2019
  19. ELI5 White Noise - Plus brown noise, pink noise & other colored noises explained

    Published: 8/2/2019
  20. ELI5 Drones - Why don't we see helicopter sized quadcopters?

    Published: 7/26/2019

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Explain Like I'm Five, aka ELI5, is the mini-podcast series where we take the questions you always wanted to ask, and talk about them in a way that is easy to understand. Made possible by the amazing reddit community at r/explainlikeimfive. See episode show notes for user credits.