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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 m ...
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The Listening Lamp is an enchanting podcast that illuminates the human experience through immersive and thought-provoking short stories. Short stories that illuminate the soul, each episode explores the profound connections between the spiritual and the scientific, the magical and the mundane, offering listeners a reflective journey. Our stories range from moral dilemmas to transformative journeys, uncovering the ripple effects of every choice we make. Join us to discover the extraordinary h ...
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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 count…
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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 ra…
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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 …
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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-…
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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 d…
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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 fo…
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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…
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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 anci…
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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 I…
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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 …
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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 cons…
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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 compan…
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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 E…
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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://multiverseemp…
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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-s…
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Seeking another podcast? We love Entropy Rising: https://www.entropy-rising.com/links Join us as we explore the Standard Model of Particle Physics through the lens of corporate organizational charts. In this episode, we present "The Yogurt Uprising" - a tale of what happens when a break room refrigerator houses the next evolution in quantum conscio…
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What was that other podcast? Oh! Here it is! Listen to Entropy Rising: https://www.entropy-rising.com/links When the cosmos attempts a cold call, do you send it to voicemail? Join us as we explore the mysterious Wow! Signal through the lens of corporate communications. In this episode, we present "The Greatest Missed Call in Corporate History" - a …
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Are all time loops created equal? Join us as we explore temporal recursion through the lens of an increasingly frustrated shipping department employee. In this episode, we present "The Temporal Delivery" - a tale of what happens when a simple package delivery to Woodstock, Illinois meets quantum mechanics. https://multiverseemployeehandbook.com Key…
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Drop in for a special birthday tribute to Galileo Galilei, history's most famous corporate disruptor. Learn how a routine career change from medicine to physics led to humanity's first cosmic restructuring, and why suggesting the Earth wasn't the center of the universe is like telling Medieval Inc. their entire organizational chart needs revision. …
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When two reliable spacecraft start breaking the laws of physics, you get a puzzle that took decades to solve. Join us as we explore the Pioneer Anomaly through the lens of project management mishaps and misplaced assumptions. In this episode, we present "The Consultant Who Killed Momentum" - a tale of what happens when management theories collide w…
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Join us as we explore the extreme temperatures of space through the lens of the eternal office thermostat war. In this episode, we present "The Great Thermodynamic Standoff" - a tale of what happens when a quantum HVAC system achieves consciousness and decides to recreate cosmic temperature extremes. https://multiverseemployeehandbook.com Key topic…
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What happens when HR decides the best candidate for space travel is someone who can't file their own W-2? Join us for a special bonus episode celebrating Ham the Astrochimp's historic spaceflight and all the other pioneering pets who ventured into the final frontier. https://multiverseemployeehandbook.com In this episode, we explore how NASA's most…
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When traditional GPS fails you, where do you turn? Into another dimension, apparently. Join us as we explore the cutting-edge world of quantum navigation through the lens of a catastrophically mismanaged office parking system. In this episode, we present "The Wrong Turn That Saved Reality" - a tale of what happens when an overeager boss tries to di…
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When marketing meets mysterious interstellar objects, hilarity and scientific discovery collide faster than particles in the Large Hadron Collider. Join us as we explore dark comets through the lens of corporate branding attempts, featuring "The Interstellar Marketing Crisis" - a tale of what happens when an overeager boss demands the impossible: m…
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The hilarious collision of corporate ambition and particle physics! When Brad from Sales decides to disrupt the fundamental forces of nature with "quantum-enabled synergy," the results are more explosive than a particle accelerator malfunction. Join us as we explore the fascinating science behind CERN's Large Hadron Collider while watching a sales …
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Dive into the quantum realm of humor and science with our special episode celebrating Stephen Hawking's birthday! This physics humor podcast episode explores how the universe's most famous physicist rewrote the laws of nature while maintaining a gravitational pull on popular culture. https://multiverseemployeehandbook.com Join our quantum-superpose…
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Welcome to Season 2! Have you ever wondered what happens when your IT department decides to take Schrödinger's approach to technical support? Join us for a mind-bending exploration of quantum computing, where every technical issue exists in a superposition of "have you tried turning it off and on again?" and "sorry, that feature only works in paral…
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Time loops aren't always about second chances. Sometimes they're about understanding the weight of the choices we didn't make. When Michael's regular morning commute turns into a devastating accident, he finds himself caught between life and death, reliving the same train ride with an elderly woman in a shimmering grey cardigan who seems to know mo…
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The Multiverse Employee Handbook returns in 2025 - where we explore what happens when a podcast achieves the ultimate cost-cutting measure by existing in a superposition of fully staffed and completely vacant. Join our quantum-superposed host (who technically doesn't exist but still somehow makes deadlines) as we navigate the paradoxical waters of …
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🍞 In a world where every penny counts, discover the extraordinary tale of Eleanor Whitman, a grocery store cashier who's been quietly balancing the books of mercy for forty years. At Register 3 of Morton's Family Grocery, she's mastered a different kind of mathematics – one that measures worth in kindness rather than coins. 💫 When a mysterious gent…
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Welcome to The Multiverse Employee Handbook, where science meets satire and quantum chaos collides with corporate culture! In today's episode, we dive into quantum superposition and wave function collapse through the lens of the first-ever Employee of the Multiverse Awards ceremony. Prepare for laugh-out-loud explanations and mind-bending insights …
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🌟 Enter "The Watcher" - a spellbinding tale of survival, ancient wisdom, and the thin line between observation and understanding in the vast Arctic wilderness. Join field researcher Evelyne as she documents a mysterious wolf pack, only to discover that sometimes the watcher becomes the watched, and scientific certainty melts away in the face of pri…
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Join us for a festive exploration of interstellar physics as we celebrate both the 10th anniversary of Christopher Nolan's "Interstellar" and the holiday season! Discover how Kip Thorne's groundbreaking scientific contributions made "Interstellar" one of the most accurate depictions of black holes and wormholes in cinema history. In this special ho…
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🌟 Step into "The Playground" - a mesmerizing journey through consciousness itself, where existence begins and infinite possibilities take their first breath. In this thought-provoking episode, we explore the delicate balance between light and dark within every soul, and the profound choices that shape not just who we become, but the very fabric of …
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Ever wondered if your office printer's inexplicable behavior is actually a glitch in the Matrix? Join us as we explore the mind-bending possibility that our entire reality might be running on history's longest-executing program. 🖨️✨ Don't forget to subscribe in this dimension: https://multiverseemployeehandbook.com Dive deep into simulation theory …
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🧶 THE WEAVER OF BONDS - A Tale of Connection and Healing ✨ What if you could see the invisible threads that connect us all? Through her antique Belgian loom, Julia doesn't just weave yarn - she perceives the delicate strands of connection binding families, friends, and even strangers across generations. When these vital bonds begin mysteriously unr…
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🔬 Celebrate Werner Heisenberg's birthday with this special bonus episode of The Multiverse Employee Handbook, where we explore the fascinating intersection of quantum physics and pop culture. Journey through the remarkable formula that changed physics forever, while drawing entertaining parallels between three influential Walts born on December 5th…
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Journey into the mind-bending intersection of artificial intelligence and quantum mechanics 🌌 in this hilarious exploration of what happens when AI discovers the many-worlds interpretation. This episode features a special appearance by Alan Turing and tackles the metaphysical crisis that ensues when machine learning attempts to optimize across infi…
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What secrets live in the apartment across the way? 'The Neighbour' follows Max, a newly separated lawyer seeking a fresh start, who moves into apartment 4B only to become captivated by Emma, the mysteriously silent woman living in 4A. Through rain-streaked windows and shifting reflections, Max discovers that his enigmatic neighbor might exist outsi…
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Journey to a corporate galaxy far, far away ✨ as The Multiverse Employee Handbook tackles the questionable physics of Star Wars! When a Jedi Master becomes a management consultant 🧙‍♂️, corporate culture collides with Force powers in ways that would make Einstein question his theories of relativity 🤯. Experience "The Yoda of Middle Management" whil…
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The Cottage' welcomes listeners into an extraordinary Victorian home where rooms shift dimensions, time moves like honey, and a mysterious black cat named August sees more than any ordinary feline should. When Grace Davis, a seasoned restoration architect, takes on this unusual project, she discovers that some spaces need more than just physical re…
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Dive into the cosmic chaos of digital destruction as The Multiverse Employee Handbook explores what happens when someone tries to permanently delete their embarrassing emails but accidentally creates a black hole that starts consuming corporate data. Experience the intersection of information paradoxes, quantum mechanics, and desperate attempts to …
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What would you trade for a moment you've lost? 💫 'The Time Merchant' welcomes you into a mysterious shop that appears in the spaces people try not to see, nestled between a bookstore that closed thirty years ago and a café that won't open for another decade. Here, Marcus trades in moments - childhood summers preserved in mason jars, first kisses tr…
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Journey into the chaotic realm of interdimensional tech support where "Have you tried turning it off and on again?" becomes a question of metaphysical significance! The Multiverse Employee Handbook explores what happens when IT tickets exist in quantum superposition and your computer problems obey fundamental laws of physics. Featuring "The Ticket …
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What if death had a guardian to light the way? 'The Guardian' follows Michelle, a dedicated night-shift nurse whose world changes when she finds a mysterious black Lab named Echo in the hospital parking lot. As patients begin coding, Echo displays an uncanny ability to sense approaching death - not to prevent it, but to ensure no one faces their fi…
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Join us for a special Science Break episode where Guy Fawkes meets quantum mechanics! Discover how the famous revolutionary exists across infinite realities - from failed plotter to Head of Parliamentary Workplace Safety. Learn why Parliament existed in a superposition of states until someone checked the basement, and explore why filing permit appl…
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Step into the quantum realm of corporate feedback as The Multiverse Employee Handbook explores what happens when every possible employee suggestion manifests simultaneously across infinite realities! From "The Parable of the Perpetual Proposal," where a simple coffee improvement request creates a timeline where beverages achieve sentience, to the i…
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Can the impossible become real in the darkest moments at sea? 'The Sailor' follows Jack, a 23-year-old competitor in the Golden Globe Race, attempting to circumnavigate the globe using only traditional navigation methods. When a catastrophic storm in the Southern Ocean claims his modern yacht, Jack faces certain death in the freezing waters - until…
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Step into the ultimate interdimensional Halloween celebration where The Multiverse Employee Handbook explores the collision of quantum electrodynamics and corporate casualization! Experience "The Parable of the Photon Punch," where a quantum physicist's refreshments transform the office party into a spectacular display of particle physics. Watch as…
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What would you sacrifice for an extra 60 seconds in your day? 'The Pause Button' follows Jessica, an overwhelmed single mother juggling a demanding legal career and raising her young daughter Abby. When a mysterious elderly woman appears outside her daughter's school, Jessica receives an extraordinary gift that promises to solve her time management…
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