Howtown

The problem with Jurassic World

I spoke with Mark Witton for our episode about how paleontologists know what giant pterosaurs looked like. (...

Into Cleo's eye (making of)

I had to delve into some animations from a year ago (!) for an episode of the Patreon-affiliated podcast "Digital Spaghetti" (coming out later this month I believe!) ... and so I decided to record ...

State of the Howtown (1 year update!)

In this video (and the attached pdf) we take a look at what your generous support has made possible -- and what's to come.

Replay: Science Paper Book Club, June 2

We had a fascinating discussion about therapy and AI this week, hooked on this paper that compared responses from therapists to responses from ChatGPT. Thanks to all who contributed!

2025-06-03 21:28:51 +0000 UTC View Post

Can ChatGPT do therapy? Let's talk about it on June 2.

Howtown's Science Paper Book Club meets on Monday, June 2 at noon ET. (Click here for your ...

New episode: the creatures of the abyss

Hello all - Can you believe it's been nearly a year since we published our trailer?

Our latest episode is a collaboration with our old colleague Johnny Harris. He's spent the last few month...

A sea shanty about deep sea biodiversity

I spend the last month immersed in reports from the HMS Challenger Expedition - an incredible three year jou...

Interview: Rhythm and sea lions

I called up Peter Cook, a cognitive scientist and professor of Marine Mammal Science at the New College of Florida ...

Replay: Science Paper Book Club, May 5

Big thanks to Marcos for helping out with this one! Continue the discussion on Discord, and 2025-05-05 22:19:37 +0000 UTC View Post

Science Paper Book Club, May 5: Signs of life on another planet?

Big news for us to chew on, folks! A team of researchers at Cambridge University made headlines around the world last week when they 2025-04-25 22:45:01 +0000 UTC View Post

New episode: How to find ancient cities hiding under the trees

Hi folks,

Today we have an 18-minute feature video about how lasers are uncovering an ancient Maya megalopolis. Would love...

Deleted scene: Adam 'splains lasers

Adam and I often talk about being haunted by the "russian dolls" in our video scripts. In each piece, we explain "how they know" some things, while other things we just assert as fact. Otherwise ev...

SPBC4: Are super old people frauds?

We start with a paper that picks apart "Blue Zones" (places where a surprising number of people live a reall...

New ep: how to map lost worlds

Hey howtownies! At the end of 2024 I came across a paper that showed where various pieces of the earth's surface were 1.8 billion years (and a couple supercontinents) ago. It was fun to imagine bei...

How to fight Flat Earth

Back in December, a pastor from Colorado named Will Duffy led an expedition of "Flat Earthers" and "Globers" to Antarctica. His goal was to try and confirm the true shape of the earth (and take dow...

SPBC3: What to do about Daylight Saving Time

You can find more discussion on our Discord, or feel free to add comments here. Our next session will be on April 7!

2025-03-04 16:05:59 +0000 UTC View Post

New Video: I tried to prove I'm not AI

Here with some updates and a fresh link to our new feature video: I tried to prove I'm not AI, in which I attempt...

an AI podcast about our not-AI channel

While working on our new video about authenticating content, I uploaded our AI-related YouTube comments to Notebo...

Poll: Steering the ship through strange times

Hey Howtowners, we've been thinking about if/how our channel should be covering the new administration in the US. We know that the majority of our audience lives outside this country. We also know ...

Replay: Science Paper Book Club, Feb. 3

You can find more discussion on our Discord, or feel free to add comments here. Our next session will be on March 3!

Is Ozempic also an antidepressant? (SPBC)

We hope you'll join us on Monday (Feb 3, noon-1 EST) to talk about some of the weird and surprising effects of drugs like Ozempic. We'll send out a link to the google meeting ...

New Video: hold my beer

Happy New Year Howtowners!

It's "Dry January," and so this week we took a look at the sobering and sometimes confusing world of alcohol research. If you've ever been confused about contradict...

Replay: Science Paper Book Club, Jan. 6

Big thanks to everyone who joined our first monthly journal club! Everyone raised really apt questions and it was a much richer conversation than if Adam and I had done it alone.

You can find...

We're starting a Science Paper Book Club 🤓

Science papers can be hard to read, but it's a lot easier (and more fun) when we do it together! We'll gather from noon-1 EST on the first Monday of each month to decipher and discuss a research pa...

Responding to comments & questions

We're both sick but wanted to answer some of the questions we've seen in response to our episode on hot sauce and Scovilles! 🔥

Links:

2024-12-20 19:50:15 +0000 UTC View Post

Our Hot Ones Investigation 🔥 and some news

Hi Howtowners - dropping in to let you know that our latest feature is live on the channel. Link: "The truth about Ho...

Hot Ones sauces: Full lab results 🔥

In addition to the Season 25 lineup, we tested Da' Bomb Evolution (which is the version of Da Bomb that Heatonist sells in their 10-pack), The Last Dab XXX, The Last Dab Apollo, Blair's Mega Death,...

Howtown Live at IMI Fest 🔥

Our episode about Hot Ones and the Scoville Scale began as a live show (our first!) presented at IMI Fest in Austin on November 16. The event brought together a bunch of really interesting video a...

State of the Howtown: 6-month update

We launched Howtown six months ago! And we wanted to give you, our beloved backers, a report on our growth, our finances, and our plans for the next six months.

Give the gift of Howtown

It's the season of giving and we wanted to let you know a new feature here on Patreon: You can now send a Patreon membership to anyone by clicking the “Gift” button on any creator’s page. You...