ADHD And The Theory Of All The Things

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  The Science And History Behind Your Nightly Shutdown 04.08.2026 58min

  Send us Fan Mail You spend nearly a third of your life unconscious, unable to hunt, react, or protect yourself and somehow nature decided that was the best deal on the table. That contradiction is where we start: if evolution trims anything that hurts survival, why does sleep exist at all, and why do so many species share it? I follow the trail from ancient dream beliefs to Aristotle’s shift toward natural observation, then into the modern world where gas lamps, electricity, and factory sche...
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  Listener Rabbit Hole: The Squishy Toys 29.07.2026 24min

  Send us Fan Mail A squishy dinosaur. A stress ball. A sticky hand that somehow never fully dries out. We all know the feeling, you pick it up, squeeze it once, then immediately squeeze it again. When listener William asked where the squishy “goo” actually comes from, we thought we were headed to a toy factory. Instead, we landed in chemistry labs, accidental discoveries, and a hundred-year timeline of material science. We walk through the real building blocks behind modern squishy toys: poly...
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  Who Decided What Time It Is 28.07.2026 44min

  Send us Fan Mail Nobody has ever seen time. You have seen clocks, sunsets, birthdays, and countdown timers, but time itself stays invisible while quietly controlling when we wake up, eat, commute, meet friends, and fall asleep. That mystery sent me down a rabbit hole that starts with a simple question: who decided what time it is, and how did the whole world end up agreeing on the same numbers? We trace the history of timekeeping from the moment humans first realized the sky wasn’t random. F...
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  A Hole In The Wall Started Your Selfies 21.07.2026 1h 14min

  Send us Fan Mail A photograph feels simple until you ask the one question that started it all: how do we make the picture stay? We follow that question back more than 2,000 years to a tiny hole in a wall, an upside-down street scene, and the discovery that light follows rules. From Mozi’s early explanation of inverted images to Aristotle’s eclipse crescents under a tree, and Ibn al-Haytham’s experiments that helped define modern optics and the scientific method, the origin story of photograph...
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  Season 1 Trailer 20.07.2026 2min

  Send us Fan Mail Each week we take a deep dive down a rabbit hole. You never know where we will end up. Whether it’s the history of photography or how Crocs are made. We will follow the rabbit hole wherever it may lead. Follow us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/share/1BXmjoArss/?mibextid=wwXIfr Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/adhdtheory?igsh=MXZ6eGgzMGlvNHJy&utm_source=qr TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@adhdtheorypod?_r=1&_t=ZP-98QJNZBkBWI