Brothers In Awe

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Two brothers in law explore the meaning of life at family gatherings (because their partners don’t want to hear about it). The answers lie at the intersection of religion, quantum physics, and human relationships.

Otto & Ian

  • May 20, 2020 LATEST EPISODE
  • monthly NEW EPISODES
  • 34m AVG DURATION
  • 12 EPISODES


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How to Avoid Quantum Tunneling: Part 2

Play Episode Listen Later May 20, 2020 28:51


Don't let quantum tunneling happen to you! Listen to part 2, Dr. Kelley explains.

How to Avoid Quantum Tunneling: Part 1

Play Episode Listen Later May 20, 2020 28:18


The Brothers interview their physicist friend, Dr. Tom Kelley, and take some calls from some of our listeners.

Dispatches from the Field: COVID-19 Update

Play Episode Listen Later May 20, 2020 40:59


Two months have passed after our first COVID-19 episode. Did the world turn into the apocalypse we were predicting? Find out as the Brothers chat via Zoom.

The God Episode

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 22, 2020 40:47


Prepare for love. Prepare for fear. Prepare for off-color God-related swearing. This is the God Episode.

Dispatches from the Field: Covid-19

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 3, 2020 27:13


A between-seasons mini-episode on the current existential crises known as Covid-19.

How am I not myself?

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 2, 2019 42:20


Did you see that quirky 2004 movie I Heart Huckabees? You didn’t? Well, Ian saw it 12 times, so now you’re going to hear about it.

Are we a simulation?

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 2, 2019 41:33


Otto’s convinced we are computer programs like the Sims. Ian’s not so sure. Hilarity ensues. If you listen close, you can hear the pixels of the universe.

Family Vacation: The Costa Rica Special

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 2, 2019 38:33


On the anniversary of our father-in-law’s death, the family visits Costa Rica for reflection and healing. And howler monkeys.

A Brother's Journey Part II: Otto

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 2, 2019 39:41


Musicals about Jesus. Nihilistic hellscapes. Space. Puberty (twice). The fourth dimension. None of this matters. Everything that matters (or doesn't) in the life of Otto.

A Brother's Journey Part I: Ian

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 2, 2019 39:34


Tornados in junkyards. Mental health. Quantum physics. Social justice. Enter the mind of the program known as Ian.

Just an extra in your life's story

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 2, 2019 42:52


Otto thinks he's the only one in the world, and has difficulty believing the existence of anything outside of his own brain. Meanwhile, Ian's brain is trying to fully integrate that he's living one of 7+ billion similarly rich existences. Otto: Ian, I'm not sure you exist. Ian: Otto, you exist. I'm an extra in your life.

Brothers in Awe Teaser Episode: In the Beginning

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 31, 2019 5:44


You'll want to listen to this one first. But. If time has no basis in physics... What does it mean to be first? This explains who we are and what we're doing.... in a less existential, more concrete way, for once.

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