In central European folklore, Krampus is a half goat / half demon entity who during the Christmas season punishes the children who have misbehaved over the past year. Though Krampus may have scared children for years, nowadays he’s become more the focus of Christmas themed horror movies and novels. But what if Krampus was a threat? Could we keep our children well enough behaved to avoid them being taken? Could we possibly stop such an entity? This episode we ask WHAT IF KRAMPUS ACTUALLY EXISTED? Go to WhatIfPod.com and let us know You can also find us on Twitter @WhatIfSeries and on Instagram @WhatIfPDCST

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What If Krampus Actually Existed?

At the Earths equator, the planet is spinning at approx 1100 MPH. And its this spinning that creates and keeps the conditions necessary for our continued survival. But let say the spinning one day just stopped? Would the effects of this event be survivable , or would we be damned to certain doom? This episode we ask, “What If The Earth Stopped Spinning?” Go to WhatIfPod.com and let us know You can also find us on Twitter @WhatIfSeries and on Instagram @WhatIfPDCST  

What If The Earth Stopped Spinning?

Over 2000 years ago the Greek philosopher Plato first spoke of the lost city of Atlantis, and since people have been searching to find its ruins. The legend of the lost city even bled its way into fiction, showing us time and time again across television and movies an under sea world bustling with all kinds of life.  So what if such a place had been found? What could we learn from a new civilization? Would it be possible to even visit? This episode we ask, “What If Atlantis Had Been Found?” Go to WhatIfPod.com and let us know You can also find us on Twitter @WhatIfSeries and on Instagram @WhatIfPDCST  

What If Atlantis Had Been Found?

One of the most popular creatures to think that comes to mind this time of year is the Vampire. The lore of the vampire dates back to the late 17th and 18th centuries, and still to this day they are as loved and feared as ever. But what if these creatures were real and posed a daily threat to people? Could we coexist or would we hunt them? What precautions would we take to survive? This episode we ask, “What If Vampires Really Existed?” Go to WhatIfPod.com and let us know You can also find us on Twitter @WhatIfSeries and on Instagram @WhatIfPDCST

What If Vampires Really Existed?

If you look at statistics, you’ll see that human beings are gradually getting taller. Over the last 150 years the average height of people in industrialized nations has grown by about 4 inches. Though these changes are significant, they are barely noticed in the span of a lifetime. But what if our evolution didn’t have to take so long? And what if it could be controlled? Would we all stay an average height, or range from extreme smalls to larges? Could the tall and the tiny co-exist? This week we ask,”What If Human Beings Didn’t Have Size Restrictions?” Go to WhatIfPod.com and let us know You can also find us on Twitter @WhatIfSeries and on Instagram @WhatIfPDCST

What If Humans Didn't Have Size Restriction?

65 million years ago dinosaurs were driven to extinction, leaving behind only their fossils to study. The Jurassic Park franchise has imagined a world where dinosaurs were brought back to life through scientific means, but today we’re going to look at a world where they never left. How could human beings and dinosaurs co-exist? What would our everyday look like with huge carnivores on the loose? This episode we ask “What If Dinosaurs Still Roamed The Earth?”   Go to WhatIfPod.com and let us know You can also find us on Twitter @WhatIfSeries and on Instagram @WhatIfPDCST  

What If Dinosaurs Still Roamed The Earth?

For years it has been understood that the Earth is round, and over the years many different theories, tests, and pictures have shown this to be evident. But lets say the Earth was flat, what kind of differences would we see in the world around us? How does the Earth rotate around the sun? Could we see from one side to the other? This week we ask, “What If The Earth Was Flat?” Go to WhatIfPod.com and let us know You can also find us on Twitter @WhatIfSeries and on Instagram @WhatIfPDCST

What If The Earth Was Flat?

We spend our lives trying to get it and it seems like there’s never enough of it. Everything we need to live normal, comfortable lives requires money. And here in the digital age of banking and shopping, its easy to get what you need quickly with the click of a few buttons. But What if the concept of money had never been? Would we still be trading for goods and services? Could online shopping even work in this world? This episode we ask,”What If Money Didn’t Exist?” Go to WhatIfPod.com and let us know You can also find us on Twitter @WhatIfSeries and on Instagram @WhatIfPDCST  

What If Money Didn't Exist?

We saw it in the comics and then we got to see it on the big screen, Thanos using the Infinity stones to erase half of all living life, and then our heroes bringing it all back 5 years later. As entertaining as the stories are, they make us wonder what a world would look like without 50% of the life that occupies it? Are plants and animals considered in the snap? What would happen to all the unclaimed property? How could the economy stay afloat? This episode we ask What If The Thanos Snap Actually Happened?! Go to WhatIfPod.com and let us know You can also find us on Twitter @WhatIfSeries and on Instagram @WhatIfPDCST

What If The Thanos Snap Actually Happened?

The world has seen its share of war. Over the decades, millions of lives have been lost defending their homes, religious beliefs, and freedoms, and with advancements in technology, war only stands to get deadlier. But what if we found an alternative to war that sent a single person into battle rather than millions? Would the world agree to these terms? How would this person be chosen? This week we ask, ”What If War Was Still A Trial By Champion?” Go to WhatIfPod.com and let us know You can also find us on Twitter @WhatIfSeries and on Instagram @WhatIfPDCST

What If War Was Still A Trial By Champion?

Of all the challenges life has to offer, parenthood is probably one of the hardest. We try our best to raise our children in to well adjusted individuals, but despite our best efforts, they’ll inherit some of the traits and behaviors we wished they hadn’t. But what if we had a perfect artificial parent and we could fine tune the experiences our children have throughout life? Would they be more likely to grow into the people we’d hoped? What would happen to the family dynamic? This episode we ask, “What If Robots Raised Our Children?” Go to WhatIfPod.com and let us know You can also find us on Twitter @WhatIfSeries and on Instagram @WhatIfPDCST

What If Robots Raised Our Children?

Over time, we’ve found ways to make traveling easier and faster. But despite how fast your car is, or how direct your route may seem, the quickest way to get from point A to point B is a straight line. But what if we could ignore the space between points and instantly appear wherever we want? Whats life like when you remove the journey? This episode we ask What If Teleportation Technology Existed? Go to WhatIfPod.com and let us know You can also find us on Twitter @WhatIfSeries and on Instagram @WhatIfPDCST

What If Teleportation Technology Existed?

The wheel has been deemed one of the greatest innovations in history. Not only does it provide us easier modes of transportation, but its also been repurposed and reimagined for several other inventions that we use on a daily basis and probably don’t even notice. Look at cogs inside a clock, record players, disc drives, the steam engine, none would exist without the advent of the wheel. But what if the idea of the wheel had never come to be? What might our modes of transportation look like? What would rise in the wheel’s absence? This episode we ask, “What If The Wheel Had Never Been Invented?” Go to WhatIfPod.com and let us know You can also find us on Twitter @WhatIfSeries and on Instagram @WhatIfPDCST

What If The Wheel Had Never Been Invented?

We all have things we wish for. Whether its more money, better health, or even world peace, we all desire the things we sometimes can’t have. But what if all the sudden we could have everything we desire? And how would everyones new found luck and wealth effect the world? In this episode, we look at a world that has discovered a Genie’s lamp. When having this conversation, we use Disney’s Aladdin as our guide to Genie rules and protocol…I know, super professional. So how would such an amazing discovery be dealt with? Is the country who discovered the lamp now the supreme power in the world? And what if the lamp traveled the world so everyone could get a turn? Would everyones similar wish for obscene wealth topple the economy? We ask these questions and more as we ask, “What If A Genie’s Lamp Had Been Discovered? Go to WhatIfPod.com and let us know You can also find us on Twitter @WhatIfSeries and on Instagram @WhatIfPDCST

What If A Wish Granting Genie Had Been Discovered?

For most people, when the sun goes down it’s time to let your body decompress and sleep. And no matter how much sleep we get, we always feel like we could use a little more. We’ve all pulled ourselves through a day where we got little to no sleep the night before, and typically as a result we can’t think clearly, respond to road hazards quickly, miss important details, etc. But what if we didn’t need sleep? What If the body had another way to recharge itself while fully awake? How would we use our 24 hour days when we are awake for them all? Do we get twice as much done? How do we unwind and recharge? This week we ask, “WHAT IF PEOPLE DIDN’T HAVE TO SLEEP?” Go to WhatIfPod.com and let us know You can also find us on Twitter @WhatIfSeries and on Instagram @WhatIfPDCST

What If People Didn't Need Sleep?

There’s a line between possible and impossible, a wall we can’t break through or tear down. But what if we could climb to the top and take a look at the other side? What if the line between fiction and reality was just a little blurrier, and our world a little stranger? Join Jeramy, Jack, and Ryan as they look at twists on our reality and ignore the difference between what can and cannot be to ask, “What If…?”.

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