We were promised jetpacks. Instead, we got push notifications, sponsored content, and a fridge that won't stop asking for a firmware update. In this episode, we take a look at the shiny, streamlined future we were sold — and ask why it never quite showed up. From flying cars to food pills, we explore the retro predictions that fizzled, the quiet tech breakthroughs that did arrive, and whether the real future just took a very weird detour.

Is this progress… or just a better version of being stuck?

In this special episode, we ask one deceptively simple question: What if JFK had lived?

Just days after the host was born in June 1968, Robert F. Kennedy was assassinated. Raised by a loving adoptive family, he often wonders how the world—and maybe even his own life—might have turned out differently if John F. Kennedy had survived that fateful day in Dallas.

So today, we’re going back. In our thought experiment, Lee Harvey Oswald is stopped. The motorcade rolls on. JFK serves two full terms, and history takes a very different path.

Would Vietnam have happened the same way? Would Bobby have lived to become president? Does Nixon ever get elected? And what happens to civil rights, the moon landing, and the whole shape of the American century?

Join us as we imagine an alternate 1963—one where a single moment of silence changes everything.

Could 100 unarmed men defeat a single silverback gorilla? It's a question so ridiculous it should’ve faded from memory — and yet here we are, years later, still arguing.

In this episode of We Were Just Wondering, we trace the origins of the internet's favorite hypothetical war, from Reddit debates to MrBeast tweets and viral TikToks. Then we dive deep: into primate biology, human overconfidence, crowd psychology, and expert opinions from actual zoologists and primatologists. What does it say about us that this fight captivates millions?

This episode blends meme culture, real science, and a surprising amount of existential reflection. Spoiler: someone’s getting dog-walked. But it might not be who you think.

Something doesn’t add up.

Granite vases cut with lathe-like precision. Obelisks weighing hundreds of tons moved and placed without wheels or cranes. A pyramid so precisely engineered it would challenge modern builders — all built by a civilization using copper tools?

In this episode, we fall headfirst into the mystery of ancient Egypt’s most baffling achievements. We’re not offering answers — just a growing list of questions the mainstream narrative doesn’t seem eager to ask. Why are the oldest structures often the most advanced? Why do the timelines feel... off? And why does asking these questions seem to upset people more than ignoring the evidence?

Welcome to The Impossible Egypt Problem — where the stones still stand, but the story might be crumbling.

We all know the feeling: hand raised, confidence high... and then nothing. The dreaded missed high five. In this episode, we dive into the curious history of one of humanity’s most celebratory—and awkward—gestures.

Where did the high five actually come from? Why did it explode into sports and pop culture in the ’80s and ’90s? And what’s really going on in our brains when we slap hands? From Little League memories and “too slow” fake-outs to surprising psychology and a poignant story involving gay pride and the Dodgers, we explore how a simple gesture became a cultural icon—and why it still makes us cringe (and connect) to this day.

Social Security: it sounds straightforward, like something you just “get” when you retire — right after a handshake and maybe a coupon book. But the reality? It’s a tangle of rules, deadlines, penalties, and weird exceptions that no one really explained. Until now.

In this episode, your hosts dig into the fine print behind America’s most confusing subscription plan.

You’ll learn:

– When and how to claim (and why it matters)

– What working after 62 actually does to your benefit

– How spousal and ex-spouse benefits work (yes, even if they’re terrible)

– And whether waiting until 70 is genius or just optimism in a cardigan

If you’ve ever stared at your Social Security statement and thought, “...am I supposed to understand this?” — this episode is for you.

I’ve lived over 50 years without Reddit. Never needed it for parenting advice, DIY projects, or settling arguments with strangers online. But lately, I’ve started to wonder — is this one of those digital rabbit holes everyone else quietly slipped into while I wasn’t looking? In this episode, we explore what Reddit actually is, how it works, what it does well (and really poorly), and whether it’s become the internet’s town square… or just another noisy comment section. Whether you’re a longtime lurker or blissfully unaware of what “r/” means, this one’s for you.

Before the internet could fact-check your older cousin in real-time, we had to rely on sleepovers, chain emails, and overheard lunchroom gossip to learn the “truth.” In this episode, we dive headfirst into the hilariously disturbing world of Gen X urban legends — from Pop Rocks and soda-induced deaths to the infamous hotdog story that somehow made it to every high school.

We explore where these myths came from, why we believed them, and what they say about the fears (and fun) of growing up in the analog age. Expect skeptical laughs, nostalgic sidebars, and more than one moment of “…wait, YOU heard that too?”

Because we were just wondering — how did so many of us grow up afraid of our dome lights?