42: The Answer to Almost Everything: Season 1
This season started on September 4, 2021. The table lists episodes with recorded air dates up to September 28, 2026.
| Ep | Title and air date | My place |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Can we dig our way through the Earth? · 27 min | |
| 2 | Could We Live on the Moon? · 24 min | |
| 3 | Should we use lotteries instead of elections? · 26 min | |
| 4 | How Much Does Life Weigh? · 24 min | |
| 5 | Will we move onto the water? · 21 min | |
| 6 | Can Algorithms Make Us Healthy? · 24 min | |
| 7 | What if there were no mucus? · 22 min | |
| 8 | How do we solve the nuclear waste puzzle? · 30 min | |
| 9 | What if Fear Didn't Exist? · 25 min | |
| 10 | What if the ice disappeared? · 25 min | |
| 11 | Do We All hear the Same Thing? · 23 min | |
| 12 | Are we too pessimistic? · 25 min | |
| 13 | Does the Perfect Song Exist? · 20 min | |
| 14 | Are we alone in space? · 32 min | |
| 15 | Why Do We Eat What We Eat? · 26 min | |
| 16 | What is the secret of light? · 27 min | |
| 17 | Can we save the trees? · 25 min | |
| 18 | What if dust didn't exist? · 25 min | |
| 19 | Geoengineering: Earth's Last Resort · 30 min | |
| 20 | Could Algae Save the Planet? · 26 min | |
| 21 | Will Messenger RNA Save Us From Cancer? · 24 min | |
| 22 | Will We Stop Flying? · 25 min | |
| 23 | Will We Like Robots? · 25 min | |
| 24 | The Purpose of Parasites · 27 min | |
| 25 | Could We Sleep Less? · 26 min | |
| 26 | Are Cryptocurrencies the Future? · 29 min | |
| 27 | Do We Live in a Black Hole? · 27 min | |
| 28 | The Power of Dreams · 26 min | |
| 29 | Where do people migrate to? · 27 min | |
| 30 | What Do Animals Talk About? · 27 min | |
| 31 | Are we getting dumber? · 29 min | |
| 32 | Do Computers Have Biases? · 27 min | |
| 33 | How can everyone be fed? · 28 min | |
| 34 | Are We Doing More Drugs? · 28 min | |
| 35 | Are We Ready for Mars? · 28 min | |
| 36 | Can we glimpse the afterlife? · 27 min | |
| 37 | Could we become immortal? · 30 min | |
| 38 | Could We Live Without Agriculture? · 26 min | |
| 39 | How dangerous is space weather? · 30 min | |
| 40 | Will we travel to Mars? · 21 min | |
| 41 | Can We Create Money from Nothing? · 30 min | |
| 42 | How do we end wars? · 30 min | |
| 43 | Is Space Being Stolen From Us? · 30 min | |
| 44 | What Power Do Thoughts Have? · 27 min | |
| 45 | Can We Trust Ourselves? · 30 min | |
| 46 | Are we more intelligent in swarms? · 25 min | |
| 47 | The Search for a Universal Theory · 28 min | |
| 48 | Can we turn crap into gold? · 23 min | |
| 49 | Are You Psychopathic? · 25 min | |
| 50 | How does a wave become rogue? · 26 min | |
| 51 | Do We Need Economic Growth? · 30 min | |
| 52 | Are we gambling away our lives? · 25 min | |
| 53 | Why do we have limits? · 28 min | |
| 54 | Where to Find Perfect Energy? · 26 min | |
| 55 | What if sharks disappeared? · 25 min | |
| 56 | Are Animals Self-Aware? · 29 min | |
| 57 | Why do We Fall in Love? · 23 min | |
| 58 | What if nature had a price? · 25 min | |
| 59 | Can we copy our blood? · 21 min | |
| 60 | Why do we hate? · 21 min | |
| 61 | Could We Bring Back the Wooly Mammoth? · 25 min | |
| 62 | Can seals go to court? · 25 min | |
| 63 | Do colors manipulate us? · 30 min | |
| 64 | Will there be a new 'human species'? · 25 min | |
| 65 | Is There a Male Fertility Crisis? · 25 min | |
| 66 | Can Cities Save the World? · 29 min | |
| 67 | When the Heavens Rain Down · 30 min | |
| 68 | Do Fungi Rule Us? · 30 min | |
| 69 | The A***hole Effect · 24 min | |
| 70 | How It All Ends | |
| 71 | When Will the World End? · 27 min | |
| 72 | How to Travel Through Time? | |
| 73 | Mind Reading: A Reality? | |
| 74 | Surviving Our Polluted Planet · 28 min | |
| 75 | The Chaos of Chance · 28 min | |
| 76 | Who Owns the Sea? · 28 min | |
| 77 | Do Animals Appreciate Beauty? · 30 min | |
| 78 | Will a new wind soon blow? · 30 min | |
| 79 | Are we going to disappear beneath the waves? · 30 min | |
| 80 | Are We All Bisexual? · 30 min | |
| 81 | The Advent of Turbo-Evolution · 25 min | |
| 82 | Why do we lose our memory? · 30 min | |
| 83 | Humanity's True Nature · 24 min | |
| 84 | Can We Live Without Electricity? · 26 min | |
| 85 | What Happens When the Glaciers Disappear? · 24 min | |
| 86 | Could We Reach the Stars? · 28 min | |
| 87 | Is Lying Good For Us? · 27 min | |
| 88 | Will we one day be cryogenically frozen? · 29 min | |
| 89 | Will we run out of sand? · 30 min | |
| 90 | What's So Funny? · 26 min | |
| 91 | The Origin of Life · 30 min | |
| 92 | Does Punishment Work? · 30 min | |
| 93 | What Are Our Imaginations For? · 30 min | |
| 94 | Can We Trick Our Genes? · 30 min | |
| 95 | Amasia: The Supercontinent of the Future · 30 min | |
| 96 | Do Dogs Really Love Us? · 27 min | |
| 97 | Do We Need Corruption? · 25 min | |
| 98 | Are Animals Cleverer than Us? · 25 min | |
| 99 | Are Billionaires a Problem? · 27 min | |
| 100 | How strongly does our mother tongue shape us? · 27 min | |
| 101 | Do We Live in a Multiverse? · 29 min | |
| 102 | Does History Repeat Itself? · 29 min | |
| 103 | Are there too many of us on Earth? · 26 min | |
| 104 | Is stress good for us? · 30 min | |
| 105 | Do Disasters Make Us Better? · 26 min | |
| 106 | Is the Metaverse Real? · 29 min | |
| 107 | Do We All Have a Doppelganger? · 28 min | |
| 108 | Could We Programme Evoluton? · 30 min | |
| 109 | Is There an Upside to Climate Change? · 27 min | |
| 110 | Do We Need More Utopias? · 26 min | |
| 111 | Can we control clouds? · 28 min | |
| 112 | Does Sugar Make Us Stupid? · 28 min | |
| 113 | What if the poles reversed again? · 29 min | |
| 114 | What power do smells have? · 29 min | |
| 115 | Can We Shrink the Economy? · 25 min | |
| 116 | How Do Plants Live? · 28 min | |
| 117 | How to Become Popular · 25 min | |
| 118 | Do We Need to Have Power? · 30 min | |
| 119 | Should Humans Be Smaller? · 26 min | |
| 120 | Is AI Out of Control? · 30 min | |
| 121 | Are Invasive Species Always a Problem? · 25 min | |
| 122 | Would We Be Happier Without Happiness? · 27 min | |
| 123 | Why Do We Cry? · 29 min | |
| 124 | Could Sea Currents Change? · 27 min | |
| 125 | Could Matriarchy Be the Solution? · 28 min | |
| 126 | Are Aliens Like Us? · 30 min | |
| 127 | Is Pain Necessary? · 27 min | |
| 128 | Do Animals Have Better Societies? · 28 min | |
| 129 | How Powerful are Maps? · 30 min | |
| 130 | Does Quantum Physics Change Our Reality? · 30 min | |
| 131 | Why Do We Have Less Sex? · 29 min | |
| 132 | Has Slavery Made Us Racist? · 28 min | |
| 133 | Why Is Housing So Expensive? · 30 min | |
| 134 | Can We Make Friends with Our Enemies? · 29 min | |
| 135 | Can We Replace Pollination? · 30 min | |
| 136 | Are We Taking Enough Risks? · 28 min | |
| 137 | Who Really Were Our Ancestors? · 29 min | |
| 138 | Is a World Without Violence Possible? · 29 min | |
| 139 | Can We Remember Precisely? · 29 min | |
| 140 | What Holds the Universe Together? · 30 min | |
| 141 | Do We Need God? · 26 min | |
| 142 | What Protests Work? · 31 min | |
| 143 | How do Children Function? · 27 min | |
| 144 | Will We Grieve Differently in Future? · 30 min | |
| 145 | Do We Need Weapons for Peace? · 30 min | |
| 146 | What Should We Actually Eat? · 25 min | |
| 147 | Are We Ready for Aliens? · 28 min | |
| 148 | How Important is Our Microbiome? · 26 min | |
| 149 | Why Is Wealth So Unfairly Distributed? · 28 min | |
| 150 | What Makes Us Depressed? · 26 min | |
| 151 | Does the Perfect Code Exist? · 29 min | |
| 152 | Are We Ready for World Government? · 29 min | |
| 153 | Are We Wasting Period Blood? · 29 min | |
| 154 | Can We Feel Time? · 26 min | |
| 155 | How Does Water Create Life? · 28 min | |
| 156 | Are Cyborgs the Future? · 30 min | |
| 157 | Can We Save Truth? · 30 min | |
| 158 | Can We Cure Addictions? · 28 min | |
| 159 | Are We Too Curious? · 28 min | |
| 160 | What Did Dinosaurs Really Look Like? · 28 min | |
| 161 | Can We Outwit Viruses? · 29 min | |
| 162 | Where Does Madness Begin? · 28 min | |
| 163 | Should We Be Bored More Often? · 30 min | |
| 164 | How Powerful is Disinformation? · 30 min | |
| 165 | Why Do Civilisations Fall? · 30 min | |
| 166 | Should We Argue More? · 28 min | |
| 167 | How Mathematic is the Universe? · 30 min | |
| 168 | Is The World Better Than We Think? · 30 min | |
| 169 | How Smart Are the Animals We Eat · 28 min | |
| 170 | Does Failure Help Us Succeed? · 27 min | |
| 171 | Was Stone-Age Man Dumber Than Us? · 29 min | |
| 172 | The Age of Fire · 29 min | |
| 173 | Why Does Music Move Us? · 30 min | |
| 174 | Optimisation: Is It Making Us Mad? · 28 min | |
| 175 | Is a Superbug Pandemic Coming? · 26 min | |
| 176 | Can Humans Hibernate? · 25 min | |
| 177 | Does Society Need Alcohol? · 30 min | |
| 178 | ...We Make Free Decisions? · 28 min | |
| 179 | What was there before the Big Bang? · 27 min | |
| 180 | How Powerful Are Images? · 30 min | |
| 181 | How Does the Female Orgasm Work? · 30 min | |
| 182 | Is Space Debris Dangerous for Earth? · 30 min | |
| 183 | Can Our Brains Still Concentrate? · 30 min | |
| 184 | Why Do We Love Horror? · 30 min | |
| 185 | Does Planet Nine Really Exist? · 30 min | |
| 186 | Are We An Evolutionary Superspecies? · 29 min | |
| 187 | Are Wasps Game Changers of Evolution? · 29 min | |
| 188 | Why do we sing? · 29 min | |
| 189 | How monogamous are humans? · 29 min | |
| 190 | Why Do We Love Gold? · 30 min | |
| 191 | Do Emotions Control the Markets? · 30 min | |
| 192 | What if life were mirrored? · 30 min | |
| 193 | Do we need the alpha male? · 30 min | |
| 194 | Black Holes: A Future Energy Source? · 29 min | |
| 195 | Is Brain Washing Possible? · 24 min | |
| 196 | Why Are We So Competitive? · 27 min | |
| 197 | Do We Need Siblings? · 27 min | |
| 198 | Has Globalisation Failed? · 28 min | |
| 199 | How does trash change the world? · 29 min | |
| 200 | Is vacation really relaxing? · 28 min | |
| 201 | Can we change? · 24 min | |
| 202 | Is there another Earth in the universe? · 26 min | |
| 203 | Can AI Feel Us? · 26 min | |
| 204 | Does a Trauma Lie Dormant in Everyone? · 28 min | |
| 205 | What Lies Behind UFOs? · 28 min | |
| 206 | Can states go into debt indefinitely? · 27 min | |
| 207 | Does scrolling make teens stupid? · 29 min | |
| 208 | Can We Live Without Work? · 28 min | |
| 209 | Is there a female fertility crisis? · 25 min | |
| 210 | Is Loneliness Contagious? · 22 min | |
| 211 | How Do You Become a Genius? · 30 min | |
| 212 | Can We Stop Mass Extinction? · 26 min | |
| 213 | Can We Control Our Hormones? · 27 min | |
| 214 | Where Did the Antimatter Go? · 29 min |
