Time REVERSAL with Ian Durham!

What the if time suddenly started running backwards? Your breakfast un-eats itself, LEGO sets come pre-assembled, and you get younger every day. The dead have unfunerals, your room cleans itself, and teenagers slowly regress through middle school—backwards. Professor Ian Durham of Saint Anselm College stops by to explain the real physics behind time reversal and why photons might start shooting out of your eyeballs. Want to see time reversal in action? Check out The Palindrome Paradox, the mind-bending short film Ian recommends: Explore more physics at the Foundational Questions Institute—Ian's top 5 physics stories for 2025 will be out in a week or two on the FQxI Podcast Series: And check out FQxI Master Classes, where Ian's course on the nature of time will be out within the year: --- Find out more about Gaby's science fiction short story! Here are the links for the anthology. The physical copy can be ordered here : The ebook can be ordered here:

You can listen to Time REVERSAL with Ian Durham! online on Radio and Podcast. Open the player on this page to stream the available audio.

Time REVERSAL with Ian Durham! is an episode from What The If? by What The If?.

This episode is 00:39:32 long.

This episode was published on Dec 26, 2025.

Yes. Use the heart button on the episode page to add it to your favorite episodes list.

Yes. This page shows related episodes from What The If? when more episodes are available from the podcast feed.