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What if the greatest time travel device in movie history is just a glowing Y-shaped excuse to ask bigger questions about science, storytelling, and human imagination? In the premiere episode of Unobtainium, Hollywood veteran Adam Sigel and rocket scientist Amy Mainzer unpack the science — and glorious nonsense — behind the flux capacitor in Back to the Future. Episode Summary In the debut episode of Unobtainium, Hollywood writer/producer Adam Sigel and rocket scientist Amy Ma

Can dreams be hacked, shared, manipulated — or even weaponized? In this episode of Unobtainium, Adam, Amy and neuroscientist David Eagleman dive into Inception to explore the real science of dreams, memory, consciousness, and the fragile nature of reality itself. Episode Summary In this mind-bending episode of Unobtainium Podcast, hosts Adam and Amy are joined by neuroscientist and bestselling author David Eagleman to unpack the science behind Inception. Together, they explor