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Tumble Mailbag: Season 11 starts Oct 17 + Your Universe Questions!

October 3, 2025·25 min·2 clips

Astrophysicist Hakeem Oluseyi reveals you could enter a black hole and not even know it.

This Tumble mailbag episode announces Season 11's October 17th launch and features astrophysicist Hakeem Oluseyi answering listener questions. Hosts Lindsay and Marshall share updates and engage their young audience with interactive puzzles. They reveal the scientific paper titles inspiring the first three Season 11 episodes: "A Cloacal Opening in a Non-Avian Dinosaur," "Photographic Plates in Spirit Fakes," and "A Quantitative Inventory of Global Soniferous Fish Diversity." The hosts announce their second annual Joke-a-thon fundraiser and share listener reviews praising the show's "Happy Cappy" song. A parent's email thanks the hosts for fostering a child's "true love for learning," which moved Marshall. They promote live events, including a bird song performance at the Connecticut River Museum. Hakeem Oluseyi explains you might not feel entering a large black hole, comparing it to gradually drifting out to sea. He describes asteroid formation from colliding protoplanets, noting some asteroids are metallic cores from these shattered bodies. Oluseyi answers why we don't get dizzy from Earth's spin by comparing it to a person rotating once every 24 hours. He shares his favorite Earth desserts, sweet potato pie and milk with cookies, pondering the challenge of dipping in microgravity. The episode maintains a cheerful and conversational tone, directly engaging its young audience with calls to action and playful banter. Listeners who enjoy interactive science puzzles, cosmic mysteries, and the hosts' energetic dynamic will love this episode. Those preferring full-length, single-topic science stories might skip this announcement and Q&A format.

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A warm last mailbag that sets up season 11 and a conversation about the nature of the universe.

Tumble closes its last mailbag before season 11 with a warm reset into new episodes. The hosts say season 11 launches on Friday, October 17, and the episode centers on a special guest who helps answer questions about the nature of the universe.

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