Curiosity Episodes

Send us Fan Mail A squishy dinosaur. A stress ball. A sticky hand that somehow never fully dries out. We all know the feeling, you pick it up, squeeze it once, then immediately squeeze it again. When listener William asked where the squishy “goo” actually comes from, we thought we were headed to a toy factory. Instead, we landed in chemistry labs, accidental discoveries, and a hundred-year timeline of material science. We walk through the real building blocks behind modern squishy toys: poly...