ELI5 Explain Like I'm 5: Bite sized answers to stuff you should know about - in a mini podcast 

Explain Like I'm Five, aka ELI5, is the mini-podcast series where we take the questions you always wanted to ask, and talk about them in a way that is easy to understand. Made possible by the amazing reddit community at r/explainlikeimfive. See episode show notes for user credits.

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Title	Date published
ELI5 Poker - which US president used poker to launch his election campaign?	2025-08-31
ELI5 Washing Machines - more consequential than the internet?	2025-08-22
ELI5 LiDAR - how it sees the world?	2025-08-15
ELI5 Deck of Cards - why 52 playing cards and why so mysterious?	2025-08-08
ELI5 Gout - what is it and why is the big toe a target?	2025-08-01
ELI5 Rubiks Cubes - how do some people solve it in seconds?	2025-07-25
ELI5 Toilets - why are public toilets tankless unlike those at home?	2025-07-18
ELI5 Black Box Flight Recorders - what’s inside the orange mystery?	2025-07-11
ELI5 Wine - which came first, wine or beer?	2025-07-04
ELI5 Beer - why it was central to historical society?	2025-06-27
ELI5 Creatine - what makes it so popular and does it really make you stronger?	2025-06-20
ELI5 Induction Stoves - are they really faster than gas stoves?	2025-06-13
ELI5 Muscle Knots - do muscles really get in knots and what causes them?	2025-06-06
ELI5 Berries - is the banana really a berry?!	2025-05-30
ELI5 Paper Sizes - why paper sizes in the US are different?	2025-05-23
ELI5 Defibrillators - why AEDs at malls differ from those on TV?	2025-05-16
ELI5 Dragons - why do dragons exist across almost every culture?	2025-05-09
ELI5 Invisalign – are they better than braces?	2025-05-02
ELI5 Stoicism - what are the four Stoic values?	2025-04-25
ELI5 Panama Canal - why did the original French attempt fail?	2025-04-18

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