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Probably Science — Comedy
Probably Science

Professional comedians with so-so STEM pedigrees take you through this week in science. Incompetently. Featuring hosts Matt Kirshen, Andy Wood (and sometimes Jesse Case or Brooks Wheelan) along with a rotating cast of special guests from the worlds of comedy and science.

Latest Episodes:

Episode 319 - Steve Brett Young Dec 11, 2018

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Writer/comedian Steve Brett Young (@stevebrettyoung) joins Andy and Matt to talk about his friend the Studio City Life Coach, Mary Mary quite contrary, unicorns, El Niño, salmon-tossing for plants, Robert De Niro surprises and birth canals around the world. This week's episode is brought to you by the new educational comedy podcast Creature Feature.

Episode 318 - Delaney Yeager Dec 04, 2018

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Writer Delaney Yeager (@delaney_yeager) joins Matt and Andy to discuss Mac and Me, Bill Gates pranks, Mars landers and Mars bars, The Seinfeld Podcast, ion drive planes, why wombats poop cubes and CRISPR-edited Chinese babies. This week's episode is brought to you by the new educational comedy podcast Creature Feature.

Episode 317 - Myq Kaplan Nov 28, 2018

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Comedian Myq Kaplan (@myqkaplan) returns to the show to talk about Ramin Nazer, non-flushable wipes, breathing Hitler, downwind ninjas, medical mushrooms, paradoxical drug reactions and paradoxical UK legal drug responses, big holes under Greenland, regrowing frog legs and Probably Science appearing live at SF Sketchfest.

Episode 316 - Phil Nichol Nov 21, 2018

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Comedian Phil Nichol (@philnichol) joins Matt and Andy to talk about how to stand, the safety of d ropping pennies, sniffer bees, devout parents, Matthew Herbert's One Pig, Podtune whale music, the first domestic dogs, the new kilogram, the new Probably Science Patreon, 3D-printed sound, Teslas vs. smoke, tuskless elephants, 99 Ice Cream, scientists on money, Phil's show Your Wrong and Everybody's Talking About Jamie.

Episode 315 - Sarah Bennetto and Josh Richmond Nov 15, 2018

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Comedian Sarah Bennetto (@sarahbennetto) and Earwolf producer Josh Richmond (@radiotfb) join Matt and Andy to discuss 3D-printed audio jewelry that Andy definitely didn't invent, AI scares and deepfakes, Lyrebird software, Aussie synchrotrons, wine bottle particle accelerators, more Yahoo Serious talk, newly elected STEM politicians, scientists in Washington, whether Oumuamua is or isn't an alien spacecraft, whether the human life span is genetic, whether Parkinson's comes from the appendix and whether Alzheimer's comes from herpes.

Episode 314 - Marcus Ryan Nov 06, 2018

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Globetrotting comedian Marcus Ryan (@itsmarcusryan) joins Matt and Andy to discuss losing money internationally, optimistic condoms, Nobel Prize winners and Nobel limitations, exoplanets and moon moons, Superman films and piss-crazed goats.

Episode 313 - Kiefo Nilsson Oct 31, 2018

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Dunking vegan bassist (and Son of Schmilsson) Kiefo Nilsson (@kiefonilsson) joins Andy and Matt to discuss his upcoming live performance of Harry Nilsson's album/animated special The Point (Sunday, November 4th at Dynasty Typewriter), his collaboration on a Tim Heidecker song to raise money for HIAS, the science of microphone patterns, Kiefo's citizen science wildlife tracking (and others doing similar work), the Fermi Paradox, the Parker Solar Probe's recent milestones and the demise of the Kepler space telescope.

Episode 312 - Wendi Starling and Megan Rice Oct 24, 2018

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Comedians and co-hosts of the Jammerz podcast Wendi Starling (@wendistarling) and Megan Rice (@_meganrice_) join Matt and Andy to discuss robot microwaves, cat penises, the GATE program, Japanese asteroid rovers, mosquitos, BEES, deadliest animals, panda dating, weed making people shower and puke, sandalwood-induced hair growth and ironic purchases.

Episode 311 - Daniel Sloss and TJ Chambers Oct 15, 2018

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Fresh on the heels of the release of his two new Netflix specials, comedian Daniel Sloss (@Daniel_Sloss) returns to the show, joined by ProbSci regular and Twinsies co-host TJ Chambers (@tjchambersLA), to talk with Matt and Andy about Menudo, daddy taxonomy, druggy octopodes, fake early memories, Spicey and The Juice, overrated probiotics, alien conspiracy theories, and a tire reef that's poisoning the sea.

Episode 310 - Shane Mauss Oct 04, 2018

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Comedian and host of the Here We Are science podcast Shane Mauss (@shanecomedy) returns to Probably Science to talk with Andy and Matt about psychedelics, his upcoming Stand-Up Science tour and being institutionalized when he nearly lost his mind. If you or a loved one are in distress, the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline's number is 1-800-273-8255.

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