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Konstantin Batygin, Amir K and the trillion percent certainty. Jan 24, 2016

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Konstantin Batygin discovered the ninth planet in our solar system all before turning 30! His advisor, having "killed" Pluto’s planet status, was also part of the discovery, which was by indirect means. Also joined by Comedian Amir K, catch him in the film The Pyramid, this month on HBO. Konstantin explains to Amir and the SYJ crew how certain he is that the new unnamed planet will found directly in the next few years.

Bill Nye and the empennage kicking new planet. Jan 18, 2016

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New planet in our solar system found? Somehow, the whole Surely You're Joking team was lucky enough to get the head of the Planetary Society himself, Bill Nye, The Science Guy to tell us all about it! He gives the low-down on the new gas giant, Pluto replacement, evolution, GMO and the politics of funding and the Flint water crisis.

Drew Lynch and the talented american solstice. Jan 13, 2016

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Comedian Drew Lynch pays a visit to Griff and Kevin when co-host Owen is off with Howie Mandel. Weirdly enough, Howie was Drew's biggest fan on the 10th season of America's Got Talent, giving him the Golden Buzzer and a standing ovation, launching him just short of the final victory. A few times Drew reminds the SYJ gang that he's not really a science guy. He's still hilarious.

Adam Steltzner and the right kind of crazy. Jan 13, 2016

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SYJ's first returning guest, Adam Stelzner from JPL, drops by to give an update on Mars, talk about his new book, "The Right Kind of Crazy" and relays an anecdote about the most nerve wracking software update in history.

Rick Loverd and the venetian sky dive. Jan 04, 2016

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Rick Loverd just finished his new comic book "Venus". When he's not penning, Rick helps make movies scientifically accurate, by connecting movie makes like Marvel, with scientists, (including Kevin!) As head of the Science and Entertainment Exchange, Rick, Kevin and Griff talk about some of the previous projects he's worked on, like the 2011 Movie "Thor".

Maria Spiropulu and the tantalizing massive scalar. Dec 30, 2015

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Over the holidays, Caltech Prof. Maria Spiropulu drops in from her very busy schedule split between CERN, Fermilab, and Washington DC, to meet the whole SYJ gang, to discuss the new tantalizing hints coming out of the LHC as it runs at the highest energy ever. Spiropulu describes how the world’s biggest machine may have just made the biggest scientific discovery of the last 50 years.

Shyam Saladi and the random transmembrane proteins. Dec 21, 2015

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Ditched by the scheduled guest, Jimmy comes up with a brilliant plan to save the podcast session. Instead of a famous person, who writes a comics stip about grad school, why not just go straight to the source? Someone actually in grad school. So Jimmy brings back 2nd year grad student, Shyam Saladi, who is working on his PhD in biochemistry and molecular biophysics. The experiment works perfectly and Jimmy, Kevin and Griff bust out yet another hilarious episode Surely You’re Joking.

Josh Brener and the microaggressive cocci. Dec 01, 2015

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Josh Brener from HBO's Silicon Valley and The Big Bang Theory drops into which he had been on an episode with another science guest. The episode quickly spirals into a level of maturity far too low for a self-respecting scientist as bacteria names, probes on Uranus, Halloween costumes and phallified proton accelerators. Oh... and more space fish.

Emily Lakdawalla and the neon dendritic channels. Nov 22, 2015

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Senior editor for Carl Sagan's Planetary Society, Emily Lakdawalla, schools Kevin, Jimmy, Owen and Griff on ice volcanoes on Pluto and salty oceans on Europa and Enceladus. Aliens? Maybe on this worm ocean worlds. Emily explains what zircons are way better than any ol' diamond.

Tony Roy, Kate Quigley and the gecko powered super bra. Nov 07, 2015

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Comedian Kate Quigley stops in to help Jimmy, Kevin and Griff so Mechanical Engineer Dr. Tony Roy show off his amazing new invention that mimics the sticky fingers of geckos. This passionately led him to make a new super-bra that turns science strapless.

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