Probably Science

By Andy Wood, Matt Kirshen

Science & Medicine Comedy

What's Probably Science about?

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.

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Episode 514 - Dustin Ybarra

11.28.2023

Comedian Dustin Ybarra (@dustin_ybarra) joins Jesse, Andy and Matt to talk about the recent Formula 1 race in Las Vegas, Erdős–Bacon numbers, the first mammal embryos grown in space, space travel's effect on erectile dysfunction, trying to deter orcas with ...

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11.28.2023 Episode 514 - Dustin Ybarra Comedian Dustin Ybarra (@dustin_ybarra) joins Jesse, Andy and Matt to talk about the recent Formula 1 race in Las Vegas, Erdős–Bacon numbers, the first mammal embryos grown in space, space travel's effect on erectile dysfunction, trying to deter orcas with ...
11.18.2023 Episode 513 - Jenny Zigrino Comedian Jenny Zigrino (@jennyzigrino) joins Jesse, Andy and Matt to talk about skunks, the Vegas F1 race, smelling in stereo, the upside of anger in completing tasks, dominant eyes, Iceland volcanos and the ultra-creepy hamster test or sperm penetration.
11.05.2023 Episode 512 - Steve Benaquist Comedian Steve Benaquist (@stevebenaquist) joins Andy, Matt and Jesse to talk about Halloween, Unversal Monsters, neck bolts, Frankenstein's Doug, sandbagging, goldbricking, carpetbagging and teetotaling, a radioactive toy from the 1950s, an unfortunate pig heart update, people who can't feel pain, ...
10.28.2023 Episode 511 - Aparna Nancherla Comedian Aparna Nancherla (@aparnapkin) joins Matt, Jesse and Andy to talk about her new book Unreliable Narrator, the ubiquity of impostor syndrome in Hollywood, childhood memories of carob, a new insanely hot pepper, roosters recognizing themselves in mirrors, a drunk ...
10.20.2023 Episode 510 - Dave Hill Comedian, musician and now author Dave Hill (@mrdavehill) joins Jesse, Andy and Matt to talk about his lifelong love of hockey, his new book The Awesome Game, bowling lane oil patterns, figuring out how cats purr, bespectacled chickens, and the ...
10.11.2023 Episode 509 - Kevin Kataoka and Brian Malow Andy's away, but Matt and Jesse are joined by Kevin Kataoka and returning guest Brian Malow to talk about pseudolegal grifts! Why you shouldn't talk to the police! Scientists who've grown a human embryo! Brian May side projects! Hedy Lamarr's ...
10.06.2023 Episode 508 - Pallavi Gunalan Comedian/biomedical engineer Pallavi Gunalan (@PallaviGunalan) joins Matt, Jesse and Andy to talk about her path from science to comedy, working on open-source ventilators, the oldest living skydiver, the oldest surfer, growing human kidneys in pigs, the surprising intelligence of jellyfish ...
09.27.2023 Episode 507 - Andy, Jesse and Matt Andy's back from Burning Man to give the gang an update on how not big of a deal the rain was and to talk about Jesse's love of the band Ghost, middle-age music obsessions, the viral sensation "Sitting" by Brian ...
09.15.2023 Episode 506 – Jesse Joyce Comedian, Kimmel writer and now author Jesse Joyce joins us to talk about his new book about the killer of Lincoln's killer! Plus live brain worms! The Indian moon landing! Unimpressive household robots! And who should go to Mars! Click ...
08.22.2023 Episode 505 - John Fugelsang Comedian, actor and host of The John Fugelsang Podcast and SiriusXM's Tell Me Everything John Fugelsang (@JohnFugelsang) joins Jesse, Andy and Matt to talk about Prince's showstopping Beatles solo, reconciling science and the Bible, Russia crashing a lander into the ...
08.20.2023 Episode 504 - DeAnne Smith Comedian DeAnne Smith (@DeAnne_Smith) joins Matt, Andy and Jesse to talk about DeAnne's new special Chiweenie in a Tank Top, getting Canadian citizenship, advances in pig-human transplantation, the possibility of regrowing human teeth, the game Pizza Party and the Radiolab ...
08.16.2023 Episode 503 - Jamel Johnson Comedian Jamel Johnson (@NonProfitComic), host of too many podcasts to count, joins Matt, Jesse and Andy to mourn Paul Reubens, discuss Amazing Larry and his deleted scene, the Cabazon dinosaurs, Sonic & Knuckles, Michael Jackson's Sonic connection, how to help ...
08.08.2023 Episode 502 - Danny Lee "Nitro" Clark American Gladiator Danny Lee "Nitro" Clark joins Andy, Jesse and Matt to talk about the hit Netflix documentary Muscles & Mayhem, how his "raw meat" tryout ad-lib landed him the role of a lifetime, the analogies between management's treatment of ...
07.31.2023 Episode 501 - Bethany Dwyer Comedian/writer/director Bethany Dwyer (@BethanyDwyer) returns to the show to talk with Matt, Jesse and Andy about her horror film Grandpa, self-repairing metal, action movie one-liners, why dolphins and orcas won't be returning to land, the resurrection of 46,000-year-old nematodes and ...
07.21.2023 Episode 500 - Brooks, Jesse, Andy & Matt Brooks Wheelan (@brookswheelan) returns to the podcast to celebrate 500 episodes of Probably Science and talk about Probarbenheimer, the demise of Summer Country, a new venomous snake, a solar telescope array that cost half as much as White Chicks, unlocking ...
07.14.2023 Episode 499 - Karl Hess Comedian Karl Hess (@karlhess) of the podcast Yelling About Pâté and the live show Amuse Bouche returns to the show to talk with Jesse, Matt and Andy about urban legends, ancient Chinese secrets, a possible bit of alien technology that ...
07.06.2023 Episode 498 - Dan Schreiber Dan Schreiber of the podcasts No Such Thing as a Fish and The Cryptid Factor, as well as the new book The Theory of Everything Else, joins Matt and Jesse to talk about Nobelitis, using insects to turn beer waste ...
06.22.2023 Episode 497 - Matt, Jesse and Andy On a very special guest-less episode, Matt, Jesse and Andy talk about the fate of the OceanGate Titan, extreme undersea pressure, the curse of the Titanic, whether the Kursk could have been saved, the slightly dubious age-defying claims of a ...
06.18.2023 Episode 496 - John Conroy Comedian John Conroy (@ConroyFTW) joins Jesse, Andy and Matt to talk about Grimace's birthday, driving Ronald McDonald around, finding the building blocks of life on Enceladus, federal capital offenses, frog pants, how many people haven't tried ChatGPT and nanotattoos that ...
06.09.2023 Episode 495 - Anna Valenzuela Comedian Anna Valenzuela (@annavisfunny) joins Matt, Jesse and Andy to talk about her myriad jobs including trolley operator and karate instructor, China's space monkey sex plans, why race car drivers blink at the same point on the track and why ...
05.27.2023 Episode 494 - Izzy Salhani Comedian and comic book author Izzy Salhani (@luckysalhani) joins Jesse, Matt and Andy to talk about bear-baiting, fighting a bunch of kids, a Renaissance fair accident, clay quality, octopus-inpired camouflage ink, Richard Branson's rocket plane taking to the skies again, ...
05.16.2023 Episode 493 - Liz Miele Comedian Liz Miele (@lizmiele) returns to the show to talk about her tour documentary Jet-Lagged, growing up in a veterinarian household, Australian wildlife adventures, a koala chlamydia vaccine, aesthetic scrotal preferences, an Onion classic, Liz's book Why Cats Are Assholes, ...
05.13.2023 Episode 492 - Dr. Heather Berlin Neuroscientist and clinical psychologist Dr. Heather Berlin (@heather_berlin) joins Matt, Jesse and Andy to talk about hosting the upcoming PBS series Your Brain, the hard problem of consciousness, evolutionary mismatches, panic attack strategies, flow state performance, debating Deepak Chopra about ...
05.05.2023 Episode 491 - Jon Gabrus Comedian and host of the podcasts High and Mighty and ActionBoyz Jon Gabrus (@Gabrus) joins Matt, Jesse and Andy to talk about his hilarious show 101 Places to Party Before You Die, the WGA strike, whether AI can write a ...
04.22.2023 Episode 490 - Andrew Weinberg Longtime Conan writer and co-creator of Eagleheart Andrew Weinberg joins Andy, Jesse and Matt to talk about his ridiculously funny new show Jury Duty, which follows the workings of a jury trial through the eyes of Ronald Gladden, a juror ...
04.12.2023 Episode 489 - Andy Hendrickson Comedian Andy Hendrickson (@andyhendrickson) joins Jesse, Matt and Andy to talk about magic tricks that only work on monkeys with opposable thumbs, how mirrors know where eggs are, a math formula for achieving orgasm, how quickly you can create false ...
04.07.2023 Episode 488 - Nate Craig Comedian Nate Craig (@hypeman) returns to the podcast to talk about a deadly fungal infection, terrible maps, building cities on shaky ground, the history of plate tectonics, nanoplastics interfering with chicken embryos and a 3D-printed cake.
03.28.2023 Episode 487 - Noman Hosni Comedian Noman Hosni (@NomanHosni) joins Matt, Jesse and Andy to talk about Tunisia, bad fan art, hair transplants, a bad embryo swap, Paris' City of Science and Industry, a blood test for anxiety, storing carbon dioxide in the ocean as ...
03.17.2023 Episode 486 - Sarah Lane Host of Daily Tech News Show Sarah Lane (@sarahlane) joins Jesse, Matt and Andy to talk about ballerina doppelgangers, Tom Cruise stunts, Cocaine Bear, accidentally ending up on the air, bumblebees learning to solve puzzles by watching their friends, talkin' ...
03.08.2023 Episode 485 - AI Talk with Kevin Roose New York Times technology columnist and host of the Hard Fork podcast Kevin Roose (@kevinroose) joins Andy, Jesse and Matt to talk about his infamous, amorous encounter with Bing Chat/Sydney, Sydney's response to his story, getting backhanded compliments from John ...
02.24.2023 Episode 484 - Amanda Brooke Perrin Comedian and writer Amanda Brooke Perrin (@brookeperrin) joins Matt, Andy and Jesse to discuss haboobs, a Tony update, a 2200-year-old flush toilet found in China, DIY Poo-Pourri, how soft food gave us the F-word, Andy's consonant invention, ChatGPT developing a ...
02.13.2023 Episode 483 - Erica Spera Comedian Erica Spera (@Spericaa) joins Andy, Jesse and Matt to talk about almost going into dentistry, prehistoric teeth, Andy's Mexican dental tourism, what we're supposed to call mummies now, monster cereals, AI Seinfeld's heel turn, Roko's basilisk, mummy chemicals, ancient ...
02.04.2023 Episode 482 - Jo Rou Comedian/filmmaker Jo Rou (@awkwardlyjazzy) joins Jesse, Matt and Andy to discuss Santana's answer to Beats by Dre, the mystery of a gibbon immaculate conception solved, the tiny radioactive capsule that went missing in the outback, detecting cancer with customer loyalty ...
01.23.2023 Episode 481 - Misophonia with Dr. Jane Gregory and Steve Hall Clinical psychologist and misophonia researcher Dr. Jane Gregory (@drjanegregory) and comedian Steve Hall (@astevehall) return to the show to talk with Matt, Jesse and Andy about Jane's work studying misophonia, what to do if your spouse's breathing drives you insane, ...
01.16.2023 Episode 480 - Michael Magid Comedian, goalkeeper and coach Michael Magid (@michaelmagid) joins Andy, Matt and Jesse to discuss Michael's football (soccer) podcast Inside the 18, his new social network The Union, quitting your gym with the help of AI, a Tesla that caused a ...
01.07.2023 Episode 479 - Christina Martin Comedian turned author Christina Martin (@christinamartin) joins Jesse, Matt and Andy to talk about atmospheric rivers, shared names, Christina's book Ashes to Admin: Tales from the Caseload of a Council Funeral Officer, putting on funerals for unidentified decedents, the return ...
12.31.2022 Episode 478 - Sean Patton Comedian Sean Patton (@mrseanpatton) returns to the podcast to talk with Andy, Jesse and Matt about his new special Number One, comedian affectations, paradox-free time travel, alternate Hitler histories, water pipe robots to deal with leaks and how the sun ...
12.22.2022 Episode 477 - Katrina Davis Comedian Katrina Davis (@katrinasivad) joins Jesse, Matt and Andy to discuss gene-edited hens, baby dinosaurs running on the beach, snake clitorises and the correlation between vaccination status and car crashes.
12.13.2022 Episode 476 - David Nihill Comedian David Nihill (@davidnihill) joins Jesse, Andy and Matt to discuss getting kicked out of science class, the potential impact of the release of OpenAI's mind-blowing ChatGPT, big news on the nuclear fusion front, Artemis 1 splashing down, Steve Aoki's ...
12.06.2022 Episode 475 - Mike Bridenstine Comedian Mike Bridenstine (@brido) joins Matt, Jesse and Andy to talk about his podcast Hunk, a promising new HIV vaccine, the decline of key changes in popular music, the tyranny of the I V vi IV chord progression, how bin ...
11.12.2022 Episode 474 - Billy Wayne Davis Comedian Billy Wayne Davis (@BillyWayneDavis) joins Matt, Jesse and Andy to talk about his upcoming special TESTIFY (recorded at the International Church of Cannabis), learning how to grow weed, the woman who only eats cheesy potatoes, seismic waves on the ...
11.01.2022 Episode 473 - Joel Stein Journalist-turned-podcaster Joel Stein (@thejoelstein) joins Andy, Jesse and Matt to talk about his excellent new show Story of the Week, Elon charging for Twitter, out-of-touch billionaires, Joel's book In Defense of Elitism, why you shouldn't pick your nose, the Madagascan ...
10.26.2022 Episode 472 - Susan Rogers Record producer, audio engineer and professor Dr. Susan Rogers' remarkable recording career included working as a staff engineer for Prince in his Purple Rain heyday, not to mention projects with David Byrne, Barenaked Ladies and Crosby, Stills & Nash. After ...
10.12.2022 Episode 471 - Charles Greaves Comedian Charles Greaves (@Greaves_Charles) joins Matt, Jesse and Andy to discuss Jam In The Van, Nashville Armored Combat, chess boxing, spinlaunching a payload to 30,000 feet, how spinlaunching works, trying to solve the mystery of squirting, microwaving fish to make ...
10.01.2022 Episode 470 - Harrison Greenbaum Comedian/magician Harrison Greenbaum (@harrisoncomedy) joins Andy, Jesse and Matt to talk about doing comedy in Cirque du Soleil, the overlap between psychology, comedy and magic, men making riskier bets after a positive foretune-telling, dogs sniffing out stress in humans, successfully ...
09.23.2022 Episode 469 - Matt, Jesse and Andy Matt, Jesse and Andy are back together to talk about Matt's wedding, the chess tournament anal bead rumors, how to cheat at roulette, batteries made from crab shells, finding organic matter on Mars, making super hot stuff, breakthroughs in carbon ...
09.06.2022 Episode 468 - Auggie Smith Auggie Smith joins Matt and Jesse to discuss his new Dry Bar special, Tasmanian Tigers, plants that love booze, finding a massive fossil in your garden and leaky rockets.
08.20.2022 Episode 467 - Shane Mauss Comedian Shane Mauss (@shane_mauss) returns to the show to talk with Jesse, Matt and Andy about his upcoming Mind Under Matter science/comedy festival, Dan Ariely's study of pain, Peak-End Theory, advances in nuclear fusion and self-pleasure in space.
08.05.2022 Episode 466 - JC Currais Comedian JC Currais (@jcstandup) joins Andy, Jesse and Matt to discuss using dead spiders as robots, returning samples from Mars, a chess-bot that broke a little boy's finger and the miracle of OpenAI's DALL-E and the more lightweight version that ...
07.22.2022 Episode 465 - Brian Keating UC San Diego astrophysicist, podcaster and YouTuber Brian Keating (@DrBrianKeating) joins Matt, Jesse and Andy to talk about the inflation model versus the cyclic model of the universe, multiverses, how an astrophysicist conducts an experiment, working on BICEP at the ...

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