Probably Science

Andy Wood, Matt Kirshen
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Aug 20, 2025 • 1h 2min

Episode 576 with Macey Isaacs!

Comedian and host of the SSRI’M OK podcast Macey Isaacs joins the gang to talk about a meteorite that’s older than our planet! AI and attachment theory! And some more AI nonsense before Andy’s connection quit in a fury! In the Patreon bonus we find out why living near the ocean extends your life. Follow Macey on instagram and check out her podcast, and her Don’t Tell special when it drops! Click here to support Probably Science via Patreon Click here to subscribe in Apple Podcasts Click here to subscribe in Stitcher
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Aug 11, 2025 • 1h 6min

Episode 575 - Matt Parker

Comedian/mathematician/YouTuber/author Matt Parker (@standupmaths) joins Jesse, Andy and Matt to talk about his new book Love Triangle: How Trigonometry Shapes the World, his podcast A Problem Squared, his Edinburgh Fringe show Getting Triggy With It, Mathstodon, a hawk that uses traffic patterns to target prey, desire paths, Earth's leaking core, the Gibeon meteor, Matt's comedy tour dates and Andy's Colorado music dates.
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Aug 1, 2025 • 59min

Episode 574 - Josh Gondelman

Comedian Josh Gondelman (@joshgondelman) joins Andy and Matt to talk about his new special Positive Reinforcement, his newsletter, his wife Maris Kreizman's new book of essays, the geek/nerd/dweeb/dork Venn diagram, Nancy Kerrigan and Chris Farley, a new ass-grass fad among chimps, ass/gas/grass bumper stickers, neanderthals eating maggots and rotten meat, how surprisingly warm Uranus is and Tylenol inducing risky behavior.
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Jul 25, 2025 • 1h 10min

Episode 573 - Kai Humphries

Comedian Kai Humphries (@kaihumphries) joins Matt, Andy and Jesse to talk about his new special Gallivanting, the passing of Hulk Hogan, superheating solid gold, the Air Bud cinematic universe and an enormous 80,000-year-old blob in Utah.
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Jul 22, 2025 • 1h 12min

Episode 572 - Eric Rocha

Comedian Eric Rocha (@ericrochacomedy) joins Andy, Jesse and Matt to talk about competing namesakes, fezzes, last suppers, Jesse's macronutrient gas, sleep hygiene, comedy on airplanes, what would happen if you threw a paper airplane from the ISS, a neanderthal fat factory, Matt's standup tour and Andy's Colorado ska tour.
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Jul 12, 2025 • 1h 3min

Episode 571 - Bryan Cook

Comedian and Jimmy Kimmel Live! writer Bryan Cook (@bryancooking) returns to the show for a technical difficulty-laden episode in which Jesse and Andy talk with Matt while he's on a cruise ship, covering topics including comedy on a boat, candlepin bowling, a new interstellar object, crypto failures, Anthropic's Claude having an identity crisis, the Sean Connery classic Zardoz, an AI band with way too many Spotify plays, Matt's upcoming standup shows and Andy's upcoming Colorado tour with Warsaw Poland Brothers.
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Jun 24, 2025 • 1h 2min

Episode 570 - Matt, Jesse and Andy

The gang's back together again to talk about how your pets alter your immune system, a plan to bomb an island full of invasive mice, why the Pentagon wants you to believe in UFOs and a rare post-orgasm illness that causes days of flu-like symptoms.
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Jun 11, 2025 • 1h 7min

Episode 569 - JT Habersaat

Comedian and author of new book Doing Time: Comedians Talk About Standup JT Habersaat (jtcomedy.com) to talk about the other books on Jawbone Press! Making bespoke action figures! Changing your brainwaves to not feel pain! Infrared contact lenses for night vision! Other contact lenses to cheat at poker! How joke magazine x-ray specs “work”! A shapeshifting octopus! And whether the Loch Ness Monster is a whale penis! In the Patreon bonus we hear about a new Chinese space mission and a paragliding mishap. Please go and see Matt Jul 16 in Columbus OH, Jul 31 in Hartford CT, or Oct 12 in Virginia Beach VA.  
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Jun 3, 2025 • 1h 7min

Episode 568 - Tom Rhodes

Globetrotting headliner Tom Rhodes (tomrhodes.net) has a new special, The Ripest Zebras, available on his website. He joins Jesse and Matt to talk about growing up in NASA’s backyard! The chair challenge! Wasps having surprisingly good memories! While herrings might not! Tom’s hummingbird facts! Plus how to drop an egg! And push straws through potatoes! In the Patreon bonus we hear about an update to the classic marshmallow test and Tom’s key to a good relationship. Click here to support Probably Science via Patreon Click here to subscribe in Apple Podcasts Click here to subscribe in Stitcher
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May 24, 2025 • 48min

Episode 567 - Ron Placone

Comedian and filmmaker Ron Placone (@ronplacone) joins Andy, Jesse and Matt to talk about his new movie Left at Wall, the guy who let venomous snakes bite him hundreds of times for science (kind of), a color no one had seen until now, retinitis pigmentosa and turning lead into gold.

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