Probably Science

Andy Wood, Matt Kirshen
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Feb 4, 2023 • 1h

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 cards, airbrushing Boris Johnson, Jesse's bad business ideas, the Snickers dick vein, World War I talk, the awful new show Power Slap and Jo's sitcom I Adore Dolores.
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Jan 23, 2023 • 1h 10min

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, and what's on the horizon for treating the condition. Trigger non-warning: This episode contains NO examples of misophonia-triggering sounds. That we know of.
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Jan 16, 2023 • 1h 15min

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 pileup, a Tesla that thwarted a triple murder-suicide, fires in electric vs. gas cars, a breakthrough in reversing aging in mice, ripped old guys, Matt Braunger's Weight Smashers sketch, lab-grown retinal eye cells to treat blindness and Matt and Andy's new favorite podcast If Books Could Kill.
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Jan 7, 2023 • 55min

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 of a comet after 50,000 years, Newton's madness, Heaven's Gate sneaker collection, reversing erectile dysfunction in pigs and a real horror show of a pig.
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Dec 31, 2022 • 1h 15min

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 put water on the moon.
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Dec 22, 2022 • 1h 14min

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.
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Dec 13, 2022 • 1h 7min

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 upcoming trip to the moon, David Guetta's greatest moment and self-medicating great bustards.
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Dec 6, 2022 • 1h 13min

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 chickens learned to wash cane toads, a blast of light from a black hole, spurious correlations, how long we've known how far away the moon is, Andy's favorite dumb shirt IG account and the Nazi brothers who started competing shoe brands.
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Nov 12, 2022 • 1h 10min

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 surface of Mars, the recent northern California fireballs, very low frequency sound that makes you dance without knowing it, bodies moving after death and The Last Electric Knight.
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Nov 1, 2022 • 1h 4min

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 primate that eats its boogers, Tribble runs, smelly time travel, writing for Time magazine, meeting falconers, the problem with Halloween ghost costumes and Matt's upcoming tour with Sarah Millican.

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