

Probably Science
Andy Wood, Matt Kirshen
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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Jun 16, 2022 • 1h 10min
Episode 462 - Peter Baynham
Legendary comedy writer Peter Baynham (@peterbaynham) of the podcast Brain Cigar joins Andy, Matt and Jesse to talk about sharks and megalodons, how bikes stay upright, another great collection of science article art and more, slinging a payload into the sky, discovering ancient Amazon settlements using lidar and some crazy cave art. This episode is brought to you by Manscaped, offering Probably Science listeners 20% off and free shipping by using the promo code PROBABLY

Jun 9, 2022 • 1h 19min
Episode 461 - Science Friction with Emery Emery and Brian Malow
Emery Emery (@emeryemeryii) and Brian Malow (@sciencecomedian) return to the podcast to talk with Matt and Jesse about their recent movie Science Friction, images of a supermassive black hole, a reduction in pollution leading to more hurricanes, and insane depth-of-field on a record-breaking camera.

Jun 1, 2022 • 1h 5min
Episode 460 - Robin Ince
Comedian and co-host of The Infinite Monkey Cage Robin Ince (@robinince) returns to the podcast while on a North American tour to talk with Matt and Andy about the love of science, using stories and mythology to convey real concepts, the different levels of infinity, a James Webb telescope update, an illustration of how the universe's expansion affects our perception of galaxies, dolphins recognizing their friends by the taste of their pee and strange data coming from Voyager I and Robin's books The Importance of Being Interested and the upcoming Bibliomaniac.

May 6, 2022 • 1h 19min
Episode 459 - Dave Foley
Comedy legend Dave Foley (@DaveSFoley) joins Matt, Jesse and Andy to discuss Dave's painfully funny and woefully overlooked movie The Wrong Guy (available on YouTube and BluRay), early humans and their versions of movies, aphantasia updates, preserved blood vessels in dinosaur fossils, finding DNA and RNA bases in meteorites, and the upcoming reboot of Kids in the Hall, premiering May 13th on Prime Video.

Apr 26, 2022 • 1h 17min
Episode 458 - Greg Berman
Comedian Greg Berman (@bermancomedy) joins Andy, Matt and Jesse to discuss Greg's recent motorcycle accident, his meditation podcast, Yakov Smirnoff, Chinese action hero Kevin Lee, Twitter news, detecting aphantasia by looking at pupils, the lack of reliability of brain scan studies, and making Uranus a priority.

Apr 12, 2022 • 58min
Episode 457 - Derrick Brown
Comedian, publisher and poet Derrick Brown (@derrickbrown) joins Andy, Jesse and Matt to discuss gondola comedy, reality dating shows, the real meaning of the term fuckboy, cold spark machines, the speed of sound on Mars, a fossil of a dinosaur killed in an asteroid strike and splitting up T rex into three species. This episode is brought to you by Manscaped, offering Probably Science listeners 20% off and free shipping by using the promo code PROBABLY

Mar 28, 2022 • 1h 8min
Episode 456 - Tara Flynn
Returning guest Tara Flynn (@taraflynnirl) of the podcast Now You're Asking joins Andy, Jesse and Matt to discuss bad Uber drivers, Andy's new stargazing tour guide gig, the most boring person in the world, how close Big Bird was to being on Challenger, pizza dough that rises without yeast, the comedy of Ben Bailey, a new and better ink for your colon tattoos, using okra to filter microplastics out of water and a possible fifth state of matter.

Mar 22, 2022 • 1h 13min
Episode 455 - Wil Hodgson
Comedian Wil Hodgson (@WilHodgson) joins Matt, Jesse and Andy to discuss professional wrestling in England, giant spiders invading the east coast, ants and microchips that can sniff out cancer, and a vulva-shaped concept spacecraft. This episode is brought to you by Manscaped, offering Probably Science listeners 20% off and free shipping by using the promo code PROBABLY

Mar 11, 2022 • 1h 11min
Episode 454 - Paul Silky White
Comedian Paul "Silky" White (@paulsilkywhite) joins Matt, Jesse and Andy to discuss Matt's UK covid adventures, Learned League, cooperating magpies, how to salute magpies, a possibly furry snake, Paul's Seychelles money, the recent discovery of Shackelton's ship and the excellent book about said ship. This episode is brought to you by Manscaped, offering Probably Science listeners 20% off and free shipping by using the promo code PROBABLY

Feb 24, 2022 • 1h 13min
Episode 453 - Maggie Rowe
Author and actress Maggie Rowe (@thismaggierowe) returns to the show to chat with Matt, Andy and Jesse about her new book Easy Street: A Story of Redemption from Myself, as well as a black hole igniting a star formation, the recent sale of the Full House/Manson House, progress on the James Webb telescope, the impending crash of the ISS in 2031, a SpaceX rocket crashing into the moon, a look at what a flat Earth would actually be like and the actual definition of a scientific theory. This episode is brought to you by Manscaped, offering Probably Science listeners 20% off and free shipping by using the promo code PROBABLY