

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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Feb 5, 2022 • 1h 4min
Episode 452 - 10th Anniversary Special
Brooks joins Andy, Matt and Jesse in celebration of a decade of Probably Science, talking about Pam & Tommy, wrestlers getting funny, aluminum, blasting tardigrades to distant stars using lasers, Station Eleven, which celebs should quit social media and Brooks' enthusiasm about the new Jackass movie. This episode is brought to you by Manscaped, offering Probably Science listeners 20% off and free shipping by using the promo code PROBABLY

Jan 29, 2022 • 1h 8min
Episode 451 - Ify Nwadiwe
Comedian and actor Ify Nwadiwe (@ifynwadiwe) joins Jesse, Andy and Matt to talk about VR games, dolphin genitalia, how ice changes the way water boils and China's artificial moon. This episode is brought to you by Manscaped, offering Probably Science listeners 20% off and free shipping by using the promo code PROBABLY

Jan 11, 2022 • 1h 15min
Episode 450 - Jordan Morris
Writer/podcaster Jordan Morris (@Jordan_Morris) returns to the show to talk with Andy, Jesse and Matt about Tucker Max, peacocking, getting omicron, pitcher plants that call bats to poop in them, teaching goldfish to drive, lickable TVs, organic molecules on Mars and Jordan's graphic novel Bubble.

Dec 28, 2021 • 58min
Episode 449 - Kimberly Clark
Comedian Kimberly Clark (@ClarkKimberlyL) joins Jesse, Matt and Andy to talk about the 'cron, Yankee Candle Amazon reviews tanking whenever Covid spikes, sleeping bags to fix astronauts' squished eyeballs, a scent from babies' heads that makes men more docile, and Kimberly's recent appearance on Netflix's They Ready.

Dec 11, 2021 • 1h 1min
Episode 448 - TJ Chambers
Comedian/writer TJ Chambers (@tjchambersLA) returns to the show to talk with Andy, Jesse and Matt about early covid days and The Great Debate, Viagra and Alzheimer's, not knowing how drunk you are and a new way to get ammonia. This episode is brought to you by Wondrium, offering Probably Science listeners a free trial by visiting Wondrium.com/probably

Dec 5, 2021 • 1h 24min
Episode 447 - Matt Donnelly
Comedian/magician/podcaster Matt Donnelly (@sweetmattyd) joins Jesse, Matt and Andy to talk about getting into magic later in life, podcasting with Penn Jillette, doing some mind-noodling on Fool Us, new faces in magic to look out for, the fight over the blackest black, using mirrors to figure out if animals are self-aware, self-replicating xenobots, and Matt's magic insider podcast Abracababble. This episode is brought to you by Manscaped, offering Probably Science listeners 20% off and free shipping by using the promo code PROBABLY

Nov 23, 2021 • 1h 8min
Episode 446 - Double Asteroid Redirection Test with Dipak Srinivasan
Dipak Srinivasan (@dipaksrinivasan), the External Engagements Lead with Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory (and Andy's former college classmate and roommate) returns to talk with Andy, Jesse and Matt about tomorrow's launch of NASA's first planetary defense mission, the Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART), which will travel to the binary asteroid system Didymos over the course of next year to crash into the moonlet asteroid Dimorphos in an attempt to change its path and learn about how to prevent a real-life reboot of Armageddon and/or Deep Impact.

Nov 18, 2021 • 1h 12min
Episode 445 - Danielle Perez
Comedian and writer Danielle Perez (@DivaDelux) joins Matt, Jesse and Andy to talk about party lines, Russian space debris, the amazing volcano snail, checking on who's currently in space, a storm that brought out too many scorpions, Brazilian butt lifts, working on Curb Your Enthusiasm, TikTok tics and dancing mania.

Nov 14, 2021 • 1h 26min
Episode 444 - Andrew Orvedahl
Comedian, podcaster and tabletop game creator Andrew Orvedahl (@TheOrvedahl) joins Jesse, Matt and Andy to talk about the process of creating good games, orreries, more hidden passageways, cats tracking their owners' voices, a fungus that inspires necrophilia in flies, another fungus that turns ants into zombies and some neutrino news. This episode is brought to you by Wondrium, offering Probably Science listeners a free trial with unlimited access by visiting Wondrium.com/probably

Nov 6, 2021 • 1h 13min
Episode 443 - Lianna Carrera
Comedian Lianna Carrera (@LiannaC) joins Matt, Andy and Jesse to discuss having a deaf parent, rebellious sign language, more hidden doors, planets outside of the Milky Way, dogs with ADHD, condor chicks born from unfertilized eggs, ZW chromosomes, and elephants evolving to lose their tusks due to poaching.