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Jesse, Matt and Andy get together for a spookily guest-less episode discussing TMNT live on stage, The Wombles, the broken technology of ghost-hunting, the overlooked vampire western Near Dark, Ding Dong School, attaching a pig kidney to a human and how we sense the lack of calories in fake sugar. This episode is brought to you by Wondrium, offering Probably Science listeners a free month of unlimited access by visiting Wondrium.com/probably

Jesse joins Matt for a mini bonus episode to plug his shows in Alameda. Tickets here.  But they get stuck into the "science" of ghosts! Vikings in America! And then they get very confused about atomic clocks.  

Comedian, book store owner and football player Julia Wilson (@julia__wilson) joins Jesse, Matt and Andy to discuss being a bit of a unit, using augmented reality to tackle your fear of spiders, a building that melts cars, overcoming fear with Wondrium, where to look for life on Mars, the most books published by one author and Julia's past as a bouncer with an adrenaline superpower. This episode is brought to you by Wondrium, offering Probably Science listeners a free month of unlimited access by visiting Wondrium.com/probably

Comedian and barkeep Jim Van Blaricum (@crappycinemanyc) joins Matt, Jesse and Andy to talk about the final month of his outstanding bar Bernadette's, the other Jim VanBlaricum, new math and being old, more info on the whitest paint you know, meth pee, why you shouldn't swim away from a sea snake, the zookeeper who's common-law married to a crane, dolphin handjobs, so many paintball movies and an absolute chonker of a comet.

Comedian and host of the new music trivia show For What It's Worth Murray Valeriano (@murrayv) joins Jesse, Andy and Matt to discuss extinctions, drugs in the water around Glastonbury, potty-training cows to save the environment, Andy's recent Judge John Hodgman appearance, a new Isle of Wight dinosaur and dinosaur artists.

Comedian/lawyer Charles Star (@Ugarles) joins Andy, Matt and Jesse to talk about the magic of A Special Thing, multi-level marketing, entertainment and the law, a desktop gravitational wave detector that found something interesting, using bodily fluids to make concrete on Mars and capturing carbon dioxide from our cars. This episode is brought to you by Wondrium, offering Probably Science listeners a free month of unlimited access by visiting Wondrium.com/probably

Mary Roach (@mary_roach), author of the new book Fuzz: When Nature Breaks The Law, returns to the podcast to talk with Matt, Jesse and Andy about traveling the world to investigate animal crimes, wily burglar bears, birds annoying the Vatican, plant toxins, The Great Emu War, and the lack of distinction between cougars, pumas, panthers and mountain lions. This episode is brought to you by Wondrium, offering Probably Science listeners a free month of unlimited access by visiting Wondrium.com/probably

Comedian Lisa Curry (@lisa_curry) joins Matt, Jesse and Andy to talk about Balloon Boy (and his father and his band), royal memorabilia, Lisa's recent trip to Dubai, priest and pope selection, a star gulping down a black hole and exploding, the effects of hot dogs on life expectancy and a better way to produce ammonia.

Comedian and fellow desert-dweller Caitlin Gill (@robotcaitlin) joins Matt, Jesse and Andy to discuss Mt. Etna growing 100 feet, 9,000 Covid cases from Euro 2020 games and ants using soil physics to excavate tunnels that last decades. This episode is brought to you by Wondrium, offering Probably Science listeners a free month of unlimited access by visiting Wondrium.com/probably

Jesse returns to the show to help welcome David B. Lyons (@david_b_lyons), a podcaster and film location manager who not only co-created Yacht Rock but also has the inside scoop on Norbit and why Eddie Murphy loves fat suits. David and the gang also discuss three volcanoes erupting simultaneously, curbing methane emissions, wandering mammoths, a T. Rex selling at auction, the crazy story behind the Twilight Zone movie and Matt's show Memory Hole on Roku. This episode is brought to you by Wondrium, offering Probably Science listeners a free month of unlimited access by visiting Wondrium.com/probably