Probably Science

Returning guests Sarah Morgan (@sarahlmorgan) and Brendon Burns (@brendonburns) join Matt and Andy to talk about air travel, SpaceX’s new not-quite-manned flight, monkey peril, the Mars mission that may not be, rare semi-identical twins and a lot of talk about Brendon’s stonefish encounter. Listen to Brendon’s Dumb White Guy podcast and Sarah’s show The Fear.

Cannabis educator Emma Chasen (@echasen) and comedian Marcus Coleman (@MrMarcusColeman) join Matt and Andy for a live show in Portland as part of the Listen Up! festival, discussing the complex science of the effects of cannabis, the difficulties in researching it, and the many hard-to-dispell myths surrounding it.

The final stop of the Probably Science Australia tour brings Andy and Matt to Melbourne on Valentine’s Day, where they welcome Sheree Marris (@shereemarris), author of Kama SEAtra, and returning guest Wil Anderson (@Wil_Anderson) to discuss the sex lives of aquatic creatures, male seahorses who birth thousands of babies, necking sea slugs, barnacle penises, cross-dressing cuttlefish and the fact that the city of of Melbourne was almost called Batmania. This episode is brought to you thanks to the generosity of Inspiring Australia and The Australian Society for Parasitology.

Andy and Matt welcome comedian Liz Miele (@lizmiele) and astrophysicist/software engineer Samuel Hinton (@samreay) to the stage in Brisbane to talk about Brewsvegas pool parties, Australia's most retweeted tweet, the fun of e-scooters, lax Australian airport security, the various ways Matt has broken teeth, dyslexic comedians, Liz's veterinarian parents, resume padding, being on Australian Survivor, dark matter and dark energy, proving Einstein right time after time, criticism of LIGO data analysis, the vacuum catastrophe, meeting Destruction Lane, Bayesian modeling, Roko's Basilisk, the plot of Annie 2, Andy meeting an AC/DC offspring, arXiv vs. viXra and Samuel's upcoming PhD thesis. This episode is brought to you thanks to the generosity of Inspiring Australia and The Australian Society for Parasitology.

Matt and Andy descend upon Sydney for the third leg of the Australian tour, welcoming Ig Nobel Prize-winning researcher Callum Ormonde and comedian Jen Carnovale (@Jen_Carnovale) to talk about living down your sister's reputation, what to put in a microwave, the Ig Nobel Prize itself, how Callum accidentally unboiled an egg, past Ig Nobel nominees and winners who studied things like how a Moroccan emperor managed to father almost a thousand children, magnetically levitating a frog, why old men have big ears, how contact with a crocodile affects gambling decisions, using a didgeridoo to fix snoring, CEOs escaping natural disasters, putting a stick on a chicken's butt to make it walk like a dinosaur, human diet drugs satiating mosquitoes' bloodlust and Callum's TEDx talk. This episode is brought to you thanks to the generosity of Inspiring Australia and The Australian Society for Parasitology.

The second stop of the Probably Science Australia tour brings Andy and Matt to Perth to talk with Carey Marx (@careymarx) about watching the Super Bowl in Australia, the Perth's Fringe World Festival, working as a magician, drop bears, when kangaroos learned to hop, the correct population of Perth, vanadium mining, global warming making the oceans bluer, how America's colonization cooled Earth's climate, Australia's slow Internet, GOOP's upcoming Netflix show, Carey demonstrating spoon-bending with a fork (which Patreon subscribers can see the unintended consequences of), punching an asteroid, a USB stick found in frozen seal poo and what makes you cringe. This episode is brought to you thanks to the generosity of Inspiring Australia and The Australian Society for Parasitology.

Matt and Andy make the first stop of their Australian tour in Cairns thanks to the generosity of Inspiring Australia and The Australian Society for Parasitology to talk to Dr. Michael Smout about the healing power of worm spit and Dr. Claudia Cobos about peptides found in sunflowers that can be used to treat diseases of the gut. And thanks to James Cook University for the tour of their Eduquarium to see gorgeous marine life, a lot of which can kill you. Portlanders can come and see Probably Science live this Sunday, February 17th at 5pm at The Commune PDX as part of the Listen Up festival.

Andy and Matt travel to SF Sketchfest to be joined by the hilarious Laurie Kilmartin (@anylaurie16), Dr. Judy Melinek (@drjudymelinek) and Dr. Jen Gunter (@DrJenGunter) and discuss autopsies, forensic pathology, debunking GOOP, Twitter being a dick to Laurie, doctors taking on the NRA, reproductive rights and Dr. Melinek's book Working Stiff. Click here for Australia tour dates and click here to donate to Tuesday's Children, a charity for those impacted by 9/11.  

Writer/comedian/podcaster Bridget Phetasy (@BridgetPhetasy) joins Andy and Matt to discuss Australia, Monopoly game study, the big data book Everybody Lies, homespun back pain cures, weed towns, conspiracy theories that are wrong but fun, China plants on the moon, a meteorite hitting the super blood wolf moon and Marie Kondo according to a psychologist. This week's episode is brought to you by the new educational comedy podcast Creature Feature.

Comedian Seth Herzog (@Thezog) joins Andy and Matt to talk about being part of the Roots, his mom’s Maury impression, Andy being accosted by Bridget Everett, the Ultima Thule flyby and what New Horizons found on Pluto, mysterious radio bursts, silent speaking, expensive ugly shoes, David Avocado Wolfe, Derren Brown and pigment in a very old artist's teeth. This week's episode is brought to you by the new educational comedy podcast Creature Feature.