Probably Science

Comedian Myq Kaplan (@myqkaplan) returns to the show to talk about Ramin Nazer, non-flushable wipes, breathing Hitler, downwind ninjas, medical mushrooms, paradoxical drug reactions and paradoxical UK legal drug responses, big holes under Greenland, regrowing frog legs and Probably Science appearing live at SF Sketchfest.

Comedian Phil Nichol (@philnichol) joins Matt and Andy to talk about how to stand, the safety of dropping pennies, sniffer bees, devout parents, Matthew Herbert's One Pig, Podtune whale music, the first domestic dogs, the new kilogram, the new Probably Science Patreon, 3D-printed sound, Teslas vs. smoke, tuskless elephants, 99 Ice Cream, scientists on money, Phil's show Your Wrong and Everybody's Talking About Jamie.

Comedian Sarah Bennetto (@sarahbennetto) and Earwolf producer Josh Richmond (@radiotfb) join Matt and Andy to discuss 3D-printed audio jewelry that Andy definitely didn't invent, AI scares and deepfakes, Lyrebird software, Aussie synchrotrons, wine bottle particle accelerators, more Yahoo Serious talk, newly elected STEM politicians, scientists in Washington, whether Oumuamua is or isn't an alien spacecraft, whether the human life span is genetic, whether Parkinson's comes from the appendix and whether Alzheimer's comes from herpes.

Globetrotting comedian Marcus Ryan (@itsmarcusryan) joins Matt and Andy to discuss losing money internationally, optimistic condoms, Nobel Prize winners and Nobel limitations, exoplanets and moon moons, Superman films and piss-crazed goats.

Dunking vegan bassist (and Son of Schmilsson) Kiefo Nilsson (@kiefonilsson) joins Andy and Matt to discuss his upcoming live performance of Harry Nilsson's album/animated special The Point (Sunday, November 4th at Dynasty Typewriter), his collaboration on a Tim Heidecker song to raise money for HIAS, the science of microphone patterns, Kiefo's citizen science wildlife tracking (and others doing similar work), the Fermi Paradox, the Parker Solar Probe's recent milestones and the demise of the Kepler space telescope.

Comedians and co-hosts of the Jammerz podcast Wendi Starling (@wendistarling) and Megan Rice (@_meganrice_) join Matt and Andy to discuss robot microwaves, cat penises, the GATE program, Japanese asteroid rovers, mosquitos, BEES, deadliest animals, panda dating, weed making people shower and puke, sandalwood-induced hair growth and ironic purchases.

Fresh on the heels of the release of his two new Netflix specials, comedian Daniel Sloss (@Daniel_Sloss) returns to the show, joined by ProbSci regular and Twinsies co-host TJ Chambers (@tjchambersLA), to talk with Matt and Andy about Menudo, daddy taxonomy, druggy octopodes, fake early memories, Spicey and The Juice, overrated probiotics, alien conspiracy theories, and a tire reef that's poisoning the sea.

Comedian and host of the Here We Are science podcast Shane Mauss (@shanecomedy) returns to Probably Science to talk with Andy and Matt about psychedelics, his upcoming Stand-Up Science tour and being institutionalized when he nearly lost his mind. If you or a loved one are in distress, the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline's number is 1-800-273-8255.

Comedians Whitney Chitwood (@WhitneyChitwood) and Carly Ballerini (@ballca) join Matt and Andy to talk about Nazi boots, the ghost of Cole Porter, Carly’s very interesting transplant, goats and happy people, this year's Ig Nobel Prize winners, billionaires in space, a Soyuz hole, lucid dreams through meds (and the old-fashioned way), have you ever had a dream like this?, man’s egg mishap and Whitney and Carly's tour.

In addition to being a programmer and computational linguist, Ryan North (@ryanqnorth) is the writer behind Dinosaur Comics, Unbeatable Squirrel Girl, the Adventure Time comic book series, and Romeo and/or Juliet, and he joins Andy and Matt to discuss his new book How To Invent Everything, a survival guide for stranded time travelers who need to figure out where they've landed in time, and how to get civilization back to the present by inventing everything from writing and farming to buttons and birth control.