

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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Jan 9, 2019 • 1h 35min
Episode 323 - Henry Phillips and Auggie Smith
Returning guests Henry Phillips (@Henlips) and Auggie Smith (@AuggieSmith) join Andy to discuss rebel honeybees, trying to guess the twist in this trailer, presidential poo, a retinal link to SAD, the craziest thing a human's ever coughed up, gambling tips, ridiculous FAQs, the new Henry's Kitchen Master Class and the (sort of) fastest animal around. This week's episode is brought to you by the new educational comedy podcast Creature Feature.

Jan 3, 2019 • 1h
Episode 322 - Harith Iskander
While Matt's on the road, he sits down with Malaysia's Godfather of Stand-up Comedy Harith Iskander (@HarithIskander) in his home country to talk about Voyager going interstellar, New Horizon's latest flyby, X-chromosome life-expectancy, wasp-based antibiotics, early feathery fossils, computer-tested BO and armpit bacteria.

Dec 26, 2018 • 59min
Episode 321 - Karl Chandler
Little Dum Dum Club podcast host Karl Chandler (@KarlChandler) joins Matt to talk about shitting Lego, the dying arctic, hiding coins in food, old racist sayings, bee rebels, Ireland's bee man and Adelaide's space scene.

Dec 18, 2018 • 1h 16min
Episode 320 - Asif Ali and Holly Burn
Comedian/actors Asif Ali (@alicomedy) and Holly Burn (@hollyburncomedy) join Matt and Andy to talk about having a name that's offensive to fire victims, the new sketch special Goatface, the perils of shooting Wrecked in Fiji, the most populous cities, a lucky Mars landing spot, ants who collect the heads of their enemies, the reason behind spider silk strength, going without cell phones and why screen time disrupts sleep. This week's episode is brought to you by the new educational comedy podcast Creature Feature.

Dec 11, 2018 • 1h 6min
Episode 319 - Steve Brett Young
Writer/comedian Steve Brett Young (@stevebrettyoung) joins Andy and Matt to talk about his friend the Studio City Life Coach, Mary Mary quite contrary, unicorns, El Niño, salmon-tossing for plants, Robert De Niro surprises and birth canals around the world. This week's episode is brought to you by the new educational comedy podcast Creature Feature.

Dec 4, 2018 • 1h 7min
Episode 318 - Delaney Yeager
Writer Delaney Yeager (@delaney_yeager) joins Matt and Andy to discuss Mac and Me, Bill Gates pranks, Mars landers and Mars bars, The Seinfeld Podcast, ion drive planes, why wombats poop cubes and CRISPR-edited Chinese babies. This week's episode is brought to you by the new educational comedy podcast Creature Feature.

Nov 28, 2018 • 1h 3min
Episode 317 - Myq Kaplan
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.

Nov 21, 2018 • 1h 24min
Episode 316 - Phil Nichol
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.

Nov 15, 2018 • 1h 26min
Episode 315 - Sarah Bennetto and Josh Richmond
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.

Nov 6, 2018 • 1h 16min
Episode 314 - Marcus Ryan
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.