Probably Science
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.
- Update frequency
- every 9 days
- Average duration
- 74 minutes
- Episodes
- 590
- Years Active
- 2012 - 2025
Episode 339 - Michelle Biloon
Comedian Michelle Biloon (@biloon) joins Andy and Matt to talk about RFK's assassination, credit card rules, Michelle’s coding past, more cocaine in British sealife, living with MS, how kidney donor …
Episode 338 - Tommy Johnagin
Comedian Tommy Johnagin (@tommyjohnagin) joins Matt and Andy to discuss Last Comic Standing, finding your passion, why farts are funny, Marsquakes, crazy expensive houses, soil damage fueling climate…
Episode 337 - Zach Reino
Zach Reino (@zachreino), actor/writer/host of the improvised musical podcast Off Book, joins Matt and Andy to discuss ancient Chinese medicine’s surprisingly recent history, Germany’s weird Chinese t…
Episode 336 - Dave Waite
Comedian Dave Waite (@davewaitecomedy) joins Matt and Andy to talk about khaki diaper butt, geography pride, a black hole image, the video Janna sent about said black hole, world records for rabbit f…
Episode 335 - Doug Mellard
Comedian Doug Mellard (@dougmellard) joins Andy and Matt to talk about All Space Considered, asteroid fossils, the Thatcher Effect, upside-down viewing, Tom Cruise's middle tooth, Catalina, earthquak…
Episode 334 - Nick Doody
Writer/comedian friend of the show Nick Doody (@NickDoody) returns to discuss linguistics, space herpes, atoms and the strong force, the reason for zebra stripes or maybe not, a physics theory as to …
Episode 333 - Sarah Morgan and Brendon Burns
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 …
Episode 332 - Live from Portland with Cannabis Educator Emma Chasen and Marcus Coleman
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 scien…
Episode 331 - Live from Melbourne with Wil Anderson and Sheree Marris
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 gues…
Episode 330 - Live from Brisbane with Liz Miele and Samuel Hinton
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 ret…
Episode 329 - Live from Sydney with Callum Ormonde and Jen Carnovale
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…
Episode 328 - Live from Perth with Carey Marx
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…
Episode 327 - Live from Cairns with Drs. Michael Smout and Claudia Cobos
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…
Episode 326 - Live from SF Sketchfest with Laurie Kilmartin, Dr. Judy Melinek and Dr. Jen Gunter
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, forensi…
Episode 325 - Bridget Phetasy
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, cons…
Episode 324 - Seth Herzog
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 Horiz…
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, th…
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 lates…
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 Ad…
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…