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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.

Comedy Science & Medicine Science News
Update frequency
every 9 days
Average duration
74 minutes
Episodes
590
Years Active
2012 - 2025
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Episode 517 - Kim McVicar

Episode 517 - Kim McVicar

Comedian Kim McVicar (@KimMcVicar) joins Andy, Matt and Jesse to talk about famous hecklers, Kim's dancing background, musicals and their parodies, coin flips not being as 50/50 as you think, neander…

01:10:59  |   Sat 30 Dec 2023
Re-release - AI Alignment with Dr. Stuart Russell

Re-release - AI Alignment with Dr. Stuart Russell

While the gang take a little holiday break, we thought it was worth revisiting Andy's conversation with AI researcher and UC Berkeley Professor of Computer Science Stuart Russell from wayyyyy back in…

01:00:43  |   Sat 23 Dec 2023
Episode 516 - Shane Torres

Episode 516 - Shane Torres

Comedian Shane Torres (@shanetorres) returns to the show to talk with Matt, Jesse and Andy about his new special The Blue Eyed Mexican, his unique Covid experience, more SPATS chats, finding the lost…

01:10:42  |   Mon 18 Dec 2023
Episode 515 - Ryan Conner

Episode 515 - Ryan Conner

Comedian and author Ryan Conner (@rconnercomedy) returns to the show to talk with Matt, Jesse and Andy about his porn doppelganger, the process of researching and writing his new satirical novel The …

01:12:56  |   Thu 07 Dec 2023
Episode 514 - Dustin Ybarra

Episode 514 - Dustin Ybarra

Comedian Dustin Ybarra (@dustin_ybarra) joins Jesse, Andy and Matt to talk about the recent Formula 1 race in Las Vegas, Erdős–Bacon numbers, the first mammal embryos grown in space, space travel's e…

01:22:08  |   Tue 28 Nov 2023
Episode 513 - Jenny Zigrino

Episode 513 - Jenny Zigrino

Comedian Jenny Zigrino (@jennyzigrino) joins Jesse, Andy and Matt to talk about skunks, the Vegas F1 race, smelling in stereo, the upside of anger in completing tasks, dominant eyes, Iceland volcanos

01:16:55  |   Sat 18 Nov 2023
Episode 512 - Steve Benaquist

Episode 512 - Steve Benaquist

Comedian Steve Benaquist (@stevebenaquist) joins Andy, Matt and Jesse to talk about Halloween, Unversal Monsters, neck bolts, Frankenstein's Doug, sandbagging, goldbricking, carpetbagging and teetota…

01:10:24  |   Sun 05 Nov 2023
Episode 511 - Aparna Nancherla

Episode 511 - Aparna Nancherla

Comedian Aparna Nancherla (@aparnapkin) joins Matt, Jesse and Andy to talk about her new book Unreliable Narrator, the ubiquity of impostor syndrome in Hollywood, childhood memories of carob, a new i…

01:08:43  |   Sat 28 Oct 2023
Episode 510 - Dave Hill

Episode 510 - Dave Hill

Comedian, musician and now author Dave Hill (@mrdavehill) joins Jesse, Andy and Matt to talk about his lifelong love of hockey, his new book The Awesome Game, bowling lane oil patterns, figuring out …

01:12:40  |   Fri 20 Oct 2023
Episode 509 - Kevin Kataoka and Brian Malow

Episode 509 - Kevin Kataoka and Brian Malow

Andy's away, but Matt and Jesse are joined by Kevin Kataoka and returning guest Brian Malow to talk about pseudolegal grifts! Why you shouldn't talk to the police! Scientists who've grown a human emb…

01:08:25  |   Wed 11 Oct 2023
Episode 508 - Pallavi Gunalan

Episode 508 - Pallavi Gunalan

Comedian/biomedical engineer Pallavi Gunalan (@PallaviGunalan) joins Matt, Jesse and Andy to talk about her path from science to comedy, working on open-source ventilators, the oldest living skydiver

01:02:11  |   Fri 06 Oct 2023
Episode 507 - Andy, Jesse and Matt

Episode 507 - Andy, Jesse and Matt

Andy's back from Burning Man to give the gang an update on how not big of a deal the rain was and to talk about Jesse's love of the band Ghost, middle-age music obsessions, the viral sensation "Sitti…

01:07:09  |   Wed 27 Sep 2023
Episode 506 – Jesse Joyce

Episode 506 – Jesse Joyce

01:02:47  |   Fri 15 Sep 2023
Episode 505 - John Fugelsang

Episode 505 - John Fugelsang

Comedian, actor and host of The John Fugelsang Podcast and SiriusXM's Tell Me Everything John Fugelsang (@JohnFugelsang) joins Jesse, Andy and Matt to talk about Prince's showstopping Beatles solo, r…

01:02:13  |   Tue 22 Aug 2023
Episode 504 - DeAnne Smith

Episode 504 - DeAnne Smith

Comedian DeAnne Smith (@DeAnne_Smith) joins Matt, Andy and Jesse to talk about DeAnne's new special Chiweenie in a Tank Top, getting Canadian citizenship, advances in pig-human transplantation, the p…

01:05:03  |   Sun 20 Aug 2023
Episode 503 - Jamel Johnson

Episode 503 - Jamel Johnson

Comedian Jamel Johnson (@NonProfitComic), host of too many podcasts to count, joins Matt, Jesse and Andy to mourn Paul Reubens, discuss Amazing Larry and his deleted scene, the Cabazon dinosaurs, Son…

01:12:03  |   Wed 16 Aug 2023
Episode 502 - Danny Lee

Episode 502 - Danny Lee "Nitro" Clark

American Gladiator Danny Lee "Nitro" Clark joins Andy, Jesse and Matt to talk about the hit Netflix documentary Muscles & Mayhem, how his "raw meat" tryout ad-lib landed him the role of a lifetime, t…

01:21:50  |   Tue 08 Aug 2023
Episode 501 - Bethany Dwyer

Episode 501 - Bethany Dwyer

Comedian/writer/director Bethany Dwyer (@BethanyDwyer) returns to the show to talk with Matt, Jesse and Andy about her horror film Grandpa, self-repairing metal, action movie one-liners, why dolphins…

01:05:49  |   Mon 31 Jul 2023
Episode 500 - Brooks, Jesse, Andy & Matt

Episode 500 - Brooks, Jesse, Andy & Matt

Brooks Wheelan (@brookswheelan) returns to the podcast to celebrate 500 episodes of Probably Science and talk about Probarbenheimer, the demise of Summer Country, a new venomous snake, a solar telesc…

01:07:16  |   Fri 21 Jul 2023
Episode 499 - Karl Hess

Episode 499 - Karl Hess

Comedian Karl Hess (@karlhess) of the podcast Yelling About Pâté and the live show Amuse Bouche returns to the show to talk with Jesse, Matt and Andy about urban legends, ancient Chinese secrets, a p…

01:05:38  |   Fri 14 Jul 2023
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