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 458 - Greg Berman
Comedian Greg Berman (@bermancomedy) joins Andy, Matt and Jesse to discuss Greg's recent motorcycle accident, his meditation podcast, Yakov Smirnoff, Chinese action hero Kevin Lee, Twitter news, dete…
Episode 457 - Derrick Brown
Comedian, publisher and poet Derrick Brown (@derrickbrown) joins Andy, Jesse and Matt to discuss gondola comedy, reality dating shows, the real meaning of the term fuckboy, cold spark machines, the s…
Episode 456 - Tara Flynn
Returning guest Tara Flynn (@taraflynnirl) of the podcast Now You're Asking joins Andy, Jesse and Matt to discuss bad Uber drivers, Andy's new stargazing tour guide gig, the most boring person in the…
Episode 455 - Wil Hodgson
Comedian Wil Hodgson (@WilHodgson) joins Matt, Jesse and Andy to discuss professional wrestling in England, giant spiders invading the east coast, ants and microchips that can sniff out cancer, and a…
Episode 454 - Paul Silky White
Episode 453 - Maggie Rowe
Author and actress Maggie Rowe (@thismaggierowe) returns to the show to chat with Matt, Andy and Jesse about her new book Easy Street: A Story of Redemption from Myself, as well as a black hole ignit…
Episode 452 - 10th Anniversary Special
Brooks joins Andy, Matt and Jesse in celebration of a decade of Probably Science, talking about Pam & Tommy, wrestlers getting funny, aluminum, blasting tardigrades to distant stars using lasers, Sta…
Episode 451 - Ify Nwadiwe
Episode 450 - Jordan Morris
Writer/podcaster Jordan Morris (@Jordan_Morris) returns to the show to talk with Andy, Jesse and Matt about Tucker Max, peacocking, getting omicron, pitcher plants that call bats to poop in them, tea…
Episode 449 - Kimberly Clark
Comedian Kimberly Clark (@ClarkKimberlyL) joins Jesse, Matt and Andy to talk about the 'cron, Yankee Candle Amazon reviews tanking whenever Covid spikes, sleeping bags to fix astronauts' squished eye…
Episode 448 - TJ Chambers
Comedian/writer TJ Chambers (@tjchambersLA) returns to the show to talk with Andy, Jesse and Matt about early covid days and The Great Debate, Viagra and Alzheimer's, not knowing how drunk you are an…
Episode 447 - Matt Donnelly
Comedian/magician/podcaster Matt Donnelly (@sweetmattyd) joins Jesse, Matt and Andy to talk about getting into magic later in life, podcasting with Penn Jillette, doing some mind-noodling on Fool Us,…
Episode 446 - Double Asteroid Redirection Test with Dipak Srinivasan
Dipak Srinivasan (@dipaksrinivasan), the External Engagements Lead with Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory (and Andy's former college classmate and roommate) returns to talk with Andy, Jesse an…
Episode 445 - Danielle Perez
Comedian and writer Danielle Perez (@DivaDelux) joins Matt, Jesse and Andy to talk about party lines, Russian space debris, the amazing volcano snail, checking on who's currently in space, a storm th…
Episode 444 - Andrew Orvedahl
Comedian, podcaster and tabletop game creator Andrew Orvedahl (@TheOrvedahl) joins Jesse, Matt and Andy to talk about the process of creating good games, orreries, more hidden passageways, cats track…
Episode 443 - Lianna Carrera
Comedian Lianna Carrera (@LiannaC) joins Matt, Andy and Jesse to discuss having a deaf parent, rebellious sign language, more hidden doors, planets outside of the Milky Way, dogs with ADHD, condor ch…
Episode 442 - Jesse, Matt and Andy
Jesse, Matt and Andy get together for a spookily guest-less episode discussing TMNT live on stage, The Wombles, the broken technology of ghost-hunting, the overlooked vampire western Near Dark, Ding …
Bonus Ep! Matt's going to Alameda.
Jesse joins Matt for a mini bonus episode to plug his shows in Alameda. Tickets here.
But they get stuck into the "science" of ghosts!
And then they get very confused about atom…
Episode 441 - Julia Wilson
Comedian, book store owner and football player Julia Wilson (@julia__wilson) joins Jesse, Matt and Andy to discuss being a bit of a unit, using augmented reality to tackle your fear of spiders, a bui…
Episode 440 - Jim VanBlaricum
Comedian and barkeep Jim Van Blaricum (@crappycinemanyc) joins Matt, Jesse and Andy to talk about the final month of his outstanding bar Bernadette's, the other Jim VanBlaricum, new math and being ol…