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 439 - Murray Valeriano
Comedian and host of the new music trivia show For What It's Worth Murray Valeriano (@murrayv) joins Jesse, Andy and Matt to discuss extinctions, drugs in the water around Glastonbury, potty-training…
Episode 438 - Charles Star
Comedian/lawyer Charles Star (@Ugarles) joins Andy, Matt and Jesse to talk about the magic of A Special Thing, multi-level marketing, entertainment and the law, a desktop gravitational wave detector …
Episode 437 - Author Mary Roach
Mary Roach (@mary_roach), author of the new book Fuzz: When Nature Breaks The Law, returns to the podcast to talk with Matt, Jesse and Andy about traveling the world to investigate animal crimes, wil…
Episode 436 - Lisa Curry
Comedian Lisa Curry (@lisa_curry) joins Matt, Jesse and Andy to talk about Balloon Boy (and his father and his band), royal memorabilia, Lisa's recent trip to Dubai, priest and pope selection, a star…
Episode 435 - Caitlin Gill
Comedian and fellow desert-dweller Caitlin Gill (@robotcaitlin) joins Matt, Jesse and Andy to discuss Mt. Etna growing 100 feet, 9,000 Covid cases from Euro 2020 games and ants using soil physics to …
Episode 434 - David B. Lyons and Jesse Case
Jesse returns to the show to help welcome David B. Lyons (@david_b_lyons), a podcaster and film location manager who not only co-created Yacht Rock but also has the inside scoop on Norbit and why Edd…
Episode 433 - Nato Green
Comedian Nato Green (@natogreen) joins Andy and Matt to talk about his work as a labor organizer, his appearance in Sorry To Bother You, bird-eating centipedes, ancient trigonometry, cranking it to p…
Episode 432 - Brian Kiley
Comedian and writer Brian Kiley (@kileynoodles) joins Matt and Andy to discuss Andy's new injury, a very reasonable argument for getting vaccinated if you were on the fence about it, Australian cocka…
Episode 431 - Sean Devlin
Comedian Sean Devlin joins Matt and Andy to talk about his new album Airports, Animals, magic eye posters and Brian May stereoscopy, failed flower making floral fractals, converting brain waves to sp…
Episode 430 - Jordan Morris and Sarah Morgan
Jordan Morris (@Jordan_Morris) and Sarah Morgan (@sarahlmorgan) return to the podcast to celebrate the release of their new graphic novel Bubble and talk about fish brains that grow when they think, …
Episode 429 - Justin Decloux
Comedian and podcast host Justin Decloux (@DeclouxJ) joins Matt and Andy to discuss how Tasmanian devils get their face cancer, the benefits of mixing vaccines, the dragon man who isn't much of a dra…
Episode 428 - Atsuko Okatsuka
Comedian Atsuko Okatsuka (@AtsukoComedy) joins Andy and Matt to discuss Andy's summer of pyromania, a hiccup-curing doohicky, a newly discovered plant organ, that $24 million book on Amazon, Tasmania…
Episode 427 - J Elvis Weinstein
Writer/performer J. Elvis Weinstein (@JElvisWeinstein) joins Matt and Andy to talk about being in the original cast of Mystery Science Theater 3000, figuring out which of the echidna's numerous penis…
Episode 426 - Caimh McDonnell
Comedian and novelist Caimh McDonnell (@Caimh) joins Matt and Andy to talk about his new book The Stranger Times, a Trojan Horse method to fight cancer, the cast of Friends doing a Windows 95 promo, …
Episode 425 - Colt Cabana
Professional wrestler Colt Cabana (@ColtCabana), host of The Art of Wrestling and Wrestling Anonymous, joins Matt and Andy to discuss Andy's recent Jeopardy Tournament of Champions appearance, pigs b…
Episode 424 - Dara Ó Briain
Comedian, theoretical physics grad and mathematics enthusiast Dara Ó Briain (@daraobriain) joins Matt and Andy to discuss stages of mathematical rigor, Évariste Galois, Catalina bison, Dara's new obs…
Episode 423 - Brian Malow
Science comedian Brian Malow (@sciencecomedian) joins Matt and Andy to discuss dressing up with Mitch Hedberg, stoned cavemen creating high art, Fast, Cheap & Out of Control, the world's first wooden…
Episode 422 - Bethany Black
Bethany Black (@beffernieblack) joins Matt and guest host Nick Doody (@nickdoody) to talk about buying fireworks in France, being banned from all school trips, growing teeth everywhere, surprisingly …
Episode 421 - The God Equation with Michio Kaku
Theoretical physicist, futurist and author Michio Kaku (@michiokaku) joins Andy and Matt to talk about his new book The God Equation: The Quest for a Theory of Everything and its look at the fascinat…
Episode 420 - Vulcanologist Jess Phoenix
Jess Phoenix (@jessphoenix2018), author of the new book Ms. Adventure: My Wild Explorations in Science, Lava, and Life joins Matt and Andy to talk about all things volcano-related, her education and …