

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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Mar 7, 2025 • 55min
Episode 560 - James P. Connolly
Comedian James P. Connolly (@jamespconnolly) joins Andy, Jesse and Matt on location from the SLO Comedy Festival to talk about centaurs and minotaurs, plum grenades, forcing comedy on bar patrons, the asteroid that was at one point maybe going to hit us, the return of measles, Jesse's update on the state of Nashville, overly clean living conditions in space and microscopic obelisks in your gut.

Feb 8, 2025 • 1h 10min
Episode 559 - Aidan Jones
Comedian Aidan Jones (@aidanjonescomedy) joins Matt, Andy and Jesse to talk about his musical comedy show Chopin's Nocturne, returning to classical music after a long break, piano tuning dorkery, doing Mozart covers, 66 million-year-old fish vomit, racy Mozart compositions, drawing dinosaurs with Zhao Chuang, talking dinosaurs with same and jerking it during a volcanic eruption.

Jan 24, 2025 • 60min
Episode 558 - Alice Fraser
Comedian Alice Fraser (@aliterative) returns to the show to talk with Jesse, Andy and Matt about Jesse's mistimed melatonin, Alice's new book A Passion for Passion: A Delirious Love Letter to Romance, Hot Frosty, Matt's upcoming Australia shows, how ants can beat humans at cooperation, increasingly dumb reality dating shows, Andy's Naked Attraction obsession, science lectures on Pornhub, burial site clues to ancient British matriarchies and the first-ever audio and video of a meteorite's impact.

Jan 15, 2025 • 1h 12min
Episode 557 - Mary Lynn Rajskub
(Note: This episode was recorded before the Los Angeles fires) Comedian/actor Mary Lynn Rajskub (@marylynnrajskub) joins Jesse, Andy and Matt to talk about filming her upcoming show North of North in Nunavut, her new standup special Road Gig, how Roman air pollution lowered the IQ of Europe, long eggs, the thick ice of Europa, Matt's upcoming Australia shows and Andy's upcoming Arizona ones.

Jan 7, 2025 • 1h 17min
Episode 556 - Laura Hayden
Comedian and physical therapist Laura Hayden (@LauraHaydenFun) joins Jesse, Andy and Matt to talk about her penile pictorial book What About Dick, a decrease in average body temperature, sciatica advice, the benefits of pooping before you exercise, Matt's upcoming Australia tour and Andy's upcoming Warsaw Poland Bros gigs.

Dec 26, 2024 • 1h 14min
Episode 555 - Forrest Shaw
Comedian Forrest Shaw (@forrestshaw) returns to the show to talk about stalking manatees with police helicopters, gambling addiction, his upcoming podcast I've Got a Problem, survival of the wittiest, a lost branch of humanity's family tree, Matt's upcoming comedy shows in Eureka and Medford and Andy's upcoming Warsaw Poland Bros shows in Santa Barbara and Los Olivos.

Dec 11, 2024 • 1h 17min
Episode 554 - Matthew Broussard
Comedian Matthew Broussard (@mondaypunday) returns to the show to chat with Jesse, Andy and Matt about Matthew's new special Hyperbolic, exaggerated accents, the CEO shooter, cyborg beetles, a quantum computing milestone, gray goo, online security in a post-quantum world, elliptic curves, conic sections, Fermat's Enigma and a super old bird mother.

Dec 6, 2024 • 1h 9min
Episode 553 - Becky Braunstein
Comedian Becky Braunstein (@beckyfromalaska) joins Andy, Jesse and Matt to talk about growing up Jewish in Alaska, eruv rules and topology, orcas bringing back the salmon hat fad, the dangers of squeezing limes in bright sunlight, and tiny vodka-propelled robots.

Nov 29, 2024 • 1h 10min
Episode 552 - Laura Kightlinger
Comedian/writer/actress Laura Kightlinger (@KingKightlinger) joins Matt, Jesse and Andy to talk about spontaneous human combustion, Bourbon Room comedy shows in Hollywood, the story behind Andy's various bands, the Uranus story we don't want to cover, how one atom can change a parrot's color, blurb machine Peter Travers, peacock spiders, a blue whale that's been leaking oil for 26 years and a flu strain that we've basically beaten.

Nov 20, 2024 • 1h 20min
Episode 551 - James Lamont
Screenwriter James Lamont joins Matt, Jesse and Andy to talk about writing the upcoming Paddington in Peru, alcohol detox champion hornets, Shatner's double SPATS, memory not being confined to the brain, Jesse getting checked in on by local kids and Matt's oath to take up arms for the United States.


