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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Feb 1, 2012 • 1h 12min
Episode 004 - Barry Rothbart
What killed all those New Zealand whales? Shooting nudist colony videos! What’s your worst job? World’s lightest substance! Extraterrestrial real estate! A vacuum is not nothing? Barry’s Conan suit! We're gonna be astronauts! Space Camp! Galileo!
Jan 26, 2012 • 1h 13min
Episode 003 - Mike Burns
Comedian Mike Burns of the podcast Gentleman Scumbags (http://www.pantswise.com/scumbags/) Joins us to discuss: iPhone anger! It’s official: no secret government aliens! Why is Mike scared of quinceañera aliens? Spontaneously obese monkeys! Bob Seger! Squeezing into Air Jordans! Mike got stabbed in the back! Literally! Naming new elements! Dr. Guillotine!
Jan 25, 2012 • 54min
Episode 002 - Nick Rutherford
Nick Rutherford (goodneighborstuff.com) joins us to discuss: Favorite dinosaurs! Land Before Time: documentary? Predicting gang violence with math! Fake Mars missions in Russian parking garages! The logic of gambling! Sending gold records to space! Arm wrestling documentaries! Did we find Scrat from Ice Age?
Jan 24, 2012 • 60min
Episode 001 - Matt Kirshen, Brooks Wheelan, Andy Wood
Matt Kirshen, Brooks Wheelan, and Andy Wood discuss various topics in science, including comet close calls, speeding neutrinos, the Turing test, space junk, seals and kangaroos, the unintended climate consequences of Christopher Columbus, and the history of medical body dissections.
