Probably Science

Writer/producer Sam Pasternack ( @sampasternack ) returns to the podcast to talk with Matt, Andy and Jesse about awful bar trivia, Sam's new book "Walker ," the history of pedestrianism , Land's End to John o' Groats , Andy's Burning Man updates, the dilemma of trombone utility and using massive python meals to help develop new human heart medicines .

Mystery Science Theater alum, comedian and author Frank Conniff ( @FrankConniff ) joins the crew to talk about his new audiobook Dark Apnea .  Plus horoscope doubts ! Carl Sagan predicting the future ! And where dinosaur killing asteroids came from ! In the patreon bonus ep we talk about saving the banana from extinction. Sign up here !

Comedian Mark Cohen ( @mark_coco_cohen ) joins Jesse, Andy and Matt to discuss the two aging bursts humans experience , restoring Tonka trucks , weaning crocodiles off of cane toads , Mark's video game creations, using slime mold to help map dark matter , and stock photo artists who play Lawn Mowing Simulator . and Mark's possible record-breaking stint at The Comedy Cellar in Las Vegas.

Neuroscientist-turned-comedian Isak Allen ( @isakallen ) joins Matt, Jesse and Andy to talk about smashing flies, using fMRI to study brain activity as it relates to music and comedy, tonal languages, the Dong Song, Neuralink, dystopian futures and Isak's new Dry Bar special Culturally Unavailable .

We've got just the prescription for everyone out there with Olympic fever: A re-release of a 2013 episode in which Matt and Andy interview David Epstein , a  Sports Illustrated journalist and the author of the outstanding book  The Sports Gene , along with college basketball player-turned-comedian  Paul Morrissey , to discuss the field of sports genetics research and try to get to the bottom of ho...

Comedy legend Cathy Ladman ( @cathyladman1 ) joins Jesse, Andy and Matt to talk about creepy Foundation for a Better Life billboards, cancer battles, 1970s acid, the CrowdStrike software crash , how propofol tips your brain into chaos , the merits of comedy classes, Brazilian cocaine sharks  and Cathy's September 7th Vegas show .

Producer David Brown joins Jesse, Matt and Andy to talk about creating entertaining science programming, the new Peacock show The Hungry Games: Alaska's Big Bear Challenge that David produced, Rhys Darby narrated and Matt and Andy worked on, the Emmy-winning pop-science show Could You Survive The Movies? , Andy's Top Gun cameo , Fat Bear Week , Goro's pecs , a south-of-the-border Orson Welles expe...

Comedian Todd Barry ( @toddbarry ) joins Matt, Andy and Jesse to talk about his new special Domestic Shorthair , an FDA ban of a citrus soda ingredient , ginger ale vs. ginger beer , the quackery of Dr. Idz , new images of an asteroid that just whizzed by Earth , Jesse's air force base food poisoning story, whether toxoplasmosis causes crazy cat lady syndrome  and Jackson Galaxy's Cat Camp .

Comedian Sid Singh ( @mrsidsingh ) joins Andy, Jesse and Matt to talk about being a Brexit and Biden bellwether,  Mozart the millenial , weird tunings, 432 Hz bullshit , old-ass Washington cherries , SPATS updates, a clever way to curb rhino horn poaching , meat rice , debunking Novi's etymology  and ant surgeons .

Writer/podcaster Jordan Morris ( @Jordan_Morris ) returns to the show to talk with Matt, Jesse and Andy about his  upcoming graphic novel Youth Group , the YA genre, hawk tuah , breakdancing in the Olympics , elephants calling each other by name , wartime magicians , GPT-4 passing the Turing Test , using AI to cancel customer anger , a new stab at AI alignment   and creating plasma fireballs in th...

Matt and Andy host a live installment of the podcast from To 29 and Beyond in Twentynine Palms featuring guests Bobcat Goldthwait, Rhys Darby, Dr. Farah Alibay and Natalia Reagan, digging into topics including indoor rocketry, opening for Nirvana, projectile bibles, the Cryptid Factor podcast , Bobcat's Bigfoot movie , 10 Million Dollar Bigfoot Bounty , Robin Williams and Koko the gorilla, Mars la...

Comedian, quizzer, doctor, chaser and now author Paul Sinha ( @paulybengali ) joins Jesse, Andy and Matt about his new memoir One Sinha Lifetime , training for quiz shows, underperforming on Taskmaster , Paul's Parkinson's diagnosis, how he transitioned from medicine to comedy, being outed decades after coming out, this weekend's To 29 and Beyond , the 29 Palms scavenger hunt that Andy developed ,...

Comedian, actor and host of The Tomorrow Show Ron Lynch (@ronlynch1) checks in with Matt, Jesse and Andy to talk about the groundbreaking show Home Movies , Ron's geology degree, microplastics in your balls , Terrence Howard's magnificent bullshit , reducing the carbon footprint of cement , using the Sun as a giant telescope and of course To 29 and Beyond , coming to Outpost 29 June 7-8.

Comedian Omid Singh ( @omid_singh ) joins Jesse, Andy and Matt to talk about Omid's Lil Special , the recent additions to the To 29 and Beyond lineup, including Moshe Kasher and Natasha Leggero's Endless Honeymoon podcast and Rhys Darby , southern indifference to northern lights, Omid's dream song, Dubai construction projects,  The Line in Saudi Arabia , red flags in the AI world , repurposing cof...

Comedian Shane Mauss ( @shane_mauss ) returns to the podcast in the midst of his A Better Trip tour to talk with Matt and Andy about having his van broken into, his new line of plant activated products , the connection between Amanita muscaria mushrooms and Mario and Santa , the trendiness of ketamine, a psychedelic toad venom that may have therapeutic uses (and that, of course, Shane has already...

Comedian Sierra Katow ( @sierrakatow ) joins Jesse, Andy and Matt to talk about her new standup special Funt , the upcoming appearance on Roots of Comedy with Jesus Trejo , the underrated Earth to Ned , Sierra's computer science background and childhood obsession with Neopets , Andy's head-scratching interaction with Anthropic's Claude AI , deadly pathogens that are attracted to human blood , the...

Comedian Bec Hill ( @bechillcomedian ) joins Andy, Matt and Jesse to talk about What3Words , Bec sneaking dicks into things , a surprise from decades-old cans of salmon , ghost particles , a possible Stonehenge moon connection , ancient Stonehenge feasts , Willy's LA Chocolate Experience , A Problem Squared , Enemy In Paris and of course To 29 and Beyond , coming to Outpost 29 on June 7-8, with Bo...

Comedian Joshua Snyder ( @nerdyvirgin ) joins Matt, Jesse and Andy to talk about Bobcat Goldthwait headlining To 29 and Beyond , Jesse's love life, building a guitar, a lack of solar eclipse whimsy,  the Star Trek punk on a bus , toxic epi-pens in space , a mouse with legs instead of genitals , dog comprehension , the great podcast Free With Ads and a SPATS update.

Comedian Carmen Morales ( @TheFunnyCarmen ) joins Andy, Jesse and Matt to talk about Matt's chipped tooth, the pros and cons of home dentistry, a nuclear fusion record , CRISPR and HIV , Andy's friend's Pioneertown-to-Big Bear breakdown , a million mice eating seabirds alive , letdowns from CBD , Carmen on HBO , updates from the Large Hadron Collider and our live event To 29 and Beyond, taking pla...

Comedian/juggler Marcus Monroe ( @marcusmonroe ) joins Jesse, Matt and Andy to talk about inventing the knorch , siteswap juggling notation , getting banned from Delta Airlines , a Montana man pleading guilty to creating massive franken-sheep , getting helium from the moon  and  To 29 and Beyond, now taking place June 7th and 8th .

Actress/writer Tara Flynn returns to the show to talk with Matt, Jesse and Andy about having no sense of smell, Renaissance Faires, the magic of the Irish, fake Scottish Wikipedia , fake grunge slang , a death ray science project , a fish as loud as an elephant , boiling water to remove microplastics , a 13,000-year-old sand dune , Liver King , Oscar talk, T o 29 and Beyond coming to 29 Palms on J...

Comedian/musician Adam Newman ( @adam_newman ) joins Andy, Matt and Jesse to talk about sweep picking , Antarctic scientists developing their own accent , Adam and Jesse's dreadlock pasts, Adam's upcoming special Jew Versus The Volcano , Purim talk , how humans lost their tails , the Willy Wonka AI experience debacle in Glasgow  and its insane script , Wake Up and Smile , the upcoming live event T...

Comedy legend Wendy Liebman ( @WendyLiebman ) joins Matt, Jesse and Andy to talk about Wendy and Jesse's Letterman overlap , Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist , Wendy's psychology background and transition into comedy, the evolutionary advantage of ADHD , bizarre AI rat genitalia , using AI to advance fusion research , OpenAI's amazing/terrifying Sora breakthrough and Will Smith actually eating spa...

Comedian Jeffrey Baldinger ( @Jeffbaldinger ) joins Matt and Jesse to talk about earthquakes, Santa Claus' dad,  a strange new type of star in the middle of our galaxy  and distinguishing between earthquakes and nuclear tests .

Comedian, actor and author Matt Knudsen ( @mattknudsen ) returns to the podcast to talk about his new book Have I Seen You In Anything? , working on soap operas, being in an iconic I Think You Should Leave sketch , going back to school, learning to tap dance, testosterone reducing the Audience Effect  and a bat that uses its huge penis as an arm .