Probably Science

Comedians Ever Mainard ( @evermainard ) and Deborah Etta ( @deborah_etta ) join Andy and Matt to talk about scientific weirdos and Galois , starfish and STDs and regrowing dicks, finger regrowth , Matt's awful ex, why whales jump , unethical kitten experiments , science fairs gone wrong, more blood and shit stuff, moon stuff  and monkeys and dogs judging cooperation in humans . This episode is bro...

Danish comedian Simon Talbot ( @simontalbot_ ) recently relocated to the US, and he joins Matt and Andy to talk about Andy's cold apartment, Jehovah's witnessing, Simon's weird blood, our no-butthole ancestor , dinosaur protein , Danish traditions, time crystals , ask-a-sociopath, talking viruses  and a possible way to reverse antibiotic resistance .

British comic James Acaster ( @JamesAcaster ) stopped by to talk with Matt and Andy about city rivalries, science marches, conga/flute/didgeridoo combos, Jerusalem Syndrome and Paris Syndrome , human/pig chimeras , cats possibly being as intelligent as dogs , Matt not knowing how big an otter is,  giant otter fossils ,  slowing down light , a  light speed sonic boom  and James' band  Luna Dott Rai...

Podcaster Andrew Ti ( @ANDREWTI ) of the popular show ( and blog ) Yo, Is This Racist ? joins Andy and Matt to talk about injecting frog neurotoxins in eyes , unethical self-experiments, the EPA vs. Trump , fake news inoculation , a free course on critical reasoning , poop stuff, mouse lasers , dumb psychopaths  and who is, in fact, racist.

Comedy writer and improviser Laura Willcox  ( @Laura_Willcox ) and comedian Andy Peters  ( @andy_peters ) join Matt and Andy to talk about famous and not famous namesakes, failing low-level tests, sharks reproducing asexually , dud rockets, rhino shit as social media , cat marking  and the parasites in it , a massive Venus wave , the truth about lemmings  and other potentially dodgy kids' films ,...

Actor/author Maggie Rowe  ( @ThisMaggieRowe ) has written for Arrested Development and produced both Hollywood Hell House and Hollywood Purity Ball , and her new book Sin Bravely: A Memoir of Spiritual Disobedience chronicles her early experiences as a born-again Christian and her time spent in an Evangelical psychiatric facility. Maggie joins Matt and Andy to discuss entropy and evolution , false...

British standup and sketch comic Steve Hall ( @stevehallcomedy ) happened to be stateside for the holidays, so he stopped by to talk with Matt and Andy about pamphlets and Thomas Paine, the passing of dark matter-discoverer Vera Rubin , ants using tiny sponges to carry honey , new evidence that suggests an iceberg didn't cause the Titanic to sink , why sustainable fishing might not be the best , m...

Sylvia Tara  ( @SylviaTaraPhD ) holds a PhD in biochemistry, and in her new book The Secret Life of Fat: The Science Behind the Body's Least Understood Organ and What It Means For You  she examines the function and behavior of fat, why it's essential to our lives, how our genetics, gender, hormones and microbiomes affect it and much more. Her book is on sale December 27th, and you can pre-order it...

Comedian and former marine biologist Forrest Shaw ( @forrestshaw ) joins Matt and Andy to discuss face painting and Mexican fireworks and lax laws, manatee preservation and their removal from storm drains , a bid to save the smallest porpoise , Chinese appetites for rare animals , a feathery dinosaur tail encased in amber , SSREs and the bees of the ocean .

Comedy Central Roast writer Bryan Olsen ( @olsen__ ) and comedian Dominic Harris  ( @DomComedy ) sit down with Matt ( @mattkirshen ) and Andy ( @andytwood ) to talk about battery pigs, Dom's lost episode, Saint Bernard and Air Bud, Buzz and Antarctica , Dominic the debutante , dog memory , gut Parkinson's , fecal transplants again , new elements , the chemistry helpline, uncombable hair syndrome ,...

Comedian and movie reviewer Cecily Knobler ( @Cecilysaysstuff ) joins returning guest Auggie Smith ( @auggiesmith ) and Andy  ( @andytwood ) to discuss hospice humor, intervention critiques, Andy Dick stories, sex addiction getting depathologized , Auggie's issues with addicts, Cecily's neuropsychology background, Myers-Briggs personality types, high school kids undercutting Martin Shkreli's expen...

Comedian Eric Lampaert ( @EricLampaert ) and returning guest JJ Whitehead ( @JJWhitesnake ) join Matt and Andy to discuss NASA's Space Poop Challenge , paper bike helmets , an end to zika's global health emergency , the hanging of a shipwrecked monkey  and a circus elephant , JJ's new album and  two moose found locked together in ice . This episode is brought to you by Curiosity Box by Vsauce . To...

Comedian, engineer and outspoken moderate  Toby Muresianu  ( @tobymuresianu ) joins Andy and Matt to discuss President-Elect Trump on vaccines , Vice President-Elect Pence on smoking , Macedonian Facebook clickbait , polling methodologies, the supermoon , dog domestication , brain wifi that reverses monkey paralysis and a new type of bond .

Comedian and former environmental scientist Grant Lyon  ( @grantlyon1 ) joins Matt and Andy to talk about the Elkhorn Slough Foundation, naked cow science, why reservoirs aren't all good , surgery farts , nightmare machines , sentencing algorithms , a third hominid  and Patient Letter O . This episode is brought to you by Curiosity Box by Vsauce . To get your mystery box full of geeky science toys...

Comedian , podcaster and author Moshe Kasher  ( @moshekasher ) returns to the show, inviting Andy and Matt over to his place to talk about p layground games,  Moshe's entomologist stepdad, s tealthy spider eaters , mice fall for the same tricks as humans , the rise of renewables , vaccine deniers who accidentally proved the counterargument , conspiracy theories, the AIDS denial mom , the Duesberg...

Comedian, musician and bestselling author Greg Behrendt  ( @gregorybehrendt ) joins Matt and Andy to talk about the joys of riding bikes , Laird Hamilton shooting the pier in Malibu , t eachers' penises, c od accents , N azis on meth , Provigil and sleep , b lack widow spider viruses , a c orrection to the intelligence story , Alan Turing music  and Dr. Strange.

Writer/comedian extraordinaire Lizzy Cooperman ( @lizzycooperman ) joins Matt and Andy to talk about Invisalign, fan death , having Lyme disease , Nobel Prizes in chemistry , physics and medicine , self-eating boobs  and the end of Rosetta .

Comedian Shawn Pearlman ( @shawnpearlman ) joins Andy and Matt to talk about Shawn's early movie effects, budgie rules for not colliding , boning young spiders , amateur turtle surgery, getting intelligence from your mother , a baby with three parents and the most accurate (and adorable) dinosaur renderings yet .

Steele Saunders ( @SteeleSaunders ), host of I Love Green Guide Letters and Steele Wars , joins Matt and Andy to talk about mice and apologies, more body (not head) transplants. smoke bombs , weed vs. opioids in car crashes , bumper sticker flashing, Australians origins , and giraffes actually being many giraffes .

Matt sits down with returning guest comedian Shane Mauss  ( @shanecomedy ) to talk about his podcast Here We Are , his new tour all about psychedelics called A Good Trip , his early days as a more straightforward standup, his dalliances into evolutionary biology, the state of scientific research into recreational drugs, simulated near-death experiences, and the differences between trying ayahuasca...

Comedians Christian Duguay ( @christianduguay ) and Emily Maya Mills  ( @emilymayamills ) join Matt and Andy at Andy's new apartment to talk about screaming at roommates, burning ants, Hitler's disguises, bank robbery, infant simulators that actually increase teen pregnancy , Lucy's death , a miraculous new painkiller , ecstasy/MDMA, Tasmanian devils developing cancer resistance  and the ban on an...

Comedians Ahmed Bharoocha ( @ahmedbharoocha ) and Auggie Smith ( @auggiesmith ) join Matt and Andy for the final recording from Bluebell Ranch, which happens to coincide with an apocalyptic forest fire in the area, and the crew discuss topics including bouncy castle economics, zorbs in Russia , a new hard material , the Mohs hardness scale , Pliny the Elder , the Randi paranormal challenge , new b...

Science teacher-turned-comedian Al Jackson ( @aljackson ) joins Matt and Andy for one of the final Bluebell recordings ( also video streamed on Facebook here ) to talk about ball-boiling as contraception , why flossing may not help you , steroids in sports, Al's research , stomach taps , old cars vs. new cars , firefighting equipment sharing  and fire in space .

Dr. Farah Alibay , a systems engineer at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, invited Matt and Andy to her home in Highland Park to talk about her work on a real-world Armageddon mission to redirect an asteroid , CubeSats , giant geysers on Saturn's moon Enceladus , the importance of planetary protection and upcoming solar system exploration missions .

Pacific Northwest comics Derek Sheen  ( @dereksheen ) and Sean Jordan ( @SeanSJordan ) join Andy and Matt back at Bluebell to talk about going to a Scientology boarding school, non-ice cream heir Tony Robbins, amateur Australian ball surgery , Juno's pics of Jupiter , AIDS ceasing to be an epidemic in Australia , good news on the ozone hole's healing , and even more good news about finding new res...