Probably Science

Comedian Francisco Ramos  ( @FranciscoRamos ) joins Andy and Matt to discuss thermos technology, socialism, whether canned laughter works , an asteroid close call , quantum teleportation and an HIV cure for mice .

Comedian and recent Portland transplant Caitlin Weierhauser ( @UncleCait ) joins returning guest TJ Chambers ( @tjchambersLA ) to talk about the surprisingly extensive history of McDonaldland characters , how dogs' eyes evolved to appeal to humans , a notably droopy dog breed , a recently scrapped Indian space mission , female jockeys being underestimated by the betting public  , a recent study cr...

Jacob Margolis ( @JacobMargolis ), KPCC science reporter and host of the podcast The Big One , talks with Andy about the two recent major California earthquakes, what they mean for those living on nearby faultlines, what to do to prepare yourself for future quakes , FEMA's earthquake safety checklist , Jacob's supply shopping list and and his podcast detailing the repercussions of a hypothetical c...

Population geneticist Dr. Alex Platt joins Matt and Andy to discuss the complex world of genetics and its role in shaping humans the world over, also dealing with the many misconceptions and blind spots people have about genetic diversity and the history of the human species.

Actress/writer Susy Kane ( @kusysane ) joins Matt and Andy to talk about Stan & Ollie , eating a credit card's mass in plastic , a dubious claim about plastic straws , Canada's plastic ban , ISS tourism , InSight news , ladybug swarms and pterodactyls flying from birth .

Comedian Bri Pruett ( @bripruett ) joins Andy and Matt to discuss the invisible world, witchy things, a mosquito-killing GM fungus , saving the wasps , anxiety and gut bacteria , making kombucha, real plastic recycling and the resilience of tardigrades . See Matt in NYC next week . This episode is brought to you by Green Chef. For $75 off your first three orders, visit  greenchef.us/psp75 .   Come...

Comedian Ismo Leikola ( @ISMOcomedy ) joins Matt and Andy to talk about Finland, language family trees, university physics, snails, LIGO news , a giant Australian meteor , chimps cracking open tortoises , generating power on ships and the fact that Ismo is the first thing that comes up when you do a video search for "ass."

Comedian Michelle Biloon ( @biloon ) joins Andy and Matt to talk about RFK's assassination, credit card rules, Michelle's coding past, more cocaine in British sealife , living with MS, how kidney donor chains work and drones delivering organs .

Comedian Tommy Johnagin ( @tommyjohnagin ) joins Matt and Andy to discuss Last Comic Standing, finding your passion , why farts are funny, Marsquakes , crazy expensive houses, soil damage fueling climate change and a few ships polluting more than millions of cars.  

Zach Reino ( @zachreino ), actor/writer/host of the improvised musical podcast Off Book , joins Matt and Andy to discuss ancient Chinese medicine's surprisingly recent history ,  Germany's weird Chinese tradition ,  Arthur C. Clarke's three laws , reactivating dead pigs' brains , a brain implant that produces speech , HIV curing a bubble boy , why vitamins from pills don't work and the Galileo Fal...

Comedian Dave Waite ( @davewaitecomedy ) joins Matt and Andy to talk about khaki diaper butt , geography pride, a black hole image , the video Janna sent about said black hole , world records for rabbit fur and big pizzas , Stonehenge builders , measles and chicken pox and smiling .

Comedian  Doug Mellard ( @dougmellard ) joins Andy and Matt to talk about All Space Considered , asteroid fossils , the Thatcher Effect , upside-down viewing , Tom Cruise's middle tooth , Catalina, earthquake prep podcasts , octopus attacks and octopus wrestling , the rules of kabaddi , eye bees , a four-legged whale fossil , Matt and Andy becoming parasite-famous , a Japanese bomb on an asteroid...

Writer/comedian friend of the show Nick Doody ( @NickDoody ) returns to discuss linguistics, space herpes , atoms and the strong force, the reason for zebra stripes or maybe not , a physics theory as to why time flies more as we age , the first female Abel prize winner , famous Norwegians, lady strokes from lady strokes , the Citizens of Nowhere podcast  and  Bigipedia .

Returning guests Sarah Morgan ( @sarahlmorgan ) and Brendon Burns ( @brendonburns ) join Matt and Andy to talk about air travel,  SpaceX's new not-quite-manned flight , monkey peril, the Mars mission that may not be, rare semi-identical twins and a lot of talk about Brendon's stonefish encounter . Listen to Brendon's Dumb White Guy podcast  and Sarah's show The Fear .

Cannabis educator Emma Chasen  ( @echasen ) and comedian Marcus Coleman  ( @MrMarcusColeman ) join Matt and Andy for a live show in Portland as part of the Listen Up! festival, discussing the complex science of the effects of cannabis, the difficulties in researching it, and the many hard-to-dispell myths surrounding it.

The final stop of the Probably Science Australia tour brings Andy and Matt to Melbourne on Valentine's Day, where they welcome Sheree Marris ( @shereemarris ), author of Kama SEAtra , and returning guest Wil Anderson  ( @Wil_Anderson ) to discuss the sex lives of aquatic creatures, male seahorses who birth thousands of babies, necking sea slugs, barnacle penises, cross-dressing cuttlefish and the...

Andy and Matt welcome comedian Liz Miele ( @lizmiele ) and astrophysicist/software engineer  Samuel Hinton  ( @samreay ) to the stage in Brisbane to talk about Brewsvegas pool parties , Australia's most retweeted tweet , the fun of e-scooters, lax Australian airport security, the various ways Matt has broken teeth, dyslexic comedians, Liz's veterinarian parents, resume padding, being on Australian...

Matt and Andy descend upon Sydney for the third leg of the Australian tour, welcoming Ig Nobel Prize-winning researcher Callum Ormonde and comedian Jen Carnovale ( @Jen_Carnovale ) to talk about living down your sister's reputation, what to put in a microwave, the Ig Nobel Prize itself , how Callum accidentally unboiled an egg, past Ig Nobel nominees and winners who studied things like  how a Moro...

The second stop of the Probably Science Australia tour brings Andy and Matt to Perth to talk with Carey Marx  ( @careymarx ) about watching the Super Bowl in Australia, the Perth's Fringe World Festival , working as a magician, drop bears , when kangaroos learned to hop , the correct population of Perth, vanadium mining, global warming making the oceans bluer , how America's colonization cooled Ea...

Matt and Andy make the first stop of their Australian tour in Cairns thanks to the generosity of Inspiring Australia and The Australian Society for Parasitology to talk to Dr. Michael Smout about the healing power of worm spit and Dr. Claudia Cobos about peptides found in sunflowers that can be used to treat diseases of the gut. And thanks to James Cook University for the tour of their Eduquarium...

Andy and Matt travel to SF Sketchfest to be joined by the hilarious Laurie Kilmartin ( @anylaurie16 ), Dr. Judy Melinek  ( @drjudymelinek ) and Dr. Jen Gunter ( @DrJenGunter ) and discuss autopsies, forensic pathology, debunking GOOP, Twitter being a dick to Laurie, doctors taking on the NRA, reproductive rights and Dr. Melinek's book Working Stiff .  Click here for Australia tour dates and  click...

Writer /comedian/ podcaster Bridget Phetasy ( @BridgetPhetasy ) joins Andy and Matt to discuss Australia,  Monopoly game study , the big data book Everybody Lies , homespun back pain cures , weed towns, conspiracy theories that are wrong but fun, China plants on the moon , a meteorite hitting the super blood wolf moon and Marie Kondo according to a psychologist . This week's episode is brought to...

Comedian Seth Herzog ( @Thezog ) joins Andy and Matt to talk about being part of the Roots , his mom's Maury impression , Andy being accosted by Bridget Everett , the Ultima Thule flyby and what New Horizons found on Pluto , mysterious radio bursts , silent speaking , expensive ugly shoes , David Avocado Wolfe , Derren Brown and pigment in a very old artist's teeth . This week's episode is brought...

Returning guests Henry Phillips ( @Henlips ) and Auggie Smith ( @AuggieSmith ) join Andy to discuss rebel honeybees , trying to guess the twist in this trailer ,  presidential poo , a retinal link to SAD , the craziest thing a human's ever coughed up , gambling tips, ridiculous FAQs , the new Henry's Kitchen Master Class and the (sort of) fastest animal around . This week's episode is brought to y...

While Matt's on the road, he sits down with Malaysia's Godfather of Stand-up Comedy Harith Iskander ( @HarithIskander ) in his home country to talk about Voyager going interstellar , New Horizon's latest flyby , X-chromosome life-expectancy , wasp-based antibiotics , early feathery fossils ,  computer-tested BO and armpit bacteria .