499 episodes
Probably Science Andy Wood, Matt Kirshen
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4.8 • 598 Ratings
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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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Episode 487 - Noman Hosni
Comedian Noman Hosni (@NomanHosni) joins Matt, Jesse and Andy to talk about Tunisia, bad fan art, hair transplants, a bad embryo swap, Paris' City of Science and Industry, a blood test for anxiety, storing carbon dioxide in the ocean as baking soda, how much lift the space shuttle lander can generate and mapping the brain of a fruit fly.
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Episode 486 - Sarah Lane
Host of Daily Tech News Show Sarah Lane (@sarahlane) joins Jesse, Matt and Andy to talk about ballerina doppelgangers, Tom Cruise stunts, Cocaine Bear, accidentally ending up on the air, bumblebees learning to solve puzzles by watching their friends, talkin' transoms, more medical tourism, Meta's VR play and DuckDuckGo's new AI-assisted search.
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Episode 485 - AI Talk with Kevin Roose
New York Times technology columnist and host of the Hard Fork podcast Kevin Roose (@kevinroose) joins Andy, Jesse and Matt to talk about his infamous, amorous encounter with Bing Chat/Sydney, Sydney's response to his story, getting backhanded compliments from John Oliver, how ChatGPT was dismissed by its own creators, generative AI and the future of deepfakes, AI's capability overhang, explaining LLMs' weirdness with the Waluigi effect, artists' lawsuits over training AI on their creations, whether we care how art is made, which jobs could soon be on the chopping block and Futureproof, Kevin's handbook for the weird times ahead.
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Episode 484 - Amanda Brooke Perrin
Comedian and writer Amanda Brooke Perrin (@brookeperrin) joins Matt, Andy and Jesse to discuss haboobs, a Tony update, a 2200-year-old flush toilet found in China, DIY Poo-Pourri, how soft food gave us the F-word, Andy's consonant invention, ChatGPT developing a theory of mind, and dolphin handjobs.
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Episode 483 - Erica Spera
Comedian Erica Spera (@Spericaa) joins Andy, Jesse and Matt to talk about almost going into dentistry, prehistoric teeth, Andy's Mexican dental tourism, what we're supposed to call mummies now, monster cereals, AI Seinfeld's heel turn, Roko's basilisk, mummy chemicals, ancient stone tools and more stone tools and Soylent.
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Episode 482 - Jo Rou
Comedian/filmmaker Jo Rou (@awkwardlyjazzy) joins Jesse, Matt and Andy to discuss Santana's answer to Beats by Dre, the mystery of a gibbon immaculate conception solved, the tiny radioactive capsule that went missing in the outback, detecting cancer with customer loyalty cards, airbrushing Boris Johnson, Jesse's bad business ideas, the Snickers dick vein, World War I talk, the awful new show Power Slap and Jo's sitcom I Adore Dolores.
Customer Reviews
Mixing my two favorite podcast subjects
I love your podcast. It’s the perfect blend of my love for humor and science
Get Brian Keating back!
Too fascinating for only an hour! Must learn more either in this Universe or the other one
Great and amusing discussions of science and culture
This podcast is good enough to prompt me to actually write a review. It's where I actually learned about LIGO and gravity waves in one show and utterly absurd pseudo-science and stand-up stories in the next. They host They address current issues, reading recent science-y news articles and then discussing with their guests, who are usually scientists, comedians or both. Not a lot of nationally known names, but I can hear those folks anywhere. Their guests are always interesting and smart. Subscribe now- if you didn't subscribe after reading the first sentence of this review. (edit) I recently went back into the back catalog and listen to some to I recently went into the back catalog and listened to some early shows. I find myself laughing out loud at least once an episode and grins every few minutes. I was obliged to become a dedicated listener the moment Andy mentioned Sigue Sigue Sputnik. No one else I know has ever heard of this weird 80’s electronica band. I owned their album on cassette and 21st Century Boy and Massive M-M-Massive Retaliation were doing etched in my brain by the second-hand clove smoke. Well done. Keep making more, please.