Surely You're Joking

Surely You're Joking
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Surely You're Joking

Science and comedy collide as physicist Dr. Kevin Peter Hickerson is joined by comedians Jimmy O Yang, Mitch Burrow, Owen Benjamin, Griff Pippin and Matthew Broussard, discuss the absurdities of the universe with intriguing and inspiring guests from the best of the academic and entertainment world.

  1. Robert Zubrin and the astronauts' direct advice.

    10/10/2019

    Robert Zubrin and the astronauts' direct advice.

    Dr. Robert Zubrin of the Mars Society returns to discuss Mars Direct, carbon credits, plans for the moon, and his shout out from Micheal Collins on the 50th Anniversary of the moon landing.

    48 min
  2. Avery Broderick and the first black hole selfie.

    09/24/2019

    Avery Broderick and the first black hole selfie.

    Meeting up at the April Meeting of the American Physical Society, Dr. Avery Broderick tells Kevin about the Breakthrough Prize winning first photo of a super massive black hole in Virgo, Kevin's birth sign.

    21 min
  3. Robert Picardo, Konstantin Batygin and the factor of two hypothesis.

    02/27/2019

    Robert Picardo, Konstantin Batygin and the factor of two hypothesis.

    Robert Picardo, best known as the holographic doctor on Star Trek Voyager and host of the Planetary Post, meets up with Kevin and returning Surely You're Joking guest star and Planet Nine hypotheses and hunter, Konstantin Batygin, to revel brand new secrets about Planet Nine! From the headquarters of the Planetary Society in Pasadena, Konstantin announces fresh of the presses details about the size, shape, and location of the still as-of-yet photographed Planet Nine!

    47 min
  4. Mark Mammone and the alternate universe.

    02/27/2019

    Mark Mammone and the alternate universe.

    Mark Mamonne is a actor, comedian, and production assistant on Seth McFarland's "The Orville." Mark comes on Surly You're Joking to talk about leaving stand up for acting and to tell us about his upcoming first appearance on the show!

    1h 2m
  5. Sumner Norman and the mind-reading robots.

    02/12/2019

    Sumner Norman and the mind-reading robots.

    Dr. Sumner Norman can do a lot of things, but one of the most amazing is that he can read your thoughts, sometimes even before you realized you thought it. Sumner explains how his work will help disabled people regain control their lives, almost straight out of the movie Upgrade.

    1h 18m
  6. James Tuttle Keane and the sketch of the farthest snowman.

    01/30/2019

    James Tuttle Keane and the sketch of the farthest snowman.

    Dr. James Tuttle Keane brings some of his sketches of the most distant (and possibly the oldest) probed object in our solar system named Ultima Thule. In addition to studying planet, James makes brilliant drawings to help explain what we are learning about this strange, city-sized snowman-like object that was visited on New Year's Eve 2019 by the New Horizons space probe. James works along side Brian May from Queen and together they help both discover our distant celestial past and share those exciting discoveries with the public.

    49 min
  7. Kevin Hardegree Ullman, Aubree Sweeney and the cosmic piano tuning.

    01/21/2019

    Kevin Hardegree Ullman, Aubree Sweeney and the cosmic piano tuning.

    First Surely You're Joking episode of 2019! Planetary research and Dr. Kevin Hardegree Ullman and comedian Aubree Sweeney get an update of the Kepler telescope replacement : the TESS satellite, the Rose Parade, and three letter acronyms. Ullman explains the viral video of the music made tuning solar system K2-128. Happy New Year!

    57 min
  8. Julie Jester and the Pasadena prank.

    09/16/2018

    Julie Jester and the Pasadena prank.

    Julie Jester is the queen of the prank court. When she's not inventing widgets and working on spaceships, she helping Caltech prank arch-nemesis MIT or building an homage to Hollywood sign pranks of old.

    53 min
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Science and comedy collide as physicist Dr. Kevin Peter Hickerson is joined by comedians Jimmy O Yang, Mitch Burrow, Owen Benjamin, Griff Pippin and Matthew Broussard, discuss the absurdities of the universe with intriguing and inspiring guests from the best of the academic and entertainment world.

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  • Creator
    Surely You're Joking
  • Years Active
    2015 - 2019
  • Episodes
    76
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © Surely You're Joking
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