Probably History is back! Comedian and sociologist Pat Reilly joins Jesse, Andy, Richard and (briefly) Matt to take a look at the infamous House of Borgia, the Renaissance family that brought us Pope Alexander VI, incest, murder and the Banquet of Chestnuts!
http://probablyscience.libsyn.com/probably-history-episode-003-the-borgias
This week Matt and Andy travel to the campus of Caltech to welcome actual PhD candidates, actors and science communicatorsCrystal Dilworth and Alexandra Lockwood to the show to talk about shocking people’s brains to make them smarter, searching for exoplanets, knighting penguins and mourning Kepler.
http://probablyscience.libsyn.com/episode-070-crystal-dilworth-and-alexandra-lockwood
You’ve seen the hilarious John Roy on Conan, Ferguson, and IFC’s Maron in Space, and he joins Matt, Andy, and Jesse this week to talk about the new cocaine vaccine, Juggalo science, and why there are 480,000,000 needles orbiting Earth.
Australian comedian/writer/performer Celia Pacquola and American comedian/writer/performer TJ Chambers join Matt and Andy this week to dig into the listener mailbag and, for the most part, avoid discussing Gallagher while delving into 3D-printed guns, mainlining oxygen, body farms and the reasons for studying duck genitalia.
http://probablyscience.libsyn.com/episode-068-celia-pacquola-and-tj-chambers
Mr. Show’s Karen Kilgariff and Chelsea Lately’s April Richardson both performed at last week’s Bridgetown Comedy Festival, and they also happened to be in attendance for the debacle that was the Serafinowicz/Gallagher episode. They join Andy for a debrief and therapy session, while also discussing speedier space travel, harmful hookahs, Huey Lewis and, of course, cheesy potatoes.
http://probablyscience.libsyn.com/episode-067-karen-kilgariff-and-april-richardson
British comedy icon and Look Around You co-creator Peter Serafinowicz and stand-up legend Gallagher join Matt Kirshen and Andy Wood for a live taping of Probably Science at Portland’s Bridgetown Comedy Festival, where things get really uncomfortable as topics range from lower-fat chocolate to stressed-out red squirrels to Gallagher’s strong opinions on height and race in Mexican culture.
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Hosts of the hilarious sports/comedy podcast Sklarbro CountryRandy and Jason Sklar join Matt and Andy on this week’s episode to talk about the coping mechanisms of Michigan fans, the Lebron James of antimatter, spending $100 million to drag an asteroid, new strategies in the fight against bedbugs and whether we need to be concerned about reaching Peak Penis.
http://probablyscience.libsyn.com/episode-065-the-sklar-brothers
Comedians Cameron Esposito and Rhea Butcher host and produce the popular comedy show and podcast Put Your Hands Together, and they join Matt, Andy and Jesse this week to discuss spittoons, severing underwater Internet cables, fairy rings, waste water-induced seismic activity and bacteria that might cure obesity.
http://probablyscience.libsyn.com/episode-064-cameron-esposito-and-rhea-butcher
The hilarious Aparna Nancherla writes and performs on Totally Biased with W. Kamau Bell, and while she was visiting the west coast, she joined Matt, Andy and (briefly) Jesse to talk about magnet schools, Wilhelm Screams, Shepard Tones, frogs inside of frogs, weather-based lady songs and digging up rockets from the bottom of the ocean.
http://probablyscience.libsyn.com/episode-063-aparna-nancherla
Comedian and actor Matt Braunger joins Andy, Matt and Jesse this week to talk about comedians in therapy, birds evolving shorter wings to escape cars, dumb invention ideas, babies with three parents, Philip K. Dick’s pro wrestling alter-ego and, of course, the Bridgetown Comedy Festival.
The head of Nerdist Industries himself, comedian/podcaster/actor/musician/host Chris Hardwick makes his first Probably Science appearance on this week’s episode, joining Matt, Andy, and ProbSci prodigal son Brooks Wheelan to discuss using iPhones to detect intestinal worms, parodying Trace Adkins in the name of science, making transplant livers chillax just a little longer, Neanderthals and their too-big eyes, and a completely horrifying bat-eating spider.
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It’s a packed house on this week’s Probably Science, with guests Glenn Wool and Lady Carol joining Auggie Smith, Matt and Andy to discuss Mike Tyson’s one-man show, Screamin’ Jay Hawkins and his 75 offspring, whale mouth penises, HIV-curing bee venom and incompetent people who are unaware of their own incompetence.
http://probablyscience.libsyn.com/episode-060-glenn-wool-and-lady-carol
Comedians Mike Schmidt and Wendy Wason sit in with Matt and Andy this week to talk about the miraculously cured AIDS baby, starting “magic” kitchen fires, using poo as a radiation shield, and putting your own eye in a Ziploc bag.
http://probablyscience.libsyn.com/episode-059-mike-schmidt-and-wendy-wason
After too long of an absence, Probably History returns with a lively discussion of Pompeii and the eruption of Mt. Vesuvius. Comedian Mark Agee joins Jesse Case, Andy Wood and Richard Bain to talk about life in first-century Rome, pyroclastic flows and the importance of knowing when to evacuate.
http://probablyscience.libsyn.com/probably-history-episode-002-pompeii
Writer and comedian Jeff Klinger joins Matt, Andy and Jesse Case this week to discuss the evolution of man’s booze tolerance, getting to meet an astronaut, surgical cures for acid reflux and, of course, mole penises.
Michael James Nelson, writer for Betty White’s Off Their Rockers, among many other shows, makes his first Probably Science appearance this week with Matt, Andy and guest co-host Robert Buscemi, tackling topics including magnet schools, asteroid close-calls, nice pranks, the bones of Richard III and the value of space water.
http://probablyscience.libsyn.com/episode-057-michael-james-nelson
David Huntsberger, co-host of Professor Blastoff, joins Matt and Andy for another intimate bedroom recording this week to talk about emergency substitute teaching, ill-fitting letter jackets, high school rodeo teams, monkey midwives, giant prime numbers, and the fact that all chaps are assless chaps.
http://probablyscience.libsyn.com/episode-056-david-huntsberger
Dr. Peter McGraw heads the Humor Research Lab (HuRL) at UC Boulder, and he joins Matt, Andy and returning guest Baron Vaughn for a special episode devoted entirely to the science of why things are funny. Peter’s Benign Violation Theory is an impressive explanation of humor in all its forms, and it’s the basis of Peter and Joel Warner’s upcoming book The Humor Code.
http://probablyscience.libsyn.com/episode-055-dr-peter-mc-graw
Probably Science completes the Austin Stories trifecta this week with writer/comedian LauraHouse, who sits in with Matt and Andy to talk about homemade bullets, detecting dark matter, vibrating steering wheels and valley celebrities.
Pride of Australia Wil Anderson makes his first appearance on Probably Science this week, joining Matt and Andy to discuss Yahoo Serious, exploding ATVS, crustaceans’ ability to feel pain, and the impending extinction of pubic lice.
