
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.
| Publishes | Weekly | Episodes | 597 | Founded | 14 years ago |
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| Number of Listeners | Category | Comedy | |||

Comedian/playwright Drew Droege (@drew_droege) joins Matt, Jesse and Andy to talk about his new off-Broadway play Messy White Gays, X-ray NBA poker fraud and why birds sing after a solar eclipse.
Wonderful NY comic Mehran Khagani (@themehran) joins Jesse and Matt to talk about escaping from Iran, working at the Harvard School of Public Health, hyrax butt drag fossil marks, Canadian heart transplants and the most pristine star in the univer... more
Comedian/actor Jen Kober (@jenkober) joins Andy, Jesse and Matt to talk about comedy in Louisiana, Oktoberfest, buxom wenches, the connection between fish buttholes and fingers, a koala chlamydia vaccine, Jesse's newfound raccoon fame, light-powered ... more
NASA astrophysicist and JPL Exoplanet Science Ambassador Anjali Tripathi joins Andy, Jesse and Matt to talk about exoplanets and the different ways of finding them including radial velocity, transits and gravitational microlensing, the challenges of ... more
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Live broadcast audio is terrible. Audience is louder than hosts.
If you already like reading the random science news on yahoo, you’ll love these funny guys probably talk about them
Comedy + science is right up my alley.
Probably the podcast I’ve been listening to the longest and still one of my faves. A mix of interesting science news retold in a non-boring way, plus a bunch of rambling silliness by fun guys and their interesting guests.
I'm about 12 years late but I'm thoroughly enjoying this podcast!
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The show offers a unique blend of humor and intellectual inquiry, characterized by the hosts' backgrounds in comedy and varying levels of expertise in STEM fields. With an engaging conversational style, episodes frequently tackle a variety of scientific topics, interspersed with comedic anecdotes and reflections from both guests and hosts. The lively discussions can range from intriguing scientific discoveries to personal experiences and broader cultural quirks, making science accessible and entertaining. Notably, the inclusion of special guests, who often come from either the comedy or scientific community, adds depth and diverse perspectives to the exploration of each topic, inviting listeners to consider science through a humorous lens.
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