
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 | 620 | Founded | 14 years ago |
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| Number of Listeners | Category | Comedy | |||

Comedian Diana Hong (@dhongcomedy) joins Jesse, Andy and Matt to discuss cat ownership, Shadow Force, Sawbones and the McElroy-iverse, Diana's golf career, outsider commemorative art, a new way to get your lithium, battery types, alkali metals reacti... more
Lawyer-turned-comedian and self-professed podcast slut Charles Star (@ugarles) returns to the show to talk about his podcast No Homework, celebrity roasts, Wings album covers, bad abbreviations, contact lenses that ease depression in mice, the insect... more
Comedian and former paramedic James Frey (@jamesfreycomedy) joins Andy, Jesse and Matt to talk about firefighter dreams and emergency medicine reality, James' Ventura comedy show, giving CPR in civilian life, a woman (well, women) who couldn't burp, ... more
Comedian Shane Mauss (@shane_mauss) returns to the show to talk about his upcoming comedy special TRIPS: The First Dose, how LSD affects blind people, misophonia's link to anxiety and depression, the goring of a matador's ass, plants 'hearing' rain c... more
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Great show covering science by jokers who know how to science and be funny!
I started from the very beginning and I'm now up to August 2017. They were great all the way up to the 2016 election cycle when Probably Science turned into Probably Politics. I'm interested in science and comedy and would love for this to be the advertised Comedy/Science podcast. I don't care about the hosts political views one way or the other. I don't care about anybody's political views to the point that I don't want to hear about anybody's political views. You don't like Trump? Great. Even... more
I started from the very beginning and I'm now up to December 2016. They were great all the way up to the 2016 election cycle when Probably Science turned into Probably Politics. I'm interested in science and comedy and would love for this to be the advertised Comedy/Science podcaat. I don't care about the hosts political views one way or the other. I don't care about anybody's political views to the point that I don't want to hear about anybody's political views. You don't like Trump? Great. Ev... more
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
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A humorous take on current science topics, the show blends accessible science tidbits with freewheeling banter, guest interviews, and personal anecdotes. Episodes rotate through space news, neuroscience, biology, and tech, often paired with stand-up storytelling and playful experiments in format. Noteworthy is the consistent chemistry among the hosts, a penchant for nerdy humor, and guests who span comedians with science backgrounds to researchers and science communicators, creating a breezy yet informative listening experience ideal for fans of science-y humor and curious banter.
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Recent guests on Probably Science include:
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4. Amber Preston
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8. Jackie Kashian
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