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Probably Science

Probably Science

Andy Wood, Matt Kirshen

Your week in half-assed science.

  • 1 hour 11 minutes
    Episode 618 - Ola Dada

    Comedian Ola Dada (@showtime.dada) joins Andy, Jesse and Matt to talk about moving from Nigeria to Canada, summer nights in Alberta, Africa breaking apart faster than we thought, the true size of Africa, map projection pros and cons, the work of James McAvoy and how light during sleep can hurt your heart.

    30 September 2026, 5:55 am
  • 1 hour 23 minutes
    Episode 617 - Paul Jay

    Comedian Paul Jay (@pauljaycomic) returns to the show after a 14-year hiatus to talk with Jesse and Andy about the comedy message board A Special Thing, the genius of Randy Feltface, Bobby Fingers' Depp Diorama, the surprising way that cuttlefish see color, tetrachromacy, The Baby, The Immigrant and The Guy On Mushrooms, and building a Martian home out of yeast and gelatin.

    15 September 2026, 11:46 pm
  • 1 hour 15 minutes
    Episode 616 - Katie Novotny returns

    We took full advantage of our friend Katie Novotny (@katienovotnyyyyy) stuck at home recovering from surgery to get her back on the show! Her special Son of Your Dreams is free to stream on YouTube right now!

    We talk about a supersonic trebuchet! A new fecal transplant story, this time for food allergies! And also if your microbiome's linked to psychopathy! Plus massively long-lived sturgeon! How other sturgeon get it on! Musician Slash getting his own snake species! How the number of species is calculated, with a bit of help from our buddy Matt Parker! And fake mermaid science!

    In the Patreon bonus, there's some scientific proof of cats being dicks.

    10 September 2026, 8:58 pm
  • 1 hour 10 minutes
    Episode 615 with Luca Ferro!

    Chicago/NY comedian Luca Ferro (@lucaferrocomedian) joins the gang to talk about Dolphins using tools! And having names! Plus monkeys falling for (and "falling for") Monkey AI!

    Plus in the Patreon bonus ep we find out about a newcomer to the carnivorous plant club.

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    5 September 2026, 6:58 pm
  • 57 minutes 27 seconds
    Episode 614 - Jon Bennett

    Comedian Jon Bennett (@jonbennettcomedy) joins Matt and Jesse to talk about how deep breaths can actually increase risk-taking behavior, the air on Titan being thick enough that humans could fly with strap-on wings, a bizarre new material discovered in Hiroshima bombing debris. and Jon's one-man show American't playing in Toronto through August 31st.

    25 August 2026, 7:32 pm
  • 1 hour 18 minutes
    Episode 613 - Dave Holmes

    Writer/podcaster/host Dave Holmes (@daveholmes) returns to the show to talk with Jesse, Matt and Andy about his new Substack Cocksure, his memoir Party of One, the waning days of monoculture at MTV, Dave's excellent MTV history podcast Who Killed The Video Star?, Helen Twelvetrees, the band Rocket, Dan Taberski's Manifesto podcast, blocking out your inner cynical friend, the movie Ghost Dad, Dave's other excellent podcast Waiting For Impact, why cannibalism keeps popping up in human civilization, BALLS on the moon, volunteering for space mission simulations and how a heatwave revealed lost archaeological sites in Wales.

    8 August 2026, 1:47 am
  • 1 hour 9 minutes
    Episode 612 - Alison Leiby

    Comedian/writer Alison Leiby (@alisonleiby) joins Jesse, Andy and Matt to talk about her new memoir I'm A Lot, AI promotional scams, chronic back pain, how happiness can literally break your heart, takotsubo octopus traps, a breatkthrough in Alzheimer's-related sleep loss, plaque talk, inhaling CO2 to help with Alzheimer's, debunking the electric pangolin, giraffe math and ranking the intelligence of animals and demons.

    26 July 2026, 8:41 pm
  • 57 minutes 47 seconds
    Episode 611 with Hannah Roeschlein

    Hannah Roeschlein (@handerpumprules) joins Jesse and Matt for half the episode before the computer gods get angry, forcing the two guys to finish the show solo. But between us we talk about Filipino divers! Synthetic cells! And Hobbits and Komodo dragons!

    In the Patreon bonus, we get into space fires, and hear how Matt got served by a legendary astronaut and Jesse angered BBQ fans.

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    16 July 2026, 8:05 am
  • 1 hour 13 minutes
    Episode 610 - Kirk Smith

    Comedian Kirk Smith (@kirksmithcomedy) joins Jesse, Andy and Matt to talk about his books Rice Krispies with Ketchup and Movin, pools and jacuzzis, competitive eating champions, the science of fireworks, the lack of rap in the Billboard Hot 100 and Andy's upcoming Oregon tour.

    6 July 2026, 12:53 am
  • 1 hour 17 minutes
    Episode 609 - Ryan Conner

    Comedian/author Ryan Conner (@ryanconnercomedy) returns to the show to talk with Jesse, Andy and Matt about his new memoir 12 Guys Walk Into a Kitchen, Vietnamese refugees, Tippi Hedren's nail salon legacy, British soccer fans cleaning up in the US, the worst year to be alive, 2020 vs. 1968, hipster nostalgia, stomp clap tall bikes and nuclear (not atomic) clocks.

    26 June 2026, 3:31 am
  • 1 hour 16 minutes
    Episode 608 - Laura Sams Jordan

    Zoologist/producer/composer/podcaster Laura Sams (@lauramsams) Jordan joins Jesse, Matt and Andy to talk about fliming grizzly bears in Alaska, studying hyenas in Africa, Laura's kid-friendly wildlife podcast The Happiest Animal Show, starting a production company with your sibling, interviewing six-year-olds, Laura's inflatable basking shark, the shocking actual appearance of basking sharks, the Horniman walrus, they're all in my Wildlife Treasury, a duck in a jersey and inserting a human language gene into mice.

    18 June 2026, 4:07 pm
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