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Probably Science

Episode 100 - Karen Gillan, Bonus Brooks Wheelan and Greatest Hits

Probably Science

Andy Wood, Matt Kirshen

Jessecase, Comedy, News, Mattkirshen, Standup, Andywood, Science & Medicine, Science, Brookswheelan

4.8 • 707 Ratings

🗓️ 31 January 2014

⏱️ 101 minutes

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Summary

The delightful Karen Gillan (twitter.com/karengillan2) of Doctor Who and the upcoming films Oculus and Guardians of the Galaxy returns to the program this week to help Matt, Jesse and Andy celebrate the 100th episode of Probably Science, covering a wide range of topics including: Matt’s electrical problems! Andy's sugarfree gum-loving rats! The wonders of the number 100! Ab inflation! A message from Brooks Wheelan! Why does no one remember that Jesse lives at Bluebell? Karen hanging outside with the cool kids! Karen’s upcoming horror film Oculus! Sheltering child actors from the terrifying movies they’re in! Children’s innate belief in immortality! The excommunication of Halley’s Comet! Matt and Andy’s trip to the trampoline park! Early humans picking up bad genetic traits by mating with Neanderthals! The Scottish royal mental asylum! Jonas Salk’s 100th birthday and the history of the polio vaccine! Rutherford’s atomic discoveries of 1914! The 100th anniversary of the gun synchronizer! Dipping blood cells in acid to make stem cells! Non-hormonal, reversible, cheap male birth control! The Addams Family electric shock game! Karen’s stint in a Coney Island freak show! Karen’s horror movie scream abilities! The chart of English larval progression! Competing listener donations! Stephen Hawking’s black hole update! Our upcoming live show on the topic of sleep! Greatest hits from our first 100 episodes!

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This episode of Probably Science is brought to you by Squarespace, the all-on-one platform that makes it fast and easy to create your own professional website or online portfolio.

0:07.7

For a free trial and 10% off your first purchase, go to Squarespace.com and use offer code, Probably Science.

0:14.6

We will also be appearing live at SF Sketchfest on Saturday, February 8th at 4 p.m. at the punchline in the heart of San Francisco.

0:22.0

For tickets and information, you can just go to probably science.com powered by Squarespace and

0:26.5

click on live appearances. We are very pleased to welcome Professor Matt Walker from UC Berkeley,

0:31.8

who is a specialist in sleep, and comedian Kurt Braunoler from Delocated, Bob's Burgers,

0:37.1

Conan at midnight, lots of great stuff.

0:39.3

And we're going to be having a few surprise guests as well.

0:42.6

So if you want to tweet in questions for us to ask Professor Matt Walker about sleep and anything related to it,

0:49.1

hit us up on Twitter at Probably Science, and we would love to get to your question during our live show.

0:54.1

We'll see you then. Probably Science, and we would love to get to your question during our live show. We'll see you then.

0:55.2

Probably Science.

1:03.4

We have just turned 100 people.

1:07.7

Welcome to Probably Science.

1:09.0

I'm Matt Kirshin.

1:09.9

I am sat with Andy Wood wood yes and jesse case

1:13.2

hey i think i just turned like 17 or something yeah i think i you guys are 100 and i was about

1:18.3

saying and he's the only one who's been on every episode but he hasn't that was one oh and he's

1:21.5

99 98 98 because you missed the live one that I did in Minneapolis.

1:29.2

At ConvergenceCon, that's right.

1:30.5

And then the one I recorded with Nick Doody in London.

1:33.4

Oh, and there was one you guys did without me in Jesse's room.

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