Episode 133 - Live from LA PodFest with Tim Minchin and bonobo expert Dr. Amy Parish

Probably Science

Andy Wood, Matt Kirshen

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

4.8 • 707 Ratings

🗓️ 1 October 2014

⏱️ 94 minutes

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Summary

Visit lapodfest.com/live to watch the video archive of this episode and dozens of other podcasts and panels recorded live at LA PodFest and use the offer code "science" for $5 off. You can also visit probablyscience.com for more background on the show and email questions, corrections and story suggestions to [email protected]. This week's episode was recorded live from the third annual Los Angeles Podcast Festival, where Matt, Jesse and Andy welcomed musician/comedian/actor/skeptic Tim Minchin and bonobo expert/Darwinian feminist Dr. Amy Parish to the program to talk about: Probably Science T-Shirts! Mini Queen! Fixed-gear microphones! Honorary degrees! Dr. Bill Cosby! Embarrassingly valeting your Saturn at Sofitel Beverly Hills! Bonobos as a model for human feminism! DIY OB/GYNs! Soap opera-obsessed apes! Primates who get mad at unfairness! Swollen bonobo genitals! Matriarchies in nature! Social constructs of gender! Not telling your friends your baby's gender! Darwin's interesting views of females! Female bonobos ganging up on males! The female orgasm! Disregarding data that doesn't match your view of the world! Hiding ovulation! Animals who mate face-to-face! World Vasectomy Day!

Transcript

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0:00.0	Hey, welcome to Probably Science.
0:02.1	I'm Jesse Case.
0:03.1	I'm Andy Wood.
0:03.9	And we're going to be joined shortly, of course, when we play for you our live episode
0:08.3	from Podfest.
0:09.2	We're going to be joined by Matt Kirshin, of course, Mr. Tim Minchin.
0:13.6	Yes.
0:14.3	And Dr. Amy Parrish.
0:16.1	For those of you joining us, maybe you haven't listened to the show before.
0:18.5	Maybe you just got into it. What we do is we were three professional comedians and very amateur scientist. I'd say so amateur that it doesn't
0:27.4	even, we don't even get a, uh, an adjective. Yeah, I don't even, I mean, scientist implies that we
0:32.4	get paid to study. Well, scientist implies that we even know things about it. But we like talking to scientists.
0:38.7	We like talking to scientists.
0:40.0	You know, and hey, I have an engineering degree that I'm not using anymore, but that lends
0:44.4	some credibility.
0:45.2	Sure.
0:45.6	A little credibility.
0:46.3	Matt's not with us right now, but he has a math degree.
0:48.8	We know our stuff somewhat.
0:49.8	No stuff.
0:50.4	No stuff.
0:51.0	So that's the show.
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