Episode 004 - Barry Rothbart

Probably Science

Andy Wood, Matt Kirshen

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

4.8 • 707 Ratings

🗓️ 1 February 2012

⏱️ 72 minutes

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Summary

What killed all those New Zealand whales? Shooting nudist colony videos! What’s your worst job? World’s lightest substance! Extraterrestrial real estate! A vacuum is not nothing? Barry’s Conan suit! We're gonna be astronauts! Space Camp! Galileo!

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0:00.0	Probably Science
0:02.0	Welcome to Probably Science. I am Andy Wood. With me, as always, is Brooks Wheelan.
0:12.7	Hey, Andy. I'm Brooks Wheelan, and I'm a scientist, so that's why we do a scientist podcast.
0:18.0	You're a real scientist. I'm a real-life scientist. Yeah, I had to actually work this week. It was a real scientist I'm a real life scientist yeah I had to
0:21.3	actually work this week it was a real nightmare my boss was in a bunch did a lot of measuring
0:26.1	real boring what do you do again uh I test I test I balls um I'm a biomedical engineer and then I
0:33.4	work in a lab where we create artificial lenses for when people get cataracts or problems
0:38.8	with their lenses.
0:39.6	They can't see.
0:40.7	We replace them with these new artificial lenses.
0:42.4	I bet you get a real job.
0:43.7	Barry, we haven't introduced you yet.
0:45.1	Okay?
0:45.3	Why don't you just stay on that microphone?
0:47.2	And then let's introduce our guest host this week.
0:50.1	Barry Rothbart, everyone.
0:52.7	And that's Barry clapping.
0:55.0	Hey, everybody. This is me, Barry Rothbart, everyone. And that's Barry clapping. Hey, everybody.
0:56.0	This is me, Barry Rothbart.
0:57.4	Barry, what is your background in science?
0:59.1	Should I say my name after everything I say to make sure people know it's me?
1:02.6	Yeah, yeah, let's start doing that.
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