Episode 033 - Kira Soltanovich

Probably Science

Andy Wood, Matt Kirshen

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

4.8 • 707 Ratings

🗓️ 13 August 2012

⏱️ 61 minutes

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Summary

As seen on Last Comic Standing and Girls Behaving Badly, comedian Kira Soltanovich (kiracomedy.com) joins Matt, Andy, and guest host Auggie Smith to talk about: Shift workers are at risk for heart attacks! Heckles worse than "Too soon!" Siphoning out the contents of Rod Stewart's stomach! Auto-erotic self-asphyxiation! Fixing the hellmouth hot tub! The mysteries of Branson, Missouri! What does Perestroika mean? Pussy Riot! Tracking people's eye movements to predict what they'll say! Bodily changes brought on by pregnancy! Why do dogs wear bandanas? Would you give up your arms and legs to be able to unhinge your jaw? Chewbacca's Russian etymological origins! Going as a low-rent mummy for Halloween! Matt's wizard onesie! Strobe goggles can improve your memory! Auggie can summon death upon unruly audience members!

Transcript

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0:00.0	Probably Science
0:02.0	Welcome to Probably Science.
0:11.0	I'm Matt Kirshan, sat right next to me as Andy Wood.
0:15.0	Hello.
0:15.8	And missing once again, because he's off doing funny stuff on stage, is Brooks Wheelan.
0:21.1	Instead,
0:25.0	we have sitting in a special guest host, Augie Smith. Yes. Former guest of the show,
0:31.3	friend of the show. Neighbor, bringer snacks. Yes, thank you for those. Sea salt covered.
0:37.1	Multi grain, multi-grain as well, so that's healthy as far as snacks go. We are, as always, bringing you the week in science news, topical science stories,
0:41.2	through the eyes of some comedians who don't necessarily know that much about science,
0:44.3	but have a vague background in it.
0:46.2	This week's special guest is comedian, writer, performer, lady about town.
0:54.0	Good time girl is that
0:55.4	no that's all my special skills
0:57.7	yep yeah um
0:58.6	trapeze artist
0:59.5	yep snake handler
1:02.1	oh yeah that was my nickname in college
1:04.4	and did I say comedian
1:07.7	I think I say comedian really I say it twice
1:09.3	because she's just that damn good
1:10.4	it's Kirs RutanOtorn of it.
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