Episode 416 - Wayne Federman

Probably Science

Andy Wood, Matt Kirshen

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

4.8 • 707 Ratings

🗓️ 21 February 2021

⏱️ 72 minutes

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Summary

Comedian, podcaster and author of the upcoming book The History of Standup Wayne Federman (@Federman) joins Matt and Andy to discuss the original location of Stonehenge, why its construction might not have been that hard, transparent wood that's stronger than glass, whether glass is a liquid or not, training pigs to use joysticks and what the future holds for standup comedy.

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0:00.0	This episode is brought to you by The Great Courses Plus.
0:02.8	For a 14-day free trial, go to the greatcoursesplus.com slash probably.
0:08.3	Probably science.
0:18.5	Hey everyone.
0:19.6	Welcome to Probably Science. I'm Matt Kirshan.
0:22.0	I'm Andy Wood. Hey, Andy.
0:24.1	How's everything?
0:25.1	It's pretty good. It's all right. Let's just jump straight into introducing our guest,
0:29.5	because he's a great guest. He's a great person. He's a very funny comedian. He's also a
0:34.3	podcaster and a writer as well, because he now has a new book out called
0:39.7	The History of Stand Up from Mark Twain to Dave Chappelle.
0:43.3	This is Mr. Wayne Federman.
0:44.8	Hey, Wayne.
0:45.4	Thank you.
0:46.1	You nailed that perfectly.
0:47.7	That is that.
0:48.4	That was correct.
0:49.4	Thank you.
0:49.8	That's almost NPR-worthy intro.
0:52.8	But Mr. Waverbin.
0:55.6	I think you needed a little more elitist tone, but otherwise you're close.
1:00.8	So let's talk about the book for a second.
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