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🗓️ 5 June 2024
⏱️ 67 minutes
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Comedian, quizzer, doctor, chaser and now author Paul Sinha (@paulybengali) joins Jesse, Andy and Matt about his new memoir One Sinha Lifetime, training for quiz shows, underperforming on Taskmaster, Paul’s Parkinson’s diagnosis, how he transitioned from medicine to comedy, being outed decades after coming out, this weekend’s To 29 and Beyond, the 29 Palms scavenger hunt that Andy developed, James Webb spotting the birth of some very early galaxies, Charles Dickens the performer, what really happened with that stingray virgin birth and how to figure out the best time to take your meds.
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0:00.0 | Probably Science |
0:02.0 | Hello and welcome to Probably Science. I'm your host, one of three, in fact. I'm Jesse Case. |
0:16.2 | And I'm Andy Wood. |
0:17.9 | And I'm Matt Kirshin, and we're joined by an old friend of mine, a comedian, an |
0:22.5 | excellent comedian, but probably better known in the UK as one of the country's finest quizzes |
0:28.2 | and a regular on the chase. But now, now also an author. This is so cool. About probably, |
0:36.6 | by the time this episode comes out, it'll certainly be available for |
0:39.2 | order, but might be just about to drop his memoir, once in our lifetime, an unforgettable |
0:44.6 | story of love, family and the joy of general knowledge. |
0:48.0 | Paul Sinha, how are you, mate? |
0:49.6 | Oh, lovely to be here. |
0:51.1 | I'm very well indeed, which is nice to say. |
0:53.6 | And it just feels very 20 20 |
0:55.8 | talking to complete strange without knowing quite what's going on on a computer screen |
1:01.2 | yes many many thousand miles away it's very very 2020 and i'm here for it absolutely here |
1:06.6 | so it is well you you and he actually met during, or e-met through a computer screen, through |
1:13.6 | Zoom during lockdown when you were running quizzes for friends, your music quiz. |
1:17.6 | Andy was a semi-regular guest on that. So I think even more 2020. |
1:22.6 | Absolutely, it's good to hear your voice again, Andy. |
1:25.6 | Likewise, I, I, the only things I miss about those days are activities like that with people that I otherwise probably wouldn't have crossed paths. |
1:34.5 | That and playing like jackbox games like quiplash. |
1:38.5 | I mean, there's no doubt about it. |
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