Episode 592 - Jon Stringer
Probably Science
Andy Wood, Matt Kirshen
4.8 • 715 Ratings
🗓️ 21 January 2026
⏱️ 70 minutes
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Summary
Comedian Jon Stringer (@jonjstringer) joins Andy, Jesse and Matt to talk about living in a converted rural Kansas church, the intricacies of comedy competitions and cruise ship comedy, dry ice PVC soupcan launchers, the oldest known use of poison arrows, retail blowguns and their misuse, vibe-coding a band manager, why you should stop using hydrogen peroxide on cuts, sword canes and pendulous doorknockers.
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| 0:00.0 | Probably Science |
| 0:02.0 | Hello and welcome to Probably Science. |
| 0:13.0 | This is the voice of Andy Wood. |
| 0:15.0 | This is the voice of Jesse Case. |
| 0:17.0 | And I'm Matt Kirshan, briefly back in LA before I go back on the road. if anyone's in Chicago or St. Louis, love to see you out there because that's where I'm going to be this week. |
| 0:26.4 | But we've got a fantastic guest for you. |
| 0:30.0 | Comic, I met out at sea, but he is far more frequently touring on the land. |
| 0:34.9 | You should go and see him wherever he is. Very funny comedians. John Stringer. How are you, John? I'm doing fantastic. Good to hear from you also, Matt. It was a surprise to see the text, and I'm glad I'm here with you, Jesse and Andy. Yeah. Yeah, we're glad we're here with you. Glad we're here with you. Where in the world are you right now? Are you back home? I am back home. Yeah, back home for one week. I'm in the middle of nowhere, Kansas. I mean, I could say the name of the city. You're like the near, like you're basically near the very middle of America, aren't you? Like if you put a pin in you. 40 miles away from dead center of North America. That's the truth. |
| 1:14.2 | What? near the very middle of America, aren't you? Like, if you put a pin... I'm 40 miles away from dead center of North America. |
| 1:13.6 | That's the truth. |
| 1:14.3 | What? |
| 1:15.3 | And why would anyone move to Kansas? |
| 1:17.4 | It is the most affordable real estate in North America. |
| 1:20.6 | So we were able to get a really good deal on a church that was built in 1908. |
| 1:28.7 | We got it and the house next door to it. |
| 1:32.3 | It's a 1910 bungalow that sits on about an acre for the price you would pay maybe on a luxury sedan. |
| 1:41.1 | Wow. |
| 1:42.2 | Yeah. |
| 1:43.1 | Yeah. |
| 1:43.5 | So home ownership is possible. We actually just paid our last church |
| 1:47.3 | it off in four years. So we sent in our last payment last month. So I own property, my friends. |
| 1:55.7 | Wow. And when you say former church, like, does it look churchy from the outside? |
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