Episode 606 - Charles Star

Probably Science

Andy Wood, Matt Kirshen

Comedy

4.8 • 715 Ratings

🗓️ 29 May 2026

⏱️ 67 minutes

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Summary

Lawyer-turned-comedian and self-professed podcast slut Charles Star (@ugarles) returns to the show to talk about his podcast No Homework, celebrity roasts, Wings album covers, bad abbreviations, contact lenses that ease depression in mice, the insect with the biggest nuts, self-recognition in beluga whales and the link between sleep duration and accelerated aging.

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0:00.0	Probably Science
0:02.0	Hello and welcome to Probably Science.
0:13.2	I'm your host one of three, in fact.
0:14.4	I'm Jesse Case.
0:15.3	Hi, Andy Wood.
0:16.3	I'm Matt Kirshan.
0:17.5	We are joined, rejoined by friend of the show, a podcaster, lawyer, comedian, host of the No Homework Podcast, amongst others.
0:27.3	I'm like multiple podcasts. You're a podcast, slut. Can we say podcast, slut?
0:31.2	Slut is right, yeah.
0:33.0	It's brilliant Charles Starr, everyone. Hey, Charles.
0:35.7	Hey, how are you? Thanks for having me on.
0:37.9	Slud is exactly right.
0:39.3	I will do your podcast.
0:40.6	If you're listening, I will do your podcast.
0:43.3	You're also specifically in the middle of a podcast challenge at the moment, aren't you?
0:46.7	I am.
0:47.5	I am.
0:48.1	I am a fool because I saw Josh Borman.
0:53.6	I'm not afraid to promote the competition.
0:57.6	I'm not a coward. Josh Borman hosts a couple of podcasts, worst of all possible worlds and
1:04.7	in, sorry, ill conceived. And he posted that he wants to promote his work more and he wants to do as many guest
1:12.9	appearance as he can he said his target is one a week and he posted this on blue sky and
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