Professor Blastoff
This show is a weekly conversation between Tig Notaro and her co-hosts Kyle Dunnigan and David Huntsberger, in which they focus on a central theme they find interesting. The topics range from scientific to philosophical to metaphysical.
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18 Foreign Relations
Scripture states: The wolf will live with the lamb, the ...
Scripture states: The wolf will live with the lamb, the leopard will lie down with the goat, the calf and the lion and the yearling together; and a group of comedians doing a podcast will lead them. I THINK I'm getting that right. This week we addres...
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17 Immortality
Today on Professor Blastoff we explore immortality. Like Ponce de ...
Today on Professor Blastoff we explore immortality. Like Ponce de Leon searching for the Fountain of Youth, Tig, David, and Kyle (via internet magic) search for microscopic nanorobots, rats growing ears, and The Singularity in an attempt to answer th...
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16 Linguistics
You might call this episode verbose, perhaps even bombastic. You ...
You might call this episode verbose, perhaps even bombastic. You might find yourself wayward in the expanse of grammar and syntax. We're talking about talking this week on Professor Blastoff and our guest is our old friend from the Evolution episode,...
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15 Obesity
Tig, Kyle, and David are all healthy adults, but why? ...
Tig, Kyle, and David are all healthy adults, but why? Was it because they avoided fast food as kids, because they went around catching lizards in the desert, or was it something genetic? Our guest this week is Mo Hassanein, a PHD student who serves a...
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14 Robots (good. one.)
We're talking about robots this week and you know what ...
We're talking about robots this week and you know what that means! We get a visit from everyone's favorite automaton character: Exhausted Fireman! Learn what the Professor Blastoff crew tried to invent when they were kids (or, in some cases, full-gro...
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13 Computers
If you downloaded this podcast, you either own or have ...
If you downloaded this podcast, you either own or have access to a computer. But how does it work? Is your tower full of mythical creatures who make everything work, or does it have to do with quarks and other subatomic particles? Professor Blastoff'...
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12 Ghosts
If there's something strange in your neighborhood, who you gonna ...
If there's something strange in your neighborhood, who you gonna call? Professor Blastoff! Tig, Kyle and David welcome Mike Wiebe from The Riverboat Gamblers to talk about g-g-g-ghosts and the otherwise occult. Ouija boards are discussed, as are UFOs...
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11 Altered States
There are many ways to experience this world around us. ...
There are many ways to experience this world around us. Whether haunted by nightmares or high off of unfiltered cigarettes, the altered state can be scary and confusing. Unless, of course, you are our guest Doug Benson who has cultivated a fruitful c...
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10 Fate
Nick Kroll is one of the most prolific Earwolf guests, ...
Nick Kroll is one of the most prolific Earwolf guests, so he was destined to show up on Professor Blastoff! That is, if destiny exists. Destiny or fate, or karma, or astrology, or free will. It's all up for grabs this week, along with a pre-posthumou...
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9 Dimensions
You are either listening to Professor Blastoff, or entering a ...
You are either listening to Professor Blastoff, or entering a new dimension. We're not sure which one it is. We are also unsure if it is the forth dimension, fifth dimension, or one of hundreds of multiverses you are entering. And we cannot guarantee...
