Periodic Talks

A podcast by Gillian Jacobs & Diona Reasonover

29 Episodes

  1. Exploring The Universe With Invisible Light (w/ Nicole Gugliucci)

    Published: 9/28/2021
  2. Do Birds Experience Love? (w/ Wenfei Tong, Olivia Scott Welch, Joel McHale)

    Published: 9/21/2021
  3. Why Cities Are Abandoned (w/ Annalee Newitz, Sarah Ramos)

    Published: 9/14/2021
  4. Making Our Show Music

    Published: 9/7/2021
  5. Mysteries Of The Brain (w/ Dr. Alfredo Quiñones-Hinojosa, Mary Steenburgen)

    Published: 8/31/2021
  6. How Do You Power A Space Station? (w/ Penni Dalton, Tracy Drain, Mikey Alfred)

    Published: 8/24/2021
  7. EXCLUSIVE: Jack Black’s Mother Helped Get Apollo 13 Astronauts Home (w/ Astronaut Victor Glover, Jack Black, Neil Siegel)

    Published: 8/17/2021
  8. Roman Mars On The Anatomy Of A Good Story (w/ Michelle Fournet, Roman Mars, Pedro Pascal)

    Published: 8/10/2021
  9. Genetics 101, And Thinking Critically About Our DNA (w/ Dr. Janina Jeff, Mary H.K. Choi, Danny Pudi)

    Published: 8/3/2021
  10. A Beginner’s Guide To Astonishing Volcanoes (w/ Kayla Iacovino, Zazie Beetz, Robin Tunney)

    Published: 7/27/2021
  11. Assassin Spiders Are Wild (w/ Hannah Wood, Cast of Fear Street)

    Published: 7/20/2021
  12. Mind Bending Theories About Space-Time (w/ Dr. Clifford V. Johnson, Kirby Howell-Baptiste)

    Published: 7/13/2021
  13. Season 2 Is Coming July 13th!

    Published: 7/9/2021
  14. Let’s Play Dungeons and Dragons! (w/ Felicia Day, Erika Ishii, Jasmine Bhullar)

    Published: 5/25/2021
  15. Why Do We Play Games? (w/ Mitu Khandaker, Felicia Day, Erika Ishii, Jasmine Bhullar)

    Published: 5/18/2021
  16. Your Brain On Music (w/ Dr. Indre Viskontas, Jessie Ennis, Brie Larson)

    Published: 5/11/2021
  17. The Science Of Cooking (w/ J. Kenji López-Alt)

    Published: 5/4/2021
  18. Birds Are Tiny Dinosaurs (w/ Dr. Jingmai O'Connor, Ken Jeong)

    Published: 4/27/2021
  19. What Does A Scientist Look Like? (w/ Raven Baxter, Sasheer Zamata)

    Published: 4/20/2021
  20. Designs For Life (w/ Camila Chiriboga, Briana Venskus)

    Published: 4/13/2021

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What gets you curious? Virtual experiences, celestial bodies, water worlds or maybe just the tiniest mysteries inside your brain? The endlessly curious and curiously funny, Gillian Jacobs (Community, Netflix's LOVE) and Diona Reasonover (NCIS), step off set to go on tangents with real-life astronauts, astrophysicists, science artists, mathematician-types and other really smart people that investigate what seems impossible.