Ditched by the scheduled guest, Jimmy comes up with a brilliant plan to save the podcast session. Instead of a famous person, who writes a comics stip about grad school, why not just go straight to the source? Someone actually in grad school. So Jimmy bri

Shyam Saladi is a second year grad student at the California Institute of Technology studying biochemistry and molecular biophysics. He was quietly minding his own business in a library on the Caltech campus,

Ditched by the scheduled guest, Jimmy comes up wi…

Josh Brener is an actor and comedian, best known for his role as Big Head on HBO's smash hit tv show Silicon Valley. Brener has also appeared on The Big Bang Theory as Dale and as Kyle on Maron available on Netflix.  

Josh Brener from HBO's Silicon Valley and The Big Bang Theory drops in to which he had been on an episode with another science guest. The episode quickly spirals into a level of maturity far too low for a self-respecting scientist as bacteria names, prob

Josh Brener from HBO's Silicon Valley and The Big…

Senior editor for Carl Sagan's Planetary Society,…

Senior editor for Carl Sagan's Planetary Society, Emily Lakdawalla, schools Kevin, Jimmy, Owen and Griff on ice volcanoes on Pluto and salty oceans on Europa and Enceladus. Aliens? Maybe on this worm ocean worlds. Emily explains what zircons are way bette

Emily Lakdawalla is Senior Editor of The Planetary Society, science writer and blogger. She has performed research work in geology, Mars topography, and science communication and education. When she's not blogging or tweeting about science,

Comedian Kate Quigley stops in to help Jimmy, Kev…