Comedians Interview Experts (in NYC)

This show is exactly what it says. Every week one of your favorite comedians interviews an expert on a topic they’ve always wanted to know more about. Every Sunday come hear the funniest interviews about neuroscience, astrophysics, mental health, and more!

This week Josh Gondelman interviews Kelly Weinersmith about people who’ve intentionally infected themselves with parasites. Yup. They did that.

Josh Gondelman is an American author, comedy writer, producer, and stand-up comedian. He was a supervising producer and writer for Desus & Mero on Showtime. He was previously a writer on Last Week Tonight with John Oliver.

Kelly Weinersmith is an American biologist, writer, and podcaster.[1] She is a member of the faculty at Rice University in the Department of BioSciences, and an alumni collaborator with the Parasite Ecology Group at the University of California, Santa Barbara. She is co-author, with her husband Zach Weinersmith, of popular science books Soonish (2017) and A City on Mars (2023).

Hosted by Brielle DeMirjian.