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Wrong Answers Only (in LA w/Livestream)
October 9 @ 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm
$5Food designer and molecular biologist Eric Schulze joins host Chris Duffy and an incredible panel of comedians for this science comedy game show!
Produced by LabX, a public engagement program at the National Academy of Sciences, Wrong Answers Only is science comedy game show featuring celebrity guests who play games and quizzes while learning about exciting research with the help of a scientific expert.
THE HOST
Chris Duffy is a comedian, television writer, and radio/podcast host. Chris currently hos ts TED’s hit podcast How to Be a Better Human. He has appeared on Good Morning America, ABC News, NPR, and National Geographic Explorer. Chris wrote for both seasons of Wyatt Cenac’s Problem Areas on HBO, executive produced by John Oliver. He’s the creator/host of the streaming game show Wrong Answers Only, where three comedians try to guess what a leading scientist does all day, in partnership with LabX at the National Academy of Sciences. He has performed live in venues as big as a sold out Lincoln Center and as small as a walk-in closet (also sold out). Chris is both a former fifth grade teacher and a former fifth grade student. He is currently writing a nonfiction book about humor for Doubleday.
THE EXPERT
Eric Schulze is a professional scientist, entrepreneur, educator, and designer of food from the DNA up. He’s done it all so far: worked in the Obama administration as a novel food and drug regulator, built new food companies in Silicon Valley, and designed the very first ever cultivated meat you can buy today, and is now designing new species of animals. Yes, you heard that correctly. He was the founding host of The Smithsonian’s first ever digital show and has written for the voice of God himself, Morgan Freeman. Prior to recreating Jurassic Park IRL, Dr. Schulze failed at college basketball, portrait art, and selling women’s shoes. He teaches and works with companies all around the world and is happily based on LA with his wife.
THE COMEDIANS
Rob Haze
Jared Goldstein
+ More!
Starts/streams 7:30PM PT/10:30PM ET