The Questionauts!
Summary: Presented by the NERDIST NETWORK: A fully-improvised comedy podcast using listener questions as inspiration. An array of alt-comedy guests join "Questionauts" Aaron Hilliard and Justin Heimberg, over-confidently and under-accurately pontificating on everything from Astrophysics to Zoology to Pottery Upkeep. (Note: NO ACTUAL FACTS PROVIDED!)
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- Artist: Justin Heimberg and Aaron Hilliard
- Copyright: Copyright © 2011 | Justin Heimberg and Aaron Hilliard
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The Questionauts “make a roaring return” in “top form,” according to Nobody In Particular. In this much belated episode, Justin and Aaron tackle the questions nobody else is asking (except the brave souls who asked the questions of course): Why … Continue reading →
Justin and Aaron tackle ignorance in some of life’s biggest question-zones this week, including these spikes of the knowledge ball: Why do some women experience morning sickness and others don’t? And also… What’s the best way to predict the sex … Continue reading →
The Questionauts have been deluged by amazing questions this week! Thanks to all who submitted. Justin just moved, and STILL manages to access vast fonts of knowledge to help our listeners commandeer the factual landscape. Landscape points of interest this … Continue reading →
Our Question coffers are running dry so SEND US SOME NEW ONES! Without a lot of listener queries and quandries to quell, we were quorced… sorry, Forced, to get creative… sorry, Qureative. What’s with my typing today, jeesh? Justin and Aaron … Continue reading →
The Defenders of Answer Justice are back from a much-deserved hiatus with an episode that might very well knock your socks off, depending on the tensile strength of said socks. But extensive testing revealed that socks in the 83rd percentile … Continue reading →
A SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT: Due to the holidays and the general craziness of the next month, the Questionauts are going on a hiatus for a few weeks. We’ll try and get new episodes up in January. For now, though… Enjoy this … Continue reading →
Guestionaut Kit Pongetti joins Justin and Aaron for a fast-paced discussion covering topics as diverse as circus freaks and SARS masks. Questionwise, the gang tackles these head-scratchers: What is the Dada art movement? Why is it called “Oleomargarine?” How can … Continue reading →
This week, Justin’s excitement over a free flight to England is tempered by a hypothetical anal ailment (analment?). The guys do valiant battle against the foes of enlightenment, answering the tough questions, like: Where does the phrase, “Yes siree, Bob!” … Continue reading →
The Questionauts talk Presidential politics, discussing how necessary nipple coverage is to qualify as “President-worthy.” They tackle a slew of important questions, including the ones noted below following the bullet-points! Bigfoot or Sasquatch: Which term do scientists prefer? Advice: How … Continue reading →
After a tumultuous few weeks, Justin and Aaron have returned to the podcast airwaves with an episode critics are calling “their eleventh one yet!” Questions answered this week include: Please explain this week’s crazy stock market meltdown? What’s the best … Continue reading →
Justin and Aaron are having a crazy month, and were unable to find the time this week to record and edit a full Questionauts episode. In place of your regularly scheduled answer-a-thon, we present you with a one-off show: NPR’s … Continue reading →
Guestionaut KIT PONGETTI (Scrubs) joins us for an action-packed episode. Justin sounds mad, but as they say, you can't sound a book by its cover sound, right? We unwittingly tackle a collection of questions fitting neatly into a "hand" theme, ... Continue reading →
Justin reaches in his pants to discuss George Washington's sweet merchandizing deal and the Goddess Venus' need for clamshell pasties. Doug Mandel, BPA (Blog and Podcast Agent) drops by to explore some exciting opportunities for stepping up The Questionauts to ... Continue reading →
In what turned out to be our least politically-correct episode yet, Justin and Aaron take a trip "inside the beltway" with their wonkish Guestionauts, Philip Bump and Michael Elliot. We also stay fair and balanced by getting the conservative side ... Continue reading →
Actor/Writer/Comedian Matt Price (TNT's "Men of a Certain Age") joins the Questionauts and to tell "necessity" to take a hike: food is the mother of invention. Along with a performance from Aaron's recent one man show, the guys reveal a dirty little secret about Burlington Coat Factory. They also answer these listener-supported questions: When did cereal become such a staple of the American breakfast? What are some cool new origame paper folds? What's the difference between "fancy" ketchup and the regular stuff?
