Zombie Edition

Chicago, il

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LOCATION

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Saturday
November 1sT 2025

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dOORS 6:00PM
sHOW 7:00PM

Science + Comedy + Halloween =

Stand Up Science Zombie Edition

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Award-winning comedian Shane Mauss is joined by two scientists for his show his new limited-run Halloween-themed comedy and science show Stand Up Science

📣Calling all lifelong learning adults who love intelligent humor, deep ideas, novel perspectives, and perhaps a little irreverent.

Get ready for a 90-minute experience that’s part stand-up comedy, part science panel, and improve based on your questions.

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Scientist Guests:

  • 🎙️Award-winning comedian Shane Mauss (Conan, Netflix, Prime Video, Comedy Central) combines 20 years of stand-up experience with his favorite insights from interviewing over 400 scientists for The Here We Are Podcast for a one-of-a-kind show.

    🎤Shane kicks off the show with science-infused stand up comedy show about the history of halloween, witchcraft, and the evolution of superstition.
    🧟The second half of the show he moderates a science panel about topics ranging from zombifying parasites in wildlife to the psychology of why humans intentionally scare themselves for entertainment:

    😱 Colton Scrivner - Expert on the psychology of horror and true crime and author of 'Morbidly Curious: A Scientist Explains Why We Can't Look Away'

    🧠ASU Cooperation theorist Athena Aktipis is the author of  ‘The Cheating Cell’, ‘A Field Guide to the Apocalypse’’, and ‘Hijacked: The New Science of Neural Manipulation and What It Means for Our Health, Happiness and Sense of Self’

    🤔🤣Equal parts aha and haha, this show uses halloween as a springboard for entertaining science insights to better understand ourselves and the world around us.

  • Shane’s career launched 20 years ago when he won “Best Stand Up” at HBO’s Comedy Arts Festival, kicking off a run of TV spots and sold-out shows. 

    Finding the depth of stand-up to be limiting, he took his curiosity on the road, interviewing over 400 scientists for his acclaimed Here We Are Podcast and building a reputation for making complex ideas accessible and funny.

    Stand-Up Science is the culmination of that journey: a one-of-a-kind blend of comedy and real science designed to get you thinking.

Shane performs shows on a wide range of topics, with his upcoming two-part special delving into psychedelics—sharing his insights and reflecting the growing public fascination with them.

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Praise For
Shane Mauss

“Upending expectations of

what a comedy show is.”

The DAILY DOT

“Intelligent, likeable, and sharp.”

VICE MAGAZINE

“Legendary … a very funny journey”

AUSTIN CHRONICLE

“Captivating and enlightening”

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