Summary: Bookrageous Episode 30; Non-Fiction with Mary Roach We had some mic issues during this recording; sorry for the occasional fuzz! Intro Music; Showbiz? Science? Who Cares? -- Less than Jake What We’re Reading Jenn [1:21] When the Sacred Ginmill Closes, Lawrence Block (Matthew Scudder Series #6), courtesy of the Fuzzy Typewriter Book Club [2:21] Georgette Heyer already!, These Old Shades [3:33] Bigger Than a Breadbox, Laurel Snyder Rebecca [4:45] Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? (And Other Concerns), Mindy Kaling [7:16] Birds of a Lesser Paradise, Megan Mayhew Bergman, March 2012 [8:18] Dirty Minds, Kayt Sukel, February 2012 Josh [9:21] 50 Funniest American Writers, Andy Borowitz; I Found This Funny, Judd Apatow [11:21] The Mirage, Matt Ruff, February 2012 Mary Roach!!!!!!!! [14:22] God, No!, Penn Jillette [16:16] Rin Tin Tin, Susan Orlean — Intermission; Dry -- Lealea Jones — Non-Fiction as Continuing Education [20:00] Stiff, Mary Roach [23:16] Sex at Dawn, Christopher Ryan 8 Cacilda Jetha [23:28] A Natural History of the Senses, Diane Ackerman [24:12] A People’s History of the United States, Howard Zinn [24:30] Sarah Vowell [25:21] K Blows Top, Peter Carlson [25:32] Last Call, Daniel Okrent [26:12] Physics of the Impossible, Michio Kaku; Elegant Universe, Brian Greene [29:17] The Poisoner’s Handbook, Deborah Blum [30:00] The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, Rebecca Skloot [31:12] The Fruit Hunters, Adam Gollner [32:00] Annie Proulx [33:05] How Mary Roach got into writing [35:00] Books as social lubrication [38:00] The Vikings, Robert Ferguson [39:50] “Nonfiction so good it reads like fiction”: Y/N? [41:30] The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, Rebecca Skloot [42:58] Born to Run, Christopher McDougall [45:40] The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test, Tom Wolfe; Radical Chic 8 Mau-Mauing the Flak Catchers [47:36] Truth and “lies” in nonfiction; The Lifespan of a Fact, John D’Agata and Jim Fingal, February 2012 [52:35] In Patagonia, Bruce Chatwin [56:15] Authors 8 Wish-Fulfillment (Packing for Mars) [57:53] Floaters! — Outro; Showbiz? Science? Who Cares? -- Less than Jake — Find Us! Bookrageous on Tumblr, Podbean, Twitter, Facebook, Spotify, Zazzle (for the Bookrageous 2011-2012 calendar), and leave us voicemail at 347-855-7323 Find Us Online: Josh, Rebecca, Jenn, Mary Roach Bookrageous Book Club Pick: Zone One, Colson Whitehead Fuzzy Typewriter Book Club Get Bookrageous schwag at CafePress Note: Our show book links direct you to WORD, an independent bookstore in Brooklyn. If you click through and buy the book, we will get a small affiliate payment. We won't be making any money off any book sales -- any payments go into hosting fees for the Bookrageous podcast, or Bookrageous projects like our calendar. We promise
